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The Shortwave Report

By: Dan Roberts
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  • A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, NHK Japan, and Sputnik Radio.
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  • The Shortwave Report May 17, 2024

    The Shortwave Report May 17, 2024
    May 16 2024

    This week's show begins with Putin visiting the Chinese President, an interview with an UNWRA spokesperson who just returned from 6 weeks in Rafah, Japan complains about Sen. Lindsey Graham who said Israel was right as the US was in using nuclear bombs in 1945, dozens of areas in Mexico broke all time record high temperatures last week.

    This week's show features stories from France 24, NHK Japan, and Radio Havana Cuba. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240517.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- An interview with Louise Wateridge, UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine) spokesperson, who had just returned from six weeks on the ground in Gaza. She describes the situation in Rafah before the current attacks, with severe overcrowding and almost no food. In 6 days most of the Palestinians fled in terror to Al-Mawasi under constant bombardment. UNWRA and the World Food Program tried to provide food but aid trucks had been blocked at the borders for a week. Louise does not believe that the US pier will be able to reverse the starvation. UNRWA had to close its doors in East Jerusalem following an arson attack by chanting Israeli demonstrators on its grounds- the UN and EU strongly condemned this attack. Putin is visiting the Chinese President to further their record economic alliances- China denies American accusations that it supplies arms to Russia. From JAPAN- Residents of Okinawa continue to demand a larger pullout of US military and deployment of missiles in their area. Hiroshima held its annual reading of the names of the 339,227 people who died from the US bomb in 1945. Atomic bomb survivors launched a protest with the US over recent comments by Senator Lindsey Graham who likened the Israel Gaza conflict to the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on steroids- saying it was the right decision. Japan's electricity demand is about to soar because of generative Artificial Intelligence server farms. The navies of the US and Taiwan conducted another covert military drill, increasing tension with China. Netanyahu says the Rafah ground offensive will last weeks, not months, as the US prepares to send another billion dollar round of weapons to Israel. From CUBA- Dozens of areas in Mexico experienced record high temperatures last week, up to 124 degrees F. Brazil has been hit with extreme rainfall and tragic flooding. At least 500 medical personnel have been killed in Gaza, along with 35,000 Gazans, mostly women and children. Pro-Palestinian demonstrations continue across colleges around the world. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "The most basic activism we can have in our lives is to live consciously in a nation living in fantasies." -bell hooks Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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    29 mins
  • The Shortwave Report May 10, 2024

    The Shortwave Report May 10, 2024
    May 9 2024

    This weeks show begins with China and France agreeing to lessen a new Cold War, Chris Hedges discusses protests and police actions, Argentina and Israel block radio and TV channels, the UK will ban social media in children younger than 13.

    This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, George Galloway, Radio Havana Cuba, and France 24. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240510.mp3 (29:00) From JAPAN- Chinese President Xi met with French President Macron urging that they work together to fend off a new cold war. The UN is raising alarm about the military use of Artificial Intelligence in LAWS or Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems. Student protests against the war on Palestine has spread to Britain, with 10 encampments including Oxford and Cambridge. From UK- The Mother Of All Talk Shows with George Galloway. Chris Hedges, American journalist, author, commentator and Presbyterian minister, compares the current student unrest with the uprisings in the 1960s. He talks about the media portrayal of protestors as being antisemitic and trained by so-called outside agitators. He talks about the militarized police threats and compares Biden and Trumps remarks about who the students are and what should be done to them. From CUBA- Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington agreed to call for a ceasefire and begin divestment from companies supplying weapons- Rachel Corrie was a graduate of Evergreen was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in Rafah in 2003. Javier Millei, President of Argentina, has censored South American news source TeleSUR. The Israeli government has blocked media network Al Jazeera in the country. From FRANCE- Two press reviews, one on campus protests in Europe, and one on a new ban on social media for youth under 13 in the UK. New heat records around the globe have been reported by the European Unions global observation program, Copernicus. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) Website Page- < http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts “The scariest thing for non-Jewish Americans in talking about Palestinian self-determination is the fear of being or sounding anti-Semitic. The people of Israel are suffering, and Jewish people have a long history of oppression. We still have some responsibility for that, but I think it's important to draw a firm distinction between the policies of Israel, as a state, and Jewish people. That's kind of a no-brainer, but there is very strong pressure to conflate the two.” - Rachel Corrie Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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  • The Shortwave Report May 3, 2024

    The Shortwave Report May 3, 2024
    May 2 2024

    This week's show has an in-depth interview with a US Sate Department senior official who resigned because of weapon sales to Israel. The State Dept announced Monday that US weapons were used by the Israeli Defense Force in gross violations of human rights. The US Leahy law prohibits the sale of weapons where they are used in such violations, like the murder of Palestinian-American press reporter Sharin Abu Akleh in May of 2022. There is a debate at The Paris Institute of Political Studies in hopes of lessening forceful student uprisings in France. Israel says they are opening the northern Erez border crossing for supplies to Palestinians- Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council describes the real needs in Gaza. A report on why US youth are disillusioned with the Presidential election.

    This week's show features stories from France 24 and Radio Deutsche-Welle. http://youthspeaksout.net/swr240503.mp3 (29:00) From FRANCE- France has a weekly interview show called tete a tete which goes in depth on a subject. The host Marc Perelman interviewed Josh Paul who served for 11 years in the US State Department overseeing weapons sales to foreign countries. He resigned in October to protest sales to Israel as the war on Gaza raced ahead. The State Dept announced Monday that US weapons were used by 5 units of the Israeli Defense Force in gross violations of human rights. The US Leahy law prohibits the sale of weapons where they are used in such violations, like the murder of Palestinian-American press reporter Sharin Abu Akleh in May of 2022. All of these named violations occurred well before the October 7thinvasion of Gaza. No US administration has ever curbed arm sales to Israel despite it being against US law. Josh says there is a culture of fear in the State Dept, and that the campus protests are a response to concerns over the war just being brushed aside by government officials. Europe has seen protests about the Israeli war on Palestine as well and there is a debate as I write this at The Paris Institute of Political Studies in hopes of lessening forceful student uprisings in France. From GERMANY- Israel says they are opening the northern Erez border crossing for supplies to Palestinians- Shaina Low of the Norwegian Refugee Council describes the real needs in Gaza. Netanyahu has told Blinken that he will not accept any notions of a permanent ceasefire and will invade Rafah. Then a report on why US youth are disillusioned with the Presidential election. Available in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml PODCAST!!!- https://feed.podbean.com/outFarpress/feed.xml (160kb Highest Quality) ¡FurthuR! Dan Roberts "You actually cannot sell the idea of freedom, democracy, diversity, as if it were a brand attribute and not reality -- not at the same time as you're bombing people, you can't." -Naomi Klein Dan Roberts Shortwave Report- www.outfarpress.com YouthSpeaksOut!- www.youthspeaksout.net
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    29 mins
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