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Alternative Radio



Wednesday April 30, 2014




Thanks for supporting independent media!

Dear Friends of Alternative Radio,

May Day is upon us. Here's what AR is planning to 
bring to the airwaves next month, and some info 
on the programs that you may have missed.

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Barsamian & Roy in BC
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On tour: coffee with Arundhati Roy in British Columbia

Next week begin tuning in to AR's 175 
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stations to hear: Pratap Chatterjee on 
<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fproducts%2Fchap001&i=4&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Outsourcing 
the War on Terror, Dave Zirin on The Other Side 
of Sports, Jeremy Scahill on The National 
Security Beast, Nomi Prins on The Wall Street White House Axis.Â

In April, we marked National Poetry Month by 
featuring Martîn Espada on 
<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fespm002&i=5&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Remembering 
Well and Raising Hell. As we continue to digitize 
archival cultural programs, you can check out the 
vintage sounds in 
<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Draga&i=6&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>our 
vault of classic Indian ragas.

AR's coverage of the simmering global eco crisis 
has yielded a huge response from listeners. This 
year's Earth Day programs feature Sandra 
Steingraber on 
<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fstes002&i=7&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Contamination 
Without Consent and Paul Ehrlich on 
<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fehrp001&i=8&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Distress 
Signals from Earth.Â

See below for our 2014 highlights, so far.

For independent media projects like ours, the 
sale of CDs, transcripts, MP3s and books  (like 
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the latest from John Nichols & Robert McChesney) 
are crucial. Short of buying a few major AM and 
FM radio stations in order to broadcast 
Alternative Radio, the best way you can support 
AR is through purchasing and proliferating 
recordings and transcripts. Consider a 
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Hope to see you on tour this Spring. I will be in 
the Bay Area for 
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events, May 19-22.

Keep listening,

David Barsamian

& AR Staff


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Martin 
Espada<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fespm002&i=12&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Remembering 
Well & Raising Hell

If you’d ask most people, they’d rather stay 
at home and watch a Seinfeld rerun than go to a 
poetry reading. Yet almost... Â
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Robert McChesney, John 
Nichols<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fmccr-nicj001&i=13&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Dollarocracy

Dollarocracy: a system of government where 
private wealth determines political outcomes. 
Sound at all familiar? The corruption bred by boatloads of cash... Â
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Sandra 
Steingraber<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fstes002&i=14&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Contamination 
Without Consent

When faced with injustice what options are open 
to people? Turn away and ignore it or confront 
it? The destruction of the environment is an injustice... Â
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Paul 
Ehrlich<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fehrp001&i=15&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Distress 
Signals from Earth

A steady stream of reports on the deterioration 
of the environment is issued. There is a brief 
flurry of media coverage. The corporate-funded climate... Â
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Rahul Mahajan, Snehal 
Shingavi<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fmahr-shis001&i=16&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Rise of the Hindu Right in India

A constellation of Hindu fundamentalist 
organizations are threatening to shatter the 
image India has projected of being a... Â
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Bryan 
Stevenson<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fsteb001&i=17&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Justice 
for Some

In her bestselling book, The New Jim Crow, 
Michelle Alexander says, the huge number of 
people behind bars in the U.S. is “due largely to the war on drugs... Â
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Max 
Blumenthal<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fblum001&i=18&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Israel: 
Siege Mentality

 From Kissinger to Kerry, U.S. Secretaries of 
State engage in endless rounds of shuttle 
diplomacy. They issue rosy statements about progress... Â
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Chris 
Hedges<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fhedc008&i=19&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Captain 
Ahab & U.S. Empire

The demonic Captain Ahab in Melville’s epic 
novel Moby Dick represents a quest for power and 
domination that is a death wish. Hubris will doom Ahab and... Â
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Arundhati 
Roy<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Froya018&i=20&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Reimagining 
the World

The news item was brief and buried in the back 
pages: “India: Maoists Ambush Patrol, Killing 7 
Soldiers. The attack occurred in a rebel stronghold in Jharkhand... Â
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Sonia 
Nazario<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fnazs001&i=21&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Courage of Immigrants

Emma Lazarus in her poem inscribed on the Statue 
of Liberty wrote: “Give me your tired, your 
poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.” ... Â
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Ray 
Suarez<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fsuar001&i=22&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Latino United States

Juan González, in his classic book, Harvest of 
Empire, writes, “We are all Americans of the 
New World, and our most dangerous enemies 
are not each other, but... Â
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Amiri 
Baraka<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fbara008&i=23&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Real 
Politics, Real Poetry

The role of creative people in society has long 
been debated. Should they focus on their art and 
stay away from politics? Poets, writers, painters... Â
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Jules 
Boykoff<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fboyj003&i=24&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Olympics: Celebration Capitalism

The Olympics are perhaps the crown jewels of 
sports. The pomp and circumstance, the pageantry 
and international competition make the games... Â
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Vandana 
Shiva<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fshiv018&i=25&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>Seeds 
& Freedom

What’s in a seed? Life itself. Ten thousand 
years ago, Iraq, Egypt and India were the sites 
of the earliest sowing and harvesting of plants 
that had previously been gathered... Â
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Robert 
McChesney<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fmccr010&i=26&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Internet, Capitalism & Democracy

Remember the information superhighway and all the 
hype about the Internet? The wonders of the 
Digital Age would be liberating. A utopian bliss was... Â
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Sanho 
Tree<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Ftres001&i=27&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>End 
the Drug War

In 1971, Nixon launched a war on drugs calling 
drug use "public enemy number one." Since then 
like a recurring nightmare various presidents 
have continued the war on drugs. Four... Â
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Lester 
Brown<http://alternativeradio.dmanalytics2.com/click?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alternativeradio.org%2Fcollections%2Flatest-programs%2Fproducts%2Fbrol003&i=28&d=75W1UX71-5996-4YXW-Y8Y5-4Y3171350XV7&e=tony%40cultureshop.org.uk&a=VZ6WW3V6-858Y-4852-8446-ZZ1Y8988664Z>The 
Future of Civilization

When it comes to climate change the operative 
word is “hot” with “record” and 
"unprecedented" closely following. UN conferences on climate do... Â
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