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June 21, 2017, 4:44 a.m.
Jeremy Corbyn - Resurgence of Democratic Socialism
June 20, 2017, 10:43 p.m.
This program explores the extraordinary gains in votes for the British Labour Party, led by Jeremy Corbyn, and the equally extraordinary and unexpected losses of the pro Brexit conservative party under Theresa May on June 8, 2017.
With brief clips from the BBC, Counterspin, and Naomi Klein on Democracy Now and a re-broadcast of a labor breakfast speech by Corbyn from a 2003 TUC Radio program, the following issues are raised:
What are the parallels between Bernie Sanders and Corbyn and the future of democratic socialism. How can a grassroots movement with youth involvement bring huge crowds and even electoral votes to candidates who were thought to be unelectable, often maligned or silenced in the media. What are the principles that ignite awareness and participation?
Many commentators say that Jeremy Corbyn has been remarkably consistent in his political demands over 30 years. Before entering politics, Corbyn, born in May 1949, worked as a representative for various trade unions.
He has been the Member of Parliament for Islington North since 1983. He advocates reversing austerity cuts to public services and welfare funding made in the UK since And he proposes re-nationalization of the privatized public utilities and railways. As long standing anti war activist, he supports a foreign policy of military non intervention and unilateral nuclear disarmament.
The 2003 speech was given in his capacity as national chair of the Stop the War Coalition. It was recorded by Jeffrey Blankfort at a labor breakfast on the San Francisco waterfront only days days after the Stop the War Coalition had brought over 1/2 million war resistors to Hyde Park in London - in an attempt to prevent the launching of the Bush and Blair led war against Iraq.
An Unaccompanied Dialectic on Postcolonial African Angst and Subversively Critical non-Participation
June 20, 2017, 10:02 p.m.
With White-Supremacist terrorism becoming an everyday reality in North America, FWR host @TheAngryindian â via the medium of (AfroIndio) spoken word â offers a personal deconstructionist perspective based upon his own experiences growing-up within an ideological and intellectually-rich African-Resistance environment. Although his criticisms are not meant to insult or demean the modern African liberation movement within the United States or Occupied Canada, the fact remains that â broadly speaking â our strongest criticisms seem reserved for anti-intellectual argumentation; One-Drop Rule Colourism bias; acceptable levels of âconsciousâ Homophobia and Black Folk who suggest that careless chatter concerning âRevolutionâ might very well serve to work against the Afro-American community in the long run.
EXTRAS: Listeners should anticipate audio satire and political hints in the form of âSpringtime for Hitlerâ and an archived interview with Afro-American revolutionary leader Robert F. Williams (interviewed while in exile in Tanzania in 1974)
All this and much more on, 4WR.
The official internet radio broadcast of the Aboriginal Press News Service/ANG
June 20, 2017, 8:39 p.m.
Attorney Eman Jajonie-Daman and Steve Konja on the ICE roundup of 200 Iraqi nationals in the Detroit area. Raquel Estrada and Mohamed Shehk on the Folsom Prison Hunger Strike. Sam Menefee-Libey from the Dead City Legal Posse on the extreme charges being leveled at the Inauguration Day, January 20 (J20) protesters.
June 20, 2017, 7:41 p.m.
Phil Taylor and Phil Conlon discuss subjects, including Pushkin, duels, Jeremy Corbyn, and the NDP.
Herm, Eric: Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth
June 20, 2017, 7:09 p.m.
The Happy Station Show June 18 2017
June 20, 2017, 5:54 p.m.
Media Network Plus June 17 2017
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Vintage Media Network June 16 2017
June 20, 2017, 5:42 p.m.
Focus Asia Pacific June 16 2017
June 20, 2017, 5:39 p.m.
The Kelly Alexander Show June 14 2017
June 20, 2017, 5:29 p.m.
Ted Nordhaus: U.S. Leaves Paris
June 20, 2017, 4:14 p.m.
Are the cries for a complete transition to renewable energy from environmentalists like Bill McKibben actually undermining the work to combat climate change? That is the position of our guest today on Sea Change Radio. Ted Nordhaus is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Breakthrough Institute, an Oakland-based think tank which focuses on energy issues. We discuss Nordhausâs recent piece in Foreign Policy magazine, assess the damage that climate change denialism in the US has wrought on the planet, and examine the methods used by both pro-environment and anti-environment activists.
Curtis Mayfield: Gentle Genius, Reluctant Preacher
June 20, 2017, 11:04 a.m.
