Wakeup Call 18 September 2020

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TBR 200918 — Disturbing Alliances

This week’s radio show reveals some very disturbing alliances that are forming on both sides of the political divide. This is some important stuff. Here at the Thunderbolt, we will stir fry your brain in gunpowder and then light a fuse. Listen with caution.

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Cold War Thaw? Navalny Poisoning. Belarusian Instability and NATO on Russia's Doorstep.

This hour of the Global Research News Hour we showcase recent developments in and around Russia and try to determine if this major power is being put on the defensive as things heat up. WE first speak with journalist John Helmer about the apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny and whether it is the Russians or the Germans who have some explaining to do. Next, we are joined by Belgrade academic Stevan Gijic who takes on the possible coloured revolution in Belarus and the significance of increasing NATO activities in the Russian Region.

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Remembering Phyllis Coard of Grenada

Phil notes that Phyllis Coard, leader of the New Jewel Movement in Grenada, an island in the West Indies, where the U.S. overthrew a socialist government in 1983, has died in Jamaica at the age of 76. Before she died, Coard authored a book called "Unchained, A Caribbean Woman's Journey Through Invasion, Incarceration & Liberation, available at "A Different Booklist" cultural centre in Toronto.

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The Mystery Arrest of Paul Rusesabagina

Phil Taylor discusses the illegal rendition of Paul Rusesabagina, known to the world as the real life manager of the "Hotel Rwanda," from Dubai to Kigali. Listeners to the Taylor Report will know that the Rwandan government has a history of disappearing and killing its opposition. The behavior in Rusesabagina's case is particularly brazen and could not have occurred without the connivance of other states. Paul is a Belgian citizen. Will the Belgians do their duty and demand his release?

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The framing of Myanmar by NGOs and Bob Rae

Major media outlets are promoting a dubious story about Myanmar soldiers "confessing" to war crimes. Although video evidence shows that the soldiers made statements under questioning by a rebel army fighting Myanmar's government, statements under these conditions are not credible. But the press downplayed the context of the statements, with the Toronto Star editing out the reference to the rebel army, in a story reprinted from the NY Times. According to the NYT, the alleged confession was made to the Arakan Army, a rebel militia in Myanmar. The Arakan Army, in turn, turned over the video of the "confession" to a Harvard fellow, who represents a group called Fortify Rights. The two soldiers were then transferred to Bangladesh, a country that does not have friendly relations with Myanmar. It also isn't clear how the two soldiers were sent to the ICC in the Hague, where they have not yet seen lawyers or representatives of the government of Myanmar. Phil argues that it is reprehensible that the Dutch government has removed these two soldiers illegally from their country and that Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the UN, regards the statements made under duress from captured soldiers as a "confession" of malfeasance by the Myanmar government.

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The Shortwave Report 09/18/20 Listen Globally!

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Sputnik Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.

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Big 15 Year Anniversary Radio Show Pt 1

Second hour of Rural War Room's weekly radio broadcast 7pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas, for at least four hours. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Vernan, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, others. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband + other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom

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Big 15 Year Anniversary Radio Show Pt 2

Second hour of Rural War Room's weekly radio broadcast 7pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas, for at least four hours. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Vernan, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, others. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband + other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom

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Big 15 Year Anniversary Radio Show Pt 3

Third hour of Rural War Room's weekly radio broadcast 7pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas, for at least four hours. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Vernan, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, others. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband + other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom

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Big 15 Year Anniversary Radio Show Pt 4

Forth hour of Rural War Room's weekly radio broadcast 7pm central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas, for at least four hours. Also on KAOS Radio Austin, Texas; KTHS Radio Hot Springs, Ar; KBOG Radio Bandon, Oregon; KOCF Radio, Vernan, Oregon; and others. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, others. Buy albums by the Rural War Room cyberband + other acts on the RWR Label on AppleMusic & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom

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Sonic Cae #205/This Ones For YOU Sports Fans!

