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#202 -- Michael Parenti: The Goals and Results of US Imperialism (2)
Jan. 13, 2012, 8:38 a.m.
Progressive political scientist Michael Parenti brings together his key insights about the practice and purpose of the US Empire and imperialism. He argues that the purpose of our imperialism is not national glory but rather the further enriching of Wall Street and transnational corporations.
Highlights of Part 2 include a survey of the many governments the U.S. has overthrown. In each case, the other country had attempted to chart an independent ECONOMIC course.
Jan. 13, 2012, 7:41 a.m.
Ray Peat discusses the forces impacting the quality of our food supply in our money driven industrial world, and covers some of the health risks involved when navigating our way past the Sirens of marketing to foods that do support energy and health.
Jan. 13, 2012, 5:58 a.m.
The Sunrise Ocean Bender sets sail every Friday morning, 3 â 6 a.m. on WRIR lp 97.3 FM, to find something for your ears, and something for your head ⦠From psych to prog to pop and whatever tributary we can find on the way ⦠and right back around again. There might be a map, but the destination is up for grabs. If it all goes right, we may just get lost. Meet me at the muster station ⦠thereâs no better way to start your freakend.
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Jazz For The Asking PRG 041 hour 1 and 2
Jan. 12, 2012, 9:41 p.m.
Mitt Romney and America The Beautiful
Jan. 12, 2012, 8:59 p.m.
According to Zach Ford at ThinkProgress, on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney likes to regularly quote the lyrics of that great American song, America the beautiful, suggesting that it refers to political and especially so called 'economic freedom'.... But does he realize that the hymn was written by a progressive feminist lesbian who composed it to critique our countryâs greed, excess, and growing economic inequality?
Probably not.
Song writer Katharine Lee Bates wrote her original lyrics in 1894. They were as follows:
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!
She later rewrote the stanza, toning down the rhetoric but maintaining that wealth was not what made America great:
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!
According to Lynn Sherr, Bates âwanted to purify Americaâs great wealth, to channel what she had originally called âselfish gainâ into more noble causes.â
Batesâ revulsion at the inequality and corruption she saw around her was shared by many others who became the core of the Progressive Movement in the early 1900s. The Progressives, of course, would be diametrically opposed to Mitt Romney's regressive ideas on so called 'economic freedom' which translate into little to no taxation on the wealthiest corporations and billionaires while the poor suffer a crushing debt burden. Not exactly Bate's vision, nor what the song is about.
New World Next Week - Jan12: Obamney vs. US, USrael vs. Iran, Eugenicists vs. Everyone
Jan. 12, 2012, 6:56 p.m.
This week on the New World Next Week: Romney looks like the GOPâs anointed one, as the establishment tries to set up an Obama/Romney selection for 2012; yet another Iranian nuclear scientist is assassinated by a high-tech magnetic bomb, but USrael denies involvement; and North Carolina is set to pay âcompensationâ to the people they brutally sterilized during the stateâs eugenics laws pastâ¦but what of the present-day eugenics program?
The Shortwave Report 01/13/12 Listen Globally!
Jan. 12, 2012, 5:30 p.m.
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. Free to rebroadcast. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, China Radio International, the Voice of Russia, and Radio Havana Cuba.
Jan. 12, 2012, 4:08 p.m.
This week's anniversary of the Tucson shgun attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, featuring:
Tucson Arizona Sheriff Clarence Dupnik;
Sarah Robinson of Campaign for America, on differences of Left and Right politics;
Nina Valdez, Senior National Council at the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund;
Giffords and General David Petraeus on Pentagon energy;
2012 memorial at Arizona U (including Giffords' return to Congress); and
John Lennon - "Watching the Wheels" (Acoustic version).
Jan. 12, 2012, 4:05 p.m.
Pirate Radio Song
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Palestine Today for Jan 12
War Update: US soldier Marines desecrate bodies by urinating on them
Protest marks 10th anniversary of opening of Guantanimo Bay
Sea Shepherd update
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Between the Lines for the week ending Jan 20-complete http://www.btlonline.org/download/120120-btlv128.mp3
Bristol's eccentric Gothic clergyman Montague Summers
Jan. 12, 2012, 3:53 p.m.
01-08-12 2012 - Cults Gone Wild!
Jan. 12, 2012, 2:23 p.m.
Jan. 12, 2012, 1:08 p.m.
The music goes 'round (and around) on this RADIOLA!
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:40 p.m.
This is a podcast of the January 12th, 2012 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 1-3AM on Wednesday Evenings/Thursday Mornings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:35 p.m.
This is a podcast of the January 5th, 2012 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 1-3AM on Wednesday Evenings/Thursday Mornings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
December 31st, 2011 (featuring Nick Coward, Paul Ivey and the WRIR Singers)
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:31 p.m.
