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Dad & daughter "Skirtchasers" + global LGBT news!
June 6, 2016, 6:06 p.m.
Father-daughter "Skirtchasers" play cheating for laughs; Pride parades with purpose in Sao Paulo and Tel Aviv, a trans legal victory in Virginia nudges North Carolina, Mississippiâs messianic governor crusades for religious bias, Mormons mess with Mexican marriage equality, Canadian Conservatives raise a white flag on the rainbow weddings front, and more global LGBT news!
Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables - The Dead Kennedy's
June 6, 2016, 2:54 p.m.
CPR News, June 6, 2016 for KPFK
June 6, 2016, 2:46 p.m.
The Battle for the Bid - How Chicago Fought the 2016 Summer Olympics
June 6, 2016, 12:13 p.m.
Tom Tressor speaks about No Games Chicago and the methods used to counter the intense propaganda and the threats coming from the City to make Chicago's bid "a dun deal".
To read the Wikipedia entry on the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the "battle for the bid" as civic activist Tom Tressor calls it, is to miss the realities of the neoliberal and political corruption that have been at the core of Chicago since Jane Adams first spoke up about inequities or Upton Sinclair wrote of the putrefied meat that industrialist like Armour grew rich on selling to the US Army and civilians alike.
A feather for the then Mayor Daley, the debt and dislocation, that are part and parcel of contemporary Olympic industry ventures, would have been born by working class minorities, the poor, and the middle class whose representatives in City Council were ready to stick them with the tab, the loss of popular public infrastructure and affordable communities.
The No Games Chicago site: www.nogameschicago.com
lays out the full campaign which recognized that the key players were not Chicago's shallow and corrupt officials or LaSalle Street finance and real estate operators but the IOC members whom they convinced to take a pass on the bid.
Tressor speaks of his current projects that expose the lies of current Mayor Rahm Emanuel, regarding Chicago being broke, which have been the justification for looting the public schools and selling off city services and infrastructure to the financial parasites that are swarming Chicago like maggots a dead cat.
Tom goes on to speak about the path he has been on to revitalize civic engagement through projects like Civic Lab, The TIFF Illumination Project, a run for elected office and the "Chicago Is Not Broke" book project.
June 6, 2016, 12:10 p.m.
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Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide - 2016
June 6, 2016, 10:13 a.m.
WBAI Pacifica Radio 99.5FM-NYC
June 6, 2016, 9:03 a.m.
Swinging into June; 6/5/16; set 1
June 6, 2016, 4:50 a.m.
Swinging inti June; 6/5/16; set 2
June 6, 2016, 4:47 a.m.
June 6, 2016, 3:44 a.m.
A relaxing hour of contemporary instrumentals and vocals. http://qualityradioproductions.blogspot.com
JUNE 1, 2016 - 9/11: AN ECUMENICAL APPROACH
June 5, 2016, 10:21 p.m.
Barbara Honegger was part of a panel at the Left Forum in NYC on May 21 called "9/11: An Ecumenical Approach. She gave a very powerful speech on the the towers, Pentagon and Shanksville and left no doubt on where she stands on the 28 pages. The show is an edited version of her speech. To see the full video go to www.noliesradio.com or to youtube and search under her name and the Left Forum. The panel she was on was one of 6 panels addressing the Deep State. You'll hear more of these speeches on future broadcasts.
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0355
June 5, 2016, 9:47 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
The Stuph File Program - Episode #0355
June 5, 2016, 9:47 p.m.
An eclectic collection of interviews and odd news designed to entertain
The Happy Station Show June 5 2016
June 5, 2016, 8:25 p.m.
Media Network Plus June 4 2016
June 5, 2016, 7:41 p.m.
Peak Oil? Life of M. King Hubbert
June 5, 2016, 3:49 p.m.
Where is peak oil in the current glut? Mason Inman, author of "The Oracle of Oil" (M. King Hubbert) with a life that became a movement. Plus Australian scientist Lisa Alexander: another perspective on the Indian heat wave.
Access to prayer oil for Muslims in the ODCR system
June 5, 2016, 1:19 p.m.
Sean talks about the lack of access to religious items for Muslims in many of the ODRC system and the unfairness of this.
June 11th: Marius Mason, according to daughter Arianna Staiger
June 5, 2016, 1:06 p.m.
