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April 12, 2015, 3:40 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each show features a freeform playlist of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week
Christina De Angelo - CFA Local 6546 - 4/11/15
April 12, 2015, 2:07 p.m.
Christina De Angelo is the Chair of the Grievance Committee with CFA Local 6546 on the U of I Urbana-Champaign Campus. She joins us in studio during the 2nd half hour to talk about the formation of the Local and their fight to be recognized by the University. The labor news stories during our first half hour focus on several labor issue including the upcoming Fight For 15 on 4/15.
WEFT 90.1 FM is in our Spring Pledge Drive and we'd like to mention that if you believe in non-corporate news on local, national and international workers issues, please donate online at http://weft.org/support/ to help keep us on the air.
The Big Tobacco Conspiracy Show!
April 12, 2015, 1:45 p.m.
It's time to light up a cancer stick and get down to brass tacks about tobacco!
Dredged from the vaulted archives of the FUNHOUSE, 1997's BSTF #117 "Smoke 'Em If Ya Git 'Em" show was one of my finest efforts--and then I went back in and retooled it into something even MOAR insidious than it was! You'll hear audiomontages of those cigarette theme songs and commercials that you haven't heard in a couple generations, but that's not all... I researched the HELL out of this one to deliver up a ten-minute Flooze's overview of the history of the insidious works of the Conspiracy's Tobacco Empire, including data manipulation, secret deals to kneecap the antismoking lobby, slave labor on third-world tobacco plantations, and the hybrid Y-1 tobacco plants that bear ultrahigh doses of nicotine--all themes reiterated in the congressional hearings where the weaselous Big Tobacco honchos got dragged into the light and grilled on live teevee! I can state with confidence that you can't be unaffected by this show--by the time it's over, you'll either have stopped smoking, started smoking, or made no change at all.
With music and more by World Entertainment War, The Tubes, The Pair, Gary Paxton (the neckbearded goofy crooner who actually fucked Tammy Faye Bakker, eesh!), Norman Bates and the Showerheads, Archie Campbell interviewing a young Junior Samples, Shel Silverstein, and the smokin' hot JULIE LONDON. *Gnarrf!*
Hunger Strike at OSP Youngstown nears 30th day
April 12, 2015, 12:28 p.m.
This week we're joined by Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan, one of 6 prisoners who are almost a month into a solidarity hunger strike at Ohio State Prison in Youngstown to press the Warden about current conditions at the prison. Among the issues the hunger strike is protesting include the inability of all new/incoming prisoners to OSP and those currently on the highest level of security (5B) to attend congregational religious activities, also poor quality of food presented by <a href="http://aramarkcorrections.com/">Aramark</a> (the company contracted to provide meals at OSP, and who's food services sparked the hunger strike in <a href="http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2014/01/29/hunger-strike-at-westville-in-in-sean-swain-radio-and-more/">January of 2014</a> at Westville Correctional Facility in Indiana) a lack of access to outside recreation for the prisoners and more. You may recall Hasan from a prior interview we did with him on the anniversary of the 1993 Lucasville Prisoner uprising which began because of some of the same issues and for which Hasan is facing the death penalty as an organizer of the beginning of the protest sparking the uprising as well as helping to organize the end of that uprising. The 1993 uprising resulted in the deaths of 9 prisoners (accused of being snitches) and one prison guard. To hear our interview with Hasan from October of 2013, click <a href="http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/10/29/a-conversation-with-hasan-who-survived-the-lucasville-prison-uprising/">here</a>.
Also, Sean Swain speaks about the hunger strike at OSP, where he was formerly incarcerated, and the harsh realities of lack of access to human interaction, direct sunlight and the out doors.
There is a rally in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday the 14th of April at 3pm at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corruption, 770 West Broad St. The point of the rally is to deliver a list of demands to the officials of the ODRC and pressure them to change the conditions at OSP Youngstown, ending the hunger strike. The rally coincides with the 22nd anniversary of the Lucasville Uprising which started because of a denial of religious rights of muslim prisoners including Abdulla Siddique Hasan. More info at LucasvilleAmnesty.org
From that site:
"If you can't make it to Columbus, please be creative and find a way to support the hunger strike on Tuesday. Organize a solidarity fast like students at the University of Toledo did on Friday, with an evening "break the fast" get together. Or a call-in lunch, gather with friends mid-day and call the prison, Central Office, and The CIIC (numbers and scripts below). Or a letter writing party, write letters to officials, your local newspapers, and/or to the hunger striking prisoners.
