Thursday Jul 20, 2023
The Shortwave Report July 21, 2023
This week's show starts with a discussion of the revolving door between government employees and defense contractors, large scale protests continue in Israel, press reviews on Bastille Day in France, Shireen Abu Akleh was posthumously awarded for her courage, and a US nuclear submarine docks in South Korea.
This week's show features stories from Going Underground, Germany, France, Cuba, and NHK Japan.
From GOING UNDERGROUND- Excerpts from an interview with Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, the former CIA Moscow Station chief, former WMD Department Chief of the US Counterterrorist Center and Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center at Harvard University. Afshin asks him about the revolving door between defense contractors and US government appointees, and the significance of the decline inusing mercenary troops like the Wagner group.
From GERMANY- Large scale protests continue against Netanyahu and pending legislation in Israel..
From FRANCE- Press reviews covering Bastille Day celebrations with Indian Prime Minister Modi and the heatwave in Europe.
From CUBA- Murdered Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was posthumously awarded for her courage by the Washington-based International Womens Media Foundation. The 2023 Peoples Summit was held in Brussels parallel to the EU-CELAC summit. China has categorically opposed the eastward expansion of NATO.
From JAPAN- A US nuclear submarine is docked in South Korea, hours after North Koreas latest missile launch. Atomic bomb survivors in Japan urged the Japanese government to help eliminate nuclear weapons. A fire broke out at a military training facility in Crimea, 2 days after the bridge was bombed. Russia said it will restore the shipment of Ukrainian grains when its agricultural exports are no longer sanctioned by the West.
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¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts
"O take heart, my brothers. Even now... with every leader & every resource & every strategy of every nation on Earth arrayed against Her - Even now, O even now, my brothers, Life is in no danger of losing the argument! - For after all, (as will be shown) She has only to change the subject."
--Kenneth Patchen
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