Focus Asia Pacific January 5 2013

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Walmart hit by widespread labour actions on Black Friday

Coordinated and historic protests and strikes took place at over a thousand Walmart stores on November 23. The actions were organized independently by workers in the stores and focused on local issues. Alan Maass is the editor of socialistworker.org.

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The Shortwave Report 01/04/13 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, China Radio International, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.

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Tar Snds Blockade uses "dump platforms" to shut Keystone XL site

Early morning on the 3ed of January, tar sands blockade treesitters in Texas set up a new kind of aerial barricade to stop construction of the southern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.The two platforms, called "dump platforms" are a high stakes game of chicken in the trees. Any disturbance to the 100 foot plus web of blockading ropes would dump the protesters 60 feet to the ground and kill them. The adverse press dead protesters would stir up would be ruinous for TransCanada, builder of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Speaking of Canada, the entire protest was done in solidarity with the Idle No More movement of Native American people in Canada against both the tar sands mining and bill C-45 to sell off Native lands and unprotect waterways with no input from the victimized people. It would be little surprise if the real purpose of Canadian bill C-45 is to grease the skids for transferring Native lands to the tar sands mining project. The waterway provisions, therefore, must be to prevent the Canadian government or it's corporate masters from being held responsible when Native children die from the poisons Transcanada and other resource extraction companies are dumping in the water. Here is the timeline of the blockade using dump platforms, beginning when opposition showed up after the treesits were in place: 9:15 am – Blockaders speak with state trooper working at nearby truck weigh station. Trooper didn’t seem to care, wishes blockaders luck. 9:35 am – Workers and county sheriffs on site. Sheriffs are walking around site and reading warning signs attached to life-lines. 9:45 am – Six workers showed up at blockade, and all promptly left. One is going home to learn more about toxic tar sands on our website! 10:30 am – Plainclothes officers have chased ground support away from tree blockade. 11 am – Police and workers getting dangerously close to life-lines of eastern platform. 11:50 am – Police detaining supporters standing on side of highway; one direct supporter arrested 12:15 pm – Two more direct supporters arrested 12:45 pm – Audrey demands to speak with county commissioners about stopping Keystone XL 2:20 pm – Escalated police harassment of supporters along public highway continues As this is being recorded, the blockade has been in place for 6 hours and police so far have not been able to defeat the dump platforms!

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WSQT broadcast for Jan 3, 2013 w/ special tar sands blockade coverage

Pirate Radio Song Station ID Palestine Today for Jan 3 War Update:more drone strikes in Pakistan Station ID Tar Sands blockade shuts Keystone XL site w/ "dump platforms Capt Paul Watson speaks on useless injunction against Sea Shepherd by whalers Grand Jury arrest of 4th PNW activist spurs wave of retaliation Rap opposing gun control laws Station ID

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It's Legal A Mile Away

This show was done live December 7th, the day after recreational cannabis became legal in Washington State. Needless to say, the show has lost of cannabis songs and soundbites. There's even a partial reading of Initiative 502.

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Jan. 2, 2013 - Happy New Year!

It's a bit of a best of 2012 on the show tonight. I'll be playing songs for you that I thought stood out from records I thought stood out. I'll also be reviewing some this years highlight thrift picks and record store finds. Thanks for tuning in, Michael Miracle http://www.facebook.com/thelotuslandshow

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Poor People's Radio challenges CBC on Food Bank Day

About 80 low-income people gathered in the plaza outside CBC Vancouver last month. They set up a tent and ran a radio show outside the CBC during its annual fundraiser for the Food Bank. The guests in the radio show talk about their experiences trying to eat well on the money they receive on social assistance. This segment was produced by Redeye host Peter Driftmier.

