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2018-05-04- Racists Keep Hiding Behind Free Speech
May 8, 2018, 7:38 p.m.
this quick edit of an episode of AW@L Radio has an update of the ongoing issue of the students organising under the group name "laurier society of open inquiry" (LSOI), who keep trying to host and platform speakers who support/are racist, white nationalist, and/or anti-Indigenous rights under the shield of "free speech". also an update on the shameful canadian government efforts to block more asylum seekers from entering canada.
The Life and Times of Utah Phillips (ONE of TWO) Archive - updated
May 8, 2018, 5:52 p.m.
May is the month for the folk singer, labor organizer, storyteller, activist and poet Utah Phillips. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 15, 1935, he died in Nevada City, CA, on May 23, 2008.
From the archives of TUC Radio - this is a celebration of his life and an account, in his own words, of how he became an activist.
"The golden voice of the great American Southwest", Bruce "U. Utah" Phillips came to the Unitarian Fellowship Hall in Berkeley on May 18, 2004, to talk about his life.â¨â¨Phillips parents were union organizers in the 1930s. When he left home to join a road crew in Yellowstone Park the older workers, who played guitars, taught Phillips how to turn his ukulele chords into guitar chords.â¨â¨As a soldier during the war on Korea, Phillips continued to find refuge in music and helped to form a band. After he returned to the United States he befriended Ammon Hennessey at the Joe Hill House for Transients and Migrants. Hennessey convinced him to become a pacifist and to use music as a political weapon.
Come back for the second part of this one hour talk when Utah Phillips remembered the founding of the Poor Peopleâs Party for children, working with the Mormon Church, the Black Panthers and Judi Bari, and how he became involved with the Folk Singers movement.
Randy Olson: "Don't Be Such A Scientist"
May 8, 2018, 4:26 p.m.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what if the picture is a bar graph with a bunch of statistical notations? It may be worth a thousand words, but only to a handful of people. In the context of climate change, that's clearly not enough. This weekâs guest on Sea Change Radio, is Randy Olson, a marine biology professor turned filmmaker and author whose book âDonât Be Such A Scientistâ makes the case that scientists can and should be better communicators, especially to regular (non-scientist) folk. Olson draws what he considers to be an important distinction between narration and storytelling, attempts to explain the mystifying ascendancy of Donald Trump, and gives us examples of what does and does not work in messaging scientific knowledge.
May 8, 2018, 2:47 p.m.
Grace Ross: Chaos around illegal foreclosures in Worcester MA
May 8, 2018, 8:34 a.m.
Grace Ross is a housing activist based in Worcester, Massachusetts who has a half-hour interview every Tuesday with David Tierney of WUML, Lowell's "Thinking Out Loud Program" This week she was in the middle of fighting an illegal foreclosure when the called in. The chaos and lawlessness she describes surrounding housing court and illegal evictions based on fraudulent mortgage practices of a decade ago is eye-opening and shocking. http://maapl.info/ to find out more or get involved.
May 8, 2018, 3:39 a.m.
May 7, 2018, 6:08 p.m.
Wow, well, Joe and Anthony finally explain how they come up with their show titles, only took 132 episodes. No callers this time, but that's okay. Tune in Live every monday night at http://www.chiampa.info at 8pm eastern 7pm central!
Oscar, Bosie, Alexander and Dusty + global LGBTQ news + more!(#1571)
May 7, 2018, 5:01 p.m.
The "Rainbow Guys" share "Oscarâs Letter to Bosie" and Janet Mason sees "Oscarâs Ghost"; "Outcasting Overtime" asks "Was Alexander the Great Gay?"; Dusty Springfieldâs Margie Adam cover reveals the 60âs pop starâs "Beautiful Soul"; a Belfast bakerâs cake case mirrors a top U.S. court controversy, Trumpâs new "faith initiative" preys on queer rights, Hong Kongâs top court nixes support by top banks, law firms, and Amnesty International for a lesbian seeking a visa for her British wife, Americaâs top teacher trolls Trump with Resist-wear, and more LGBTQ news from around the world!
May 7, 2018, 3:49 p.m.
Wake Up the Earth is an annual multi-cultural celebration in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston
The White House Coup, 1933 - Document - BBC
May 7, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
Document uncovers details of a planned coup in the USA in 1933 by right-wing American businessmen
View a picture gallery of images related to this edition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document20070723_gallery.shtml
The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bushâs Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
Mike Thomson investigates why so little is known about this biggest ever peacetime threat to American democracy.
May 7, 2018, 3:27 p.m.
May 7, 2018, 3:21 p.m.
(1.) Ear to the Street - BigBob feat. Influence Getem, Dro Pesci, Illa Ghee & The Note Troll
(2.) TheBeatGoesOnnn - C. Lewis
(3.) What's The Deal - AZ
(4.) Crowd React - Lightheaded (Ozay Moore, Ohmega Watts & Braille)
(5.) Trouble in the Water - DJ Honda ft. De La Soul
(6.) Process - Fraction & Finsta
(7.) Life is a Sitcom - Realio Sparkwellz
(8.) #NeverUseTheInternetAgain - Homeboy Sandman & Edan
(9.) Sucker Punch - Pawz One & Robin Da Landlord
(10.) What We Live - Nicolay & Kay of the Foundation
(11.) Brooklyn Nights - ButterKnife Haircuts feat. VVS Verbal, Coke & Juxx Diamondz
(12.) Bourbon Street - Kwest (themaddlad)
(13.) Raw Breed - Das EFX
(14.) Just Talk - Pseudo Slang
(15.) Geto Star - Fatal Hussein ft. Tame One
(16.) How I Feel - Awon & Phoniks (ft. DJ Fellbaum)
(17.) Rottin' Apple - The AK's
(18.) b267 - Ntourage
May 7, 2018, 8:30 a.m.
