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This Week in Radio News: Steve Pierce for Jan. 9-16, 2015
Jan. 7, 2016, 10:23 p.m.
Tune in a talk with Steve Pierce from The Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, NY, discussing how they are putting WOOC-LP on the air, one of thousands of low-power stations beginning broadcasting this year. The show also tunes in a mash-up of sounds from Quentin Tarantino movies made by Jacob T. Swinney. Plus, a rearrangement, in alphabetical order, of "The Wizard of Oz" by Matt Bucy called "Of Oz The Wizard," is sampled. And headlines about radio airwaves: Cage silenced, monkey blocked; Radio station about radio set to start; Rhizome gets grant to help archive all forms of web art; Radio France and Deutschlandradio ditch medium wave; Study counts number of radio-controlled drone incidents with commercial aircraft.
Earth First! Update - 7 Jan, 2016
Jan. 7, 2016, 8:51 p.m.
Radical, No Compromise Environmental News
Jan. 7, 2016, 6:44 p.m.
UpFront Soul #2016.02 - Hour 2- January 11-17, 2016
Jan. 7, 2016, 6:23 p.m.
We'll hear the latest from Nuela Charles, catch new music from Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators, and go ape with a set of monkey-themed tunes.
Switzerland In Sound January 7 2016
Jan. 7, 2016, 6:17 p.m.
UpFront Soul #2016.02 - Hour 1- January 11-17, 2016
Jan. 7, 2016, 6:04 p.m.
We'll hear the latest from Nuela Charles, catch new music from Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators, and go ape with a set of monkey-themed tunes.
Compare 9/11 to Prester John, the great Medieval Vatican & crusaders' hoax
Jan. 7, 2016, 5:22 p.m.
The Shortwave Report 01/08/16 Listen Globally!
Jan. 7, 2016, 4:36 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, China Radio International, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Sputnik Radio.
Jan. 7, 2016, 3:14 p.m.
Desert blues; sega music from Mauritius; Bosnian blues and more ballads from the Balkans; gypsy punk
Rami Khouri; Irish Politician confronts Israeli Ambassador
Jan. 7, 2016, 2:51 p.m.
Our feature presentation this morning is a speech given by Palestinian journalist, author and professor, Rami Khouri given at the Peace Action Conference held at Harvard University this past November. It begins with his introduction.
And we close with an interesting confrontation between Irish Politician Richard Boyd Barret and the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland. Contrast Barret's forthrightness with the way our politicians kowtow to Israeli state representatives in this country. We also present the Ambassador's comeback, not for fairness, but to enable our listeners to capture the full flavor of its outrageous nature.
Jan. 7, 2016, 12:20 p.m.
What and Who Are Behind the Conflict in Burundi?
Jan. 7, 2016, 5:30 a.m.
Christopher DeBuele responds to Phil Taylor's questions: (1) How do you characterize what is unfolding in Burundi and what is the source of conflict (2) how do you interpret the use of inflammatory language applying "logic" that something awful is about to happen and the West has to go in and rescue?
Debuele deduced that ethnic problems did not play a major part in the crisis in Burundi, but as fires got hotter, some painted a picture of ethnic problems as a way of getting support from abroad.
DeBuele says it is important to look at what happened in Rwanda in 1994 and connect to what is happening in Burundi now. He asks questions: Why is there is there not more information on where arms for the coupsters and violent opponents are coming? Who pays the militants? Who supports them? Is there international support? Why does the international media cover only part of the story? Is this pattern what we have already seen in Rwanda and other countries?
Episode 28 - Holiday Recap and all that
Jan. 7, 2016, 4:17 a.m.
The Kelly Alexander Show January 7 2016
Jan. 7, 2016, 4:08 a.m.
Cage silenced, monkey blocked for Jan. 8, 2016
Jan. 6, 2016, 10:33 p.m.
Two recent copyright cases, one with a monkey's photograph, the other about silent music, are discussed.
Radio station about radio set to start for Jan. 7, 2015
Jan. 6, 2016, 10:23 p.m.
Radio Today is starting an internet radio station all about radio.
JANUARY 6, 2015 - TED and SIBEL - What You Won't Hear on NPR
Jan. 6, 2016, 5:11 p.m.
On the Dec. 30, 2015 NPR program "Where We Live", conspiracy theories and theorists were ridiculed, called "horrifying trolls" who facts didn't matter to, and it was also stated that the 9/11 Commission did a complete and thorough investigation. This show is in response to that.
