tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76624231555932981362024-03-18T02:03:23.956-04:00New World Notes<b>Both a blog and a weekly radio program. Each examines political & social issues from a Progressive perspective and with humor. The content includes my own commentary ... recorded talk by people who do this better than me ... stories from the alternative press read aloud ... graphics ... and music with a message.</b>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.comBlogger539125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-35733467048037872412021-06-20T18:18:00.003-04:002021-06-21T18:55:11.078-04:00Observations on Work<p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 1:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #694, <i>28:10</i> (June 22)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-694-observations-on-work-1-192k/NWN-694_Observations-on-Work-1_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-694-observations-on-work-1-192k/NWN-694_Observations-on-Work-1_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 2:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #695, <i>28:19</i> (June 29) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-695-observations-on-work-2-192k/NWN-695_Observations-on-Work-2_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-695-observations-on-work-2-192k/NWN-695_Observations-on-Work-2_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExm5553d4Fzdfz8HRAy38NWxc7ZTW2FAxd7ngNk-88m_BPIgYwuR4At5sunH5EjTWkDPa0djIFAAI2G2V1cIO-IKnN6GV0DuvQAkWP-eHWCXmwhagXc6VBQO0rEiJIxqfSJOtj1x98Qee/s700/Work-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="700" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjExm5553d4Fzdfz8HRAy38NWxc7ZTW2FAxd7ngNk-88m_BPIgYwuR4At5sunH5EjTWkDPa0djIFAAI2G2V1cIO-IKnN6GV0DuvQAkWP-eHWCXmwhagXc6VBQO0rEiJIxqfSJOtj1x98Qee/w360-h239/Work-1.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">A fine, newly (re)discovered audio </span></i><span style="color: #38761d;">collage</span></b> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Virtual Renderings</span></b> / <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chazk</span></b>. One of his earliest works (2006) and one of his best. </p><p>Mixing serious <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">commentary, parody and satire, corporate propaganda</span></i></b>, and highly relevant <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">music</span></i></b>, it explores American <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">jobs, working conditions</span></i></b>, the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">increasing hours</span></i></b> and <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">decreasing pay</span></i></b>, the myth of upward social mobility, and related topics.</p><p>Voices heard include those of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Noam Chomsky, Michael Parenti, John Trudell, Barbara Ehrenreich, Utah Plillips</span></b>, and others.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZGkFhnIB2CDUPa1qDTv14Uvn7qa9vwul31J7WrPoY-Tki3UklXsUXx3Lh1g532xVxGOHu7d-PFFNEc4AAnS9Q9CFKujYK6SzjplOPRDDygRrjgo3WpmH-qq6zW7r1Z3pulGoq7BphpbE/s1920/Work_Fight15.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZGkFhnIB2CDUPa1qDTv14Uvn7qa9vwul31J7WrPoY-Tki3UklXsUXx3Lh1g532xVxGOHu7d-PFFNEc4AAnS9Q9CFKujYK6SzjplOPRDDygRrjgo3WpmH-qq6zW7r1Z3pulGoq7BphpbE/w409-h230/Work_Fight15.png" width="409" /></a></div><br /><div><div><i>I have made some minor cuts in the original owing to time limitations. Also I bleeped a few racial/social epithets that many radio listeners will find offensive, The collage. is otherwise uncut.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>New World Notes <i>is produced under the auspices (Latin for "aegis") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-41125536750855239692021-06-13T14:08:00.000-04:002021-06-13T14:08:02.989-04:00The GOP and the Dems: Hypocrisy and Betrayal<p><i>New World Notes</i> #693, <i>28:05</i> (June 15)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-693-chomsky-on-gop-192k/NWN-693_Chomsky-on-GOP_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-693-chomsky-on-gop-192k/NWN-693_Chomsky-on-GOP_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ht3edN832GoKpkRIEpE_nshMIqsbQ0DvSwbF1IxjyncUq7blWFZutzuZTGXvEftpz84Z4HY4m3Vf0uSUcDVT0Q8RzTjlxYpmTvk8sxkFSFTR7GzQI69IRXEU-7hyphenhyphenuiJbQhr8ridVz88z/s2048/Noam_Chomsky_2017.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1647" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2ht3edN832GoKpkRIEpE_nshMIqsbQ0DvSwbF1IxjyncUq7blWFZutzuZTGXvEftpz84Z4HY4m3Vf0uSUcDVT0Q8RzTjlxYpmTvk8sxkFSFTR7GzQI69IRXEU-7hyphenhyphenuiJbQhr8ridVz88z/w298-h371/Noam_Chomsky_2017.png" width="298" /></a></div>Noam Chomsky in 2017</i></div></i><div><br /><div><div><b><span style="color: #38761d;">In a new talk, </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Noam Chomsky</span></b> gives the history of the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Republican Party's vote-getting strategies</span></i></b> over the past 50 years. These included <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">racism</span></i></b> plus <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">pretending to believe</span></i></b> in positions held by many working-class Whites: pro-gun-rights, anti-abortion, climate-change denial. Party leaders' <b>actual</b> core values remain advancing the interests of corporations and the rich.</div><div><br /></div><div>Not that the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Democratic Party</span></i></b> is much better. K.D. reads from <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Eve Ottenberg</span></b>'s article, "Biden's Broken Promises Spell Hard Times Ahead." </div><div><br /></div><div><i>Chomsky was interviewed by phone on June 1, 2021. Thanks to </i>The David Packman Show <i>for the recording, which I have edited and condensed. <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/11/bidens-broken-promises-spell-hard-times-ahead/" target="_blank">Eve Ottenberg's article</a>, dated June 11, 2021, appears online at counterpunch.org . My reading omits a substantial portion of the article.</i></div><div><br /></div><br /></div></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-13294150205379008392021-06-08T13:33:00.000-04:002021-06-13T13:34:26.782-04:00Can Technology Save Us?<i>New World Notes</i> #691 (June 8, 2021):<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b><br />Even though you know the answer</b></i></span> (no), you'll probably still enjoy the show, which features selections from <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>two funny and intelligent talks</b></i></span>. <br /><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Jello Biafra</b></span> explains how the last supposedly revolutionary technological advances--cell phones and the Internet--have weakened real communities and increased alienation. <br /><br />Then urban-design theorist<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b> James Howard Kunstler</b></span> discusses our technology gurus' (at Google) inability to understand that technology cannot solve the problem of declining fossil fuel reserves. In a nutshell: you can make iPods out of petroleum (Dude,) but not <i>vice versa</i>.<br /><br /><i>Previously broadcast.</i><br />
