Rebecca Gordon on Nicaragua and Central America

Dr. Rebecca Gordon begins with a short history of the Nicaraguan revolution since 1978/79. She describes what the Sandinistas had done for the people of Nicaragua in terms of health, education, and dignity, but is quick to point that neither Pres. Danny Ortega or today’s Sandinista movement bears any political resemblance to the Sandinistas of the 80s who captured the world’s imagination and ire of the United States, which has a long and ugly history of intervening in Nicaragua. In particular via the Honduras based and trained Contra. She points out how Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo had come back into power after making political alliances with the extreme right; and after joining a reactionary Catholic sect which led to the imposition of overly strict laws against abortion. Rebecca Gordon describes the background of the current street battles and repression in Managua and praises the protesters as another generation of Nicaraguans fighting injustice and for their liberty. She chides those former supporters of the Sandinista movement who are backing the Ortega government, claiming the US government is behind the rebellion, for not allowing the Nicaraguans to have their own agency, to act without being guided or manipulated by outside forces. Dr. Rebecca Gordon teaches in the Philosophy Department at the University of San Francisco and for the university’s Leo T. McCarthy Center for Public Service and the Common Good. Her publications include Letters from Nicaragua, Cruel and Usual: How Welfare “Reform” Punishes Poor People, and, in 2016, American Nuremberg: The Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post 9/11 War Crimes, plus, she is a regular contributor to Tom’s Dispatch.

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Keith Schneider: Malaysian Building Boom

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Hemispheres - Rush

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Ghost Riders in the Sky - The Outlaws

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Wings at the Speed of Sound - Wings

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CPR News, August 14, 2018

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Your Life is Their Toy - Part 2

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The Balfour Legacy Conference's Panel on Intersectionality

We continue our 5-show coverage of the Balfour Legacy Conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts on November 11th, 2017, today featuring an extraordinary panel on intersectionality…the relationship of all human rights struggles with each other and the power of that recognition. The first to speak on the panel is Matowin Monroe, co leader of the American Indians of New England. She is also lead organizer for the Indigenous Peoples Day which works to get communities to recognize Indigenous People’s Day in lieu of Columbus Day, as was done by Cambridge in 2016. Matowin is followed by Gabriel Camacho whose parents emigrated from Mexico in the 1990’s. Gabe has served on the boards of a myriad of Latin organizations, and currently is the Immigration Programs Coordinator for the American Friends Service Committee. The next panelist to speak is Carl Williams, currently a staff attorney with the ACLU of Massachusetts, and former defense attorney for the Roxbury Defenders. He is active with the National Lawyers Guild, and is a Lecturer at the Northeastern Law School. The final speaker is Nadia Ben-Youssef, a lawyer and human rights activist and the first US representative for Adalah, the legal center for Arab minority rights located in Haifa, Israel. She is now developing Adalah’s US advocacy strategy to shape American discourse and influence US policy and practice in Palestine/Israel.

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New Stuff - Summer '18

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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Let's Have Homecoming - Episode 41

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Weekday World, August 14, 2018

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Episode 145 - Joe's Naked Magical Pokemonic Bluetooth

This was a fun episode, Joe rediscovered his Microphone Sweet Spot, Anthony rediscovered old style telephony, Ezel calls in to let us know sharing is caring! This that and a whole lot more when you tune into this recast or listen live to the Joe and Anthony Show every Monday night at 8pm New York Time on www.chiampa.info

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Queer teen dating distress + global LGBTQ news + more!

Queer teens deal with dating dilemmas; a “Rainbow Minute” honors sadly closeted songwriter Lorenz Hart; Costa Rica’s top court orders slow-motion marriage equality, activists survive violent attacks in Armenia and Lithuania, a Russian teen is convicted of posting “gay propaganda”, St. Petersburg’s rainbow rally ends in arrests, belligerent Belfast Pride demands marriage equality, leading LGBTQ Danes snub the Trump appointed ambassador’s Pride reception, and more queer news from around the world!

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CPR News, August 13, 2018

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Celebrate the Swing; 8/12/18; set 1

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Celebrate the Swing; 8/12/18; set 2

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Weekday World, August 13, 2018

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Serena;s Serenade 67

In this episode I play love songs from all over the time line

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Reggae Explorations #146 (Radio Edit)

On “Reggae Explorations” you’ll hear a mix of tracks from newer and lesser known artists, classic tunes, and deeper cuts than you would normally hear elsewhere. In addition, you’ll be treated to the “Motherland Track of the Week”, an occasional “Lovers Rock Set”, and even selections from off the beaten path. Mike Roots is a reggae artist and reviewer, and brings an inside perspective with interesting facts to enhance the listening experience. Tune in to “Reggae Explorations” for your weekly excursion into the world of strictly conscious, roots and culture, reggae music. Reggae Explorations can be heard on the following stations: Global Community Radio (GCR2) GlobalCommunityRadio.blogspot.com, Geneva, NY, Mondays 4-6pm ET KBOG 97.9 FM in Bandon, OR, Wednesdays 10pm-12am PST WAPJ FM 89.9 & 105.1 FM (Flagship), Wednesdays 1-3pm ET WXDR-LP 99.1 FM, New Orleans, Thursdays 7-9pm CT

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0469

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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#545 -- Norman Finkelstein on Palestine (R)

Norman Finkelstein reviews the horrors of Israel's attacks on Gaza and explores Palestine's three options for regaining its freedom. Two of them--diplomacy and armed struggle--have failed to work. That leaves nonviolent mass resistance--with animmediate focus on ending Israel's blockade of Gaza. The tactic has worked before, including in Palestine's FIrst Intifada. It can work again--if Palestine can overcome the handicaps of a demoralized population and corrupt political leaders.

