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THE ASSAULT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION - FIRST EDITION
April 1, 2014, 9:58 a.m.
In today's show Cheryl interviews blogger Jonathan Pelto about the
current assault on public education that is driven by funding from three
foundations, the Gates Foundations, the Walton Foundation (Wal Mart family)
and the Brode Foundation. It's happening across the nation and is really heating
up in Connecticut this year. What you hear today may shock you. Jonathan's website is
www.jonathanpelto.com
The Nightfly #2014.13 Hour 2 - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - March 31- April 6, 2014
April 1, 2014, 4:22 a.m.
In this edition of The Nightfly, in this week containing the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King, we honor the life and mourn the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear songs written in memory of Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinsion, and even hear from Pete Seeger accompanying civil rights activist & folksinger Brother Kirk. We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, along with funk, soul, jazz, gospel, and field recordings from the African-American civil rights movement. In hour 2, we'll continue with funk, soul, and jazz, and break for a set hosted by the late great WERU dj Charlie Oldham.
The Nightfly #2014.13 Hour 1 - Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - March 31- April 6, 2014
April 1, 2014, 3:50 a.m.
In this edition of The Nightfly, in this week containing the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King, we honor the life and mourn the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We'll hear songs written in memory of Dr. King from Nina Simone, Smokey Robinsion, and even hear from Pete Seeger accompanying civil rights activist & folksinger Brother Kirk. We'll hear from Dr. King in his own voice, along with funk, soul, jazz, gospel, and field recordings from the African-American civil rights movement. In hour 2, we'll continue with funk, soul, and jazz, and break for a set hosted by the late great WERU dj Charlie Oldham.
March 31, 2014, 6:59 p.m.
Interview of Palestinian artist/poet/activist Rafeef Ziadah
March 31, 2014, 5:18 p.m.
"I Fight For A Free Palestine." This is part of a conversation between Palestinian spoken word artist/performance poet/activist Rafeef Ziadah and Frank Barat in London.
"Le Mur a Des Oreilles ['The Wall Has Ears'] â Conversations For Palestine" is produced monthly online. This week we introduce that program to our audience.
We obtained this interview from http://lemuradesoreilles.org/2013/11/19/conversation-with-rafeef-ziadah/. The transcript has been translated to French and posted at http://lemuradesoreilles.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/fr-rafeef-ziadah.pdf.
"Goliath": How to Kill Goyim and Influence People
March 31, 2014, 5:15 p.m.
Continued reading of "Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel" by Max Blumenthal; music.
Northeastern U's ban, plus our interview with Eva Bartlett
March 31, 2014, 4:55 p.m.
First a local report; then, our host's direct interview with Canadian journalist/activist Eva Bartlett.
Bowing to a campaign by Zionist donors, Northeastern University's administration has abruptly banned the campus organization Students for Justice in Palestine. This was triggered by a purposely dramatic SJP action: placing Israel-style mock eviction notices under dormitory doors. The goal was to awaken the student community to Israel's daily practice in Palestine. But the reason given by NU's administration for banning was transparently flimsy, in actuality showing its willingness to silence any criticism of Israel.
Eva Bartlett was able to slip into Gaza in 2008, where she stayed for five years as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement. She accompanied Gaza farmers and fisherman under threat of harassment and sniper fire from Israeli forces. She rode with medics in their ambulances during Operation Cast Lead, Israelâs devastating assault on Gaza in 2008-2009 that killed more than 1,400 Gazans. She has documented the 2012 Israeli attacks from a hospital in the central Gaza strip.She brings many shocking stories and photos back home.
A Cameroon lesbian escapes + poetic lesbian mysteries + news
March 31, 2014, 4:04 p.m.
~~ Beginning our 26th year! ~~
A lesbian activist escapes from Cameroon; mysterious lesbian poetry meets poetic lesbian mystery; equal wedding bells ring in the U.K., Puerto Rican lesbians demand marriage recognition, Russian homophobes assault leprechauns, Tennessee lawmakers legalize anti-gay bias but Maryland protects transgender people from discrimination, and more global LGBT news.
March 31, 2014, 3:39 p.m.