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<br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-15514737502543342572021-06-01T12:45:00.002-04:002021-06-01T12:47:28.990-04:00George Carlin at the National Press Club<p><i>New World Notes</i> #691, <i>28:45</i> (June 1)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-691-carlin-npc-1-192k/NWN-691_Carlin-NPC-1_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-691-carlin-npc-1-192k/NWN-691_Carlin-NPC-1_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHbkJbZIJbRgiPc3lwlzJRjC-YfYs7uNDYx2RGRFovo5RbUoZuylhkk8TxlIwPNlXQj7wxeBsvEMD5BTz6czQRM037ZhyUP0JrA7LAn4x7VuDV9U5kOVphzO4FhXzXQBL6rHPKi816_i1/s2048/Carlin00.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1418" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQHbkJbZIJbRgiPc3lwlzJRjC-YfYs7uNDYx2RGRFovo5RbUoZuylhkk8TxlIwPNlXQj7wxeBsvEMD5BTz6czQRM037ZhyUP0JrA7LAn4x7VuDV9U5kOVphzO4FhXzXQBL6rHPKi816_i1/s320/Carlin00.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">George Carlin</span></b>'s address to the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">National Press Club</span></i></b>, in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 1999.<p></p><p>A little more restrained and more unified than Carlin's concert routines, the speech is packed with <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">wit. humor.</span></i></b> and Carlin's trademark <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">iconoclasm</span></i></b>.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">It's a 3-part satire</span></i></b> on <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">the degradation of language</span></i></b> in America. Carlin targets first the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">b.s. of politicians</span></i></b>, then the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">euphemisms</span></i></b> loved by most citizens, and then the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">"politically correct" language of liberals</span></i></b>.</p><p>This talk--highly relevant today--now appears for the first time on <i>New World Notes</i>. I have slightly condensed the speech, shortening Carlin's introductory remarks.</p><p>New World Notes <i>is produced under the auspices (Latin for "suspicious gaze") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</i></p><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-72995630925179635712021-05-23T14:01:00.001-04:002021-05-23T14:01:48.445-04:00Bitter Lake<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>Part 1:</b></i></span> <i>New World Notes</i> #688, 29:15 (May 11)*<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>Part 2:</b></i></span> <i>New World Notes</i> #689, 29:00 (May 18)*<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><i><b>Part 3:</b></i></span> <i>New World Notes</i> #690, 28:12 (May 25)*<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Adam Curtis</b></span>'s lively and fascinating documentary, condensed and adapted to radio by KD.</div>
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It's about the history and politics of <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan</b></i></span>, and <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>the U.S.</b></i></span> since the 1940s. It's about the repeated <span style="color: #38761d;"><i>failures of reformers</i></span>--American, Russian, and Afghan alike--to remake and modernize Afghanistan.<br />
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It's about <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>shrewd and cynical calculations</b></i></span> by Saudi and American leaders--who promoted development and stability in Saudi Arabia by exporting <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Saudi extremist Islam</b></i></span> (Wahhabism) abroad--including to Afghanistan.<br />
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It's about <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Wall Street</b></i></span> giants, fat with Saudi petrodollars, beyond the control of any government. About Western <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>governments </b></i></span>that don't want to govern, anyway.<br />
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It's about how Afghanistan always seems to <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>destroy the armies that invade it</b></i></span>--and damage the invading countries. And it's about those two pillars of Western foreign policy: <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>blowback</b></i></span> and <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>unintended consequences</b></i></span>.<br />
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<i>Russian troops leaving Afghanistan, late 1988 or 1989</i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b>Part 1</b></u></span> looks at the fateful postwar U.S.-Saudi alliance ... early attempts to modernize and Westernize Afghanistan ... and how, for decades, Saudi rulers achieved stability at home by exporting the reactionary, extreme form of Islam-Wahhabism--abroad. And it looks at decades of political upheaval in Afghanistan, leading to a home-grown socialist revolutionary government--and Russian intervention when that fell apart.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><u><b>Part 2</b></u></span> focuses on the failed Russian attempts to reform Afghanistan in the 1980s ... the failed American attempts to reform Afghanistan since 2001 ... the transfer of political power in the West from governments to defense industries and the banks ... the naive "Good vs. Evil" worldview shared by Washington, London, the Taliban, and Osama Bin Laden ... the vicious battle of the Afghan Mujahideen and the Russians ... and how the West aided the rise of Islamic extremism.<br />
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<i>Filmmaker Adam Curtis</i></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><u>More by Adam Curtis</u>:</b></span> <i>New World Notes</i> adapted Curtis's film <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Love and Power</b></i></span> to radio, in two installments, in December 2013. For more information and links to the audio, see <a href="http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/2013/12/love-and-power.html">our Web page</a> for that program.<br />
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<br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-27837392392533786382021-04-30T21:55:00.000-04:002021-04-30T21:55:15.862-04:00How to Ruin an Economy<p><i>New World Notes</i> #687, <i>27:55</i> (May 4)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-687-ruin-an-economy-192k/NWN-687_Ruin-an-Economy_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (38 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-687-ruin-an-economy-192k/NWN-687_Ruin-an-Economy_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MVsI3IzmoXK8gnkMakRfLVQ-0yDiSZLf5OVSpOEKwBJ8T24eZe429hH_L8Nre4V7FY4wLO2nWcg4DI3iSyFYmdsT-_Ujt1FZ4r_7Q8nzsp2Eva6d9iLVbAMAIvwgp7w-Xbf3qVKN5sZx/s600/Onepercent-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7MVsI3IzmoXK8gnkMakRfLVQ-0yDiSZLf5OVSpOEKwBJ8T24eZe429hH_L8Nre4V7FY4wLO2nWcg4DI3iSyFYmdsT-_Ujt1FZ4r_7Q8nzsp2Eva6d9iLVbAMAIvwgp7w-Xbf3qVKN5sZx/w387-h290/Onepercent-2.jpg" width="387" /></a></div><br /><div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Noam Chomsky</span></b> concisely and brilliantly <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">dissects the U.S. economic system</span></i></b>. He shows that it operates exactly in accord with the principles of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">neoliberal capitalism</span></i></b>. Its function is to increase the wealth and power of the plutocratic elite--<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">"the Masters of Mankind,"</span></i></b> as Adam Smith called them--at the expense of everyone else. And he shows the role of the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">federal government</span></i></b> in enabling and promoting the economic system's <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">antidemocratic aims and results</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The U.S. economic system has changed scarcely at all in the past half-century. Hence this <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">classic talk</span></i></b> is every bit as timely, engaging, and important today as it was when Chomsky spoke (at Northeastern University, Boston, in February 2014).</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Leigha Cohen</span></i></b> produced and made available a video of Chomsky's talk. Many thanks. I have lightly edited the recorded audio.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-64111917761388376652021-04-24T21:33:00.000-04:002021-04-30T21:34:45.504-04:00Killing Us Softly<i>New World Notes</i> #686, <i>27:42</i> (April 24)<br /><a href="http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/95567/105035/116609/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/kdowst@hotmail.com/3415-1-NWN-144_KillingSoftly_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (38 MB) <br /><a href="http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/95567/105034/116608/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/kdowst@hotmail.com/3415-1-NWN-144_KillingSoftly_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality</a> MP3 (13 MB) <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>A smart, funny</b></i></span>, and important talk on <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>advertising's image of women</b></i></span>. <br /><br />With wit and humor, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Jean Kilbourne</b></span> shows the<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b> preposterous </b></i><i><b>body images, emotional styles, sexuality</b></i></span>, and attitudes towards <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>violence</b></i></span> that consumer advertising presents to women (and men) as desirable and normal. Kilbourne's critique is far from radical, but it is very sound, very interesting, and in places <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>very funny</b></i></span>. Both men and women (and everyone else) will find this talk well worth a listen.<br />
