Between the Lines for August 22, 2018

Democratic Socialism on the Rise Across the U.S.; Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents Employ Direct Action to Block Construction; Rise for Climate Global Day of Action, Sept. 8th, Demands New Era of 100% Renewable Energy

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Weekday World, August 22, 2018

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Your Life is Their Toy - Part 3

Health and life are man's most precious possessions; and anxiety to preserve them is natural. It is not surprising, therefore, that they have been exploited since time immemorial. Every age has had its charlatans, quacks and medicine men. Much in the same measure as social organization has attained its highest pitch in the present era, the exploitation of health and life today has reached its zenith. Never before in history has there arisen such an extensive conspiracy about the problem of public health of entire nations, involving well-organized, opposing political and commercial groups. The consequence of this welter of exploitation is the sacrifice of human comfort, happiness, health and life. --Emanuel Josephson, 1941, "Your Life is Their Toy."

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PCJ Radio International August 13 to August 19 2018

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Ferguson and Black Liberation

Back in the USSR addresses the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, Missouri and the mass struggle against racism, police brutality and murder of black people that was galvanized by that uprising across North America. Imperialism, brothers and sisters, is not simply about aerial bombing campaigns and military invasions of other countries; it is all around us in our daily lives in everyday social, political and economic interactions. The Ferguson uprising and the American state's response to it confirms this reality with brutal clarity.

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How is Climate Change Affecting the Recent Heat Waves

At the end of July 2018 Climate Signals.org brought together three eminent climate scientists via Skype to exchange ideas on the impacts of global warming as they are now "playing out in real-time". Mike Mann is director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, Jennifer Francis is research professor at Rutgers University's Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, and Noah Diffenbaugh is the Kara J Foundation Professor and Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at Stanford University. They discuss the recent heat waves around the globe, and how they connect with the changing jet stream pattern. Prof. Michael Mann is lead author of a paper produced in 1999 Mann used advanced statistical techniques to find regional variations in a hemispherical climate reconstruction to produce a reconstruction of climate over the past 1,000 years which was dubbed the "hockey stick graph" because of its shape. He is the author of more than 200 peer-reviewed and edited publications, numerous op-eds and commentaries, and four books including: Dire Predictions: Understanding Climate Change and The Madhouse Effect: How Climate Change Denial is Threatening our Planet, Destroying Our Politics, and Driving Us Crazy. Prof. Jennifer Francis' research interests are the connections between rapid Arctic warming and weather patterns in mid-latitudes, particularly extreme weather events, causes and impacts of Arctic sea-ice loss and the linkages to accelerated melt of the Greenland ice sheet. Prof. Noah Diffenbaugh is Kara J Foundation Professor at Stanford University. He studies and writes about the climate system, including the processes by which climate change could impact agriculture, water resources, and human health. Dr. Diffenbaugh is currently Editor-in-Chief of the peer-review journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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Abrupt Climate Change Part 2: How to deal with it

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Ian Power: Rocking Climate Change

There is no silver bullet to solve the intractable problem of global warming. Nevertheless, there is a lot of vital and hopeful work being done to chip away at the mountain of problems human beings have wreaked on this planet. This week on Sea Change Radio, we look at two innovative ideas that are moving us in a hopeful direction. First, we speak to Ian Power, an assistant professor at Trent University in Ontario, Canada, who is working on a breakthrough in manufacturing a CO2-absorbing mineral called magnesite in a fraction of the time that it forms in nature. We discuss his team’s research, learn about the methods they used, and talk about this unusual mineral’s potential to fight climate change. Then, we revisit a 2017 interview with the CEO of Zero Mass Water, Cody Friesen, to learn about his company’s promising technology that uses special solar panels to transform humidity in the air into clean drinking water.

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At the Time of the #PrisonStrike - Blood in the Water, The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy with Author Heather Ann Thompson

An extended conversation with Heather Ann Thompson, author of Blood in the Water, the first definitive history of the 1971 Attica Prison Uprising, the state's savage response, and the prisoners' decades-long struggle for justice.

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CPR News, August 21, 2018

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Weekday World, August 21, 2018

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Serena's Serenade 68

This week's playlist is inspired by a few different people

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An Anti-Imperialist Remembrance Day

Back in the USSR marks Remembrance Day by paying tribute to the victims of imperialist war: from 21st Century Syria to the Western Front 1914-1918. Imperialism still consumes countless young lives each year, and it is this horrific fact combined with the memory of those who have struggled to change it and to create a future of peace and international solidarity that drives me to utterly condemn the militaristic agenda of the Canadian Government and its propaganda.