Interviews with racers and results from Chuck Pontius Memorial Road Race at Castaic and Turlock Road Race. Roberts reviews on Scorpion Bike stands and Barfly mounts
Guy McPherson - Being a Realist
March 31, 2014, 3:16 p.m.
Quote from Woody Allen appears on the screen:
"More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly."
McPherson offers in his presentation a history of who knew what and when regarding industrial derived additions to the earth's atmosphere and the projected effect of such additions on average temperature. He lists various scientific reports from years to present that predict average global temperature rises and sudden non-linear effects on the ecosystem. Unfortunately, what was known to be a prudent response to the potential effect was in conflict with the dominant system, Capitalism, which requires unlimited growth in a finite space.
McPherson catalogs the "official" reports and their projections together with what is known from the geological record; the shift in the Gulf Stream, now carrying warm water into the Arctic ocean, and the relationship of Equatorial-Polar temperature differential to Jet stream formation in building his case that the warming, forecast by the official scientific reports, is not survivable by humans, even when limited solely to CO2 increases.
McPherson addresses the subject of methane and other heat trapping gases and the most recent observations of self-reinforcing feed back mechanisms which have increased in number. One of the points he notes is that it has been known by scientists and policy makers that there is a forty year time lag for the average temperature to reach equilibrium with the CO2 level. But McPherson ends on a positive note, if that can be conceived as possible, given what he is saying.
Both he and his observations are attacked and maligned by many who assert that they know better. He addresses some of those accusations.
One need only think of the lies of tobacco corporations, the pesticide industry, nuclear power, the Pentagon and their savage attacks on people who exposed their crimes. In the news today, General Motors attempting to mend the damage to it's corporate image, now that the public knows it again chose profit over public safety and in doing so destroyed lives and families. Ralph Nader discovered that truth in 1965
and GM tried to destroy him for it.
The Q&A has some interesting questions about what to do in the face of potential "despair and utter hopelessness"; "Lives of excellence" and "Lives of love"; make poetry, at a time when it seems least needed, to paraphrase Leon Staff.
Lack of Trust: Youth and Substance Abuse Part Two
March 31, 2014, 12:54 p.m.
Radio Curious discusses youth, substance abuse and effective treatment models with Ron Arkin, a Family Empowerment Facilitator with Child Protective Services and John Kirchiro the Director and Principal of the Willits Charter School in a two part series.
Rt. Hon. Joe Clark-How We Lead
March 31, 2014, 11:05 a.m.
How Canada manages to 'punch above its weight' internationally.
March 31, 2014, 8:48 a.m.
Flowers, rain, etc
The Motherland Influence March 30, 2014
March 31, 2014, 6:57 a.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music.
Celebrating women singers for our Spring Fund Drive!
The Other Black Music March 30, 2014
March 31, 2014, 6:20 a.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST
Cool Jazz for Nite People; Set #1
March 31, 2014, 4:30 a.m.
Cool Jazz for Nite People; Set #2
March 31, 2014, 4:27 a.m.
An Army of None: March Forward to Peace and Justice
March 30, 2014, 6:31 p.m.
On April 04, my family will be mourning the 10th anniversary of Casey's murder in Iraq in 2004.
Casey was a US soldier who was horribly lied to by an Army recruiter and to help pay for college and serve (he thought) his country, he enlisted in 2000.
Of course, as Iraq War Veteran, Michael Prysner lays out,
war is NOT for "freedom" or anything good--the Empire counts on obedient drones in the form of human beings to carry out its program of War for Profit of the few and global hegemony.
Don't buy into it and help Michael and his organization
March Forward
work to prevent our young people from being sucked into the meat grinder of Empire.
March 30, 2014, 5:53 p.m.
Nachrichten Kommentar von Australien
Hambach Forest resists RWE's Lignite Carbon Mine
March 30, 2014, 12:57 p.m.
This week's episode, we start off with announcements of the April 12th anti-racist march in Olympia (https://www.facebook.com/events/1474935712719254/), the April 28th Intl. Police conference in Phoenix (https://www.facebook.com/events/612814335478255/), and a thanks from us for the recent awarding of The Final Straw with recognition by Anarchist News of our audio work (http://www.anarchistnews.org/content/winners-2013-anarchist-news-awards)
Next, Sean Swain talks about the defendants of the Lucasville Uprising case. www.seanswain.org
The main segment is a discussion with Sonny, a German anarchist involved in resistance to the operation and spreading of the Lignite Carbon mine and subsequent destruction of the nearby environment by RWE. Sonny talks about the resistance there, the displacement of animals, devastation of the landscape and the eviction of 55,000 people over the years from local villages to expand the mine.
