Covered / Uncovered

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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Michael Parenti: Capitalism’s Apocalypse – ARCHIVE

2024 Tribute – Updated Archive: Parenti predicted the financial crisis and said that giant corporate capitalism – by it’s very nature – is an apocalyptic system. When unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with democracy. Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for Maria Gilardin’s art show: Toasting the End of Capitalism. This rebroadcast, made in March 2024, is eerily contemporary and lends a historic perspective to current events.

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Fred Gray – Civil Rights Attorney for Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King

TUC Archive: Fred Gray, just out of law school, made a commitment to destroy everything segregated in his home state of Alabama Rosa Parks was only Fred Gray’s second case. Gray represented Claudette Colvin, a teenager, who nine months earlier had been the first to refuse to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus – and in turn inspired Rosa Parks. When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for violating the segregated seating ordinance, 26-year-old Martin Luther King was chosen to lead the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and 24-year-old Fred Gray became his and the movement’s lawyer. Gray’s legal victory in the federal courts ended the boycott 381 days later. Fred Gray won scores of civil rights cases in education, voting rights, transportation, and health. He represented the Freedom Riders, the Selma-to-Montgomery marchers, and the victims of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. It was a Republican and former employee of the United States Public Health Service, Peter Buxtun, who blew the whistle on the Tuskegee study. Poor black sharecroppers were led to believe they were being treated, while in reality the study recorded the progression of untreated Syphilis. In 2009 Buxtun was the events coordinator for the Republican Roundtable. He invited Fred Gray to speak – and allowed TUC Radio to attend and record the event. Sadly, Peter Buxtun passed away in May of 2024. Fred Gray, now age 94, still maintains a law office in Montgomery, Alabama.

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In Memory of Bertolt Brecht (Archive)

For Brecht’s 100th birthday in 1998 the Royal National Theatre from London gave a performance in his honor at Theater Artaud in San Francisco Bertolt Brecht and many other artists in post WWI Germany were courageously and proudly democrats, socialists or communists. They had experienced the horror of the first World War and were determined to prevent a second one. So when Hitler and the Nazi party actually assumed state power in 1933 they were all marked and most of them left the country immediately. Their exodus destroyed much of the cultural/political rebellion of the 1920s. Even though Brecht, the playwright, poet, director and theoretician of the stage, was persecuted by the Nazi’s, he was forced to leave his home in exile in the US when he was accused of being a communist. Nevertheless he did become a major influence on visual and performance artists such as Jean Luc Godard, Robert Wilson, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Augusto Boal, Pina Bausch, Dario Fo and many others. His most famous plays, the Threepenny Opera and the Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny were just two of over sixty plays. During the war years, Brecht became a prominent writer of the “Literature in Exile”. He expressed his opposition to the National Socialist and Fascist movements in his most often performed plays: Mother Courage, The Good Person of Szechwan, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Fear and Misery of the Third Reich, and The Life of Galileo – that he revised after the dropping of the atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of his most searing, funny, frightening and historically accurate plays against Hitler is The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui. The play followed precisely the stages of the Nazi’s seizure of power and posed the most important question: Could Hitler’s rise have been stopped? For Brecht’s 100th birthday in 1998 the Royal National Theatre from London, under their first formidable woman director Di Trevis, gave a performance in his honor in San Francisco. They presented songs, and read from poetry and plays. I was given permission to record the songs during the dress rehearsal and include them in this broadcast. They are, in order of appearance: Song of the SA Man, The Seven Deadly Sins, To a Portable Radio, The Ballad of the “Jewish Whore” Marie Sanders, To Those Born Later, Hollywood Elegy, The Moldau, and Everything or Nothing. This rebroadcast in July 2023 calls attention to the fragile edge between war and peace; and fascism and democracy, that might lead to WWIII.

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Accelerated Warming - Experts Freak Out

Climate experts and meteorologists in Germany are freaking out. Global warming accelerated significantly. News from The German Meteorological Society, the German Physical Society, and Potsdam Professor Stefan Rahmstorf. Ill break down the latest including a horrific 3 degrees C of global warming by 2050. Until now, the ocean absorbed about a third of carbon dioxide emissions. Latest science finds "Unexpected decline in the ocean carbon sink under record-high sea surface temperatures in 2023". We talk with Lead Author Jens Daniel Muller in Zurich. Hot trouble this week on Radio Ecoshock.

