Friday, December 30, 2011

Morris Berman


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New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 53 -- December 30, 2011

This week in New World Notes, radio program #200, January 3, 2012

Morris Berman


In brief

With great wit and humor--and clever specific examples--cultural historian Morris Berman argues a gloomy main point: American civilization as we know it is doomed. Few prophets of doom are as enjoyable to listen to as Berman, though.

Here he discusses 13 ways America is going to hell in a handbasket.

(#2 includes this item: the new American History school curriculum in Texas has a unit on Estee Lauder but not George Washington. Berman asks: Why not Kim Kardashian?)

With a preface by KD on Berman's ideas.

Above: Morris Berman

Notes, credits, & links

From an hour-long talk by Berman in Seattle, November 4, 2011. Video of the entire talk available from Pirate TV Seattle, complete audio track from Unwelcome Guests.

Berman's most recent book is Why America Failed: The Roots of Imperial Decline (Wiley, 2011).

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "bad influence") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.


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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Propaganda Then and Now


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New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 52 -- Christmas, 2011

This week in New World Notes, radio program #199, December 27, 2011

Propaganda Then and Now

Remember the Maine! (Click to enlarge.)

In brief

Never mind Fox News and the like. Even the most prestigious "mainstream" media--such as the New York Times--bathe the reader in a sea of propaganda. The propaganda furthers the interests of the elite, promotes perpetual war, and denies voice to the opposition. Journalist/filmmaker John Pilger and commentator Margaret Kimberley explain how it works.

Then a 1972 propaganda film attempts to show student antiwar protesters the error of their ways. Unintentionally hilarious!

John Pilger (above), Margaret Kimberley (below)

Notes, credits, & links

John Pilger was interviewed by Kayte Fairfax at the Rebellious Media Conference, London, UK, October 8, 2011. Audio recording courtesy of "Radio Chomsky," New Zealand.

Margaret Kimberley's essay, "Propagandized America," was published November 22, 2011, in Black Agenda Report.

The film Tragedy or Hope is available at The Film Archive.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "very noses") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

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Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

Below: Graphic by David Dees.

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

This Is Where We Take Our Stand


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 51 -- December 17, 2011

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This fortnight in New World Notes, radio program #198, December 20, 2011

'This Is Where We Take Our Stand'

Click to enlarge.
In brief

A handful of U.S. veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars--now opposed to such wars--meet, talk, and organize. Then, at the Winter Soldier 2 hearings in 2008, they testify publicly to what they saw and did, including the atrocities and war crimes they witnessed. They reveal, touchingly, the psychological burdens veterans now carry.

This week, New World Notes plays selections from the gripping and ultimately hopeful video documentary--scheduled for broadcast in January on PBS stations that choose to air it.

Two photos by Marmot06 (Flickr)

Notes, credits, & links

Our program is adapted from the Web series, This Is Where We Take Our Stand (6 videos), produced by David Zeiger, Bestor Cram, and Mike Majoros. 

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "resigned sighs") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

Above: From the film. Below: Drawing by Carlos Latuff.

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Saturday, December 3, 2011

Kathy Kelly on the Sorrows of War


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 49 -- December 3, 2011

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This fortnight in New World Notes, radio programs #196-197, December 6 & 13, 2011

Kathy Kelly on
the Sorrows of War


In brief

Noted peace activist Kathy Kelly discusses the reality of the U.S.'s recent wars. Kelly and some colleagues had "embedded" themselves--not among soldiers but among the common people living in war zones. She gives first-hand accounts of what she saw and heard in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Gaza. She details the massive suffering of innocent people caused by the U.S.'s military adventures.

Here is a side of war that you won't find revealed in the mainstream media.

Kelly also speaks eloquently of the high cost of these unnecessary wars to the American people.

She delivered this talk in Binghamton, New York, in November 2009.