This week's show features a conversation with Arianna Staiger, daughter of long term eco anarchist prisoner in the U.S., Marius Mason. Marius Mason is serving 22 years for destruction of a GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) research facility at the University of Michigan as well as pieces of logging equipment. Marius was a part of the so-called Green Scare, the FBI and U.S. government's hunt and repression of eco-activists. In Marius' case his ex-husband, Frank Ambrose, was coerced into snitching on Marius about their eco-defense activities in exchanged for a partially deferred sentence. Marius is also a trans man, who transitioned while incarcerated, and is being held in women's facility. Marius is frequently put into isolation for his continued organizing around issues of trans prisoners and access to vegan food.
This conversation is taking place on the weekend before the annual June 11th day of Solidarity with long term Marius Mason and other long term eco and anarchist prisoners. June 11th, formerly the day of solidarity with Jeff "Free" Leurs, has for years now been an opportunity for discussion, organizing, fundraising and active solidarity with those on the other side of the bars, in hopes of continuing their struggles towards a world without bars and without cages. More on June 11th, the prisoners involved and the like can be found at http://june11.org/
In this hour, Arianna, who was 16 at the time of Marius' arrest, talks about her relationship with him, about activism, music, incarceration, family and time. We'll hear some of Arianna's music in this hour, but if you want to hear a more complete interview, including more of Arianna's music, check out our podcast version of the show (link pending). If you'd like to check out Arianna's music, you can visit
http://soundcloud.com/ariannastyger
This week in Asheville, there will be 2 June 11th events. On Friday, June 10th at French Broad River Park at 6:30pm there'll be a potluck bbq with some free and benefit materials available, plus food and conversation on prisons, longterm prisoners and solidarity. And probably tempeh.
On Saturday, June 11th at 6:30pm at Firestorm Books and Coffee there will be a showing of the Critical Resistance documentary, "Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life" followed by a discussion of the prison industrial complex and prison abolitionism. This event is free, bring some friends.
If you can make it to Washington D.C., this week there will be actions against the Bureau of Prisons and other targets, as well as community gatherings in parallel with June 11th against the ecological and health damages caused by prisons, in particularly focusing on actions against the construction of a prison on a Kentucky former mountain top removal site. For more info, check out our interview with folks from Fight Toxic Prisons or check out http://fighttoxicprisons.wordpress.com
Before we get going with our Sean Swain segment and the interview, a few quick announcements:
On June 2nd, we released a podcast episode with folks from Detroit Eviction Defense about the situation of Jennette Shannon, a single mom from Detroit who was facing eviction and which DED hoped to stave off through active solidarity. Sadly, on June 4th the house was overwhelmed by Sheriffs, movers & Bailiff and the ground was lost. To check out the podcast, follow this link: http://radio4all.net/index.php/program/86844
More updates to come on how to support Jennette and those injured during the defense as well as plans for the future at http://detroitevictiondefense.org
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Several inmates being held at Alexander Correctional Institution in
Taylorsville, NC have recently gone on hunger strike in protest of their
conditions of confinement. They are on strike due "the denial of medical
treatment, the denial of food and officers spitting in food trays, the
denial of adequate materials to clean their cells, the denial of
recreation, sexual and racial discrimination against African-Americans in
restrictive housing (seg), and the constant denial of incoming mail."
The prisoners on strike are Stanley Corbett, Jr., Jermaine Spellers, and
Andrew S.
The inmates are also protesting the recent beatings of prisoners in
facility "blind spots," areas where no cameras are present. This includes
the beating of Brian K McKoy on 2/3/2016, Johnathan Toolin on 3/22/2016,
Karl Covington on 1/5/2016, Devin Hyman on 2/4/2016, and Robert McFadden on
4/1/2016.
This protest comes at a time of increase prisoner organizing, which
includes recent riots at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama,
mass hunger strikes in Michigan facilities, work stoppages at multiple
facilities in Texas, and the announcement of a national, coordinated
prisoners' strike on the 45th anniversary of the Attica uprising on
September 9th.
Media is encouraged to contact the administration at Alexander to make
inquiries. Those links can be found at http://www.ncdps.gov/Adult-Corrections/Prisons/Prison-Facilities/Alexander-Correctional-Institution
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A National Mobilization is being planned in Sacramento in several weeks and we need your help to make it possible.
