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Breaking Loose: a conversation with Ron Sakolsky (rebroadcast)
Dec. 11, 2016, 12:37 p.m.
This week, we're replaying an interview that Bursts conducted with
Ron Sakolsky in March of 2016. Ron had just recently published Breaking
Loose: Mutual Acquiescence or Mutual Aid? From the original posting:
"Ron is a poet, an anarchist, a surrealist, a pirate radio broadcaster
and author and more. Recently, Little Black Cart
published a small book by Ron Sakolsky entitled Breaking Loose: Mutual
Acquiescence or Mutual Aid? The essay is an anarcho-surrealist critique
in which Ron levels a challenge to readers to move past (or break free)
from the limitations we internalize from engaging with and within (as
well as with others within) the systems of domination. In the
conversation, Ron revisits the essay, breaks down some terminology and
eggs the listener on to exercise their imagination and act from places
of inspiration to apply direct action against the status quo. The essay
it's built off of can be found in Modern Slavery #1.
During the hour, we discuss that book, we chat about radio and Ron's
30 years of radio experience starting in college radio in IL, later
involved in the pirate station called Black Liberation Radio,
publishing and promoting the building of micro-broadcast transmitters,
and currently with Radio Tree Frog in the forests of Coast Salish
Territories AKA British Colombia. He contributed to and edited the
titles Seizing The Airwaves: A Free Radio Handbook (AK Press, 1998) and
Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada (New Star Books, 2010). A
sample of featuring mostly content from the "Old Pal" show on Tree Frog
radio is found here: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tree+frog+radio&t=ffsb&ia=videos&iai=CACQMFIi9Pk "
To hear more of our archives, dating back to 2010, check out http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org
Jai "Jerry" Williams
Later this week, District Attorney Todd Williams plans to announce
whether or not he will be indicting Sgt. Tyler Radford for the murder of
35 year old Asheville resident Jerry Williams (no relation), who was a
children's book author and father of 5. The particulars of this meeting
will hopefully be made public later this week. For those who are unaware
of this case, Williams was murdered in early July this year at the
Deaverview apartment complex after police were called regarding an
unrelated domestic dispute. In response to Jai, or Jerry, being killed
by law enforcement and the discrepencies between stories of witnesses
and the police narrative, Asheville experienced its first of many
vigorous protests under the auspices of Black Lives Matter. It is
expected that the DA, who recently received a 900 page report on the
case from the State Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a
non-indictment announcement, so keep your eyes and ears peeled for calls
for solidarity from the Williams family and for community responses.
You can also call the DA's office to express your opinion at (828)
259-3410.
KINETIC JUSTICE
There is urgent need for folks to call prison administrators at
Limestone Correctional Facility, where Kinetic Justice (who was one of
the main organizers of the September 9 #PrisonStrike) has been
transferred in order to isolate and endanger him. He was brutally beaten
on December 2, and continues to fear for his life.
WE NEED TO SHOW THE PRISON THAT THERE ARE MANY EYES AND EARS ON THE OUTSIDE KEEPING TRACK OF KINETIK!
Here are the numbers to call, and the script provided by IWOC:
Call Limestone Prison Warden Christopher Gordy 256-233-4600
Call Commissioner Jeff Dunn & Ass Comm Grant Culliver 334-353-3883 webmaster@doc.alabama.gov
Call Gov Robert Bentley 334-242-7100
Call Department of Justice 205-244-2001
Say this, "I am calling to demand that you release Robert Early
Council from solitary confinement and move him out of Limestone
Correctional Facility immediately. He was brutally beaten on December
2nd and continues to fear for his life."