Above: Kelly and friends, Basra, Iraq, 2000. Prior to the US's 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq, the Iraqi people suffered a decade of US-imposed crippling economic "sanctions." About a million civilian deaths resulted. Below: Predator drone.

Notes, credits, & links

Kathy Kelly is co-founder of Voices for Creative Nonviolence (http://www.vcnv.org/).

Recorded by (and thanks to) Wilton Vought for Essential Dissent -- http://www.essentialdissent.blogspot.com/ . Video of the entire talk may be found there.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "false promises") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

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Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.


Above: Source: National Priorities Project (click to enlarge).
Below: Drawing by Carlos Latuff.

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Saturday, November 26, 2011

Amy Goodman: The Power of People in Movements


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 48 -- November 26, 2011

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This week in New World Notes, radio program #195, November 29, 2011

Amy Goodman: The Power of People
in Movements

Tahrir Square

In brief

Journalist Amy Goodman explains & celebrates the power "the People" have when they organize in movements. Includes some good insights (and information that will be new to many) on Frederick Douglass; Susan B. Anthony; Rosa Parks; and 1968 Olympians John Carlos, Tommie Smith, and Peter Norman--plus remarks on Tahrir Square, Occupy Wall Street, and President Obama.

From a talk she gave in Syracuse, NY, on November 3, 2011.

Amy Goodman is Executive Producer of "Democracy Now!"
Above: Amy Goodman.
Below: Abolitionist (and feminist) Frederick Douglass.

Notes, credits, & links

Recorded by (and thanks to) Wilton Vought for Essential Dissent. Video of the entire talk may be found there. Audio of the entire talk is here.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "boiler room") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.
Above: Rosa Parks: not a solitary individual but part of a well-trained and well-organized movement. M.L. King, Jr., in background.
Below (l to r): Peter Norman, Tommie Smith, John Carlos--Mexico City, 1968.

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Saturday, November 19, 2011

Andrew Bacevich


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 47 -- November 19, 2011

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This week in New World Notes, radio program #194, November 22, 2011

Andrew Bacevich


In brief

Retired Colonel--now Professor--Bacevich (pronounced BAY-se-vitch) critiques the US's policy of constant military intervention everywhere. This broadcast includes a recent article by Bacevich ("Is America Coming to Its Senses?")--which is cautiously optimistic--and selections from a recorded interview.

Bacevich is the author of five books on US foreign and national-security policy. The most recent is Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War (2010).

Above: U.S. Marines in Fallujah, 2004. Below: Afghanistan, 2011.

Notes, credits, & links

Interview segment courtesy of the radio series Takes On the World and host Jeff Blankfort. The complete Bacevich interview is here.

Music courtesy of Skidmark Bob. Catch his "Decade War" audiocollage here.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "Executive Dining Room") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

Above: Iran is surrounded by U.S. client states.
Below: U.S. B-2 bomber.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

U.S. vs. Libya and Iran: Calling All Nincompoops!


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 46 -- Armistice Day, 2011

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This week in New World Notes, radio program #193, November 15, 2011

U.S. vs. Libya and Iran:
Calling All Nincompoops ...

Now, do your best to follow this. According to the White House
(spokesperson Jay Carney shown), ...
In brief

To Arms!

Only a nincompoop could believe the government's and the media's preposterous claims about Libya and now Iran: NATO is protecting Libyans (by bombing them) while Gaddafi dispenses Viagra to aid mass rape. Iran pays a failed US used-car dealer to hire Mexican mobsters to kill the Saudi ambassador in DC. Sheesh!

Commentators Glen Ford, Zafar Bangash, Anthony DiMaggio, & I expose the lies and offer some context. Plus a satiric song by Tom Lehrer (from 1965 but alas still relevant).

... Iran's elite Quds force (above) hired failed U.S.
used-car salesman Manssor Arbabsiar (below) ...

