SHOWS 51-75
SHOWS 51-75
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Herman Goering, Defense Minister of Nazi Germany and Hitler's designated successor once offered this observation: "Why of course the people don't want war,"- Goering said. "Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war, when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don't want war: neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. " "But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country." If the people do not want war, why is that the leaders do? War is, and always has been, big business. Tonight we'll focus on the relationship between war and profit, from the Roman empire to Bush's new war, with Howard Zinn, Tarik Ali and The Wizards of Money. |
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God bless America billboards are sprouting across the landscape, and corporate chain store marquees advertise their pride in being American. Yet those very chain stores pay their employees so badly that many must work two full time jobs in order to just make ends meet, while they reap enourmous profits selling goods made abroad under slave labor conditions. Opinionmakers are comnsciously trying to create an American unity that does not exist, the plethora of united we stand banners notwithstanding. Ours is a society in which an unacknowledged war is already raging - it is the war aginst the poor by the rich. Tonight's program will look at the fight of millions of working people to merely meet their basic economic needs, as the government, in partnership with corporate America uses its might, and our resources to transfer greater quantities of the national wealth into fewer hands. In the first hour, a union leader will speak about the role of the trade union movement in the fight for a living wage. In the second hour, faith based groups in our community join the fight for economic justice, public housing residents fight the federal government, and a Canadian activist looks the anti-globalization movement in the wake of the September 11 suicide bombings. |
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Featuring another edition of the Wizards of Money on predatory lending practices and how they target low income seniors. Also excerpts from a teach-in on Dubya's new war, and how predatory religious fanaticism and racism have played, and are playing a role in the rush to war. |
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In our first hour, we will attempt to bring some understanding as to reasons for our national insecurity, by examining what terrorism is and what causes it. The late Pakistani intellectual and humanitarian Eqbal Ahmed will speak on "Terrorism, theirs and ours" We strongly encourage you to tape this speech and make copies for everyone you know. In our second hour, analysis of the media coverage, and perspectives from the alternative press. |
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Many people think that there are no political prisoners in the Unites States. In fact, there is a long history of use of the judicial system as a weapon against political dissenters. And dissenters who cross the line into various kinds of militant action consistently receive harsher sentences than persons committing the same actions for non-political reasons. Tonight we will hear from two women, Linda Evans and Susan Rosenberg, who each spent 16 years in prison for their politically motivated acts. |
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A talk by historian Howard Zinn. It's a sort of combined Labor Day and back to school special, - you'll see why when you hear it, and it should give those of you who are the professionals, and teachers of the future something to think about. In tonights talk, Professor Zinn will critique the social role of intellectual workers, teachers, journalists and scholars, and lampoon the notions of objectivity and disengagement so of ten held up as ideals for intellectual workers. This posture of disengagement has social consequences, which he encourages his audience to consider. The talk is funny as well as informative, so sit back and enjoy. |
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This show explains the mechanisms and institutions that are consolidating wealth in fewer and fewer hands, and how these are at the same time working to circumscribe and roll back democratic rights and processes. First, a talk given in Norton, Massachusetts last May by Professor Noam Chomsky , one of his best to date. Following that, our second edition of the The Wizards of Money, with an analysis of how global financial institutions work to socialize the risks and privatize the profits, increasing income inequality. |
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Mountaintop removal coal mining the culprit in deadly West Virginia floods, fresh water supplies dwindle as capitalists plot to corner the market, and the Union of Concerned Scientists discuss their clean energy program that *ought* to be the national energy plan |
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Lies and propaganda have surrounded the US Nuclear weapons program for the past 50 years, These deceptions are not directed at allegedly hostile nations, they were, and continue to be directed at the Amnerican people whose taxes are footing the bill for all this. We will take a look the propaganda campaign and the realities behind it , from the 1950's to its latest incarnation - the so-called star wars national missle defense. We'll begin the program with an interview with a former state department official who will assess how the National Missile defense program measures up according to its ostensible defensive purposes . Then we'll hear a the soundtrack of a recently declasified 1951 Defense Department internal propaganda film on the nuclear wea[ons testing program in Nevada, which continues to this day. Then we'll hear from one of the people downwind of the Nevada test site about the costs of the nuclear weapons program, that are never factored into budget debates on Capitol Hill. |
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The battle to save the Fingerlakes National Forest is not only about preserving the beauty of its 16000 acres. It is, on another level a battle about local control versus Federal policies, an affrimation of rural life over industrialization, a definition of democracy that includes a community's right to self-determination and a recognition of a shared system of values, that places quality of life and environment above profits and markets - an understanding that there are some riches that money can't buy, but that the quest for money can destroy. In the first hour of the program, we're going to air an extended discussion we had with four local people who are working to stop a plan to drill for oil and gas in the Fingerlakes National Forest . We'll hear how their campaign is faring, how they have mobilized to use the democratic process, and the conflicting values that the struggle has brought into focus. In the second hour we'll bring you the first installment of our new series, the Wizards of Money - an explanation of the workings of the monetary system that underlies global capitalism and has given rise to entities such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the WTO whose actions have resulted in a worldwide resistance movement which raises many of the same issues that have come up in our community in the course of the battle to save the Fingerlakes National Forest. |
