#309 - April 07, 2009
April 9, 2009, 11:01 a.m.
Economic meltdown and Employee Free Choice with Mike Whitney
April 9, 2009, 10:59 a.m.
We interview Counterpunch "dream team" economic writer Mike Whitney on the resistance to the Employee Free Choice Act, and the latest on the economic meltdown and bailouts.
G20 Protests and Tasers, US foots the Militarization of Mexico, Avigdor Lieberman and the Whitewashing of IDF War Crimes
April 9, 2009, 9:33 a.m.
Taser International unveils a new crowd control weapon for the G20 Summit. Media hysteria over the burgeoning drug war south of the US border conceals the origins of the violence, namely US anti-drug, anti-immigrant, and âfree tradeâ policies. Israelâs new fascist foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman admits that Israel will never accept a Palestinian state. As expected, Israelâs military whitewashes war crimes against Palestinian civilians during Operation Cast Lead. And finally, we featu
We interview Israeli author/professor Dr. Uri Davis
April 9, 2009, 8:38 a.m.
For almost thirty years, he has worked to expose the truth about Israel's so-called "democracy." He is probably best known for his book, "Israel: An Apartheid State." Dr. Davis is currently Associate Professor at Al Quds University, Jerusalem, Abu Dis. His latest book is "Apartheid Israel: Possibilities for the Struggle Within."
We interview Professor Dalit Baum (whoprofits.org)
April 9, 2009, 8:29 a.m.
OUTLINE: (1) challenge to get involved; (2) coverage of, and comments on, Israel's murderous illegal siege of the population of Gaza; (3) interview with Professor Baum on the issue of corporations profiting from Israel's siege program; (4) closing remarks.
An interview with Israeli peace activist Jerome Segal
April 9, 2009, 8:08 a.m.
Segal has been an Israeli peace activist since 1982. Discussion includes an assessment of Israel's degree of good faith (if any) in today's attempts to reach a ceasefire agreement which Israel would honor.
sunshine (nu original song)
April 8, 2009, 8:33 p.m.
LAST SONG IN THIS SERIES:
A Symbol
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Retired Autoworker Greg Shotwell on the UAW + Big 3 - 4/4/09
April 8, 2009, 7:10 p.m.
David Johnson hosts this week's labor news. Our phone guest is retired autoworker Greg Shotwell. He discusses his thoughts on the UAW, the Big 3 auto companies, and the auto bailout.
Voix de Faits
April 8, 2009, 7:04 p.m.
- L'actualité libertaire
- Benoit XVI signe un article fasciste
- Un Centre Social Autogéré attaqué à Lyon
- Montréal Nord
- Loi anti-SLAPP
- Ãthique des beus
- La chronique du Patrimoine Révolutionnaire
The Happy Station Show - 0100UTC Transmission April 8, 2009
April 8, 2009, 6:29 p.m.
This is the April 8th, 2009 0100UTC transmission of Happy Station as heard on 9955KHZ, 31 Meters.
UN committee highly critical of Canada's treatment of women
April 8, 2009, 5:53 p.m.
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women is concerned about cuts to social programs and shocked at treatment of aboriginal women.
Canadian citizen denied entry to Canada
April 8, 2009, 5:42 p.m.
Abousifian Abdelrazik is a Canadian citizen who was detained in Sudan and interrogated at the behest of the Canadian government. Now he's not being allowed to come home.
Winnipeg Police Charged with Attempted Murder
April 8, 2009, 5:25 p.m.
An Interview with Ken Gerard of Winnipeg Copwatch on the recent announcement that two members of the Winnipeg Police Service were charged with murder on April 3, 2009
Rocks on the Beach
April 8, 2009, 2:12 p.m.
A weekly four minute radio module with a difference. Using a dramatic sketch the program gives you tips and techniques on how to help the environment in little ways. A way to fill in a news hole. Making the world a little better place to live in.
