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The Shortwave Report 10/10/14 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/09/2014 - 20:44

Dear Radio Friend,             The latest Shortwave Report (October 10) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} 

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Hundreds ride in October DC Bike Party

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 23:43

On the 8th of October, the usual several hundred riders (600+ is average) took to the streets of DC for the monthly bike party. A just past full moon was in the sky as the streets swarmed with cyclists, some in a Halloween theme.

Video Highlights of the Ride

Environment/Food/Health

Video from the DC Ferguson Georgetown March

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 11:10

A rally by the DC Ferguson coalition demanding justice for Mike Brown and protesting police terrorism. Speakers include PJ from the National Black United Front, Salim Adolfo from Black is Back, and Eugene Puryear from the ANSWER Coalition.

 

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Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Human Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Call-out for international solidarity with social center De Vloek

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 09:36

The city government of The Hague, The Netherlands wants to evict social center De Vloek on January 5, 2015 to make room for a sailing center. Located in the harbor of Scheveningen, De Vloek was squatted 12.5 years ago and meanwhile has grown to be an essential social space in the harbor. There is already enough space for sport sailing in the harbor, but De Vloek must nevertheless move aside for the latest prestigious real estate project which nobody is looking forward to.On Monday October 13, the city council will make a final decision about whether or not De Vloek must disappear.

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification

DC Homeless Civil Rights Challenge to Shelter Closings Update

Submitted by repost on Tue, 10/07/2014 - 16:41

Prior to the closing of La Casa Shelter, and as part of an ongoing pattern of displacement, the District closed Franklin Shelter, another low barrier shelter in Northwest, Washington, D.C.[vi] Between the two closures, the District removed all available shelter space in District operated facilities in the Northwest quadrant of the city and reduced its available shelter space for men by over thirty percent (30%).

The pattern of targeting and removal of the largely minority homeless population exhibited by the District defendants and of record includes: i) a clear and undisputed pattern of closing all low barrier public shelter services in largely Caucasian Wards 1 and 2 and relegating the remaining public shelters to Wards 5, 7 and 8, with highest minority populations....

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Human Rights
Poverty

Gitmo force-feeding protested outside rare Federal court hearing

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 10/07/2014 - 16:18

Early morning on the 6th of October, Witness Against Torture and Code Pink held a protest against the forced-feeding of hunger strikers at Guantanimo Bay. Inside, a rare Federal court hearing on behalf of Guantanimo detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab challenged the US military's force-feeding practices as constituting torture.

Animal Rights
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Human Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons

Ferguson Marchers shut down Georgetown

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 22:46

On the 4th of October, a Ferguson/Michael Brown solidarity protest marched through the streets of Georgetown, shutting down Penn ave, M st, and Wisconsin Ave. Normally busy Georgetown streets were shut down as marchers swarmed between the cars and blocked Wisconsin and M, Wisconsin and N, and other key intersections.

Video of the march on Georgetown

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Wisconsin and M st shut down to protest the shooting of Michael Brown-and at least 20 police shootings in DC

Code Pink protests killer drone exhibit at Air and Space Museum

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 17:05

On the 4th of October, Code Pink showed up at the National Air and Space museum to protest an exhibit of armed drones. The exhibit even includes videogame looking footage of drone bombings with nothing said about what these bombings do to real people on the ground. As the protest continued, the security line to enter the museum grew and grew, extending right around the protest. This provided almost an ideal forum to educate the public about Obama's role as judge, jury, and executioner with these drones.

Video from the Code Pink drone protest at Air and Space showing massive security line

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Fundamentalists still harassing Planned Parenthood

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/04/2014 - 17:00

On the 4th of October shortly before noon, fundamentalist Christians were holding some kind of prayer vigil on the lawn of Planned Parenthood in DC. I do not know how they got the right to be on that lawn. Clinic escorts were present to help patients get past the anti-choicers. I asked one of the escorts when would be a good time to get photos with no patients in the way, and was told "right now." As I was doing so one of the right-wing "sidewalk counselers" engaged me with angry rhetoric. One of the escorts said their objective is confrontations with anyone present so as to create a tense atmosphere to deter patients. Years ago I even saw them do this to a full service hospital in Virginia.

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

FERC Found Guilty of Fracking the Chesapeake by a "People's Court"

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:01

On the morning of Oct 3, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and Calvert County residents convened a "People's Court" outside FERC to protest their rubber stamp approval of fracked gas export from Cove Point on the Chesapeake Bay. Defendants included president Barrack Obama, MD Governor O'Malley,the entire Calvert County board of commissioners, and the head of FERC. All were found guilty of multiple charges.

Video of people's court-all defendants

Video-Mike Tidewell vows "no surrender"-even if the LNG export plant is built, CCAN will fight on to prevent any gas from being exported

Environment/Food/Health

Secret Service expels Code Pink, NK from Lafayette Park for Israeli PM's visit

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/01/2014 - 16:25

On the first of October, Code Pink and Neturi Karta set up in Lafayette park to protest the visit of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to the White House, condemning him for murder and genocide. The response from Secret Service was to clear the park, even though they had already cleared the street for him to leave when it came time for his motorcade to depart.

Video of the protest

Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Police/Legal/Prisons

Code Pink pulling back from the White House after repeated demands from Secret Service

MD Governor O'Malley gets "golden pillow" for sleeping on fracked gas export

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 22:18

On the 30 of September, MD Governor O'Malley received an award from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Outside, Calvert County residents and local environmental activists presented a lookalike with a different award. He got a golden pillow for sleeping on the job, at least that part concerning environmental protection. For all that fluffy pillow talk of loving the Earth, O'Malley is the governor who approved the ICC highway in MD, and many fear he will do the same for Dominion's proposal to export fracked gas from Cove Point.

Video featuring "Golden Pillow" presentation and disruption of the "real" presentation

Environment/Food/Health

"O'Malley" gettting the golden pillow for sleeping on the job of protecting Calvert County from Dominion Resources's proposal to export fracked gas out of Cove Point on the Bay.

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