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April 4, 2018, 8:30 p.m.
Donald Drumpf Theatre: Vol. 64 Fox and I. This week our hero interacts with foxes and bunnies. This show is uploaded every Thursday, until impeachment.
April 4, 2018, 8:18 p.m.
A set of salsa Senegalaise on that country's 58th anniversary of independence; a deep dig into classic Cuban big bands; rumba Congolaise and the Cuban influence on Central African music; wrap things up with some cumbia-based tracks
April 4, 2018, 7:20 p.m.
Taylor and Conlon comment on various issues, including Winnie Mandela, Syria, Israel's massacre of Palestinians, and the response by Canadian politicians.
April 4, 2018, 6:40 p.m.
You really have to call the man who trekked to the stars, faught off mutants and now croons country songs "sir". An engaging look at a CD Patrick Stewart has put together for charity with help from his wife in a celeb slip up special profile(though it seems this was on purpose!). We play a couple cuts of a high school band album ( which gets an A for effort) and a chart topping cheezie that seems fun on the surface, but may have a darker meaning....ohhhh veddy scary!
PCJ Radio International March 26 to April 1 2018
April 4, 2018, 5:45 p.m.
Exploring dangers of CFL & LED bulbs now compulsory across the EU
April 4, 2018, 3:24 p.m.
Maj. Danny Sjursen: Time to Protest the US War Machine
April 4, 2018, 2:14 p.m.
Maj. Danny Sjursen, a vet of both the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, is arguably the most prolific antiwar activist and critic of US Middle East policy, while remaining on active duty (!) in the US Army. Here, he speaks about some of his recent articles on Antiwar.com dealing with the need for a march against America's wars similar to those for women and gun violence, why thus far there has been no antiwar activism worthy of the name and not even a whiff of antiwar sentiment in Congress and the choice voters had to make between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, among other things.
He attributes the absence of an anti-war movement to Nixonâs elimination of the draft in 1971 which eliminated the majority of Americans from the equation and to focus instead on issues that affected them or members of their families. Moreover, that there is no anti-war segment in either the Democrat or Republican Party requires serious activists to forget the left vs. Right divide and unite with elements with which they have differences on social issues but agree on ending US wars and interference in other countryâs governments, e.g. Libertarians and antiwar conservatives. Sjursen, memorializing the last anti-war Democrat, Sen. George McGovern, a certifiable hero in WW2, noted that since Vietnam, the Democrats have been afraid to be seen as âsoftâ on going to war and McGovern is seen as the personification of failure after his trouncing by Nixon in 1972.
He points to the fact that members of the Senate, 10 of whom were Democrats, voted against even having a vote on the criminal role the US has been playing, assisting the Saudis in their slaughter in Yemen. He speaks of the influence of the Israel Lobby and the Saudis in that regard, resulting in the US military functioning as a protector of Israel with no benefit to the US and as an air force for the Saudis. He points out that criticizing Israel is to risk allegations of antisemitism and is the âthird railâ of American politics.
As for the 2016 election, he said the American people were faced with the choice of an unpredictable wild card, Trump, or the most hawkish presidential candidate in living memory whose every foreign policy decision and position, he pointed out, had been wrong and that had she been elected there would have been a strong possibility of war with Russia. And thereâs much more to check out.
Jeff Blankfort News/Op; 'Nuke Iran' Adelson, NPR on Corbyn, Gaza
April 4, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
On the anniversary of MLK Jr.'s death I cite is comment as the US being the world's greatest violence purveyor and how the media and the schools have sanitized his story and follow that with Smedley Butler being a racketeer for capitalism.
I then mention again the secret intel agreement reached between Israel and the US on Dec. 12 targeting Iran that still is censored by the US media and the implications that the appointments of Bolton and Pompeo replacing McMaster and Tillerson make the prospect of a war on Iran likelier than ever. I note that Bolton was Adelson's suggestion and that both men have publicly advocated bombing Iran, Adelson with nuclear weapons.
I also repeat Adelson's statement to Israeli Jews apologizing for having worn the uniform of the US army and not that of the IDF and suggest that while making that statement and You Tube of him saying it would turn vets, active duty military and their families who voted for Trump into the Democrats taking both House and Senate, the Democrats would prefer risking a devastating war for Israel than possibly provoking a wave of antisemitism that might follow the revelations of Adelson's first loyalty being to Israel.
I then take NPR to task, first with Scott Simon's allowing Jonathan Arkush, the leader of the Jewish Board of Deputies to slander Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters as well as Ken Livingstone, without providing a rebuttal from the Corbyn side and to outright lie about a controversial mural which the British Jewish establishment claims to be antisemitic which I correct, as well as present proof to back up Livingstone's statement that Hitler was, in fact, an early supporter of Zionism, that caused him to be booted from the Labour Party.
I then cite FAIR's critique of NPR's pro-Israel slant on the massacre on the Gaza after quoting from an IDF tweet that confirms the Israel assault was a war crime.
Holocaust Remembrance and the Responsibility of Bystanders
April 4, 2018, 8:55 a.m.
To create thought around Yom Hashoah, known in English as Holocaust Remembrance Day, Radio Curious revisits an archive interview with Ralph Appelbaum, designer the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., which opened in April 1993.
