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Eritrean diaspora tax collection in Canada
Dec. 29, 2011, 12:02 p.m.
The east African country of Eritrea has a long list of human rights abuses, which included stifling of a free press and free speech,torture and detention without a fair trial. Because of this situation a large diaspora of Eritreans exists. Even if people leave Eritrea they are forced to pay a 2% tax on all earnings to the Eritrean goverment. The 2% diaspora tax is collected by the Consulate General of Eritrea in Toronto. CKUW news director Michael Welch talks with two Eritreans living in Winnipeg about the Eritrean goverment and the diaspora tax.
Check out http://ckuwnews.ca/ for more.
Dec. 29, 2011, 11:25 a.m.
An end-of-year review and historical context of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement in New York and nationwide, from its first days of September, 2011, including:
* Activist filmmaker Michael Moore addresses OWS at Liberty Square (Zucotti Park) in New York City;
* OWS online video streamer Victoria Sobel, of Occupywallst.org;
* "Greed," an original Occupy song performed by Mary McAdams, courtesy of Ursula Rudenberg;
* Historian and black scholar Cornell West welcomes the Wall Street Occupation as "everyday people";
* "Everyday People," performed by Larry Graham;'
* Street rally and march by members of the Occupy LA movement in Los Angeles, California; and
* Actualities of Occupy Chicago's sleepless vigil at the Federal Reserve Bank;
Madhi Nazermorya: What now for Libya?
Dec. 29, 2011, 11:09 a.m.
Mahdi Nazermorya has been an outspoken critic of NATO's mission in Libya. Mahdi was in Libya as an independent journalist during the war. In this interivew Mahdi gives his analysis of the new Libyan goverment, and what the future holds for Libya.
check out http://ckuwnews.ca/ for more.
Fukushima: Did it kill 14,000 Americans?
Dec. 28, 2011, 7:48 p.m.
Japan announces "cold shutdown" saying the Fukushima nuclear accident is over. Arnie Gundersen analyzes the big lie. Dr. Janette Sherman co-authored a study finding 14,000 Americans died from Fukushima fall-out. We investigate.
Dec. 28, 2011, 7:14 p.m.
"New Year's Day⦠now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." -Mark Twain
Live on www.killradio.org every Wed from 8am-11amPST. All shows available for download and stream on killradio.org. Follow on Twitter: PTLCKBRKFST This show=Some dope tracks from the 2000s. Happy New Year!!!
Dec. 28, 2011, 5:51 p.m.
tonight's show starts out with a block of hanzel und gretyl and synthetic nightmare to get you all ready for the big show thursday night!
plus some new industrial/electronica stuff tonight as well as some post-punky/goth rock/electro rock stuff. new tunes from readjust, the eternal fall, cyber snake, winter severity index, the foreign resort, and the exploding boy.
...and of course, all your wonderful requests!
upcoming shows:
hanzel und gretyl, synthetic nightmare, machines of living death on dec. 29th @ fallout, richmond, va
Dec. 28, 2011, 5:05 p.m.
Jeff Blankfort: News and Opinions
Dec. 28, 2011, 12:46 p.m.
Blankfort compares buildup of Iraq war with push to bomb Iran by Israel Lobby, pro-Israel media; looks at Joe Kleinâs and Tom Friedmanâs comments that angered Lobby and forced them to step back; at increase of $236 million in military aid to Israel; new arrests of 470 Palestinians to make up for those released; at UN Sec. Council criticism of US for weak position on Israeli settlements; of Panetta threatening war on Iran; of US offering reward for Al-Qaeda figure said to be in Iran; on call by John Yoo to bomb Iran; Obamaâs allowing Yemeni president in US for medical treatment; Walmart update..
Grant Smith:Israel's Diversion of US Nuclear Material
Dec. 28, 2011, 12:10 p.m.
Smith discusses his new book, âDivert!: NUMEC, Zalman Shapiro and the Diversion of US Weapons Grade Uranium into the Israeli Nuclear Program, out in 1/12 by IRmep. Smith traces history of covert operations by Israel and US supporters to get arms to Haganah and led to diversion of highly enriched uranium from NUMEC, a US funded corporation in Apollo, PA to serve Israelâs nuclear weapons program. Also how FBI kept tabs on Shapiro, NUMECâs owner, on US Jewish operatives working for Israel and on Israel spies and scientists who visited NUMEC, now subject of $170 million environmental cleanup.
Dec. 28, 2011, 11:11 a.m.
