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WSQT (DC Pirate) Broadcast for July 13
July 13, 2011, 5:31 p.m.
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Palestine Today for July 13
Reportback from Code Pink vigil at Greek Embassy for Freedom Flotilla II
War Update: Two US troops killed in Iraq
Between the Lines short: Saudis urged dictators to crush Arab Spring
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4 arrested at protest against Colombia Free Trade Agreement
Song: Keep DC Wal-Mart Free
Montgomery County, MD considers youth curfew at request of Silver Spring
Pedicab update: Tourmobile behind Park Police harassment on Mall
Between the Lines short: Car mileage standards
July 4th Post parade: Checkpoints, 5 arrests, w sound from police attack
July 13, 2011, 3:20 p.m.
A 2:15 fact filled weekly reminder to all pet owners of the things that you can be doing for your pets. Your host Fagan Sanchez is a member of SPOT (Saving Pets One at a Time) and writes these tips with advice from a local veterinary.
Jeff Blankfort News & Opinions
July 13, 2011, 1:20 p.m.
Blankfort reports on hunger strike at California prisons & situation at Pelican Bay, on plea from American women on Gaza Flotilla boat, Audacity of Hope, trapped in Greece; on collaboration between Israel & Greece, Netanyahu lobbying for EU baiilout of Greece and Greece stopping boats from sailing from Greece to break Gaza siege and praised by Jewish groups; on Israelâs blocking Flytilla in Tel Aviv using Facebook with help from airlines; how Israeli went after activists at Ben-Gurion airport; how Congress passed bill threatening aid to Palestine Authority which was praised by ADL
No More Deaths on US/Mexico Border: N. Teter & M. Villegas
July 13, 2011, 12:25 p.m.
Teter &Villegas, undergrad & grad students from SF State Univ. report on their experiences as volunteers in Arizona desert with "No More Deaths,: a faith-based group that assists undocumented migrants on US/Mexico border. They describe intolerable conditions facing migrants from Mexico & C.A . forced by crackdown on urban centers to cross hot Arizona desert in search of work. They describe ways volunteers assist migrants within the law, how their work is sabotaged by Border Patrol agents, and how arrested migrants and all Latinos are abused by legal system & discriminatory laws.
BITE ME Film Fest 2011 Feature
July 13, 2011, 11:59 a.m.
Select interview cuts and the full feature from the BITE ME Film Festival 2011 in Toronto. The film festival took place from July 8-10 2011 at the NFB in downtown Toronto.
"BITE ME! Is a non profit arts, culture, media literacy and education organization. Its mission is to advance the publicâs understanding of critical social justice issues pertaining to self discovery & identity through the body, representations and interpretations of body perceptions and body images. BITE ME! explores, challenges and redefines the contested âbody beautifulâ wrapped in our experiences of the provocative and the every day. Join us for a 3-day exploration of body and identity stories from near and farâstories set to challenge the limits of traditional body image dialogue by addressing multiple imagesâbody images and experiences informed by diverse race, religious and cultural backgrounds, genders, sexualities, classes, ages, abilities, geographies and histories among other social identifiers. " (bitemefilmfest.com)
Interviews Robin Hahnel on economic meltdown, Greece and North America
July 13, 2011, 11:48 a.m.
Robin Hahnel has taught political economy at American University for 30 years. He has co-authored, along with Michael Albert, numerous books on participatory economics. Robin has been active in many social movements and organizations beginning with Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the anti-Vietnam war movement in the 1960s, and most recently with the Southern Maryland Greens and Green Party USA. His most recent books include Economic Justice and Democracy and Green Economics: Confronting the Ecological Crisis.
Robin Hanhel speaks to Latin Waves of the imminent default of Greece's nearly a half-trillion dollars of outstanding debt obligations. This would be a catastrophe for Greece, for its European creditor banks and for financial institutions everywhere. We discuss the connections of the crisis to the austerity measures imposed on Greece almost a year ago. What about Canada and the US who continue to promote a neoliberal market fundamentalist approach to the crisis?
July 13, 2011, 9:27 a.m.
Author of Creating Healthy Children Through Attachment Parenting and Raw Foods, Karen Ranzi joins Rebecca Faris, for a talk about how to raise healthy children
Between the Lines' for the Week Ending July 22, 2011
July 13, 2011, 7:32 a.m.
Obama Says Heâs Willing to Make Deep Cuts to Social Safety Net to get GOP Budget Deal; Class Action Lawsuit Re: Trust Accounts of Half a Million Native Americans; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Battles Cancer
July 13, 2011, 2:19 a.m.
Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check, talks about the importance of using facts to take on and expose the extremism of the anti-abortion movement.
Lance Tapley, Journalist and Author, talks about the nature of the Super-Max prisons that the torture inside their walls.
Manuel LaFontaine, All of Us or None, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition, gives an important update on what's happening in the ongoing hunger strike by the prisoners in the Pelican Bay Security Housing Unit -- the SHU.
7/13/11 low on sanity/myotis edition
July 13, 2011, 1:38 a.m.
special guests have invaded my show tonight!!! low on sanity and yancy from myotis have joined us tonight to talk about music and shows and west virginia! plus, we will be hearing lots of music from both of these bands!
also, new music from dismantled and ostfront!
upcoming shows:
low on sanity (NEW REMIX CD AVAILABLE THAT NIGHT AT THE SHOW!), machine chop inc. (featuring yours truly!!!), myotis, and rivetta @ fallout, july 18th, richmond, va<<<-----FREE SHOW!!!!
dismantled @ the wave, july 18th, norfolk, va
fgfc820 @ fallout, august 12, richmond, va
Hot Enough to Fry a Dog's Brain
July 12, 2011, 11:03 p.m.