You can read about Kinetik's work at the Free Alabama Movement's website http://freealabamamovement.com
GRAND JURY RESISTANCE AT STANDING ROCK
On or around December 3rd, 2016 a water protector at Oceti Sakowin
received a summons to appear before a federal grand jury that has been
convened in relation to the resistance of water protectors. What we know
about grand juries is that they have a long history of being used to
target those in resistance to the state and engaged in political or
revolutionary movements. The purpose of this grand jury and all grand
juries that target revolutionary people and communities is to cause
division, manufacture prisoners of war, create paranoia and suspicion
amongst comrades. We will not be intimidated and resistance to this is
only strengthening our resolve to kill this black snake and all the
others.
Water protectors stand in resistance to this grand jury and all tools
of state repression, be it on the ground through Morton Countyâs
violent tactics or in the shrouded secrecy of a grand jury courtroom.
Indigenous people, water protectors, legal workers, revolutionaries
and comrades from across the camps are actively organizing resistance to
this grand jury. Camp wide education efforts are already underway as
well as reaching out through our networks of solidarity that know no
borders in order to spread the word.
If you have been contacted by federal law enforcement or have been
served with a subpoena related to water protector activities or the
resistance at Standing Rock please contact the Water Protector Legal
Collective at (605) 519-8180. Grand juries rely on the isolation and
fear that can come with a subpoena. The first step of resistance is
seeking solidarity and support!
To donate to the Water Protector Legal Collective, you can visit http://waterprotectorlegal.org/ways-support-us/
And for many other fantastic resources regarding grand juries and
grand jury resistance, you can visit http://itsgoingdown.org's article
Grand Jury Resistance at Standing Rock
Oakland March in response to Gentrification & #Ghostship
In Oakland, there's a call for a March on Monday entitled: Honor the dead! Fight for the living!
Resist the destruction of all that allows us to survive and sometimes
thrive. Let us mourn and rage together against a world that tears us
apart, slowly in the form of ongoing gentrification, development,
deportation, and imprisonment â or swiftly through tragedy that could
have been prevented.
From Libby to Trump, they donât care about us, letâs show them we
donât need them! Itâs not about the artists. Itâs about all of us trying
to survive in Oakland. Poor people, people of color and queer people
have been fighting for their existence for decades.
Communal warehouses are only one of our most recent dwellings where
sometimes we get to imagine what another life could look like.
Defend tent cities and takeover vacant buildings! Fight landlords! We
demand a moratorium on all evictions and affordable housing for all!
Monday, December 12th, 6pm at Grand Lake Theater @ Grand Ave and Lake Park Ave next to Lake Merritt
FBI Spying & Rule 41
Also of note, the December 9th episode of On The Media, a podcast
produced by NPR's WNYC studios with a progressive focus on media
production in the U.S. and politics, had a really good interview with
Rainey Reitman, the Activism Director at the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. The OTM interview, the second interview of the episode,
focused on the recently passed updates to Rule 41 of the U.S. Federal
Rules of Criminal Procedure, giving permission for the FBI to hack
computers outside the jurisdiction in which the warrant was granted,
often specifically where encryption or another means of obscuring or
securing the information is being used. Check out that episode at http://www.wnyc.org
and more work and analysis of digital freedom and surveillance from our
friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation can be found at https://eff.org, alongside toolkits for staying safer in the interwebs
Playlist: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/18485
Welcome to the Dark New Climate
Dec. 11, 2016, 12:19 p.m.
50 scientists warn official predictions don't include a feed-back as large as all U.S. emissions: the warming soil. From the Netherlands, Dr. Thomas Crowther. From U. of Maine, paleobiologist Dr. Jacquelyn Gill says abrupt climate change hit species before us. We're next.
Dec. 11, 2016, 2:49 a.m.
Offering you the very best of alternative, independent political / social justice championing / status quo-challenging audio media live-streamed from our website (radiofreeradical.org) and NOW IN MP3 HERE ON RADIO4ALL! 12 HOURS OF PROGRAMMING IN JUST THREE FILES! It's all yours!
Dec. 11, 2016, 12:16 a.m.
