Children and crayfish need the same thing-the right to grow up in peace!

In this episode of War of the Trees, we discuss the effect of the closure of BP's pipeline serving about 1/3 of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields on gas prices

Still want that gas-guzzling SUV? That $3 a gallon for gas is just the beginning and will soon sound cheap! Some of the damage form Katrina and Rita to Texas and New Orleans oil facilities has yet to be repaired, and now BP has to shut down a large part of production in Alaska.

Kamal Imani spits spoken word fire over a blazing hot hip hop beat. Kamal is encouraging you to get out of your comfort zone and blast off. This message was originally intended for our youth, but it applies to us all!

Blast Off! © Kamal Imani June 26, 2006

Blast Off!

Murray Bookchin passed away on July 30, 2006. We discuss the life and work of Murray Bookchin, Social Ecology, and the need for a new revolutionary movement with vision and hope.

Notes: www.social-ecology.org

A raíz de la comunicación de Fidel Castro sobre su estado de salud y la delegación provisional de sus cargos, altos funcionarios estadounidenses han formulado declaraciones cada vez más explícitas acerca del futuro inmediato de Cuba. El Secretario de Comercio Carlos Gutiérrez opinó que "llegó el momento de una verdadera transición hacia una verdadera democracia" y el vocero de la Casa Blanca Tony Snow dijo que su gobierno está "listo y ansioso para otorgar asistencia humanitaria, económica y de otra naturaleza al pueblo de Cuba", lo que acaba de ser reiterado por el Presidente Bush.

An all Acoustic music set featuring rare acoustic tracks from Jackson Browne, Bruce Cockburn, Junip and Hellsongs also new tracks from Ani Difranco, Jim Page and Pierce Woodward. All songs relating and resisting to the desprate conditions in the world due to War, Poverty and corporate and economic injustices that rule the world.

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From Beirut was written during the invasion and bombing of Lebanon by the Israeli Army in the summer of 1982. The author, Mahmoud Darwish, is a palestinian refugee who lived through this war which is not unlike todays war on Lebanon.

Home made show returns after a couple weeks off. This week's show was recorded in transit from boston to new york. There is music from a lower case v show in the ny subway (what does that even mean?) a band called dukecanaaragans or something like that, a band called the frenching, and at the end of the show an accapella version of midnight special. There is also gossip. 45 min.