DECEMBER 23, 2015 - MIKE BERGER on 9/11truth.org
Jan. 6, 2016, 4:59 p.m.
Cheryl can Mike discuss the history of the 9/11 truth movement and the creation/importance of the website www.911truth.org. They also discuss 9/11 and geopolitics.
Avonmouth: Corruption In Bristol Port Sell-Off - Steve Norman
Jan. 6, 2016, 4:21 p.m.
Ali Abunimah with Richard Falk, Ayman Odeh, and heartbreaking current news
Jan. 6, 2016, 1:42 p.m.
Our feature presentation this morning is a conversation between Princeton Professor Emeritus, Richard Falk, who also served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Rights, and Ali Abu Nimah, journalist, author and founder of the Electronic Intifada, that took place in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The conversation followed a lecture delivered by Prof. Falk. Their appeal to rationality and diplomacy in the face of failed military approaches to problem solving in the Middle East is the kind of discussion and approach to conflict resolution that one wishes would take place amongst our so-called diplomats on the international stage, but alas pure military response continues to dominate as the solution to the Middle East conflict.
Following this, we close with a Palestinian voice, that of Ayman Odeh. Ayman Odeh is an Arab Israeli lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Knesset, and currently serves as leader of Hadash, and head of the Joint List, a political alliance of four Arab-dominated parties. We present an excerpt from a speech he gave at a conference sponsored by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz in New York City.
Before any of this, we offer a big chunk of current news, much of it heartbreaking.
We begin with news out of Palestine, and of course it is not good news. We constantly review the news reports out of the West Bank and Gaza and there is a sickening repetition to itâ¦news of the daily shootings of Palestinians by the Israeli military, and Jewish settlers, day in and day out, news of land confiscation and the discriminatory application of the law. We try not to become numb to this repetitionâ¦we dare not become numb. Here are just a few stories from this past week to again jar us into paying attention to the magnitude of systematic genocide taking place day by day, week by week, month by month, year by year in the West Bank and Gaza.
We begin with a report from Hebron. Thirteen-year-old Mohammed Irshied thought his older brother had only been shot in the leg when he arrived alone to the hospital and asked for his brotherâs room number. âThe police officer at the front just looked at me and said âyour brother isnât in a room, heâs a martyr now,ââ Mohammed told Middle East Eye a few hours later at the mourning hall where friends and family were gathering to show their respects for the young man. Itâs the second time in less than two months that Mohammed has found himself in the same hall mourning a sibling. Israeli forces shot Ouday Irshied, 24, in the chest and leg during clashes in Hebron city on Friday, killing him just six-and-a-half weeks after his sister Dania Irshied, 17, was shot dead at the same city-center. Mohammed is now the oldest of his four remaining siblings. He and his brother spent most of their time together. At home they shared a room, and together they ran the familyâs small bakery in the center of town. Dania, he said, was his oldest sister and took care of him like a mother. One familyâ¦3 children killed in a matter of weeks.
How would you like to come home to find your house occupied by the military that now lay claim to it? This happens all the time in the West Bank. Here is the latest is a report.
â For the last 15 days a family in Hebron have had no access to the top two floors of their house, which was illegally taken over by the Israeli occupation forces and where they set up a military base. Ten Israeli soldiers suddenly showed up at the house in the neighborhood of Abu Sheineh, in Hebron; they broke in by smashing a window in the door, took the key and demanded that the family vacate the third floor. The soldiers did not have any documentation to explain or justify the incursion nor did they give an explanation to the family why their house was being taken over. Any questions are ignored and the third floor as well as the rooftop are now off limits. Since the soldiers arrived they have broken the windows, and shot holes in the water tank which supplies clean water to the household. They then took all the blankets on the premises and used them to dry the water leaking from the tanks. The family also reported that once the water supply was fixed the soldiers contaminated the water and used the apartment and roof as a toilet. The soldiers never leave the apartment empty, but a few times per day there is a shift change. This happens at different times every day so there is no knowing when, and the soldiers move in and out as they please anyway. This means there can be soldiers moving throughout the building at any time, terrifying the family- especially the young children who no longer dare to leave the house on their own. The soldiers use the roof as a lookout and also frequently fire weapons such as teargas, from there into the surrounding neighborhood. The three-story house is home to 13 people, now crowded into two small floors- including a young disabled child. They have no idea how long the soldiers will stay, or if the family will ever get their house back at all.
