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Seattle Opt Out Press Conference
May 12, 2015, 7:41 a.m.
Press Conference on SBAC Testing: Opt Out Movement Biggest in Seattle's History recorded April 7, 2015 at the Seattle NAACP Headquarters in Seattle, WA.
Technology and Society - Machines
May 11, 2015, 10:49 p.m.
Chicago Society Conference on the trending evolution of human beings and technology in the near and distant future.
Machines, especially computers, are dominating the modern world. They shape the infrastructure of human society. Machines are normalized in a positive frame as helping to model and make decisions of great importance, linking human beings to each other. But the fact that such relations are increasingly less democratic, equitable, or just and accrue benefit to those who control the machines is subsumed by the techno boosterism of our business dominated planet. The complexity of the networks and vastness of the data
landscape is moving toward autonomous decision making.
The keynote speaker, Professor Kowolski, expresses his concern about humans loosing control of their creation on the current path we are on. Physicist Max Tegmark , in presentation elsewhere, warns that Artificial Intelligence is increasing the Risk of Accidental Nuclear War.
The panel speakers discuss advances in machines, hardware or software, and how they will change our lives in the coming years. Panelist discuss their research in autonomous vehicles, human / robotic skill integration for customized manufacturing, robotics for aiding human rehabilitation and, if I understood what she said, reverse genetic mapping with big data.
FCC Payola Proposal May 12, 2015
May 11, 2015, 10:25 p.m.
Report about final day for public comments, May 12, on FCC proposal to make payola easier for record companies.
May 11, 2015, 6:09 p.m.
Dangerous legislation to sanction censorship on California campuses impending in Sacramento; likewise in DC regarding "fast-track" on TPP; Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream cops out on Mideast peace; why Some People See Ghosts; ICC to hear Mavi Marmara victims; Arabic Beat music.
Lily, Ellen, Alison, and Pat + global LGBT news!
May 11, 2015, 5:17 p.m.
Lily opens her closet curtains; Ellen crowns two prom kings; Tony bows a dozen times to Alison's Broadway bombshell; a lesbian-feminist-poet-activist has a few words "For the Straight Folks"; Cyprus officials propose civil partnerships, Costa Rica's high court orders doctors to heal their homophobia, Buenos Aires christens a 3-parent family, a top Kenyan official declares "no room for gays" in his country, "God's lawsuit" is cast out, and more LGBT news from around the world!
May 11, 2015, 2:16 p.m.
True Tales of America's Opiate Epidemic
May 11, 2015, 12:06 p.m.
Interview with Sam Quinones author of "Dreamland: True Tales of America's Opiate Epidemic" recorded April 29, 2015 in Seattle.
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #50 - 5-15-15
May 11, 2015, 7:16 a.m.
Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull.
The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert breaks for station identification, etc. Please be careful to add enough additional material as the length of the segments will vary from week to week
Swinging with Mom; 5/10/15; Set #1
May 11, 2015, 4:16 a.m.
Swinging with Mom; 5/10;15; Set #2
May 11, 2015, 4:14 a.m.
Net Neutrality court challenges May 11, 2015
May 10, 2015, 11:11 p.m.
Report about challenges at the FCC and in the courts to net neutrality.
May 10, 2015, 10:31 p.m.
Nachrichten Kommentar mit Wolfgang
People's Struggles, People's Victories
May 10, 2015, 8:57 p.m.
This episode of Back in the USSR marks two heroic anniversaries: the 70th anniversary of the defeat of fascism in Europe on May 9 1945 and the liberation of Saigon on April 30 1975 which finally saw the forces of the American Empire expelled from Vietnam. Both of these anniversaries mark a great victory for the working people and oppressed nations of the world in the face of imperialism, and unsurprisingly neither is officially celebrated anywhere in the modern West which prefers to back Nazis in Ukraine today rather than celebrate the defeat of Nazism seventy years ago. Millions of people gave their lives so that these victories could be won and I refuse to let their sacrifice be forgotten in this country. Long live the Red Army and the peoples of the Soviet Union who heroically resisted the fascist beast, finally driving it back to its lair in Berlin and killing it. Long live the Vietcong who resisted the American Empire to their last drop of blood and finally beat a superpower. Long live the international struggle against imperialism. The fight goes on until imperialism and class exploitation are erased from the face of the earth and liberation for working people and self-determination for all peoples of the world becomes the order of the day.
