Michael Parenti: Superpatriotism and the Importance of being Number One

What does it mean to love one's country? Why is it so important to be number one? In this sharp and funny speech MP dissects the uses of patriotism. That was the introduction to a Michael Parenti talk given in 1988, at the end of the Reagan administration. That talk became a TUC Radio program and 2004 book published by City Lights. Superpatriotism: How hype, fear, and mindless flag-waving are supplanting informed debate, commitment to democracy, and real patriotism. Now, in 2016, so many years later slogans such as: America First, America the Greatest Country on Earth are having a powerful come back. Resistance to Superpatriotism - even if it is simply remaining seated during the national anthem at a sports event, can draw a hateful response from those who Parenti was concerned about a generation ago. Michael Parenti received his PhD in political science from Yale. He is the author of 23 books and many more articles. His works have been translated into at least eighteen languages. He grew up in an Italian-American working-class family in NY City. His PhD. from Yale would have guaranteed him a career in academia. He knowingly gave up that chance when he openly opposed the war on Vietnam and was arrested. He decided to become an independent author, lecturer and activist and has taught in the US and abroad.

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Radio Free Space

A conversation with Award-winning New York Times bestselling author of "Ordinary Grace", the 2016 Vernon County Read, and the Cork O'Connor mystery series.

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Death By Zolo

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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CPR News, September 13, 2016

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Ricochet - Tangerine Dream

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Episode 58 - The Indiction After, our commemoration of 9/11

Take a moment of silence and be sure to thank the first responders who run to danger to protect us all! But stay tuned, there's more of crazy florida news and Joe & Anthony's comedic take on the world at large!

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Queer Canadian, German, & U.S. history + current global LGBT news!

How queer Canadian teachers taught public schools tolerance; a book about Germany’s pre-Nazi LGBT movement causes our queer life and literature commentator some sleepless nights; a "Rainbow Minute" profiles Katharine Lee Bates, the lesbian poet behind "America the Beautiful”; Indonesia’s government targets "Grindr" in its anti-gay crackdown, Mexicans march for and against marriage equality, Finland’s national church nixes wedding blessings, but Aruba gets "civil", and more LGBT news from around the world!

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B&D Approach #152

1. Walkin' - Pseudo Slang 2. Check The Clock - J. Rawls ft. J. Sands 3. Living Legend - G-Dot,Born and Edo. G ft. Rob O 4. Thinking Man's Session - The Nextmen 5. Time 4 A New Horizon - Kombo 6. Revenge remix - Elaquent 7. What You Got - Hassaan Mackey ft. Kev Brown, Asheru 8. Neva Done - Neva Done 9. Real Definition - Profile 10. Half Man, Half Amazing - Pete Rock ft. Method Man 11. Perspective(s) - Kalhex ft. Rob O 12. Who Am I - The Sound Providers 13. Vampire Hunter J - J-Live 14. Microphonist Wanderlust - INI (Rob O) 15. Arts on Third/Black Family Day - Sounds Of Mount Vernon 16. Rocking with Elegance (One for Damu) - Neva Done

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GroundWire | September 12, 2106

This week GroundWire is produced at CILU FM, on Fort William First Nation’s Annishinabe Traditional Territory, part of the Robinson-Superior Treaty in Thunder Bay Ontario. Headlines: Montreal incarcerated workers organizing committee and the organizing committe for detained workers issue statement of solidarity with prisoners in large coordinated strike across American prisoners on the anniversary of the Attica uprising | Lindsay Nixon, CKUT New Study finds that students who feel safe in the classroom are more attentive and efficient in the classroom | Yafa & Gabriela, CKUT The Community Media Advocacy Centre and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations calls on Heritage Minister, Mélanie Joly to reconsider CRTC commissioner Shoan’s dismissal and create equity within the CRTC | Gretchen King, CKUT Court proceedings begin in Nelson, BC, after eight charges were laid against Executive Flight Centre and the Government of BC stemming from the Lemon creek fuel spill in 2013 | Catherine Fisher, CJLY narrated by Sienna Drake, CJLY Feature Pride Toronto townhall hears support for demands made by Black Lives Matter during this year’s Toronto Pride |Mick Sweetman, CJRU edited by Omme-Salma Rahemtullah Live coverage of protecting wild salmon from fish farms. Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw delegates travel aboard the sea shepherd to rally support in coastal communities | Gunargie O’Sullivan, CFRO, edited by Carly Forbes Community Radio Report CIBL 101.5FM in Montreal addresses station debt by changing programming and accessing new funding. | Gretchen King, CKUT Music: Tanya Taqaq ft. Shad - Centre

