AMBIANCE CONGO: March 24, 2013

Two hours of Congolese music.

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Episode 8 - The Mining Injustice Solidarity Network

Sakura Saunders and Brendan Soares, from the Mining Injustice Solidarity Network, sat down with Jim and I at the Telephone Booth Gallery. We used their personal journeys to becoming mining activists to lead us to discussions of Canadian foreign mining policy, some of the sad consequences of it in other countries and the level of awareness and activism in Canada against it. It's quite a story for this Californian whose passion of justice led her to Toronto and drummer/co-songwriter who's life changed when he went to the Philippines to help change the lives of its inhabitants.

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WSQT Report on the Tar Sands Profiteers Week of Action in DC

The week of March 16th to March 23 was a global week of action against tar sands profiteers. These are corporations with vested financial interests in the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. One good examples is Valero Energy, whose contract to buy massive amounts of diluted tar oil made the pipeline possible. Another is TD Bank, the single largest commercial lender to TransCanada's Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Both of these were hit in actions here in DC as part of the week of action against tar sands profiteers. TD Bank got a nasty surprise when they showed up sometime before 7AM on the 19th of March to open their branch at 15th and P streets. Two activists were locked to a concrete-filled trash can known as a "bear trap" weighing hundreds of pounds. Another was locked to the doors with a chain, closing them. All were part of "Tar Sands Blockade Solidarity." There was no access to the 24 hour ATM. It took police until 8 AM to remove the blockade. In order to get the blockaders to let go, police had to let them leave without being arrested! Otherwise, the 2-cycle gas powered chop saw they had would have would have filled the bank with smoke and the dust might have destroyed the ATM. (sound clip-chop saw) Cops hung white sheets over all windows from which the blockade could be seen after cutting the chain holding the first activist to the door and letting him go. They hooded the activists locked to the concreted trash can like detainees at Guantanimo Bay and threatened to saw them out, at considerable risk of injuries: (tape) The only thing is, TD Bank did not want the ugly publicity stemming from arrests, and sure as hell did not want that ATM trashed by dust from cutting through hundreds of pounds of concrete. It would have taken a half hour at most to saw out the barricade. Offered the chance to withdraw without arrest, they took it and departed having sent a very strong message to TD Bank. By no means were DC pro-Earth activists finshed with TD Bank! Two days later, Rising Tide DC and Cheapeake Earth First! were up at bat. Everyone gathered by the Canadian Embassy, making the cops think the Embassy was the objective. Louise Thundercloud of the Lakota Nation had this to say: (clip) The march set out north, bound for the TD Bank on 7th st, the same one that had their windows smashed the night before the Inauguration. When protesters arrived, they made a serious effort to storm the building and several got inside. Cops pushed them back with considerable difficulty. Here's what things sounded like as protesters swarmed in on TD Bank: (clip) After departing from TD Bank, protesters descended on the ritzy office space rental building at 601 Penn Ave. One of their tenants is Valero Energy, the number one planned buyer for tar sands "oil" from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Not expected there, they caught security with their pants down and stormed into the building, complete with a 15 foot or so "pipeline" made from cardboard and even one activist's bike. Security went NUTS, cops got physical-but five activists sat down and REFUSED to leave. Here's what things sounded like as opponents of the Keystone XL stormed 601 Pennsylvania Ave targetting Valaro: (clip) Things quickly heated up... (clip) It took the cops another half hour to remove the sit-in. The five activists were brought out in handcuffs to the cheers of the crowd. (Clip) Finally, dancing protesters ripped the cardboard replica of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline to shreds. The Keystone XL just seems to get destroyed when it's around pro-Earth activists! At about the same time as the march on TD Bank and Valero, yet another group of activists staged an "Interfaith Civil Disobediance" against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, with another 15 arrests. DC area opponents of the Keystone XL still weren't done with tar sands funder TD Bank. On the morning of Saturday, the 23ed of March, protesters returned to the same branch of TD Bank that had been on the receiving end of Tuesday's concrete barrel blockade. This time it was Climate First! up at bat, for the 3ed visit in five days to what organizers called "Tar Dollar Bank." Security wasn't expecting them, and they were able to march unopposed into the outer lobby. (clip) When police finally pushed protesters back out the door, one of them had this to say: (Louise Thundercloud had this to say: (clip) Speaking of canaries, TD Bank, also known as Tar Dollar Bank, may well be the canary in the coal mine for what is going to happen to those who invest in the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. They own over half a billion dollars worth of shares in TransCanada, builder of the tar sands pipeline. As one of the protesters says "Own the shares, share the blame! In one of the final acts of the week of action against tar sands profiteers, Climate First! went on to a second branch of TD Bank, causing them too to empty out. Across the continent, there were something like 55 actions in all during the Tar Sands Profitters week of action. Protesters in New York appeared on the 23ed of March at TD Bank branches as well. Yet more TD Bank protests took place in New Haven, Connecticut. In Salt Lake City, Utah residents blockaded a Chevron oil refinery and turned away six trucks. Valero's corporate headquarters in San Antonio, Texas was stormed and taken over the previous day, and TransCanada themselves also had offices stormed and shut down over the week. This is but the beginning! Hey TD Bank and Valero, why don't you talk to Fortress Inc about how just how bad it can get when you do business with those animal experimenters at Huntingdon Life Sciences? TransCanada and the Keystone XL are rapidly becoming the Huntingdon Life Sciences of oil, and that means protests won't stop at the office but will show up at executives' homes the way things are going. With tar sands there's NO SLEEP FOR THE WICKED!