A year-end review of the hidden dimensions of the Fukushima Daichi global nuclear crisis, including:
A recent "Five O'Clock Shadow" interview with Fairewinds' Arnie Gundersen -- nuclear engineer, plant operator and expert witness -- on the peril of Pacific pollution from Fukushima;
Ian Goddard's scientific review of lethal health effects from Japan/TEPCO's twenty-fold easement of "safe" nuclear radiation exposure standards; and
Nuclear analyst Marco Kaltofen's recent address to the American Public Health Association, reporting independent, public-sourced air-filter data proving the global spread of Fukushima "hot particle" radiation.
Between the Lines' for the Week Ending January 6, 2012
Dec. 28, 2011, 10:06 a.m.
Steering Committee member of the Bradley Manning Support Network; Exposing Companies That Profit from the Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land; Uprising in Wukan Village in Guangdong Province & Growing Social Unrest In China.
Some of Our Favorite Tracks From 2011 with "Trusty Sidekick Lando"
Dec. 28, 2011, 8:31 a.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
US Threats of War Against Iran, Music for a New Day and a New Way and Once Again Science vs Religion
Dec. 28, 2011, 12:32 a.m.
Everest discusses the threat of a US/Israeli war against Iran and the lies backing it up. We play the title cut from Outernational's new 18 cut mix-tape album, "We Are All Illegals/ Todos Somos Illegales" with Tom Morello, Chad Smith, Calle 13. PZ on the search for the Higgs Boson and its relation knowing the real world and its origins more deeply and the efforts of the system to link this to religion and the god myth.
Dec. 28, 2011, 12:15 a.m.
New Year's program.
Stewards of Other People's Money... and The Planet
Dec. 27, 2011, 10:40 p.m.
Socially responsible capitalism - is this an oxymoron? Not according to this week's guest on Sea Change Radio. Graham Sinclair is a South African sustainable investment consultant and the President of the Africa Sustainable Investment Forum. Money managers like him attract conscientious investors, using the tools of capitalism to pressure corporations to be more socially responsible. Today, Sinclair talks about the past and future of sustainable investing, and what it means for corporations, investors and consumers. Host Alex Wise also discusses with Sinclair the particular importance of socially responsible investment strategies in developing countries.
Interviews Canadian author/activist Yves Engler
Dec. 27, 2011, 8:28 p.m.
Yves Engler is a Montréal activist and author. He has five published books: Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid, The Black Book of Canadian Foreign Policy, Playing Left Wing: From Rink Rat to Student Radical and (with Anthony Fenton) Canada in Haiti: Waging War on The Poor Majority
We speak to Yves on this last show of the year about his newest book âStop Signs â Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decayâ (with Bianca Mugyenyi). We speak about the inefficiency and true cost of the private automobile to society. We also vision transitioning to a car free culture and what that would mean for the average citizen.
Christopher Hitchens: The Trial of Henry Kissinger (TWO of TWO)
Dec. 27, 2011, 6:23 p.m.
Hitchens died on December 15, 2011. His work on the war crimes of Henry Kissinger may be his most enduring. This is the fact filled and funny Q/A section recorded in the Fall of 2001 in San Francisco at a book release party for: The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Hitchens discusses whether Nixon and Kissinger stole the elections of 1968, offers additional information on Kissinger's role in Israel, Palestine, and Cyprus, and reviews some of the instruments of international law that may be used to bring war criminals to trial.
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The Other Black Music Dec. 25, 2011
Dec. 27, 2011, 4:37 p.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST.
Dec. 27, 2011, 2:50 p.m.
Special Yearend 2hr + edition recorded LIVE in Studio Zero featuring mixes/shows of mine that are still a work in progress and hopefully will be released in 2012 also new releases from Radio Moscow, Hammell on Trial, 16 Horsepower, Nico Vega, Wanda Jackson new stand up comedy from Louie C.K. and Patton Oswalt as well as older tracks from Hank III, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, Laurie Anderson, John Lennon, The Temptations and Tool.
Forest action network joins Chiquita in battle against tar-sands
Dec. 27, 2011, 2:03 p.m.
Recently the Chiquita banana company said it would work with environmental group Forest Ethics in banning the use of tar-sands oil in their shipping. Chiquita has since said it is not boycotting any tar-sands oil but the story brings up important issues in terms of what political bedfellows you keep.
Check out http://ckuwnews.ca/ for more.
Punk Rock re-education in Indonesia
Dec. 27, 2011, 1:46 p.m.
