Latest Programs
The Motherland Influence: October 19, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014, 10:21 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music. Fall Fund Drive for WRIR
AMBIANCE CONGO: October 19, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014, 10:12 p.m.
Two hours of Congolese music. Fall Fund Drive program for WRIR.
Queer identities+Indian activism+"#Ally Fail"+global LGBT news
Oct. 20, 2014, 5:13 p.m.
India's activists engage in culture wars; critics offer words on identity and ally-ship; Roman Catholic bishops pull a proposed pastoral LGBT welcome mat, Kyrgyzstan continues down a repressive road but Palau decriminalizes gay sex, same-gender Scots plan New Year's Eve weddings, marriage equality continues marching across the U.S., Taiwanese scientists christen a diversity poster-snail, and more LGBT news from around the world.
If Music Could Talk - Oct 19, 2014
Oct. 20, 2014, 3:26 p.m.
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #21 - 10-23-14
Oct. 20, 2014, 2:35 p.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
Oct. 20, 2014, 2:22 p.m.
#692 - The European Deep State Post WW2
Oct. 20, 2014, 7:36 a.m.
This time we focus on a seminal event in the evolution of European deep state groups, the NATO-backed "stay behind network" which first broke the surface in Italy (as Operation Gladio) but which was a factor in most if not all Western European countries after WW2. Daniele Ganser's particular focus is the role of Gladio in Spain. Our second speaker is Sibel Edmonds, whose main focus is the Turkish deep state and its relationship to the War On Terror.
The "Pacific Jazz" Legacy; Oct. 19, 2014; Set #1
Oct. 20, 2014, 4:37 a.m.
The "Pacific Jazz" Legacy; Oct. 19,2014; Set #2
Oct. 20, 2014, 4:34 a.m.
Using ISIL as a Cover to Attack Syrian State
Oct. 20, 2014, 1:36 a.m.
US/allies' terrorism represents a continuity of imperialist government's hypocritical policies and practices: Bombing infrastructure to economically impair a country, bombing civilian homes to destroy dissent and unity-- while claiming humanitarian intervention.
ISIL is the cover to attack Syria. Ultimate target is Iran.
Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice
Oct. 20, 2014, 1:22 a.m.
Phil Taylor and David Jacobs, both contributors to the new book, "Justice Belied: The Unbalanced Scales of International Criminal Justice", discuss the late Professor Michael Mandelâs thesis that the peace-promoting international law regime under the United Nations Charter has been undermined by the international criminal law movement.
Michael Mandel, law professor and Renaissance man, wrote pioneering analyses concluding that the international criminal law movement did more to promote war than it did to promote peace and justice. The movement negated the UN Charterâs pledge to end the scourge of war.
The International Criminal Court and the ad hoc international criminal tribunals end up justifying war by criminalizing the losers or regimes out of favour with the West.
Rev. Susie's STARK MOCKIT Report!
Oct. 19, 2014, 2:48 p.m.
I've had such a busy, busy week that I just woke up surprised in the bathtub. To my relief, the water was just cold--at first, I thought I was on ice and missing a couple-three kidneys. But I did manage to make it into WREK to cover my narcoleptic ass tonight with an unreeling of my "Stark Mockit" Show (get it? GET IT???) where I play the global financial collapse for painful laughs--and the weird thing about this one is that I actually did an intro that I am able to like without reservation. It's short, sweet, sick, and snarky...and hey, snarky tastes GOOD.
Lymph Node Institute's "Monsters" Show!
Oct. 19, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
YES! Tonight, the unparalleled masters of the FUNHOUSE are in the cockpit, and they're casting their unflinching gaze on a topic beloved by every Yeti ever born...MONSTERS! Doc Ellis and Doktor Bugbladder dissect the creatures and mummies and vampires of our youth, plus they take on the contemporary human monsters that people today's world, the serial killers and maniacs who aspire to be our new Frankenstein creations. Trust me--this show will make you appreciate the monstrosity in yourself.