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1/2/13 edition

first of all, a very special thank you to galaxy girl for bringing you dog germs last week while i was in new mexico! well, i had a plan to play all music from 2012 and 2013 using the music archives on our server here, but unfortunately (but fortunate at the same time) we have new computers here in the studio that are not connected to the server...so squash that idea. but still, i do have a ton of new music to play for you all tonight including songs from metroland, 9th evolution, veil of thorns, aeon sable, the twilight garden, blutzukker, brotherhood, the nightchild, first aid 4 souls, the last cry, golden apes, inure, and grooving in green! ***upcoming event***: vaxsination: i am not mentioning this on the air, but i'm djing at fallout on wednesday, jan. 9th, 10 pm-2 am. there is no cover to get in...if you like the dog germs music, then you will probably like the vaxsination music! hope to see you all there!

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First One Show Pt 1

One hour sample of the weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room on Facebook, Youtube, Blogspot, Twitter, Soundcloud, Reverb Nation, Last Fm, Google + http://www.RuralWarRoom.com

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12/29/2012: The Dog of Cisum

Originally aired 12/29/2012 on WRIR 97.3 FM Richmond -------------------------------- Focus- Father Bacchus Crack The Sky- Skin Deep/Happy Happy Happy The Groundhogs- Strange Town The Strawbs- Where Do You Go (When You Need A Hole to Crawl Into) Atomic Rooster- Vug The Kinks- He's Evil Black Sabbath- Evil Woman Rainbow- Tarot Woman UFO- Evil Joe Walsh- Mother Says Hawkwind- Space is Deep Queen- Modern Times Rock and Roll Pretty Things- Helter Skelter Steve Hackett- Catwalk Robert Fripp- I May Not Have Had Enough of Me but I've Had Enough of You Beth Orton- Don't Wanna Know 'bout Evil Marvin Gaye- Troubleman Medley Roxy Music- The Bogus Man Savoy Brown- It'll Make You Happy King Crimson- Groon Frank Zappa- Advance Romance Lindisfarne- Bring Down the Government

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First One Show Pt 2

One hour sample of the weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room on Facebook, Youtube, Blogspot, Twitter, Soundcloud, Reverb Nation, Last Fm, Google + http://www.RuralWarRoom.com

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WSQT Broadcast for Jan 2, 2013

Pirate Radio Song Station ID Palestine Today for Jan 2 War Update for Dec 18-Jan 2 Station ID Grand Jury arrest of 4th PNW activist spurs wave of retaliation Rap opposing gun control laws Capt Paul Watson speaks on useless injunction against Sea Shepherd by whalers Station ID And available from www.btlonline.org, also broadcast on WSQT today: <a href="http://www.btlonline.org/download/130111-btlv128.mp3">Between the Lines for the week ending Jan 13</a>

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First One Show Pt 3

One hour sample of the weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room on Facebook, Youtube, Blogspot, Twitter, Soundcloud, Reverb Nation, Last Fm, Google + http://www.RuralWarRoom.com

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First One Show Pt 4

One hour sample of the weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room on Facebook, Youtube, Blogspot, Twitter, Soundcloud, Reverb Nation, Last Fm, Google + http://www.RuralWarRoom.com

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Potluck Breakfast Jan 02, 2013

"Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.” – Oscar Wilde Potluck Breakfast is back from December vacation and live every Wed from 8am-11amPST on www.killradio.org. This show is all about looking back on the year that was with some selections from my personal Best of 2012. Hope you like it and sorry for the rusty segues..it's been a month off!

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Episode 7: The All-Time Top Ten

UNSEEN LEGION RADIO - Hosted by the InaSoulbianz airs 9pm-midnight PST every Tuesday on www.killradio.org

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Between the Lines' for the Week Ending January 11, 2013

Trans Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement; New Report Finds West Antarctica Climate now Warming Three Times Faster; FCC Rules Change Would Further Consolidate Media Ownership

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Global Warming, A Quarter Century of Unheeded Warnings

Schneider’s name came up in December 2012 when the “Stephen Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communications” was given to NASA Climatologist James Hansen. The ceremony by Climate ONE at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco united the two men who had been colleagues and friends for decades. Hansen remembered Schneider’s courage when both were at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies as young men. In TUC radio’s last program you heard Hansen’s acceptance speech. This – by extension is my credit to Schneider whose name on the press coverage of the award came up only as a quote: “a Stanford professor who died”. Nothing about his very unique and holistic view based on his expertise in biology and atmospheric science, his ability to describe how climate and life evolved together – and how that process is falling apart as humans are disturbing the earth. And nothing about his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and his co-share of the Nobel Price with the IPCC. I interviewed Stephen Schneider three times and consider each recording a treasure. Here today is my first meeting with Schneider in his office at Stanford in 1998. At that time he was the only scientist I could find who was willing to talk candidly on the record on climate change.