History of the African American Liberation Struggle
May 10, 2015, 7:52 p.m.
Back in the USSR talks to Brendan Campisi about the African American struggle for liberation, Malcolm X, the Black Panther Party, and the battle for self-determination, self-defense, and self-respect among the oppressed peoples of this continent and beyond against the racist capitalist state in America.
Angel Station - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
May 10, 2015, 7:22 p.m.
Welcome to the CARNAL CARNIVAL!
May 10, 2015, 4:43 p.m.
Strap yourself into the sticky, blistered vinyl seat of a rickety, rusty roller coaster and get ready for a nightmarish journey through an endless sleazy midway of freaks, geeks, misfits, perverts, and grifters as Evil Susie, acting as my booking agent, shepherds me through a multitude of questionable job opportunities working for a very carnal carnival! The title is cribbed from the sprightly Jehova Hates Phred song "Carnal Carnival," and it's bolstered with selections from The Jackie Papers, Bill Hicks, Crispin Glover, Joe Frank, Firesign Theatre, Tin Huey, Nash the Slash, Wendy O. Williams & The Plasmatics...and there's even a special geeking demonstration by Joe Coleman actually biting the heads off of a couple mice! I mixed it with chunks from MULTIPLE MANIACS (the Cavalcade of Perversion!), the obscure comedy hippies Conceptionland, carny sequences from sleaze classics CARNY GIRLS, FREAKS, and SATAN IN HIGH HEELS, and poured on some gloppy goops of some sick & lame kids LPs of PINOCCHIO and MisteRogers and some xtian thing called GINGERBROOK FARE [sic]. Goddamn, but this thing is packed with skeevy sleaze!
TRIGGER WARNING: May contain CLOWNS. ("May," HELL.)
May 10, 2015, 2:14 p.m.
Interview with Jen Marlowe, Director & Producer, and Nada Alwadi, Co-producer of the new documentary film âWitness Bahrainâ
May 10, 2015, 2 p.m.
Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish and Maria Tomchick both formerly with Eat the State!
May 10, 2015, 1:28 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that features vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and cassette tapes and homemade cds. Each show features a freeform variety of music released between the early 1900's and next week in numerous musical genres.
May 10, 2015, 1:25 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown mix that features vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each show features a freeform playlist of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week in numerous musical genres.
May 10, 2015, 1:23 p.m.
Paper Radio is a podcast series from DJ Frederick of One Minute Zine Reviews. Paper Radio explores paper culture in the digital age. Topics include: letter writing, postcards, newsletters, mail art, the postal service, zine publishing and unique indie publications, free speech, DIY resources, DIY music and making your own media.
Sean Swain Silenced: Repression at Lucasville
May 10, 2015, 1:07 p.m.
Sean Swain can't do his youaretheresistance segment this week. He's been silenced by his jailers at SOCF Lucasville in Ohio, cut off from email, phone calls, video visits and apparently mail. Rather than read his posts and letters that are available at seanswain.org, I'll give a synopsis.
Basically the situation is this: Sean (and many other on his cellblock) witnessed a guard pepper spray 2 prisoners in neighboring cells for nothing. On April 20th, after a series of escalations by guards, prisoners were pepper sprayed, threatened with beatings, taken to the hole and Sean witnessed the and wrote about the event. Because of the unfairness of the way that the guards and courts have dealt with the 9, Black prisoners taken to the hole on the claims of organizing, and in particular the treatment of Rob Mahone (Sean's neighbor), Sean decided to allow his record of the events to be posted at http://seanswain.org
Operation Fenix: Repression in Czech Republic
May 10, 2015, 1:02 p.m.
This week's episode theme: Repression!
Not really, but all of the content is related to that topic: Operation Fenix in Czech Republic; announcements on the 30th anniversary remembrances of the bombing of the MOVE house in Philly; updates on Mumia's health status; Dave Strano out on bail, injured by police in Denver; support for Baltimore arrestees; the silencing of Sean Swain.
