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Program listings:
Democracy Now! — daily national and
international newsmagazine
Free
Speech Radio News —
daily national and international newsmagazine
This Way Out — international gay and
lesbian newsmagazine
Making
Contact
— national and
international public affairs
Alternative Radio — national and
international public affairs
CounterSpin — media critique
The Parent's Journal — parenting and children
daily newsmagazines . . .
Democracy Now!
Free Speech Radio News
Tune in Monday through Friday
for news, interviews, and analysis — Democracy Now!
in the morning and again at noon, Free Speech Radio News
in the evening.
Democracy Now!
Monday-Friday mornings — 8:00-9:00 am
Monday-Friday afternoons — 12:00-1:00 pm
Free Speech Radio News
Monday-Friday
evenings — 6:00-6:30 pm
weekly gay/lesbian
newsmagazine . . .
This Way Out
This Way Out is the
award-winning internationally distributed gay and lesbian radio newsmagazine program.
The half-hour program leads off each week with a brief summary of some of the
major news events in or affecting the lesbian and gay communities, compiled from a variety
of publications and broadcasts around the world, and continues with more in-depth reports
and features. More info at
ThisWayOut.org.
This Way Out airing
Tuesday afternoon, May 13 — 1:30-2:00 pm
Saturday morning, May 17
— 11:30 am-12:00 pm
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How Canada's Little Sister's Bookstore defied
Customs of the day
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Australian queer couple law reforms stop well
short of marriage
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Uruguay finally sees its first civil union
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Nepal gay activist Sunil Pant goes to
Parliament
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Two mainstream
Christian denominations remain conflicted over homosexuality
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Residents of the island of
Lesbos are livid over "lesbians"
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and more global LGBT news
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public affairs documentaries
. . .
Making Contact
"An international radio program that links people,
vital ideas, and important information."
Making Contact, produced by
National Radio Project, is an
award-winning half-hour weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs program heard on
over 180 radio stations in the USA, Canada and South Africa.
Making Contact is committed to in-depth critical
analysis that goes beyond the breaking news. Showcasing voices and perspectives
rarely heard in mainstream media, Making Contact focuses on the human realities
of politics and the connections between local and global events, emphasizing positive and
creative ways to solve problems.
- In-depth reports on political and social issues, trends and
events, contributed by journalists from around the globe.
- Ordinary people talk about how public policy affects their
daily lives, families and communities.
- Speeches by social activists and advocates share a vision of
a better world.
Topics include, but are not limited to: Agriculture/Food
• Civil Liberties • Global Political Economy • Education • Environment
• Gay/Lesbian • Healthcare • Human Rights • Indigenous Peoples? •
Labor • Latin America • Media • Middle East • Military/War/Peace
• Nuclear • Political Activism • Prison/Police • Race • Social
Justice • US Foreign Policy • US Domestic Politics • Welfare • Women
• Youth
Sound cannon in NYC.
Photo: www.greatdreams.com |
Making Contact
airing
Monday
afternoon, May 12 1:00-1:30 pm
Saturday morning, May 17 10:00-10:30 am
Conventional Dissent: Free Speech in the Streets
In New York
during the 2004 Republican National Convention, police violated the rights
of thousands of protestors. The violations
included roundups of demonstrators, spying on non-violent political
activists, the use of agent provocateurs, and the faking of evidence.
On this
edition, in a collaboration with Abby Scher of Public Eye Magazine, we
talk with New Yorkers who exposed the police abuses, and lawyers in the
cities where the Democratic and Republican conventions will be held this
summer, as they fight to prevent similar tactics.
Featuring:
Chris Dunn, Associate Legal Director of the New York Civil
Liberties Union; Eileen Clancy, director of I-Witness
video; Heidi Boghosian, director of the National
Lawyers Guild; Bruce Nestor, Minnesota Lawyers Guild;
Tom Cincotta, National Lawyers Guild.
Executive
Producer/Host: Tena Rubio
Contributing Producer: Abby Scher
Field Engineer: Geoff Brady
Producer/Guest Host: Andrew Stelzer
Associate Producer: Puck Lo
Intern: Elena Botkin-Levy
Executive Director: Lisa Rudman
For
more information:
I-Witness
Video
200 East 10th Street #414
New York, NY 10003
iwitness@Iwitnessvideo.info
www.iwitnessvideo.info
National
Lawyers Guild, National Office
Heidi Boghosian- Executive Director
132 Nassau Street, Suite 922
New York, NY 10038
212-679-5100
director@nlg.org
www.nlg.org
National
Lawyers Guild Minnesota
3547 Cedar Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55407
www.nlgminnesota.org
New York
Civil Liberties Union
125 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
212-607-3300
www.nyclu.org
Public
Eye Magazine
Political Research Associates
1310 Broadway, Suite 201
Somerville, MA 02144
617-666-5300
pra@publiceye.org
www.publiceye.org
Music:
Massive
Attack, Infernal Noise Brigade.
