Jeff Blankfort: Israel's US "Fronts" Target Iran

I begin with noting that I had been reporting on US=Israeli collusion over Iran since the end of the Obama administration based on articles in the Israeli English language press which went unreported until last week, May 16, when the NY Times reported it on P. 11 and claimed that Netanyahu only wanted to pressure Iran to renegotiate nuclear deal with Trump but offered no substantiating evidence. I then comment on reports in the media that Trump would like to fire Bolton but is afraid to because he is protégé of Sheldon Adelson, Trump’s moneybags and mention that both Bolton and Adelson want to bomb Iran, Adelson with nukes. I note, that in reference to the USS Abraham Lincoln being sent to the Gulf, that Lincoln, the man, resigned from Congress in opposition to the US war on Mexico. I then point out that Iran has been in Israel’s cross hairs and those of its “front groups” since Iraq war and describe four of them, AIPAC, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) and The Washington Inst. For Near East Policy (WINEP or TWI) and the role played in that one and the others by Dennis Ross and that, labeled by Andrew David Miller as “Israel’s lawyer,” he served the four presidents before Trump and would have served a fifth if Hillary had won. I suggest that this accounts for Israel having been given a free hand by Washington to do whatever it chooses. I then play a 1:24 clip of WINEP’s Patrick Clawson from 2012 explaining how a false flag op could be used to start a war with Iran. I go on to describe how Netanyahu is planning to get legislation passed that will make him immune from prosecution until he leaves office and conclude by exposing the myth of Israeli democracy, pointing out that since its inception, expect for some months between the middle of 1966 to the launching of the 1967 war, it has been a de facto apartheid state.

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Frida Berrigan at Burning Books

Frida Berrigan, daughter of civil resisters Philip Berrigan and Elizabeth McAlister, is an author, columnist, and activist. She spoke at Burning Books on April 11, 2019. Burning Books is a radical bookstore in Buffalo, NY, specializing in activism, social justice, and liberation struggles. burningbooks.com

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Sonic Cafe #137/How the West Was REALLY Won!

Sonic Café, hey welcome to the wild, wild, west. I’m your host Scott Clark, and this is episode 137. This time the Sonic Café hitches our twenty mule team to the ‘ol chuck wagon and pulls it back in time to the days when buffalos and pioneers roamed the prairie, to tell you the story of how the west was really won. We’ll feature The Firesign Theatre with their tale of the old west, told in five segments. As you might imagine, their version of the story differs slightly from what we all learned in history class, but you know, is actually much closer to the truth. We’ll wrap their tale of the old west in a mix of tunes about cowboys, gunslingers and cattle drives, listen for music from Bill Nelson, Tom Petty, Husky Rescue, The Riders, Butthole Surfers, the Blues Brothers and of course more. Oh and a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor, listen for a word from Double Ought Lager, the beer in the shotgun can. That’s Double Ought Lager, double barreled for double the good times. All that and of course more as we bring you the story of how the west was really won, from that little café on the coast that always serves up the tastiest mix of intelligent eclectic music, comedy and pop culture right outta the back of our chuck wagon. We’re the Sonic Café.

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Between the Lines for May 29, 2019

Trump Prosecution of Julian Assange Under Espionage Act Threatens Press Freedom; Trump Threats Against Iran, Strengthens Tehran's Hardliners, Weakens Moderates; Campaign Underway to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day in Massachusetts

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Lenny Wolff & Tala Deloria, the National Revolution Tour; Amelia Bonow, Shout Your Abortion; Bob Avakian, Male Supremacy & Capitalism

The Get Organized for an Actual Revolution Tour, with Tala Deloria and Lenny Wolff. You think you're woke, but you're sleepwalking through a nightmare. This system cannot be reformed, it must be overthrown. Bob Avakian, BA, Male Supremacy: Stitched Together With Capitalism, from “Why we need an actual revolution, and How we can really make revolution.” Amelia Bonow, co-founder of Shout Your Abortion, on fighting the stigma imposed on women who choose to have an abortion.

