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The Limits of American Exceptionalism
June 12, 2015, 2:22 p.m.
Andrew Bacevich discusses the diminishing returns of America's long-held foreign policy of expansionism, the dangers of rampant consumerism at home and a imperial executive president.
"As Americaâs efforts to âdegrade and ultimately destroyâ Islamic State militants extent into Syria, Iraq War III has seamlessly morphed into Greater Middle East Battlefield XIV. That is, Syria has become at least the 14th country in the Islamic world that U.S. forces have invaded or occupied or bombed, and in which American soldiers have killed or been killed. And thatâs just since 1980.
Letâs tick them off: Iran (1980, 1987-1988), Libya (1981, 1986, 1989, 2011), Lebanon (1983), Kuwait (1991), Iraq (1991-2011, 2014-), Somalia (1992-1993, 2007-), Bosnia (1995), Saudi Arabia (1991, 1996), Afghanistan (1998, 2001-), Sudan (1998), Kosovo (1999), Yemen (2000, 2002-), Pakistan (2004-) and now Syria. Whew." ~ Andrew J. Bacevich, Washington Post
"After 9/11, the United States launched a military effort vaguely intended to pacify or democratize or otherwise âfixâ the Greater Middle East, thereby supposedly reducing the Islamist threat emanating from that quarter. Based on the outcomes achieved in Iraq and Afghanistan that military effort must rate as an utter failure. Indeed, if anything, wars waged in the Islamic world only serve to exacerbate the sense of angry alienation felt by at least some Muslims residing in the West. War is making matters worse.
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As for the Westâs ongoing war in the Islamic world, surely the time has come to acknowledge its futility. The application of military power will not change âthem.â At best, it may be able to protect âus.â The central tenet of US military policy in the Islamic world should be to butt out, and the sooner the better.
We have arrived at a teachable moment. Whether we will learn what that moment has to offer remains to be seen." ~ Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston Globe
"Andrew Bacevich explains how our âempire of consumptionâ contains the seeds of its own destruction and why our foreign policy establishment in Washington is totally incapable of coming to grips with it.â ~ Chalmers Johnson, author of the Blowback Trilogy
Podcast source: YouTube: The Limits of Power and the End of American Exceptionalism
Radioactive Risks From Fracking Waste
New techniques allow companies to extract oil and gas from deep in the ground, but as Matt Richmond of WSKS and the Allegheny Front tells Steve Curwood, naturally radioactive rocks above the Marcellus shale in the eastern U.S. can create a dangerous waste product.
Podcast source: living on earth: Radioactive Risks From Fracking Waste
Americans Are Disappointed About The Economic Recovery
Scott Horsley reports on a survey by Rutgers University that found two out of three Americans felt no improvement in the last year. Only about one in four expect things to get better in the year to come.
Podcast source: npr: Survey: Americans Are Grumpy About Economic Recovery
Music includes Black Eyed Peas Ft Justin Timberlake - Where Is The Love, Peacesong - Enemy Me, Capitol Steps - I Like Big Cuts And I Cannot Lie, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - What If We All Stopped Paying Taxes, Capitol Steps - Monster Cash, The New Lost City Ramblers - How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live, Terry Gangstad - Make Money, Mamavibe - Reggae Vibration, Capitol Steps - Look Away, Roy Zimmerman / Sandy Riccardi - My Conservative Girlfriend, Capitol Steps - Newt Newt Newt Goin' Out My Back Door, Larry Estridge - Spirits of the Revolution, The Producers(Movie) - Springtime for Hitler, The Beatles - Your Mother Should Know, Ira Newborn - Police Squad, Also Sprach Zarathustra - 2001 A Space Odyssey
Cold War dinosaurs plot war at Bilderberg 2015, part 2
June 12, 2015, 2:07 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-5/
Cold War dinosaurs plot war at Bilderberg 2015, part 1
June 12, 2015, 2:01 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-5/
"Anywhere I Squander"
June 12, 2015, 12:26 p.m.
This RADIOLA! admits to feeling considerably lighter, though not in a way we'd prefer.
June 12, 2015, 11:41 a.m.
With a major humanitarian crisis hitting the population of Yemen in the wake of the Saudi Arabia-led bombing campaign, the Global Research News Hour takes alook at the damage that has been done to civilians in the country, the roots of the conflict, the involvement of outside powers and the prospects for peace at the June 14 UN peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland.
Hisham Al-Omeisy is a Yemen information and political analyst based in Sana'a. He has through social media been relaying what he has been seeing and experiencing during the siege.
Ali Saeed is the General Secretary with the Solidarity Committee for Ethiopian Political Prisoners. He speaks briefly about the polight of refugees and migrants in particular during the conflict.
Abayomi Azikiwe is a geopolicital analyst and the editor of Pan-African Newswire. He provides the historical and geo-political context to the unfolding catastrophe.
June 12, 2015, 10:55 a.m.
Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar Hanan Ashwari speaks out
June 12, 2015, 9:45 a.m.
