Latest Programs
Reese Erlich: Report from Syria
Jan. 11, 2012, 12:38 p.m.
Reese Erlich speaks of his October trip to Syria (see The Progressive Dec./Jan); how internal opposition forces oppose Libyan-style external intervention believing they will unseat al-Assad over time; of escalating violence on both sides as well as exaggeration of casualty figures and number of military defectors; on changes in Muslim Brotherhood; on situation and views of Syrian minorities; on approach to Syria by US, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Arab League, and Hamas; on differences between Hezbollahâs ties to Syria and Iran; and inability to predict outcome of present standoff.
Jeff Blankfort: News & Opinions
Jan. 11, 2012, 12:07 p.m.
Blankfort speaks of problems with dissecting competing commentaries on Syria including role of neocons; Obamaâs decision to sell arms to So. Sudan to promote âworld peace;â Sheldon Adelsonâs $5 million donation to Gingrich Super Pac; upcoming largest ever US-Israeli military exercises; cites Pepe Escobarâs analysis of latest Iran sanctions legislation; UKâs threats against Iran re Strait of Hormuz; and updates fight against Walmart expansion project.
Jan. 11, 2012, 11:36 a.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, 11:12 a.m.
LGBT World NEWS + Paul Canning, ( âLGBT Asylum News) on Gay Kenyan men being trafficked in the Arab Gulf Sex Trade. | R. Clarke Cooper (National Executive Director of Log Cabin Republicans), Karen Ocamb (Frontiers Magazine News Editor), Wayne Besen (Executive Director, Truth Wins Out) on the Republican primary. | Scott Seitz on the battle for a "DOT GAY" TLD. | Dee Rees, Adepero Oduye & Kim Wayans from the film PARIAH | Former escort Mike Jones on Ted Haggard (Celebrity Wife Swap). | DC based musician Tom and a live studio performance. | An audio visit to KEY WEST
Between the Lines' for the Week Ending January 20, 2012
Jan. 11, 2012, 10:11 a.m.
President Obama Signs Bill to Imprison Americans Indefinitely without Charge or Trial; Protests will mark 2nd Anniversary of Supreme Court Citizens United Decision; 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Revives Lawsuit Against Warrantless Government Surveillance.
If Music Could Talk - Jan 8, 2012
Jan. 11, 2012, 8:53 a.m.
If Music Could Talk - Jan 1, 2012
Jan. 11, 2012, 8:51 a.m.
Jan. 11, 2012, 12:40 a.m.
Ok, the year's in full swing. Let's get rockin'!
War Crimes at Guantanamo and a Celebration of the Liberatory Music of Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Jan. 10, 2012, 11:58 p.m.
Worthington digs into the history of the Guantanamo torture chamber and the torture and abuse of political prisoners who remain caged there. Worthington reveals how the US imperialists have maneuvered to prevent the release of any prisoners, including those already cleared for releast, and effectively prevent the closure of the prison. Osakalumi, one of the two actors who portray the Nigerian musician Fela Anikulapo Kuti in a play celebrating his revolutionary and butt shaking music and art.
1/11/12 - Immigration (Second part of two parts)
Jan. 10, 2012, 8:38 p.m.
Private attorney Lakshmi Challa at the Challa Law Offices talks about the many ways immigrants can legally live and work in the U.S. and the many complicated procedures involved, in the Second Part of a two part interview.
1/4/12 - Immigration (First part of two parts)
Jan. 10, 2012, 8:16 p.m.
Private attorney Lakshmi Challa at the Challa Law Offices talks about the many ways immigrants can legally live and work in the U.S. and the many complicated procedures involved, in the First Part of a two part interview.
Bruce Power abandons plan for Alberta nuclear plant
Jan. 10, 2012, 7:51 p.m.