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MP3 files downloaded from the links, above, are identified as NWN #144.</i><br /><br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-50695880262133314772021-04-17T13:06:00.001-04:002021-04-17T13:09:58.580-04:00Confronting the Authorities<p><i>New World Notes</i> #685, <i>28:26 </i> (April 20)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-685-confronting-the-authorities-192k/NWN-685_Confronting-the-Authorities_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-685-confronting-the-authorities-192k/NWN-685_Confronting-the-Authorities_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYLVsP8n__KnBho-zBRNOzWnIUYv-hre5mkmbgoBv55q_V4wvdYqtOczoJfa0HKLrEaaVO4fMSA7bytUwTIaRjs7q787BOU3Ca7Q8XVFlj990EiEnblGuTI2jMkO2qRroOcfDGsxN-2rD/s840/JillLepore2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="840" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivYLVsP8n__KnBho-zBRNOzWnIUYv-hre5mkmbgoBv55q_V4wvdYqtOczoJfa0HKLrEaaVO4fMSA7bytUwTIaRjs7q787BOU3Ca7Q8XVFlj990EiEnblGuTI2jMkO2qRroOcfDGsxN-2rD/w381-h254/JillLepore2.jpg" width="381" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Historian Jill Lepore</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Two features</span></i></b> connected by the belief that we need to <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">organize</span></i></b>, <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">confront Authority</span></i></b>, and <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">radically change</span></i></b> (not just "reform")<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> the system</span></i></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First we'll hear <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jordan Brown</span></b>'s short <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">movie</span></i></b>, <b><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Forget Shorter Showers</i></span></b>. The film features a reading of a good essay by radical environmental activist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Derek Jensen</span></b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then part 2 of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jill Lepore</span></b>'s article on the history of police forces, "<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">The Long Blue Line</span></i></b>." Lepore shows the police's roots in the control of Black slaves and in the military's imperial adventures abroad.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAmxUW6f_aFsBi1N2HPp7UWWKRgSs13fPNO41BT988qr0e3U17XWqaqcnhaV2Ft1pDu1U1hmQ_1Aj9QCCAI9BxKBKHB3wVa6IhLVPEo87KLW2hZP7m7Mmg8aY07TB6Iq28rNyVstkCohd/s1076/Derrick_Jensen%252C_2020.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1076" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLAmxUW6f_aFsBi1N2HPp7UWWKRgSs13fPNO41BT988qr0e3U17XWqaqcnhaV2Ft1pDu1U1hmQ_1Aj9QCCAI9BxKBKHB3wVa6IhLVPEo87KLW2hZP7m7Mmg8aY07TB6Iq28rNyVstkCohd/s320/Derrick_Jensen%252C_2020.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Environmental activist Derek Jensen</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Jill Lepore is David Woods Kemper ’41 Professor of American History at Harvard University. Her article "The Long Blue Line" appears in </i>The New Yorker <i>magazine, July 20, 2020.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Part 1 of "The Long Blue Line" is read in <a href="http://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/2021/04/police.html" target="_blank">NWN #683</a>.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Jordan Brown's film </i>Forget Shorter Showers <i>was released in 2015</i>.</div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-44833809014084512912021-04-11T13:27:00.002-04:002021-04-11T13:31:28.271-04:00Peasant of the Dawn<p><i>New World Notes</i> #684, <i>28:58</i> (April 13)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-684-peasant-of-the-dawn-20210413-192k/NWN-684_Peasant%20of%20the%20Dawn_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (40 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-684-peasant-of-the-dawn-20210413-192k/NWN-684_Peasant%20of%20the%20Dawn_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30_Dnlq7YtRblsIluEEW5KkN-YABpKYb4bBD1HfeVQQZSRMqzFhxKg0MHCT8UkRUzbSFRGBz9uI-lnu1a80ml7Xf6VIwzG0LPk1RNYWO8TaECcPoZG1EeBOq6FEnATijxAqUHWomP4dDX/s1600/Peasant2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj30_Dnlq7YtRblsIluEEW5KkN-YABpKYb4bBD1HfeVQQZSRMqzFhxKg0MHCT8UkRUzbSFRGBz9uI-lnu1a80ml7Xf6VIwzG0LPk1RNYWO8TaECcPoZG1EeBOq6FEnATijxAqUHWomP4dDX/s320/Peasant2.JPG" /></a></div><div><b><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Excellent audio </i>collage</span></b> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Virtual Renderings</span></b>, slightly condensed by me. It's a meditation on <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">class warfare</span></i></b>, the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">ruling elite</span></i></b>'s dislike of democracy, <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">American exceptionalism</span></i></b>, <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">economic inequality</span></i></b>, <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">mind control</span></i></b>, and the prescience of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">George Orwell</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Voices heard</span></i></b> belong to <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Howard Zinn, Michael Parenti, Noam Chomsky</span></b>, historian <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Morris Berman</span></b>, and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ken Nordine</span></b> (himself a master of audio <i>collage</i>), among others. Includes dramatic readings from Orwell's <i>1984</i> and some good music.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">A musical highlight:</span></i></b> a mashup duet of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Harry Shearer</span></b> and then-President <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Barack Obama</span></b> titled "Yes We Can ... But."</div><div><br /></div><div>Previously broadcast by <i>New World Notes</i> in 2011 and (with a new introduction) 2017.</div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/contributor/2102" target="_blank">114 audio collages</a> by Virtual Renderings can be downloaded without charge at radio4all,net.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>New World Notes <i>is produced under the auspices (Latin for "radar") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-72736451944610578032021-04-05T23:05:00.002-04:002021-04-06T13:51:58.287-04:00Police<p><i>New World Notes</i> #683, <i>28:46</i> (April 6)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-683-police-192k/NWN-683_Police_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (40 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-683-police-192k/NWN-683_Police_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglfPE-EQJwgeaw3BhR4DpAx5L8ywDxjX3gYqZo2oIJkuJdi5k5MLwSmVIQ3ZYHbgOYImP8Qtfyo6VKOwwW4eTSSvcHWUV3JiuKKfGgkSZ8TCsK_lRTcTxg8lCAY0xFPHKJWGo_KoWXGr8/s1800/Police-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1800" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhglfPE-EQJwgeaw3BhR4DpAx5L8ywDxjX3gYqZo2oIJkuJdi5k5MLwSmVIQ3ZYHbgOYImP8Qtfyo6VKOwwW4eTSSvcHWUV3JiuKKfGgkSZ8TCsK_lRTcTxg8lCAY0xFPHKJWGo_KoWXGr8/w394-h262/Police-1.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>(Click to enlarge)</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Various perspectives--all of them critical--on the police.</span></i></b> The show includes a comedy sketch by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Marlon Wayans,</span></b> a song by<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> David Rovics</span></b>, and two recordings, from the 1960s, of <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Malcolm X</span></b>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">KD</span></b> reads from <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">historian</span></i></b> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Jill Lepore</span></b>'s recent article, "The Long Blue Line" and also tells of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">a recent killing (of Jose Soto) by police in his own town.