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The Motherland Influence May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016, 6:22 p.m.
African, Latin & Caribbean music
The Other Black Music May 22, 2016
May 22, 2016, 6:13 p.m.
Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST
Ice Melt Controls World Weather
May 22, 2016, 4:32 p.m.
More on super storms, ice melt & James Hansen, from climate expert Dr. David Archer & anti-nuclear activist Michael Mariotte. New Antarctic melt science w. Dr. Tony Worby & Dr. David Etheridge - some surprises in role of Antarctic ice in world weather.
May 22, 2016, 1:09 p.m.
Airs on WSFM-LP 103.3 in Asheville / streaming at <a href="http://stream.ashevillefm.org/finalstrawstream.m3u">AshevilleFM</a> from 3am EST on May 23rd, 2016, through May 29th, then <a href="">podcasting</a> at radio4all.net. Also airing this week on <a href="http://kowalp.org">KOWA-LPFM</a> in Olympia, WA, <a href="http://kwtf.net/">KWTF</a> in Bodega Bay, CA, KXCF in Marshall, CA, and <a href="http://www.wcrsfm.org">WCRS-LP</a> Columbus Community Radio 98.3 and 102.1 FM. The show will later be archived at <a href="http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org"> TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org</a>. You can email us at thefinalstrawradio@riseup.net and you can send us mail at:
The Final Straw
c/o AshevilleFM
864 Haywood rd
Asheville, NC 28806
This week Bursts spoke with Imam Siddique Abdullah Hasan, one of five defendants in the Lucasville Uprising case from 1993 facing the death
penalty known collectively as the Lucasville 5. Hasan, calling from Ohio State Prison supermax in Youngstown, Ohio, took the time to talk
about the newly formed Free Ohio Movement, a prison organizing movement based on the Free Alabama Movement which centers on the claim that
prisons in the U.S. are the current site of a continuation of slavery supposedly abolished but really upheld by the 13th Ammendment to the
U.S. Constitution. Hasan talks about prisoner labor & recitivism,
claims of rehabilitation by the state and the organizing towards the
September 9th nationwide prisoner strike on the 45th anniversary of the
Attica Prison Uprising of 1971. More on Hasan's case can be found at
http://lucasvilleamnesty.org and you can hear our previous interviews with
Hasan by searching his name at http://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org
After that you'll hear a conversation with a member of Istanbul
Anarchist Black Cross, in Turkey, that Bursts conducted. The
conversation talks about the political prisoner situation in Turkey, the
work of IABC, and the case of vegan anarchist prisoner Osman Evcan, who
recently succeeded to win rights from the state after a 45 day hunger
strike. More on IABC, in Turkish, at abcistanbul.blogspot.fr/
The transcript of this interview can be found here: https://archive.org/download/hasan_on_FOM_and_IABC_on_Osman/abcistanbul032016.txt
A longer, podcast version of the show will be available separately to include a reading of the 2016 June 11th call-out here:
First, here're a few announcements:
At the request of prison organizers in North Carolina, we'd like to share the following information:
Politically active prisoner Stanley Corbett (0716025) has been repeatedly harassed by COs at Alexander CI, in Taylorsville, NC, and is being denied full food portions. Upon Corbett complaining, one CO said, "Y'all n-words always complaining about something." Then later, after filing a grievance, a different CO yelled, "Suck my (BLEEP) n-word, write that up!" Please call in to the prison at (828) 632-1331 and request the administration to feed Corbett and stop this harassment.
Again, that number is 828 632 1331 and Stanley Corbett's number is 0716025, held at Alexander CI in Taylorsville, NC.
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Here is a brief announcement from Save Our Roots: An Indigenous People's Campaign to Protect the Sacred Biodiversity of our Natural Forests:
"[Genetically Engineered] trees pose a very real and significant threat to our natural forests and all Life on ... Earth. It violates Indigenous peoplesâ
fundamental rights to live in harmony with nature and to practice our cultural and spiritual beliefs ... The propagation and use of GE trees as a natural resource and commodity for increased pulp and energy production will
compromise and destroy the delicate regenerative biodiversity and life-cycles of [the] Earth . The growing of GE trees is a risk towards:
the Rights of the Earth; land tenure and subsistence rights of Indigenous Peoples; depletion of precious ground water reserves;
increases the use of deadly herbicides and pesticides; continues the release of greenhouse gas emissions and microscopic pollutants; and
are a false solution towards mitigating climate change."