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media critique . . .
Drawing on an international network of experts, analysts, and artists,
CounterSpin dissects news coverage of a wide range of issues and
current events. In addition to providing an antidote to the
tweedle-dee, tweedle-dum reporting that dominates mainstream media,
CounterSpin exposes and highlights biased and inaccurate news,
censored stories, press/state cronyism, disinformation, propaganda and
spin control, interference by sponsors and owners, media mergers, gaffes
and goofs by America's leading TV pundits, sexist and racist media
assumptions, the corporate takeover of public TV, attacks on free speech
in music, entertainment, and news industries tough, independent
journalism that cuts against the media grain. CounterSpin
is produced by FAIR Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting.
More information about
CounterSpin and FAIR is available at
FAIR.org.
CounterSpin airing
Monday
afternoon, May 12 1:00-1:30 pm
Saturday morning, May 17
10:00-10:30 am
Ben Dangl on Bolivian referendum;
Kate Sheppard on McCain and the environment
This week on
CounterSpin: When
voters in the Bolivian state of Santa Cruz voted on May 4th to declare an
autonomy, US media largely reported it as a democratic expression of the
differences between a wealthy, conservative Bolivian state and the socialist
central government of president Evo Morales. But
was the Santa Cruz vote legitimate? We'll
talk with Ben Dangl, author of The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and
Social Movements in Bolivia.
Also on the show:
Is John McCain an environmentalist?
If you believe the press corps, he is.
But our guest says that
that may say more about them than about the candidate.
We'll hear from Kate Sheppard, political
reporter at Grist.org.
For more information:
The Price of Fire: Resource Wars and Social Movements in Bolivia, by
Benjamin Dangl
The Myth of Green McCain, by Kate Sheppard (American
Prospect, 5/1/08)
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Alternative Radio
Alternative Radio
is a weekly one-hour public affairs program
providing information, analyses, and views
that are frequently ignored or distorted in other media.
Established in 1986, AR is
dedicated to the founding principles of public broadcasting, which urge that
programming serve as "a forum for controversy and debate," be diverse and
"provide a voice for groups that may otherwise be unheard." The project is
entirely independent, sustained solely by individuals who buy transcripts
and tapes of programs.
More
information about Alternative Radio, including information about
purchasing copies of AR programs, is available at
alternativeradio.org.
"AR is sometimes taken to stand for 'alternative radio.' A better
reading would be 'authentic' or 'autonomous radio,' free from
constraints of concentrated power, state or private, responsive to needs
and concerns of the communities it reaches and open to their
participation."
Noam Chomsky
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Alternative Radio
airing
Wednesday afternoon,
May 14 1:00-2:00 pm
Saturday afternoon, May 17 12:00-1:00 pm
Dahr Jamail
Iraq: Beyond the Green Zone (lecture)
The Green Zone is a special highly privileged
area in Baghdad. It is heavily fortified and
surround by high blast-resistant walls. It
has everything most Iraqis lack: a steady supply of clean drinking water,
sanitation and sewage services, lots of gas and most important electricity.
The US is now building its largest embassy
in the world there. The vast 21-building
complex is experiencing the usual cost overruns. The
final price tag may exceed three quarters of a
trillion dollars.
Outside the Green Zone is another world.
It is called Iraq. Many
journalists covering Iraq are of the drive-by category. Fly
in, fly out, do a couple of stand-ups with a mosque in the background and an
interview or two with a high ranking American officer and it's a wrap!
Dahr Jamail is an independent journalist who
went to Iraq to report on the war and occupation. His
articles appear in The Guardian, The Nation, and
other journals and magazines. His book
"Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied
Iraq" is published by Haymarket.
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parenting and children . . .
The Parent's
Journal
The Parent's
Journal with Bobbi Conner, a national radio program for parents.
TPJ airing
Tuesday afternoon, May 13 1:00-1:30 pm
Saturday morning, May 17
11:00-11:30 am
Happy Transitions at Preschool
Nancy Schulman and Ellen Birnbaum
directors of the 92nd St Y Nursery School in Manhattan, co authors of
"Practical Wisdom for Parents: Demystifying
the Preschool Years."
The Joys of Music for Babies, Toddlers
and Preschoolers
Dr. John Feierabend, professor of music
and founder and director of the National Center for Music and Movement
in the Early Years, author of "The First Steps
in Music" series of books, DVDs,
and CDs.
Parent's Notes
Tips
Advice from real moms and dads that
really works!
The toll-free number for
questions and comments about The Parent's
Journal is 1-800-648-9817 or find out more online at
parentsjournal.com.
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