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You can't get back what you never had. And if you can get past your propaganda-entrenched cognitive dissonance, then give a listen and find out why the fix has always been in.

You can't get back what you never had. And if you can get past your propaganda-entrenched cognitive dissonance, then give a listen and find out why the fix has always been in.

an occasional supplement to Radio Thrift Shop

pBy Keith Jones and Jack Miller - WSWS/p pCanada’s Conservative government has rammed legislation through parliament that, in the name of fighting terrorism, tramples on fundamental democratic juridical principles — including ihabeas corpus/i, the right of silence, and the right to challenge one’s accusers./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/canada_adopts_antiterrorism_law_tramples_basic_rights target=_blankread more/a/p

DMR 05 02 13 playlist Secret Chiefs 3 The Three,The 4 (The Great Israqi Sun)(show theme song) from the cd Book of Horizons (Web of Mimicry) China: Kaitan Bo: 'Cymbals To Inaugurate The Altar' - Tianjin Buddhist Music Ensemble from the cd Taste of Asia (Nimbus Records) The Bulgarian Voices 'Angelite' and Huun-Huur-Tu Wave from the cd Fly, Fly My Sadness The Swords of Fatima Into the Gobi Desert from the cd Monsoon and Sandstorms Gong Kebyar, Sebatu Galan Kangin Gilak vinyl lp Gamelan Music from Bali (Deutsche Grammophon) Behzad from the cassette Myth (Touch) Zak Riles Sand/Silk Road Origian from the cd Zak Riles Ata Ebtekar, Sote Synthetic Overture (Satan's Lullaby) from the cd Persian Electronic Music Yesterday and Today 1966-2006) Master Musicians of Jajouka feat. Bachir Attar Taksim from the cd produced by Talvin Singh Khyam Allami Tawazon II: Or Lack of from the cd Resonance/Dissonance Gamelan Teges live set and interview with Deleyaman (France/USA) The Bulgarian Voices 'Angelite' and Huun-Huur-Tu Fly Fly My Sadnessfrom the cd Fly, Fly My Sadness

pWashington's been involved in Central American human rights abuses for decades. Geopolitical interests alone matter. Crimes against humanity continue./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/honduras_statesponsored_death_squad_terror target=_blankread more/a/p

pLongstanding ties remain firm. Both nations are imperial partners. Naked aggression is official policy. Regime change in Syria is planned. Daily events head inexorably toward full-scale intervention./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/america_and_israel_imperial_partners_crime target=_blankread more/a/p

pBy William Blum - Dissident Voice/p pWhat is it that makes young men, reasonably well educated, in good health and nice looking, with long lives ahead of them, use powerful explosives to murder complete strangers because of political beliefs?...I’m speaking about American military personnel of course, on the ground, in the air, or directing drones from an office in Nevada...Do not the survivors of US attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya and elsewhere, and their loved ones, ask such a question?/p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/boston_marathon_thing_called_terrorism_and_united_states target=_blankread more/a/p

This week, William speaks to Dave about Jerry Koch. Jerry is a New York Anarchist resisting (for the 2nd time) a GJ in NYC. JerryResists.net Also, Bursts speaks to Bella about Marie Mason, long term ecological, animal rights, labor and anarchist activist. Marie is also serving a 22 year sentence. Bella also talks about the upcoming day of Solidarity with Marie Mason, Eric McDavid and Other Longterm Anarchist Prisoners on June 11th. We also speak briefly about the snitch, Frank Ambrose. supportmariemason.org june11.org Playlist can be found here: http://www.ashevillefm.org/node/6759 (Also, the song after the Jerry Koch portion is Arianna Staiger's song for her mother, Marie Mason)

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pBy Gerry Caplan - May 4, 2013/p pA href=http://www.truthdig.com/arts_culture/item/kill_anything_that_moves_20130312/iKill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam/i/a is not just another history book. Its implications for today are both profound and unnerving. It will haunt you every time the United States launches yet another military adventure somewhere in the world in the name of American idealism./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/kill_anthing_moves_americas_shameful_history_vietnam_finally_revealed_review target=_blankread more/a/p

p dir=ltrForty years to the day she and her comrades were targeted by New Jersey State Troopers, Assata Shakur was again targeted when the FB...

pUnder the cooperative model, workers own the business, reducing injustice because they have a stake in the community and because an individual w...

Radio Thrift Shop is a low-tech, warts-n-all, freeform celebration exploration of music from the last century of recorded sound and music in all genres ... including 78s, reel to reels, cassettes, 8 tracks, vinyl records and even endangered cds. Each week I play an ecclectic blend of tunes released between 1900 (more or less) and next week. Music and culture in the spirit of free radio

pBy SHELDON RICHMAN - Counterpunch Weekend Edition/p pWhen it comes to conserving the national-security state, it matters little which party is in power./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/state_torture_america target=_blankread more/a/p

pBy Noam Chomsky - Sunday, May 05, 2013/p pIn this episode of iPress TV's/i documentary program renowned American academic Noam Chomsky says the United States would be recognized as a leading terrorist state if international law is applied./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/noam_chomsky_us_top_terrorist_state_video target=_blankread more/a/p

pBy Mark Weisbrot - May 05, 2013/p pRecent events indicate that the Obama administration has stepped up its strategy of “regime change” against the left-of-center governments in Latin America, promoting conflict in ways not seen since the military coup that Washington supported in Venezuela in 2002. The most high-profile example is in Venezuela itself, during the past week. As this goes to press, Washington has grown increasingly isolated in its efforts to destabilize the newly elected government of Nicolas Maduro./p pa href=http://mostlywater.org/us_seeks_get_rid_left_governments_latin_america target=_blankread more/a/p

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.

The Bakken shale lands as new sacrifice zone for polluting oil gas extraction. Four voices from Colorado, Wyoming, Montana North Dakota on dark side of the fracking boom.