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The Hidden Danger of Glyphosate, Part One of TWO

Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup, patented by Monsanto in 1974. It is now the world’s most widely used weed killer. About 100 million pounds are applied to U.S. farms and lawns every year, according to the EPA. Farmers sprayed enough of the chemical to cover every acre of cropland in the entire world with nearly a half-pound of Roundup, according to a 2016 study published in the Journal “Environmental Sciences Europe”. Roundup is used not only in industrial agriculture but on vineyards, golf courses, public parks and in schools, in road maintenance and by back yard gardeners. Curiously the more modest uses in schools and gardens have recently come to national attention. In May 2019 a jury in Oakland, Calif., ordered Monsanto to pay a husband and wife more than $2 billion in damages after finding that its Roundup weed killer caused their cancer. This is the third jury to conclude that Monsanto failed to warn consumers of its flagship product’s dangers. The juries were presented evidence that Glyphosate caused the breakdown of their immune systems and led to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Thousands of additional lawsuits against Monsanto, which the Bayer corporation acquired for $66 billion in 2018, are queued up in state and federal courts. Monsanto’s claim that Roundup was safe for human beings is now being challenged and the question raised - who and what else is impacted by glyphosate and the other ingredients in Roundup. Don Huber is Professor emeritus at Purdue University. He studied Roundup and later the associated Roundup ready crops and the risks to farm animals begin fed roundup ready soy, corn and alfalfa beginning in 1974. He is the scientist who raised the safety issue of glyphosate in 2011 with the US Secretary of agriculture and made headlines all over the world. Hubers’ warning was ignored by the Obama administration. Don Huber says that the herbicide Glyphosate kills by giving plants a heightened form of AIDS. Glyphosate affects bacteria by killing some that are essential to the plant and to humans and animals that consume them; while at the same time strengthening pathogens that are harming plants and soil. Don Huber was interviewed via a somewhat scratchy Skype connection by Uwe Alschner, publisher of the Vitalstoff Blog that focussed on nutrition in the European Union on June 2, 2018.

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If Music Could Talk - May 12 2019 - with guest dj, STRAW

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Roger Gottlieb: Philosophy and the Environment

When you see someone littering a plastic bag into the street how do you judge that person? What about the person who stands by watching the litterer and does nothing? And what about the person who supports the policy-makers who want to dismantle the EPA, or support other steps that undermine the health of the planet? This week on Sea Change Radio, we welcome Roger Gottlieb, a philosophy professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, to discuss his new book "Morality and the Environmental Crisis." We look at the moral conundrums and the bitter divisions among this country's citizens over things as fundamental as clean air and water. Gottleib talks about effective ways to engage people to whom you may be diametrically opposed politically and the intersection of religion and environmental policy.

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Dr. David Kiersey - What is my Personality?

My guest in this program was Dr. David Kiersey, the author of a book called “Presidential Temperament.” Dr. Kiersey took the Meyers-Briggs Temperament inventories and developed what has come to be known as the Kiersey Temperament Sorter. In so doing, he has established and identified several different types of character and temperament of people. In his book, “Please Understand Me,” the reader may use the Kiersey Temperament Sorter to get an idea of his or her personality and temperament traits. With his history and experience, Kiersey has examined the people who have become a President of the US and set out his analysis in “Presidential Temperaments.” In this program, originally broadcast in November of 1993 when Radio Curious was called Government, Politics and Ideas, we’ll be talking about the book and some of the temperaments of the various Presidents. Dr. David Kiersey recommends “Killer Angels,” by Michael Shaara & The Hornblower Series, by Horatio Hormblower. Originally Broadcast: November 19, 1993

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Cloud Nine

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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Phantasms of Freedom, Part 14

How well do we know the history of our nation? As for our Founders, what is fact? What is myth? While we have been told we are free, we face an increasing onslaught of laws, edicts, and proclamations governing our lives as American citizens. We have been told that “we need to get our Constitution back.” Do we truly need to do that? We are, during every election cycle, given a “choice.” But is it a real choice? Or a Hobson’s choice? Were our Founders the godlike, towering figures we were taught? Were they above reproach? Or were they human beings, subject to the same avarice, temptations and lust we all are? What were their motivations in starting this country? Were they benign in nature, inspired to offer their fellow countrymen “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?” Or were there other instincts at play? Was the Constitution truly designed to be the bulwark of freedom? Why were the Articles of Confederation jettisoned? Who were the Anti-Federalists? Why did they get such short shrift by history? What was the worth of the Founders? Were they Everymen? Or rich elites? The answers, when explored from an “unofficial” vantage point, may surprise you. Listen along as Eric the Blacksmith discusses American history with Al Aric and Theo. Current events are interspersed. Explore the nooks and crannies of suppressed information as the book “Hologram of Liberty” by Kenneth Royce is reviewed and its bibliography examined.