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TWIP-250928

In this interview titled "Susan Abulhawa: Gaza Will Define Humanity’s Future", Palestinian-American novelist and activist Susan Abulhawa joins journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin on Out Loud for a searing, emotionally charged conversation about Gaza, resistance, and the moral crossroads facing humanity. Abulhawa speaks with unflinching clarity, refusing euphemisms and half-truths. She calls the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza what it is: genocide, colonialism, and betrayal—not just by Israel, but by complicit Arab regimes and global powers. Her voice, sharpened by grief and defiance, insists that rage is not weakness but a form of survival. She argues that when rage is channeled into responsibility, it becomes a source of courage and hope. Throughout the episode, Abulhawa explores Gaza not merely as a place under siege, but as a mirror of humanity’s future. She dismantles the psychology of helplessness, critiques the myth of Western “decorum,” and exposes the illusion of free speech that collapses when Palestine is mentioned. Her analysis is both literary and political, rooted in lived experience and historical truth. Key themes include: • Her recent visit to Gaza and the unbearable realities she witnessed firsthand. • The role of language in masking violence—why terms like “conflict” or “war” obscure the reality of ethnic cleansing. • The global architecture of complicity, including silence from cultural institutions and censorship of Palestinian voices. • The resilience of Palestinians, especially children, and the cultural memory that sustains hope amid devastation. Abulhawa also previews her upcoming literary projects, including a Gaza anthology, and reflects on the duty of artists, writers, and thinkers to speak truth in times of mass erasure. The episode closes with a call to action: rage alone will not change the world—but rage, when multiplied and directed, becomes the power to shift history. Gaza, she insists, is not just a tragedy—it is a test. And how the world responds will define the moral trajectory of our time.

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EXCLUSIVE Dr Chris Busby: did Israeli neutron weapon kill Nasrallah? Plus Milibands nuclear waste dump

– Ford Hill organic farm merges with another one – criminal destruction of Robin Page’s The Countryside Restoration Trust – Nigel Farage on course to be next prime minister -> Starmer’s speech about ID cards. Starmer’s deal with Trump on UK hosting data centres – Nigel Farage on course to be next prime minister, mega poll projects The projection suggests 306 Reform gains, up from their current seat tally of five – Marianne Birkby, from Radiation Free Lakeland, on Labour plans to bury high level nuclear waste in Cumbria – Friends of the Earth's betrayal! How global warming policies mean nuclear energy is not campaigned against any more. – Miliband poised to overrule local opposition to build nuclear waste dumps – Elon Musk issues chilling ‘fight back or you die’ message at Tommy Robinson rally – David Miller on Corbyn’s ‘Your Party’ – Corbyn cannot say he’s anti Zionist. The Fall Of “Your Party” – Morgan McSweeney, Israel's election fraudster at the heart of Starmer's government? – McSweeneygate 1: Double Down News, Paul Holden report on Morgan McSweeney, Starmer’s Chief of Staff – he took £730,000 from two Israeli donors, and orchestrated outing of Jeremy Corbyn. – Paul Holden’s book on the subject ‘The Fraud’ out in November. The Fraud Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney, and the Crisis of British Democracy – Police in Northern Ireland spied on journalists – taking names of confidential sources. Police used journalists’ phone data to detect leaks by staff – McSweeneygate 2: Morgan McSweeney began working for Labour doing data entry into Peter Mandelson’s ‘Excalibur’ computer system – UK flags put up – Clive Lewis. 1. “The government doesn’t listen to us.” 2. “I want to feel proud of my country again.” – Bankruptcy of businesses – Duplicity? Jaguar Landrover says its victim of ‘cyberattack’ but announced a few weeks ago is was in financial crisis! – More evidence Israel used neutron weapon to kill Nasrallah in Beirut – Evidence Israel may have used a neutron weapon in massive decapitation strike against Hezbollah in September 2024. – Dr Chris Busby on neutron bombs – looks like may have been around for a long time, and many people he knows who have died trying to get information out about possible use of this weapon – One explanation is that a new weapon has a neutron-producing warhead and the short-lived radiation (12 weeks) is due to activation products which physically decay over a period of some months – Ukraine realities – behind the propaganda and spin – Harald Kujat, retired German Army General – Glen Diesen General Harald Kujat is a former head of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) and the former Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee – UN General Assembly Netanyahu speech at UN – most delegates walk out – but US remains. – UN General Assembly – speech by Iranian President Pezeshkian – we do not seek nuclear weapons. – Columbian President Gustavo Petro at UN – drug traffickers rich white men. – BBC report – Zelensky speech at UN. – Ahmed al Sharaa, new President of Syria, at UN. – Former French President Sarkosy to prison. – David Lammy speech at UN. – Tulsi Gabbard confirms evidence Dr Fauci lied to create gain-of-function Covid-19 in Wuhan! Gain of Function research and Covid. – Tulsi Gabbard on Fauci’s Preemptive Pardon and Connecting Gain-of-Function Research to COVID Origins – WWIII plans unravel at Quantico Virginia next Tuesday? – US War Chief Summons Hundreds of Generals and Admirals for Urgent Meeting – US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US military generals and admirals stationed around the world to an urgent meeting, scheduled to take place at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, next week – RFK Junior at memorial for Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk on his Christianity. Tearful crowds mourn Charlie Kirk at vigil as – RFK Jr and Karoline Leavitt get standing ovations for speeches – The Legend of the Witches documentary (1970) which describes witches actual core beliefs relating to nature worship and way, way back to Egyptian Pharaohs – rituals like modern Freemasonry and Freemasonry seems to be a specifically Zionist offshoot of witchcraft with tailor-made rituals about Solomon’s Temple etc. – This influential counter-cultural documentary of pagan belief is austere and striking. – Originally X-rated, it centres on the rituals of celebrated Notting Hill Witch King and Queen, Alex and Maxine Sanders. – Sharing the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual scrying, – the casting of a ‘death spell’, and the chilling intimacy of a Black Mass, – Malcolm Leigh’s film also explores Britain’s hidden pagan heritage and its continued influence on our lives today. – NOT The BCfm Politics Show presented by Tony Gosling https://politicsthisweek.gn.apc.org/2025/09/not-the-bcfm-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-257/

