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38, Alaska Folk Festival, pt II of III
April 14, 2010, 4:39 a.m.
More from artists I've met at Alaska's biggest party: the Alaska Folk Festival. Music this week from Amber Norgaard and Sarah C. Hansen.
39, Alaska Folk Festival, pt III of III
April 14, 2010, 3:49 a.m.
Come with me to the Alaskan Hotel, in the wee hours of the morning during the folk fest. It's an all night jam with 3 floors of music, drink and glee. Sounds recorded at the 2009 fest, and music from the Undertakin Daddies from Whitehorse, Yukon Territories.
April 14, 2010, 3:19 a.m.
This Week:
1. Drilling your mother
2. Donât cry over spilled oil
3. Great barrier slick
4. First Nations donât smoke from Enbridgesâ pipes
5. Subcomandante Marcos Unmasked.
6. Squatting in the U.S.A. with Steven Decraprio
QHow many surrealists does it take to change a lightbulb?
April 14, 2010, 12:05 a.m.
Non-sequitorial madness.
disRespect - Advocate Anne Larcade's view of end-of-life decision-making for disabled children
April 13, 2010, 7:36 p.m.
Anne Larcade, disturbed by the islolation and loneliness of children with disabilities, founded Dreamworks. Here she expresses her view of who should bear responsibility about life-and-death decisions for disabled children
No Whiskey Oil Blend Pts. 1 & 2
April 13, 2010, 7:33 p.m.
Another Hard rockin' & hard hip hoppin' show. Some psychedelic noise core in Pt. 2. Just like tea & oil don't mix, neither does whiskey & oil.
Zenko - National Assembly for Peace - 04/10/10
April 13, 2010, 7:29 p.m.
David Johsnon hosts weekly Labor News. This week we're pleased to have two very special guests from Japan in-studio. Asai Kenji and Yamakawa Yoshiyasu from Zenko the National Assembly for Peace and Democracy discuss their current anti-war efforts. Marty Conlisk from Labor Beat TV is also in-studio, Tom Thomas presents his weekly poem in the "Cultural Corner".
April 13, 2010, 7:05 p.m.
"Laws, like sausages, cease to inspire respect in proportion as we know how they are made." Though similar remarks are often attributed to Bismarck, this is the earliest known quote regarding laws and sausages, by John Godfrey Saxe in The Daily Cleveland Herald (29 March 1869). We trust this is not the case with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.
The Motherland Influence: April 11, 2010
April 13, 2010, 6:26 p.m.
Two hours of African, Latin and Caribbean music.
April 13, 2010, 6:10 p.m.
AMBIANCE CONGO: April 11, 2010
April 13, 2010, 6:06 p.m.
Two hours of Congolese music.
April 13, 2010, 4:49 p.m.
02APR2010: Jello Biafra interview, plus Dave Brockie of GWAR
April 13, 2010, 3:49 p.m.
My interview with Jello Biafra (music, politics, RVA), songs by Dead Kennedys and Guantanamo School of Medicine in the 1st hour. Then my guest Dave Brockie of GWAR (plus surprise guest bandmate Mike Derks) talking about
Crack-a-thon, etc.
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April 13, 2010, 3:45 p.m.
Jessica Yee, founder of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, speaks at Trust Women: A Conference on Reproductive Justice hosted by the Saint Mary's University Women's Centre in Halifax.
April 13, 2010, 3:19 p.m.
Loretta Ross, National Director of SisterSong Women of Colour Reproductive Justice Collective, speaks at the Trust Women Conference on Reproductive Justice presented by the Saint Mary's University Women's Centre in Halifax.
Unedited.
April 13, 2010, 2:26 p.m.
"Riot Folk" An interview with Mark Gunnery
April 13, 2010, 1:11 p.m.
n the midst of our simkhe celebrating movement from oppression to freedom, Avi and Malcah catch up with Mark Gunnery over the phone from Baltimore. Gunnery is a veritable Yidisher kemfer with a lot to share about radical Jewish community buildingâ¦Tune in to hear about Purim protests and Human Rights seders, the Yiddish-zine âFun Yidishe Reyd Ken Men Zikh Nit Opvashn Tsen Vasern (Ten Washings Wonât Cleanse You of Jewish Talk)â, reclamation, folk and klezmer, and the all-seeing state in a subversive Jew Town near you.
Gunnery has six albums available through through the Riot Folk collective. This weekâs show includes the tracks âGovernment is Warâ âDestroy all Dreamersâ âKineahoraâ âJew Townâ and âAnarkikesâ.
April 13, 2010, 1:01 p.m.
This week on radio613, local DIY literature hits the airwaves. Kingston activist Eytan joins the show to speak about his brand new zine âZIOslam: Strengthening the Anti-Zionist Movementâ. Conversation ranges from the authorâs journey to Jewish anti-Zionism, moving from guilt to solidarity, positionality in the Free Palestine movement, strategies for confronting anti-semitism, theoretical and practical disentangling of Zionism and Judaism, and more. Tune in to hear about an incisive and timely project.