Whatever you do, let us know by emailing Ben at Insurgent.Ben@gmail.com so he can share the stories with the hunger strikers and the world. Tuesday will be the 30th day of this hunger strike, if everyone can find a way to express solidarity on that day it will make a huge difference for these men's morale and resolve, as well as sending a strong message to the prison authorities that the hunger strikers are not alone in their protest.
There is also a rally in the works for at or near OSP on Saturday. Details will be posted at lucasvilleamnesty.org as they are confirmed."
If you'd like to write to Hasan, he can be reached at:
Siddique Abdullah Hasan
R130-559
OSP
878 Coitsville-Hubbard Rd
Youngstown, OH 44505
To get ahold of ODRC director Gary Mohr you can call 614-752-1150.
Or direct your mail to
Gary Mohr, ODRC Director, 770 West Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43222
or Email him via
drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us
and you can express your concern for the safety of the prisoners hunger striking at OSP.
More info and suggestions are up at lucasvilleamnesty.org
Playlist for the episode is here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/12054
Brushing the grass, hunger strike at OSP Youngstown
April 12, 2015, 11:56 a.m.
In this commentary, Sean talks about his first outside experience since 2012. His first direct sunlight, his first touch of grass, in the yard at SOCF Lucasville. He movingly speaks about conditions at Youngstown, where he was prior held, and the reasons for the ongoing hunger strike.
Melting Antarctica Will Shake the World
April 12, 2015, 9:55 a.m.
New science on melting Antarctica. From Tasmania, polar expert Dr. Roland C. Warner. Then the return of Marjory Wildcraft, with more tips on growing your own groceries. Radio Ecoshock 150415
April 12, 2015, 5:53 a.m.
Anthony Enman & Brian Cleveland count down the Top 20 albums charting this week from earshot-online.com, chat with Find The Others, take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, and much more.
Show 03 - Acoustic Resistance 2001 (Lost archive)
April 11, 2015, 11:09 p.m.
Another lost archive of acoustic songs of resistance from early 1990's -2001 featuring Ani Difranco, Jim Page, David Rovics, Paleface, Sonic Youth Jus Kiddin, and more.
First two shows 2001 (lost archives)
April 11, 2015, 9:38 p.m.
15+ years since PDR gradually hit the airwaves on Free Radio Santa Cruz 89.3, 96.3, 101, 101.3fm (Still running and 20 years old this year) When the station started back in 1995 we were hurtin to fill 24 hours of programing so I sent letters to all the labels that I was into at the time I remember reading the back of Maximum Rock n Roll, Flipside magazine, zines, cd's radio, to find cool record label addresses to write to. These are the first two shows I officially produced as PDR back in 2001 featuring ¡Tchkung!, Infernal Noise brigade, Fifteen, Raw Knowledge, $ETH, Bigwig, Earth Crisis, Broadways, Hip Criticals, Fields of Fire and more.
WP, Israeli Attacked By Settlers
April 11, 2015, 2:18 p.m.
Continued reading of "Witness in Palestine" by Anna Baltzer; music of Andrea Bocelli.
April 11, 2015, 12:56 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each show features a freeform playlist of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week
Nobel Prize Economist Joseph Stiglitz: the Dangerous Trans-Pacific Partnership
April 11, 2015, 10:49 a.m.
Nobel Prize Economist Joseph Stiglitz on
the Dangers of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
"The TPP proposes to freeze into a binding trade agreement many of the worst features of the worst laws in the TPP countries, making needed reforms extremely difficult if not impossible." Stiglitz highlights how this trade agreement threatens our jobs, health, communities and environment. In the meanwhile Congress is moving to "fast track" approval of the controversial TPP agreement without public hearings, no floor debate, no amendments - no civic engagement whatsoever. The stakes are too high to allow back room negotiations. If passed, the TPP would be the largest trade deal in history, covering 792 million people and about 40% of the world's economy.
#371 -- Work, Debt, and Crisis (Part 1)
April 11, 2015, 10:08 a.m.
A fine audio collage--originally titled "Capital Games"--by Chazk, a.k.a. Virtual Renderings. An intriguing and sometimes rocking blend of satire, music, and also analysis by several voices (among them Richard Wolff's). It explores the economic problems of our time--fallling wages, consumer debt, overwork, unemployment, decline of manufacturing, corrupt politicians, crooked banks and bankers, soaring corporate profits, and stratospheric executive salaries ... among others.
April 11, 2015, 9:39 a.m.
This week we look at the student led mobilizations that have rocked the streets of Montreal and Quebec City. From large scale marches, to occupations of university buildings to direct actions, the spring 2015 coalition has re-energized radical organizing in so called Quebec.
