The Shortwave Report

This week's show begins with air pollution in China has fallen by 42% in the past 10 years, coups are spreading in Africa, Lula da Silva believes the expanded BRICS will have more power than the G-7, and Rahm Emanuel eats raw fish in Japan to prove that there is no danger from the Fukushima radioactive water being dumped into the Pacific Ocean.
This week's show features stories from France 24, Radio Deutsche-Welle, Cuba, and NHK Japan.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230901.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From FRANCE- Air pollution in China has fallen 42% in the past ten years, a result of reduced coal burning and vehicle restrictions. So far the US has committed $113 billion in assistance to Ukraine, despite the majority of US citizens being opposed to further spending. The UN military is pulling out of Mali at the insistence of the new ruling military junta 
 
        From GERMANY- In Gabon the military seized power immediately after the re-election of president Ali Bongo, bringing to 8 the number of African countries who have experienced a coup since 2020- what is the common thread in these upheavals? Drones from Ukraine continue to attack Russian territory.
 
       From CUBA-  Brazilian President Lula da Silva declared that the expansion of the BRICS economic group from 5 nations to 11, saying that it will have more power than the G-7.  The Chilean government has launched a national search plan for those disappeared during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, which began on September 11, 1973. In Haiti at least 7 protestors were gunned down by gangs.
 
       From JAPAN- The Japanese government says it will support its fisheries in the face of China and other countries refusing to import products due to the ongoing dumping of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean- US Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel, declared the fish to be safe to eat. China condemned a new US military aid package to Taiwan. The US has approved the sale of long-range missiles to Japan. At  the UN, Tuesday was the international day against testing nuclear weapons. A group of Japanese companies are developing non-petroleum based drink bottles.
 
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"It is not enough for journalists to see themselves as mere messengers without understanding the hidden agendas of the message and the myths that surround it."
--John Pilger
 
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This week's show begins with a heatwave in France, several reports on the start of dumping radioactive waste water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, Ecuador passes a referendum blocking oil drilling in the Amazon headwaters, and protests in the US demanding the release of Julian Assange. This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, and Cuba.
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230825.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From FRANCE- France is experiencing a serious heatwave, unusual for this late in the year, causing agricultural disruptions. At the BRICS summit in South Africa, six nations have been added to the roster of emerging nations- Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. BRICS plus 6 nations include 35% of global GDP and 46% of the world population. Japanese citizens protested outside the Prime Ministers house as TEPCO, the company that owns the Fukushima nuclear power plant, begins dumping more than a million tons of radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean.
 
        From JAPAN- More on the start of the treated radioactive waste water being dumped into the Pacific Ocean from Fukushima, which is expected to continue for 30 years. South Korea, China, and other neighboring nations consider the action a threat to their citizens and demanded a halt to the release. Japanese citizens are filing a lawsuit to cease the dump, and China and Hong Kong are banning fishery imports from the region. Last week the leaders of Japan, South Korea, and the US met in Washington to form a trilateral agreement on military cooperation. US and South Korean forces began a new series of military drills. The Central American Parliament has decided to remove Taiwan as an observer nation, replacing it with China.
 
       From CUBA-  In a referendum sponsored by indigenous people and environmentalists, Ecuador voted to block oil extraction from its land in the Amazon watershed. The Netherlands and Denmark said they will gift f-16s to Ukraine- the Netherlands has been trying to sell them to Argentina for several years, and both European nations want to upgrade to f-35s. Supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside US Attorney General Merrick Garland’s house, asking him to drop the charges and extradition process.
 
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"When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land."
--Desmond Tutu
 
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 This week's show begins with Biden meeting with leaders from Japan and South Korea, Russia hosted an international security conference, Scott Ritter talks about Africa and the Wagner Group and the future of negotiations in the Ukraine war, and political assassinations in Ecuador.
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Germany, George Galloway, and Cuba.
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230818.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From JAPAN- The Japanese Prime Minister is meeting with the presidents of the US and South Korea in Washington, discussing Indo-Pacific security and the dumping of Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean. The US soldier who fled into North Korea is seeking asylum. The WTO ruled against Chinese retaliatory tariffs on US imports.
 
        From GERMANY- Russia hosted an international security conference in Moscow, attended by 800 delegates from 76 countries, including the new Chinese Defense Minister, India, and Brazil. Putin led off accusing the West of fueling unrest around the world. Western nations did not attend, and the Western media barely reported the conference.
 
       From GALLOWAY-  George speaks with Scott Ritter, former US Marine Intelligence officer and United Nations weapons inspector who warned Congress that there were no WMDs in Iraq. Scott talks about why the colonial past led some African countries trusted the Wagner Group. He also talks about how a negotiated settlement in Ukraine will be portrayed in Western media, and the greed of weapons manufacturers exploiting the US budget.
 
