Suzy Hansen Views US Empire's Impact from Istanbul

Suzy Hansen, an American journalist who has lived and worked in Turkey for the past decade has written one of the most refreshingly honest and important books I have read: “Notes on a Foreign Country: An American Abroad in a Post-American World,” which, among other things is an indictment of the current and past generations of the American public, particularly the white American public, for their indifference to the often monstrous crimes their government has committed against other peoples around the world of which they have been the beneficiaries while never questioning America’s “goodness.” Channeling James Baldwin who, more than a half century ago, found Turkey more accepting of a black, gay man than New York or Paris, Hansen, an experienced reporter, chose the country as place of residence after winning a scholarship and then has her eyes opened to the impact that the US has had on Turkey and other countries she has covered, such as Greece, growing ever more cognizant of “our country’s terrible innocence about our own deeds.” This is what I hope will be the first of several interviews with Hansen. Check it out.

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Jeff Blankfort:NewsOp:The Empire in Niger and vs. Iran

I begin by pointing out again that the US war on Iraq has led to a greater catastrophe for the peoples of the Middle East and North and Sub Saharan Africa; that with the overthrow of Khadafy in Libya, it has not only produced the colossal refugee disaster that has been impacting Europe but has been the catalyst for the rise of neo-Nazi parties in Europe and Germany and Austria, in particular. I then examine the controversy over the death of four US soldiers in Niger in terms of the expansion of the US Empire in Africa with the Africa Command during the Obama presidency and its current presence in 53 African countries. I note that the US air force is building its biggest troop constructed air base in Agadez, Niger (the name was mysteriously clipped from the recording) which is the starting point for refugees from Sub Saharan Africa. I go from there from Trump’s efforts to sabotage the nuclear accord with Iran and Congress’s own plans to implement new sanctions over its missile program and follow with Rex Tillerson in Saudi Arabia, warning European countries about doing business with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and telling “foreign soldiers” in Iraq, meaning Iranians, to go home since the fight with ISIS has been won. Foreign soldiers apparently do not include Americans. I finish with a report from Dickinson, Texas, where a new state law requiring Texans doing business with the state to swear they will not boycott or support a boycott against Israel, to get funds to rebuild their homes that were damaged by Hurricane Harvey.

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Between The Lines Week Ending November 3, 2017

Journalist Julianne Tveten: Battle Against "Fake News" Triggers Marginalization of Progressive Media Outlets; Sierra Nevada Research Institute at the University of California's Leroy Westerling: Dramatic Increase in Western U.S. Wildfires Linked to Climate Change; Climate Activist Bill McKibben: Simply Too Hot: the Desperate Science and Politics of Climate

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Commentary October 23, 2017

Phil mentions the media awards in Hamilton, and also criticizes Western media bias, pointing out Robert Mugabe has considerable support across Africa.

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CPR News, October 25, 2017

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Mindfulness in the Digital Age

Radio Curious discusses mental health in the digital age and the importance of mindfulness with Dr. Dan Gottlieb, psychologist, author and radio show host.

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What We're Facing & What the World Needs: Ed Rampell, the 70th Anniversary of the Hollywood Blacklist, James Loewen, the Neo-Confederates, Bob Avakian, Trump/Pence Must Go

Ed Rampell, The 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST. Dr. James Loewen, Sociologist and Author, shows that the Confederate leaders were open and out front about why they started the Civil War: to protect slavery and the society based on white supremacy. Bob Avakian, excerpts from a new talk, The Trump/Pence Regime Must Go! In the Name of Humanity, We REFUSE to Accept a Fascist America! A better world is possible.

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Diane Shima Rwigara and Victoire Ingabire Are United

Something quite dramatic and hopeful for Rwanda is developing. Two brave and talented women, Diane Shima Rwigara, a Tutsi, and Victoire Ingabire, a Hutu, are challenging the dictatorial regime of Paul Kagame. Both have been imprisoned but have strong support in the country and diaspora. Most strikingly, we see that Kagame’s old game of demonizing Hutus and calling his opponents names is failing.

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Marco Krapels: Empowering Puerto Rico

We have profiled nonprofit startup Empowered By Light in the past because of the organization’s good work in developing countries. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to one of its co-founders because of the work they’re currently doing in this country. Marco Krapels joins us to discuss his recent trip to Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Krapels talks about what compelled him to go, gives us an eyewitness account of the devastation there, and outlines the services Empowered By Light is providing to local Puerto Ricans. Then, on the heels of our discussion with George Monbiot, we dig into the Sea Change Radio archive to take a listen to last year’s interview with Becky Bond and Zack Exley, two senior advisers for the Bernie Sanders campaign who influenced Monbiot’s most recent book.

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The WFTU Advocates for an Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Imperialist Trade Union Movement

Post World-War-Two, there was a popular world-wide movement to establish the World Federation of Trade Unionists. It enjoyed early success but soon the Western capitalist classes struck back and smashed socialist union forces in Europe and North America. The WFTU has fought on, and now once again is gaining new members who demand unions that challenge the entire capitalist system.