For this very special New Year's Eve version of WRIR's River City Limits, Allison Apperson and Shannon Cleary took over the program to bring some holiday joy to the airwaves. This included tons of local favorites as well as live performances by Nick Coward, Paul Ivey and a touching rendition of Auld Lang Syne by the WRIR Singers.
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:23 p.m.
This is a podcast of the December 29th, 2011 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 1-3AM on Wednesday Evenings/Thursday Mornings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:18 p.m.
This is a podcast of the December 22nd, 2011 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 1-3AM on Wednesday Evenings/Thursday Mornings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
Jan. 12, 2012, 12:12 p.m.
This is a podcast of the December 15th, 2011 episode of WRIR's Commonwealth of Notions. It airs every week from 1-3AM on Wednesday Evenings/Thursday Mornings. It offers insight from it's host on the local music scene, upcoming events and new favorite tunes that he'd like to share.
Jan. 12, 2012, 9:52 a.m.
David Heap, who returned to Canada in November relates his exciting account of the breakout of the Tahrir. Activists on two boats attempted to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza, and have since had the opportunity to speak about the efforts of the Freedom Flotilla.
Jan. 12, 2012, 5:28 a.m.
Presentation by two lawyers that represent prisoners at Guantanamo following the screening of the docudrama "The Response", a movie based on transcripts from the Kafkaesque military tribunals that were held to assign prisoner status. Q&A augments presentations by the lawyers.
Checkiing In With The Son Of Haberdasher
Jan. 11, 2012, 9:52 p.m.
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 11 PM to 1 AM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org
MLA on welfare in British Columbia
Jan. 11, 2012, 7:39 p.m.
An anti-poverty group in Vancouver issued a challenge for an MLA in the province to live on the equivalent of welfare for a month. Jagrup Brar of the NDP accepted the challenge and began his month on January 1. Bill Hopwood of the Raise the Rates tells us how Brar is faring and what's he found out about life on welfare. Jagrup is writing about his experiences - you can read his blog here.
Jan. 11, 2012, 6:57 p.m.
Despite the departure of Hosni Mubarak 11 months ago, the regime he ruled is still for the most part in place. Political power remains in the hands of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Yet labour and social forces opposing the government are still strong. To find out more about these forces in Egyptian society. we contacted Joel Beinin, professor of history and Middle Eastern history at Stanford University.
Jan. 11, 2012, 6:28 p.m.
as of tonight i have played every song off of skinny puppy's latest album, handover, on dog germs! i rock! skinny puppy rocks!
so i do not have any new music planned for tonight's show, just a bunch of awesome songs and whatever you all feel like requesting!
Jan. 11, 2012, 6:12 p.m.
tommy from dog germs here bringing you another edition of dog milk as josh is home tonight resting up for a very busy day at work tomorrow.
we will hear a lot of tunes from his bible of drinking songs in the 1st hour, and then in the 2nd hour i will attempt to bombard you with stuff i brought in!
...and of course, feel free to make a request or call up and say hi!
miss this show? drink to the podcast!
click "read more" to see the playlist!
thanks for listening! i'll be back in here tomorrow night for some dog germs!
Guantanamo Remembered: 10 Years
Jan. 11, 2012, 5:45 p.m.
This audio was recorded at the 10th Anniversary remembrance, in honour of those still incarcerated at Guantanamo. The meeting was jointly organised by Cage Prisoners, Reprieve and the Islamic Human Rights Commission.
The meeting in London's Conway Hall began with a recording of a song and a live chant from the Koran, both by former detainees. The meeting and speakers were introduced by Victoria Britain
Jan. 11, 2012, 4:30 p.m.
One hour sample of the weekly online radio broadcast 10pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Jan. 11, 2012, 3:36 p.m.
One hour sample of the weekly online radio broadcast 10pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Jan. 11, 2012, 1:25 p.m.
One hour sample of the weekly online radio broadcast 10pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas. Full details on the international works of Rural War Room http://www.RuralWarRoom.com
Ecologist Eric Berlow: Simplicity On The Other Side Of Complexity
Jan. 11, 2012, 12:47 p.m.
Trained as an ecologist, our guest this week on Sea Change Radio uses complexity theory to map spheres of influence and find solutions to any number of problems. Eric Berlow has applied this systems perspective to solve a diverse array of riddles, from stopping the disappearance of the yellow-legged frog in the Sierra Nevada to distilling the core issues in the US Counter-Insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.
Listen now as this tireless optimist explains to host Alex Wise how embracing the true complexity of a problem reveals its simplest solution, and why a starfish, or a fly, or a toad can be the keystone to our ecologyâs health.