Love Revelation Concrete Revenge Purimspiel
April 13, 2010, 12:58 p.m.
Itâs a Purim pre-drink this year on radio613 as the show welcomes Michelle and Ariel â two actors from the âChoose your own PURIM!â party in New York City on February 20 presented by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, the Workmenâs Circle & Great Small Works Spaghetti. A preview of what promises to be a spectacle of masked gentrification fighters, revisioned Esther/Vashti revolution, Haman blasting horns, rebel yids, arbeter theatre-a-la-balagan, and more!!!! Tune inâ¦
April 13, 2010, 12:32 p.m.
radio613 welcomes Ruth Ellen Gruber â writer, photographer and independent scholar â joining the show via phone from Budapest, Hungary. The interview highlights Jewish cultural developments and other contemporary European issues that are critically examined in her book Virtually Jewish: Reinventing Jewish Culture and her recent essay featured in the Jewish Quarterly Review, âBeyond Virtually Jewish: New Authenticitiy and Real Imaginary Spaces in Europeâ.
Ruth Ellen Gruber shares insights on the state of Klezmer in Europe with music this week from Itzhak Perlman and the Klezmatics (âDybbuk Shersâ), Brave Old World (âBerlin 1990â³) and Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird (âBroken Tongueâ). Tune in!
Latin Waves Interviews Robert Jensen
April 13, 2010, 12:20 p.m.
Robert Jensen teaches media law, ethics and politics at the university of Texas at Austin. His books include: Getting off, The heart of whiteness, citizens of the empire, and writing dissent. His latest book is All my Bones Shake Seeking a Progressive Path to the Prophetic voice
Robert speaks about the importance of naming the system
Latin Waves Interviews Dr Martha A. Ackelsberg
April 13, 2010, 12:15 p.m.
Dr Martha A. Ackelsberg speaks about her new book Resisting Citizenship, this book brings together many of Ackelsbergâs writings over the past 25 years, combining her own field work and interviews with cutting edge research and theory on democracy and activism. She explores these efforts in order to draw lessonsâand attempt to incorporate knowledgeâabout current notions of democracy from those who engage in "non-traditional" participation, those who have, in many respects, been relegated to the margins of political life in the United States.
Equality Rockers rally for SS rights + global LGBT news
April 13, 2010, 10:14 a.m.
Equality Rockers rally against U.S. Social Security robbery; venerable U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt is remembered in a "Rainbow Minute"; an LGBT rights group can Party in the Philippines, Portugal marriage parity awaits its president's "I Do," the O.A.S. court demands rights for queer Chilean parents, and more global LGBT news.
Probing secrets of "Prodigal Sons"+global LGBT news+more!
April 13, 2010, 9:52 a.m.
Probe the secrets of the documentary "Prodigal Sons"; salute the world's first transsexual M.P.; sing along to a marriage equality-promoting parody; Hungary's top court confirms registered partnerships, two civil partnership firsts celebrated in Britain, "Don't Ask" U.S. military and Justice leaders about "Don't Tell" reform, and more global LGBT news.
Confederate History Month - VA Gov. almost remembers slavery
April 13, 2010, 9:24 a.m.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has graciously allowed Virginians all across the state to spend a few moments remembering the historical significance of the Confederate States of America, declaring April to be an official 'Confederate History Month'
Unfortunately, he forgot to mention that small formality of slavery, an omission he has since apologized for, which is rather like a vicious wife beater apologizing to his neighbor for his wifeâs terrible screams.
âI just had no idea she would make that much noise.â
Well, she has. And rightfully. The Confederacy would never have existed without slavery, and the civil war âwhich to date is the largest war on our continent âwould never have occurred without an institution whose defining characteristic was classifying one race of humans as property to be owned, traded, sold and used by another, without pay or any formal recognition of humanity.
April 13, 2010, 9:01 a.m.
Caetano Veloso then and now; mbaqanga, the indestructible beat of Soweto; desert blues from all around the Sahara; blistering Latin dance music
Tiger Windwalker, Walk in Beauty, Big Sur Poet, Mystic and Astrologer
April 13, 2010, 8:55 a.m.
Tiger Windwalker, author of "Walk in Beauty", spoke about what it means to trust life; to be transparent and vulnerable in the healing process. He shared his love of the wild in nature, and his music and poetry throughout the interview.
Sexual Abuse of Children (and the Catholic Church)
April 13, 2010, 7:12 a.m.
April 13, 2010, 6:14 a.m.
This episode: Do people in Toronto notice the chemtrails sprayed across the sky creating a haze and rainy days ruining patio season? Will they get mad enough to get some answers? What happens to good intelligence agents who report internal corruption to their superiors or become whistleblowers? Why do NATO forces protect the Afghanistan poppy fields that supply most of the worlds heroin? Why in a world pushing for "unity" or "one" is PressForTruth.ca releasing a film called "United We Fall"?
09Apr10 Birmigham police thief raids Muslim bookshop
April 13, 2010, 6:13 a.m.