Imperialism losing its grip in Syria, Afghanistan, Libya

Zafar Bangash covers three conflict zones in his interview. On Syria, Bangash analyses the military confrontation between Turkish, Syrian, and Russian forces as an unequal contest for two reasons. First, while Turkey has an abundance of troops and equipment, its inexperienced army faces a battle-hardened Syrian Arab Army, backed by Russian air power. Second, Turkey and its terrorist proxies in Syria lack a legal claim to be in Syria, while Syria (and its Russian ally) is exerting its sovereign right and duty to liberate its territory from foreign invaders. Bangash also points out that Erdogan has weaponized the 3.6 million refugees resident in Turkey by threatening to release them into Europe, unless the EU comes to his aid. Zafar then turns to Afghanistan, which he says has the reputation of being "the graveyard of empires." The US empire is no exception, he says, because after 18 years, it has lost control of the country and is suing for peace with the barefoot Taliban fighters. It's unlikely that the US withdrawal will be swift, however. The terms of the agreement provide for a protracted US troop withdrawal. Moreover, the Afghan president refused to release 5000 Taliban prisoners, whose release was a precondition for further talks. In Libya, which was turned into a failed state by NATO military intervention in 2011, Bangash notes that Turkey has dispatched 7000 of its terrorist proxy fighters from Syria to Libya on the side of General Haftar, an incompetent officer who has repeatedly failed to take Tripoli, the seat of the internationally-recognized government, despite being generously supplied by mercenaries via several countries.

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Driven To Tears: Stefanie Lemcke + Jim Parry

Do you ever find yourself sitting stuck in traffic with your thoughts moving from benign irritation with the sheer number of cars on the road, to a fixation upon humanity's encroaching doom? If you do, then this week’s episode of Sea Change Radio is right up your alley (or freeway, or creaky bridge). First, we talk to Stefanie Lemcke, the founder of a carpooling app for families who are sick of carting their children all over town in a not-so-environmentally friendly manner, and want a convenient way to connect with other riders and drivers. Then, we indulge those of you who tend toward catastrophic thinking by speaking with Jim Parry, a former ad executive who's now an author (and cynic). He has put together a very informative, and sometimes darkly humorous, compendium of some of the biggest hurdles facing humankind today.

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pop goes the world

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Wet'suwet'en Strong: A Revolution Grows in Canada

A revolution is growing in Canada. It began with the RCMP and Coastal Gas Link’s invasion of sovereign indigenous Wet’suwet’en territory in the province that goes by the colonial name of British Columbia, backed by snipers and armored vehicles. It began with the arrest of indigenous land defenders, matriarchs and hereditary chiefs. It began with the mass arrests of indigenous land defenders and their allies, who blockaded the port of Vancouver and closed down rail lines across the country in a show of solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en people and in staunch opposition to the settler-colonial state that is invading their lands and oppressing them in the name of extractive industry and fossil fuel expansion through pipelines built on stolen indigenous land. And the resistance movement continues to grow. Bridges, ports, railways, and the offices of prominent politicians and corporations have been occupied/shutdown. I want people to appreciate how radical this moment is.

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Khaled Elgindy, frequently in the room, offers a long look at the history of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations

Today we take a long look at the history of Palestinian-Israeli negotiations from a man who was inside the room for many of those historic events, Khaled Elgindy. Elgindy was a nonresident senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. He previously served as an advisor to the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah on permanent status negotiations with Israel from 2004 to 2009, and was a key participant in the Annapolis negotiations held throughout 2008. His most recent book is Blind Spot: America and the Palestinians from Balfour to Trump. Here he is speaking to the Washington Report on Middle East affairs in Washington, DC on December 12th, 2019.

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March 2, 2020: Guitar heroes of the Sahel

Un poco mas de chicha; the psychedelic sounds of Greece; Somalian disco-funk; new reggae singles by Richie Spice and Macka B; guitar heroes of the Sahel: rock 'n' roll from Saharan and sub-Saharan Africa

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Goodbye Pete & Hello "Cosmos" & global LGBTQ news!

