Latest Programs
April 20, 2011, 4:13 p.m.
Dr. Claudia von Werlhof; the Planetary Movement for Mother Earth
April 20, 2011, 3:33 p.m.
Claudia von Werlhof, Professor of Political Sciences and Women's Studies at Innsbruck Austria is calling for a Planetary Movement for Mother Earth. www.pbme-online.org Along with the voice of Dr. Rosalie Bertell, author of "Planet Earth: The Latest Weapon of War." Professor Werlhof writes, "We have discovered that the military in the east and west has developed new technologies which could attack the planet and transform it into a weapon itself! This technological process is by no means controlled by the public . Moreover these technologies can be used everywhere on the planet as "plasma weapons, weather wars and geoengineering"
If Music Could Talk - April 17, 2011
April 20, 2011, 3:18 p.m.
April 20, 2011, 12:43 p.m.
Made some advancements in software on this rekording
Ainsi Squattent-elles 2011-04-19
April 20, 2011, 12:31 p.m.
Bill McKibben - Last Stand for Climate
April 20, 2011, 12:10 p.m.
One year after book "Eaarth" new update on climate crisis from 350.org founder Bill McKibben. Selections from speech plus Q & A Vancouver, Canada April 9. Includes civil disobedience, fossil lobby, limiting damage, need to act now.
Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit
April 20, 2011, 7:32 a.m.
The history behind the music
April 20, 2011, 7:24 a.m.
Socialist President Candidate
Between The Lines Week Ending 4/29/11
April 20, 2011, 6:16 a.m.
Fukushima Japanese nuclear power plant disaster, health consequences of radioactive contamination;
Complaint against Army Major John Leso, for role as a psychologist in participating in torture;
Obama administration reversal on trying 9-11 detainees in Military Commissions at Guantanamo
Sister of Demetrius Favors - Michigan prisoner seeking clemency after 45 years in prison
April 20, 2011, 2:53 a.m.
In 1964, Demetrius Favors was a rowdy 20-year old from a difficult background, who made a mistake that landed him in prison with a life sentence. He shot and killed a man by mistake, in a robbery attempt gone bad. In his 45 years in prison, Demetrius has not sat idle - he has earned degrees, helped fellow inmates with their cases, began a scholarship fund in the name of his victim, and tried to make restitution to the victim's family. He's now a 68-year old man with health problems, and is asking the state of Michigan to allow him to live out his life in freedom. Although the parole board recommended that he be released, the state did not accept the recommendation. His case brings up a number of questions about the justice system, like whether locking away young men for life is making our society better or more safe, and why the justice system does not make efforts to rehabilitate people who commit crimes, or provide means for them to make restitution and amends for those they have hurt. Jenka Soderberg spoke with the sister of Demetrius Favors, who has started an online petition and letter-writing campaign to get the governor of Michigan to commute the life sentence of Demetrius Favors.
April 20, 2011, 2:05 a.m.
Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law and practice who taught at Princeton University for 40 years, and UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, on the insanity of continuing to develop nuclear energy and how this pursuit is tightly bound up with nuclear weapons and the imperialist domination of the world. Paul Von Blum, emeritus lecturer in African American Studies and Communications at UCLA, as well as a lawyer and author of many works on political art, speaks about his new memoir, A Life at the Margins: Keeping the Political Vision, and a life spent fighting against oppression and for education to know the world in order to change it. Jose Luis Valenzuela, Director of Los Angeles' Latino Theater Company and the Los Angeles Theatre Center, talks about directing Donald Freed's play, "The Devil's Advocate": how the Vatican worked with the US to orchestrate the downfall of the out-of-favor US puppet Manuel Noriega in Panama.
April 19, 2011, 11:01 p.m.
This town's been bringing me down for a long while now. Now I ain't sayin' that I don't like Richmond, but I can't wait to shake the dust of this burg off my heels and head off to the land of milk and honey for a little while--just long enough to remember why I love her so much. And get the damned little devils of the day-to-day off my back for a few. Let's do some songs that express this wanderlust and look forward to care-free times ahead!
TO THE MEMORY OF CHERNOBYL, Part TWO
April 19, 2011, 7:59 p.m.
Reading from and report on Chernobyl: Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment. The extensive section on health effects in this book offers a whole new view of the consequences of radiation induced disease. Yes, there are cancers to specific organs, many thyroid cancers caused by Iodine 131 and 129 but there are also diseases that affect body systems such as the whole endocrine system, not just the thyroid, or the immune system, the respiratory and the reproductive systems.
Also a brief explanation of "half life" "hot spots" and why background radiation is different from radiation from nuclear processes.
April 19, 2011, 6:36 p.m.
April 19, 2011, 5:47 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
2011 16 On The Meaning of May Jubilees
April 19, 2011, 4:48 p.m.
Bucky Buckaw attempts to raises the ethical bar by propagandizing on decentralizing agriculture for the benefit of livestock, humans and the environment. This all new episode recognizes and discusses the convergence of Bike Month, Respect the Chicken Month and other important "holidays." And includes a song.
