Boycotting Israel is more than a consumer choice, it’s a moral stance, a global act of resistance, and a deeply personal message to Palestinians that their lives, dignity, and struggle matter. It is a rejection of complicity in a system that has, for decades, denied Palestinians their basic rights through military occupation, apartheid policies, and economic exploitation. By refusing to support companies and institutions that profit from or enable these injustices, individuals around the world are saying: We will not be silent. We will not be complicit. This form of nonviolent resistance draws inspiration from historic movements like the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and the civil rights movement in the United States. It challenges the normalization of oppression by disrupting the flow of money, reputation, and legitimacy to those who uphold it. Whether it’s refusing to buy products from companies like HP, McDonald’s, or Starbucks, whose ties to Israeli military operations or settlement expansion have been documented, or advocating for divestment from arms manufacturers like Elbit Systems, every act of boycott chips away at the infrastructure of impunity. To Palestinians, these actions are not abstract. They are felt. They are seen. They are heard. In refugee camps, in besieged Gaza, in occupied East Jerusalem, and across the diaspora, the message resonates: You are not alone. Every boycott is a declaration that the world is watching that the world cares, and that the world is willing to act. It’s a way of amplifying Palestinian voices that are too often silenced, of honoring their resilience, and of refusing to let their suffering be reduced to statistics or headlines. Boycotting also serves as a tool for education and mobilization. It invites people to ask questions: Why are these companies being targeted? What is happening in Palestine? How are our governments and institutions complicit? It opens space for dialogue, for solidarity across movements, and for building coalitions that connect Palestinian liberation to broader struggles for racial, economic, and environmental justice. In a world where corporations and governments often prioritize profit over people, boycotting is a way to reclaim agency. It’s a reminder that our choices matter, that what we buy, where we invest, and who we support can either uphold injustice or challenge it. It’s not about perfection; it’s about intention. It’s about aligning our values with our actions and refusing to be passive in the face of genocide, apartheid, and displacement. Ultimately, boycotting Israel is a call to conscience. It’s a refusal to accept the status quo. It’s a demand for accountability. And most importantly, it’s a gesture of love and solidarity, a way of saying to Palestinians: We see you. We hear you. We stand with you.

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Sonic Café, that’s Lenny Kravitz, so hey welcome to another hour of intelligent, eclectic music, comedy and pop culture, it’s a thing we call the Sonic Café. I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 442. This time the Sonic Café presents a music mix pulled from 53 years. Listen for tracks from Steely Dan, Weezer, Joe Strummer, Alice Merton, Nancy Wilson with her cover of the Pearl Jam tune Daughter, plus The Zeros, Badfinger and many more, including Gil Scott-Heron from 1971, we’ll spin The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Listen for all of the cool 70’s pop culture references. Also listen for another chapter of Crazy Facts About Music Everyone Should Know, courtesy of our friends over at The Origin of Songs. Oh and before we forget, a big Sonic Café welcome to our newest sponsor, Penne Alla Vodka. No matter the event, nothing is better than a big fat tin of Penne Alla Vodka. Take our word for it. So yeah, all that plus a few other things dropped in along the way for fun. So let’s get to it. From 2004, this is Fall Out Boy with their cover of the Joy Division classic, this is, Love Will Tear Us Apart, and we’re the Sonic Café.

90-year-old Caribbean feminist Peggy Antrobus tells of devoting her career to global feminism, independence of former colonies, and egalitarian economic development, while seeing economic re-colonization grow since the Reagan/Thatcher era. She comments on climate change's threat to overwhelm island nations, yet chuckles at the expectation Mother Nature will assert herself against this economic order. 

This week on the show, Canada-based emergency physician Tarek Loubani speaks with host Nora Barrows-Friedman. He is the medical director and co-founder of Glia, an international medical solidarity organization with field clinics inside Gaza. They discuss how Gaza doctors endure the impossible in the midst of the IDF’s targeting of hospitals and the people who work there. Dr. Sarah Lalonde is a Montreal-based physician who worked in Gaza hospitals in January-February 2025. She explains why Palestinian health care workers are heroes. American-based physician Dr. Mimi Syed explains how the overwhelming number of casualties she treated while in Gaza were children. We also listen to a compilation of our weekly newscast reports since October 2023 that chronicles Israel’s destruction of the health care system.

Socrates’ Way: Seven Masterkeys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost Socrates of Athens, who lived before the Common Era, is respected as one of the greatest independent thinkers of all time. Socrates himself refused to be recognized as a teacher. Instead, Plato, his well-known student and reporter of Socrates’ dialogues, tells us he asked to be seen as a “midwife of ideas.” Socrates’ passion to achieve self-understanding, and the proper ways to live, continues to be studied and emulated to this day. Socrates recommends “The Trojan Women,” by Euripides. Ron Gross recommends “The Clouds,” by Aristophanes. Originally Broadcast: January 13, 2003

This week on the Global Research News Hour we are taking on major crimes of disinformation in Western media regarding the 21 month assault on the people of Gaza, which conveniently distorts it to the point here Israelis are the victims and the Palestinians who die by the tens of thousands are all Hamas. How is this task continuously achieved in the age of information? In our first half hour, we hear from reporter Robert Inlakesh about the state of censorship in the conflict currently. And in our second half hour, Jason Toney of Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East shows up to introduce listeners to the latest publication from The Breach entitled When Genocide Wasn’t News: How Canadian Media Covered up the Destruction of Gaza

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Firkin, The Murphs and The Mahones get things off to a Celtpunk start, then we ease into instrumental goodness from Mary Frances and Talisk, explore Catalan and Nordic flavours with ROS, Gangar and Basco and finish with the ethereal and electronic from The Gloaming and The Afro Celts. As full as any musical hour can be, it's Celt In A Twist!

We have a shiny new chart to share, so let's take it out for a spin. Join us for a ride on the global side with bangin' African tracks from The Cavemen, Femi Kuti, Cheikh Ibra Fam, Siraba, Ammar 808 and another debut from Witch! Plus, we sample some potent BC homegrown from Los Duendes and Russell Wallace. This week on World Beat Canada Radio!

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Nora Barrows-Friedman brings us a recap of Palestinian news from July 3rd to the 10th, 2025.

90-year-old Caribbean feminist Peggy Antrobus tells of devoting her life to global feminism, independence of former colonies, and egalitarian economic development, while seeing economic re-colonization grow since the Reagan/Thatcher era. She comments on climate change's threat to overwhelm island nations, yet chuckles at the expectation Mother Nature will assert herself against this economic order. 

Today’s guest is Bobby Nichols—the former Phoenix Democratic Socialist of America's chapter chair and current member. He is the founder of Arizona Works Together, a pro-union political action committee operating at the state level. Additionally, Bobby Nichols works for the Office of the Arizona Attorney General as a state attorney representing Arizona's Departments of Child Safety and Economic Security in Superior and Administrative Court cases involving the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of minor children and vulnerable adults. In the first half of the show, Bobby explains socialism in simple terms and provides a historical context for the societal framework. In the second half of the show, we discuss socialist principles and how they won New York City over in the recent mayoral race.

A look at an artist who takes cats sounds and makes songs out of them, relaxing music to browse the supermarket by (never mind what they actually play in the store) and one of the greatest motown singers duets with one of TV greatest villians....there's a celebrity slip up for ya. NOTE: GENERIC PROMOS ATTACHED FOR YOUR USE THIS WEEK!