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March 14, 2018, 1:37 a.m.
Radio Curious continues the 2nd of a two part conversation with civil rights lawyer, Barbara Phillips, a contributor to the book âVoices of Civil Rights Lawyers: Reflections From the Deep South: 1964-1980.â
March 13, 2018, 7:55 p.m.
Illegitimate Arrests As Activists Disrupt the Fascist Mnuchin and Challenge Him to Debate. We talk with Tala and Emma, activists with the Revolution Club and Refuse Fascism. February 4, LA Sheriffs chased 16-year-old AJ Weber into the courtyard of the apartment complex where he lived, and gunned him down. The young Black man was shot a dozen times in the back. The family of AJ have been joined by community members and others to confront the killer cops at community meetings and protests.
If Music Could Talk - March 11 2018
March 13, 2018, 6:56 p.m.
Frank Carini on the State of the Ocean State
March 13, 2018, 5:23 p.m.
This week on Sea Change Radio, we focus on Southern New England and how climate change is affecting the region. We hear from Frank Carini, the co-founder of ecoRI News, a publication which recently came out with a special report on the topic. We discuss the often overlooked issue of rising incidents of Lyme Disease in the region and how theyâre connected to the warming atmosphere, how the livelihoods of local fisherman are being affected by changing oceans, and what cities like Providence, Rhode Island are doing to offset rising temps. Then, we re-visit our 2017 discussion with mission venture capitalist Joel Solomon as he expounds on the future of our collective economic well-being.
March 13, 2018, 4:09 p.m.
As this world-eating paradigm collapses and chaos increases everywhere a new way, a Green Path, has been established by herbalists, witches, poets and musical artists. Using both traditional and newly found methods to not only make medicine but also to better understand our living world. It actually is based on very old ways of relationship with the OTHERS in the great chain of life.
March 13, 2018, 2:24 p.m.
Michael Parenti: The JFK Assassination and the Gangster Nature of the State (ONE of TWO)
March 13, 2018, 1:44 p.m.
Parenti criticizes the lone assassin theory and addresses the bitter question that haunts so many, whether government agencies of a democratic country would do such a thing as assassinate an elected President. He examines what he calls "the gangster nature of the state" and goes over details of the murder. This is one of Parenti's most highly acclaimed talks, ending with a standing ovation. He spoke on the 30th anniversary of the assassination.
When Oliver Stone's movie JFK opened in December 1991 a huge PR campaign was mobilized against the film. Even progressives spoke out. Noam Chomsky wrote in support of the Warren Commission's findings - in contrast Michael Parenti supported Stone and began by examining what he calls "the gangster nature of the state."
Michael Parenti is one of the nations leading progressive political analysts. He has taught at colleges and universities in the US and abroad. With roots in a working class Italian district in New York City and a PhD in political science from Yale, Parenti is an internationally known lecturer and author. An extended text of this talk can be found in Parentiâs book: Dirty Truths, published by City Lights in 1996.
March 13, 2018, 9:06 a.m.
An hour of old time radio. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com
March 13, 2018, 3:15 a.m.
The Movement to Free Victoire Ingabire
March 12, 2018, 8:04 p.m.
Phil Taylor and Charles Onana were awarded the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize for Peace and Democracy at a ceremony in Brussels. Victoire has been imprisoned now for 8 years because she advocated a peaceful, democratic opposition to the regime of Paul Kagame. Western media have said little about this case because the Kagame regime has backing from the US and NATO states.
In this segment, Phil Taylor interviews journalist Ann Garrison, a previous recipient of the Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Prize.
Historic WV Wildcat Teacher's Strike - Class Struggle Spreads
March 12, 2018, 6:56 p.m.
WV teacher and strike leader, Olivia Morris, talks with Stacy Davis Gates, CTU political director, about the historic 9 day wildcat strike that resonated positively as "class struggle" with teachers and workers from around the world.
Olivia speaks about first learning of plans to privatize WV public education only later to realize it was to benefit corporations like Proctor and Gamble, not students. She also talks about what she saw that raised her class consciousness and the long tradition in WV of mine workers striking for their rights.
That WV politicians were more concerned with the profits made by out of state energy companies than the education of the state's children or the welfare of its teachers and public service workers was demonstrated by legislation being pushed in the Capital. She tells a story of a town hall meeting where a young boy's question to the Governor forced him to flip his position and side with the strikers on some of their demands. She speaks about the difficulty in maintaining unity among the diverse population of teachers, all 55 counties supported the strike, once it was ended. Some participants felt they had obtained what they struck for others realized that the struggle was for much more than wages and required taking back their state from the corporations that colonized its government.
West Virginia teachers, among the lowest paid teachers in the nation bucked union leadership and shook up the power elites
while igniting public support across the state and the nation. Teachers in states from Oklahoma to Kentucky are looking at strategies to bring the WV 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, jam through a charter school bill
being promoted by corporations and push other anti-labor bills like 'payroll protection'. 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.
