Dj Squared has invited the Commander, and young Jackson to comment on What's Goin' On. This is part I of II and we talk about our rights going away and some walmart.

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This Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, for October 6th through to October 13th, 2006.

The Israeli army continued its attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, killing 12, including two children. Qatari meditation failed to bridge the gap between the two rival movements, Hamas and Fatah, on forming a national unity government and Palestinian civil servants are on strike for the second month.

These stories and more, coming up. Stay tuned.

Interview with John from Shell to Sea Cork about the various actions they have carried out there and then about the media scare about activists with 'English accents'. 5 minutes

Talks of the pickets at the police stations, airport depot and urban filling stations, how people on the street are reacting, why they decided to step up the actions and why he as one of those dreaded 'people with English accents' is involved in the struggle.

Short (1.5 min) interview with a member of Revolutionary Anarcho-Feminist Group, a Dublin based collective that has just published the first issue of their magazine. 580k mp3 file

She talks about the formation of the group and the Dublin and Cork launches of the magazine

Interview with someone who took part in a blockade of a Shell petrol station in Cork this morning in connection with the Rossport struggle (see indymedia.ie). @ mins, around 760k. Quality is poor in parts as it was made by mobile on a train

Interviewe describes blocking the station, reaction of police (Garda) and public and laws used to undermine such action

This week on TNS Radio: BP refuses to pay overdue royalties; Cali. governor vetoes farmworker bill; EPA complicit in environmental racism; and consumer advocates want regulation of "nanoproducts."

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In this week's program: The Department of Justice gives the green light to continue the resurrection of Ma Bell. Bill Moyers prepares to air a new PBS documentary on the importance of Network Neutrality. And the World Intellectual Property Organization rejects a U.S. attempt to lock down webcasts and podcasts.