       From CUBA-  The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities in Ecuador blame conservative president Lasso for the increased violence in the country, including the assassination of a Presidential candidate last week. This week another political leader in Ecuador was murdered. Venezuela won a legal battle to recover $1.5 billion that had been confiscated by a Portuguese/American  bank. Venezuelan President Maduro again demanded the return of the state oil company CITGO from the US backed opposition.
 
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"The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy."
--Mary Catherine Bateson
 
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This week's show starts with a summit to preserve the Amazon rainforest, Russia says the Ukraine peace talks in Saudi Arabia were intended to prolong the war, Japan continues building up its war stance, and a good explanation of what BRICS is and why many nations around the world have requested membership.
This week's show features stories from France, Cuba, NHK Japan, and Germany.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230811.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From FRANCE- Eight South American nations met in Brazil for a summit to preserve the Amazon rainforest with divided results. The record breaking ocean temperatures are destroying the coral reefs off the coast of Florida.
 
        From CUBA- Brazilian President Lula da Silva signed a decree buying hydroelectric power from Venezuela which Bolsonaro had canceled. Russia says that the peace conference Ukraine arranged in Saudi Arabia is intended to prolong the war and belittle other peace proposals already put forward by other states. Following Israeli attacks near Damascus, the Syrian foreign ministry accused Israel of being a tool to sow chaos and instability in the Middle East.
 
       From JAPAN-  People across Japan marked the anniversary of the US killing 70,000 people in Nagasaki from an atomic bomb in 1945- they called for the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and to cease using them as a threat. China condemned remarks by a former Japanese PM who said that Japanese readiness to fight for Taiwan will serve as a deterrent to war in the region. Japan has been hosting a series of military exercises with Italy, following similar operations with Germany, India, and France. Japan hopes to begin dumping Fukushima waste water into the Pacific Ocean before the middle of September, following talks with Biden next week.
 
       From GERMANY-  Here is a piece that explains what BRICS is (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), how it came to be, and why scores of other nations are requesting membership in the global financial alliance.
 
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"For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants."
--Jimmy Carter
 
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This week's show begins with France trying to rally support in the South Pacific, Earth reached Overshoot Day on August 2, Britain granted more than 100 new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea, and Australian politicians continue calls for the release of Julian Assange.
This week's show features stories from Germany, France, NHK Japan, and Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230804.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From GERMANY- French President Macron visited the South Pacific to reestablish political influence in the region. The US announced a $345 million package of weapons including missiles and military trainers to Taiwan. UN Secretary-General Guterres said the era of global boiling has begun- the World Meteorological Organization representative to the UN explains.
 
        From FRANCE- Russian President Putin hosted African leaders to a summit in Russia- they discussed the leaders proposal to end the war on Ukraine and support. Earth reached Overshoot Day on August 2nd, when humans have used up all the resources that the planet can regenerate in a complete year.
 
       From JAPAN-  Japan, like most countries in the Northern Hemisphere, broke all records for heat in July. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak granted more than a hundred new licenses for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. The first new American nuclear power plant went online in Georgia, 7 years later and costing $17 billion more than expected. A Japanese power firm has met opposition to building a storage facility for spent fuel rods. At the UN Conference on Disarmament participants argued for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
 
       From CUBA-  Australian politicians are continuing their call for the release of Julian Assange. The US continues plans to auction off the Venezuelan state owned oil company CITGO to a US/Israel firm, Delek Holdings, with ties to Juan Guaido. Oliver Stone criticized the US involvement in the Ukraine war on a podcast with Russell Brand.
 
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"The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free."
--Utah Phillips
 
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This week's show begins with a second US nuclear submarine docking in South Korea, an interview with retired Col Larry Wilkerson about the Ukraine war, Britain passes a controversial anti-immigration bill, and the significance of hot ocean water off the coast of Florida.
This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Going Underground, Cuba, and France.
  From JAPAN- North Korea test fired more ballistic missiles as a second US nuclear powered submarine docked in South Korea. Chinese and Russian dignitaries are in North korea attending the 70th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice. China and Russia met at a BRICS meeting in South Africa. The Russia/Africa forum was held in St Petersburg and attended by 49 of Africas 54 countries. Turkish President Erdogan does not support the increase of NATO activities in the Asia-Pacific region.
 
        From GOING UNDERGROUND- Excerpts of an interview with retired Col. Larry Wilkerson on a letter he signed in the NYT, calling on people to see the war in Ukraine from a Russian perspective. They also  discuss the possibility of nuclear weapons in the war, how NATO will begin to dismember in the near future, and that the US will soon see European countries pull back their support for US endeavors.
 