We are all in this boat together â sigh, yes it is true, we are, but many donât believe we are! Hello welcome to this episode of the Class War Battlefield Podcast, in this somber, yet stimulating show I speak on two very important topics, Donald Trump as a White Savior or the reasons behind Trumpâs ascension as tied to white racial decline and Class War in the White progressive conscious mind. Yes I am concentrating on race for this episode, yes it will not be easy to stomach, but I promise you, I created these commentaries not to hurt people but to help them heal. The fact is this country is beyond a crisis, for thirty years its languished with stage 3 cancer and no attention was paid to its decline, well finally upon some prodding, itâs had a check up only to find its stage 3 cancer is now stage 4, the minister is standing off to the side preparing to deliver the last rites yet all is not lost, there is an experimental new drug which has shown promise elsewhere and the doctor believes it can save the patient, however the patient will have to engage in a radical transformation of its lifestyle to stave off succumbing to the cancer within, will the patient be willing to do it or might their ambitions and egos out pace their desire to live, that mystery and more will be answered on todayâs episode.
Dec. 10, 2016, 10:02 p.m.
Hosted by Mike Roots, âReggae Explorationsâ on Wednesdays from 1:00p to 3:00 PM, is WAPJâs longest running show, having its start (as âPositive Vibrationsâ) at the stationâs inception in March of 1997.
On âReggae Explorationsâ youâll hear a mix of tracks from newer and lesser known artists, classic tunes, and deeper cuts than you would normally hear elsewhere. In addition, youâll be treated to the âMotherland Track of the Weekâ, a âLovers Rock Setâ and even the occasional âsurpriseâ selection.
Mike Roots is a reggae artist and reviewer, and brings an inside perspective with interesting facts to enhance the listening experience. Tune in to âReggae Explorationsâ for your weekly excursion into the world of strictly conscious, roots and culture, reggae music.
Dashed Hopes: a long look at the dismal Obama legacy concerning the Palestinian/Israeli struggle
Dec. 10, 2016, 6:17 p.m.
Palestinian/Canadian attorney Diana Buttu spoke at Tufts University on 11-16-16. She was introduced by Professor Tom Abowd. As Buttu relates, throughout his eight years in office, President Barack Obama promised concern, then turned his back over and over, essentially giving Israel free rein to clobber the Palestinians, bomb them, shoot them, jail them, segregate them, steal their land, demolish their homes, oppress them, and more.
One of Obama's more outrageous tricks was authorizing John Kerry with much ballyhoo to pose as neutral arbiter between Israel and Palestine, just as though they were equally powerful contenders, neither one favored by the US. Meanwhile the US was and is israel's biggest supporter, providing billions of dollars annually to buy ever more weapons and bombs. Another trick was pretending concern as israel stole more and more Palestinian land, the best land, in order to build settlements.
Before Buttu's address, we hear why BDS is clearly legal, and in use by groups both for and against justice, followed by a Palestinian journalist's observation of parallels between Palestine's and Standing Rock's struggles.
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The Kelly Alexander December 7 2016
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Standing Rock Sioux Victory over Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)
Dec. 9, 2016, 5:11 p.m.
Standing Rock Sioux Victory over Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)
with
Jeffrey Haas, who has an extensive background in mass defense from his days as a lawyer for Black Panthers and co-founder of the Peoples Law Office, a Chicago lawyers collective that rose up
to meet its historical moment"the defense of hundreds of Vietnam War protesters in the aftermath of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Party convention. The Peoples Law Office would go on to challenge police
brutality and prisoner torture, achieving significant victories and key vindications. Haas as well authored The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
Well celebrate the victory of the denial of the easement for installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
Jeffrey Haas, civil rights attorney who joined the legal team at the Standing Rock Camp in North Dakota, where Native Americans and others have been protesting to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline joins us to talk about the momentous occurrence, and why the struggle isnt over and the ligation that remains over the violence perpetrated against the protectors.