April 4, 2018, 7:53 a.m.
Let's Have Homecoming - Episode 30
April 4, 2018, 6:29 a.m.
April 4, 2018, 6:16 a.m.
April 3, 2018, 8:55 p.m.
Journalist Gareth Porter on Bolton, Trump's Consolidation of a Whole New War Cabinet, and the Danger It Poses. Bob Avakian, How is it possible to maintain the kind of movement that can get rid of the Trump/Pence Regime? From The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We Refuse to Accept a Fascist America, A Better World IS Possible. Steve Fishman, journalist & narrator of Empire On Blood, a seven-part serialized podcast about Calvin Buari's struggle against wrongful conviction.
The West Virginia Wildcat Strike of 2018 - Olivia Morris
April 3, 2018, 8:25 p.m.
West Virginia teacher and grassroots strike leader, Olivia Morris, talks about the historic 9 day wildcat strike that lasted from February 22 to March 7, 2018. She is in conversation with Stacy Davis Gates, political director for the Chicago Teachers Union.
This is a personal, very candid conversation about a strike in an anti union right to work state, about alliances between teachers and public workers, a broken down health care system, how low or no taxes for coal and gas extraction diminish the money needed for education and more.
The Chicago Teachers Union described the event this way: "The wildcat strike by West Virginia teachers, among the lowest paid teachers in the nation, has ignited public support across the state and the nation, with teachers in states from Oklahoma to Kentucky looking at strategies to bring the West Virginia model of strike resistance and rank and file democracy to their states."
"In West Virginia, teachers rejected efforts by political leaders and top union officials to convince them to settle without an iron clad guarantee of improved wages, enshrined in legislation, not just for them but for all state public employees. Teachers struck for those guarantees even though West Virginia is a 'right-to work' state which bans strikes by public workers."
The wildcat strike derailed plans by state legislators to jack up health insurance premiums in the Public Employee Insurance Agency (PEIA) and to jam through a charter school bill being promoted by corporations.... Teachers and their supporters are demanding West Virginia legislators reverse corporate tax cuts, raise gas severance tax and hold harmless any public programs that prioritize the needs of struggling state residents in any plan to fund their raises."
Lisa Song: Mississippi Levee Wars
April 3, 2018, 5:59 p.m.
Sometimes we lose sight of what Audrey Hepburn called "that old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second." This week on Sea Change Radio, we hear from ProPublica reporter Lisa Song who has done some recent reporting on a little known problem that could have very big effects: the impact of illegal overbuilding of levee systems in the Midwestern flood-prone regions of the Mississippi River. The folks responsible are flouting the rules and lobbying to have them changed. Their argument is that they're just trying to protect the communities they represent, but the effect is to make other communities far more vulnerable to flood. The valuable reporting that Song and her colleagues are doing to expose the issue will hopefully help to arm future flood victims against the rising tide of these water district bullies.
Houston Indymedia's Last Show on KPFT Pacifica Radio?
April 3, 2018, 5:37 p.m.
Houston Indymedia Radio violated KPFT censorship rules by talking about KPFT censorship rules. A few days later, the show was kicked off the air. Listen to the show now!
April 3, 2018, 1:17 p.m.
A lawyers' organization involved with UN established courts is asking why the UN does nothing to help released prisoners to return to their families. The countries who turned over these individuals to the UNICTR do not take them back. All the problems, says Jacobs, are traceable to the fact of demonization of the accused, and the non-presumption of innocence by those who established the court.
April 3, 2018, 11:28 a.m.
April 3, 2018, 7:29 a.m.
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
April 3, 2018, 3:34 a.m.
April-Sept 1988: Our 1st 6 months + global LGBTQ news!
April 2, 2018, 5:02 p.m.
The Motherland Influence: Aril 1, 2018
April 2, 2018, 3:22 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music.
April 2, 2018, 3:17 p.m.
Congolese popular music.
"Music to Lose Your Mind to"
April 2, 2018, 3:08 p.m.
If you're going to lose your mind, you might as well lose it whilst listening to this program.
April 2, 2018, 1:26 p.m.
April 2, 2018, 7:19 a.m.
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April 2, 2018, 5:33 a.m.
Swing into Spring; 4/1/18; set 1
April 2, 2018, 4:35 a.m.
Swing into Spring; 4/1/18; set 2
April 2, 2018, 4:32 a.m.
Dan Kovalik: US Double Standard on Colombia vs Venezuela
April 1, 2018, 9:14 p.m.
Following the Cuban revolution the US Government under Kennedy developed a program of "State Terror" to deal with the aspirations of peasants and workers in Latin America whose needs could only be answered by ending exploitation by US corporations and the local feudal landlord class. Set up under the guise of National Security it was first fully implemented by the US Army in Colombia. Kovalik compairs the news coverage of Colombia and Venezuela. They are neighboring countries that receive extremely different treatment by the US Empire and the mass media. While Colombia is known for one of the worst human rights records in the world (killing priests, trade unionists, indigenous, journalists the poor) it remains a top recipient of US military aid and enjoys uncritical press coverage in Western media--all while Trump imposes sanctions and threatens military intervention against Venezuela over unsubstantiated allegations. (program)