And note: This is the extra-long version that wasn't broadcast on WREK-fm.
Working Class Fight - Gary Walkowicz & Mary Anne Hering - 10/18/14
Oct. 19, 2014, 1:38 p.m.
Two members of the "Working Class Fight" organization call into the show to talk about their election campaigns. Auto Worker Gary Walkowicz phones in to talk about his campaign for the U.S. Congress. Teacher Mary Anne Hering also joins us on the pone to talk about her campaign for the Dearborn Michigan School Board.
You can find out more about their organization at; http://workingclassfight.com/
Oct. 19, 2014, 1:12 p.m.
Each week I play a blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is music from futures past.
Oct. 19, 2014, 1:06 p.m.
A show that loves vinyl, tapes, and homemade cds. Each week I play a blend of tunes released between the early 1900's and next week. It's never the same program twice. Radio Thrift Shop is analogue culture for a digital world.
Oct. 19, 2014, 12:41 p.m.
This week, Sean reminds folks of his electoral history in the run-up to this November 3rd Gubernatorial election in Ohio in which he's a candidate. Sean also offers some possible solutions.
Ayotzinapa: Paramilitaries, Narcos, PRDistas & the Teaching Students of Geurrero
Oct. 19, 2014, 12:16 p.m.
This week we spoke with Dawn Marie Paley. Dawn came onto the show last year to discuss her essay, <a href="http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2013/04/03/233/">Drug War Capitalism</a>. Dawn is now about the publish a book by that same title with AK Press.
On September 26, teaching students from the leftist Normalista College in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, Mexico, protested in the city of Iguala against public policies and in remembrance of the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre in the run-up to the Olympics. In response to the protest, their buses were fired upon by about a dozen police vehicles later that day. Following that, 57 of the normalista students were detained, with 14 later returned. That leaves 43 unnaccounted for, rabble-rousing students in southern Mexico who've been disappeared. Soon the story that Narco's had taken the students from the police emerged but was withdrawn. The police chief and the Mayor are on the run. The search for the students brought news of 11 recent mass graves discovered in Iguala which an Argentine group is investigating, despite interference by the government. Protests have spread across Mexico, from the burning of the State Congress building in Guerrero to the blocking of freeways in Michoacan to demonstrations in Mexico City and abroad.
Dawn tells us about the overlaps between Narcos and the Mexican State in such state crimes as this and the involvement of U.S. policy/training/weapons & money in the formation of the Mérida Initiative (Plan Mexico) and creation of Drug War Capitalism seen in so many countries in Latin America. Also, this new moment that appears to be flowering in Mexico where people, despite the fear of the impunity of their attackers and the spinning of their webs, are talking and acting against government as a solution and seeking answers in their own hands.
More of Dawn Marie Paley's writings can be found here: http://dawnpaley.ca/
The action plan of the Ayotzinapa Rural School in the National Assembly: http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/31942
Oct. 19, 2014, 11:11 a.m.
I was cutting liners in the production studio when my cell phone rang , it was a scammer , i had heard this one before , so put it on speaker phone mode and worked it into a radio bit / psa....
this was a real incoming call , sorry about any raceiszum that might have leaked out...
Oct. 19, 2014, 8:20 a.m.
Deep thinker Frank Rotering introduces his desperate new strategy to split the rich and plunge the world economy into steep contraction. Gail Zawicki savages what's left, while she campaigns against the unknown threat of ozone smog.
Oct. 19, 2014, 7:33 a.m.
