The Shortwave Report 02/04/11 Listen globally!

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (February 4) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)
(NEW! If you have access to Audioport.org there is a higher quality version posted up there {26.7MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and The Voice of Russia.
From CHINA- China is optimistic about upcoming military talks between the Koreas. Northern China is experiencing a severe three month drought. A massive cyclone hit Queensland, Australia which is trying to recover from the worst flooding in history. The UN has launched the international year of forests. A brief review of the world economic forum which just concluded in Davos, Switzerland. Palestinian President Abbas says he will not run in forthcoming elections, Hamas wants reconciliation before the elections.
From SPAIN- The Spanish government approved pension reform, including raising the retirement age to 67, while the unemployment rate is over 20%. Morocco accused Spanish television of falsely reporting that populist riots were beginning in their nation. At universities in Sudan protests are spreading over food and fuel prices. The EU voted to freeze the assets of former Tunisian President Ben Ali.
From GERMANY- The Muslim Brotherhood in the UK has accused the West of failing to support a complete regime change in Egypt, and many want an end to all Arab dictatorships and their wealth returned to the people.
From CUBA- The Obama administration has handed out billions of dollars in stimulus money to BP and other major polluters while giving them exemptions to environmental regulations. A Viewpoint on the the spreading revolts in Arab nations, pointing out that the US and Israel want their influence perpetuated by the replacement leaders.
From RUSSIA- An observation on the role of the West in the uprisings in Egypt, and why the US and UK are willing to dump Mubarak after supporting him for 30 years.
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -
http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves

I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at http://radio.mediageek.net

All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.
This program will be aired on Friday evening at 6:30pm (PST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
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I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I am still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)
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¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts

--"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."
-- Henry Ford

Comments

The dementi from Morocco is remarkable, not only because this is another case of a failed American client state, but also because it is the place where the harbinger of this allegedly unexpected revolution had occured under dramatic ignorance of nearly all the world. More precisely, it did not occur in Morocco but in the neighbouring country of Western Sahara which Morocco holds occupied in a violation of international law so blatant that it makes it the pariah of the African Union, which unites more member states than the United States and nearly twice as many as the European Union.

The attack on Gdeim Izik and by proxy of that against the Sahrouis people was an instance of a situation different from that of Egypt or Tunisia in so far that there is no army which could chose to back their grasp for justice. They only can hope on others. Understanding the sovereignty gap within Africa is the key to the big picture of this revolution. Not only does the fact that even such basic things as colonial independence cannot be taken for granted more than a generation after this ended show how precarious the idealism associated with Sudanese secession really is, it also reveals that the entire system of national borders which was imposed upon the continent when Bismarck seized an opportunity to host a big diplomatic circus never has been anything else than a miserable failure. These days the German government summoned the Egyptian ambassador to lecture him over the treatment of protesters just while it unleashed its own riot police against an opposition safehouse just a few kilometres away in Berlin.

When it comes to the issue of continental union, Europe cannot serve as a prototype for Africa because a continental union driven by arms exports cannot be at sustainable peace with its neighbours. But when the issue of African unity is finally taken away from the arms importers, the European Union will have to change profoundly as well, which is why the opposition in Europe supports this revolution in Africa with all our heart. Do not believe our governments. They colonialised us before they colonialised you. They will try to cheat you again because what united them with your dictators is their fear of more freedom for all of us.