To learn much more about this topic, for updates on current situations and campaigns, and for interview opportunities for your media project, you can visit http://saveourroots.org/
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On Thursday, May 26, 7-9pm Firestorm Books & Coffee (610 Haywood Road) will host the Anarchy & Anti-Fascism in the Balkans: Koko Lepo Solidarity Tour!
Suggested Donation (no one turned away) to help presenter with travel costs. During this time, a member of Koko Lepo autonomous youth solidarity program in Belgrade, Serbia, attendees can hear from a Koko Lepo member who is visiting the U.S. on a tour to spread awareness of autonomous, anarchist and anti-fascist/anti-racist projects and organizing going on in Belgrade and beyond!
The presenter will narrate the evolution of Koko Lepo from a free kindergarten in the defunct InexFilm squat to a broader youth program. The discussion will focus on issues of anti-ziganism (a term for prejudice against Roma/gypsies), autonomous solidarity efforts in Belgrade, the difference between charity and mutual aid, and the struggle against hierarchy; the presenter welcomes challenges and suggestions for continued solidarity and new connections.â
Koko Lepo youth solidarity collective is a mutual aid program working with the residents of âthe Dumpâ, a 'favela-type slum' in Belgrade inhabited by people usually referred to as âRomaâ or âGypsiesâ. The collective is founded on the principles of equality and mutual aid. It is closely tied to the anarchist and antifascist scene in the Balkans and beyond.
Koko Lepo began in 2013 as a free kindergarten program in the InexFilm squat in the Karaburma neighborhood of Belgrade. Its students were picked up three to five days a week from their homes in the settlement and walked to the kindergarten where we had a three to four hour program with them before walking them back home. The program was focused on autonomy, respect for others, and making a safe space for the young children to explore their identities. We placed a strong emphasis on undermining 'traditional' gender dynamics and breaking down other divisions in the settlement. Over time, we developed very strong ties with our families in the settlement which allowed us to start a broader program for older children. This was called Å kolica and began as a weekend study program. This quickly expanded however and started to host film nights, excursions, and other activities.
When the squat was taken from us in October last year, we lost our ability to do the kindergarten so we redoubled our efforts with Å kolica. Now Koko Lepo occurs at least once a week all over the city with either our younger group (aged 7-10) or our older group (11-14) totaling around 50 kids (the kindergarten had another 20 or so). All of our funding comes from anarchist and antifascist groups in Europe as well as some odd individual donations here and there.
Check it out
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From http://feralfutures.wordpress.com:
We are very happy to announce that, for the 8th year running, the Wild Roots Feral Futures (WRFF) eco-defense, direct action, and rewilding encampment will take place in the forests of Southwest Colorado this coming June 18-26, 2016 (exact location to be announced). WRFF is an informal, completely free and non-commercial, and loosely organized camp-out operating on (less than a) shoe-string budget, formed entirely off of donated, scavenged, or liberated supplies and sustained through 100% volunteer effort. Though we foster a collective communality and pool resources, we also encourage general self-sufficiency, which lightens the burden on communal supplies, and which we find to be the very source and foundation of true mutual sharing and abundance.
We would like to begin by acknowledging that Wild Roots Feral Futures takes place on occupied/stolen indigenous territory, primarily of the Nuutsiu (occasionally spelled Nuciu or Nuchu, aka âUteâ) people, as well as Diné [âNavajoâ], Apache, and others. In recognition of this reality and as a first step in confronting it, we seek to establish proactive working relationships with those whose stolen land we gather upon, and open the space we temporarily gather in to the centering and amplification of indigenous voices and struggles. Our understanding is that any community of resistance that doesnât center the voices of indigenous people and put their leadership in the forefront is a movement that is part of the problem. [Read more hereâ¦]
We would like to invite groups and individuals engaged in struggles against the destruction of the Earth (and indeed all interconnected forms of oppression) to join us and share your stories, lessons, skills, and whatever else you may have to offer. In this spirit we would like to reach out to frontline community members, local environmental groups, coalitions, and alliances everywhere, as well as more readily recognizable groups like Earth First!, Rising Tide North America, and others to come collaborate on the future of radical environmentalism and eco-defense in our bio-regions and beyond.
We would also like to reach out to groups like EF!, RTNA, and the Ruckus Society (as well as other groups and individuals) in search of trainers and workshop facilitators who are willing to dedicate themselves to attending Wild Roots Feral Futures and sharing their skills and knowledge (in a setting that lacks the financial infrastructure to compensate them as they may have come to expect from other, more well-funded groups and events). We are specifically seeking direct action, blockade, tri-pod, and tree climbing/sitting trainers (as well as gear/supplies).
