Latest Programs
Nov. 13, 2012, 11:31 p.m.
Parties and Propositions in U.S. and Canadian Elections
Nov. 13, 2012, 8:19 p.m.
James Beddome, leader of the Green Party of Manitoba, on the importance of smaller (or third) parties in U.S. and Canadian elections. He also discusses the votes to legalize marijuana in Washington and Colorado and the California proposition for mandatory labelling of genetically-modified food ingredients.
Dialect: Occupy London, Ownership to Stewardship
Nov. 13, 2012, 5:12 p.m.
http://www.bcfm.org.uk/category/shows/dialect-radio
http://www.Victims-Unite.net
"Gardening with Gil" (11/13/2012)
Nov. 13, 2012, 4:21 p.m.
Broadcast live on location from the garden of Gil, host of "Toppers on Boston Free Radio.
Wind Blown: Ken Burns on "The Dustbowl"
Nov. 13, 2012, 2:52 p.m.
âProgress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness. When change is absolute there remains no being to improve and no direction is set for possible improvement: and when experience is not retainedâ¦infancy is perpetual. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.â That was philospher George Santayana writing in 1906, thirty years before the peak of the American Dust Bowl, a chapter of the 20th Century thatâs often called Americaâs worst man-made ecological disaster (so far, anyway).
A lengthy dry spell, combined with farming practices that did not respect the natural conditions of the region, set into motion a decade which devastated millions of acres of land, displaced thousands of heartland families, and had ripple effects on food markets and the national economy. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has produced a new film series on the dustbowl. It features survivors, experts on climate and farming, as well as some amazing footage from the era. Heâs our guest this week on Sea Change Radio. Burns and host Alex Wise discuss this important project, which is being released against the ominous backdrop of our current drought conditions.
In 2012, North America has seen a record low snowfall and a corresponding decline in rain, and the US Drought Monitor shows about 80% of the country to be suffering abnormally dry conditions with over 60% of the country already in full-fledged drought. Are there lessons from the Dust Bowl that will inform how we move forward as a nation through the impending hardship of continued drought? Ken Burnsâs latest project is well-timed and ought to help in our efforts to remember the past and escape the condemnation of repeating our mistakes.
Nov. 13, 2012, 2:36 p.m.
Despite the doomsaying redundacy of the mass media....if you take a good look around...you'll realize that, Life is Sweet..and so is the theme for this edition of Random Acts of Music. Stream Random Acts weekly on WCOM, Thursdays from 8-10pm EST @ wcomfm.org
Nov. 13, 2012, 1:56 p.m.
With unemployment at high levels for four years, how did President Obama win re-election?
Nov. 13, 2012, 12:26 p.m.
Conversation on Zinn's The Use and Abuse of History
Nov. 13, 2012, 9:13 a.m.
On Novermber 8th, folks gathered for Building Our Media: a critical discussion series on independent media. We discussed Howard Zinn's Essay: The Use and Abuse of History (download pdf of article at: http://www.sendspace.com/file/1052l6) specifically looking at the concept of objectivity in both history writing and journalism. The night was broken up into two parts--the first being smaller discussion groups that were not taped and the second part being a larger group discussion. Indymedia got a few requests to tape the conversation, so we did! See below!
Silvia Federici talk at Goldsmiths University
Nov. 13, 2012, 8:11 a.m.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0169
Nov. 13, 2012, 7:51 a.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
#629 - Speaking Forbidden Truths
Nov. 13, 2012, 7:38 a.m.
This week we conclude our reading of David Graeber's Debt, The First 5000 Years with a focus on the fraud of land 'ownership' and economics. A mix of new and familiar speakers include a reading by Lyn Gerry from episode 90 and a radio adaptation of an Adam Curtis film, The League of Gentlemen.
Nov. 13, 2012, 2:55 a.m.
The Monday, November 5, Climate Justice Forum radio program, hosted by Wild Idaho Rising Tide (http://wildidahorisingtide.org/), features Raphael Cordray, co-founder of Utah Tar Sands Resistance, talking about challenges in the streets and courts of U.S. Oil Sands permits to mine state lands for tar sands in the Uinta Basin of eastern Utah. Raphael discusses public hearings, court cases, demonstrations, and site visits organized in Salt Lake City and near Moab, Utah, over the last few years, as citizens resist the first bitumen extraction in the country. Broadcast on KRFP Radio Free Moscow (http://radiofreemoscow.org/) between 7:30 and 9:30 pm PST live at 92.5 FM and online, and later aired on KMEC in Ukiah, California, the show also covers continent-wide dirty energy developments and opposition to fossil fuel extraction and transportation projects. Thanks to the generous, anonymous listener who recently adopted program host Helen Yost as his KRFP DJ (http://radiofreemoscow.org/support-krfp/adopt-a-dj/)!