In the past year, the anarchist movement has seen the rise of the far-Right and the growth of white nationalism and fascism, not only in the US but throughout the world. From Neo-Nazis marching to support the police in Olympia, mass shootings carried out by white nationalists, to people almost getting shot in Minneapolis outside of a protest encampment, to everyone from the KKK and the militia movement coming back in a real way.
On Sunday, June 26th, the Traditionalist Worker Party, headed by white power rising star Matthew Heimbach will be leading the Neo-Nazi gangs that make up the Golden State Skinheads (GSS) in an "Anti-Antifa" rally at the State Capitol. They will be joined by members of the KKK, the National Socialist Movement, and skinhead groups such as Blood and Honor. We believe that this will be the largest west coast white power mobilization in many years. As Heimbach stated on a recent podcast, âIf we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.â
In response, there is a call for people to shut down the rally starting at 9 AM sharp on the west steps of the state capitol in Sacramento. The permit for the fascist rally starts at 11 am and they are planning on arriving at the West steps of the capital at 12 Noon.
If you are not able to attend, we ask that we please help us by:
1.) Share this with trusted comrades and tell those that might want to be a part of such a mobilization.
2.) Helping spread the word on social media and on any media project you have, by sharing online flyers and images about the upcoming showdown and also inviting people on the facebook event, for which the guest list is private. The event will be linked in our blog post at ashevillefm.org.
[[For blog: Event is here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1727446437527487/
3.) Look out for opportunities to donate to the bail support fund and convergence space, to help those that may be arrested.
This summer is looking like it is going to be a hot one. From Native blockades against fracking, bloody battles outside of Trump and Hilary rallies, the upcoming RNC and DNC, and the ongoing local struggles happening all around us. We hope that the mobilization on the 26th is another part of a wider push towards becoming more of a force against capital, the State, white supremacy and patriarchy, and industrial destruction.
More background information with links can be found at https://itsgoingdown.org/national-mobilization-blockade-shut-white-supremacy-sacramento/
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playlist pending: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/16488
Proletarian God: Building the Socialist Future Part 1
June 5, 2016, 12:26 p.m.
In this episode of Back in the USSR I talk about my recently completed book "Proletarian God: Building the Socialist Future". Capitalism treats working class people as expendable commodities to be used and abused to produce profit for a tiny ruling class that then lays claim to the fruits of civilization. Working class people are taught to view themselves as weak and replacable, when in fact they are the creators of human civilization, the creators of everything that makes civilization possible, the creators of all value, all technology, and all wealth. Together, working class people are the gods of civilization and together we are unstoppable. Working people united are stronger than anything our exploiters can throw at us. Together we can move mountains and turn worlds upside down. This is our power. This is who we are. The Proletarian God.
577 - A Look at War & Peace For Memorial Day
June 4, 2016, 6:46 p.m.
News You Need to Know: The UN And Wars For Regime Change; Between the Lines interview: President Obama visits Hiroshima; Mumia Abu-Jamal: Memorial Day 2016; From Combat Soldier to Peace Maker; The NH Gazette Rant: In Memorium, By the Numbers, May 27 2016; Jim Hightower: Hillary has sent chills down my spine & buying a university's integrity; Outside The Box: But Does It Work?; music.
June 4, 2016, 5:45 p.m.
Classic Media Network June 3 2016
June 4, 2016, 5:39 p.m.
Focus Asia Pacific June 3 2016
June 4, 2016, 5:14 p.m.
Building Bridges: NYS Medicare for All, A Better Prescription for a Health Care Solution
June 4, 2016, 4:16 p.m.
Medicare for All, A Better Prescription for a Health Care Solution
with
Richard Gottfried, Chair NYS Assembly Health Committee
Bernie Sanders is at the forefront over a national debate on improving our health care system, with his proposal for a single payer structure shorthand for Medicare for All . Meanwhile, in NYS, Assemblyman Richard Gottfried s single payer legislation has passed the NYS Assembly, with wide support from not only unions bit as well from multiple community advocacy and healthcare professional organizations. While discontent arises under Obamacare,as insurance companies increase our out-of-pocket expenses the Gottfried plan would provide a comprehensive universal insurance program for all NYers, without deductibles, co-pays and would eliminate restrictive provider networks. Gottfried s plan would begin a march to Medicare for All nation-wide, the same state by state way the Canadians began their successful single payer system. Health care reform has done a lot of good, but it still leaves us in the hands of insurance companies. Single Payer would save the billions of dollars that we now spend on insurance company administrative costs You and your doctor would work to keep you healthy. New York Health would pay the bill with funding from broad-based revenue based on ability to pay .