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The Many Faces of Torture: From Guantanamo to the Obama White House

Cohn, editor of "The United States and Torture,” discusses the history of the Obama administration in relation to torture. Cohn lays bare the consistent violation of every international law and treaty concerning torture by the Obama regime. Shamsi talks about a recent judicial decision to prohibit any talk of torture in the upcoming military tribunal trials of Guantanamo detainees accused of playing a role in the 9/11 attacks.

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Tim Faulkner: On The "Rhode" To Progress

Frequent Sea Change Radio listeners know that we’ve covered many California-related environmental issues over the years – and for good reason. As the country’s most populous state, it’s an important barometer of our progress in the fight to become more sustainable. But what about our nation’s smallest state, Rhode Island? It counts too. This week, as we mark another year, we learn about the environmental issues facing little Rhode Island with Tim Faulkner, the Executive Editor of ecoRI news. Faulkner and host Alex Wise explore the challenges facing the alternative energy industry there as well as some of the long term policy goals that Rhode Island’s state government has set forth.

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JANUARY 2, 2013 - PROFESSOR NILOUFER BHAGWAT SPEAKS

Cheryl continues to share the powerful speeches from the recent ground-breaking 9/11 conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This episode highlights the speech by Niloufer Bhagwat, professor of Comparative Constitutional law at the University of Mumbai, India. She's hard hitting with the truth of 9/11, the loss of our democracy and facts surrounding the Mumbai massacre. Prof. Bhagwat's speech is followed by a 10 minutes presentation by Architect Richard Gage, founder of www.ae911truth.org. It is aimed at college campuses and college students in an effort to get them interested in 9/11 truth. It's one of his best!!

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Setsuko Thurlow, Hiroshima Surivivor Speaks at Nuke Waste Conference

Setsuko Thurlow was the featured lunchtime speaker at the Sunday session of the nuclear waste conference held at the University of Chicago December 1st and 2nd 2012. Thurlow, who lives in Canada spoke about her experience as a child in the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and the continuing legacy of the nuclear trauma the country endured. NOTE: There are two files. In turning my tape, I missed the last two words of a sentence and the beginning of the next. File one ends with the word problems-- "...problems of survivors. The survivor's sense of outrage..." (missing part) and then File 2 continues with "at twice being treated....." File 2 contains the Q&A following Thurlow's talk

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# 258 Of Particles, War and Monetary Reality

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2013 01 Boise Tour De Coop Profiles

In this episode Bucky reintroduces Kevin Bayhouse, Idaho Backyard Chicken correspondent, interviews some of the communities most dedicated chickeners, including chicken advocate and author of "backyard Chicken Fight," Gretchen Anderson.

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Manif de bruit du Nouvel An à Montréal ! Montreal New Year's Noise Demo !