       From CUBA-  The British government just passed an Anti-Immigration Bill that is widely denounced by human rights groups and the UN. The Portugese parliament voted in favor of a resolution recognizing Nakba Day and condemning Israeli annexation policies.
 
       From FRANCE-  Spain held a national election which many feared would show a growing shift to far-right parties- there were no clear winners. Then a press review on the record breaking ocean temperature off the coast of Florida and the complex changes scientists expect this will cause.
 
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"It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one's own country, than an outcast from one's self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind."
--Chris Hedges
 
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 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.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230721.mp3 (29:00)
 
        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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"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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This week's show begins with updates on the dumping of nuclear waste from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean, US criticized for offering cluster bombs to Ukraine, the EU passes a Nature Restoration Law, and the UN condemns the Israeli attacks on the Jenin refugee camp.
with reports from Japan, France, Germany, and Cuba.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230714.mp3 (29:00)
 
        From JAPAN- The Japanese government asked the fishing industry what they think about dumping radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean. Japanese PM Fumio Kishida thanked EU leaders who are removing import restrictions on some food products from the Fukushima region. He also attended the NATO summit but the plan to create a NATO office in Japan was ultimately rejected. North Korea warned the US to cease reconnaissance flights over their territory. 
 
        From FRANCE-  First British and Ukrainian press reviews on the NATO summit. Joe Biden approved supplying cluster bombs to Ukrainian forces, creating condemnation from Cambodia, Canada, Spain, and many other nations- an analysis of the controversy which has created a split among US allies.
 
       From GERMANY-  By a slim margin, the EU parliament passed a law, the Nature Restoration Law, to help tackle climate change and restore biodiversity. The plan is to restore 20% of land and sea to its natural state by 2030- it was strenuously opposed by large scale farmers.
 
       From CUBA- The UN Secretary General condemned the recent Israeli attacks on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Then a Viewpoint on the presence of a US nuclear submarine at the Guantanamo military base- Cubans are demanding that the base be returned to Cuba.
 
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"Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip."
--George Orwell
 
 
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This week's edition begins with press reviews on the French police murdering a 17 year old for a traffic infraction and the ensuing riots, the Israeli attack on Jenin, the IAEA approves Japan dumping radioactive waste water into the Pacific Ocean, South American nations to limit use of the US dollar in trade, and in Britain new police powers targeting activists.
This week's show features stories from France,  NHK Japan, and Cuba.
 
        From FRANCE-  The murder of a French teenager by a policeman led to 5 nights of protests and riots across the country- 3 press reviews on the shooting, the government reaction to the protests, and the proposed blocking of social media. Then press reviews on the Israeli army attack on Jenin, the new highest ever global temperature, and UK PM Sunak withdrawing funds pledged to help developing nations suffering from climate change. Then a report on the IAEA stating that the release of radioactive waste water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean is safe.
 
       From JAPAN-  The IAEA agreed to the waste dumping from Fukushima, while South Korea, China, and the Pacific Islands question the accuracy of the data upon which the decision was based. The Japanese government is planning to build next generation nuclear power plants to replace the ones scheduled to be scrapped.
 
       From CUBA- President Arce of Bolivia urged other nations in the Southern Common Market, or Mercocur, to reduce dependence on the US dollar and to strengthen each others currencies in trade. British police have new and expanded powers, mainly targeting activists who stop road traffic in protest with mandatory prison terms. A GoFundMe collection for the French policeman who murdered the 17 year old for a traffic infraction raised over a million dollars before being temporarily suspended.
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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 begins with both Israelis and Palestinians speaking out on the current violence, riots sweep across France after a policeman kills a 17 year old for a driving infraction, Janet Yellen plans to visit China, India trades insults with Obama, and why were Wagner troops heading to Moscow? This week's show features stories from Germany, France,  NHK Japan, Cuba, and George Galloway.
 
http://youthspeaksout.net/swr230630.mp3 (29:00)
 
       From GERMANY- As the UN Security Council urged Israel and Palestine to roll back the current level of violence, a DW reporter spoke with people on both sides of the conflict. A study has found that the world's forests are still disappearing at an increasing rate. 
 
        From FRANCE-  France is experiencing riots across the country in protest of a policeman killing a 17 year old for a driving infraction.
 
       From JAPAN-  US Treasury Secretary Yellen plans to travel to China next month. As the release of radioactive waste water from the Fukushima nuclear reactors into the Pacific Ocean is imminent, final safety checks are underway. India has sent a warship to Vietnam as a gift.
 
       From CUBA- The Indian government took great offense at former US President Obama questioning human rights in India. Then A Viewpoint on the Summit For a New Global Financing Pact held in Paris this week.
 
        From GEORGE GALLOWAY- George spoke with retired US Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor about why the Wagner military forces headed to Moscow- Western media universally reported it as an attempted coup to force regime change.
 
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