The Ontario energy company had been trying for 4 years to get approval for what would have been Albertaâs first nuclear power plant. Elena Schacherl is chair of Citizens Advocating the Use of Sustainable Energy, a member organization of the coalition Keep Alberta Nuclear Free. She explains the factors that went into Bruce Power's decision to pull out.
B.C. trial lawyers start job action
Jan. 10, 2012, 7:12 p.m.
Last week, more than half of the province's 70 courtrooms had no duty counsel, the lawyers who usually represent people for first-time appearances. The Trial Lawyers' Association took the job action to draw attention to round after round of cuts to the legal aid system. Rishi Gill is a Vancouver criminal defence lawyer.
Jan. 10, 2012, 7 p.m.
Dave Bleakney is a postal worker who, for the past 15 years, has been the national education representative (anglophone) for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. He is published in various periodicals, books and publications including contributions to Learning from the Ground Up: Global Perspectives on Social Movements and Knowledge Production and the International Encyclopedia on Protest and Revolution.
We spoke about what is needed for a genuine labour commons that is inclusive and capable of transforming the focus on jobs for a focus on justice.
January 11, 2012 - INTERVIEW WITH HOWARD COHEN
Jan. 10, 2012, 5:56 p.m.
Cheryl interviews Howard Cohen, Executive Director of
www.actorsandartistsfor911truth.com about his new
movie - Confession of a 9/11 Conspirator - which has
a star-studded cast including Ed Asner, Woody Harrelson,
John Heard, Martin Sheen and many others. Howard
shares why he's making the movie, how he hopes to
promote it and when it will be ready for release.
Neil Cohen on problems with the Canadian Employment Insurance system
Jan. 10, 2012, 5:53 p.m.
According to the Public Service Alliance of Canada, job cuts at Canada Service Centres have resulted in worse service, increased processing times, and more Canadians in desperate financial circumstances as they wait for payments. Neil Cohen is the executive director of the Community Unemployed Help Centre, a non-profit organization that assists unemployed workers in Manitoba with Employment Insurance-related problems.
Break The Stereo- Hop Along Funk!
Jan. 10, 2012, 5:26 p.m.
Some bouncing funk with some soul divas to start off the show. Sharon Jones, and a double shot of Marlena Shaw. So sweet! Vicky Anderson, The JB'S, and Fanny Brown. Bounce, bounce, bounce. The Grateful Dead "Loose Lucy" and AWB with Person to Person. Much more also. Thanks for tuning in. Peace out.
WSQT Broadcast for January 120
Jan. 10, 2012, 4:43 p.m.
Pirate Radio Song
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Palestine Today for Jan 10
Between the Lines: Report on a Palestinian Women's Center in the West Bank
War Update: US soldier killed by Afghan government soldier-again
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Nigerians protest at World Bank HQ against Bank-imposed fuel price hikes and in support of gneral strike
Occupy DC storms Price-Waterhouse Coopers
Occupy DC assists Occupy Baltimore in sucessful eviction defense of foreclosed home
Eastbanc zoning hearing: WSQT intro and interview with witness who wanted to speak
Sea Shepherd, Australian Forest Rescue board whaler's security ship
Humor: Social Lubricant, Glue, and Antidote For Depression
Jan. 10, 2012, 3:03 p.m.
Humor as a social lubricant, social glue and occasional antidote for depression is this editions topic, in conversation with Steven Sultanoff, Ph.D. recorded at the Milton Erickson Psychotherapy Congress in Phoenix, Arizona, December 2011.
Jan. 10, 2012, 2:54 p.m.
On todayâs show, Steve da Silva interview Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya of GlobalResearch.ca on the U.S.-Israeli war preparations with Iran. For our second feature interview, we talk with Canadian Auto Workers Local 27 President Tim Carrie about the situation of locked-out Caterpillar workers in London, Ontario. With music from the Consumer Goods â âHockey Night in Afghanadaâ off their 2008 album, The Anti-imperial Cabaret.
Russell Diabo of Defenders of the Land and First Nations Strategic Bulletin
Jan. 10, 2012, 2:50 p.m.
