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"Driftwood" stories+trans testimonies+QBDOO reports+LGBT news!
March 2, 2015, 4:51 p.m.
The "Driftwood" project personalizes politics; the University of Minnesota's Tretter Collection seeks trans testimonies; 8-year-old QBDOO reports from Brooklyn about his trans life; Kazakhstan's Senate passes a "no promo homo" bill, another U.S. Native American tribe votes for marriage equality, Northern Ireland's Roman Catholic Church pushes a "religious freedom" bill, the U.K. is first in the world to approve 3-parent babies, and more LGBT news from around the world!
March 2, 2015, 2:14 p.m.
March 2, 2015, 1:53 p.m.
Get your head on straight! This week we tackle the odd little gem from 2014 FRANK the eccentric story of an avant-garde pop band whose leader (played by Michael Fassbender) wears a large artificial head. When we meet them, Frank and his band, the unpronounceable Soronprfbs, are on a ânot-very-successfulâ UK tour. While attempting to rescue their keyboardist from drowning himself after a show, they encounter Jon, a ânot so sure of himselfâ musician who they recruit to the lineup despite his lack of talent.
From there, Jon is invited to join the band in Ireland, where they take root in a secluded country house â a perfect place for composing, what they believe will be, the-greatest-album-ever! But Jon doesnât take the warning that the shoes heâs filling put him in the center of a band full of crazy people. Thereâs Clara, the theremin player who aggressively hates him, Baraque and Nana, who donât seem to speak English other than when it suits them, Don, the manager and self confessed manaquin lover â and, of course, Frank the musical genius lurking somewhere behind his papier mache head. Why? Who knows? Whatâs underneath? Who knows? Where does it get them? Who knows?
âFrankâ is based on the memoir by Jon Ronson and is a fictional story loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, the persona of cult musician and comedy legend Chris Sievey, as well as outsider musicians like Daniel Johnston and Captain Beefheartâ¦
All of this, plus our Top 3 Fictitious Bands in Movies
The murder of Patrick Karegeya haunts the Kagame regime
March 2, 2015, 12:16 p.m.
Portia explains the political circumstances that slow the search for justice, but she is confident that the killers will be brought to justice and that the Kagame gang will be removed. A South African court has convicted Rwandan agents in the attempted murder of Gen. Nyamwasa, a sign of hopeful change in Africa.
Roger Auque, mainstream reporter, spy for Mossad and CIA
March 2, 2015, 12:08 p.m.
In posthumous memoir Auque wrote candidly about his work for Israeli and American intelligence, saying he needed the money to maintain his lifestyle.
Philpot points out that none of the media outlets (CBC, LaPresse, e.g.) have felt the need to comment. He had used their credentials to acquire information for various intelligence agencies. If they say nothing, why should they ever be trusted?
If Music Could Talk - March 1 2015
March 2, 2015, 11:46 a.m.
GroundWire | February 25, 2015 & March 3, 2015 | Homelessness Marathon Edition
March 2, 2015, 11:44 a.m.
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #40 - 3-6-15
March 2, 2015, 9:22 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
!earshot 20 - February 27, 2015
March 2, 2015, 5:47 a.m.
Anthony Enman and Brian Cleveland count down the Top 20 albums charting this week from earshot-online.com, catch up with with Samantha Savage Smith and Lisa Leblanc, take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, and much more!
The Mixed Tape - February 24, 2015
March 2, 2015, 5:24 a.m.
Swinging with Hilary Kole; 3/1/15; Set #1
March 2, 2015, 4:54 a.m.
Swinging with Hilary Kole; 3/1/15; Set #2
March 2, 2015, 4:52 a.m.
Helen Caldicott at NYC Symposium on Nuclear Extinction
March 1, 2015, 5:52 p.m.
Dr. Helen Caldicott's speech about avoiding nuclear catastrophe. It's titled "While There's Life, There's Hope." Closing talk at the "Symposium: The Dynamics of Possible Nuclear Extinction" at the New York Academy of Medicine in New York City, March 1st 2015. The conference of prominent experts in the field of nuclear weapons and peace was organized by the Helen Caldicott Foundation.