Like many Black music makers, Mayfield never finished high school. He dropped out when he was 16. He did so only because an opportunity came up that he could join the Impressions. His mother allowed him to join the group with the proviso that he continue to study. Mayfieldâs mother bought him up on Paul Lawrence Dunbar. He came out of home that had books. Anna Belle Mayfield, his grandmotherâs of the Traveling Soul Spiritualists Church helped develop him musically, spiritually and in business.
June 20, 2017, 7:51 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
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0409
June 20, 2017, 7:04 a.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
June 20, 2017, 7:01 a.m.
An hour of the best in Jazz. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com
Modern Jazz Bassics; 6/18/17; set 1
June 20, 2017, 4:33 a.m.
Modern Jazz Bassics; 6/18/17; set 2
June 20, 2017, 4:30 a.m.
Westboro Church hater freed by Twitter + global LGBT news!
June 19, 2017, 9:55 p.m.
Healing hatred 140 characters at a time; Serbiaâs President picks a lesbian P.M., British election results May leave queer equality in limbo, trans rights advance across Canada and in Oregon, Texas enacts a law giving even state-funded adoption agencies the right to reject gay & lesbian applicants based on âsincerely held religious beliefsâ, queer choirs serenade Seoul, and more LGBT news from around the world!
Algonquins of Barriere Lake confront Copper One at annual general meeting in Toronto.
June 19, 2017, 7:55 p.m.
Loudly re-affirming their unwavering opposition to mining in their territory, members of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake, confronted Copper One at the mining company's annual shareholders meeting.
Episode 92 - Laundromat Experiences
June 19, 2017, 6:11 p.m.
Joe talks about his crab experiences, black widow spiders in Wisconsin, crime in Chicago, and a fat cat! Anthony bring us the finest in crazy and naked Florida news! Visit www.chiampa.info for Chiampa Radio's schedule and more.
If Music Could Talk - June 18 2017
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Golden Oldies (70s, 80s, 90s)
June 18, 2017, 6:41 p.m.
Golden Oldies (70s, 80s, 90s)
While Trump Fiddles, Earth Burns
June 18, 2017, 5:19 p.m.
Megadrought could drive 100 million refugees out of North African Sahel - and Greenland melt is the cause! From France, Dr. Gilles Ramstein. Joanna Kerr, Executive Director of Greenpeace Canada on the Tar Sands and whether climate action is stalling. From Germany, activist Jorg Schellenberg explains why 2 old Belgian reactors send fear and protests in many countries.
#485 -- Russia, China, and the Crisis of the US Ruling Class, Part 2
June 18, 2017, 3:57 p.m.
In a recent talk in Hartford, GLEN FORD insightfully dissects US geostrategic policy. He explains how the current anti-Russia hysteria--and, more importantly, the US's disastrous and failing military interventions in the Middle East--are part of a larger effort to contain (and if necessary strangle) China. The US ruling class's "crisis" is genuine: the increasing threat that China poses to their global hegemony.
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PalestiniansPodcast.com, our media sister ; On Ilan Pappe's new book; ...
June 18, 2017, 1:43 p.m.
Today we have a triple-header. We begin with the introduction of a podcast which has a similar mission to that of This Week In Palestine. It is a podcast created by Nadia Abuelezam called Palestinians Podcast, and its mission is to give voice to Palestinians telling their stories. It can be accessed on the internet as PalestiniansPodcast.com.
We sat down with Nadia to let her tell her story about the creation of Palestinians Podcast and a bit about her journey growing up Arab in America . Nadia Abuelezam is a second generation Palestinian who was raised in the San Francisco area. She is an assistant professor at Boston College School of Nursing and is an epidemiologist.
For our second segment today we feature journalist and author, Max Blumenthal interviewing new Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe on his newest book, Ten Myths About Israel, as recorded on The Real News Network.
Finally, before we end today, we read a news account from Telesure that wraps up the Palestinian Prisoners' hunger strike, which is now mercifully over.
After more than 1,500 Palestinian prisoners staged a mass, historic hunger strike for 40 days, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners' officials confirmed that nearly 80 percent of the prisonersâ demands were met as the strike ended. After 40 days, the health of many prisoners was deteriorating rapidly, with 182 striking political prisoners having been hospitalized. The strike was met with solidarity demonstrations throughout occupied Palestine, and around the world, with near-daily demonstrations, rallies, protests, and strikes.