</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></i></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOz7RZdQOu5WLicyJrTB8TwazuXB4zthFtLlHwsgXNJiFJuUkii8Xp_8b4R5t7D0Zv11vrcpEtCXJiuZSNVQJdLBl42MzE3ho1zEFDjySho8e91wqBYEBVVoQlgbRZQtZX2Zo87IYIsIC/s480/Police-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWOz7RZdQOu5WLicyJrTB8TwazuXB4zthFtLlHwsgXNJiFJuUkii8Xp_8b4R5t7D0Zv11vrcpEtCXJiuZSNVQJdLBl42MzE3ho1zEFDjySho8e91wqBYEBVVoQlgbRZQtZX2Zo87IYIsIC/s320/Police-2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chicago, 1968: When my own understanding<br />of police forces began to change</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Jill Lepore's article, "The Long Blue Line: Inventing the Police," appears in </i>The New Yorker<i> magazine, July 20, 2020.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">New World Notes <i>is produced under the auspices (Latin for "inflexible deadlines") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-20416288404414077782021-03-29T10:57:00.003-04:002021-03-29T12:20:56.250-04:00Easter Season in America<i>New World Notes</i> #682, <i>28:56</i> (April 30)<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>In a humorous and satiric monologue</b></i></span>, <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>KD</b></span> reflects on several current and past events, all somehow connected to <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Easter-time in America</b></i></span>. Plus a song by <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>David Rovics</b></span>.<br />
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Topics include secularization and <span style="color: #134f5c;"><i><b>commercialization</b></i></span> of holidays, <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Notre Dame Cathedral</b></i></span>, the <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Mueller Report</b></i></span>, <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>John Brown</b></i></span>, the <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>supermarket strike</b></i></span>, and how (on Easter, 1929), <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Edward Bernays</span></i></b> got American women <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>hooked on cigarettes</b></i></span>.<br />
<br /><div><i>This is a replay (with minor changes) of NWN #581, from April 2019. Some of the current events mentioned are now two years old. Because the discussion goes beyond the events to the larger issues the events illustrate, the show holds up well (IMHO).</i></div><div><br /></div>
<i>"John Brown" is from David Rovics' </i>"Big Red Sessions" <i>album.</i><br />
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<i>John Brown redefines the Easter parade. "Beecher's Bible" is in his right hand (left side of the painting).</i></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.3333px;"><i>New World Notes</i> is produced under the auspices (Latin for "spreading chestnut tree") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: gainsboro; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"><br /></span></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-46470498763386640162021-03-19T11:41:00.000-04:002021-03-19T11:41:23.695-04:00How the Internet Makes You Stupid<p><i>New World Notes</i> #681, <i>28:24</i> (March 23)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-681-carr-internet-192k/NWN-681_Carr-Internet_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-681-carr-internet-192k/NWN-681_Carr-Internet_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjI0sDO6NVjm9cKGDVo-3lRfcMggIwREwvxB0iw57pwzQ12wL12guPZ_lK5Q_W-4HzVH1TgKRYntLGv0D6voVzbuPuixzMDjn7gPDSRuNdE2D90VpQX5MszIEP1TnzhJidYxBvbxKeZb0B/s1280/Carr-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjI0sDO6NVjm9cKGDVo-3lRfcMggIwREwvxB0iw57pwzQ12wL12guPZ_lK5Q_W-4HzVH1TgKRYntLGv0D6voVzbuPuixzMDjn7gPDSRuNdE2D90VpQX5MszIEP1TnzhJidYxBvbxKeZb0B/w394-h221/Carr-1.jpg" width="394" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Nicholas Carr, in front of old-fashioned communications technology</i></div></i><div><br /><div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Nicholas Carr</span></b>--author of <i>The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains</i>--in a recent conversation with <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Ralph Nader</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>They explore the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">bad effects of Internet use</span></i></b>--especially popular sites such as Facebook, Google, & Instagram-<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">-on human learning, reasoning, knowledge retention, and critical thinking</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>One bad effect is millions of Americans who are easily manipulated and who remain unaware that they <b><i>are</i></b> being manipulated.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><i>The original audio--here edited by K.D.--courtesy of the </i>Ralph Nader Radio Hour <i>(August 8, 2020). <a href="http://ralphnaderradiohour.com">ralphnaderradiohour.com</a> . Thanks to Ralph.</i></div><div><br /></div><div><i>The second edition of Carr's </i>The Shallows <i>was published in 2020. The first edition appeared in 2010.</i></div></div><div><br /><br /></div></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-33623879407729912902021-03-14T15:31:00.000-04:002021-03-14T15:31:03.609-04:00How Your Cell Phone Spies On You<p><i>New World Notes</i> #680, <i>28:39</i> (March 16)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-680-snowden-smartphones-192k/NWN-680_Snowden-Smartphones_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-680-snowden-smartphones-192k/NWN-680_Snowden-Smartphones_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg012WHDgGj2l8sTz6AYlMXf-byEHtO-ffEIMSbU3h4pGaXKgr4TH2xRgTLUqctOoAd8EQLHkhBEmXanuiuFoVp6G7n8wi-jmaxli4rVZm7q8DtTlhNsKcRBeW1nQTtGLHiOP7jq2nNUbm4/s512/SNowden-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="512" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg012WHDgGj2l8sTz6AYlMXf-byEHtO-ffEIMSbU3h4pGaXKgr4TH2xRgTLUqctOoAd8EQLHkhBEmXanuiuFoVp6G7n8wi-jmaxli4rVZm7q8DtTlhNsKcRBeW1nQTtGLHiOP7jq2nNUbm4/s320/SNowden-1.png" /></a></div><br /><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Celebrated NSA whistleblower</span></i></b> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Edward Snowden</span></b> explains the<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> mass surveillance of Americans</span></i></b> by means of their <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">cell phones</span></i></b>. <p></p><p>He explains how both the<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> government</span></i></b> and <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Big Tech companies</span></i></b> capture and use your data. How they <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">record your every movement</span></i></b>. And how they collude to prevent you from stopping all that data capture.</p><p>The talk reveals Snowden to be, not only a brilliant technician, but a <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">complex, humane and caring</span></i></b> person.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBekclrH6UMeGmhnrgWFE35YWK3ur8FFkSutiIqQawAGb2HaFiHZMUQeFFyv8XvNE33HrQYRtVwRzJKkZvttqVqpcEO988E6h6bTuy9vTw6FjlRlYNFaqN6x308E9c0V0B40dU_juKa7D/s1200/Snowden.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCBekclrH6UMeGmhnrgWFE35YWK3ur8FFkSutiIqQawAGb2HaFiHZMUQeFFyv8XvNE33HrQYRtVwRzJKkZvttqVqpcEO988E6h6bTuy9vTw6FjlRlYNFaqN6x308E9c0V0B40dU_juKa7D/w423-h222/Snowden.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Edward Snowden</i></div></i><div><br /><div><div><i>Snowden's talk is taken from an interview with video blogger Joe Rogan (*The Joe Rogan Experience," #1368, October 2019). I have lightly edited the talk for radio. Many thanks to Rogan and Snowden both.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>New World Notes <i>is produced under the auspices (Latin for "benign neglect") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.