Dr. Cornel West on Poverty In America

Dr. Cornel West on Poverty In America Cornel West, is one of America's most gifted, provocative, and important democratic intellectuals, now focusing much of his energy on his second national tour to heighten awareness of poverty in the U.S., aggressively committing to stopping Stop & Frisk practices and resisting efforts to privatize public education and against school closings. The national discourse has been focused on the deterioration of the "middle class". But this framework ignores the plight of the growing number of working poor and those not included in the workforce, suffering crushing poverty. Organized labor's wages and benefits are under threat, chronic, high unemployment persists, increasing numbers of workers are falling off the unemployment benefit rolls and those new jobs created increasingly paying poverty wages. The recent Census shows that more than 46 Million Americans last year were living below the poverty line ( $22,314 for a family of 4 ), the highest level since 1993. However, the rise of poverty has been ignored by politicians and the mainstream media. But,author,lecturer,public intellectual Cornel West is a welcome exception to that reality. He has co-authored the new book "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto" and has been traveling the country broadsiding his message that now is the time to confront the underlying conditions of systemic poverty in America. He's broadcasting the message that there are nearly 150 million impoverished people in America, who aren't responsible for Great Recession, yet they pay the price for it. The poor did not create the deindustrialization of America,unmitigated corporate profiteering and greed, more than a decade of foreign wars and unregulated tax benefits for the wealthy. Rather, the housing and jobs crisis the plutocrats created have fostered a poverty unseen in generations, crossing race, age and gender lines. Cornel West places the eradication of poverty in the context of the nation's greatest moments of social transformation - the abolition of slavery, woman's suffrage, and the labor and civil rights movements. As did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. West raises ending poverty as the defining civil rights struggle of America's 21st century. Building on the legacy of Dr. King he asks us to re-examine our assumptions about poverty in America,confront our dormancy and travel the road laid out to undertake to eradicate poverty, to redistribute the wealth and challenge the system that thrives off of inequality.

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Commission on Presidential Debates

Perhaps the most notable thing about the recent Presidential debates were the questions that weren’t asked: Issues that touched on third party concerns like global warming, fair trade agreements, the rise of poverty or the legality of extra judicial killings were entirely neglected. Instead we heard narrowly focused questions and the answers all well within the range of the so called Washington Consensus. There’s a reason for that. It’s called the Commission on Presidential Debates or CPD.

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Media Network Plus October 27, 2012

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The Happy Station Show October 27, 2012

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Revolution Radio #21 - Occupy the Roads

We travel the Country uniting Communities, promoting a better future. Free of political corruption and bought politicians. We've taken to the streets in order to bring social & economic justice. We use our website, twitter, facebook, visuals, documentaries, and most of all our 31 ft billboard (on the RV) to communicate the message that started on Wall Street. http://www.occupytheroads.com/blog/

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Media Network Plus October 27, 2012 55min

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# 207: If You Love This Planet: Guest - Donna Mulhearn

Helen Caldicott, M.D., pediatrician and internationally recognized author and lecturer, hosts a weekly, one-hour radio program titled If You Love This Planet. Produced by Jasmin WIlliams and Scott Powell. Edited by Jasmin Williams.

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Out of the Woods - Show #134 10-26-12

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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October 26, 2012

For Halloween and Election Day, zombie candidate George 'Macaca' Allen mashed up with macaco songs; some Halloween-appropriate calypso, reggae, Afrobeat and Balkan rock

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Nash Holos 102712

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Not So Shy John News with Tucker Booth

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The Kelly Alexander Show 102712

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with Lee Rosevere: episode #7 - Halloween

Radio Outlet is a one-hour radio program produced and hosted by Lee Rosevere, playing music from his personal collection. Many genres, eras and styles of music are represented, with many surprises as well.

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26Oct12 Halloween PsyOp: Orson Welles' War Of The Worlds

http://bcfm.org.uk/2012/10/26/17/friday-drivetime-94/23232

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Green Majority - David's and Goliath

Former Toronto Mayor David Miller talks about Mayors Tower Renewal Program, Dr. David Schindler talks about 40 years of Canadian environmental policy and water pollution and how it lines up with the best science.

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26Oct12 Affordable Housing Stripped From Developments

http://bcfm.org.uk/2012/10/26/17/friday-drivetime-94/23232

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#243 -- The Surprising Power of The People

Feeling powerless to change The System? HOWARD ZINN (1992), CHRIS HEDGES (2012), and singer DAVID ROVICS discuss several examples of how large-scale nonviolent popular resistance surprisingly appeared and forced major changes in--or overthrew--bad systems. From the Civil Rights movement to the overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe to the Arab Spring, citizens, nonviolently, often have produced major change. Is "Occupy" the beginning of something big?

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Friday Breakfast Blend with Phil D

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Visible or Invisible?

"Once I had a job ghostwriting for some mathematicians who wanted to make their work more accessible to the general public, and especially to children. We made up puzzles and stories that tangled with infinity, and invented playground games with mathematical strategies underneath. We tried them out in workshops and school visits and overall had that experience of learning more from the kids than we had ever imagined...." Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/invisible

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Arabology: (Season 3 Episode 4) Hosted by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Arabic Lecturer at Stanford University, airing on KZSU 90.1 FM (Stanford).

The 4th episode of the 3rd season of 'Arabology'--a radio show hosted by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Lecturer at Stanford University--aired on Oct 25, 2012 and featured an interview with Arab American stand up comedian Dean Obeidallah (who performs at Stanford on Friday Oct 26 at 7:30pm). Also includes a conversation with Arash Shirinbab, a Master in Arabic Calligraphy. All this plus great Arabic music. * Previous Arabology Podcasts: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/series/Arabology *Arabology Blog is at http://author32.blogspot.com *Arabology Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/arabology

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Focus Asia Pacific October 26, 2012

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The Shortwave Report 10/26/12 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. Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, the Voice of Russia, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK World Radio Japan.

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KR Weekly News in Review 10/24/12

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Sounds Chunky's Night Court_03

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How herbacides work

Don M. Huber, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University, is my guest. He talks about how glyphosate, a component of roundup, kills plants. It works by withholding micro-nutrients and depriving plants of nutrients necessary for enzymatic functions. Don Huber believes glyphosate is more dangerous than DDT.

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Dead Yet?

" Be careful that what I’m about to tell you doesn’t turn your world black and white and make you all judgmental about it. That could happen according to some research that Dick Teresi reports on in a book called The Undead, a compendium of facts and stories about the culture surrounding clinical, biological, and legal death. A culture where people ask questions like—How do you know someone is dead? What are your rights just before, and then just after you are dead? ..." Transcript: AuthorNancyCasey.com/deadyet/

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Victim Mentality

People can feel trapped in their own circumstances. At the mercy of some malevolent force, or simply on the unlucky side of Fortuna‘s wheel, it is not at all uncommon for certain individuals to believe that their entire lives are subject to the vicissitudes of fate. Breaking free of this mental prison is essential towards regaining self-determination.

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Les Egart - Bandstand Boogie (archive)

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"Try and Stop Me"

This RADIOLA! is moving inexorably toward something.

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Mike Davidson on garbage pick-up and privatization of city services

Mike Davidson, President of CUPE 500 speaks about garbage pick and the privatization of city services. A private corporation, Emterra recently was awarded a contract for residential waste collection in Winnipeg.

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