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Jeff Blankfort:News Op: Trump ends Peace Process Delusion
Dec. 13, 2017, 1:28 p.m.
I begin with comparing Putinâs announcement on Syrian troop withdrawal with Pentagonâs notice that the US has 2000 troops illegally in Syria instead of 500 as Obama had told the public.
Then, I quote from Gideon Levyâs biting analysis of Trumpâs recognition of Jerusalem as the game changer, praising it for tearing the mask off the notion that the US could ever be an honest broker, that it didnât, in fact, support continued Israeli occupation, and putting an end to the two state delusion.
I then quote from a Palestinian poll taken in the West Bank and Gaza right after Trumpâs announcement which reveals depth of opposition to Abbas but fear of speaking publicly against the Palestinian Authority, of popularity of Marwan Barghouti, of opposition to having any more to do with the US, support of going to the International Criminal Court, growing support for armed struggle, and that in an election, Hamasâs Hanieyh would defeat Abbas while Barghouti, now in prison, would defeat both.
I conclude by noting a NY Times report that the US missile defense program employed by Saudi Arabia, the same which South Korea against possible missile attack from North Korea, massively failed to stop an older Scud missile launched by the Houtis against the Saudi airport in Riyadh, countering an initial report that the missile had been successfully intercepted.
Dec. 13, 2017, 12:09 p.m.
The opening hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas; KAOS Radio Austin, Texas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the RWR cyberband on iTunes & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.
Dec. 13, 2017, 11:51 a.m.
The second hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas; KAOS Radio Austin, Texas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the RWR cyberband on iTunes & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.
Dec. 13, 2017, 11:35 a.m.
The third hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas; KAOS Radio Austin, Texas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the RWR cyberband on iTunes & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.
Dec. 13, 2017, 11:26 a.m.
The closing hour of Rural War Room's four-hour weekly radio broadcast 10pm-2am central time from KABF 88.3 FM Little Rock, Arkansas; KAOS Radio Austin, Texas. Details on the international works of Rural War Room - Instagram, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Soundcloud, Google+, Tumblr, ReverbNation, SongKick. Buy albums by the RWR cyberband on iTunes & Amazon. http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - Click Series above for full archive.
Traditional Appalachian Music & Stories
Dec. 13, 2017, 10:27 a.m.
Back 'N' The Day - SBBradio
Dec. 13, 2017, 9:57 a.m.
Rant & Rave - The Stray Cats
Dec. 13, 2017, 9:15 a.m.
Between the Lines for the Week Ending December 22, 2017
Dec. 13, 2017, 8:54 a.m.
With Declaration on Jerusalem Trump Angers World, Isolates U.S; Trump Floats Idea to Establish Private Spy Agency; U.S. Indigenous Communities Building Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change
Dec. 13, 2017, 7:58 a.m.
Weekday World, December 13, 2017
Dec. 13, 2017, 1:09 a.m.
Loneliness and How it Affects Us
Dec. 12, 2017, 10:29 p.m.
How many of us are lonely? What is loneliness and how does it affect us? William Patrick, the founding editor of The Journal of Life Sciences and co-author of âLoneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection,â discusses loneliness and its impacts.
Dec. 12, 2017, 9 p.m.
Dahr Jamail on the Melting of Antarctica and Other Catastrophic Impacts of Climate Disruption. "The signs of runaway anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD) continue to mount with each passing month." Richard Falk on the Trump Regime's Jerusalem Decision and International Law. We'll speak with international law expert Richard Falk on the Trump Regime's decision to move the US diplomatic mission to Jerusalem, which is officially recognized as occupied territory.
"Evolution of Organic" by Mark Kitchell
Dec. 12, 2017, 8:44 p.m.
After WWII industrial, chemical agriculture almost erased the memory of farming and gardening as practiced for millennia. Even before the 1960s back to the land movement put out a flamboyant reminder for safe food free from oil based fertilizers and insecticides individual, unknown farmers and organizations preserved the ancient heritage.
Director and writer Mark Kitchell, best known for his movies: Berkeley in the Sixties and his environmental film A Fierce Green Fire decided to document the many sources for the Evolution of Organic. The film is going into distribution in early 2018.
Kitchell's goal was to cover the range of practices and ideals that inspired the resistance to chemical agriculture, from Alan Chadwick to Rachel Carson to Rudolf Steinerâs Biodynamic philosophy. And the film eventually brings the history forward to today where organics in some ways reached their own production and distribution of scale, while other small scale farmers protect their specialties and local neighbor to neighbor support systems.
The film is 86 minutes long and this program presents ca 25 minutes of intriguing clips across generations. The narrator is Frances Mc Dormand.
The web site for the film is http://evolutionoforganic.com/
Balfour, Israel and Palestine (first panel in the conference on Balfour Consequences)
Dec. 12, 2017, 8:19 p.m.
Today we feature the SECOND of five consecutive presentations recorded at the conference titled "Balfourâs Legacy: Confronting the Consequences," held on November 11th 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 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.
Last week we presented Yousef Munayyer's keynote address. Today 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.
Aaron Huertas: Science Justice Warrior
Dec. 12, 2017, 2:17 p.m.