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Aretha Franklin: A Legendary Voice and Champion of Racial Justice

Norman Richmond gives the backstory to the great Aretha Franklin, explaining that her father, a minister, was an early champion for civil rights in Detroit, leading marches and bringing political struggle into his sermons. The family was close to Martin Luther King and many militant activists. Richmond told of how Aretha came to sing Nina Simone's "Young, Gifted, and Black."

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Commentary August 20, 2018

Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss contemporary issues, such as the life of Aretha Franklin, and the upcoming crisis on Labour Day. In a separate segment, Phil Taylor also reflects on Kofi Annan, and his proposed reasonable resolution of issues in Myanmar. Will the world respect Kofi Annan's approach?

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Unifor Executive Violated Constitution to Exit CLC, Says Review Board

Blocked by the CLC from raiding a fraternal union, the Executive Board of Unifor made a rash and undemocratic decision to announce withdrawal. Oshawa local 222 passed a resolution objecting on constitutional grounds. The matter went to the Public Review Board where local 222's appeal was upheld. But matters roll on and the Unifor Canadian Council has met to affirm breaking with the CLC and looking to raid more unions. Their Canadian flag is looking more and more like a skull and cross-bones.

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Harry James - King of Swing

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Episode 146 - Crazy Animale Episode

Joe discovers that there really is a shit museum and we learn about some really crazy ass animals tonight. Go figure! Do you need your comfort Radio? Then tune in to Chiampa Radio! http://www.chiampa.info

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Queer teen dating & Trump trauma + more global LGBTQ news!

Queer teens discuss coming out and going out in high school; Trump resistance gains a warrior and a weapon; Germany’s “third gender” pitch falls short, Trump trashes job rights as a Colorado baker nixes a new cake, a 12-year-old transgender Oklahoma girl is terrorized by other students' parents, Nigerian men busted for kissing plead “not gay”, calling homophobe Scott Lively a “crackpot bigot” is upheld on appeal, and more queer news from around the world!

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New Grass Revival

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Radiola!

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Climate Denial Is Human (Replay)

Genius medical researcher Ajit Varki on his book "Denial: Self-Deception, False Beliefs, and the Origins of the Human Mind." Erika Spanger-Siegfried from the Union of Concerned Scientists on American military bases endangered by rising seas.

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The Motherland Influence: August 19, 2018

African, Latin & Caribbean music.

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Southern Gospel Today

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Radio Free Radical

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Ambiance Congo: August 19, 2018

Congolese popular music.

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CPR News, August 20, 2018

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Walkuman Style #210

(1.) Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag (Easy Mo Bee remix) - LL Cool J (2.) Je Ne Care Pas - Wordburglar (3.) Make It Hot - Wildelux & Roccwell (cuts by DJ Case) (4.) Choose Your Own Avenger (Mighty version) - More Or Les ft. int eighty, Wordburglar, Nilla, Touch & MikeAll (5.) Floatin - Stacy Epps (6.) Nighttime Maneuvers - Little Brother (7.) The Actual - All City (8.) Overtime - Pearl Harba (9.) New York Summer - Frank Knight (10.) Access To All Lanes - Solar-C (11.) Say Word - Def Squad (12.) Ya Done Know - Redlife (13.) The Return - Brand Nubian (14.) Find A Way - A Tribe Called Quest (15.) Size Em Up - Big L (16.) B.M.I.G. - Asheru (17.) Midnite Run - Mike Zoot ft. Tek of Cocoa Brovaz (18.) 2000 Seasons (Chill Out instrumental) - Reflection Eternal

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Syria vs Imperialism: Defeating the 21st Century Contras

Back in the USSR compares the current US efforts to destabilize and destroy the sovereign nation of Syria with the murderous attempt by the Reagan Administration to overthrow the revolutionary Sandinista government of Nicaragua in the 1980s and how the so-called "moderate opposition" are in reality twenty-first century contras employing the same barbarous tactics in pursuit of regime change.

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Saudi Arabia Barks at Canadian Tweet

Saudi Arabia is bombing Yemen, the poorest country in the Mid-East. Yet Chrystia Freeland chose to rebuke the Kingdom for locking up a blogger. The Saudis took umbrage, and Canada did not repeat its demands for the blogger's "immediate" release. Both Canada and Saudi Arabia are part of a long term effort to overthrow the Syrian government. This twitter scrap reveals that problems are developing in the great US-led neo-liberal plan for mid-east hegemony. The gang members are falling out with each other.

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