</i></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-69038896826488817652021-03-08T16:16:00.000-05:002021-03-08T16:16:44.555-05:00Capitalism and its Discontents<p><i>New World Notes</i> #679, <i>28:32</i> (March 9)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-679-capitalism-discontents-192k/NWN-679_Capitalism-Discontents_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-679-capitalism-discontents-192k/NWN-679_Capitalism-Discontents_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCJ0mLzgBUVMCiJnGRQ5rRdFga25QZIBSYrgs1rPO-ml-TGREvSOVA8jwFpej22Rm_XhO7XI6tn0a9nOka5yZw4ZhzXzoZbfQMf_6vpLkScFx8HGuK6W-nmK3n-kifTImxCZCBJxXMdFu/s1200/capitalism.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1200" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCJ0mLzgBUVMCiJnGRQ5rRdFga25QZIBSYrgs1rPO-ml-TGREvSOVA8jwFpej22Rm_XhO7XI6tn0a9nOka5yZw4ZhzXzoZbfQMf_6vpLkScFx8HGuK6W-nmK3n-kifTImxCZCBJxXMdFu/w371-h232/capitalism.jpg" width="371" /></a></div><br /><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Variations on a theme.</span></i></b> <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">KD</span></b> explores why the Powers-That-Be try to <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">suppress the word "capitalism."</span></i></b> Economist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Richard D. Wolff</span></b> explores the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">public's disillusionment</span></i></b> with the U.S. economic system and explores the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">prospects for change</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>We'll hear also a <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">song</span></i></b>--intended to be apolitical--by the late <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Anne Feeney</span></b>: "Winter, Go Away." One line of the song, though--which implies that winter is warmer in Texas--inspires a preface on this month's death toll from <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Texas' profit-driven, un-winterized electric system</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Finally, we read an article on the huge trade in <i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Irish slaves</span></b></i> shipped to the New World in the 17th and 18th centuries.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFHLO_mM-bXCyJ0L_MuYNbM5EFDNOXKgL2dpfV200qDWDT8Rm1GZXXHxm4ud2KZCfF_Zvgbv9-s5CEXb5NaN6XMW-aymS80JsMgENihQ7hkRTyybScvo9o6_4AXwBHF9LkCibB-Zaywtp/s892/cap-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="892" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFHLO_mM-bXCyJ0L_MuYNbM5EFDNOXKgL2dpfV200qDWDT8Rm1GZXXHxm4ud2KZCfF_Zvgbv9-s5CEXb5NaN6XMW-aymS80JsMgENihQ7hkRTyybScvo9o6_4AXwBHF9LkCibB-Zaywtp/w400-h265/cap-2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p><i>The Wolff segment is from his interview with video blogger </i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mexie</span></b><i>, September 15, 2020. A different section of this interview (edited by KD) appears as <a href="https://newworldnotes.blogspot.com/2020/11/covid-19-and-end-of-capitalism.html" target="_blank">NWN #663</a>, in November 2020. Many thanks to both Mexie and Wolff.</i></p><p><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">John Martin</span></b><i>'s "The Irish Slave Trade" was published in</i> Global Research<i> in 2008 (rpt., </i>ibid., <i>March 15, 2015). I have edited and condensed this article for radio.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-46600460336833833462021-02-28T18:25:00.001-05:002021-03-06T16:15:20.772-05:00Naomi Klein on CIA Project MK-ULTRA <p><i>New World Notes </i>#678, <i>29:19</i> (March 2)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes279-NaomiKleinOnCiaProjectMk-ultra/NWN-279_MK-ULTRA_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (40 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes279-NaomiKleinOnCiaProjectMk-ultra/NWN-279_MK-ULTRA_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQYPX_5YlJ2MQgzm9tQx4bjk2t-WnhAidlgtxHZulgjJUhTGhPMXB2pP2LGFkPTv6j9sQvPEIT9prMCI6lysbT4EM3ACNtA9a0CGY6_64hrkkKO8S7S1WB_BPVUUflvaa8UdbEEZyRg-D/s300/3_Ewen-Cameron.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQYPX_5YlJ2MQgzm9tQx4bjk2t-WnhAidlgtxHZulgjJUhTGhPMXB2pP2LGFkPTv6j9sQvPEIT9prMCI6lysbT4EM3ACNtA9a0CGY6_64hrkkKO8S7S1WB_BPVUUflvaa8UdbEEZyRg-D/s0/3_Ewen-Cameron.jpg" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Psychiatrist and CIA collaborator Dr. Ewen Cameron (left) performed mind-control experiments on numerous patients.</i></div></i><div><br /><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">For two decades</span></i></b>, the CIA conducted <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">secret experiments in torture and mind-control</span></i></b> as Project MK-ULTRA. Among their experimental subjects were American and Canadian citizens--none of whom were aware of what was being done to them.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Naomi Klein</span></b> tells the story of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Gail Kastner</span></i></b>, who discovered decades later that the CIA (via her psychiatrist) had <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">permanently damaged her mind and body with drugs, sensory deprivation, and electroshock</span></i></b>--all without her knowledge or consent.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQ3DyHMvWuz5Jus7fwXINfcHB2Me5A6z35XeK-R_3K9iGzPe9eL-TRG8DyBnPIjjMupmBctY3Qw97ko702tVxIpsFZdjdKBBTIvYZthl2qhhyphenhyphenJznctAFQA6HkODVHZ4hFHhE7Wpxzh06w/s249/0_Truthdrug.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="201" data-original-width="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJQ3DyHMvWuz5Jus7fwXINfcHB2Me5A6z35XeK-R_3K9iGzPe9eL-TRG8DyBnPIjjMupmBctY3Qw97ko702tVxIpsFZdjdKBBTIvYZthl2qhhyphenhyphenJznctAFQA6HkODVHZ4hFHhE7Wpxzh06w/s0/0_Truthdrug.png" /></a></div><br /><div><div>Klein reads from her book, <i>The Shock Doctrine.</i> The recording--here slightly condensed by me--had previously been broadcast on "Unwelcome Guests." Thanks to Lyn Gerry and the Unwelcome Guests Collective.</div><div><br /></div><div>This installment was previously broadcast, as NWN #279, in 2013.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Music added:</span></i></b> The song "Short Memory" by Midnight Oil.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>I chose "Short Memory" because of its theme--Americans' (and the American government's) habit of making the same mistakes over and over again. Later it dawned to me that my choice of song might be seen as mocking the memory loss that Kastner and other victims of MK-ULTRA had experienced. No such mockery is intended. --K.D.</i></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-89694688359656080812021-02-21T18:31:00.000-05:002021-02-28T18:32:29.288-05:00John Pilger<i>New World Notes</i> #677, <i>28:48</i> (February 23)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes491-JohnPilger/NWN-491_JohnPilger-2017_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (38 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/NewWorldNotes491-JohnPilger/NWN-491_JohnPilger-2017_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) <br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Documentary filmmaker</b></i></span> <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>John Pilger</b></span> discusses <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>the real story</b></i></span> behind the U.S.'s opposition to Russia, China, North Korea, and Syria. Pilger's shrewd analysis of <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>actual</b></i><i><b> U.S. foreign policy</b></i></span> naturally leads to a discussion of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>corruption</b></i></span> of both Clinton and the Democratic Party, the <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>propaganda </b></i></span>served up by the mainstream media, and (in Pilger's view) <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>Clinton's well-deserved loss</b></i></span> in the 2016 election.<br /><br />Pilger responds to questions from <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Cindy Sheehan</b></span>, from a broadcast of May 23, 2017. Audio courtesy of <i>The People Speak, with Cindy Sheehan</i>. The original program is available on radio4all.net. I have edited the audio slightly, mostly removing stumbles and hesitations.<div><br /></div><div><i>Previously broadcast by</i> NWN<i> in 2017.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;"><b><i>A fine audio</i> collage</b></span>--originally titled <i>Capital Games</i>--by <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Chazk</b></span>, a.k.a. Virtual Renderings. An <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>intriguing and sometimes rocking blend</b></i></span> of satire, music, and also analysis by several voices (among them Richard Wolff's). <br />