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Support Jeremy Hammond & Updates from Belarus

This week's show features a conversation with the anarchist, Jason Hammonds, about his brother, Jeremy, who's been imprisoned over a year without trial for allegedly leaking information to Wikileaks. The second conversation is an interview with a member of the Belarus Anarchist Black Cross about recent history and repression in Belarus. First things first: Jeremy Hammond. The first half of this week's show will be a discussion with Jason Hammonds, brother of imprisoned anarchist hacker and freedom of information activist Jeremy Hammond. Jeremy has been imprisoned for a year as the government builds it's case against him. Jeremy Hammond is accused of working with the hacker group, Anonymous, and for leaking information liberated from Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, and giving it to WikiLeaks. Much of the information in the so-called Stratfor Files indicate spying by company for the Federal Government on foreign leaders, Occupy Wall St, activists in Bhopal India and the hidden indictment against wikileaks-founder Julian Assange, among other things. More info on the case can be found at http://freehammond.com and http://freeanons.org The second half of this week's show features content gleaned from a friendly project out of Berlin, Germany. Anarchistisches Radio Berlin is a project that produces content for pirate radio around Germany and has been featuring interviews of recent in English when that is the common language between host and interviewee. The following segments features a conversation with a member of the Belarus Anarchist Black Cross on the subject of repression in their country. For the security of the guest, their voice was replaced by that of a German comrade. In order to translate into American radio a little better, we've overdubbed the interviewers voice as well. To learn more about the situation in Belarus, check out http://abc-belarus.org To find out more about this project, check out their website at http://aradio.blogsport.de/ Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/6488

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424 - Demanding an End to War, for Higher Wages, Humane Food & Energy

News you Need to Know: Go Ahead, Finance Terrorists; WSQT 3/15/13: Drone Murders & Activism; Between the Lines interview: Campaign to Increase the Federal Minimum Wage; Backyard Chicken Broadcast: Chick Season; Outside The Box: Don't Worry, Be Happy; music.