Armed Forces Network Taiwan - June 23, 1969 - FULL
Nov. 12, 2012, 11:45 p.m.
4 US states for marriage + other LGBT news
Nov. 12, 2012, 10:05 p.m.
Perfection at the polls in Maine, Washington, Minnesota and Maryland for U.S. marriage; Tammy takes the Senate, and a few disappointments don't sour dozens of electoral successes for other "out" candidates; and the Aussie "Big Brother" winner's heartwarming en-gay-gement!
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0168
Nov. 12, 2012, 8:40 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0167
Nov. 12, 2012, 8:29 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
Kevin Anderson: What They Won't Tell You About Climate Catastrophe
Nov. 12, 2012, 5:35 p.m.
Scientists and officials are not telling the public the awful truth: we are hurtling toward catastrophic climate change. A review, summary and critique of an earth-breaking speech by Dr. Kevin Anderson, Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre in Britain. Speaking to the Cabot Institute in Bristol November 6th, Anderson told the sold-out crowd our future is not possible.
Root Force: Demolishing Colonialism at it's Foundation
Nov. 12, 2012, 5:29 p.m.
This week we speak with Toby and Ben, two organizers with Root Force about industrial civilization and organizing in solidarity with indigenous communities against the spread of capitalist infrastructure projects in Latin America. We talk about La Parota Dam in Mexico, Anillo Periférico Highway in El Salvador and Corridors of the Future across North America.
Root force aims to stop the spreading of those infrastructure projects (bridges, dams, highways, factories...) that allow for the spread of neoliberal capitalism into comparatively less "developed" environments in hopes of helping protect environments and their stewards and force an economic retraction of imperial projects of the north.
www.rootforce.org
Streaming at www.ashevillefm.org/the-final-straw thru 11/18/12. Downloadable from radio4all.net (link pending).
The Maternity Centre of Hamilton: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies
Nov. 12, 2012, 4:40 p.m.
Today, we feature a unique obstetrical health resource in our community.
The Motherland Influence Nov. 11, 2012
Nov. 12, 2012, 4:25 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin and Caribbean music.
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:35 p.m.
2012Oct29: Preparing for Impact of Hurricane Sandy
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:28 p.m.
Supplementing station information about preparing for and finding services to help with aftermath of Hurricane Sandy
Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:24 p.m.
Talk by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! and co-author (along with Denis Moynihan) of "The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope" given October 26, 2012 at Town Hall Seattle.
2012Nov5: Phil Wilayto, editor Virginia Defender newspaper
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:23 p.m.
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:21 p.m.
For more info on Direct Action and the Wimmin's Fire Brigade :
vancouver5.anarkhia.org
Indigenous Resistance and Anarchism
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:10 p.m.
2012Nov12:Repeal De-regulation of mold remediation contractors
Nov. 12, 2012, 12:03 p.m.
United Parents Against Lead, national environmental advocacy nonprofit, launched a petition calling on Governor McDonnell to repeal the July 1, 2012 law that de-regulated from certification contractors doing work in mold remediation, leaving households seeking assistance vulnerable to poorly assessed and implemented remediation work, reducing jobs for certified contractors and exacerbating a clear public health problem in our region.
Nov. 12, 2012, 11:47 a.m.
"Climate change. Militarization. The erosion of civil liberties. Resource wars. Weapons of mass destruction. The criminalization of dissent. Itâs a scary world out there. ... "
Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/hope-and-death/
Nov. 12, 2012, 11:39 a.m.
" Iâll bet you canât talk and keep your hands perfectly still. Maybe you can for a minute or so, while you really make an effort. But I bet you canât decide, in the middle of a conversation to put your hands on your knees, or fold them in your lap and continue to participate, with your hands motionless. Even if you more or less succeed, your fingers will be twitching in protest, your shoulders might make little movements to coax your hands free. Maybe youâll even wiggle your toes.... "
Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/speech-and-gesture/