Notre lutte n’est rien si nous oublions nos prisonnières et nos prisonniers ! Our struggle is nothing if we forget our prisoners ! (Le texte suivant est tiré de la page de l’événement : www.facebook.com/events/511312648903621/) Le 31 décembre 2012, à la veille du nouvel an, nous marcherons jusqu’aux prisons de Tanguay et Bordeaux, dans le nord de l’ile de Montréal, à partir du métro Henri-Bourassa. En poursuivant la tradition, nous irons souhaiter la bonne année à celle et ceux qui sont enfermés derrière les barreaux. Les prisons ont été créées pour isoler les gens de leurs communautés. Les manifestations de bruit aux prisons sont les preuves matérielles de la lutte contre la répression et l’isolement. Elle permet la création de liens entre les prisonnier.es et les personnes « en liberté », qui partagent tous deux leurs oppositions féroces aux barreaux, aux gardes et au monde qui en a besoin. Durant ces dernières années, les contextes de la grève étudiante et du G-20 nous on rapproché un peu plus de cette réalité. Pendant la grève, certain.es de nos ami.es ont passé du temps entre les murs des prisons de Tanguay et de Rivière-des-Prairies avant d’être libérés avec des conditions extrêmes de couvre-feu, de non-association et d’exiles en attente de leurs procès. Dans le contexte du G-20, plusieurs ami.es accusé.es de conspiration, de méfaits ou autres, ont aussi passé plusieurs mois en prison. Plusieurs procès restent à venir. Au cours des dernières années, le gouvernement s’est chargé d’élargir le système carcéral. Un budget estimé à 4 millions de dollars est présentement dépensé dans la construction de 22 nouvelles prisons et dans l’agrandissement d’établissements carcéraux déjà existants à travers le pays. Le projet équivaut à environ 9500 nouveaux lits pour les détenu.es. Dans la même ligné, de nouveaux projets de loi ont été adoptés, tels les projets de lois C-10 et C-38. Alors que l’objectif global du projet de loi C-10 vise à mettre plus de gens en prison pour plus longtemps, le projet de loi C-31 assure la détention obligatoire, la perte du droit de demander la résidence permanente pendant au moins 5 ans et la perte du droit de parrainer sa famille pour les réfugié.es qui sont accusé.es d’avoir « traversé la frontière illégalement ». Il n’y a jamais eu de meilleur moment pour aller crier aux murs des prisons. (…) Nous irons visiter à pied la prison provinciale pour femme de Tanguay et la prison provinciale pour homme de Bordeaux. Parce que personne n’est libre jusqu’à ce que nous le soyons toutes et tous. Dedans comme dehors, révoltons-nous! *** On December 31, 2012, New Year’s Eve, there will be a demonstration heading to the prisons, Tanguay and Bordeaux, in the north part of the island of Montreal, near metro Henri-Bourassa. Carrying on a tradition from around the world, we will go wish a happy new year to those who are being held behind bars. Prisons were created to isolate people from their communities. Noise demonstrations at prisons are a material way to fight against repression and isolation. Noise demos permit the creation of links between prisoners and people on the outside, who can together share their opposition to the bars, the guards and the world that needs them. In the last few years, the student strike and the G20 brought some of us a bit closer to this reality. During the strike, some of our friends spent time behind the walls of the Tanguay Prison for Women and the Riviere-des-Praries Prison for Men before being released with extreme conditions including curfews, non-association and exile to wait for their trial. In the wake of the G20, friends who were charged with conspiracy, mischief, etc, also spent many months in prison. We know there are more trials coming. In the last few years, the government has been busy expanding the prison system. They are currently spending an estimated $4 million dollars constructing 22 new prisons and expanding many existing prisons across the country. The project adds up to about 9,500 new beds for prisoners. In the same vein, new laws are being passed, like C-10 and C-38. Bill C-10′s overall goal is to to put more people in prison for longer and Bill C-31 ensures mandatory detention, loss of the right to apply for permanent residency for at least 5 years and loss of the right to sponsor one’s family for refugees who are charged with “crossing the border irregularly”. It’s never been a better time to go yell at the walls of a prison. (…) We are going by foot to the provincial prison for women, Tanguay and the provincial prison for men, Bordeaux. Because no one is free until we are all free. Inside as well as out, let’s revolt! (http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/manif-de-bruit-du-nouvel-%C3%A0-montr%C3%A9al-montreal-new-y/15381)

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Broadcast Eighty Two

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 music released between 1900 +/- and next week

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Broadcast One

Music I like to call folk.

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War Report

As we have reported for over a year, the war in Syria is part of a struggle between the U.S./Nato and Russia/Iran for control of mideast oil and natural gas. As Russia stations hypersonic Islander missiles in Syria to counter U.S./Nato’s Patriot missiles in Turkey on Syria’s border, the major powers move closer to a direct conflict.

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KR Weekly News In Review

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