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June 1, 2011, 8:11 a.m.
Between the Lines' for the Week Ending June 10, 2011
June 1, 2011, 6:31 a.m.
GOP Budget to Dismantle Medicare, Will Democrats Stand and Fight or Surrender; Senate Defeats Bill to End Tax Subsidies for Big Oil; Agreement allows Former President Zelaya to Return to Honduras, Repression Continues.
June 1, 2011, 6:04 a.m.
June 1, 2011, 4:23 a.m.
Roger Guenveur Smith, Playwright, Actor, Director, talks about his new play, "Juan and John", the story of the most infamous fight in baseball history - when SF Giants pitcher Juan Marichal smacked LA Dodgers catcher John Roseboro in the head with a baseball bat. Smith explores what it reveals about America in the mid 1960's and today with regard to the oppression of Black people as well as the
contradictions between oppressed people and the need for people to rise above their differences and find their commonality.
Jay Rosenstein, Director, Producer, Writer and Journalism Professor at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, talks about his latest documentary, THE LORD IS NOT ON TRIAL HERE TODAY, which takes a never-before-seen look at the landmark First Amendment case McCollum vs. Board of Education. This is the case that resulted in the beginning of separation of church and state in American public schools. The film had its world premiere in October of 2010 and has won two Emmy awards for Best Historical Documentary and Best Writing in the Mid America region and is currently airing on PBS stations across the country.
May 31, 2011, 11:18 p.m.
onna spend some time in the 80s tonight. There'll be some 70s stuff and some 90s stuff and even some 2000s stuff, but all in the right spirit. Good times!
Green Speed Merchants: Leilani Münter & Ward Burton
May 31, 2011, 9:45 p.m.
Auto racing, also known as burning tons of fossil fuel to drive really fast in circles, has got to be one of the most environmentally unfriendly uses of a motor vehicle. But both of this weekâs guests on Sea Change Radio are professional race car drivers who, despite being at opposite ends of the political spectrum, are trying to spread their eco-friendly messages to 75 million racing fans, perhaps not the most receptive audience. First, host Alex Wise speaks to Leilani Münter, an up and coming driver on the ARCA stock car racing circuit. Münter is a politically liberal, vegetarian and self-proclaimed âhippie chickâ whoâs tapping into a whole new set of green sponsors for her racing team. Then, we hear from Ward Burton, who spent 17 years as a NASCAR driver. Burton is a political conservative who now heads the Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation and is trying to turn kids onto hunting and fishing to help cure what he calls a ânature deficit disorderâ plaguing the next generation of American adults.
Mexican seasonal workers blacklisted for union activity
May 31, 2011, 4:36 p.m.
Victor Robles Velez is a seasonal worker from Mexico who found himself blacklisted following a successful unionizing drive at a farm in the Fraser Valley. We speak with Lucy Luna, an organizer with Local 1518 of the United Food and Commercial Workers in Abbotsford.
Postal workers fight management demands for concessions
May 31, 2011, 4:25 p.m.
Canada Post Corporation is pushing hard for rollbacks in health and safety standards. The postal workers union says their overall objective is to cut service to communities. Cindy McCallum Miller is a postal worker from Castlegar, B.C.
3 more US soldiers killed in Afghanistan, budget sparks withdrawal talk
May 31, 2011, 3:57 p.m.
Afghanistan, Saturday:Three American soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, in two separate attacks according to earlier NATO reports that did nort specify their nationality.
Afghanistan, yesterday: Two more NATO soldiers of unreported nationality were killed in IED attacks in eastern Afghanistan.
Afghanistan, yesterday: An Afghan Army soldier opened fire on NATO soldiers, killing one of them, again of unreported nationality, again in an unreported location in southern Afghanistan. This seems to happen over and over again.