Plus Comedian/actress Lily Tomlin appeared as her character Ernestine to lambaste the insurance companies at a California rally in support of the Medicare for all single payer system
Full length interview with JFK Grassy Knoll assassin & Chicago Mafia hitman James Files
June 4, 2016, 2:42 p.m.
http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKfiles.htm
#431 -- Amy Goodman in Cambridge, Part 1
June 3, 2016, 11:37 p.m.
Selections from a recent talk in Cambridge, MA, by journalist Amy Goodman, longtime host of "Democracy Now!" Goodman tells stories that explore the corruption of the corporate media and that show ordinary people fighting back against the System--sometimes successfully.
This week, many of her stories come from the recent past--specifically 2011. Highlights include the trial and execution of Troy Davis, popular rebellion in Wisconsin, Occupy Wall Street, and some memorable climate activism.
Furious Feeling the Bern Special
June 3, 2016, 7:20 p.m.
HERE is the show for all Berniacs, our a fearless longtime hero. Propelling the revolution over the top IN CALIFORNIA on Tuesday and onto the finish line! This Furious, independent, revolutionary radio show is dedicated to BERNIE SANDERS!!
Nancy Murray reports on her 13th visit to Gaza
June 3, 2016, 3:08 p.m.
Our main presentation today is Nancy Murray's reportback on her 13th visit to Gaza in April. She went in order to be involved in the 6th international conference entitled âMental Health and Human Rightsâ last April, sponsored by the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme (GCMHP).
A remarkable feature was its venue, Gaza City, which Israel has long decreed off-limits for international visitors. This is a tall order in the Gaza Stripâs crushing conditions. But Dr. Yasser Abu Jamei â who lost 28 members of his extended family in a single missile strike during Israelâs 2014 military onslaught â is determined to build on the legacy of the late Dr. Eyad el Sarraj, who founded the GCMHP in 1990 to instill hope and heal the spirit of a people who were exposed to violence and the loss of freedom and human rights on a daily basis. âPlanting hope is our main duty.â So declared Abu Jamei, now head of GCMHP, during his April 19th keynote address to the 800 people who attended. For nearly a decade, Israel has imposed a devastating chokehold on the territory, subjecting its 1.8 million inhabitants to collective punishment for Hamasâ victory in the 2006 legislative elections and its rout of US-backed Fatah forces the following year.
Dr. Murray first visited Gaza in 1988; she co-founded the Gaza Mental Health Foundation in 2001. She describes the conditions she encountered and how people under siege are seeking to rebuild their lives.
Planning an international conference in the locked-down Gaza Strip was itself an exercise in optimism. Internationals, other Palestinians and Israelis were blocked from entering Gaza for the 5th International GCMHP Conference held in October 2008, and had to participate via tenuous video-link from Ramallah. This year, German efforts secured Israeli permits for the entry of just over a dozen Europeans and Americans, an accomplishment presented by conference organizers as a harbinger of the day when Gazaâs intense isolation would be at an end. We were given a warm â even joyful â reception, as if our presence was in itself life-giving oxygen from the outside world.
The world inside Gaza was grimly portrayed in an exhibit of childrenâs drawings of the machinery of death, compiled by GCMHP. As Jeff Halper details in his 2015 book, War Against the People: Israel, the Palestinians and Global Pacification, Israel has profited greatly from the sale of weapons that are âbattle-testedâ in the Gaza Strip. In the process, Gaza has been turned into a kind of lab to find the breaking point of human beings.
Before Nancy Murray's presentation:
Our host offers brief observations about the so-called Palestinian Authority (PA). At the center of Israel's control mechanisms is its use of the PA. It's certainly not a trusted Palestinian institution that has as its mission the security and well-being of Palestinians, as some hoped when it was established by the Oslo Accords.
June 3, 2016, 2:28 p.m.
We interview activist Rick Sterling, who has been following the Bernie Sanders campaign, about Bernie's recent tour stop in Vallejo, and the Democratic Party establishment's hostility towards Sanders.
In or out? the CIA seed funded Bilderberg, the EEC & today's European Union
June 3, 2016, 1:12 p.m.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1780285086
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-34/