Independent journalist Dahr Jamail joins us again from New Orleans with an update on what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico where even the crabs are fleeing toxic water....

The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area is located in Central California's Diablo Range and is one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. Golden Gate Audubon's Conservation Director Mike Lynes talks of these wind turbines and how they affect the natural environment.

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (July 9) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

The National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution in support of Net Neutrality and the efforts of the FCC to reestablish its authority to regulate the broadband industry. Finland declared broadband access a legal right for its citizens. And The DISH satellite network is suing the FCC over a legal requirement to carry HD public broadcasting.

Poet Sonia Sanchez talks about her life weaving songs of joy and sadness, of freedom and beauty - all in service of defining what it means to be human in the 21st century. Former Guantanamo Detainee Mozzam Begg, labeled an "enemy combatant" and imprisoned by the US for three years, talks about his life in the torture chambers and his book, Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandehar.

Here is the playlist from our July 7 Broadcast:

Pirate Radio song
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Palestine Today for July 7
Between the Lines on Israeli "Boycott from Within" campaign
War Update for July 7: Mortar rounds hit Green Zone during Biden visit
Desertion Song (clip)
What if Army ads had health warnings?
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Battle of Toronto-WSQT Braodcast coverage
Canadian Army recruiter bombed in Quebec over Afghanistan-and G20
Between the Lines: Jubilee USA calls out G20 for no progress on poverty
GMO Song
July 4 DC Pot Parade nets two arrests

Israel and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty...and goods into Gaza.
Dahr Jamail reports from the Gulf spill zone on how media is treated, how locals fare day-to-day, and how the future looks.
The "Drill, Baby, Drill" proponents in Congress and state government fare very well from the oil and gas lobby. We look at their handsome handouts and then examine the true cost of oil to America's bottom line as we examine whether fossil fuels are in the best interests of the American people even in the short term.

This commentary was originally recorded for airing on "This Way Out." Greg Gordon refused to air it, claiming he'd have to offer Keith Olbermann, Dan Savage and Michael Musto "equal time" if it ran. (On the very next TWO program after the denial, Gordon aired a segment from Olbermann's MSNBC program featuring Savage.) So much for TWO covering biphobia.

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (July 2) is up at the website
http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

Here is the playlist from our July 1 Broadcast:

A rare and unique interview with Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, about his journey from a middle class life in the Bay Area of Californina to becoming a leading communist theoretician and the chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party; Gilad Atzmon, an Israeli born jazz musician who went into self imposed exile in London as a supporter of Palestinian Liberation, talks about his music and all the forces that shaped him and his art.