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3.21.13 Cold Grey Eye live

DMR 03 21 13 playlist (check the website at www.dungmummyradio.com) Secret Chiefs 3 - "Renunciation" show theme song, from "Book Of Truth I - Book Of Horizons" cd (Web of Mimicry) http://www.discogs.com/Secret-Chiefs-3-Book-Of-Truth-I-Book-Of-Horizons/master/497047 Group Doueh "Min Binat Omum" and "Ragsa Jaguar" from cd "Treeg Salaam" (Sublime Frequencies) Master Musicians of Bukkake "In the Light of Sonoran" and "People of the Drifting Houses" from the cd "Totem One" (Conspiracy) Master Musicians of Jajouka "A Habibi Ouajee T'Allel Allaya" from the cd "Apocalypse Across the Sky" Tinariwen "Alkar Dessouf" from the cd "Ammassakoul" Conscious Summary "Saw is Bird" from 7" on Love Earth Records Tinariwen "Assoul" from the cd "Ammassakoul" Conscious Summary "Prescription Lullaby" from 7" on Love Earth Records Various tracks from field recording compilation cd "Jalan Jalan" by Jerry Lloyd (URCK Records) (more throughout this show) Endometrium Cuntplow from Love Torture Records page on Soundcloud Tinariwen "Chatma" from cd "Amassakoul" Gnawa music of Morroco from cassette tape provided by Jerry Lloyd Shams93 (impromptu) live performance "Atan" and "Caravan Song" from cd "Inside Afghanistan:  the Living Tradition" Hwang Byung-Ki "Namdo Fantasy 3" from cd "Kayagum Masterpieces vol. 4, Sounds of the Night" Iqbal Jogi and Party "Lal Mori Pat" from cd "Authentic Music of the Snake Charmers of India" Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble "Kaitan Bo 'Cymbals to Inaugurate the Altar" from cd "Taste of Asia" Temple Musicians of Kerala, India "Ensemble Ceremonial Panchavadyam" from cd "Musiques Rituelles et Theatre du Kerala" Cold Grey Eye live performance and interview Master Musicians of Bukkake "Bukkake Sunrise" from cd "Visible Sign of the Invisible Order"

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an occasional supplement to Radio Thrift Shop

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Broadcast Four

music I like to call "folk".

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Broadcast One Hundred

Radio Thrift Shop is a low-tech, warts-n-all, freeform celebration & exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound and music in all genres ... including 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, 8 tracks, vinyl records and even endangered cds. Each week we explore an ecclectic blend of tunes released between 1900 (more or less) and next week. A lot of room to musically explore ...

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Not So Shy John News Show 3/20/13

Tucker Booth #18 did not record, so we put together a combined show on Not So Shy John"s show.

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Eat the Airwaves! - 03/23/13

Wrap-up of the past weeks news with Geov Parrish co-editor of Eat the State!

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A Message from DJ Frederick

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EDF sues No Dash for Gas activists, Nuclear disposal waster, 52 Commercial Road, DJ Wooda

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Media Netwok Plus March 23 2013

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A DECADE IN THE LIFE OF AN EMPIRE

The tragic aftermath of the US's war OF terror against the innocent people of Iraq on one family and William Blum analyzes the state of the empire, today

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MARCH 20, 2013 - KUALA LUMPUR - WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

This show is part of a panel discussion on Where do We Go From Here? at the Kuala Lumpur conference: 9/11 Revisited: Seeking the Truth - that took place in November of 2012. Several of the speakers share their thoughts and a member of the audience talks about the unacknowledged impact on Pakistan .

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Alexander Cockburn Skewers Israel Lobby 9/28/2002

In recently recovered recording of talk delivered during 2nd Intifada and on eve of Gulf War, late fearless journalist, Alexander Cockburn, examines pro-Israel Lobby and activities of Jewish-American organizations in intimidating and defeating politicians who dare criticize Israel if they are in any way vulnerable, e.g., Cynthia McKinney and Earl Hilliard; how Lobby controls both political parties, pointing to how so few legislators dare vote against Israel; how Jewish domination of media message is ‘observable fact,’ encouraging self-censorship. Last few minutes missing.