Regarding the rewilding and ancestral earth skills component of WRFF, we would like to extend a similar invitation to folks with skills, knowledge, talent, or specialization in these areas to join us in the facilitation of workshops and skill shares such as fire making, shelter building, edible and medicinal plants, stalking awareness, tool & implement making, etc. We are also seeking folks with less âancestralâ outdoor survival skills such as orienteering and navigation, etc.
Daily camp life, along with workshops, skill shares, great food, friends, and music, will also include the volunteer labor necessary to camp maintenance. Please come prepared to pitch in and contribute to the workload, according to your abilities. We encourage folks who would like to plug in further to show up a few days before the official start of the event to begin set-up and stay a few days after the official end to help clean up.
Site scouting will continue until early June, at which point scouts and other organizers will rendezvous, report-back their scouting recon, and come to a consensus regarding a site location. We are also planning on choosing a secondary, back-up site location as a contingency plan for various potential scenarios. Email us for more info on getting involved with scouting and site selection processes.
WRFF is timed to take place before the Earth First! Round River Rendezvous, allowing eco-defenders to travel from one to the other. Thus we encourage the formation of a caravan from WRFF to the EF! RRR (caravans and ride shares can be coordinated through our message board at feralfutures.proboards.com.
We are currently accepting donations in the form of supplies and/or monetary contributions. Please email us for details.
Please forward this call widely, spread the word, and stay tuned for more updates!
For The Wild,
~The Wild Roots Feral Futures organizersâ collective
Email: feralfutures(at)riseup(dot)net
And now the call-out for this year's June 11th: International Day of Solidarity with Marius Mason and All Long-Term Anarchist Prisoners
May 2, 2016
The podcast version of this episode includes a reading of the June 11th Statement for 2016, a rather lengthy one at about 20 minutes, prior to us playing the interview with Hasan. The text from that announcement can be found here: http://june11.org/june_11_2016_callout_Read.pdf
For a zine version, check out this link: http://june11.org/june_11_2016_callout_Print.pdf
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In Asheville, on June 10th the Odditorium will host a punk and metal benefit concert. Bands and costs, TBA, with all proceeds going to long term Anarchist and Eco prisoners commissary and legal funds. Tabling by relevant local groups. Swag and good times to be had by all! More info forthcoming!
Playlist pending
May 22, 2016, 9:41 a.m.
May 22, 2016, 7:47 a.m.
Toni Solo reports from Managua on news and events in Latin America and the Caribbean. Hosted by Don DeBar.
Classic Media Network May 20 2016
May 21, 2016, 6:56 p.m.
Focus Asia Pacific May 20 2016
May 21, 2016, 6:47 p.m.
May 21, 2016, 6:20 p.m.
In the May 2016 Taxcast: What is corruption? Well, that's a political question, and the answer depends on who you ask. We discuss the anti-corruption summit in the City of London, the world's capital of sleaze and ask if the sun ever set on the colonial era and the idea that corruption is a poor country issue. We explore extortive corruption versus collusive corruption and look at a new Poll which indicates for the first time the vast gulf between what the British people consider corrupt, and what has become a 'normal' way of doing business and politics. The overlap between the public and private spheres raises serious questions about democracy â and the nature of global fraud.
Immigration and the American Economy
May 21, 2016, 1:26 p.m.
Immigration and the American Economy
with
Dave Dyssegaard Kallick, with the Fiscal Policy Institute s Immigration Research Initiative that examines the role of immigrants in the New York State economy and beyond
and
Cal Soto, National Rights Coordinator with the National Day Laborers Organizing Network (NDLON) committed to improve the lives of day laborers in the United States - to protect and expand their civil, labor and human rights.
Few government policies can have so profound an impact on a nation as
immigration. Large numbers of immigrants and their descendants have a significant impact on the cultural, political, and economic situation in their new country. Over the last three decades, socio-economic conditions, and the scourge of war and terror campaigns against the population have caused 25 million people to leave their homelands and emigrate legally to the United States. Additionally, it s estimated that the undocumented population grows by 400,000 to 500,000 each year.
As in the past, immigration has sparked an intense debate over the costs and benefits of such a large number of people entering the country. One of the central aspects of the immigration debate is its impact on the American economy. Presently the debate has been controlled by the white nationalist rants of Donald Trump and others in the Republican Party. But, we re here to debunk the myths, counter the lies, repudiate the vitriol and reset the discussion
There is a poster that s stayed in my mind s eye for years " it s a portrait of a Native American, which says if your so against immigration, splendid when do you leave?