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Guy McPherson, Ph.D- "Near Term Human Extinction" Part Two

In this, part two of our series on near term human extinction, we continue our conversation with Dr. Guy R. McPherson, Professor Emeritus of Natural Resources, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Arizona. Professor McPherson is co-author with Carolyn Baker of “Extinction Dialogs: How to Live With Death in Mind.” McPherson presents what appears to be overwhelming scientific evidence that our environment is headed for a swift apocalyptic collapse. This is the most disturbing conversation that I have had in past 25 years as host and producer of Radio Curious. That said, imagine the human habitat in which we all live changing so rapidly that life as we know it is extinguished. Temperatures that are getting hotter than ever, decades long droughts, catastrophic fires, melting polar ice, rising sea levels, and unprecedented winter storms are expected to radically limit food production and availability of potable water. Not only is this extinction likely, it is occurring every day. “How to live with death in mind” is the goal; living with urgency is the practice. In part one, Dr. Guy McPherson discusses the rise of global temperature by more than 1 degree centigrade, the likelihood of a continued global warming trend in the future and some of its affects on our planet. In this, our second visit with Prof. McPherson he explains how this small rise in global temperature is leading to a large scale mass extinction on earth. Recorded on September 14, 2015, while he was traveling in New York state, we began I asked him what abrupt extinction will look like and what will occur that will end human life on earth. The books Dr. Guy McPherson recommends are “Ms. Lady Bug and Mr. Honeybee: A Love Story at the End of Time,” by Pauline Panagiotou-Schneider and Guy McPherson. He also recommends the books by Edward Abbey.

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Electronic Intifada Newscast 25 September 2025

Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from September 18th to the 25th, 2025.

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The Shortwave Report 09/26/25

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Japan, France, Germany, and Cuba.

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Haiti will not kneel

Haiti will not kneel: Armed neighborhood committees continue to resist the imperialist gangs sent by Washington.

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Jimmy Kimmel Stays! Trump Must Go Now! All Out for Nov 5 | + Bob Avakian on the New Communism

Jimmy Kimmel Stays. Trump Must Go! November 5, The time has come for...The fall of the trump fascist regime. Bob Avakian, REVOLUTION #133, “Yes, this Trump/MAGA fascism really is that bad. And, if it is not driven from power soon, it will get far worse.” Rafael Kadaris on anti-communist divide and conquer schemes. Bob Avakian, What is new in the New Communism? Alfonso Morales, Immigrant Rights Attorney and member of Refuse Fascism: ICE terror & the Supreme Court legalizing racial profiling.

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Powell Speaks for LGBTQ Refugees & Global LGBTQ News

Rainbow Railroad ex-CEO and Carr-Ryan Center at Harvard Global LGBTQI+ Human Rights Fellow Kamahli Powell discusses barriers for LGBTQ+ people in the world’s refugee crisis; Truman Capote reads from “Breakfast at Tifany’s”; US Congress members demand queer data from State Dept, US senators try to reinstate LGBTQ youth hotline, Pope Leo supports inclusion without marriage equality, Trump’s anti-trans attacks continue, ice cream Jerry hits rocky road over censorship, more global news.