The pipeline demonstrators injured by rubber bullets, water cannons and tear gas canisters during the wintry nighttime standoff with police two weeks ago have filed a class-action lawsuit against the sheriff of the North Dakota county involved. The suit describes in new detail the evening of November.20, when more than 200 people protesting the Dakota Access oil pipeline were injured by less-than-lethal weapons. The lawsuit alleges
that sheriffs deputies and police officers used excessive force when they deployed impact munitions,like rubber bullets, as well as explosive tear gas grenades and water cannons against protesters. It argues that the tactics were retaliatory, punishing those involved for exercising free speech rights.
Plus
"We beg for your forgiveness":
Veterans join Native elders in celebration ceremony Wes Clark Jr., the son of retired U.S. Army general and former supreme
commander at NATO Wesley Clark Sr., was part of a group of veterans at Standing Rock one day after the Army Corps announcement. The veterans joined Native American tribal elders in a ceremony celebrating the Dakota
Access Pipeline easement denial. Lakota spiritual leader and medicine man Chief Leonard Crow Dog and Standing Rock Sioux spokeswoman Phyllis Young were among several Native elders who spoke, thanking the veterans for standing in solidarity during the protests
MI6 & NATO planning 'Gladio C' bombing campaign in Europe to be blamed on 'returning jihadis'
Dec. 9, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-58/
Dec. 9, 2016, 2:25 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-58/
Celt In A Twist December 11 2016
Dec. 9, 2016, 12:24 p.m.
http://worldbeatinternational.com/media/com_podcastmanager/Celt_In_A_Twist_December_11_2016.mp3
worldbeatcanada radio december 10
Dec. 9, 2016, 12:19 p.m.
A taste of some of the year's best contemporary global rhythms: Empressarios, eccodek, Tiken Jah Fakoly - Juan Luis Pardo digs into Tears For Fears.
Dec. 9, 2016, 11:03 a.m.
"Fake News", PropOrNot and the Return of McCarthyism
Dec. 9, 2016, 10:07 a.m.
Trending in recent weeks is the idea of so-called 'fake news' on the internet, with impacts in the political realm, such as the unexpected election of Donald Trump.
The 'fake news' of concern is on sites which purportedly disseminate 'Russian propaganda.'
This week's episode of the Global Research News Hour examines the way US elite interests are deliberately instigating uncertainty about independent and particularly dissident news media.
First we hear from Toronto-based journalist and media critic Barrie Zwicker about the PropOrNot site which is purportedly 'outting' the major sources of this fake news, and whether America is returning to an age of McCarthyite 'witch-hunting' and whether a similar phenomenon may be materializing in Canada.
We will then hear an interview recorded by CFUV's Chris Cook for Gorilla-Radio with journalist and broadcaster Dave Lindorff about the recently passed Intelligence Authorization Act, and the growing cold war tensions.
Finally, fellow broadcaster and journalist Stephen Lendman, host of the Progressive News Hour examines the 'fake news' meme in the context of the recent presidential elections, and the significance for US foreign policy and the future of journalism.
!earshot 20 - December 9, 2016
Dec. 9, 2016, 9:49 a.m.
Anthony Enman & Brian Cleveland count down the Top 20 albums charting across Canada this week from earshot-online.com, take a look at music news with Stephen Carlick of Exclaim!, and much more.
Sonic Cafe #12 - Full of Surprises
Dec. 9, 2016, 8:21 a.m.
Hey, Itâs the Sonic Café and welcome to episode 12. Iâm your host Scott Clark. This time the Sonic Café is full of surprises, pulling from over four decades of music and pop culture. Just ahead Nina Simone along with music from The Submarines, The Black Crowes, Tom Waits, Leggo Beast and more. Plus listen for Eric Dolphy from his 1964 avant-garde jazz classic album Out To Lunch. As you listen I want you to think about how much better the world would be today if every tune included a free form bass clarinet solo. Just sayin. And finally listen as the Sonic Café goes live to the Pinedale Shopping Mall with our very own Les Nesman. All that and more straight ahead on the Sonic Café.