This week's discussion happened as news came from the Hambach resistors that the state was in the process of evicting the forest defenders. On 3/29/13 Sonny and I got back together to talk about updates on the situation.
https://hambachforest.blogsport.de
Very basic words on RWE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWE
More on the American Water (company) operated by RWE within the U.S., check out the info at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Water_%28company%29
Broadcast One Hundred Ninety Seven
March 30, 2014, 11:44 a.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in various genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered 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 about music & culture in the spirit of free radio
March 30, 2014, 11:10 a.m.
March 30, 2014, 10:20 a.m.
Would you believe everything from food to power to gasoline could disappear in just a matter of weeks? From Ireland, David Korowicz explains how.
Power In Your Hands/Fünd Drive Battering Ram
March 30, 2014, 8:21 a.m.
Had a ball of fire and a blast on Songs From The Big Hair for WRIR's Spring Fünd Drive.
March 30, 2014, 5:25 a.m.
13 ASSASSINS (2010), thatâs what we have in The Q this week! Cult director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer, Audition) delivers a bravado period action film set at the end of Japanâs feudal era in which a group of unemployed samurai are enlisted to bring down a sadistic lord and prevent him from ascending to the throne and plunging the country into a war torn future. This electric remake of Eiichi Kudoâs 1963 period action film is a wild spectacle executed with killer, dizzying panache⦠We get into all of that as well as our Top 3 âOdds are against usâ films â with our honor intact!
250 UPS Workers Received Pink Slips; The Newark Schools Crisis
March 29, 2014, 5:02 p.m.
Two Hundred Fifty UPS Workers Received Pink Slips
featuring
. Jairo Reyes, fired UPS worker
. Letitia James, NYC Public Advocate
. Tim Sylvester, President Local 802, IBT
United Parcel Services ( UPS ) workers, numerous elected officials and Teamsters Local 804 members in Queens delivered 100,000 petition signatures in support of the 250 drivers whose jobs are on the line. UPS has issued termination notices to the Teamster drivers for participating in a walkout and protest after the company fired a union activist in violation of a signed agreement. What began as a routine disciplinary matter has become a flashpoint for workers rights in New York City.
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The Current Crisis In Newark Schools
featuring
Larry Hamm, Pres., People Organization for Progress, Newark, NJ
Newark is in the throes of a broadening community based resistance of parents, teachers and longtime city residents to draconian efforts to privatize Newark schools without the communities consent by the state imposed superintendent Cami Anderson. Anderson has proposed public
school closings & job cuts, while advancing Charter schools. She wants charter chains in five troubled district schools that serve K-8 students. She has proposed charters take over management of the schools entirely. She is also establishing nine more renew schools, in which she will give principals the right to select their own teaching staffs. Larry Hamm snalyzes the Anderson plan and what is needed to help preserve and fix Newark s troubled public school system.
Broadcast One Hundred Ninety Six
March 29, 2014, 2:11 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop is a freeform exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound inclusive of music in various genres ... including folk, jazz, easy listening, world, classical, classic rock & more ... played on 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, vinyl records & even endangered 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 about music & culture in the spirit of free radio
March 29, 2014, 7:22 a.m.
Some favorites from Johnny Clegg's catalog; new music by Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars; the border sounds of conjunto and mariachi; a cumbia dance party
March 29, 2014, 6:53 a.m.
This week, a radio adaptation of part 1 of a new video by Massimo Mazzucco. Short on conjecture and theorizing, long on salient facts, The New Pearl Harbor is the best and most up to date general 9/11 video I have yet come across. This first part focuses on the shortcomings of the official conspiracy narrative in the areas of the US air defense, the '19 hijackers' and the airplanes themselves.
March 29, 2014, 5:29 a.m.
John Reimann phones into the show and shares his thoughts on recent Labor and Socialist gains in the Seattle area.