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The poisoning and destruction of our environment is a global emergency. It has impacts that range from individual health to the persistance of life as we know it on this planet. The decisions about what happens in these arenas are increasingly governed by the bottom line of corporations and their investors. The institutions that are supposed to work in the public interest have been correspondingly weakened as come under escalating corporate influence and control. Lies, bribes and other corrupt practices permeate the processes that shape public policy. In the first part of the program tonight we're going to focus on an urgent local issue - the effort to stop the destruction of the Fingerlakes National forest by oil and gas drilling. Then, for the rest of the program, we'll present a panel of scientists, scholars and advocates in the field of public health who will discuss how corporate money in scientific research is being used to manipulate results to the detriment of public health and safety. |
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There is ample freedom and democracy available in society for those with money. Those with money may hire lawyers to press their causes. Those with money may purchase media outlets through which their views are disseminated. Those with money may donate lavishly to get candidates elected who will serve their interests. When those without money use the means at their disposal to gain redress, they are commonly met with police and prison and in an ominous development, are being labelled as "terrorist" groups as soon as they mount significant resistance to the status quo. One group that is "fighting to win" is the The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, OCAP,. Yet OCAP hasn't beaten, gassed or shot anyone. Instead, the are mobilizing a broadening constituency throughout the province of Ontario with the goal of bringing down the regime of premier Mike Harris. Tonight we'll focus on their ideas, analysis and the response of the Canadian authorities to their campaign. |
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There is a spirit of rebellion rising throughout America against the domination of our society by corporate interests and values. Though it receives little to no media coverage, a growing number of people within what has traditionally been the mainstream of society are noticing the erosion of democratic structures and values that are the result of this corporate incursion. They are members of the PTA, the parent-teachers association, fighting high stakes testing in Massachusetts public schools. They are family farmers fighting for their existence against the domination of US agriculture by biotech companies. They are developing a deep understanding of the systemic problems, and they are organizing resistance nationally and internationally. Tonight we're going to hear from them. |
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Tonight, reports on farmworkers organizing in New York State, the living wage campaign at Harvard University and protests in support of imprisoned striking dockworkers, the Charleston 5. |
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We'll conclude our series on anarchism, by focussing on anarchist discussions on the good society. First, though, we're going to bring you an important press conference from last Thursday on a new report by NYPIRG revealing the extent to which experimental genetically modified crops have been foisted upon an unwitting populace. The speakers at the conference addressed the impacts on health, science and the ecosystem, as well as the destruction of the family farms that make up New York State's thriving organic farming industry. |
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Advocates of capitalism say that innovation is based on the profit motive, and insist that the two are insperable. However, most of humanity's greatest innovations were not spurred by individual profit motives. Agriculture, architecture, boats and wheeled vehicles, artificial light and heat. All were freely shared and led to the general betterment of all. The idea of intellectual property is a recent one and is inextricably tied to a dog eat dog view of soclial relations. Our speaker tonight, computer programmer Richard Stallman of the Free Software movement, will make the case that it in facts holds back innovation and is socially detrimental. |
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Noam Chomsky on Anarchism and the government of the future. Tim Ream on forest defense, direct action, and anarchism and his new documentary Pickaxe. Reports on biotech corporate criminals. |
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Robert Meeropol speaks about the new movement to abolish the death penalty, Mumia speaks out: his attorney Elliott Grossman reveals what happened on the night that a Philly cop was killed, Seattle sherrif fired for WTO-related brutality reinstated, fast food workers who spit in cops' orders increasing, story of Quebec man crippled by rubber bullet |
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In the first hour, part of series of radio documentaries, Free Thought Area of the Airwaves, produced at CKLN, in Toronto. Then, a talk by Canadian economist Michel Chussodofsky from the Univerrsity of Ottawa that addresses the real purpose of so-called free trade agreements - the abridgement of democracy and the increase of corporate control of society. |
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In the first hour, people resisting water privatization in Bolivia, the fight to close a US military School for assasins and indigenous people's word wide resistence to globalization. We will be presenting a recent speech by Haudenosaunee Chief Oren Lyons in the second hour of the program |
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The main portion of our show this week features a speech recently given at Cornell by Palestinian peace activist Professor Hanan Ashrawi on the prospects for peace between Palestinians and Israelis. Also, some updates on the prisoners still being held in Quebec city, with an interview , from jail, with anarchist organizer Jaggi Singh who was kidnapped by undercover police from the streets of Quebec City. |
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In the first hour, a collection of streets sounds, reports and interviews about the actions and police repression in Quebec City; Hour 2 is an interview with Nicolas, a QC anarchist organizer with CASA |
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The main body of today's program features a talk given by historian Howard Zinn in on April 12 at Cornell University. The talk was billed as addressing the subject " Is Democracy Possible.' That title really didn't reflect the talk that Zinn actually gave, in which he addresses the historical events in his own life that shaped his work as a historian, teacher and activist. In the talk, Zinn makes clear that organized resistance is the key to building democracy. He also makes clear the undemocratic and anti-democratic intent of the framers of the Constitution, and how it reflected the class struggles of 18th century America. Following the Zinn talk, some news and announcements about a boycott of Clear Channel Communications and the fight for media democracy. |
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Excerpts from a teach-in on the Free Trade Area of the Americas, the FTAA, that was held late last month by the mobilization for global justice in Vancouver, British Columbia. The FTAA has been described as "NAFTA on steroids." For more info on how to get involved stopping the FTAA see www.stopftaa.org |
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In our first hour, we'll look at global warming with journalist Ross Gelbspan, and then hear from British scientist Mark Purdy, whose research indicates that mad cow disease is related to environmental toxicity. Then, we'll look at the contamination of milk and other animal products by genetically engineered hormones, and the fight to stop the plantings of genetically modified crops in New York. We'll conclude with a talk on environmental justice, and the politics of pollution by Robert Bullard, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Justice at Clark Atlanta University. |
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#75 - Sun. 10/21/01