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<br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-51657372633469227262021-01-02T14:20:00.004-05:002021-01-13T21:02:44.007-05:00Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse<p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 1:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #670, <i>28:00</i> (January 5)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-670-ad-apocalypse-1-192k/NWN-670_Ad-Apocalypse-1_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (38 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-670-ad-apocalypse-1-192k/NWN-670_Ad-Apocalypse-1_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 2:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #671, <i>28:18</i> (January 12)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-671-ad-apocalypse-2-192k/NWN-671_Ad-Apocalypse-2_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-671-ad-apocalypse-2-192k/NWN-671_Ad-Apocalypse-2_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 3:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #672, <i>28:40</i> (January 19)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-672-ad-apocalypse-3-192k/NWN-672_Ad-Apocalypse-3_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-672-ad-apocalypse-3-192k/NWN-672_Ad-Apocalypse-3_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1HcdE-KoI5KRjpdshYPo-cfJeA9ldgj8PG19Uai2atW3Ewr7vpUkiPeh0FafV0u7AFBP0n76M-MjiE6zg2xu61ejVswOuj8QEC4U4ULt6asgX3z5k_WZaYp90uLCmQjqc_I2fs51wsS7/s1600/Ad-apoc-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic1HcdE-KoI5KRjpdshYPo-cfJeA9ldgj8PG19Uai2atW3Ewr7vpUkiPeh0FafV0u7AFBP0n76M-MjiE6zg2xu61ejVswOuj8QEC4U4ULt6asgX3z5k_WZaYp90uLCmQjqc_I2fs51wsS7/w420-h254/Ad-apoc-1.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">An engaging and insightful documentary</span></i></b> on corporate-sponsored <b><span style="color: #38761d;">advertising in the 21st century.</span></b> It explores advertising's <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">ubiquity</span></i></b>; its <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">insidiousness</span></i></b>; its <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">devastating social, psychological, and environmental effects</span></i></b>--and its role in perpetuating the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">most harmful aspects of corporate capitalism</span></i></b>.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #134f5c;">Communications scholar</span></i></b> and activist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Sut Jhally</span></b> narrates. The film is adapted to radio, and with introductions, by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">KD</span></b>.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 1</span></i></b> focuses on the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">commercial takeover of our culture</span></i></b>, the problem of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">industrial overproduction</span></i></b>, and the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">development of the advertising industry</span></i></b> to increase demand for products.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSyc8UtYTe5se8vK0t7JPjgngBvqPiP2o4mVRsZ6ui9MzlymKJCX1jprfBLYC8zF0A9EcfzG9P4TQMXa5rZK2t9MgO4dmRrTvh6SdlceeGFbfU7xp9TLV53p2wmPISnbQQqdpgMcBIVA8/s802/Benteton-1080s-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="802" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaSyc8UtYTe5se8vK0t7JPjgngBvqPiP2o4mVRsZ6ui9MzlymKJCX1jprfBLYC8zF0A9EcfzG9P4TQMXa5rZK2t9MgO4dmRrTvh6SdlceeGFbfU7xp9TLV53p2wmPISnbQQqdpgMcBIVA8/w424-h224/Benteton-1080s-1.jpg" width="424" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span>(Click to enlarge)</span></i></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br />Part 2</span></i></b> explores the<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> failure of "the Marketplace"</span></i></b>--and of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">capitalism</span></i></b>--to provide what people consider to be the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">real sources of happiness</span></i></b>: good social relationships, love and romance, meaningful work, and the like. Capitalism--especially through advertising--quite <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">falsely promises</span></i></b> that buying consumer goods will lead to those sources of happiness.</div><p>Then Part 2 examines the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">devastating ecological and environmental effects</span></i></b> of our culture's binge of consumption.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 3</span></i></b> further explores the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">ecological devastation</span></i></b> wrought by the trio of <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">neoliberal capitalism, rampant consumerism</span></i></b>, and <i><span style="color: #38761d;">product advertising</span></i>. It also explores the breakdown of social ties--and the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">celebration of rampant and live-for-today individualism</span></i></b>--that this trio promotes.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">But the film's conclusion is optimistic</span></i></b>: many people are seeing through the trio's false promises and are <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">rebelling</span></i></b>.</p><p>Following the film are two complementary sketches: comedian <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bill Hicks</span></b> on advertising and marketing, and <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Janis Joplin</span></b>'s song, "Mercedes Benz."</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrKyADtFgmMw0ilaDtL2o53ESM_KTXjTp5sR_TDFyt5FPcDiFu_F6EH6nXm4icH5Z4PjqP0WkbM1DDTeExlPYcRDxRLpH4fKUf1qT5VkQmY6GBjTxElIGJhJb7CzBRzYGy-tlYUSdvDe5/s480/sut_jhally_0.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTrKyADtFgmMw0ilaDtL2o53ESM_KTXjTp5sR_TDFyt5FPcDiFu_F6EH6nXm4icH5Z4PjqP0WkbM1DDTeExlPYcRDxRLpH4fKUf1qT5VkQmY6GBjTxElIGJhJb7CzBRzYGy-tlYUSdvDe5/s320/sut_jhally_0.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><i>Sut Jhally, at UMass, Amherst</i></div><p></p><div><i>Advertising at the Edge of the Apocalypse</i> was produced, in 2017, by the Media Education Foundation.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-51268119054236561132020-12-27T11:20:00.001-05:002020-12-27T11:20:26.571-05:00Clutter<i>New World Notes</i> #669, <i>27:31</i> (December 29)<br /><a href="http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/100769/110675/122895/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/kdowst@hotmail.com/3415-1-NWN-566_Clutter_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/download/100769/110674/122894/?url=http://www.radio4all.net/files/kdowst@hotmail.com/3415-1-NWN-566_Clutter_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)<br />
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<i>The Church fights back</i></div>
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<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>A fine audio </b></i><b>collage</b></span> on Christmas and America produced by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Scooter</span></b>. A blend of <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>social satire, inspired nonsense, improbable music, serious debate, standup comedy, right-wing craziness</b></i></span>, & <span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b>great fun</b></i></span>.<br />
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This <i>collage</i> weaves together a debate on religion by the late<i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b> </b></span></i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Christopher Hitchens</span></b></span><i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b> </b></span></i>(atheist) and Catholic spokesman Bill Donahue, a parody musical-comedy Christmas movie, a parody war movie (climaxing in the death of all three <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Chipmunks</b></span>), ravings by<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Bill O'Reilly</b></span></span> and a few televangelists, heavy-metal Christmas carols, standup comedy by<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Lewis Black</b></span></span> and<span style="color: #38761d;"><i><b> </b></i><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Sam Kinison</b></span></span>, and more.<br />
