The Shortwave Report February 4, 2022

A 30 minute review of news and opinion from international broadcasters from Germany, Russia, Cuba, and Japan. 

         We will begin with Germany’s RDW. First some brief reports on the changing approaches to Covid in European countries, with Sweden, Denmark, and the UK lifting most public restrictions. The European Commission has decided to call nuclear and natural gas power plants green and sustainable. Greenland’s ice sheet is melting at an accelerated rate, raising ocean levels. Germany banned Russian media RT from broadcasting in German and Russia has responded by revoking DW staff and broadcasts in the country. RDW 

        Those reports were from Germany’s RDW which may be heard at a combined audio/video website dw.com, as well as on Youtube at their channel called DW news. Next, Sputnik Radio. On his program called Going Underground Afshin Rattansi spoke with American politician Dennis Kucinich. Dennis has written a new book “The Division of Light and Power.” The interview is 28 minutes longs and the excerpts you will hear are about the rumors of war coming in Ukraine, wars as attempts to grab energy markets, the corporate ownership of many American politicians, the military industrial complex, and how change can be achieved in the US without a revolution. Sputnik Radio

    That excerpted interview was by Afshin Rattansi from his program called  Going Underground on Sputnik Radio, the current name for the VOR, available online at rt.com, and on Youtube, search for Going Underground and you could listen to the entire 28 minute interview with Dennis Kucinich. On to RHC. Ecuador saw an oil pipeline dump large quantities of crude oil into Amazonian rivers. And the very large oil spill off the coast of Peru was not caused by waves from the ocean bed volcano near Tonga, leading the government to declare a environmental emergency. Antiwar activists will converge on Washington DC beginning Monday February 7 led by Codepink. Truckers in Canada blocked highways to protest mandatory vaccinations. 6 youth who developed thyroid cancer after the Fukushima meltdown have filed a lawsuit against the power plant operator Tepco. NHK     

              Those reports were from RHC. Cuba’s website is working well at radiohc.cu, though the podcasts have not been updated. On shortwave, Cuba may be heard from noon-1pm at 15140, and from 5pm-11 at either 6000, 6060, or 6100. All the times I announce are for PST, so please adjust them to your time zone. If you have questions or comments about the SWR, or could assist me by supporting this listener funded program, I may be reached through the website and Paypal, or by writing to Dan Roberts at PO Box 1162, Willits, CA 95490. Please, help me continue producing this weekly show which I freely distribute to radio stations and the internet, like a listener in Littleton CO did this week. Many thanks. We will conclude with NHK Japan. Japan is continuing to see rapidly rising Covid cases and expanding emergency restrictions. Afghan universities have reopened to women students separate from males. Panasonic will build lithium batteries. India is going to introduce a digital currency. NHK   

• Likes
• Download25
• Share