Episode 125 - Welcome Back One Beautiful Hot Mess
March 12, 2018, 6:14 p.m.
So we welcome back Amy Mellen to the internet waves on Chiampa Radio. She discusses her recent famous social media site jailing for talking about a CBD giveaway and a dispensary review on said site. Tune in to the recast to listen to the laughs and a whole lot more. Tune in Live every Monday night at 8 pm eastern http://www.chiampa.info
Queer Oscars' 90th + Sydney Mardi Gras' 40th + global news!
March 12, 2018, 6 p.m.
Sydneyâs 40th Mardi Gras contrasts Australiaâs brutal past & hopeful future; Oscar is still queer at 90; thousands demonstrate against LGBT rights in the Philippines, marriage equality roils lawmakers in El Salvador, Chile, Panama, and the Caymans, Bermuda legislators get "ballsy", a U.S. appeals court says federal laws protect trans workers from bias, Starkville gets it Pride, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!
March 12, 2018, 11:53 a.m.
March 12, 2018, 5:45 a.m.
Jazz From The Heart; 3/11/18; set 1
March 12, 2018, 5:13 a.m.
Jazz From The Heart; 3/11/18; set 2
March 12, 2018, 5:11 a.m.
March 12, 2018, 4:08 a.m.
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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0447
March 11, 2018, 3:18 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
#523 -- Destroying the American Dream
March 11, 2018, 3:06 p.m.
NOAM CHOMSKY discusses (with RALPH NADER) more of the key ideas of his recent book and film, Requiem for the American Dream: The Ten Principles of Concentration of Wealth and Power.
In this final installment, Nader discusses three more ways in which the rich and powerful are destroying democracy and establishing plutocracy in the U.S. These are: (1) "Keep the rabble in line," (2) "Manufacture consent," and (3) "Marginalize the population."
A brilliant, cogent, and very true-sounding talk.
March 11, 2018, 12:46 p.m.
Can we really power civilization with just hydro, solar and wind power? Scientist Ken Caldeira says almost, but not quite, in a new study. But we've already dumped too many greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. From the UK, scientist David Beerling explains a big new solution: laying down carbon-grabbing rock as fertilizer in the world's fields. James Hansen is a co-author. Environmental journalist Stephen Leahy reports the good and bad news as cities lead the way.
International Working Womens Day 2018 - Voices of Protest
March 11, 2018, 10:47 a.m.
And the Women Rose-Up: The Voices of Protest on International Working Womens Day 2018
The International Womens Strike is a global movement launched last year to draw attention to the exploitation and mistreatment of women within capitalist and patriarchal structures and this year its call to strike, in New York brought hundreds of women to the famed protest venue, Washington Square Park, before a scheduled march to document severe mistreatment and economic and social exploitation faced by themselves and by their communities. Speakers expressed solidarity with teachers in West Virginia who recently won a wildcat strike (a strike without the approval of union leadership) as the state legislature voted for pay raises. Teachers are now on the verge of striking in Oklahoma. As noted, the vast majority of teachers, in West Virginia and elsewhere, are women, with women making up 75% of the public school teacher workforce in New York City. Speakers expressed solidarity with their sister workers of the world raising up that strikers in Spain for example shut down the country with a 6 million strong strike group walking out and taking to the streets and noted the stoppage of transportation in Italy, and a large womens march in Kabul, proving Afghan women do not need to be saved. Nga Bui, a member of the Freedom Socialist Party, which was present to campaign for an elected Civilian Complaint Review Board, said that despite the seemingly disparate objectives many speakers voiced, they all had a common thread, on the surface, it may seem like its different ideas, but its ultimately about anti-capitalism and talking about the exploitation of womens labor. So thats where its all tied together and thats where all the different causes come together. And, Building Bridges was there to capture the event and brings you the highlights of the causes represented on stage that were all were threaded together by anti-capitalist sentiment, from abortion rights to Palestinian freedom to criminal justice reform and the rights of New York City street vendors.
The Appalachian Sunday Morning - S2
March 11, 2018, 9:23 a.m.
The Appalachian Sunday Morning - S1
March 11, 2018, 7:29 a.m.
March 11, 2018, 1:25 a.m.
An eclectic hour of modern Jazz. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com
The Prospects for Peace in Korea
March 10, 2018, 10:24 p.m.
In the wake of the encouraging dialogue and thaw in relations between North and South Korea, and the prospect of unprecedented face to face talks between the leaders of the DPRK and the US, Back in the USSR examines the historical context and what it will take to bring peace to what was once a unified nation before it was torn apart by a superpower's imperial schemes.
March 10, 2018, 5:40 p.m.
March 10, 2018, 10:59 a.m.
The Revenoor sells Fuel alcohol stills to the public
March 10, 2018, 6:28 a.m.
March 10, 2018, 3 a.m.
An hour of the best in Jazz.