I forgot to say Happy May Day to y'all out there. Happy May Day, celebration of the corruption of the American Legal System as encapsulated in the indictment of the Haymarket 8, anarchist labor leaders and rebels accused of responsibility for throwing a bomb at cops during a rally in Chicago in 1886. Funny thing is, many of those 8 weren't present and those who were were busy giving speaches when the bomb was thrown by an unknown figure. Of the 8, 4 were executed after a show trial, 1 committed suicide in prison to defy the authorities, and the 3 were later exonherated. Since all of their names have been cleared.
It's also notably a European pagan holiday celebrating fertility, or new beginnings as spring rolls into full steam.
Since this event it's been celebrated worldwide by marches and parades, by uprisings and riots, by picnics and gatherings. Tip of the hat to the folks of Seattle, Montreal, Milan, Istanbul, Oakland, Seoul, Moscow, Barcelona and sooo many other places where folks rose up in revolt. A great segment talking about this year's May Day can be found at http://www.submedia.tv/stimulator/2015/05/09/may-day-gray-day/
OpFenixThe main content of the episode is a conversation with Lucy and Michael, two Czech anarchists speaking about the raids, arrests and charges of terrorism in the Czech Republic known as Operation Fenix/Phoenix. From the support site:
With âOperation Fenixâ came the biggest wave of police repressions against the anarchist and radical left movement in the recent czech history.
Taking people early in the morning hours, accusations of preparation of terrorist acts and confiscation of a server, which held several activistsâ sites, all came with âOperation Fenixâ which started on Tuesday, 28th of April. Anti-extremist police is actively trying to frighten the left scene and collecting information in a fishing expedition.
Through the hour, Lucy and Michael talk about the far right in Czech Republic, the far left and anarchists, squatting in Prague, sabotage & animal liberation movements attached the Network of Revolutionary Cells in that country and also about the upcoming Prague Anarchist Bookfaire.
Other notes:
Sean Swain can't do his youaretheresistance segment this week. He's been silenced by his jailers at SOCF Lucasville in Ohio, cut off from email, phone calls, video visits and apparently mail. Rather than read his posts and letters that are available at seanswain.org, I'll give a synopsis.
Basically the situation is this: Sean (and many other on his cellblock) witnessed a guard pepper spray 2 prisoners in neighboring cells for nothing. On April 20th, after a series of escalations by guards, prisoners were pepper sprayed, threatened with beatings, taken to the hole and Sean witnessed the and wrote about the event. Because of the unfairness of the way that the guards and courts have dealt with the 9, Black prisoners taken to the hole on the claims of organizing, and in particular the treatment of Rob Mahone (Sean's neighbor), Sean decided to allow his record of the events to be posted at seanswain.org
May 13th, this Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of the Philly PD's bombing of an already persecuted but defiant MOVE organization in that city. MOVE is a group focused on a worship of life and with a critique of racism, cruelty to animals, civilization and capitalism. On MAY 13th, 1985, the Philly pigs, ostensibly in an attempt to end a standoff with members of the MOVE organization where they'd barricaded themselves in a house, took a C4 bomb from the National Guard armory and dropped it by a helicoptor onto a house, killing 11 people, 5 of them children and levelling a city block. 7 move prisoners remain imprisoned on BS charges. You can find out more about the case at onamove.com including info on events in Philly, Oakland, West Hollywood & Minneapolis. http://onamove.org;
In a related note, the life of longterm prisoner, journalist, MOVE supporter and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal is still in danger and there's a request for immediate pressing of his jailers in Pennsylvania to give him the medical attention that he needs. Mumia recently fell ill, going into Diabetic shock and suffering from untreated skin legions while incarcerated at SCI Manci. Though officials had conducted 3 blood tests on him in prior time no one informed him he'd developed Diabetes. He's been denied medical treatment at various stages, an adequite diet and also access to his family, lawyers and supporters.
You can call the following officials to express concern:
John Wetzel - Secretary, PA Department of Corrections â (717) 728-4109
Thomas Wolf - Governor of Pennsylvania â (717) 787 2500
and more info on the case can be found at http://freemumia.com ;
There's a continued request for solidarity for folks arrested in Baltimore in the wake of rioting that resulted from the murder of a 25 year old Black man named Freddie Grey at the hands of the police and their subsequent denial of guilt despite his arrest being videotaped. Legal and bail funds for the rebels can be donated at http://www.crowdrise.com/legalbailsupportforbaltimore ;
There's a request for economic aid and support for community organizer Dave Strano after his beating and arrest at a Baltimore solidarity action that was attacked in Denver, CO earlier this month. He was bonded out on the 5th of May for $5,000. For more info and to help him out, check out https://denverabc.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/denver-community-organizer-ar...