Afghanistan, yesterday: In downtown Herat, a place considered "safe" from insurgent attacks, a car bomb detonation outside a NATO "reconstruction" base sparked a firefight. Four more insurgents wearing bomb vests stormed another building and opened fire on the Italian-run base of a "Provisional Reconstruction Team." The battle raged all morning before Afghan and NATO troops killed one insurgent and captured another. This leaves at least two attackers unaccounted for, presumably they escaped. Almost simultanious with the first car bomb, possibly as a diversion, a second suicide car bomb at a bus stop nearby killed at least 4 Afghan civilians and wounded 37 more. Needless to say, the Taliban claimed responsability for the entire attack.
North Waziristan, Pakistan, yesterday: Two NATO helicopters violated Pakistani airspace for the secoond time in a week. In an earlier incident last week, NATO attack helicopters fired on a Pakistani border post, wounding two security people inside. This is legally an act of war.
Baghdad, Iraq, today: Another bomb, four more dead civilians. A security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency this was a roadside bomb in the Western part of the city.
Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday: A bomb planted in a liquor store served as bait to draw in police for a second bomb blast, killing an Iraqi soldier and a fireman. Police officials say the second bomb instantly killed one soldier and a firefighter died later at a hospital. They say five soldiers and five firefighters also were wounded. A hospital medic confirmed the casualties.
Kut, Iraq, Monday: An explosive charge blew off against a U.S. Army patrol in southern Iraqâs Kut city on Monday, but losses were not reported, according to a Wassit security source.
Wait a minute-WHAT US Army patrol? WHAT bomb? I thought US combat operations in Iraq were over! Oh yeah-that's been said before.
Washington DC, today: The Washington Post printed a top of the front page story claiming the cost of the war in Afghanistan will soon force the US to withdraw. Already $113 billion has been spent just in Afghanistan, just since Jan 1 this year, while GOP budget cutters are claiming the US needs to turn Medicare into a voucher system to save money. Even the President's advisers say the war cannot be afforded. Under these circumstances, with the Taliban and all other insurgents aware of the debate, the chances the US can win anything in Afghanistan is exactly zero.
Mr Barrack Obama, the longer you stay, the more American soldiers will die,the more tax money will be spent, the bigger the deficit will grow-and the more civilians will die in Afghanistan. The outcome of the war will not change, and the same is true in Iraq. Now's the time to pull the plug-bring all the troops home TODAY!
Break The Stereo- A Tribute To Gill Scott Heron
May 31, 2011, 1:24 p.m.
A tribute to Gil Scott Heron on this weeks Break The Stereo. Thank you for sharing your lyrical, poetic insights, visions, and observations with us. You were an inspiration to many. Rest in peace brother. Love.
May 31, 2011, 11:57 a.m.
CHRY's News Magazine which runs Monday-Friday. Interviews that are conducted on-air with show programmers will be featured here.
Adult Supervision Required :Can't Stop The Music Edition
May 31, 2011, 11:52 a.m.
May 31, 2011, 11:39 a.m.
Mobilisation contre les minières canadiennes
May 31, 2011, 11:36 a.m.
Entrevues lors du Salon Anarchiste de Montréal 2011
May 31, 2011, 11:32 a.m.
La porte du Non retour : un déambulage photographique
May 31, 2011, 11:27 a.m.
Mobilisation contre l'échangeur Turcot
May 31, 2011, 11:13 a.m.
Entrevue avec Valérie du Popir sur la mobilisation contre le projet d'échangeur Turcot suivi de la chanson Place St-Henri des United Steel Worker
May 31, 2011, 10:58 a.m.
Mobilisation contre le projet d'échangeur Turcot /La porte du non retour : Un déambulatoir photographique / Poursuite baillon contre Ãcosociété et les auteur-es de Noir Canada
May 31, 2011, 10:40 a.m.
Michael Cruz was the Chair of the Undergraduate Senate of the Associated Students of Stanford University in 2010-2011. He had also served the Senate for several years prior to being elected as President.
Stewart Macgregor-Dennis was the Treasurer of the Associated Students of Stanford University in 2010-2011.
In April 2011, both Michael Cruz and Stewart Macgregor-Dennis were voted as the President and Vice President of the undergraduate Associated Sudents of Stanford University 2011-2012, respectively.