Episode 25: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:21 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We hear the soul-soaked boogie woogie piano of Champion Jack Dupree, we check out some 80-year-old original recordings of Blind Willie Johnson, we sample traditional music from the mountains of Chile, and we explore music forged deep in the coal mines of Appalachia. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode 24: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:19 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Sea-faring songs from North Carolinaâs Outer Banks; an Irish pirate ballad; cowboy songs from Woody Guthrie, Harry Jackson, and Cisco Houston and a spiritual from Moving Star Hall on Johns Island, South Carolina. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode 23: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:18 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: The late great Piedmont blues singer and guitar master John Cephas, New Orleansâ ebullient chanteuse Lizzie Miles, slave shouts from Georgiaâs McIntosh County Shouters, rock music from Indonesia and Vodou music from Port au Prince. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode 22: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:17 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We celebrate the Big Easy with the late great New Orleans street singer Snooks Eaglin, we hear New Orleans jazz from The Crescent City Serenaders, and we listen back to some vintage Cajun social music. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode 21: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:16 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: The mimetic sounds of mountain herders in the Siberian hinterland of Tuva, tropical music from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Trinidad, and The Dominican Republic, and a slide guitar opus from the West Coastâs âJoe Louis Walker and The Boss Talkers.â Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XX: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:14 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: The sounds of banjo innovator and connoisseur Tony Trischka, blues from Mississippiâs Big Joe Williams, a horse ballad from the Arizona Sonora Borderlands, marimba music from Guatemala, and barrel-house piano blues from Speckled Red. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XIX: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:13 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Mandolin picking at its finest from âThe Father of Bluegrass,â Bill Monroe; mountain music from the hills of Puerto Rico to the hills of Kentucky; and Javanese Gamelan collides with the New York avant-garde. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XVIII: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:11 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Bedouin singing from the deserts of Saudi; Bottle-neck slide-guitar from Memphis blues man Furry Lewis; 1940âs vintage jazz from Mary Lou Williams and a song made from a single drop of water. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XVII: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:09 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We celebrate melodies from Barack Obamaâs ancestral homeland of Kenya, we remember President Abraham Lincoln in words and song, we hear the voice that inspired a nation in 1963. Real music, real, people, and the stories behind the sounds.
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April 8, 2009, 12:08 p.m.
Episode XVI: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:07 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: The lightning-fast fingers of banjo picker Eddie Adcock and The Country Gentlemen, Saint Louis blues from the legendary JD Short, a chant learned in a trance by an Eskimo medicine man and a melody from the mountains of North Sumatra. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XV: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:06 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We tip our cups to the barrelhouse blues of Little Brother Montgomery, Roscoe Holcomb unleashes his âuntamed sense of control,â Malian rappers launch a lyrical assault on music piracy, we remember Odetta, the âVoice of the Civil Rights Movement,â . Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XIV: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:04 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Piedmont blues from John Cephas and Phil Wiggins and Civil Rights singers Bernice Johnson Reagon and Reverend Frederick Douglass Kirkpatrick. Plus, a Baltimore sea chantey and a song learned in a dream in the rainforest of Malaysia. Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds .
Episode XIII: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:03 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Sweet love ballads and bitter blues from Lonnie Johnson, hard-scrabble songs for lean times from Pete Seeger and Joe Glazer, toe-tapping classics from Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry, melancholy fado music from Portugalâs Maria Marques, and songs of strength and hope from the Abayudaya people of Uganda.
Episode XII: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, 12:02 p.m.
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: We hear banjo ballads from Virginia coal miner Dock Boggs, blues from the blind preacher Reverend Gary Davis, the tropical sounds of Hawaiian folk legend Ledward Kaapana and songs of love and loss from Chile to Canada . Real music, real people, and the stories behind the sounds.
Episode XI: An Ear Opening Voyage through the Archives of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
April 8, 2009, noon
In this episode of Tapestry of the Times: Comanche flute music, a Native American cowboy ballad, Carolina medicine show hokum & blues, the voice of Langston Hughes, mountain music from Eastern Kentucky, slave shouts from the Georgia coast, protest music from Pete Seeger, a feminist anthem from Peggy Seeger and a recording of the sacred rhythms of Cuban Santeria.