Paul Pillar on Trump and Saudis vs. Iran and Qatar

Former CIA analyst Paul Pillar, author of two recent articles for National Interest and Consortium News, ISIS Attack Exposes Anti-Iran Propaganda and Trump Fans the Mideast Fires of Hate, explores the origin of US antagonism towards Iran and false labeling of it as the “leading state sponsor of terrorism”in the years following the World Trade Center attack despite Teheran’s efforts to join the US in fighting terrorism, citing GW Bush's speech declaring Iran part of an “axis of terror” with No. Korea and Iraq, despite the fact that the latter was its enemy. He points out that Iran, far from being a sponsor of terror, has been actually fighting ISIS, mainly in Iraq but also in Syria and that its most recent link to terrorism may have been the attack on the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996 which killed 19 US servicemen and which a US Court blamed Iran. He notes that Trump, while demonizing Iran, has given the Saudis a free hand to do what it wishes in the region against its Shia neighbor and has endorsed the Saudis blockade of its leading political competitor in the Sunni world, Qatar, which is home to the largest US base in the region. This flies in the face of Secretary of State Tillerson;s efforts and those of the Pentagon to de-escalate the confrontation. Two other points of contention between the Saudis and Qatar are the latter's support of the Muslim Brotherhood whose largely peaceful means of incorporating Islam with politics the Saudis see as a threat and its hosting of Al-Jazeera which the Saudis and other Gulf monarchies have long seen as “a thorn in their side.” Pillar notes that the oil companies have not been playing a major role in formulating US regional policies and that they would prefer being able to do business with Iran, not restricted by sanctions which, Pillar points out, are about to be increased under new Senate legislation

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Jeff Blankfort: News/Op: EXCLUSIVE: Why Israel Needed 67 War

Blankfort opens by questioning mantra that “Iran is leading state sponsor of terrorism, then moves on to expose Senate support for the real leading state terrorist sponsor, Saudi Arabia and Tuesday's vote against blocking new arms sales to the KSA, quoting Sen. McConnell, Corker and McCain. He notes that approving arms for the Saudis in the midst of a rising cholera epidemic in Yemen is unconscionable and that the US public is complicit. He then reports on a joint televised meeting between the Israeli Knesset that was streamed to supporters of Israel in the US while the news of which was totally blocked by the US media as was the 50th anniversary of Israel's attack on the USS Liberty. This is further proof that Israel and its supporters in the US determine what is and what isn't reported about Israel in the US media, citing previous censorship of reports about Friends of Israel Defense Force fundraisers. He then discloses the main reason for the Six Day War, Israel's need to scare Jews into rallying around Israel in the face of non-existent Arab threats at a time when most Jews in the US had lost interest in it. He concludes by citing Ray McGovern's analysis of Megyn Kelly's interview with Vladimir Putin and exposes the false claim that 17 US intel agencies concluded that Russia hacked the Democrats. Of note is Putin's raising of the possibility that US “special services” might have killed JFK.

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Between the Lines for the Week Ending June 23, 2017

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Inside Your Comfort Zone Pt 1

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, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive

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Inside Your Comfort Zone Pt 2

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, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive

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Inside Your Comfort Zone Pt 3

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, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive

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Inside Your Comfort Zone Pt 4

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, http://www.RuralWarRoom.com @ruralwarroom - click Series above for full archive

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CPR News, June 14, 2017

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Conna-Lee Weinberg: Conscious Direction of Your Spine

Radio Curious visits with Conna-Lee Weinberg, author of “Mindful Spine: Movement from the Inside Out – Connecting the Brain and the Spinal Vertebrae.” Weinberg has over 30 years of experience as a psychophysical educator for Olympic and high-performance athletes.

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Truth and Beauty: What's True about US Aggression Against North Korea, and a Day of Art, Music and Resistance at the US-Mexico Border

Dr. Bruce Cumings, Professor in History at the University of Chicago. He'll talk about the real history of US relations with North Korea, which has been a history of non-stop US aggression. Markus Rindt, the director of the Dresden, Germany Dresdner Sinfoniker, which organized a major musical event on June 3, on the Mexican side of the US-Mexico border near San Diego – Tear Down This Wall, and it was organized to take a stand against policies of isolation, fanaticism and nationalism.

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Renegade state rep; British coal miner on election

Dems control People's Summit, excluding Socialist Alternative and Green parties. Dems are the neo-liberal party. Il state rep will guzzardi 39th, nw chicago. Had to run against Dem establishment. Community popularity beat big party money. Beat smears by talking to the people. Launched "Tuition-Free Ilinois" initiative last October. State government failing due to austerity when IL has a revenue problem, not spending problem. Tax carried interest. Stop doling out corporate subsidies without clawback for when they move jobs out. IL has terrible tax system that's actually regressive. We must have redistribution, people are looking for alternatives. retired british coal miner John Dunnon the recent election. American Federation of Teachers prez Randi Weingarten's comments on Corbyn. NPR, too.

