The Shortwave Report 09/02/16 Listen Globally!

Dear Radio Friend, 

            The latest Shortwave Report (September 2) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), 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 {33MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

 

 

NEW ARTICLE about the Shortwave Report in the Boulder Weekly by Gavin Dahl-

 

     From Germany-  The German Vice-Chancellor says that there will be no fair trade agreement between the EU and the US, though possibly one with Canada. Central European nations are urging a European army. Chancellor Merkel says that Germany can cope with the refugee crisis, while the Italian Coast Guard rescued 10,000 migrants from the Mediterranean in just 2 days. The European Commission ordered Ireland to recover 13 Billion Euros in back taxes from Apple computers. Venezuela is accusing the US and political opposition of plotting a coup against President Maduro.

       From CUBA-  France also announced opposition to the free trade proposal with the US, the TTIP, the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. On Monday tens of thousands of Brazilians protested the impeachment hearing for Dilma Rousseff. Before the Brazilian senate voted on impeachment, acting President Temer cancelled a popular and effective literacy program in the country. Then on Wednesday the Senate voted to impeach suspended President Dilma Rousseff, which many describe as a farce and Parliamentary coup.

     From JAPAN- Following her impeachment, Dilma Rousseff said she will be back in political office soon. Following a recent court ruling against anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd America, the Australian branch announced a new high speed patrol boat to block Japanese whaling in the Antarctic Sea. There is an international conference on the fate of blue fin tuna which are approaching critically short stocks in the Pacific Ocean- environmental groups want a total ban rather than establishing quotas. An aide to Obama reports that he will be pushing to complete the TPP free trade agreement before he leaves office since Trump and Clinton have both stated that they oppose the pact.

       From SPAIN- Alison Hughes reports on the accord reached last week in Colombia, ending a war between government forces and FARC rebels. Some 220,000 people died in fighting during the last 50 years. FARC stopped fighting last summer, wants recognition as a political party, and reintegration into society. There will be a referendum in October, but some oppose any deal, including former President Uribe who is accused of creating right-wing death squads.

      From RUSSIA- George Galloway and Gayatri interviewed Dr RS Karim, co-founder of a relief agency in Yemen. They discuss the under-reported Saudi led war on Yemen, which is having its people and infrastructure devastated by an enormous wealth of weapons sold by the US, the UK, and France.

There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line -

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. 

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       ¡FurthuR!      Dan Roberts

"Why do they say I hate my country? And what does that even mean? Am I supposed to hate my town, am I supposed to hate all English people, or my government? And if I do hate my government, does that mean I hate my country? It's a democratic duty to criticize the government."

-Ken Loach, director "The Wind That Shakes The Barley"