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Something Beautiful 1809

An hour of relaxing pop instrumentals. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com

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The Attempted Assassination of Nicolas Maduro and Washington's Long War on Venezuela

With the headlines of the mainstream capitalist media once more spewing lies and blatant distortions about the brave people of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and their president, who just this past week survived a brazen attempt on his life, Back in the USSR again focuses on the anti-imperialist struggle in Latin America.

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Commentary August 6, 2018

Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss the latest on the international Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a real-life "humanitarian intervention" involving Canadian participants. They also talk about the falling out between Canada and Saudi Arabia, two charter members of the anti-Syria coalition, and point out that Canada has never objected to Saudi Arabia's merciless illegal war on Yemen.

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Abortion Rights, SCOTUS & Kavanaugh

The Supreme Court Doesn't Have to Overturn Roe to Decimate Abortion Rights with Talcott Camp, ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project Now that Pres. Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court, it will be up to the Senate to fully vet him so that the American people can determine whether he will uphold the basic civil rights and liberties relied on by everyone in this country. This is particularly true when it comes to abortion rights, where Kavanaugh's prior opinions on the subject, coupled with the fact that Donald Trump vowed to only nominate justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, give rise to serious concern about womens continued ability to access abortion if Kavanaugh is confirmed. A new Supreme Court Justice could effectively decimate womens access to abortion, even without overturning Roe outright. Overturning Roe would be catastrophic, but it is not the only scenario in which politicians would be able to shut down abortion care. The court can give them back the power to do so by simply upholding whatever obstacles they throw in a woman's path.

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Post Climatic Stress Disorder (Replay)

Two environmental psychologists on reasons we don't react to the threat of catastrophic climate change. Plus new film on Gregory Bateson, co-inventor of the "double bind" and eco-connection - by his daughter Nora.

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Balfour, Israel and Palestine (first panel in the conference on Balfour Consequences)

Today we offer another of our five shows devoted to covering the conference "Balfour’s Legacy: Confronting the Consequences," held on November 11, 2017 at the First Parish Church in Cambridge MA. This conference commemorates the 100th anniversary of the so-called Balfour Declaration, a 67-word letter in 1917 signed by the openly racist and antisemitic Lord Arthur Balfour, then Britain's Foreign Secretary. It's credited with setting in motion the creation of the state of Israel on Palestinian land, without consulting Palestinians. This time we are presenting the first of three panels, with the title "Balfour, Israel and Palestine." The three speakers and their subjects are as follows: Lawrence Davidson (West Chester University) Balfour and the Zionist Project Susan Akram (Boston University School of Law) Balfour and International Law Thomas Suárez (Author, "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel") The Role of Terror in the State-Building Process This panel was facilitated by Hilary Rantisi of the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School of Government. It was recorded by our associate, Noble Larson, with minor edits by Stan Robinson.

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the berkeley signal 05

spoken word from arundhati roy, rising up with sonali, flashpoint, democracy now, twit wit radio and over the edge. Music by thievery corporation, malcolm mclaren, ex-centric sound system, dj sushi, dead prez, dana lyons and chuck u

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The Anti-Federalists - Part Eight

In his Letter no. 8, Centinel further highlights the Founders’ deceptions, tangentially calls out Washington and Hamilton as power-hungry hucksters and chides them for attempting to benefit at the public trough at the expense of the people.

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A Brief AfroIndigenist Critique on Black Slave-Catchers; Professional Malcontents and the Vocational Quislings Polluting the North American Left

This painfully frank dispatch from the @TheAngryindian directly addresses the dangerous and embarrassing phenomenon of pro-White Racialist, pro-Fascist, non-European acquiescence operative within Portland, Oregon (#PDX) and across the entire non-settler, US political spectrum. The host of FWR asks our regular listeners: Are self-colonising non-Europeans – those consciously willing to stand guard at the front-lines of the radical Anglophone push to re-institute unapologetic White Power by gleefully fronting for the extreme factions within the Eurosettler (Far-Right) US Republican Party – morally responsible for the White racist violence they unambiguously have chosen to forcefully represent? EXTRAS: The usual mix of political PSAs; archived news clips; the Sounds of Resistance and a special archived audio report of complied voices of the post-war Zionist movement and the difficult, personal issue of common morality; political honesty and group-solidarity within the Jewish World after World War Two and the founding of the State of Israel. All this and much more on, 4WR. The official Internet radio broadcast of the Aboriginal Press News Service

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