The Shortwave Report

This week's show begins who is responsible for the massacre in Russia, the ceasefire in Gaza resolution is not vetoed by the US, Julian Assange is given a temporary reprieve, and war preparations in the Sea of China continue. 
This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and NHK Japan.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240329.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From GERMANY- Following the massacre of 137 people in Russia at a concert, the so-called ISIS-K claimed responsibility- but Putin and his government believe they were commissioned by Ukraine and the US. On Monday the UN Security Council passed a resolution calling for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in Gaza- the US abstained from vetoing the unanimous decision, much to Israeli disappointment.
 
       From CUBA-  Hamas denounced the international silence on the continuing attacks on and destruction of hospitals in Gaza. UN Secretary-General Guterres spoke in Egypt saying the only way to reduce the famine occurring in Gaza is to allow the relief trucks in, and calling for an immediate ceasefire and release of hostages. Venezuela has created a High Commission on Fascism to be presented as a bill in the UN. In 1990 the US government began transmissions of anti-Cuban propaganda called Radio and TV Marti. A british court ruled that Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the US without a guarantee that he will receive First Amendment rights and will not face the death penalty.
 
       From FRANCE-  First a speech by Stella Assange, wife of Julian, given after the judges ruling in the case on Tuesday. Then a brief synopsis of what Assange says was the purpose of Wikileaks. France 24     
 
      From JAPAN- Japanese defense forces are being trained on a US destroyer to use the 400 US made Tomahawk cruise missiles they are purchasing. Taiwan has finished building 6 warships, dubbed aircraft carrier killers. China filed a complaint at the WTO over US government tax incentives for buyers of electric vehicles. People in India are protesting the incarceration of a key opposition leader before general elections. 
 
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"One of the best ways to achieve justice is to expose injustice."
  -- Julian Assange
 
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This week's show starts with Finland still the happiest country on earth, Canada halts arm sales to Israel, an excellent interview with Daniel Levy on Israel and the US, farmers continue to block roads in Europe, and what will the earth look like in 20-30 years after more global warming.
This week's show features stories from France 24,  Going Underground, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240322.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From FRANCE- For the 7th year in a row Finland was voted the happiest country in the world, while the US dropped to 23rd, its lowest spot since the poll began. There has been strong criticism of Netanyahu in the Israeli press. Canada is to halt all arms shipments to Israel, joining Belgium, Italy, and the Netherlands- however the US supplies 69% and Germany supplies 30% of all Israeli weapon imports. 
 
       From GOING UNDERGROUND-  Afshin spoke with Daniel Levy, a peace negotiator who was part of the Taba and Oslo summits, and currently serves as the president of     the US/ Middle East Project. They discuss the role that the US plays in enabling the Israeli war in Palestine. Levy says that the US has global political framing for the Middle East region, with Israel and a few Arab states as allies. And that the US has a history of colonizing many parts of the world besides North America. He says America has the leverage to cease the war but it would never happen with a single phone call, but sustained actions. They discuss the possibility of a regional war beyond US/UK bombing in Yemen, how Israel has developed impunity for actions in the region, and the need to break the US and West monopoly on ending conflicts. Does the world need an effective World Court, and should the global south be included in creating worldwide order.
 
       From GERMANY- The US government has found no evidence of brain injuries from the so-called Havana Syndrome, first alleged in Cuba in 2016. Farmers across Europe are continuing their road blockage protests against what they say is too much government overreach, environmental regulation, and forced importation of duty-free Ukrainian produce flooding their markets. A climate researcher and delegate to the climate change conferences from Stanford University describes what the world might look like in 20-30 years if we continue on our current environmental path.
 
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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."
  -- Malcolm X
 
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This week's show begins with the Indian government allowing asylum from neighboring nations excluding Muslims, what adaptations are underway in France for the changing climate, Israeli protestors are stopping relief truck deliveries to Gaza, and gang rule in Haiti.
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, France 24,  Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240315.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From JAPAN-  March 11 was the 13th anniversary of the Great Japan Earthquake and Tsunami which devastated the Fukushima nuclear power plant- since last August diluted radioactive waste water has been discharged into the Pacific Ocean. The Indian government has announced a controversial citizenship law, allowing asylum from neighboring countries while excluding Muslims.
 
       From FRANCE- Neither the EU or France has made adaptations for the evolving  climate change- what preparations are needed to cope with the increasing temperatures and their effects on humans, the land, and agriculture.
 