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Celebrating the Bride & Groom; 9/11/16 set 1

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Celebrating the Bride & Groom; 9/11/16; set 2

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CPR News, September 12, 2016

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Upstate Radio Theatre 1620

An hour of old time radio. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com

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Media Netwok Plus September 10 2015

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The Happy Station Show September 11 2016

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Lake Air 1619

An hour of relaxing instrumentals and vocals. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com

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The Stuph File Program - Episode #0369

An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain

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#445 -- Joe Bageant (R)

A celebration of writer Joe Bageant (1946-2011). He wrote brilliantly, profanely, & with humor on the corporate plundering of America, on the connivance of our politicians, & on a despised minority group: poor whites ("rednecks"). He was born and raised one himself. He's best known for his best-selling book, Deer Hunting With Jesus (2008). This installment features readings from 2 of Bageant's essays, a nice obituary in a style much like Joe's, and selections from recorded interviews.

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9/11 Fifteen years Later - What Have We Learned?

It has been 15 years since 9/11. Today, the U.S. and its allies are entangled in the Middle East, in conflict in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Pakistan. What have we learned in the years and wars since 9/11 about countering violent extremism and where do we go from here? Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from JFK to George H. W. Bush. He briefed one-­on-­one to President Ronald Reagan’s five most senior national security advisers from 1981 to 1985. Donna Marsh O'Connor lost her 28 year-­old daughter, Vanessa, on 9/11. Vanessa was pregnant. Donna is a national spokesperson for September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Introduction: Caleb Schwartz, President of Binghamton University Peace Action.

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Broadcast #790

Back on the airwaves after a several years hiatus, Seldom Heard Radio is all about music & culture in the spirit of free radio. I have counted them up & this is show number 790 since it began in 1999.

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2016-09-11: Prison strikes at Sean Swain

Sean explains how the administration have been dealing with him since September 8th and have been blocking him from working for saying he wouldn't participate in the Sept 9th Strikes. Oh, the irony.

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Extreme Climate News & Science

The science that should have been foot-high headlines around the world. Plus some small signals of big things to come. Guest is climate scientist Paul Beckwith. He's calling for a world-wide climate emergency. Paul explains why and what we should do.

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September 9th Prisoner Strike roundup, and part 2 of Guy Steward on Rojava

