- a one time student organiser in Manchester and a member of the Black Student Campaign. Makola takes us on a whistlestop tour of unionist, communist and religious resitance to nascent and established colonialism in South Africa, Cameroon, the DRC, and Zambia - as well as pointing out that the first Pan African Congress was held in Manchester. "I see myself very much as an African who is continuing that tradition of organising black people in Africa and in this country, educating the htme about Africa as well as getting them involved in politics."

- is an education officer with the Union of Northern Workers in Canada. He wrote "Tell me lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq." [2004] Here he speaks of resistance in Africa with particular reference to the trade union movements.

Caledonian University - Glasgow - 23rd April 2005

In the wake of the Governments much hyped "Commission for Africa" came a reply - a conference not so much "for" Africa, as by Africans. There were excellent presentations and speeches by the usual suspects - Patrick Harvie, Tommy Sheridan, Aamer Anwar, representatives from Oxfam and G8 alternatives - but the most succesful aspect to the conference, what made it really striking, was the African speakers. Of the several hundred people who attended, perhaps half were African.

Weekly Audio Report
May 20th- May26th

This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.Org, for the week of Friday,May 20th to Thursday May 26th.

Weekly Audio Report
May 20th- May26th

This week in Palestine –a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.Org, for the week of Friday,May 20th to Thursday May 26th.

Oonagh works for Impact Aids in EWdinburgh and is a lecturer at Queen Margaret College. She spoke about the role of pharmaceutical companies and the changing face of international trade agreements

Caledonian University - Glasgow - 23rd April 2005

In the wake of the Governments much hyped "Commission for Africa" came a reply - a conference not so much "for" Africa, as by Africans. There were excellent presentations and speeches by the usual suspects - Patrick Harvie, Tommy Sheridan, Aamer Anwar, representatives from Oxfam and G8 alternatives - but the most succesful aspect to the conference, what made it really striking, was the African speakers. Of the several hundred people who attended, perhaps half were African.

Late Night with Mr. X & Just Julie has been posted for May 28, 2005.

Late Night with Mr. X has been posted for May 28, 2005! Another "Firecast" with Mr. X & Just Julie, which makes this number 3. In this installment, we talk about our photo shoot tomorrow for the local newspaper's article on Podcasting, Julie complaining that nobody interviewed *her* directly, using Doritos as a fire accelerant, and Mr. X & Just Julie smoke and then try to review a fine Cuban cigar (with a special appearance by...George Burns...?)

Interviews with Cindy and Baku from the Halliburton Protests, as well as interview with Nobody from 1919hemphill (1919hemphill.org) on youth activism and organizing.

Interviews with Cindy and Baku from the Halliburton Protests, as well as interview with Nobody from 1919hemphill (1919hemphill.org) on youth activism and organizing.

A weekly review of news at the intersection of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: Controversy over the leadership at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its crusade to make PBS and NPR look and sound more like Fox News is heating up on Capitol Hill, while conservative pundits go apoplectic over Bill Moyers' perspective on the problem.