       From GERMANY-  The IEA says a near record high release of methane was observed last year. Relief supplies in Gaza have been bombed by Israel. Failing attempts to curb the starvation in Gaza, like air drops and and the yet to arrive ships, are necessary because truck deliveries are being blocked in Israel by civilian protestors. Turmoil in Haiti has grown, the US and Caribbean nations want to appoint a new government, and there are organized gangs controlling the Capitol.
 
       From CUBA- The Speaker of the lower house of the Russian Parliament said that nations supporting the extradition of Julian Assange to the US will cease to be legal.     The UN Relief agency has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
 
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"Our number one enemy is ignorance. And I believe that is the number one enemy for everyone- not understanding what is actually going on in the world."
  --Julian Assange
 
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This week's show starts with European reactions to Trump candidacy, how effective are humanitarian airdrops in Gaza, Argentinian President Milei ("the Chainsaw") suspends the largest South American public media source, and a conference in Geneva about the Lethal Autonomous Weapons being used by Israel in Gaza. 
This week's show features stories from Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and NHK Japan.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240308.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From GERMANY-  The increased possibility of a Trump presidency has made European leaders and citizens anxious- how will transatlantic policy be shaped if the US makes America first threats to NATO nations an official strategy? South Africa has made a new application to the ICJ asking it to prevent famine in the Gaza Strip.
 
       From CUBA- The government in the Gaza Strip has dismissed the US decision to airdrop humanitarian aid, saying it is a theatrical and ineffective move. The Geneva-based European Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor has confirmed that Israeli tanks have deliberately run over dozens of Palestinians in separate incidents. Israeli forces bombed a second aid truck last Sunday.
 
       From FRANCE-  A press review about Argentinian President Javier Milei has suspended the largest public news agency called Telam for what he called spreading propaganda for the Left. A press review on French leaders enshrining abortion rights into the constitution.
 
       From JAPAN- Citizens in SW Japan tried to get a nuclear power plant suspended by a court. The Japanese PM is continuing efforts to export fighter jets to other countries. The Chinese FM spoke about US/China relations on the sidelines of the National Peoples Congress in Beijing. There is a conference in Geneva on restricting the use of lethal autonomous weapons, like those being used by Israel in Gaza. The WHO says 1 in 6 children under the age of 2 in Gaza is seriously malnourished.
 
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"There are very few places, virtually no places obviously in the corporate media apparatus that you can tell the truth to challenge corporate tyranny and this US imperialist narrative of constant regime change all around the world. It is a very dangerous and slippery slope that we are on and I just think it is time that we take a step back and actually fund the journalists that we want to see."
-Abby Martin
 
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 This week's show starts with the moon is getting crowded, French President Macron puts boots in his mouth, Putin rattles nuclear weapons, and Israel kills 100 civilians waiting for food. 
This week's show features stories from  NHK Japan,  France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240301.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From JAPAN-  Japan, the former Soviet Union, China, India, and the US have now successfully landed craft on the moon. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr wants to rewrite parts of the Philippine constitution, to ease restrictions on foreign investors and extend his rule. Russian president Putin warned the West that further involvement in Ukraine, as suggested by French President Macron, could trigger a global nuclear war.
 
       From FRANCE- Press reviews on President Macron's suggestion that the western troops might enter Ukraine to battle with Russia. Press reviews on Sweden ending two centuries of military neutrality by joining NATO. 100 schools in southern France are experimentally requiring school uniforms. The French Senate voted to enshrine the freedom to abortion into their constitution. There are 3000 wildfires raging in northern Brazil, a fourfold increase from last year.
 
       From GERMANY-  The European Parliament has passed a bill requiring each country to restore 20% of land and seas to natural conditions by 2030. Macron's threat of possible ground troop placement in Ukraine resulted in most European and NATO leaders strongly disapproving the notion. The death toll in Palestine has now topped 30,000 people, and more than 100 people were killed and 700 injured Thursday while waiting for humanitarian aid to be delivered in Gaza City after Israeli soldiers opened gunfire on the crowds.
 
       From CUBA- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh and his  government submitted their resignations on Monday, amid pressure to reform due to the escalation of violence and new settler development. Israel targeted eastern Lebanon for the first time since October. Human Rights Monitor says Israel has been killing Palestinian civilians who were following Israeli evacuation plans. 
 