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Brad Parker of Defence for Chilldren International, Palestine, reports how children are abused by the Israeli military

The feature presentation this morning is an address to a conference organized by the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs in Washington DC. by Brad Parker. Parker is International Advocacy Officer & Attorney at Defence for Children International, Palestine section. DCIP is an advocacy and legal group seeking to defend Palestinian children, who continue to face major abuse, including incarceration, at the hands of the Israeli military. As Parker reports, when children encounter Israeli forces, they’re arrested, detained, beaten, blindfolded, their hands are tied, put in a military jeep and taken off to an interrogation center. Guilt or innocence is irrelevant. Violations of children's basic rights are widespread, systematic, and institutionalized by Israeli forces. Parker has been trying to wake up the US Congress to its ultimate responsibility for this situation, with just a bit of success. Rep. Betty McCollum (D-Minnesota) has rounded up at least 22 colleagues in support of a change in US funding and arming of these soldiers. If you are Palestinian, old or young, you are governed by Israeli military law, which is set up to deny rights. For example, under Israeli military law, children don’t have the right to an attorney during interrogations. That’s sort of the primary example of fair trial protections that just don’t exist. Aside from that, of these estimated 500 to 700 Palestinian children that are arrested by Israeli forces each year and prosecuted in the military courts, around 75% of them experience some form of physical violence during arrest, detention, transfer. There's no requirement for a warrant; soldiers can arrest on "suspicion." The majority of children are charged with throwing stones, which is a specific offense under the Israeli military law. What happens is children are accused of throwing stones, arrested, denied access to attorneys, not allowed to have a parent present during interrogation, etc. etc. etc., almost always found guilty, and sent to military jail. Before all this, we begin this week with a recording of Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, the refreshingly brave, articulate, newly elected, and sole Palestinian member of the U.S. House of Representatives. She spoke to a delegation who had come to Washington on a lobbying mission. A delegation member sent us a recording of her presentation, which we now play back.

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Episode 176 Redux - Single Lane Road

Ezel calls in and tells us how we can start petititons to redo tv ending shows, Joe tests out Chicken Nugget IceCream Dreams and in Anthony’s sexy news story we learn how to stuff 7 syringes up a vagina! Hey, come laugh with or at us, tune in to our live show every Monday night at 8pm eastern at http://www.chiampa.org DWOTS: previous word: Institution today’s word: Inability.

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"White Night" Plus 40 + global LGBTQ news!

Echoes of “White Night” 40 years later; Taiwan becomes the first in Asia to open civil marriage to queer couples, more Mexican states equalize marriage, the U.S. House passes the Equality Act on to a surly Senate, Chick-fil-A gets fried for its “higher calling” to hate, one Aussie athlete is kicked out while another one comes out, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

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interviews Venezuelan-Canadian Sociologist Maria Paez Victor

The United States’ history of invasions in Latin America is well documented. Over 100 invasions in the last century. The economic violence of: odious debts, economic sanctions, blockades to isolate Venezuela (and any country in their target) from other sources of commerce, including preventing access to food, fuel, and friendship. The tactic of starvation is intended to punish the population of Venezuela, the aggression is intended to provoke an implosion, and turn people against their elected leader President Maduro who was elected on May 20 2019 by an undisputable majority. Host Sylvia Richardson speaks to Sociologist Dr. Maria Paez about the savage economic war, the death toll of economic sanctions causing the death of 40000 people. The violations of the UN charter, the Geneva convention, and trade laws that have created a dangerous precedent for democratic rule. Despite ongoing aggression Venezuelans continue to defend their right to autonomy and their right to choose their own government.