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Fart-fegnugen: Jack Ewing on VW Emissions Scandal

When a West Virginia University research team won a grant in 2012 to run some tests on diesel cars, they could not have imagined that their relatively small study would soon be bringing one of the largest, most storied auto makers in the world to its knees — something in the Farfegnugen just didn’t smell right. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak to New York Times reporter Jack Ewing whose new book, "Faster, Higher, Farther" takes a deep plunge into the history of Volkswagen and gives us the latest on the company’s emissions scandal. We learn about the Nazi propaganda beginnings of Volkswagen, the company’s involvement in wartime atrocities, and the powerful families behind the Volkswagen brand. We also examine the company’s systematic and dishonest emissions cheating practices, and talk about what lies ahead for the auto giant.

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Michael Parenti: Capitalism's Apocalypse (ONE of ONE)

Parenti predicted the financial crisis of 2008 and said that giant corporate capitalism – by it’s very nature – is an apocalyptic system. When unregulated the built in elements of ever increased growth may well bring the whole system down. And he described the growing national debt not as a tragic mistake but as a means to shift ever more money from the tax payers to the financial institutions in the form of interest payments. This speech is an analysis of the many structural flaws of a capitalist system that puts it on a permanent collision course with democracy. Recorded on August 23, 2008 at the closing reception for Maria Gilardin’s art show, entitled: Toasting the End of Capitalism. This rebroadcast, made in June 2017, is eerily contemporary and lends a historic perspective to current events.

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Alive and Dubbin late night session

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CPR News, June 13, 2017

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Nothing Matter With Your Head

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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BikeSportRadio 135

Talk about bike races, and the things you need to ride and race bikes.

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The Motherland Influence: June 11, 2017

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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AMBIANCE CONGO: June 11, 2017

Congolese popular music. Featuring guitarists.

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Pride joins the Resistance + more global LGBT news!

Pride joins the Resistance; Germany welcomes its first gay Chechen asylum-seeker, a federal court clears but condemns a hate-exporting U.S. evangelical, Scottish Episcopalians choose marriage equality over schism threats, U.S. Methodists unite around a gender non-conforming deacon, and more LGBT news from around the world!

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Episode 91 - It's down to White Wine, Part II

Blah Blah Blah, blah blah blah!! The show notes have some awesome links! Go check it out by visiting http://www.chiampa.info Be an on aire guest call the studios at 813-327-8566

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#484 -- Russia, China, and the Crisis of the US Ruling Class, Part 1

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. (Continued under "Credits" ... )

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The 'Post-Colonial' African Commune: Diasporic Dilemmas and Pan-African Options with Malachi Daniels AKA @Fanonian / @ZuluPanther

In the wake of several White Supremacist domestic terrorist attacks, what should the African Community in North America do to address the crisis? This dispatch has @TheAngryindian speaking w/ Afro-American activist & Franz Fanon political theoretician Malachi Daniels about not just the obvious physical threats confronting the African Diaspora in the United States, but the surrounding sociopolitical factors; communal dynamics and legal ramifications of African defensive measures and anti-colonialist sentiments amongst the Black American rank-and-file. EXTRAS: Audio stimulation from the Nat Turner Rebellion - ‘Tribute to a Slave’ and a smattering of thoughtful PSA’s to keep you informed of what’s happening in the rest of the Fourth World. All this and much more on, 4WR. The official internet radio broadcast of the Aboriginal Press News Service/ANG

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This Was - Jethro Tull

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B&D Approach #174

1. God Sound - Boogiemonsters 2. Tout M'est Egal - U.A. 3. Take Notes - El Da Sensei & Rapper Big Pooh 4. Horizon - Kostaire ft. Mike & Daz-Ini 5. Do You Believe - The Beatnuts 6. Yeah, Yeah - DoamPeaceDXA 7. Friends - Verb Turner 8. Jockin' My Style - Craig Mack 9. Mindmeld - Plains Of Fascination 10. Don't Stop - MC Knowledge 11. Gotta Get Ova - Teflon 12. Holio - davepsy ft. Moka Only 13. Black Nostaljack (aka Come On) - Camp Lo 14. Shattered Dreams (Debonair P remix) - Wordsworth 15. Just A Second remix Choclair ft. Tara Chase and Mike Schell 16. Subterranean Raw - Wildelux 17. Chop Shop Blues - Es-K

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If Music Could Talk - June 12 2017

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Left Forum 2017 - Understanding Our Resistance, w/Prof. Anthony Monteiro & Glen Ford

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CPR News, June 12, 2017

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Swingin' My Favorites; 6/11/17; set 1

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Swingin' My Favorites; 6/11/17; set 2

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