This Week in Radio News: Stan Freberg April 4-17, 2015
April 10, 2015, 6:45 p.m.
Reports about the radio work of Stan Freberg, after his April 7 death. Plus an excerpt from CIA director John Brennan's talk at Harvard, and John Oliver interviews Edward Snowden.
INTERVIEWS AUTHOR/PROFESSOR MICHAEL MASCARENHAS
April 10, 2015, 4:02 p.m.
The interview examines how Neo-liberal reforms (in the manner of De-regulation, austerity measures, common sense policies, privatization, etc.) are woven through and shape contemporary racial inequality in Canadian society. Using recent controversies in drinking water contamination and solid waste and sewage pollution, Where the Waters Divide illustrates in concrete ways how cherished notions of liberalism and common sense reform â Neo-liberalism â also constitute a particular form of racial oppression and white privilege.
Michael Mascarenhas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellow. He has published in the following books: Environmental Conflict and Democracy in Canada (2009), Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology (2008), and in the Institute of Development Studies Bulletin (2012). His work has been featured in the New York Times, Scientist in the Field column and on Scienceline, a web project of NYUs Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program.
"Intimations of Immaturity"
April 10, 2015, 2:27 p.m.
This RADIOLA! observes that certain people do all their growing up on the outside.
April 10, 2015, 2:25 p.m.
Bruce Kent on UK detention without trial & secret courts
April 10, 2015, 1:39 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/bcfm-politics-show-with-tony-gosling-13/
BBC 'Making it clear' as mud - we drill into the crooked economic system
April 10, 2015, 1:26 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/bcfm-politics-show-with-tony-gosling-13/
We interview Iyad Burnat of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall
April 10, 2015, 1:06 p.m.
Our feature presentation this week is our own interview with Iyad Burnat, head of the Bilâin Popular Committee Against the Wall. This past week, he's been speaking throughout the Boston area as part of his month-long nationwide tour of American cities.
Bilâin is a village in the West Bank which has been bisected by the Israeli Apartheid Wall. Its residents have risen up to nonviolently challenge the infringement and theft of their land for settlement development. Iyad is also head of Friends of Freedom and Justice in Bilâin, a pro-Palestinian organization with the stated aims of building a "wide network of people from all over the globe who support Freedom and Justice for all."[
Iyad was gracious enough to sit down with This Week In Palestine to discuss his work with the Popular Committee in Bilâin. Here is that interview.
But first, some domestic news coverage: This Week In Palestine has been following various stories out of college campuses reflecting the growing student activism and organizing going on there concerning the Palestinian/Israeli issue. In particular we have been encouraged by the work of the organization Students for Justice In Palestine (SJP). They have faced enormous challenges, not only from the pushback by Zionist students, but also the attempted censorship by college and university administrations who try to stifle their creative activities in response to pressure from alumni donors influenced by the Zionist lobby.
In this regard, we share two Electronic Intifada reports from campuses, the first on Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts), and the second on Pitzer College (Claremont, California). The Northeastern U report is "Divestment referendum blocked at Northeastern" (electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/divestment-referendum-blocked-northeastern). The Pitzer College report is "Defying collegeâs threats, California students build mock Israeli wall" (electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/defying-colleges-threats-california-students-build-mock-israeli-wall).
April 10, 2015, 12:26 p.m.
Almost all Americans fall victim to the hype, intensity, and propaganda, that accompanies political panics. Mark Stein examines American political panics over witches, Indians, Masons, Chinese, Socialists, Latinos, Muslims, gay marriage and more. Mark closely examines just what it is that causes us as a country to overreact in the face of widespread and potentially profound changes.
Mark also wrote the screenplay for the film, Housesitter, starring Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, and Movies-of-the-Week for CBS and NBC, starring Katey Sagal, John Ritter, Teri Garr, and Robert Urich. Mark Stein's plays have been produced off-Broadway at the Manhattan Theatre Club, and at numerous regional theatres including South Coast Repertory, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Manitoba Theatre Centre, L.A.'s Fountain Theatre and the Rubicon Theatre in Ventura, CA. Mark lives in Washington, D.C., where he has taught at Catholic University and American University.
Source: C-Span: Book Discussion on American Panic
Surviving Progress
Ronald Wright joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss what can be done to respond to the pressures of progress.