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Treatment of Chavez and other major figures

With Pablo Vivanco, Phil discusses the celebration of deceased Venezuelan President Chavez, and the failure of the U.S. and Canadian governments to follow proper political protocol. Later in the program, Chris Black describes a central figure in the ICTR, and the meaning of Slobodan Milosevic's death on trial in 2006.

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McDonald's Abuse Of Student Guest Workers Stirs Protest

McDonald's Abuse Of Student Guest Workers Stirs Protest Latin American and Asian student guest workers who were participating in the U.S. State Department's J-1 program, expected decent work and a meaningful cultural experience in the USA. Instead, they were sent to work at McDonald's, who paid them below the minimum wage and when they complained of the exploitation were subjected to retaliation. So, they went on strike against the Pennsylvania stores where they worked and then came in protest to NY's Times Square McDonald's with supporters from the National Guestworker Alliance, UnitedNY and the Retail Action Project. There they further announced their plans to take their protest directly to McDonald's headquarters and the home of CEO Don Thompson if McDonald's doesn't take responsibility for ending labor abuses for all its workers.

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March 23, 2013: The Best Show of All Time(w/ mistakes)

Originally aired on WRIR 97.3 LP-FM Richmond Va ------------------- Richard Hell & The Voidoids- Destiny Street Brian Eno - No One Receiving Sopwith Camel- Sleazy Street Todd Rundgren- Black and White Warren Zevon- Detox Mansion/Bad Karma The Tubes- Up From The Deep Ben Reel- Coming Through Angela Faye Martin- Love Song For Paris Roxy Music- Prarie Rose David Bowie- Soul Love Neil Young & Crazy Horse- The Loner The Band- Key To The Highway Shivaree- The Fat Lady of Limbourg Sam Page- A Little Love Caravan- Aristocracy Sugar Loaf- Hot Water Queen- In The Lap of The Gods Stefanie Seskin- Chill Now Roswitha- Destiny Green Man- Banks of the Lee Heart- Little Queen Crack the Sky- Holding My Breath Man- Just For You Shuggie Otis- Ice Cold Daydream War- Get Down Albert King- Bay Area Blues

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From Growing Greens to Fukushima

Expert urban gardening tips from John Kohler, host of popular "Growing Your Greens" channel on You tube. Then speech by Dr. Helen Caldicott March 12, 2013 on medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan.

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The Iraq Invasion, 10 Years Later

see program notes

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Defusing the Tar Sands Climate Bomb

We look at why it’s imperative that Barack Obama says no to the Keystone XL pipeline if he is serious about acting on climate change, and if he doesn’t want to be implicated in the cultural genocide of First Nations in Canada. The pipeline would help drive Canada’s proposed expansion of its already devastatingly destructive tar sands industry and we talk to the people who are fighting the project through direct action, a nationwide divestment campaign, legal challenges and a range of imaginative interventions. We also look at how Canada and the UK have been secretly meddling in Europe’s attempts to say no to dirty tar sands oil. But we start the show by looking at the way the actual climate and perhaps the political climate is changing in the US as President Barack Obama starts his second term of office.

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The Motherland Influence March 17, 2013

African, Latin & Caribbean music.

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March 22, 2013

A little bit of Latin psychedelia; up-to-date Middle Eastern grooves; 2010's African tradi-mod vs. 1970's Afro-funk; South African jazz

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Out of the Woods - Show #155 3-22-13

This version of the program is divided into 6 segments so broadcasters who desire to use this content can insert your station info, etc. The segments vary in length, but I try to keep them approximately 30 minutes in most cases. Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk, from Arlo Guthrie to Aerosmith. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul

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Jazz For The Asking - Program 080 March 23 2013

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Switzerland In Sound March 23 2013

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Classic Media Network March 23 2013

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The Kelly Alexander Show March 23 2013

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