Science is a required subject from kindergarten through 12th grade. It is not only a set of facts, itâs a way of thinking that has served as the engine for change. Yet, in the political landscape of the U.S., science has somehow become a controversial, and even divisive topic. How have we arrived at this reality wherein some people actively oppose the systematic search for knowledge? This week on Sea Change Radio, we check in with science communicator Aaron Huertas about his advocacy work. We discuss the fight for science justice, talk about the intersection of religion, science and politics, and look at some examples of how political divisions in this country damage the science community, and ultimately, all of us.
Dec. 12, 2017, 9:13 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
Palestine demonstration; Upcoming Chossudovsky event
Dec. 12, 2017, 8:26 a.m.
Ken Stone, from the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War reports on the recent large demonstration in Toronto against Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and describes the upcoming event in Hamilton and Toronto featuring Prof. Michel Chossudovsky speaking on the danger of nuclear war.
Dec. 12, 2017, 7:45 a.m.
American Beauty - Grateful Dead
Dec. 12, 2017, 7:41 a.m.
Dec. 12, 2017, 6:35 a.m.
Weekday World, December 12, 2017
Dec. 12, 2017, 3:39 a.m.
Episode 115 - The Real Episode 114
Dec. 11, 2017, 6:15 p.m.
Yes! We made it, technical difficulties plagued us once again, but we were able to take our regular caller Ezel and get to our interesting and crazy news from Chicago, Florida, and beyond! Tune in every Monday night at 8 pm eastern!
SCOTUS considers Colorado baker bias + more global LGBT news!
Dec. 11, 2017, 5:29 p.m.
The U.S. Supreme Court considers speech, creativity, and anti-gay bias; Austriaâs top court declares civil marriage equality, Cambodiaâs human rights head highlights a queer Asia Conference, a Tanzanian lesbian is arrested after her videoâd romance goes viral, Trump tilts at federal court windmills over transgender military troops, a Kentucky marriage activist runs against the clerk of his discontent, matrimonial equality becomes the law of the land in Australia, and more LGBTQ news from around the world.
Dec. 11, 2017, 4:11 p.m.
Radio Thrift Shop features a flexible format & is an homage to the "underground" era of broadcasting & freeform radio stations of the 1960's and 1970's. RTS features a homegrown mix of old time radio shows and documentaries, vinyl records, 78s, 45's, LPs, private press releases, and a variety of cassette tapes and homemade / self released cds. Each broadcast of Radio Thrift Shop features an improvised playlist from DJ Frederick's record library.
Dec. 11, 2017, 3:54 p.m.
Report from the annual Freedom Rally against Marijuana prohibition on Boston Common. Although this was the first time the rally was held with recreational grass being legal in the state.
Dec. 11, 2017, 1:38 p.m.
Let's Have Homecoming - Show # 18
Dec. 11, 2017, 10:15 a.m.
Where Are the People? as Nuclear Age ends
Dec. 11, 2017, 9:59 a.m.
The End of the Nuclear Age: Where are the People? A week of events organized by the Nuclear Energy Information Service to provide balance to the celebrations organized at the University of Chicago on whose campus the first experiment to produce a controlled chain reaction was conducted, December 2, 1942.
Nuclear expert, engineer, and former nuclear utility vice-president Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds Energy Education Corp, and Dr. Norma Field, professor emeritus, Dept. of East Asian Studies, University of Chicago, offer a sober counter to the promotional hype delivered at the official celebration of the first sustained nuclear chain reaction; an experiment conducted on the University's Hyde Park campus. Fields expressed disappointment that the University did not bring more of its resources into play for a holistic understanding of the event, but seemed to function as a prop to legitimate the celebration of the technology that resulted and which now provides the means for a small elite of men to destroy human civilization along with much of the biosphere under the guise of "security".
Gundersen talks about his trips to Japan to collect dirt samples following the nuclear reactor explosions at Fukushima and his work with Japanese citizens who seek the truth about the levels of contamination they are experiencing; there is wide spread distrust of the Japanese government and the utility TEPCO. The internet, reports Gundersen, has proved key as a tool for accessing truth and challenging the lies of government and industry. He offers a story of how his work helped save a marriage, and the terrible social pressure placed on mothers to return, with their children, to communities contaminated with radioactive particles.
He speaks of doctors under order from the Japanese government to diagnose the common effects of radiation as psychological in origin. And he reveals what he found in the dirt samples he collected and what a FOIA later revealed the NRC knew about the scale of the radiological contamination shortly following the nuclear reactor fires and meltdowns at Fukushima. He also comments on the Public Relations use of the 2020 Summer Olympics to decontaminate the country's image when the past six years have demonstrated the impossibility of decontaminating the land itself.
Dr. Fields speaks about the cultural and social
consequences of the Fukushima disaster, and the shared experiences of Americans and Marshall Islanders who were irradiated as a result of nuclear fall out from the nuclear bomb tests, the experimentation by US Government funded scientists, doctors and researchers on humans, and the misuse of science and medical ethics to deny people the scientific basis of their suffering. Both speak of the social stigma that being irradiated produces and the failure of the Japanese government, like the US Government to prioritize human health and well being over political and financial interests. Fields refers to Representative Ed Markey and his Committee's report on human radiation experiments, one of which took place on the University of Chicago's campus. She raises concerns over the absence of any public critical assessment, during the 75th anniversary, by the University or its scientific community, of the larger ramifications and the ethical course that Fermi's successful experiment has lead US and all of mankind on.
Close Enough for Rock 'N Roll - Nazareth
Dec. 11, 2017, 9:38 a.m.