Our featured presentation this morning is a speech by Hanan Ashwari given to the Holy Land Ecumenical Foundation at their annual convention in November of 2014. For a long time we have wanted to have Hanan Aswari on This week in Palestine, and this morning we do.
Hanan Aswari is a Palestinian legislator, activist, and scholar. Ashrawi was an important leader during the First Intifada, served as the official spokesperson for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East peace process, and has been elected numerous times to the Palestinian Legislative Council. She is the first woman elected to the Palestinian National Council.
Before that, our host presents several current events reports (see Notes below).
UpFront Soul #2015.23 Hour 2- June 15-21, 2015
June 12, 2015, 5:39 a.m.
We'll hear a song for fathers & daughters from Gil Scott-Heron, experience some out-of-this-world hip-hop from Copperwire, and the sultry sounds of Cassandra Wilson, plus the usual array of funk, soul, and jazz.
UpFront Soul #2015.23 Hour 1- June 15-21, 2015
June 12, 2015, 5:22 a.m.
We'll hear a song for fathers & daughters from Gil Scott-Heron, experience some out-of-this-world hip-hop from Copperwire, and the sultry sounds of Cassandra Wilson, plus the usual array of funk, soul, and jazz.
June 12, 2015, 4:50 a.m.
sunriseoceanbender.com
June 11, 2015, 10:48 p.m.
Part 1 of the Sea Otter review show, results from Manhattan beach GP, and upcoming events
Earth First! Update - 11 June, 2015
June 11, 2015, 10:40 p.m.
Radical, No Compromise Environmental News
FCC's net neutrality rules take effect as legal action looms for June 12, 2015
June 11, 2015, 10:15 p.m.
Report about FCC's "net neutrality" rules taking effect, hours after a court denies a stay to have them stopped.
June 11, 2015, 9:09 p.m.
Ventanas fuse Spain's Flamenco & Sephardic cultures-exclusive interview + Amsterdam Afrobeat w/ Tony Allen's blessing. worldbeatcanada radio
worldbeatcanada radio june 12 2015
June 11, 2015, 9:01 p.m.
Ventanas fuse Spain's Flamenco & Sephardic cultures-exclusive interview + Amsterdam Afrobeat w/ Tony Allen's blessing. worldbeatcanada radio
June 11, 2015, 7:46 p.m.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK World Radio Japan, China Radio International, Radio Havana Cuba, Sputnik Radio, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.
June 11, 2015, 7:17 p.m.
June 11, 2015, 7:12 p.m.
Focus Asia Pacific June 12 2015
June 11, 2015, 7:06 p.m.
Switzerland In Sound June 11 2015
June 11, 2015, 7:01 p.m.
June 11, 2015, 6:07 p.m.
Just like Canada, Israel is a settler state and a colonial state. Today, Israel not only colonizes Palestine but mocks the international community through its decades-long occupation of Palestinian lands, and the cruel blockade of Gaza.
Great attention is focused on Robert Lovelace, a member of the First Nations, on faculty at Queen's University.
Robert is heading out to an aid convoy on the Mediterreanean - Freedom Flotilla III - to follow up on the groundbreaking work of the first two flotillas, which brought attention to the plight of Gazans, and the brutality of an Israeli regime that attacked peaceful aid boats, killing 10 activists.
June 11, 2015, 5:06 p.m.
Turkish folk-rock from the 1970s; a visit to the Rexas-Mexico border; a roots reggae sampler; salsa with trombones
June 11, 2015, 1:22 p.m.
June 11, 2015, 1:10 p.m.
June 10, 2015, 11:08 p.m.
Nachrichten Kommentar mit Wolfgang
Stingrays invade England for June 11, 2015
June 10, 2015, 9:54 p.m.
Report about sightings of stingray devices that capture nearby cell phone signals.
June 10, 2015, 9:36 p.m.
Headlines:
Reconciliation Matters events in Ottawa and Vancouver | NCRC participants
Access Day on CiTR in Vancouver | CHRW & CKUT
Kingston Coalition Against Poverty release documentary | CFRC
Features:
Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy protest increasing injustices | CKUT
CHRY listeners speak out | Omme-Salma Rahemtullah
Community Radio Report:
Access and representation at #NCRC34 | GW Training Track participants
Thanks to:
Hosts - Dan and Brian from QCCR in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Music - Toby from CICK in Smithers, BC.
Headlines - Laith and Stephane from CKUT, Gunargie from Co-op Radio, Adam from CFRC, and Richard from CHRW.
Features - Antoine Cadaux and Anna Marchese from CKUT, and Omme-Salma Rahemtullah former a volunteer, Board represenative, and staff member of CHRY.
Community radio report - Camille and Stephane from CKUT, Sonja from CIVL, and Sarah.
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June 10, 2015, 9:28 p.m.
June 10, 2015, 9:26 p.m.
Welcome back show with interviews from Brad in Texas, and the start of the Sea Otter interviews..along with other rants and raves.
Bristol schools failing to deal with dangerous Charlie Charlie Ouija craze
June 10, 2015, 4:53 p.m.