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Once again we present Scooter's <i>tour-de-force</i> <i>almost </i>uncut ... <i>almost<b> </b></i>uncensored ... and <i>almost </i>unabridged!<br />
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This installment was previously broadcst--most recently in December 2018. The "broadcast quality" version has an extra bleep, making it all the more suitable for airplay. <br />
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<i>Scooter, in a reflective moment</i></div>
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Scooter produced "The innerSide" radio program at KPFT-FM, Houston.<br />
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<br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-69284801575302911262020-12-14T22:29:00.001-05:002020-12-14T22:33:20.582-05:00Robert Fisk and Chris Hedges<div><i>New World Notes</i> #667, <i>28:14</i> (December 15)</div><div><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-667-fisk-hedges-b-192k/NWN-667_Fisk-Hedges%28B%29_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) </div><div><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-667-fisk-hedges-b-192k/NWN-667_Fisk-Hedges%28B%29_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoV6eFbJL7WPAymlvryCVsmb2WMtpNrcT912u58pYu_akQjYDLoCZ4dLbd5leLg1zNlC4BGu6_83LxDiYhMab5ZS-UQF1YzI_An4a9zG2rvmAYpkiBvUyB4pkWwBOnRe-_tzl35u3ZRi0/s960/Fisk1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOoV6eFbJL7WPAymlvryCVsmb2WMtpNrcT912u58pYu_akQjYDLoCZ4dLbd5leLg1zNlC4BGu6_83LxDiYhMab5ZS-UQF1YzI_An4a9zG2rvmAYpkiBvUyB4pkWwBOnRe-_tzl35u3ZRi0/w403-h227/Fisk1.jpg" width="403" /></a></div><br /><div><div><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Robert Fisk</span></b>, who died on October 20, was <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">one of the finest foreign correspondents writing in English</span></i></b>. For decades his beat was the Middle East. To mark his passing, we reprise one of his few appearances on <i>New World Notes, </i>in this installment from February 2019. Also featured is <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">former foreign correspondent </span></i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chris Hedges</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Different in style, the two reporters are alike in their<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> hatred of lies and propaganda</span></i></b>, their <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">command of recent history</span></i></b>--and their disdain for Trump's presidency.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Fisk</span></i></b> discusses the war in Syria, Iran, Putin, Trump, and the flood of propaganda in the media. <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Hedges</span></i></b> discusses how social justice requires economic justice and also effective means of nonviolently overturning established power.</div><div><br /></div><div>With an updated introduction by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">KD</span></b>. Plus a <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">song</span></i></b> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yikes McGee</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb9Z_1mhefhoJmBFvkkJzezcWNdVMDTJXXXTp_9lYIKkZZ1_fsNomXj5472lL-s2BjLjHPhwnpE_JypAxlSo548dsqlQoGRjx82EhD-CxcBBtaopLV0tB99oBvpah_uqHdz_75TSlhscp/s468/chris_hedges.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="468" data-original-width="468" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHb9Z_1mhefhoJmBFvkkJzezcWNdVMDTJXXXTp_9lYIKkZZ1_fsNomXj5472lL-s2BjLjHPhwnpE_JypAxlSo548dsqlQoGRjx82EhD-CxcBBtaopLV0tB99oBvpah_uqHdz_75TSlhscp/w236-h236/chris_hedges.jpeg" width="236" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chris Hedges</i></div></i><div><br /></div><div>Chris Hedges' recent book is <i>America: The Farewell Tour</i> (2018).</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Many thanks to <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Jeff Blankfort</span></b>, host of "Takes on the World," for these selections from his interview with Robert Fisk (June 13, 2018). Hedges' remarks are from the Q&A following his talk, "America: The Farewell Tour" (New York City, December 8, 2018), broadcast in NWN #571-572.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Thanks again to <b><span style="color: #38761d;">Wilton Vought</span></b>--then of "Other Voices, Other Choices," currently of "Essential Dissent"--for re-engineering and making available the audio of Fisk's talk. "Essential Dissent" can be found at several places on the Web including</i> <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yxz8ehks" target="_blank">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/y64ufjeh" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/yyq9w8sy" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <i>and</i> <a href="http://radio4all.net">radio4all.net</a> .</div><div><br /></div></div><br />Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-30829935040789069322020-12-01T11:27:00.000-05:002020-12-01T11:27:26.971-05:00Pandemic Journal 3: Another Toilet Paper Shortage<p><i>New World Notes</i> #666, <i>28:10</i> (December 8)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-666-pandemic-3-192k/NWN-666_Pandemic-3_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-666-pandemic-3-192k/NWN-666_Pandemic-3_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrCziHC7Upkey8HpAd7DgNvPwdv7ZQ7LEtFm_a5iZI_xSarrprehPL-BMk_ijJs5XQKLA5Hiy5ek4EteGZAXivtoITqWkv6ISCGANu-MUZyQx3n91dxIreBmIi1liaiFffZwlFVF9i49m/s1200/TP1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicrCziHC7Upkey8HpAd7DgNvPwdv7ZQ7LEtFm_a5iZI_xSarrprehPL-BMk_ijJs5XQKLA5Hiy5ek4EteGZAXivtoITqWkv6ISCGANu-MUZyQx3n91dxIreBmIi1liaiFffZwlFVF9i49m/s320/TP1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><i><b><span style="color: #38761d;">Wry reflections</span></b></i> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">KD</span></b> on American <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">toilet-paper shortages current and past</span></i></b>--including <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">the original one of 1973</span></i></b>. Plus <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">capitalism's high-dollar solution</span></i></b> to the current one: give <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">bidets</span></i></b> as Christmas presents to everyone on your list. Yes, they actually said this. And <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">David Rovics' $1.98 alternative</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Plus <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">a short, unusually upbeat talk</span></i></b> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Chris Hedges</span></b> and--to celebrate installment <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">#666</span></i></b>--a few words on the number of the beast.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTTXmjTdFdHL-tK7h5PvNc70Pycji3b-Wqvpsl0hExoi4rkzSSVq3y25IX9MD97KWYIJxoX91BDsLObASBAnhGtRskTSX4d1tFOGzkg1GvJ3TxWwv2CNQ2ILf9XjbT9-jXRF9-Dn3lBTo/s1970/Neorest_Crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="1970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTTXmjTdFdHL-tK7h5PvNc70Pycji3b-Wqvpsl0hExoi4rkzSSVq3y25IX9MD97KWYIJxoX91BDsLObASBAnhGtRskTSX4d1tFOGzkg1GvJ3TxWwv2CNQ2ILf9XjbT9-jXRF9-Dn3lBTo/s320/Neorest_Crop.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"Automate your lifestyle" ?? Capitalism saves the day with a high-priced alternative to toilet paper. Don't forget to add the cost of that new electrical outlet behind your $5000 toilet-bidet combination.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IIWkfCxX8XHQj7PUJAQN7BhkeHiLI6VLbKJH60rrivNbJZwZAsWqp5j3DKSAPF_7ELS7kO9u1sbkUc9e7meMbQUmGObKYcpGKdCuuxedy2e4JmG4a4MA5YHceAkoMwLW3IZiMlM5x0E1/s1300/Ketchup+bottle+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1300" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IIWkfCxX8XHQj7PUJAQN7BhkeHiLI6VLbKJH60rrivNbJZwZAsWqp5j3DKSAPF_7ELS7kO9u1sbkUc9e7meMbQUmGObKYcpGKdCuuxedy2e4JmG4a4MA5YHceAkoMwLW3IZiMlM5x0E1/w251-h224/Ketchup+bottle+1.jpg" width="251" /></a><br /><i>Working-class alternative.