Sonic Cafe #11 - The Evolution of Radio Continues
Dec. 9, 2016, 8:12 a.m.
The evolution of radio continues right here at the Sonic Café. Hey, Iâm your host Scott Clark, welcome to episode #11.This time on the Sonic Café listen for the Talking heads captured live at the Sun Palace in Tokyo Japan. Plus music from Suzanne Vega, Rusted Root, Deep Purple, Ken Nordine and more. Weâll also check in with comedian Bill Burr as he gives us his theory on conspiracy theories. Intelligent, Eclectic and always evolving, weâre the Sonic Café.
IJV on Ontario legislature's anti-BDS motion
Dec. 9, 2016, 7:54 a.m.
Tyler Levitan, National Co-ordinator of Independent Jewish Voices (Canada), comments on the Ontario's legislature's bid to slander the growing BDS movement as 'anti-Semitic.'
Out of the Woods - Show #349 - 12-17-16
Dec. 9, 2016, 4:24 a.m.
This version of the program is divided into 6 segments so broadcasters who desire to use this content can insert your station info, etc. The segments vary in length.
Out of the Woods is an earthy, wires and wood, mostly acoustic program featuring some of the best new and established artists from the worlds of folk, bluegrass, singer-songwriters, alt.country, Americana, classic country, old-time, Celtic, and everything that falls in between. The show is an unpredictable mix flowing like a river between moods, often with an edge or in a melancholy minor key. On occasion, Out of the Woods features interviews and live in-studio performances with national and international touring musicians. Past guests have included artists such as Bela Fleck, Si Kahn, Brown Bird, Dana Robinson, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Kate MacLeod, Bill Bourne, Karl Shiflett, Rachel Bissex, Darryl Purpose, Bow Thayer, Cosy Sheridan and many others. Out of the Woods grew out of Jon 'Chip' Colcord's former acoustic programs, The Song Swap and Music For The Mountain, separate folk and bluegrass programs which aired in New Hampshire during the 1990s. As a child, Colcord grew up a ravenous music fan with an ear for both rock and folk. All of these influences converge on Out of the Woods to bring you a mix which is as much on the edge as it is down home. Folk music with a rock 'n' roll soul
Music For The Mountain Bluegrass - Show #133 - 12-16-16
Dec. 9, 2016, 4:20 a.m.
Music for the Mountain is a weekly bluegrass radio program featuring that hard-driving bluegrass sound, with classic and new tunes running the gamut from Bill Monroe to Sierra Hull.
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Dec. 9, 2016, 2:43 a.m.
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Sunrise Ocean Bender airs in the flesh Thursdays 9-11pm EST on WRIR 97.3 FM, Richmond, Virginia. Downloads are for rebroadcast on other non-profit radio stations. wrir.org
Dec. 9, 2016, 2:40 a.m.
This weekâs archive show is from the period when the Toothless Old Grandpa first showed up and we were figuring out his role in the show. We start this weekâs show by describing an overseas job opportunity. We describe some successes and some failures in politics recently and then we reveal that the dastardly program manager of KOWA has been censoring political information â before revealing that I am the program manager of KOWA! (No conflict of interest here! Just move along nowâ¦) Then the Toothless Old Grandpa rocks it with his very first Thunderbolt as he nails gentrifiers to the wall. We suggest seeking sanctuary sometime soon somewhere because the Banksters are coming, we describe the Great American Bubble Machine, the privatization of Sesame Street, and for the finale we talk about crisis at Pacifica â which is where we get about 80% of the programming that we air on KOWA!
Lots of stuff this week. Listen at your own risk.
Earth First! Update - 8 Dec, 2016
Dec. 8, 2016, 10:42 p.m.
Radical, No Compromise Environmental News with an emphasis on Biodiversity and Direct Action
The Shortwave Report 12/09/16 Listen Globally!
Dec. 8, 2016, 3:52 p.m.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, Sputnik Radio, and NHK World Radio Japan.