“Mayor Pete” bows out but still inspires; a gay astrologer charts the “Queer Cosmos”; “LGBT-Free Zones” proliferate in Poland, religious-based bias and queer family rights to clash at the US Supreme Court, Israel’s high court sanctions surrogacy for queer couples, homophobic Croatians burn a gay family in effigy, Kenya & the UAE ban Bollywood’s landmark gay boyfriend rom-com, and more global LGBTQ news!

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ACLU Candidates Forum: Cook County States Attorney Race

In what all three candidates agreed was the most substantial forum to date in the primary election for the office of Cook County States Attorney, candidates answered a series of long form questions and then were asked to answer Yes or No to several others. Following the introduction of the moderators, Ed Yahnka and Peter Hana, the candidates give short opening statements and then at conclusion, closing statements as well. The range of questions provided candidates the opportunity to address the complexity of the legal system, the historically racist manor in Chicago and Cook County in which it has been applied and the current movement to reverse what all seemed to agree have been the disastrous human and social consequences for people caught in its machinery. The current States Attorney speaks to the changes she has introduced that lead the nation in a movement to return the concept of justice to the legal system. The significance of taking decisions based on data instead of myth or antidote is addressed along with other complex social issues like addiction, mental health, eliminating cash bail for minor offenses, ending the policy of prosecutors over charging to force a guilty plea and the role her office has played in protecting undocumented immigrants with minor convictions form the racist policies of the Trump administration.

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Martian Gardens Episode 1010 Hour 3

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Martian Gardens Episode 1010 Hour 2

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Martian Gardens Episode 1010 Hour 1

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interviews activist / author Yves Engler

Latin Waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Yves Engler about Canadian Colonialism, the role of Canadian corporations, oil and gas industries, and mining in the drafting of both domestic and international policy. The involvement of Canada in the attempted coup against Venezuelan elected president Nicolas Maduro. Canada’s hostility toward indigenous president of Bolivia Evo Morales, ousted in a military coup November 20, 2019. Canadian domestic and international policy of dispossession against Indigenous peoples is further exemplified in the ongoing aggression against Wet’suwet’en peoples’ Indigenous land rights in British Columbia.

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The Motherland Influence: March 1, 2020

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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Ambiance Congo: March 1, 2020

Congolese popular music

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#626 -- Climate Doom But Not Gloom, Part 2 (R)

Last week, Professor GUY MCPHERSON showed that climate-change disaster is imminent and probably irreversible. The species Homo sapiens will be extinct by 2050, he forecasts. THIS WEEK he discusses whether any force could rescue us (probably not) and then considers the ethical question, How should we behave in the face of our impending demise? Then a short comic sketch by GEORGE CARLIN, who--similarly--discusses ways of going out with style. For both men, it's Doom yes, but Gloom not necessarily.

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YouthSpeaksOut! on "Teen Vaping Surge/Veterans" 03/20

In the first half, in February Laytonville High school attempted a Socratic seminar on vaping at school- several surveys suggest that 50% of high school students are vaping on a regular basis. The Laytonville administration is trying to find ways to stop students from using nicotine at school. 30 students discussed the situation. In the second half we will hear a replay part of a show YSO hosts did in 2011 interviewing local veterans- powerful and informative, our most downloaded and rebroadcast show.

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Tone 27

A free form musical trip through the world of library music, soundtracks, test cards, easy tempo jazz, classic pop, obscurities & shortwave transmissions.

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Program 16

Half hour of Indie folk, indie pop & indie rock from the 1970's to the present.