Sonic Café with the Nox Boys from 2014, so grab your ticket and take your seat at center court, I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 205…this time the Sonic Café looks at sports in America as seen from a range of comic perspectives. Listen for Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, Sydney Castillo, Dwayne Perkins and many more. We’ll even check in with Key & Peele with there take on what it would sound like if sports commentators had no filter at all and let any and every comment just fly baby. The Sonic Café wraps all this sports comedy in a music mix that’s old school with some new school too. Pulled from across the last 41 years listen for Minus the Bear, the Goo Goo Dolls, Led Zeppelin, Jonny Lang, Steve Hackett, Camper Van Beethoven and of course more. All straight ahead as the Sonic Café kicks one through the uprights for you sports fans. No matter what your sport is, we’ve got it covered, from football and basketball to baseball and even Kung Fu Fighting, we’re the Sonic Café.

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A World Without Ice Caps Part One

Radio Curious revisits a two part conversation with Professor Peter D. Ward, author of “The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps,” in which he describes expected conditions in 2050, 2300 and 2500. In this edition of Radio Curious, the first of a two part series on global warming and sea level rise, we visit with Peter D. Ward, a paleontologist and professor of biology and earth and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of “The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps,” in which he describes expected conditions in 2050, 2300 and 2500. The interview with Professor Peter D. Ward, was recorded on August 2, 2010, from his office in Seattle, Washington. The first interview begins with a description of what will happen when the level of the sea rises. The books Peter Ward recommends are: “An Inconvenient Truth,” by Al Gore and “Weather Makers,” by Tim Flannery and any book by Tim Flannery.

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Donald Drumpf Theatre Volume 192 Fire

An original radio theatre show each week, with most sounds culled from the previous week, about a fictional, theatrical presidency. Contradictions tell the story, with songs, skits, and clips from political news shows and late-night comedy routines. The definition of "radio theatre" is stretched here, with an updated Dickie Goodman and/or Richard Foreman-meets-mashup style sometimes, and a more straightforward take other weeks. Currently airing on 30 or 40 stations around the world, the network has ordered another five months of episodes. Anyone who would like to work on a production, or have their work air in this timeslot, should contact info@wgxc.org.

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Donald Drumpf Theatre Volume 192 Fire

An original radio theatre show each week, with most sounds culled from the previous week, about a fictional, theatrical presidency. Contradictions tell the story, with songs, skits, and clips from political news shows and late-night comedy routines. The definition of "radio theatre" is stretched here, with an updated Dickie Goodman and/or Richard Foreman-meets-mashup style sometimes, and a more straightforward take other weeks. Currently airing on 30 or 40 stations around the world, the network has ordered another five months of episodes. Anyone who would like to work on a production, or have their work air in this timeslot, should contact info@wgxc.org.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 847

Kazoos, Marching Bands and a profile of a parody song artist of the early 1960s, Allan Sherman, a painful cover of an already overplayed hit of the 70s, and Snarf finds an old instrument, much to the displeasure of Daffy! Oh the drama of our hosts!

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Program 28

DJ Frederick's bi-weekly half hour of lo-fi Indie folk, indie pop & indie rock from the 1970's to the present.

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Between the Lines for September 16, 2020

Coalition Organizes to Protect Election Results As Trump Says He Won't Accept Defeat; Trump Hypocrisy on Full Display As US Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court; Post 9/11 US Wars Have Created at Least 37 Million Refugees.

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Between the Lines for September 16, 2020

Coalition Organizes to Protect Election Results As Trump Says He Won't Accept Defeat; Trump Hypocrisy on Full Display As US Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court; Post 9/11 US Wars Have Created at Least 37 Million Refugees.

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Demanding Justice for the Police Murder of Dijon Kizzee in South Central LA with Noche Diaz and Dizzy. Plus, Sunsara Taylor, September 5 and 60 Days to Drive out Fascism. Sounds and Voices of Sept 5

Noche Diaz and Dizzy, who have been demanding justice for Dijon Kizzee, who was murdered by LA Sheriffs in South Central LA. They'll talk about the ongoing protests, the violent repression carried out by the LA Sheriffs, and the need for revolution. We'll hear sounds and voices from nationwide protests September 5, called by Refuse Fascism, demanding Trump Pence Out Now! Sunsara Taylor joins us to talk about September 5 and 60 days to drive out fascism – and why we can't wait until November.