This week, we'll be featuring a short roundup of some of the events inside and outside of the prison walls during the beginning of the Prisoner Work Strike that started on September 9th in the United Snakes with the goal of ending Prison Slavery in U.S. prisons. After that we'll hear the last half hour of Gil O'Teen's conversation with Guy McGowan Steel Steward, an American anarcho-communist about his joining the Rojava Revolution alongside Kurdish and other folks in Northern Syria. This portion, they discuss nationalism and national identity in Rojava, the draft, the decision to adopt Federalization within Rojava and more. This is within the context of recent Turkish incursions into the Kurdish regions of northern Syria which have led to deaths among civilians and YPG/YPJ forces of the Kurdish Resistance. These deaths include foreign fighters who've joined the Rojava struggle. Happily, Guy is not among those dead. There is an interesting discussion and an homage to american anarchist fighter Jordan MacTaggart, an interview with Rojava Solidarity NYC, plus much much more in the latest episode of The Ex-Worker podcast, available at crimethinc.com/podcast that I suggest folks check out and share with friends. National Prisoner Work Stoppage Background and Inside Resistance As many of you are probably aware, Friday September 9th kicked off the largest and most coordinated prisoner work stoppage in the US in all history, on the 45th anniversary of the Attica Prison uprising. Organized in conjunction with incarcerated members of the Free Alabama Movement (FAM) and the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC), this work stoppage is turning a bright spotlight on the continuing condition of slavery in the United States, a slavery upon which this country's economy is cripplingly dependant. Prisoners are also forced to be responsible for running the actual prisons themselves, working in the laundry, cafeteria, and so on, pretty much in any non-administrative capacity you can think of. I don't think it should go without saying that much of this labor goes unwaged, though the on average 13 cents an hour that inmates get paid is nothing compared to the exorbitant costs of goods in prison stores. Friday kicked off the actual strike, but resistance from within prison got started well before then with fires being set at Lincoln Correctional Center in Lincoln, Nebraska on September 6th, a 4 dormitory wide riot at Holmes prison in Bonifay, Florida on the 7th which hopped from dorm to dorm in the facility keeping just ahead of the CO's attemts to quell the rebellion, creating a Whak-A-Mole type situation that I'm sure the prison officials just loved. Also on the 7th inmates at the infamous military detention center Guantanamo Bay remain on hunger strike to protest their indefinite detentions, many of whom were captured as part of the xenophobic and racist governmental response to September 11th, 2001, 15 years ago today. September 9th at noon saw a complete work stoppage at Holman Correctional in Atmore, Alabama where our comrade Michael Kimble is held captive. There is no incidents yet from prison officials, and guards and COs were forced to perform all tasks. Sit down strikes and work stoppages were also held in Bonifay, FL in the aforementioned Holmes Prison, amid the ashes of the fires set only two days prior. In Troy VA, there was a work stoppage at a women's facility, and all across this state of North Carolina prisoners refused to report to their jobs. At a women's facility in California 10 or so brave souls refused to work and effectively shut the whole prison down because of fear of a riot. Disturbances were reported at Gulf and Mayo prisons in Florida, and three guards were injured in scuffles at Tecumseh Prison in Nebraska. Yesterday saw a continuation of resistance in Nebraska at a women's facility, from all over South Carolina, and continuing resistance in Atmore. Solidarity from overseas has been flying in fast and furious, with statements from prisoners in Greece, Australia, Lithuania, and Sweden among many others. Repression of those who are striking has mostly consisted of prison lockdowns and targeting of people who have been designated the "ringleaders". It will be very important for people to recieve solidarity from those on the outside in order for this resistance to continue. Keep your eyes on itsgoingdown.org and the live updates at maskmagazine.com for current info and calls for backup. You can visit the IWOC at iwoc.org for a list of concrete anti-repression tactics to share with those who are incarcerated and otherwise. Local Events, Arrests, and Donations to the Legal Fund Now, let's take a gander at some of the events we were able to find that took place outside of the prison walls, per se, around the U.S. and around the world. A full narrative of outside support events would take a very long time, which is a good thing, so we're going to read through some highlights starting local to get the attention of the folks locally on this. We'll be giving precedence to two local struggles in which arrests occurred. If folks from elsewhere have an experience they want to share, send us an email at thefinalstrawradio@riseup.net or add it to the growing lists of solidarity by emailing info@itsgoingdown.org. First off, let's begin with Western North Carolina. This text is from a fundraising site to cover legal costs : "In the early afternoon of Septmeber 9th, comrades held a banner outside of the Avery Mitchell Correctional Facility in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. This was an attempt to offer support to any of the 816 prisoners at the facility involved in prison functions who may have chosen to withhold their labor as part of the wider strike against prison society. 5 arrests were made and trespassing charges were issued. Later that afternoon in downtown Asheville, and following a #NoDAPL solidarity march and protest at TD Bank, there was a march through downtown in support of striking prisoners. 60-70 folks banged pots and pans, held banners and signs, passed out leaflets and chanted "Brick By Brick, Wall By Wall, We Will Make Your Prisons Fall" and other classics. Police followed the march blaring requests to get out of the street and eventually attempted to push the marchers onto the sidewalk with their vehicles. Attempts to engage the Friday night drum circle into hitting the pavement fell on deaf ears as folks made their way towards the Buncombe County Detention Facility. While passing by the local Goombay festival, flyers were distributed and a group of folks backstage answered our chants of "Our Passion for Freedom..." with their own melodious note of "Freedom". A few minutes later and a few blocks away, 3 of ours were arrested, accused of blocking traffic and one with an additional charge of resisting arrest. By midnight the 3 were out. Everyone is out and no more money for bail is required, but support for legal defense, court fees and lawyers is necessary, and we are asking for your help At moments like these it is so crucial that we support people doing work to sustain the struggle for racial justice & prison abolition. This allows us to create stronger movements where we can all continue to be leaders in these fields and help a build stronger sense of community, especially in the south. We are all in this together and we need to continuously show up for each other, not just in the streets but in ways that allow us to continue to sustain our lives and our passions for the movement. We believe that no one should go through this alone, especially marginalized folks who are brave enough to put themselves in these front lines. We are so proud of the North Carolina communities right now." You can connect to that fundraiser at: https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/legal-support-for-wnc-sept-9-solid... -------------------------- Folks in Atlanta took the streets on Friday, September 9th, in the face of serious police repression. From atlblackcross.org comes this information: "Today marks the beginning of the national prison strike. Prisoners all over the country are going on strike and refusing to cooperate with the unjust prison system. They are demanding decent pay for work, decent food and living conditions, and an end to inhumane practices like solitary confinement. In Atlanta, supporters marched through Midtown and disrupted several corporations which profit from prison slavery. Wendy’s, McDonalds, Aramark, and Starbucks all got a visit. When the march got to Starbucks, police made several violent arrests, using pepper spray and slamming people to the pavement. At one point, police even tried to run marchers over with a squad car. We are working hard to make sure all the protesters get free as soon as possible, so everyone can continue doing the important work of supporting the ongoing prison strike." As of this morning, Sunday, September 11th (make a wish!), all defendants are out but are facing some stupidly hefty charges. One demonstrator apparently was taken during their arrest to a police precinct women's bathroom and choke slammed against the wall for being a part of copwatch in Atlanta. FTP! More on the Atlanta cases and how to support them can be found athttps://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/bail-out-prison-strike-supporters International Solidarity International solidarity with the strike has been tremendous, with banner drops, graffitti and actions ranging far and wide. Here are a few instances of international solidarity, this is by no means a complete list. You can see more information about this, plus photos and full statements at It's Going Down. * Horgoš, Serbia: Banner drop in support of prison strike. * Brisbane, Australia: Solidarity action with US prisoners. *Melbourne, Australia: Info table with literature about US prisons and the prison strike, along with collected donations. * Melbourne, Australia: Anarchist demonstration outside US Consulate. * Malmö, Sweden: Solidarity demonstration. * Athens, Greece: Demonstration outside Korydallos women’s prison. * Leipzig, Germany: Rally outside US Consulate. * Montreal, Canada: Dinner and film screening in solidarity with prisoner rebellion. * Melbourne, Australia: Noise demo at youth jail. * Barcelona, Spain: Graffiti messages of support written on McDonald’s.