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Renegade Economists (Part SIX) Marilyn Waring, Kate Raworth and Elinor Ostrom

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CPR News, October 24, 2017

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Upstate Radio Theatre 1717

An hour of Old Time Radio. http://qualityradioproducitons.blogspot.com

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Fall '17 Fund Drive - Show # 2 - Rob Williams Live In The Studio

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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African Court Tells Rwanda to Respect the Rights of Leon Mugesera

Leon Mugesera, after many years of litigation was removed from Canada and sent to Rwanda. Government spokespersons roundly assured skeptics that Leon Mugesera would receive a fair trial and protection of his rights from the Rwandan judicial system, such as it is. It did not happen. And now a human rights court in Africa has detailed Mugesera’s improper treatment and necessary remedies, thanks to the work of Phillippe Larochelle and his colleagues.

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Marriage equality supplants homophobia in Oz + global news + more!

Activists rally for final "Yes" votes in the Oz marriage plebiscite; Australia’s homophobic past plays into the plebiscite present; a trans teen takes on Trump’s military ban; Central Asia’s anti-queer purge spreads to Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Paraguay adopt "no promo homo" restrictions, Morocco’s Human rights head slams LGBT "scum", a North Carolina settlement may clear the state’s trans "bathroom" clog, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!

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Episode 108 - Hey I'll take a German Following

Well, Everything from Roku, to our regular Ezel Mackadoo calling in to strippers stealing guns and men exposing themselves to women and children we've got it all this week, really we do! Joe Wisdom makes an appearance too! Tune in live every Monday night at 8pm eastern http://www.chiampa.info

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Normalising Internalised Repression: American Nativism and the Main-Streaming of Extrasensory non-European Self-Rejection

For your listening pleasure, we present another raw, unscripted and uncensored spoken word dispatch from @TheAngryindian speaking on the psycho-social damage silently incurred by conscious folk of African descent in the United States of White America under the indubitably pro-racialist Donald Trump administration and a bevy of other nefarious subjects that weigh negatively upon Black and Brown life in North America and abroad. EXTRAS: TheAngryindian recently spoke with Los Angeles, USA-based Afro-American street activist Nolan Hack about his efforts to protest the historically revisionist stage-play: ‘Thomas and Sally’ written by Afro-American playwright Thomas Bradshaw and produced by the Marin Theatre Company (San Francisco, CA); a rare recording of the African Revolutionary classic: ‘White Man’s Heaven is a Black Man’s Hell’ (NOI) and a presentation of socially-conscious PSA’s fill out our independent IRB programme.

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Frequency Theory 1737 "Sapphire Elm"

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Martian Gardens Episode 905 Hour 4

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Making things worse in Myanmar

Phil laments the corporate media making things worse and paving the way for neo-colonialism in Myanmar. It has been known for some time that the Muslim population in Rakhine is in need of constructive solutions, but our government and media have pulled up tropes about 'ethnic cleansing' in benighted Myanmar. Based on the ramblings of a Jordanian prince, no less. Nevertheless, the Toronto Star and the New York Times [one and the same outfit, in effect] managed to miss the co-ordinated Saudi-backed militant campaign when they implored Myanmar to follow the rules.

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Partisan Gerrymandering and the US Constitution

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#745 - The Hall Of Mirrors

John Taylor Gatto has contributed a lot to this show, perhaps more in terms of episodes than anyone else. Nevertheless, I'm giving another show over to him, since this speech, The Hall Of Mirrors, is such an excellent summary of the predicament of the United States of America - a nation which for generations has been attempting - not without success - to indoctrinate each new generation to greater heights of dependency upon the corporate system. This speech, from about 2009, really pulls it together, and gives a great historical perspective.

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CPR News, October 23, 2017

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The Taxcast: October 2017

In this month’s Taxcast we look at the booming business of passports and residency for sale, and why it should worry us all. Also: even the IMF now advocates wealth taxes to combat inequality, yet governments around the world – most recently President Macron of France – are going in the opposite direction despite all the evidence that it’s a bad idea we discuss how Russia and the US are now world leaders in inequality and good news – the European Commission has ordered Luxembourg to claim back $293 million in taxes from Amazon in another ruling on illegal state aid. This Taxcast is dedicated to the memory of Daphne Caruana Galizia, Malta’s best-known investigative journalist who was murdered by a car bomb, a cowardly attack on all those who refuse to accept the corruption and state capture of our institutions and democracies by dirty money and financial secrecy.

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#503 -- Naomi Klein: Capitalism vs the Climate, Part 1 (R)

Klein discusses the ideas of her book, This Changes Everything. She argues that any real solution to the climate crisis will have to overturn four aggravating factors: privatization, deregulation, "austerity," and "free-trade" deals. These pillars of neoliberal economics well deserve overturning on their own (lack of) merits. Because of the climate crisis, transforming the global economy for the better now seems very possible. An interesting and upbeat talk with many good specific examples.

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The Gospel of Jazz;10/22/17; set 1

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The Gospel ofJazz/10/22/17/ set 2

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0427

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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Upbeat Music Hour Show 68

Golden Oldies (70s, 80s, 90s)

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