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"The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage and whup their supporters into an orgiastic frenzy, then go back to the office and sell every one of the poor bastards down the tube for a nickel a piece."
  -Hunter S Thompson
 
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This week's show starts with European attitudes about the Ukraine war, a number of reports on the Israel/Gaza war, several reports on Julian Assanges' appeal to stop the extradition, and Lula da Silva speaks out about Israel/Palestine.
This week's show features stories from  Radio Deutsche-Welle, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240223.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From GERMANY-  In Europe public opinion about the war in Ukraine showed only 1 in 10 believing that Ukraine can win the war with Russia and  41 percent want Europe to pressure Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. For the third time the US vetoes a UN security council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Recent figures from the committee to protect journalists found that 83 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 7th- Jody Ginsberg explains that this is the most journalists killed in any war over the past 30 years and that none of those journalists were militants.
 
       From FRANCE- There have been 2 days of hearings in London on a request for an appeal to the extradition of Julian Assange to the US for espionage. There were large demonstrations and Julian's wife Stella, spoke to the crowds about the precedents that will be set allowing the criminalization of the free press. The US veto against the  ceasefire in Gaza has left the US isolated for the third time, giving the green light to continue.
 
       From JAPAN-  At the Fukushima nuclear plant there have been more serious radioactive leaks to workers and the environment. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says his is committed to continuing the war until Hamas is completely eliminated leading to more protests by Israeli citizens. Brazilian President Lula da Silva compared Israeli actions to the Nazi regime.
 
       From CUBA- Brazil has said it will not retract Lula da Silva comparing the Israeli attacks to the Holocaust. At the International Court of Justice an American lawyer spoke out against the history of Israel occupying Palestinian territory. An Israeli politician said on television that all Palestinians over the age of 4 should be subject to collective punishment to force them to dislike Hamas.  A UN Human Rights official says they have received information that Palestinian women and children have been arbitrarily executed in Gaza. The Irish Foreign Minister says that the veto power in the UN Security Council has no place in the 21st century, as the US has done 3 times to prevent an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
 
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       ¡FurthuR!      Dan Roberts
 
"God must have loved the people in power, for he made them so much like their own image of him."
  -Kenneth Patchen
 
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This week's show begins with the UK Prime Minister still wanting to send migrants to Rwanda, after the New Years day earthquake Japan is warning citizens living near nuclear power plants, Trump's threats to NATO countries has many implications, several stories about Israel/Palestine, and more pleas to release Julian Assange.
This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, Radio
Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240216.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From FRANCE-  UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is continuing to push his plan to expel migrants to Rwanda despite the UK Supreme Court rejecting the idea.
 
       From JAPAN- Japan has lost its place as the world's third largest economy. The severity of the New Years day earthquake in Central Japan has led to fine tuning evacuation plans around nuclear power plants. South Korea has restored ties with Cuba which had stopped with the 1959 Cuban revolution. Jose Borell, Foreign Policy Chief for the EU, says the death toll in Gaza should have Israeli allies rethinking their military support. Egypt and Turkey are working together to avert the catastrophe happening in Palestine.
 
       From GERMANY-  Last weekend Trump said that NATO countries that do not pay into it at the agreed amount will not be defended by the US- which has rekindled the idea of an EU military alliance and possible nuclear weapon proliferation. A few excerpts from the Putin interview by Tucker Carlson. Protests continue to swell in Israel against Netanyahu and the war in Palestine.
 
       From CUBA- Venezuela accuses Mobil-Exxon and Guyana of working together to steal their land and petroleum resources. Argentinian Peace Prize Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel urged the international community to demand the release of Julian Assange.
 
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"Politics is just the entertainment division of the military industrial complex."
     -Frank Zappa
 
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This week's show starts with global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees C for a full year, an interview about the US stopping of UN funds for Palestine, an interview with the former head of Mossad about Israel helped create and fund Hamas as a counterweight to the Palestinian Authority, hate and discrimantion against Muslims and Palestinians in the US, and a serious radioactive leak at the Fukushima nuclear facility.
This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, and NHK Japan.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240209.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From FRANCE-  For the first time global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for an entire year, according to the EU climate service, Copernicus. Vincent-Henri Peuch, a Director at Copernicus, explains what that figure means, how it was compiled, and if the Paris 2015 Agreement has been broken.
 
       From GERMANY- The US, Germany, and a number of other nations are stopping support for UNRWA, the UN relief agency that supports Palestinian refugees because of allegations by Israel that 13 of their workers were involved in the October 7 massacre- Christopher Gunness the former spokesperson for UNRWA responds to the Israeli accusations. Then an interview from DW's weekly program the Conflict Zone with the former  head of the Israeli foreign intelligence service, the Mossad. They discuss possible outcomes of the war in Palestine and the fact that Israel helped create and support Hamas as a counterweight to the Palestinian Authority. Israeli activists are blocking trucks attempting to deliver food and medical supplies to Palestine.
 