It's HOT! Let's Rock.
A Giant Free Musical Slurpee For Your Ears
July 12, 2011, 9:08 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
Classic Metal Covers: Bluegrass, Acoustic
July 12, 2011, 8:26 p.m.
Bluegrass masters Hayseed Dixie and Iron Horse fire off classic metal covers of Motorhead, Judas Preist, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Kiss, Led Zepplin and Guns & Roses also Def Leppard, Neil Young, Jimi Hendrix and Van Halen from the "Pickin on Series" a crazy ass banjo version of Eruptrion from Crick Diefendorf and mellow acoustic Iron Maiden and Sabbath covers from Maiden United and Hellsongs.
July 12, 2011, 6:38 p.m.
More satire in this one and more full-length music so good for those who like to slice and dice. Sprinkled liberally with various tasteful profanities. With a nod to Marten at kapputradio for the inspiration to lighten up and have some fun!
July 12, 2011, 6:26 p.m.
So much of changing our behavior to become better stewards of our environment comes down to the little things. The stuff we usually donât think twice about at home. â like the milk we drink or the windows we look through. This week on Sea Change Radio, host Alex Wise first speaks to John Van Dine, the CEO of SAGE Electrochromics, the leading developer of dynamic window glass, which tints automatically to optimize daylight and reduce energy consumption. Then, we hear from Jennifer Bice, the owner of Redwood Hill Farm, who tells us how goats can be a more sustainable alternative to cows.
July 12, 2011, 10:39 a.m.
We breakdown the 2011 Bilderberg meeting in St. Moritz, Switzerland. We talk about the many notable attendees and the implications of this ulta-elite group of industry leaders and politicians meeting in secret. We also explain how there is historical precedent to show that many elections and world events are decided at the yearly meeting.
July 12, 2011, 3:04 a.m.
Onkalo is the first permanent storage for waste from nuclear power plants in Finland. Blasted into bedrock of the island of Olkiluoto on the shores of the Baltic Sea, it has to remain secure for 100,000 years.
July 12, 2011, 1:54 a.m.
After a couple of unrelated tracks at the beginning, we go through all my haven't-played-yet-stuff that has ended up in my folder on the WRIR server over the years. It's a random assortment of tracks that were mostly as much a surprised to me as they were/will be to you.
July 11, 2011, 9:44 p.m.
Results from Junior Track Natz, San Rafael Twilight Crit and more.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0099
July 11, 2011, 9:04 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
Pomo Afro Homos+Mz Fontaine+global LGBT news
July 11, 2011, 3:30 p.m.
"Fierce Love" tales from gay male Afro-Americana; a Black London lesbian rapper's "Untold Story"; the Obama administration takes DOMA-defying action, an appeals court order halts Don't Ask Don't Tell, the Euro-Council issues an equality roadmap, Pride parties from London, Lima, and Toronto to the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, and more LGBT news from around the world.
Break The Stereo- Good Times Funk
July 11, 2011, 11:24 a.m.
Good times funk on this week's BTS. A nice little blend of the Honey Drippers and M.I.A. to start off the show. The PeaceMakers, The Soul Searchers, Inez Fox, Wille Hutch "Try it you'll like it", African Music Machine, and Asha Puthli with a sick track "Right Down Here". Many more tracks to check out on the show. Thanks for tuning in to Kootenay CoOp Radio 93.5 CJLY.
If Music Could Talk July 10 2011 - special mix by Dj Zahra
July 11, 2011, 9:38 a.m.
Special Guest Set by Dj Zahra!
(the recording here has a bit of static throughout my intro set but doesnt appear during Zahra's mix)
Cool Jazz Set; July 10, 2011; Set # 1
July 11, 2011, 4:46 a.m.
Cool Jazz Set; July 10, 2011; Set # 2
July 11, 2011, 4:35 a.m.
July 11, 2011, 4:05 a.m.
A Masterpiece of contemporary vernacular political commentary about government plans to privatise the UK's National Health Service. "The Andrew Lansley Rap is an anthem for our times" said UK newspaper, the Guardian.
It has a similarly pointed video on YouTube - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl1jPqqTdNo
As written about in Andrew Lansley's Wikipedia Page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lansley
July 11, 2011, 12:09 a.m.
Just a quick announcement of where to find our Summer programs...
Foiled by sea, going forth by land: Freedom Flotilla participant continues to Gaza
July 10, 2011, 7:32 p.m.
Miles Howe is a journalist with the Halifax Media Co-op.
We last spoke with him on June 28th aboard the Canadian ship the Tahrir in a small port town in Greece. Carrying medical supplies, they were part of the Freedom Flotilla II â a fleet of 11 ships who were gathering to attempt to break Israelâs blockade of Gaza. Two of the ships were sabotaged. Others were harassed with lawsuits and bureaucratic red-tape from the Greek Coast Guard, delaying their departures.
Greek authorities then prohibited all flotilla ships from leaving, especially for the port of Gaza. Despite the ban, the Tahrir and crew attempted to evade the Greek Coast Guard but were captured and brought to port after a high seas chase. On July 9th, the Tahrir officially threw in the towel on making it to Gaza this time.
After the plug is pulled on the Freedom Flotillaâs foiled attempts by sea, we join Miles Howe in Cairo, July 11th on route to Gaza by land.
The Motherland Influence July 10, 2011
July 10, 2011, 7:07 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin & Caribbean music.
Every Sunday 5:00-7:00 PM
The Other Black Music July 10, 2011
July 10, 2011, 6:46 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.