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Between the Lines for September 24, 2025

Trump's FCC Takes Action to Suppress Free Speech; RFK Jr's War Against Vaccinations and Science Reaches New Dangerous Phase; Petrostate Tour of US Capitol Tour Shines light on Fossil Fuel Industry’s attack on environment/climate.

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Recovery Radio for 09-25-25

Johnny, Denise and Jay discuss mental health and suicide prevention month and some of their personal experiences.

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Boston Freedom Rally

Coverage of the 38th annual Freedom Rally for Marijuana liberation.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 1108

Take 5 guys with a desire to record an album for their grandchildren and you got got our album profile this week as they're singing (or sweatin) to the oldies, some polka music that may be unintentionally suggestive (don't go there!) and we are blessed with the Lord of all Radios this week in the Limburger Lounge.

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Erica Mackie of GRID Alternatives on Solar For All Cancellation

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, 34 million households across America are energy insecure. The Solar for All program was set to provide funding to 60 entities that planned to create or expand existing low-income solar programs and would have enabled 900,000 households nationwide in disadvantaged communities to utilize solar energy to reduce their home energy bills. And yet, the current iteration of the EPA recently announced that the Solar for All Program's funding of $7 billion is being terminated. This week on Sea Change Radio - we speak to a solar executive whose organization has had its Solar for All funding rug pulled out from under it. Erica Mackie, the co-founder and co-CEO of the solar nonprofit, GRID Alternatives, joins the program to give us an overview of the services that her organization provides and to discuss the impact of the EPA’s recent decision.

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Sonic Café #453/He’s Wearing Velvet Pants

Sonic Café, the Black Crowes from there 2024 release Happiness Bastards, their first new album in 15 years. We’re glad the Crowes are back at it once again. So hey this is the Sonic Café, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 453. This time the Sonic Café presents a music mix pulled from 56 years that includes Beck, the Propeller Heads, World Party, Sum 41 and of course many more, including a disco tune the Rock and roll Hall of fame included in there list of 500 songs that shaped rock and roll. Listen for Love To Love You, Donna Summer from 1976. We’ll spin it up around the bottom of the hour so you have time to pull out your mirror ball, ahh so you can have the full disco experience. Then comedian Jen Kirkman steps up to the mic, to explain how babies were raised in the 1970’s, funny stuff. Ohh and we’ll also have a guy freaking out at a drive thru in a thing called ...and then. So all that straight ahead from that little radio café way out here in the breathtaking Pacific Northwest. From 1969 here’s Wilson Pickett, and as always we’re the Sonic Café.

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Sonic Café #452/Rock of Ages

Sonic Café, that’s Brick + Mortar, assuring us that we are not alone, which is true because you’re in the Sonic Cafe, a place where you might just find true enlightenment, I’m Scott Clark and this is episode 452. This time the Sonic Café presents a really fun program pulled from 52 years. Listen for Cheryl K covering Money, off the Crazy Rich Asians Soundtrack, also great blues from JT Coldfire, listen for She’s Crazy. Plus music from Flunk, The Pretenders and much more, including Conan O’Brian asking Jack White about the amazing popularity of Seven Nation Army, it’s ahh enlightening. We’ve also got Neil deGrasse Tyson shining a light on the true meaning of AM and PM. Also lanother Sonic Café Believe it or Not explaining why there are no fat kids in Japan, and finally, near the bottom of the hour, another Sonic Café triple spin. This it’s a Rock of Age triple spin from the 1960’s with the Mamas and Poppas, Buffalo Springfield and The Grass Roots, presented, ahh back to back to back. So pop in your air pods, crank the volume to eleven and achieve ahh true enlightenment. From 2018 here’s Kris Rodgers & the Dirty Gems, this is Every Little Crack and we’re the Sonic Café.

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John Hope Bryant Takes Us Inside the Mind of a Black Capitalist

Today’s guest is none other than John Hope Bryant—the leading mind of Black wealth in America. In the first half of the show, we discuss the ascension of Donald Trump to the presidency and the implications of his second term on the wealth of Black Americans. In the second half of the show, we discuss the new normal for Black Americans and what things can and should be done to create meaningful financial inroads without the support of the political system.