Notes, credits, & links

Song added: Tom Lehrer, "Send the Marines"

Zafar Bangash interview courtesy of "Unusual Sources," in Hamilton, Ontario. Thanks to the show & host Brandon Stone.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for imprimatur) of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

... to hire mobsters from Mexico's Zetas drug cartel (alleged ones shown, above) to murder Saudi U.S. Ambassador Adel al-Jubeir (below) by dynamiting a restaurant in Washington, D.C. .... Are you laughing yet?

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

John Perkins in Hartford


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, Nos. 44-45 -- October 29, 2011

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This fortnight in New World Notes, radio programs #191-192, November 1 & 8, 2011

John Perkins in Hartford

In brief

"Economic hit-man" John Perkins tells fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of exactly how the US-based corporate empire imposes its will (& greed) on developing countries.

Recorded live in 2005 and never before broadcast.

In Part One (NWN #191), Perkins tells how the US overthrew Iran's democratic government in 1953 ... how he himself was recruited by the NSA & trained to serve the Empire (a.k.a., "the corporatocracy") ... and of his early failures to corrupt the governments of Panama and Ecuador (ca. 1980). Time to send in the "jackals"!

In Part Two (NWN #192), Perkins explains the the read reason the U.S. invaded Panama and overthrew Noriega in 1989. And he tells of one of his--and the Empire's--great successes: Saudi Arabia. The West made a fortune from the deal but--as Perkins sees it--the consequences have been horrific.

Despite Perkins' best efforts, the Empire failed to corrupt Omar Torrijos, of Panama (above), and Jaime Roldos, of Ecuador (below). Each died in a mysterious aircraft explosion in 1981. Perkins dedicated Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man to the memory of Torrijos.

Notes, credits, & links

Recorded by John Schwenk on January 10, 2005, in West Hartford, Connecticut. Many thanks to John for the recording--which I have slightly condensed for radio broadcast.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for "Boardwalk") of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

You can listen to any installment of New World Notes online or else download it (as an mp3 audio file) for later listening. The show is archived at both radio4all.net and (from #90 onwards) The Internet Archive. Either link should get you a reverse-chrono listing of available installments. Or browse the show's Web site: Each installment has a page, and each page has links to the recorded audio. See the gray sidebar on the right ("CONTENTS [Links]") for a table of contents.

Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

Above: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd (r. 1982-2005). Below: King Abdullah (from 2005) and other royals. Perkins states that the House of Saud was far easier to corrupt than Torrijos or Roldos.

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Friday, October 21, 2011

Notes on "Occupy Wall Street"


New World Notes News
Vol. 4, No. 43 -- October 21, 2011

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This week in New World Notes, radio program #190, October 25, 2011

Notes on "Occupy Wall Street"

Times Square.  Most photos: Click to enlarge.

In brief

With insight and wit, current commentators explore the strategy, politics, and social contexts of "Occupy Wall Street" and similar gatherings around the country. And they give the movement a solid "Thumbs up!"

Features comments by Jim Hightower, Glen Ford, and moi ... new songs by David Rovics and Attila the Stockbroker ... and a stirring speech by Chris Hedges at "Occupy DC."

Above: D.C. Below: Manila

Notes, credits, & links

Music added:
  • David Rovics, "Occupy Wall Street"
  • Attila the Stockbroker, "It's All About the Bankers"
First 6 photos courtesy of El Pais. See here for more. Thanks to Dr. Susan Rosenthal for the link. Last photo courtesy Black Agenda Report.

Thanks to BCFM's "Friday Drive-Time" show (Bristol, UK; September 16, 2011) for the Attila song.

New World Notes is produced under the auspices (Latin for nihil obstat) of WWUH-FM, a community service of that beacon of light in darkest Connecticut, the University of Hartford.

London: Julian Assange speaks.

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Series overview: Political and social commentary in a variety of genres. Exploring the gap between what we want ... and what they're trying to make us settle for.

Above: Seoul. Below: Madrid

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  • November 1 & 8 -- Radio & Internet debut: a recently discovered recording of John Perkins in West Hartford (January 2005).
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