#734 - The Case of The Missing Inquest
May 21, 2016, 6:25 a.m.
Did you know that Dr. David Kelly is perhaps unique among UK citizens in that his obviously unnatural death has never been the subject of an inquest? The "inquiry" tasked with investigating it did not take testimony under oath, left many questions not unanswered but unasked (such as why there where no fingerprints on the knife!) and was headed by a hand-picked appointee of war criminal Tony Blair. A solid introduction to the case by Norman Baker MP is followed by a range of other voices that helps explain why the UK government has chosen to sidestep the circumstances of Dr. Kelly's death.
May 20, 2016, 9:32 p.m.
Out of the Woods - Show #320 - 5-28-16
May 20, 2016, 4:43 p.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 #104 - 5-27-16
May 20, 2016, 4:39 p.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.
The program is posted here in two sections for broadcasters to insert breaks for station identification, etc. Please be careful to add enough additional material as the length of the segments will vary from week to week
Death of Mark Lane - author of Last Word, My Indictment of the CIA in the Murder of JFK (2011)
May 20, 2016, 3:58 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-32/
Palace call Murdoch. Queen moved from 1 to 229 down Sunday Times Rich List
May 20, 2016, 3:38 p.m.
https://politicsthisweek.wordpress.com/2016/05/20/bcfms-weekly-politics-show-presented-by-tony-gosling-32/
May 20, 2016, 8:17 a.m.
May 20, 2016, 7:31 a.m.
On this week's Global Research News Hour, we take a look behind the scenes and beyond the rhetoric of the current power struggle in Brazil.
In the first part of the show, we hear from independent geopolitical analyst, writer and author Pepe Escobar. The Brazilian born commentator provides his analysis of the real reasons behind the coup, the forces seeking to reverse the gains of the last decade, how and why Washington may be responsible for the current state of Affairs, and the prospects of a return to power of former president Lula Da Silva.
This interview is followed by an interview with John Ahniwanika Schertow, the Winnipeg-based writer, editor and publisher of the on-line media hub Intercontinental Cry. Schertow concentrates his analysis on some of the changes affecting Indigenous Brazilians under the new interim government.
. These include the roll back of measures protecting the environment from industrial and infrastructure development, as well as the possible elimination of a government body established as part of a shift away from genocidal policies toward the Indigenous population.
May 20, 2016, 5:45 a.m.
sunriseoceanbender.com
May 19, 2016, 8:38 p.m.
Key numbers: 9Bach Anian album debut,004 by Slainte Mhath & 1953 by the Murphs. They add up to another great hour of Celtic!
worldbeatcanada radio may 21 2016
May 19, 2016, 8:33 p.m.
Alpha Blondy debuts Positive Energy, exclusive interview w/ ZME13 on Rough Romanian Soul & new En Karma fr. Surrey!
Switzerland In Sound May 19 2016
May 19, 2016, 6:18 p.m.
UpFront Soul #2016.21 - Hour 2- May 23-29, 2016
May 19, 2016, 6:16 p.m.
We'll hear newly rereleased disco gospel from Betty Griffin; a selection from a fantastic jazz funk musical, Black Fairy; and a crazy soul cover of The Youngbloods by Judy Clay.
The Kelly Alexander Show May 18 2016
May 19, 2016, 6:05 p.m.
UpFront Soul #2016.21 - Hour 1- May 23-29, 2016
May 19, 2016, 5:47 p.m.
We'll hear newly rereleased disco gospel from Betty Griffin; a selection from a fantastic jazz funk musical, Black Fairy; and a crazy soul cover of The Youngbloods by Judy Clay.
May 19, 2016, 5:10 p.m.
A special program this week: all music from Cuba, in association with the ARChive of Contemporary Music's Cuba Music Week
The Shortwave Report 05/20/16 Listen Globally!
May 19, 2016, 4:28 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. NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, Spanish National Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Sputnik Radio.
Indigenous peoples in Eagle Pass + Protest the Proposed Mine in Eagle Pass, TX
May 19, 2016, 1:18 p.m.
high stakes testing in TX and why it is BS; islamophobia in HTX
May 19, 2016, 1:08 p.m.
Jose Campos Torres- murdered at 23 by HPD in 1977
May 19, 2016, 12:30 p.m.
Learn about the 1st annual walk for Jose Campos Torres, who was murdered by the Houston Police in 1977, happing in May 016 in Houston, Texas.