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Walkuman Style #415

1. 88 Keys - Benny Zenn & Cazeaux O.S.L.O. 2. Still Lives Through - Little Brother 3. Locked In - David Bars 4. Still on the Marquee - Timbuktu & T.O. Huxtable feat. Moka Only 5. Work It Out - C-Red & Agent M 6. Wild Animal - J Swift feat. K-Natural and Akil The MC 7.Turkish Airlines - J Littles & Kong The Artisan 8. Writings on The Wall - Señor Kaos & Illastrate feat. Supastition and 4-IZE 9. The Colours - John Robinson & BudaMunk 10.The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Brian Jackson feat. Black Thought 11. Talkin' Hip Hop (instrumental) - Castle Money Beats 12. Culmination - Tranzformer & Big O feat. L.O.U. and P-Rawb/Decksterror 13. Kintsugi - LxVNDR & Uncle Fester 14. Come Right - Stylistic Murder feat. O.C. and DJ Danetic 15. Love To Perform - Es & Tony Weyez & Evendentlee 16. Not to be Defined - Lazarus feat. Rakim 17. Urban Chronicle - Kaydron w/ Jaxson 18. No Love Lost - AlumNY (Dynas, Kil Ripkin and Jah Freedom) feat. J-Live 19. Time Goes By - Genovese feat. Ali Vegas 20. Bars & BBQ - Shad 21. that time in brasil - Wun Two & dennisivnc

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Alex Carey: Corporations and Propaganda, Part TWO of TWO

This segment covers the little known role of the US Chamber of Commerce in the McCarthy witch hunts of post WWII. Carey also shows how the continued campaign against "Big Government" plays an important role in bringing Reagan to power. Also mentioned the famous secret memo by Lewis Powell, later Supreme Court Justice, that set in motion what Bill Moyers today calls "the revolt of the rich." Alex Carey said that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. Carey’s unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era. Alex Carey: Taking the Risk out of Democracy, Corporate Propaganda VS Freedom and Liberty, with a foreword by Noam Chomsky, was published by the University of Illinois Press in 1995. Produced in 1988

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Alex Carey: Corporations and Propaganda (ONE of TWO)

This is TUC Radio's all time most popular program. Those of you who used it know that it draws an amazing response. It's been almost two years since it was last sent out. Alex Carey wrote that the people of the US have been subjected to an unparalleled, expensive, 3/4 century long propaganda effort designed to expand corporate rights by undermining democracy and destroying the unions. The 20th century, he wrote, is marked by three historic developments: the growth of democracy via the expansion of the franchise, the growth of corporations, and the growth of propaganda to protect corporations from democracy. Carey’s unique view of US history goes back to World War I and ends with the Reagan era.

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The Appalachian Sunday Morning with Danny Hensley

The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org. This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes to mention a few.

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WINGS #24-95 Beijing Plus 5

 The third and final episode of our retrospective on the UN 4th World Conference on Women covers the 5-year review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action that states parties signed in 1995 in Beijing. The event held in June 2000 at UN headquarters in New York was intended to cover what progress women had made on those issues since 1995.    The most hotly contested issue was sexual rights. Existing compromise language, paragraph 96 in the original document, says women have the right to control their own sexuality. In this program, you'll hear fierce objections by right-wing US organizers and delegates from Catholic and Muslim-oriented countries, but also a defence by the European Union bloc. Canada argued for the language to be expanded to explicitly include "sexual orientation." New Zealand considered sexual orientation to be covered under a clause worded as "other status."    The G77 was somewhat split on sexual rights, but came out strongly on the issue that women in the world had become poorer over the past 5 years - attributed largely to globalization and national debts.    According to sociologist Jacqueline Skyles, the agreement signed at the end of this meeting was "almost a miracle." 

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Ambiance Congo: September 21, 2025

Congolese popular music.

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RAVENeugene.org Benefit

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September 21, 2025: A spell cast in rhythm & reverie

Sly & Robbie, the producers; a wonderful new collaboration between England's Balimaya Project and musicians from Colombia's Pacific region; Bio Ritmo, salsa celebrities in Colombia, play a hometown gig on Thursday; three songs from the great new album by Orchestra Gold; new Ethiopian sounds from Mulatu Astatke, Meklit, Yalla Miku, Trio Kazanchis + 1 and Trio Mokili

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From Smog To Ozone Warming

Driving around in a death trap? Fossil smog is killing almost 100,000 Americans a year. From UCL and University of Birmingham, Dr. Karn Vohra on the real cost of gas and oil in the USA. Few of us could name the third biggest greenhouse gas. The ins-and-outs of ozone and global warming with Professor Bill Collins from University of Reading. Plus: the hot state of Pakistan with Adjit Najam and a new climate song "Hot Nights".

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