Conscious Being And Ethical Nothingness (01.03.2015)
March 1, 2015, 5:03 p.m.
TheAngryindian offers his thoughts on the untimely transition of North American Indigenous activist and Leonard Peltier supporter Ms. Joan Rodriguez (known on Twitter as @Joanie399) and the passing of actor Leonard Nimoy and his importance as a cultural icon for people of mixed-heritage around the world. Spoken word follows in the main segment and an archived lecture from US Marxist professor and political critic Dr. Michael Parenti speaking about the obvious right-wing perspective that is to be found within mainstream media bias in the United States.
Elizabeth Wallace - NNU - 2/28/15
March 1, 2015, 3:52 p.m.
Elizabeth Wallace with National Nurses United discusses current legislation and working conditions for health care workers.
March 1, 2015, 3:24 p.m.
Dorothee Schneider represents the Non-Tenure Track Faculty Union Local 6546 at the U of I Urbana- Champaign. She's our in-studio guest in the 1st half-hour to talk about recent contract issues at the U of I. Co-Host Gus Wood remembers Malcolm X on the 50th Anniversary of his assassination.
Emmert/Miller UIUC Unions 2/14/25
March 1, 2015, 3 p.m.
Kay Emmert is a representative of the Non-Tenured Track Faculty Local 6546 at the U of I Urbana-Champaign. Dorinda Miller is the President of AFSCME Local 3700 Clerical workers and represents 1350 employees at the U of I Urbana- Champaign. Both join us in-studio to talk about current issues.
Updates on Albert Woodfox of the Angola3, Sean Swain, St. Clair and musicprison in AL
March 1, 2015, 2:26 p.m.
This episode features updates on various prisoner situations, followed by recent post-punk, punk and deathrock from around the world.
Firstly, we give an update on Albert Woodfox (last living, incarcerated member of the Angola 3) who's almost reached his 43rd year (!) in solitary confinement in the state of Louisiana. In addition to this update, we feature a segment of Robert King speaking about his experience in Angola prison and an interview by Noah of The Prison Radio Show with Tory Pegram. The interview aired CKUT, Montreal on Feb 10th, 2015. Albert (aka Shaka Cinque), alongside Herman Wallace and Robert King were convicted by a white jury and based on the inconsistent testimonies of prison snitches of the murder of a white prison guard. The reality is that they were convicted because they've been organizing a chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Angola Prison. For our conversation with Malik Rahim (cofounder of the International Committee to Free The Angola 3), check out: http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2014/01/14/court-dates-nato3-announcement-malik-rahim-on-angola3/
Albert Woodfox has a bail hearing on March 2nd, 2015 in Baton Rouge. Details and how to attend can be found here: http://angola3news.blogspot.com/2015/02/a3-newsletter-bail-hearing-for-albert.html
Amnesty Intl's revamped campaign around Albert Woodfox: http://blog.amnestyusa.org/tag/angola-3/
Episode list for CKUT's The Prison Radio Show: http://ckut.ca/c/index.php?q=en%2Foldgrid%2F2%2C17%3A00
We also give an update to the work strike announced to begin today, March 1st, at St. Clair Correctional in Alabama. St. Clair has been one of the hotbeds of organizing for the Free Alabama Movement and Melvin Ray is incarcerated there. On Friday, Warden Davenport called in the Riot Squads against this threat of non-violent non-participation but because of outside pressure they were withdrawn. FAM & Free Mississippi movement are struggling to clearly and non-violently organize resistance to the carceral state that has extended slavery of forced labor without pay onto (disproportionately) black and brown bodies throughout the U.S. More at http://www.alabamaprisonwatch.org/ & http://freealabamamovement.com
For our conversation with Melvin Ray and others from the FAM&M, check out: http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2015/02/09/free-alabama-mississippi-movements-in-prisons-updates-on-sean-swain/
We also update listeners to what's been going on with Sean Swain's property access at SOCF, Lucasville, INCLUDING that the administrators destroyed his Qur'an & Taurat. More at http://seanswain.org/socf-staff-fascist-fuckweasels-or-inept-morons-you-decide/
Playlist for episode pending for the last 20 minutes worth of music.