"Progress can do us in, or so argues British historian Wright as he embarks on a lively if meandering journey through the development and demise of ancient civilizations to determine whether our current one is doomed. By reading the "black boxes" left by departed societies (like those of the Easter Islanders, the Sumerians and the Mayans), we can learn to avoid the mistakes that led to their downfall, he suggests. Many of those errors revolve around the plundering of natural resources and the development of social hierarchies that allow elite groups to indulge in over-consumption at the expense of the masses.
Other errors involve "progress traps," technologies or advances that, like weapons, are initially useful but become dangerous to civilization once fully developed, especially if moral and technical progress diverge. The analogy of civilization as a kind a "pyramid scheme," which, like the sales scheme, thrives only if it grows, is one of several imaginative mnemonic devices Wright uses to round out his argument.
Today's culprit, he declares, is "market extremism," which has "cross-bred with evangelical messianism to fight intelligent policy on metaphysical grounds." This laissez-faire capitalism, he reasons, will spell the end of the planet, and our civilization, if it is not controlled.
Wright crafts an entertaining tale of eras gone by, incorporating relevant facts on subjects as diverse as the lifestyles of early hominids and recent patterns of climate change, and demonstrating the holistic importance of natural resources to a society. And if he never specifies exactly what the proper choices for modern civilization are, or how they will bring deliverance from the coming storm, his book will nonetheless convince readers that we are at a crossroads where the right choices can still be made." ~ Publishers Weekly
Source: YouTube: Ronald Wright: Proving Nature Wrong
Music includes XTC - Melt The Guns, Metric - Succexy, Wildman - Like A Wave, Capitol Steps - It Wasn't Bill, Izzy Smart - Anti-Austerity Protest Song, Capitol Steps - But We Only Have McCain, Crosby / Stills / Nash & Young - Ohio, Terry Gangstad - National Institute of the Blonde, Steve Angrisano - Go Make a Difference, The Specials - Nelson Mandela, Donovan - Universal Soldier, Odetta - Don't Think Twice It's Alright, Gil Scott-Heron - Lady Day and John Coltrane, Hair - Good Morning Starshine, Monty Python - Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life, Philip Glass - Powaqqatsi, The Classical Duo - Vivaldi Guitar, Titanic Soundtrack - Nearer My God To Thee
500 More Years of White Racist Colonialism And Abuse?
April 10, 2015, 10:59 a.m.
PRODUCER"S NOTE: (The first release of this dispatch contains an accidental incidence of 'dead air', but we have fixed this and have provided a new mp3 below listed as '500MoreYears-Corrected'. We apologise for any confusion.)
TheAngryindian offers his thoughts on the daylight, public execution of Walter Scott by a murderous United States police officer in the American South; his disgust at the unforgivable colonialist disrespect and institutional misogyny shown by the Euro-settler Canadian justice system to the loss of First Nations #MMIW victim, Sister Cindy Gladue and some brief comments on the Death-by-Neglect programme in the for-profit US gulag-complex against American journalist and MOVE Organisation activist #Mumia abu-Jamal.
Hands Up - Don't Shoot Me in the BACK
April 10, 2015, 9:08 a.m.
Spotlighting yet the latest murder of an unarmed citizen, this time in the back, but also on VIDEO... help from Maddow, Van Jones, Live sounds from the NYC and Fergestan protests and more...
Changing the Way Money Works: The Steady State Economy and Sharing Law.
April 10, 2015, 8:47 a.m.
Changing the Way Money Works: The Steady State Economy and Sharing Law
Description: With the current economic framework centered around greed, the result has been environmental desolation and social interactions that set human beings against each other.
The mandate for everlasting economic growth has pushed the Earth to its natural limits.
This week's Global Research News Hour focuses on the need to change economics as usual. Is it possible?
Our guests include James Magnus-Johnston, the Canadian Director of the Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy, and Janelle Orsi, co-founder and executive director of The Sustainable Economies Law Center in the San Francisco Bay Area.
April 10, 2015, 5:12 a.m.
sunriseoceanbender.com
Earth First! Update - 9 April, 2015
April 9, 2015, 10:42 p.m.
Radical, No Compromise Environmental News
April 9, 2015, 6:37 p.m.
Celt In Twist zigs while the others zag-celebrating the Week Before Easter a week after with Jim Moray +lots of great spins this hour!
worldbeatcanada radio april 10 2015
April 9, 2015, 6:26 p.m.
New global from around the corner w/ Vancity's Caracas & around the world w/ Carlou D & Eagle Eye Cherry. worldbeatcanada radio!
The Shortwave Report 04/10/15 Listen Globally!
April 9, 2015, 4:38 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, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Sputnik Radio.