And finally a review of the week from the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
Last week 10 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed in the West Bank. 70 Palestinian civilians, including 21 children, a female journalist and a woman, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli forces put into effect the house demolition policy on grounds of collective punishment. A house in Nablus was bombed, due to which a mosque and 5 nearby houses sustained material damage. A number of houses were surveyed and their occupants were threatened to leave their houses to be demolished. Israeli forces continued to target the border area along the Gaza Strip. 2 house sustained damage because of the Israeli shells. Israeli warplanes raided a training site in the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported. Israeli forces conducted 114 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank just past this week, while ten Massachusetts were visiting Israel on an all expenses paid junket sponsored by the Jewish Community Relations Council. You can bet your bottom dollar that did not read about these issues in the Israeli press as they reveled in their public relations tour.
Between the Lines for the Week Ending January 15, 2016
Jan. 6, 2016, 10:04 a.m.
Case that will be heard before U.S. Supreme Court, Could Cripple Public Sector Labor Unions; New York Stateâs Juvenile Justice Reforms; Amid Widespread Charges of Fraud, Haiti Cancels its 2nd Round Presidential Election
Jan. 6, 2016, 7:10 a.m.
Everybody thinks about love and many people say âI love youâ, but how is love defined? The book âHow To Loveâ written by psychiatrist Dr. Gordon Livingston answers these and many other questions about love and how to find a compatible and pleasurable partnership. In this interview, we discuss how to choose more carefully in matters of love to get what we desire and deserve. The song âDo You Love Me?â from the musical âFiddler On The Roof,â is our background music. Dr. Gordon Livingston spoke from his home in Columbia, Maryland on July 13th 2009, where he lives and practices psychiatry. The conversation began when I asked Dr. Livingston to define love.
The book Dr. Gordon Livingston recommends is âAll He Ever Wanted,â by Anita Shreve.
Jan. 6, 2016, 6:39 a.m.
Jan. 5, 2016, 10:31 p.m.
Rhizome gets grant to help archive all forms of web art for Jan. 6, 2015
Jan. 5, 2016, 9:16 p.m.
Non-profit arts group Rhizome was awarded a $600,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop Webrecorder to help archive the different forms of the internet.
Jan. 5, 2016, 8:52 p.m.
Carl Dix on the horror of police murder, its justification by the system, from Tamir Rice to the Chicago PD murders of Quintonio LeGreir and Bettie Jones: how to end all this, the possibility & need for all out revolution and the police in socialist society. Gil Scott-Heron's powerful song - Jose Campos Torres. From their 2014 dialogue, Revolution and Religion, the Fight for Emancipation and the Role of Religion, Bob Avakian & Cornel West on why we are still fighting for justice in 2015
National Park Service at 100: Wild At Heart
Jan. 5, 2016, 8:38 p.m.
As we ring in the new year, we should recognize that 2016 marks the centennial of the National Park Service. Today on Sea Change Radio we speak with author and environmentalist Jason Mark about the challenges that the national parks face moving forward. Mark is the editor of Sierra Magazine and author of a new book, Satellites in The High Country, which focuses on the state of wilderness in the U.S. We talk about the hidden wild gems that Mark encountered while researching the book, and discuss how environmental groups like the Sierra Club are approaching the issue of climate change which looms over the entire conservation landscape.
Jan. 5, 2016, 5:15 p.m.
In Talbot's extraordinary new book, "The Devil's Chessboard", he explores Allen Dullesâ decade as the director of the CIA. With new material and never before heard interviews David Talbot shows that Dulles saw himself as above the law, manipulating and subverting American presidents. Talbot outlines how Allen Dulles pursued his personal interests and those of the wealthy elite he counted as his friends and clients.
In this Part ONE Talbot and Scott cover Dulles' collusion with Nazi-controlled cartels and German war criminals; and how he targeted foreign leaders for assassination and removed, for example in Iran, nationalist governments not in line with his political aims.
This is an amazing conversation at the 160+ year old Mechanics Institute library in San Francisco in front of an audience of well known writers and activists, including Daniel Ellsberg.
Jan. 5, 2016, 2:12 p.m.
audio version of Kenneth E. Hartman's piece "Christmas in Prison" originally published in Harper's Magazine in December 2014. interview with Tania about conditions in the Tanguay Prison for Women and the new prisoner support group All Detentions are Political.
If Music Could Talk - Jan 3, 2016
Jan. 5, 2016, 1:40 p.m.