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Full Contract Disclosure Before We Vote

Phil speaks with Rebecca Keetch, a member of UNIFOR Local 222 who is laid off from the Oshawa GM plant. Sister Keetch, is a member of the Solidarity Movement, a group of rank-and-file autoworkers who are circulating an unprecedented petition demanding that the UNIFOR leadership publish the full text of proposed collective agreements online, so that members can know what they are voting for. The practice until now has been to give members just a summary of "highlights." When the first set of 1,540 signatures was sent to Jerry Dias last Friday, Sister Keetch said, "Unifor autoworkers are fighting back against a longstanding, undemocratic contract ratification process. This petition was launched to fight for better democracy, better transparency, and greater membership empowerment in the collective bargaining process." The petition can be found at: solidaritymovement.ca/petition

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Vandana Shiva: The Future of Food and Farming in a Pandemic World - Part ONE of TWO

On Aug 17, 2020, the University of British Columbia in Canada invited Dr. Vandana Shiva to hold the first on-line Masterclass with students from UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems. Vandana Shiva gave a presentation and then the students self-organized the lively and warm Q and A period. Vandana Shiva remembers with fondness her time as a student in Canada. She was trained as a physicist before shifting to interdisciplinary research in science, technology and environmental policy. She earned her PhD in quantum theory at the University of Western Ontario. Currently she is based in Dehra Dun, India. She has authored over 20 books, including The Violence of the Green Revolution, Monocultures of the Mind, Soil not Oil and Oneness Vs. The 1%. On the day this masterclass was held, she was sheltering in place on what was once her mothers farm in Dun Valley. It is now the site of Navdania, a non profit that Vandana Shiva founded. Navdania is dedicated to the protection of biological and cultural diversity. Rickey Yada, Dean and Professor - Faculty of Land and Food Systems began with a Land Acknowledgement Vandana Shiva spoke for about 10 minutes and then engaged with the students.

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Daniel Kirk-Davidoff on Grids + Climate Reports

Did you lose power at some point this summer? Between the gaps in electricity service, sheltering in place, the fires on the West Coast, and the multiple tropical storms hitting in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, people in the US have many reasons to be averting their gaze from the future of our climate. There are, however, a few courageous souls in our institutions of higher learning who persist in imagining what the world will look like a decade or more into the future. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, a research scientist at Underwriters Laboratories. He gives us a glimpse into the 2035 climate report from the Center for Environmental Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley - there's actually some good news in there. He also sheds light on the complex choices and gambles that result in rolling blackouts across the US. While record high temperatures battered the world this summer, not every country's electrical grid responded in the same way. 

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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)

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 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

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SEPTEMBER 16,2020 - COVID GATE

Michel Chossudovsky discusses Covid Gate: A Political Virus. Then Cheryl discusses the faulty testing with the PCR tests and shares websites and a book for your further research.

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Emma's READ-In Revolution + global LGBTQ news!

Emma's Revolution read Carson and Millay; Northern Ireland promises to ban conversion therapy, Russia’s parliament considers transgender erasure, Duterte pardons “Ganda’s” killer, the Trump administration supports Catholic school job rights bias, a Polish-German bridge becomes the pathway to Pride, Uganda’s top homophobe is toppled by voters, Georgia Methodist “misfits” divorce the denomination over marriage equality and queer clergy, and more global LGBTQ news!

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The Motherland Influence Sept. 13, 2020

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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interviews author Silvia Federici

Silvia Federici is a feminist activist and scholar whose writing and political activities contribute to a broad Autonomist tradition. With intellectual generosity, sharp, nonconformist thought, and searing critiques of capitalist society, her work has inspired social activists associated with the rise of the alter-globalization movement. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Silvia about the COVID19 crisis, how capitalism is a system in constant crisis and how they will use COVID to further consolidate wealth in society, how we don’t want to return to what is considered normal, how communities have come together to face this crisis and how we need community to come together after COVID to address the wide spread job losses and social despair.

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Ambiance Congo: September 13, 2020

Congolese popular music

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#654 -- Popular Resistance and Rebellion

KD explores some popular nonviolent rebellions that nobody saw coming--such as the "Arab Spring" and Occupy (both 2011)--and draws parallels to today's popular rebellion against the racist violence of police. Then the young Howard Zinn, in a debate from 1971, argues that nonviolent mass protests have ALWAYS been necessary in the U.S. to compel the System to change. (Cont'd under "Credits")

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