Recently in Indonesia kids looking punk were forced into a re-education program by conservative Muslims in Indonesia. Friend of CKUW Kevin Freedman comments on the situation from Indonesia.
Check out http://ckuwnews.ca/ for more.
Sanctions in Eritrea, unspoken biographies for Havel and Hitchens
Dec. 27, 2011, 1:32 p.m.
Thomas Mountain is in a part of the world that has a lot of combat - this episode, he discusses the U.S.-driven sanctions against Eritrea. In the second half of the program, Stephen Gowans assesses the current situation in the Koreas after the death of Kim Jong-il. Despite worries over the North's leadership transition, Gowans asserts that the leaders of the U.S. and South Korea are the ones driving the tensions. Phil and Gowans also revisit elements of Vaclav Havel's biography that are left out of the official remembrances.
The hosts also pass on assessments of Christopher Hitchens, made by Alexander Cockburn and Norman Finkelstein.
Dec. 27, 2011, 1:22 p.m.
Obama gets an F for his dance games ... a two month payroll tax cut extension is wrought out ... loads and loads of people die or lose their homes over Christmas ... breast implants fail and countdowns to Armageddon begin ... many of our UK friends descend from pirates ... and this is the last weekly news of 2011.
Dec. 27, 2011, 10:08 a.m.
The global environment has become heavily contaminated with persistent organic pollutants (POPs). It has gradually become evident that POPs exposure at current levels of food supply contamination is a major contributor to chronic disease causation. Populations with unusually high POPs exposure are at a high priority for POPs exposure minimization educational outreach.
Monsanto Corporation began manufacturing PCBs in the 1930s. PCBs were used in a considerable number of products and applications over the course of the period of their use. Window caulking once contained PCBs. Fluorescent lighting fixtures manufactured during the PCB use era contain PCBs in their capacitors. The air inside buildings that have PCBs in the window caulking and in their fluorescent lights is contaminated with a
significant quantity of PCBs. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been involved in addressing air quality issues at New York City schools where indoor air PCB contamination exists.
Dr. Mark Maddaloni is an EPA scientist with expert knowledge in quantitative risk assessment. He has been involved in the effort to minimize PCB exposures in New York City schools. Dr. Maddaloni describes the implementation of remedial measures that has led to reduced PCB levels in indoor air.
In seeking to minimize the harm caused by the toxic chemical exposures of a given population, it is important to take into account total exposure to similar substances. PCBs are a subset of the POPs. Children who encountered respiratory PCB exposure in New York City schools have been exposed to POPs as a result of consuming animal fats, all of which are contaminated with POPs.
The World Health Organization (WHO) published, "Persistent Organic Pollutants: Impact on Child Health" in 2010. This policy document recommends that leaders in the health arena take action to minimize the exposure children receive to POPs. Evidence of serious harm including cancer, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease served as the basis for the WHO recommendation. Minimizing POPs exposure entails limiting consumption of animal fats. New York City school children and their parents should be provided with educational outreach that empowers dietary changes which will reduce POPs intake. Minimizing the total POPs exposures of these school children is necessary to minimize their disease risk.
Dec. 27, 2011, 8:10 a.m.
Still so little real news offered by the MSM about the on-going Fukushima disaster. Its affects are here now and have been for some time. Much of this newz was recently made available yet deals with the fallout from the earlier days, such a lag in useful information available. It has been ongoing and some days have been (and will be) much worse than others. This is a world-changing event yet all the NRC chairman can offer is a pathetically guarded statement as to the events severity.
Dec. 27, 2011, 1:17 a.m.
An hour of music tonight - which was fantastic - followed by an hour of Rum Doings, which was also fantastic and is available for download at www.botherer.org if you're the wise kinda cat that might want to partake of that as well.
Ken Paul Lozada - Wood Sculptor from Half Moon Bay, CA
Dec. 27, 2011, 12:05 a.m.
Ken Paul Lozada's work can be found in downtown Half Moon Bay. After having survived a near-fatal car crash and miraculously recovered, he began making carvings in wood.
A book was recently written about him, and its website is: http://zenjopress.com/.
Dec. 26, 2011, 10:11 p.m.
On todayâs show I speak with a couple people from Occupy Springfield and what actions and suggestions they have on the Occupy movement. Also, weâll hear more about the sidewalk chalking that, oddly enough, involved two protesters getting in trouble with the police
Dec. 26, 2011, 10:03 p.m.
Media Network Plus (55min Montly edition) 12/24/11
Dec. 26, 2011, 9:06 p.m.