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Walkuman Style #254

(1.) A Better Tomorrow - Sega AM2 (2.) Get At Me - DJ Quik (3.) Windblower - Illah Dayz (4.) Cinnamon Effect - Moka Only (5.) Evil Of Self - One Be Lo ft. Abdus Salaam (6.) Honour Codes - The Four Owls (7.) From A Distance - Gang Starr ft. Jeru The Damaja (8.) Little Brother - Black Star (9.) Party Crashers - The Last Emperor (10.) U-N-I - O.C. ft. Wise (11.) Hold On - Brand Nubian ft. Starr (12.) Too Raw - Jahleel (13.) Flower For Dilla 2 - Sultan Mir (14.) Mad Props Remix #2 - Da Youngsta's (15.) Coolin' Out - Hop Stew ft. Awon (16.) The Offering - Pearl Gates & Syll (17.) Why's He Strong As Me? - Illingsworth (18.) Fire And Brimstone (instrumental) - Nicholas Craven

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0550

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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The Appalachian Sunday Morning

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ASRH_Episode_7: "Man-i-klepto": Humanity: the Criminal Species

https://silentassembly.libsyn.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/assembly-of-silence-radio-hour/id1443449419 The Assembly of Silence is a freewheeling talk show orbiting around spiritual and philosophical concerns - with an occasional garnish of science, utilitarian and quasi-objective pragmatism, dreamy and gleeful idealism, health tips and absurdity.

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UpFront Soul #2020.09 - Women's History Month- March 2-8 h2

We'll hear the strong voices of women for Women's History Month, kicking off with Nona Hendryx and rolling on with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe!

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UpFront Soul #2020.09 - Women's History Month- March 2-8 h1

We'll hear the strong voices of women for Women's History Month, kicking off with Nona Hendryx and rolling on with Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe!

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Trumpocalypse Now: Fake Pandemic

HERE is the show where the Covid-19 virus hits the US, with news of the virus' spread, Trump lying and fumbling through his emergency news conference, WashPo and Blitzer break news from a whistleblower saying the US isn't taking necessary protective steps, Steph Miller, Rep. Pelosi, T Noah, Colbert and Kimmel shred the deception, Laurie Garrett (former senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer) explains what's really going on, and Sonia Shah makes the connection between Coronavirus and Climate Crises. Plus, we throw in for Bernie, with Seth Meyers on the media/Liberal freak-out, and Anand Giridharadas slays Billionaires.

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Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers (Rock) Hour 2

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Alan Syliboy and the Thundermakers (Rock) Hour 1

Encore Presentation: Welcome to Indigenous in Music! This week Larry welcomes from Millbrook First Nation, Mr. Alan Syliboy group leader of the “Thundermakers.” They have just released the latest album “Signal Fire.” Find out about them and hear their music on their homepage at www.alansyliboy.ca. Music from Alan Syliboy & The Thundermakers, Darren Geffre, Def Jef, Tracy Bone, Bluedog, Desiree Dorion, The Cody Blackbird Band, Son of Hweeld, Centavrvs, Redbone, Irv Lyons Jr, Sihasin, Jessica Hernandez, Rosalia De Souza, Janet Panic, Shon Denny, Wolf Den, Injunuity, Tchutchu, Dj Javier Estrada, Mike Bern, Brian Hedges, nehiyawak, Khu.eex', The Bahama Soul Club, Matt Comeau, Judie Acuquin and much much more. Visit us on our music page at IndigenousinMusic.com and our homepage at indigenousinmusicandarts.org. We have underwriting opportunities available. Indigenous in Music, a non-profit, section 501(c)(3).

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Corona Climate Collapse - and The Sequel

As we struggle with pandemic, crash & climate disaster: what next? UK activist Shaun Chamberlin on new film The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilisation? Then: stop worrying about the Arctic methane bomb, says scientist Michael Dyonisius.

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Caravan nearly crushed with all homeless resident's posessions by Bristol City Council contractor

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2020/02/27/bcfms-politics-show-presented-by-billy-quain/

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Greta Thunberg visits Bristol to lead climate school strike and rally

https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2020/02/27/bcfms-politics-show-presented-by-billy-quain/

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