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526 - Protest Violence, Stand for Justice
May 10, 2015, 1:02 p.m.
News You Need to Know: Saudi/US Siege and Aggression on Yemen; Between the Lines interview: Baltimore's Uprising; MIT Anti-Drone Demonstration, 5/6/15; Jim Hightower: Stand With Postal Workers; Between the Lines interview: Bernie Sanders' Presidential Run; Jim Hightower: Trans-Pacific Partnership; Outside The Box: Equal Pay for Equal Work; music.
How to Avoid Thinking About Climate Change
May 10, 2015, 11:05 a.m.
Norwegian eco-psychologist Per Espen Stoknes on How to avoid thinking about global warming. Alternative energy expert Robert A. Stayton says "yes we can power the world with solar" & tells us how. Dr. Alan Rozich: "Other Inconvenient Truths Beyond Global Warming."
May 10, 2015, 8:31 a.m.
This week we take orders from The Producer and Q up the 2011 Made for TV British Film UNITED Directed by James Strong and written by Chris Chibnall, It is based on the true story of Manchester Unitedâs âBusby Babesâ and the aftermath of the 1958 Munich air disaster, with the filmâs events taking place between August 1956 and May 1958. In particular, the film focuses on the experiences of assistant manager Jimmy Murphy, played by David Tennant, and Bobby Charlton, played by Jack OâConnell.
Largely filmed around the North East of England, the film was first broadcast on 24 April 2011 on BBC. The series gained a 14.3% rating in its time slot and was generally very well received by television critics.
But the question is, what did we think? We also conclude with our Top 3 Movie Catastophes â or our interpretation of it.
#375 -- The Hidden Ideology of the News Media, Part 1
May 9, 2015, 8:09 p.m.
Another in our series of classic talks by Progressive political scientist MICHAEL PARENTI. This one--one of his best--dates from 1997.
Parenti demolishes the myth of "the liberal media." With wit, humor, facts, and examples, he shows the US news media to be little more than the propaganda arm of the the most powerful corporations.
Recorded live in Burlington, Vermont--at the same university that had fired him for his antiwar activism 25 years earlier.
May 9, 2015, 9:33 a.m.
Rev. Barber calls for a New Reconstruction in America through Grassroots Activism For Racial and Economic Justice
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Rev. Dr. William Barber is the President of the North Carolina NAACP, and leader of Moral Mondays Movement whose effectiveness of organization has lifted him into the ranks of national civil rights leadership. He is helping transform the political landscape of North Carolina and sparking progressive grassroots activism in other states as well calling this nation to justice, equality and compassion.
We is the most important word in the social justice vocabulary. The issue is not what we can t do, but what we Can do when we stand together. With an upsurge in racism/hate crimes, criminalization of young Black and Brown males, and insensitivity to the poor, we must Stand together now like never before, says the Rev. William Barber, leader of the nationally-recognized North Carolina Moral Mondays movement. The problems we are dealing with are not going to be solved until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.
And now Barber calls for Grassroots Activism For Racial and Economic Justice and a New Reconstruction in America in this speech delivered at union Theological Seminary in NYC
May 9, 2015, 4:38 a.m.
In this sedition, a round up of global May Day riots, plus a re-cap of the Baltimore insurrection propelled by the police murder of Freddie Gray. To top it off, an double cheeseburger with bacon exclusive interview with HIlda Legadeño, mother of one of the missing Normalista students.
On the music break newcomer MC, Comrade kicks some timely rhymes in the wake of the Baltimore riots.
This Week in Radio News: Janek Shaefer May 9-May 15, 2015
May 8, 2015, 10 p.m.
Radio news about radio waves, including these headlines: NSA Phone Data Collection Ruled Illegal; Podcasting Has a Moment in the Mainstream; ACLU apps for recording the police; Rural Broadband; and AT&T faces fines, companies complain about regulation. Also, Janek Shaefer is interviewed about his foundsoundscape project.