</i></div><p><br /></p>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-84777650578201541752020-11-23T13:45:00.001-05:002020-11-24T12:01:50.624-05:00The Politics of Cultural Despair<p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 1:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #664, <i>28:41</i> (November 24)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-664-hedges-cultural-despair-1-192k/NWN-664_Hedges_Cultural-Despair-1_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-664-hedges-cultural-despair-1-192k/NWN-664_Hedges_Cultural-Despair-1_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><p><i><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Part 2:</span></b> New World Notes</i> #665, <i>27:40</i> (December 1).<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-665-hedges-cultural-despair-2-b-192k/NWN-665_Hedges_Cultural-Despair-2B_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (38 MB)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-665-hedges-cultural-despair-2-b-192k/NWN-665_Hedges_Cultural-Despair-2B_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1s12q3IyxvwzQl67mGQjxi_qDkFxVbEHmgij8vVdun0CwslWb8YUYljoXml-24bOol7hPIcnKixpR4avIZbpC9OUIovI1EOmJZBK3Q69MjIAqmO6kU0-RrOdzq7Ct4Fen0eH52nN-uc8/s819/Hedges1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="459" data-original-width="819" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC1s12q3IyxvwzQl67mGQjxi_qDkFxVbEHmgij8vVdun0CwslWb8YUYljoXml-24bOol7hPIcnKixpR4avIZbpC9OUIovI1EOmJZBK3Q69MjIAqmO6kU0-RrOdzq7Ct4Fen0eH52nN-uc8/w396-h222/Hedges1.png" width="396" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Chris Hedges</i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">A rousing, no-holds-barred</span></i></b> new speech by the activist, essayist, and Pulitzer-winning journalist<b><span style="color: #cc0000;"> Chris Hedges</span></b>, delivered in October 2020.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hedges sees t<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">he engineering of public despair</span></i></b> as a deliberate strategy of our country's real rulers, the corporate oligarchs. Alas, history shows that<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> citizens in despair often turn to fascism</span></i></b>, thereby only compounding their misery and the oligarchs' power.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">In Part 1</span></i></b>, Hedges surveys the misery in which tens of millions of Americans now find themselves--jobless, without savings, without health insurance, facing eviction, coping with a pandemic, and more. <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">He denounces both major political parties</span></i></b>--with special focus on the <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Democratic Party</span></i></b> (including <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Joe Biden</span></i></b>), which has faithfully <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">served the oligarchy</span></i></b> and worked to <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">disempower the citizens </span></i></b>for many decades,</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-ZruBMZMitLeuTFMLRppOOENbGY9vS9W_goyab45BLXtX0jCiMAnMvyrFXg1o0yrLq4BWtd5dpOSkG8cRSpYJsfJk-FZTHNnqiEuSPOP-Klkun9U5xcN7yOHyWGAPxInN-8Xbgfymw28/s2048/Hedhes_American-FascistsL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1319" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho-ZruBMZMitLeuTFMLRppOOENbGY9vS9W_goyab45BLXtX0jCiMAnMvyrFXg1o0yrLq4BWtd5dpOSkG8cRSpYJsfJk-FZTHNnqiEuSPOP-Klkun9U5xcN7yOHyWGAPxInN-8Xbgfymw28/w163-h253/Hedhes_American-FascistsL.jpg" width="163" /></a></div><br /><div><div><b><i><span style="color: #cc0000;">In Part 2</span></i></b>, Hedges focuses on the rise pf <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">"Christian Fascism"</span></i></b> (a.k.a. "the religious Right). This movement is drawn primarily from the White working class--people that have indeed been brutalized by the System. But these people's just anger has been cynically misdirected by the Elite--away from their real oppressors and towards the country's <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">liberal and democratic institutions</span></i></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hedges sees reform of our corrupt system as impossible. That leaves <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">only two possible outcomes</span></i></b>: popular rebellion leading to some form of humane, <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">democratic socialism</span></i></b> ... or else <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">tyranny</span></i></b>. The Elite--and the institutions they control, such as the police--much prefer the latter.</div><div><br /></div><div>Following Hedges' speech, we lighten the mood a bit with <i><span style="color: #38761d;"><b>a new song</b></span></i> by <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">David Rovics</span></b>, "Vaccine."</div><div><br /></div><div><i>Hedges' speech, which he delivered remotely, was sponsored by GCAS College in Dublin. I have shortened a few pauses and snipped out the occasional stumble.</i></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7662423155593298136.post-5727227373344331762020-11-14T16:01:00.001-05:002020-11-14T16:08:39.096-05:00COVID-19 and the End of Capitalism<p><i>New World Notes</i> #663, <i>28:40</i> (November 17)<br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-663-wolff-covid-192k/NWN-663_Wolff-COVID_192k.mp3" target="_blank">Broadcast quality MP3</a> (39 MB) <br /><a href="https://archive.org/download/nwn-663-wolff-covid-192k/NWN-663_Wolff-COVID_64k.mp3" target="_blank">Decent quality MP3</a> (13 MB) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxyWAZBwa9Eyfa5yXw2nYh9ErtXw6TwI6xxyeZRzgw6hU25Dq-fTOkA2qcZYWBlaeW1yWBz-OVdxSdbqUlHSuKQxuOGCRBNoLgM1YhUPKdDju8OCI1PbOKFtl2J-gT1YSJJVuyCXUl6XV/s965/RDWolff_Crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="965" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxyWAZBwa9Eyfa5yXw2nYh9ErtXw6TwI6xxyeZRzgw6hU25Dq-fTOkA2qcZYWBlaeW1yWBz-OVdxSdbqUlHSuKQxuOGCRBNoLgM1YhUPKdDju8OCI1PbOKFtl2J-gT1YSJJVuyCXUl6XV/w420-h312/RDWolff_Crop.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Richard D. Wolff</i></div><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Capitalism is a fatally flawed economic system</span></i></b> that cannot be made to work well, argues economist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Richard D. Wolff</span></b>. One fatal flaw is its<b><i><span style="color: #38761d;"> instability</span></i></b>: for the past 300 years, capitalist economies have <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">crashed every 4-7 years</span></i></b>. </p><p>We are now in the third crash of the 21st century, the worst since the 1920s. The COVID pandemic--and the right-on-schedule crash it triggered--make <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">the system's failures</span></i></b> undeniable, Wolff argues.</p><p>Wolff is in fine form in these selections from an interview (of September 15, 2020) with the Progressive Canadian video blogger, <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Mexie</span></b>.</p><p><b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">First, though:</span></i></b> brief <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">eulogies</span></i></b> for Connecticut radio program producer and political activist <b><span style="color: #38761d;"><i>Mike DeRosa</i></span></b> and for veteran Middle-East correspondent <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">Robert Fisk</span></i></b>. And <b><i><span style="color: #38761d;">a funny song on President Trump</span></i></b> by satirist <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Roy Zimmerman</span></b> and friends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5Dvzwh8SpqpKHe0kyW6yA5gIUTK-fskeRfAVJJ9T0vToG3SKWzhIxjdbOJt3vbTaBNKCWbkolU6aQUMzgUp61DR3dDCHut02GOGVsufdPn6K7pNrwlR5C-G0GwvEDsSeEXoOp8O12wIF/s350/WrongSide1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="287" data-original-width="350" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5Dvzwh8SpqpKHe0kyW6yA5gIUTK-fskeRfAVJJ9T0vToG3SKWzhIxjdbOJt3vbTaBNKCWbkolU6aQUMzgUp61DR3dDCHut02GOGVsufdPn6K7pNrwlR5C-G0GwvEDsSeEXoOp8O12wIF/w231-h189/WrongSide1.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><p><i>Mexie's video programs are available on YouTube. I have borrowed the title of her interview with Wolff (as well as a fair amount of the audio). Many thanks.</i></p><p><i>Richard D. Wolff--Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst--has written or co-authored 16 books on economics and economic theory.</i></p><p><br /></p>Kenneth Dowsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00191344044728489692noreply@blogger.com0