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Murray Porter in our Spotlight Interview (Blues)

Welcome to indigenous in Music, here is this week's show. Join Larry and his guest from Vancouver, B.C. singer, songwriter blues musician, Murray Porter. He has just released his 3rd album “Stand Up. You can find out all about Murray and hear his music on the web at murrayporter.ca Enjoy music from Murray Porter, Irv Lyons Jr., Eagle & Hawk, Jasmine Netsena, Celeigh Cardinal, Don Amero, Marcia Chum, The Dustin Harder and Prairie Soul, Nortec Collective, Crystal Shawanda, Khu.eex, Janel Munoa, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Dj Bitman, Locos Por Juana, STOik, Aleah Belle, XAXO, Cody Coyote, Bryden Gwiss Kiwenzie, Tchutchu, A Tribe Called Red, Whilk & Misky, Pitbull, Gina Loring, Laura Niquay, Midnight Shine, Cary Morin, Feightrain, Tracy Lee Nelson and much much more. Visit us on our website, and leave us a comment, underwriting opportunities available also. IndigenousinMusic.com

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Walkuman Style May 17, 2019

Niko Soprano's Favourites No. #91 (followed by a GK instrumentals set)) Description: (01.) The Vinyl Dogs - Vinyl Dogs Vibe (02.) Grap Luva - Live From Memorial Field (03.) Pete Rock - For The People (04.) - The Boss (05.) - A Little Soul (06.) - Baby Pa (07.) - Food 4 Thought (08.) The Midnight Eez - Midnight Anthem (09.) Peanut Butter Wolf - Currents (10.) Buckwild - You Know Now remix (11.) - One Little Indian Remix (12.) - Hip 2 Da Game Remix (13.) Lord Finesse - Electric Impression (14.) - Hear The Vibes (15.) K-Def - The Gimmicks (16.) - What I'm After (17.) - How Nice I Am (18.) Kenny Dope - Hey DJ Bonus Beats (19.) Damu The Fudgemunk - Tea Thyme (20.) - At Your Request GK Firecracker Day instrumentals set (1.) Current - DJ Spinna (2.) Superfest - Bugseed (3.) Krew - Loop.holes (4.) Uptown - Gwop Sullivan (5.) Snares - Benchmark (6.) Non - Nicholas Craven (7.) Bump - Flavors

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UpFront Soul 2019.20 - May 20-26 hr 2

We'll kick off with powerful Indigenous jazz-funk & hiphop from Khu.ex, The Little Big Band, and Komplex Kai, plus we'll spin new music from Tanika Charles and Taina Asili, and check out Judy Clay's super funky cover of the Youngbloods' "Get Together!"

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UpFront Soul 2019.20 - May 20-26 hr 1

We'll kick off with powerful Indigenous jazz-funk & hiphop from Khu.ex, The Little Big Band, and Komplex Kai, plus we'll spin new music from Tanika Charles and Taina Asili, and check out Judy Clay's super funky cover of the Youngbloods' "Get Together!"

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Jazz Tales; 5/19/19; set 1

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Jazz Tales; 5/19/19; set 2

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Classics and Beyond 1914

An eclectic hour of Classical music.

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At the Edge of the Great Dying

At least a million forms of life are hovering at the edge of extinction, as humans take over the world. Lead author Sandra Diaz on the shocking new U.N. report. Then Columbia/NASA scientist Kate Marvel explains "hyroclimate" as rains and droughts go extreme. Alex updates four concurrent heat waves striking from the Arctic to India.

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0509

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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The Appalachian Sunday Morning S-1

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Commentary May 13, 2019

Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss the election of Paul Manly in B.C., Trump's trade war with China, and critique U.S. and Canadian policies towards Venezuela and Cuba. They also describe upcoming events, including the report-back on Palestine by Rabbi David Mivasair on May 27.

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Lake Air 1915

An hour of smooth instrumentals and vocals.

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#585 -- Beyond Militarism (R)

Is American militarism a problem? What are the causes of this militarism? Why are we now calling every guy who ever put on a uniform a "hero"? And can militarism be stopped? Former career soldier Stan Goff addresses these questions with impressive insight and erudition. We supplement Goff's wordss with a few minutes of Martin Luther King's fine address on American militarism and war, "Beyond Vietnam" (April 4, 1967). Plus some background and commentary by KD.

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sustainable Cuba and Lester Sterling

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Building Bridges: Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement

Putting the Movement Back into the Labor Movement with Nelson Lichtenstein is a professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and director of the Center for the Study of Work, Labor and Democracy. He is a labor historian who has written also about 20th-century American political economy, including the automotive industry and Wal-Mart. and Samantha Winslow, is a staff writer and organizer and co-director of Labor Notes.a publication which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary with its mission to help to put the movement back into the labor movment through its magazine, books, pamphlets, conferences and troublemakers schools and workshops.

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