Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (November 5) 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, Radio Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.
From CHINA- China has completed the first stage of a massive wind power project. 200 nations attending the United Nations Biodiversity meeting in Japan agreed on a 10 year plan to protect natural resources- the United States declines to join the biodiversity convention. China will impose a tobacco smoking ban in public places in 2 months, though enforcement is uncertain. Greek militants sent package bombs to over a dozen European leaders and embassies- the Greek government emphasizes that there is no connection to Al-Qaeda.
From GERMANY- A review of the impact that the US midterm elections will have on international relations- can a divided America maintain world leadership? Germany's Parliament extended the life of its nuclear power plants by 10 or more years, leading to demonstrations and unrest.
From NETHERLANDS- Ireland announced austerity measures including increased fees at universities, and found 40,000 students had violent confrontations with police in Dublin.
From CUBA- Cuba congratulated the president-elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, who has pledged to eradicate poverty in the country. The young man from Canada held in Guantanamo Bay prison may return to Canada within a year. US drone attacks continue in Pakistan, as do attacks on NATO trucks delivering fuel to Afghanistan. The Obama administration is considering sending elite hunter killer teams under CIA control into Yemen along with drone attacks.
From RUSSIA- A commentary on the packages allegedly sent from Yemen containing bombs intended for the United States- why now and why from Yemen?
There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line at-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 (PDST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via
There are several other streams that work better- Freak Radio Santa Cruz now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am.(PDST)
The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)
Check out the amazing streams at
And Radio For Peace International at
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)
link for broadcast edition-
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link for smaller file and streaming-
¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts
--"There is no greater breach of the public trust than knowingly misleading the country into war. In a democracy, we simply cannot tolerate the abuse of this trust by the government."
-- John Kerry