ALL IS LOST (2013) Writer/Director J.C. Chandorâs tale of one manâs journey in defiance of doom is where we set sail this week. Nearly free of all dialogue and completely drawn around a character with no name (Redford), All is Lost puts us deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, where our man wakes to find his 39-foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping container left floating on the high seas. With his navigation equipment and radio disabled, the man sails unknowingly into the path of a violent storm. Despite his success in patching the breached hull, his marinerâs intuition and a strength that belies his age, the man barely survives the tempest. Using only a sextant and nautical maps to chart his progress, he is forced to rely on ocean currents to carry him into a shipping lane in hopes of hailing a passing vessel. But with the sun unrelenting, sharks circling and his meager supplies dwindling, the ever-resourceful sailor soon finds himself staring his mortality in the face. All is Lost received high praise at the Cannes Film Festival and went on to receive several technical awards and nominations, including an Oscar nod for sound. We also discuss our Top 3 âMan vs Natureâ films. All here
500 - Arming Extremists; Police Violence; Activist Media
Oct. 18, 2014, 9:58 p.m.
News You Need to Know: Arming Extremists - The Definition of Insanity; Jim Hightower: Fearmongering, An Even Worse War, Missing Iraq Money; Mumia Abu-Jamal: Ebola & the Real Health Crisis in America; Between the Lines interview: 'Ferguson October' Protests Against Police Violence; Talk Nation Radio interview excerpt: Activist Media; Outside The Box: Beyond Right and Wrong; music.
#346 -- Independent Journalism: David Rovics, Jeremy Scahill (R)
Oct. 18, 2014, 7:08 p.m.
We need independent journalists and media. When the people oppose policies of the elite, only the independent media will report the truth.
Case in point: the police riot against citizens peacefully protesting "free trade" deals, Miami, 2003. We'll hear what actually happened in prose (by Jeremy Scahill) and song (by David Rovics).
Plus selections from a funny talk by Scahill on how, during the Bush II years, he managed--if only briefly--to air an anti-Iraq-War perspective on network TV news.
Beyond the Climate March - Flood Wall Street with Anne Petermann
Oct. 18, 2014, 2:50 p.m.
Beyond the Climate March - Flood Wall Street
with
Anne Petermann, Exec. Dir., The Global Justice Ecology Project, which just released the report "Green Shock Doctrine" and runs the climate-connections.org blog,
Peterman said : The Global Climate "march brought together a diverse mix of constituencies from anti-capitalists to Indigenous Peoples to representatives from communities impacted by climate change both in the U.S. and around the world. Each had their own set of demands, but the overarching theme was the need to build power from the grassroots and stop relying on governments and the UN to do this for us. Hundreds to possibly a few thousand of these folks will be taking part in the Flood Wall Street direct action to bring attention to the real culprits of climate change, and to expose the corporate capture of the UN."
Petermann recently wrote the piece: "Confronting Climate Catastrophe: Direct Action is the Antidote for Despair: Or, Why the UN is Worse than Useless and we need to Flood Wall Street!"
Oct. 17, 2014, 9:33 p.m.
The first of two Fall 2014 Fund Drive programs, featuring a live performance by Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra, engineered by Richard Schellenberg; mic manager is Eric Walters
Bully Banks: people get together fighting back against the banksters
Oct. 17, 2014, 1:17 p.m.
http://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/bcfm-politics-show-with-tony-gosling-6/
Oct. 17, 2014, 1:09 p.m.
US, and now EU economic figures too, are being openly fixed
Oct. 17, 2014, 1:05 p.m.
http://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/bcfm-politics-show-with-tony-gosling-6/
Dissecting Operation Inherent Resolve: Conversations with Lawrence Wilkerson and Mahdi Nazemroaya
Oct. 17, 2014, 11:46 a.m.
This week's Global Research NEws Hour centres on the current military mobilization against the entity known as ISIL/ISIS. Can boots on the ground be avoided? Is there an ulterior motive to the bombing campaign related to regional control? What does ISIL/ISIS's successful campaign for control of the Kurdish village of Kobani say about the sincerity of this latest War on Terrorism? This hour attempts to address these and other questions.
"Overspecialization"
Oct. 17, 2014, 11:06 a.m.
This RADIOLA! suggests there are worse things than being a dilettante.