Today, Steve da Silva and Kabir Joshi-Vijayan interview Russell Diabo, the spokesperson of Defenders of the Land and the Editor/Publisher of First Nations Strategic Bulletin. Diabo talks to us about the struggle of indigenous peoples against the Indian Act, lands claims processes, and the puppet governments.
Jan. 10, 2012, 2:40 p.m.
In this feature interview, Kabir Joshi-Vijayan interviews Natasha Brien and Sasha Carty, members Supporting Ourselves Supporting Our Loved Ones (SOSOLO), a group of people with incarcerated family members. We discuss the new Omnibus Crime Bill as well the conditions facing inmates in Canadian prisons.
Rexdale activists speak to community locked out of using recreational field (12 Dec 2011)
Jan. 10, 2012, 2:39 p.m.
In this interview, Steve da Silva and Kabir Joshi-Vijayan talk to Rexdale community activists about a struggle to reclaim a recreational track and field at Father Henry Carr Secondary School. Barry Marsh, Patricia Crooks, and Peter Dgama tell us about how a field used by the community for 25 years has been fenced off from public use now that the sports facility received millions in investments (under the pretenses of serving the âpriority neighbourhoodâ). Music from Rexdaleâs Jelleestone (2 Sides) from 2005.
Jan. 10, 2012, 12:40 p.m.
Romney, who enjoys firing people, "wins" the Iowa caucus, but here comes Santorum ... lots of deaths in Sudan and Iraq ... the Navy rescues Iranian sailors from pirates ... Jamaica about to declare its independence ... Steven Hawking turns 70 and wonders about sex.
Richard Grossman: WHEN INJUSTICE IS LEGAL (TWO of TWO)
Jan. 10, 2012, 12:27 p.m.
This program is in remembrance of Richard Grossman, who died of cancer in November 2011. He was one of the great uncompromising, courageous thinkers and activists in the unfolding project to define, limit and abolish corporate power. Grossman was one of the first historians who called attention to the fact that corporations have become persons under the 14th amendment.He said: "If we are going to have pretense to a democracy, we cannot give political rights and powers to a private entity. We cannot let that private entity get so strong that it rewrites the laws, that it shapes the culture, that it shapes the education. It may be difficult to imagine a country that's not dominated by giant corporations, but other people before us have imagined that ... (and) left us many important mechanisms that we can use."
Occupy Commentary by a Teacher
Jan. 10, 2012, 12:26 p.m.
Jan. 10, 2012, 12:15 p.m.
Unbalanced Justice and Sports Mismanagement
Jan. 10, 2012, 9:14 a.m.
Peter Robinson, lawyer for Radovan Karadzic, is headed to the Hague once again. Dr. Karadzic faces a number of charges, but has a different understanding of events, and is defending his record. It turns out that one witness against Karadzic has written books attacking the defendant. Robinson explains how expert witnesses are allowed to engage in polemics. He covers the other ad-hoc judicial procedures concerning international war crimes, and their uneven consequences.
The program shifts gears with Norman Otis Richmond and the new biography about recording phenomenon Little Willie John's "fast life, mysterious death, and the birth of Soul." He discusses the significance of Willie John as the first successful R&B artist, and also the poor representation he received during his murder allegations.
Taylor and Conlon then move on to sports mismanagement by charting big-boss Bobby Valentine's move from arrogant sports manager to arrogant city manager, as seen in Dave Zirin's recent article.
Jan. 10, 2012, 9:06 a.m.
Emission de radio portant sur la bande dessinee, l'illustration et l'animation diffusee les vendredis, 17h30, sur les ondes de CKRL 89,1 FM.
Jan. 10, 2012, 8:41 a.m.
Emission de radio portant sur la bande dessinee, l'illustration et l'animation diffusee les vendredis, 17h30, sur les ondes de CKRL 89,1 FM.