       From CUBA-  Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has called for the assassination of Iranian leaders after drone strikes killed 3 US soldiers in Jordan. Incidents of hate and discrimination against Muslims and Palestinians in the US have increased dramatically.
 
       From JAPAN- At the devastated Fukushima nuclear facility at least 5 1/2 tons of highly radioactive water has leaked out of a tank. Massive wildfires have swept across central Chile with at least 130 deaths. Toyota Motors announced it will start producing electric vehicles and batteries in Kentucky next year.
 
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"If you are depressed, you are living in the past.
If you are anxious, you are living in the future.
If you are at peace, you are living in the present."
       -Lao Tzu
 
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This week's show starts with tractor blockades in many cities across Europe, more calls for a ceasefire in Palestine, record temperatures and wildfires in Colombia, Japan and Germany agree to exchange military weapons.
This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Havana Cuba, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and NHK Japan.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240202.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From FRANCE-  First a Press Review on the farmers tractor blockades in many parts of France, Germany, and Brussels- farmers are protesting low pay, a reduction in fuel subsidies, imports of less expensive produce, and regulations to curb greenhouse gases. Then an interview with Oliver McTernan, Director of Forward Thinking, an organization promoting cross-cultural dialogue. He discusses the need for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine, and who is preventing it from happening. He says the judgement by the International Court of Justice is not being implemented, and that we are losing sight of the norms that were in place after the second world war.
 
       From CUBA- UN Secretary-General Guterres and numerous aid agencies condemned the cessation of funds to UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, because Israel accused 12 of their workers of being involved in the October 7th Hamas attack on Israel- the agency funds 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has jailed 6330 Palestinians since October 7. On Monday, Israel launched a missile attack on the outskirts of Damascus Syria.
 
       From GERMANY-  Record high temperatures in Colombia have resulted in hundreds of wildfires, some on the borders of Bogota. Large protests for an immediate release of all hostages and against Netanyahu in Israel have led to violent clashes with police.
 
       From JAPAN- Some Israeli cabinet members say Israel should control Gaza and rebuild settlements after eliminating Hamas. Former pacifist Japan and Germany have signed an agreement to exchange military supplies. In Pakistan, former PM Imran Khan has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for leaking state secrets.
 
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"Because we cannot save ourselves without contesting oligarchic control, the fight for democracy and justice and the fight against environmental breakdown are one and the same. Do not allow those who have caused this crisis to define the limits of political action. Do not allow those whose magical thinking got us into this mess to tell us what can and cannot be done."
       -George Monbiot
 
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This week's show begins with an in-depth interview with Alistair Crooke on growing anti-colonialism in the global South along with the US and EU media omission of South Africa's evidence against Israel, huge protests by farmers and those opposed to far-right groups in Europe, Russia says its plane transporting Ukrainian POWs was shot down by Ukraine, and the UN opposes UK crackdown on environmental activists. 
This week's show features stories from Going Underground, France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240126.mp3   (29:00)
 
       From GOING UNDERGROUND-  Afshin speaks with Alistair Crooke, former advisor to the EU Foreign Policy Chief and founder of the Conflicts Forum. He talks about the growing anti-colonial sentiment across the global south over the war in Gaza, and the collapse of the West's narrative over Gaza and Ukraine. Also the US and European media omission of South Africa's evidence against Israel at the International Court of Justice. and the US and UK airstrikes against the Houthis in Yemen.
 
       From FRANCE- International press reviews on the death toll in Gaza, farmers blocking roads in protest across Europe, and 1.4 million Germans protesting against far-right extremists who are pushing for the deportation of immigrants. According to the Iraq government US military strikes in Iraq and Yemen are undermining years of cooperation and creating a dangerous escalation of war in the region. 
 
       From JAPAN-  Russia says their military aircraft returning Ukrainian prisoners of war was shot down by Ukraine. An update on the January first earthquake in central Japan. The head of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons urged Japan to participate in their meetings. The Taiwan President-elect met with US politicians, angering China.
 
       From CUBA- A United Nations expert warned about the danger of the UK crackdown on environmental activists.
 
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"Look around. Oil companies guzzle down the billions in profits. Billionaires pay a lower tax rate than their secretaries, and Wall Street CEOs, the same ones the direct our economy and destroyed millions of jobs still strut around Congress, no shame, demanding favors, and acting like we should thank them. Does anyone here have a problem with that?"
  -Elizabeth Warren
 
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