April 19, 2011, 3:49 p.m.
Canadian author and journalist Yves Engler gives us an update on the recent elections in Haiti as well as the U.S. approach to the return of both Aristide and Duvalier.
final show - Local banks vs. the IMF & Libya media war
April 19, 2011, 2:46 p.m.
Squats, Social Centers and Autonomous Spaces
April 19, 2011, 2:11 p.m.
April 19, 2011, 10:23 a.m.
A horrendous train crash changes many lives, some for the better.
Plundering & Pollution : Niobium mining in Oka
April 19, 2011, 10:11 a.m.
Near the recent field exploited by the St-Lawrence Colombium. Niobium is a rare ore more and more sought which is used in many high technology products. Its extraction requires a lot of water, threatening the ground water, essential to the agriculture, and leads to radioactive waste. The land the company wants to exploit in Oka is revendicated by the Mohawks of Kanehsatake. Since the early 2000s they rejected this project, along with the citizens of Oka to this day.
Ellen Gabriel is a Mohawk from Kanehsatake and Ramsey Hart is a member of Mining Watch Canada
Cinq ONG déposent plainte contre Glencore International AG et First Quantum Minerals
April 19, 2011, 9:47 a.m.
Lâassociation SHERPA (France), le Centre for Trade Policy and Development (Zambie), la Déclaration de Berne (Suisse), lâEntraide missionnaire (Canada) et MiningWatch Canada ont déposé le 12 avril une plainte contre les sociétés Glencore International AG et First Quantum Minerals Ltd auprès des Points de contact nationaux (PCN) suisse et canadien pour manquement aux principes directeurs de lâOCDE à lâintention des entreprises multinationales. En cause, les manipulations financières et comptables auxquelles la filiale zambienne de ces sociétés, Mopani Copper Mines Plc (MCM), a recours afin de se soustraire à lâimpôt sur place.
April 19, 2011, 9:32 a.m.
Mohamed Anas Bennis est mort alors quâil retournait chez lui après ses prières matinales effectuées dans une mosquée de Côte-des-Neiges, le 1er décembre 2005. Il a été atteint de deux coups de feu tirés par lâagent Yannick Bernier. Le 3 juin 2008, la coroner en chef a ordonné une enquête publique dans ce dossier, mais la Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal a déposé une requête en cour, soutenue par la ville de Montréal, pour que lâenquête soit annulée. Une décision de la Cour Supérieure, le 2 septembre dernier, a débouté la requête de la Fraternité, ouvrant enfin la voie à une enquête publique. Lâenquête sera présidée par la coroner Catherine Rudel-Tessier.
April 19, 2011, 9:10 a.m.
Cyber-warfare & The Anonymous Movement
April 19, 2011, 3:21 a.m.
Author and polemicist, Barrett Brown, emerges from the cyber movement "Anonymous" to discuss it's most recent operations. He is joined by Dave Lindorff of the on-line newspaper This Can't Be Happening!
April 19, 2011, 1:19 a.m.
It's that time again... hope you're drinkin'. I got my shit together, this week. It should be fantastic. Fingers crossed, and throw 'em back...*
Laura Keller - Graduate School of Business and Acterra
April 18, 2011, 11:48 p.m.
Laura Keller is a graduate student in Stanford University's Graduate School of Business. She did her undergraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri where she studied Environmental Science and Economics. She is part of the non-profit local organization in Palo Alto called, Acterra, which is a merger of two highly respected organizations, the Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation and Bay Area Action.
Despite her work in Acterra and her graduate work, Laura was kind enough to take time to be a guest on the KZSU Lunch Special Show where she played an extremely vibrant selection of music.
For information about Acterra, please visit http://www.acterra.org/
April 18, 2011, 9:57 p.m.
To fully understand what i am talking about in here you should watch the "Tropes vs. Women: #1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl" (http://www.feministfrequency.com/2011/03/tropes-vs-women-1-the-manic-pixie-dream-girl/) at The Feminist Frequency.
Tropes are the tool employed by some people in the creative arts which brings the person into the play that has an already complete set of well-known characteristics. "Manic Pixie Dream Girl" is one such trope.
P.S. Please note, that this episode is meant to be constructive rather than misogynistic criticism of the Feminist movement from an anarchist perspective.
April 18, 2011, 8:49 p.m.
Gay in Malaysia & "108 Queer Questions"
April 18, 2011, 6:55 p.m.
In majority Muslim Malaysia, the longing for liberation is becoming almost as powerful as the closet; author Abby Dees offers some answers to "Frank, Provocative Questions It's Ok to Ask Your Lesbian, Gay or Bi Loved One." Plus Delaware governor expected to ring civil unions bells, GOP AWOL for pro-DOMA hearing, bi-national couples bill back in US Congress, partnerships dawn for couples in Liechtenstein and Ireland, and more news.