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Self-Evident

One of the most Poignant pieces I’ve ever heard about 9/11 – from eye-witness Ani Difranco

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Radio Free Radical

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Guarding the Flame. Reflecting on the Herbal Medicine Traditions

This interview explores not only aspects of the herbal medicine tradition, but examines the nature of healing in its broadest context ranging from personal and interpersonal healing, to planetary healing.

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Clintonites Prepare for War on Syria

Rick Sterling discusses his recent Counterpunch article about Hillary Clinton's intent towards Syria. He addresses corporate media distortions about Aleppo, the "White Helmets," and the extremists invading Syria.

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Women's Boat to Gaza making waves of solidarity

The Freedom Flotilla has challenged Israel’s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, facing arrest, tasers, jail, and confiscation of boats, and has only gained in determination through the years. This September the Women’s Boat to Gaza brings attention to the central role of Palestinian women who have endured hardship but also organized and rallied to end the blockade of Gaza.

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Western Powers Use ''Lawfare'' to Enable Regime Change in Africa

The European Union, with the US as quiet partner, have financed and staffed the various so-called international courts which have functioned to rationalize regime change and as a punitive system to criminalize political leaders who obstruct the workings of western financial interests. David Hoile provides detailed analysis of how the UN Security Council has been manipulated and notes signs of resistance in Africa and from China and Russia.

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September 8, 2016

Part 3 and Final Part 4 of interview with Diana Block, PRS interview with Azzurra from IWOC in US about Sept 9 prisoner work stoppage

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