Michael Cruz's Stanford Senate Biography page: http://senate.stanford.edu/michael-cruz/
Stewart Macgregor-Dennis's Stanford Senate Biography page: http://senate.stanford.edu/stewart-macgregor-dennis/
The picture which is mentioned during this show of the moment that both gentlemen heard that they had won the election: http://www.stanforddaily.com/2011/04/11/cruz-macgregor-dennis-win-executive/
The tracks which President Michael Cruz brought are from the Stanford University bands, Pomplamoose and Andrew Plan who are part of the Art Collective.
May 31, 2011, 10:21 a.m.
Do You Read Me? is a collaborative art book zine project done by the Oakville Gallery's Youth Council, Bronte Youth Centre, and The Art Gallery of Ontario's Youth Council, coordinated by Sarah Febbraro, Oakville Gallery's Community Arts Programmer.
Do you Read Me? contains whole zines, artist pages and answers to anonymous question cards. Its a gorgeous really interesting project that ended up being over 200 pages long.
I interviewed Cait Harben, artist educator who worked on the project and a room full of the artists from the Oakville Galleries Youth Council whose work is featured in the book. Listen to the interview to hear about the process of putting the book together, the individual artist's practices and thoughts about the role of politics in art
Michael Parenti: THE BURNING OF BOOKS
May 31, 2011, 10:12 a.m.
The burning of books creates a powerful symbol, to this day people kill and die over such an action. Everybody has at least one example in their minds, be is a pastor in Gainesville, FL, or the burning piles of books in Nazi Germany. In this reading from Michael Parenti's History as Mystery a book burning story is told that is deeper, and maintained for centuries longer than any of these efforts before or after. Parenti discloses who the biggest purveyor of book burnings of the last two millennia was and how the real perpetrators and academics tried to shift the blame.
Sweatshop conditions lead to suicides among workers making Apple products
May 31, 2011, 8:52 a.m.
Researchers visited the Chinese factories where iPhone, iPad and iTouch products are made. They interviewed workers about working conditions there. Leontien Aarnoudse is with Somo, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations in Amsterdam.
May 31, 2011, 1:31 a.m.
I was feeling a bit under the weather after WAY too much Aristocrat over the course of past few days, so I took some listener requests and ran with 'em. Lotsa good music. Also, this bein' the last show of May, we're airing Rum Doings around quarter past the second hour, so you've got that to look forward to!
May 30, 2011, 11:23 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
Memorial Day- Slaves Honor the Union Dead
May 30, 2011, 10:55 p.m.
Memorial Day- Orgins
May 30, 2011, 7:27 p.m.
Indie rock radio program broadcast on KRFP in Moscow, Idaho.
Revival of Site C dam project meets with widespread opposition
May 30, 2011, 6:47 p.m.
The Site C dam project to flood the Peace River vally was first proposed in 1970s, then cancelled 20 years later. Now itâs back on B.C. Hydroâs agenda. Gwen Johannon stands to lose her property is the dam goes ahead. Sheâs founder of the Peace River Environmental Association.
Orgasm Inc: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure
May 30, 2011, 6:27 p.m.
Since the approval of Viagra in the late 1990s, the pharmaceutical industry has been working feverishly to create an equivalent drug for women. Orgasm Inc: The Strange Science of Female Pleasure is a new film by director Liz Canner that details this search and its effect on womenâs understanding of sex and sexuality.
Tamil refugees subject to harassment from government agents
May 30, 2011, 6:12 p.m.
Of the 492 Tamils who arrived on the B.C. coast last August, about 20 men are still in detention. Those who have been released are experiencing harassment from Canada Border Services. Zool Suleman is an immigration lawyer in Vancouver. He gives us an update on the situation for these refugees.
Protests in Syria met with violent crackdown
May 30, 2011, 6 p.m.
The civilian death toll exceeds one thousand since mass protests started in March against the Assad government. Canada and other western nations have imposed sanctions in response. We speak with journalist and Ph.D student Afra Jalabi. Sheâs a member of the Syria Collective Montreal.