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May 7, 2018, 5:45 a.m.
#531 -- Ending the Many Wars in Syria, Part 1 (R)
May 7, 2018, 5:05 a.m.
Part 1 of a fine new speech by Progressive writer and activist Phyllis Bennis.
She argues that Syria is suffering not from a war but from a half-dozen different wars now being fought there. Many of these are "proxy wars" between other countries (e.g., Saudi Arabia and Iran) being "fought to the last Syrian" There is no military solution to the Syrian disaster--and furthermore, every military adventure the U.S.has taken in this century has been a dismal failure....
Continued under "Credits"
Swingin' Cinco de Mayo; 5/6/18; set 1
May 7, 2018, 4:23 a.m.
Swingin' Cinco de Mayo; 5/6/18; set 2
May 7, 2018, 4:21 a.m.
May 6, 2018, 5:38 p.m.
Weather has become destabilized around the world. We have new science about risk and the way forward - just released by the Royal Society. From the UK, lead editor Dann Mitchell is our guest. Environmental lawyer Robert Verchick asks: who pays for climate loss and damage made by Western civilization? How much is a country worth? Where will millions and millions of climate refugees go? It's talk at the highest levels, right here on Radio Ecoshock.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0455
May 6, 2018, 2:58 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
The Appalachian Sunday Morning - S2
May 6, 2018, 9:21 a.m.
The Appalachian Sunday Morning - S1
May 6, 2018, 7:02 a.m.
May 6, 2018, 4:22 a.m.
An hour of relaxing instrumental arrangements of popular melodies. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com for playlists and info.
Outrage over Radio-Canada/CBC's coverage of Gaza massacre
May 5, 2018, 10:04 p.m.
Bruce Katz from PAJU (Palestinian and Jewish Unity) and Hanna Kawas, Chairperson of the Canada Palestine Association, both sent letters of outrage to Radio-Canada/CBC over what they describe as bias and misleading coverage of the ongoing violence in Gaza. Canada's public broadcaster is accused of justifying the murders committed by the occupation army and blaming the victim.
So far over 40 Palestinian demonstrators were shot and killed by the Israeli occupation army and over 6000 were injured since the 'Great March of Return' protest of March 30. 2 journalists are among the dead and several among the injured.
We talked to both activists about their letters and the responses they received from Radio Canada-CBC.
Capitalism, Colonialism and Resistance in Canada
May 5, 2018, 9:58 p.m.
Joined by Brendan Campisi, Back in the USSR delves into the real history of Canada as a settler-colonial state, the brutal process of land theft and capital accumulation that gave it birth, and the courageous resistance of indigenous nations and other oppressed peoples against a colonizing power bent on their destruction. The myth of the "peaceable kingdom" hides a reality of systemic violence.
2018-04-06 - Freespeech, Fascist Apartheid, and Faith Goldy.
May 5, 2018, 9:36 p.m.
This episode of AW@L Radio looks at the tendency of free-speech warriors to platform extreme right-wing and hateful speakers, looking at an old example, and a contemporary one.
May 5, 2018, 7 p.m.
An hour of mostly "straight ahead" Jazz. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com for playlists and more info.
May 5, 2018, 6:57 p.m.
Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss topics at various points in the program, including event notices, peace talks in Korea, the War of 1812, and Noam Chomsky's support for U.S. military involvement in Syria.
Israeli and Palestinian women and the Peace Process PTS 1&2
May 5, 2018, 12:24 p.m.
C'mon people this is good stuff.
Teachers Strike and Protest in Colorado and Arizona
May 5, 2018, 12:20 p.m.
Teachers Take the Lessons of the Classrooms to the Streets from West Virginia to Arizona and now Colorado
with
. Joselyn Palomino, Denver High School Teacher of Mexican-American Literature
. Cat Berrett, English teacher at Phoenix Union High School District
The victorious wildcat strike in W. Virginia ushered in a new wave of teacher and state worker activism and strikes organized by the rank and file with their
unions racing to catch up. Teachers without bargaining rights in Oklahoma,
Kentucky and Arizona and where striking is illegal and their unions weak summoned their courage and walked off the job. The most recent addition to this cavalcade of militancy is the Colorado teachers who with their union the Colorado Education Association shut down the statewide school system for two days last week. At the same time Arizona teachers went on strike after weeks of militant demonstrations. . The strikes and mass protests often been led by the workers themselves forming new organizations often based on face book sites which host full-throttle conversations of what to do next such as Arizonas face book group that organized the #RedForEd campaign and Kentuckys KY120 United. They are fighting years of budget cuts which translate into low wages and benefits and as importantly for these workers reduced school budgets meaning overcrowded classrooms, lacking basic supplies, updated books and educational materials. They are fighting for themselves and their students and have rejected deals to separate the issues.
Workers have been under brutal attack & unionization has been in decline for over 40 years. The employer offensive against unions has included all-out war against militant action & especially strikes. Yet it has only been in the periods of struggle and strikes for the private sector in the 1930s and late 40s and the public sector in the 1960s that unions have grown and workers prospered. Now the West Virginia workers have sparked workers across the land to embrace their rekindled militancy.
Martian Gardens Episode 930 Hour 1
May 5, 2018, 11:08 a.m.