March 1, 2015, 1:38 p.m.
Sean discusses the double standard in American Society around racist imagery depicting Native Americans in sports logos and other examples of when that sort of thing would be scoffed at. In particular he points to the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians sports franchises.
Climate Disruption of Our Lives
March 1, 2015, 10:46 a.m.
We thought global warming would be gentle and kinda nice. Instead it's weird and extreme. Dr. Jennifer Francis of Rutgers founded theory of Jet Stream waves and Arctic Vortex. Then Dr. Daniel Brooks explains why parasites survive warming better than we do.
Feb. 28, 2015, 8:12 p.m.
An all-African music program: singer-songwriters from Senegal and Mali, a set of Ethiopian music, classic highlife, Afro-funk
Feb. 28, 2015, 3:06 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown radio show that loves vinyl records, 78s, 45's, private press releases, all kinds of tapes and homemade cds. Each edition of the Radio Thrift Shop features a freeform playlist of music released between the early 1900's and next week.
Feb. 28, 2015, 3:03 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a homegrown radio show 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.
Witness In Palestine -- Jenin Camp
Feb. 28, 2015, 1:55 p.m.
Continued reading of Anna Baltzer's "Witness In Palestine" (2007), the journal entry beginning "Jenin Camp"; Arab-American music.
For A Free Palestine with Jeff Halper
Feb. 28, 2015, 11:30 a.m.
A Free, Free Palestine Remains The Question
featuring,
Jeff Halper, an anthropologist, author of several books on Israeli-Palestine conflict, lecturer about Israeli politics, and political activist who has lived in Israel since 1973. He is best known as the co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions. He is a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement and academic boycott of Israel, considering Israel to be engaged in a deliberate campaign of Judaization of the Palestinian territories. He has created a new mode of Israeli peace activity based on nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience in the Occupied Territories, along with international advocacy.
Jeff Halper, assess recent developments in Israel/Palestine and prospects for the future of a free, free Palestine, in what is one of the most intractable conflicts on the planet and the fulcrum for all politics in the Middle East.
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We continue our discussion on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement with an except from a recent speech by Omar Barghouti a founder of that movement who talks about its growing strength in the U.S. and abroad.
Feb. 28, 2015, 11:09 a.m.
A 30 minute profile mix of composer Tod Dockstader, who passed away earlier this week on February 27, 2015.
Featuring selections from his work (1960-65) and interview from 1963 with WRVR, Riverside Radio, New York City.
#365 -- Deep Politics and the Boston Bombing
Feb. 28, 2015, 10:02 a.m.
Investigative journalist RUSS BAKER gives a wide-ranging talk on FBI corruption, "Deep Politics," the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, and the failure of the U.S. news media. And yes, they're all related.
#703 - Dispatches from Weimar America
Feb. 27, 2015, 9:46 p.m.
This week, a range of speakers contribute complimentary perspectives on life in modern USA. We examine the methods, history, purposes and trace the implications of the mass surveillance state and its accompanying machinery of social domination by perpetuating fear among the US citizenry. How to respond to an amoral government which appears set on establishing a totalitarian state, or of destroying society in the effort?
2/18/15 - Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Feb. 27, 2015, 8:04 p.m.
Senator Elizabeth Warren explains why the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a key part of the fight to protect consumers from abusive financial practices, and why citizens must defend the agency and keep up the fight to reform the financial system. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â weâll tell you about the Virginia Public Guardianship Program and why its expansion is important and needed.
Feb. 27, 2015, 7:59 p.m.
Governor Terry McAuliffe, Tax Commissioner Craig Burns, and members of the Virginia State Senate and House of Delegates urged eligible Virginians to use the IRS and Virginia Free File programs to save money at tax time. And during this weekâs âNews You Can Use,â youâll learn how a bill in the Virginia General Assembly is trying to protect those who protect us.