Fifty years ago this month, six people began a 30-day jail sentence for sitting down at the Patterson drug store lunch counter in Lynchberg, Virginia.
On December 14, 1960, four white and two African American college students— entered a Lynchburg, drugstore hoping to convince the owner to let them have coffee together.
The result—the city’s first sit-in—landed the college students in jail, and ignited a firestorm of controversy throughout the city. It also brought the civil rights movement to a head.

As extremists in Congress take steps to kill funding for public broadcasting, a new report suggests our nation’s public media need more money to serve the public, not less. And the federal government is sending mixed messages about the importance of Internet Freedom.

Dear Radio Friend, 
            The latest Shortwave Report (February 18) 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 Feb 16 broadcast:

Larry Everest, writer for Revolution newspaper and author of "Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda," discusses developments in Egypt, their significance in the world and what lies ahead for the Egyptian people.

Au mois de février 2011, l’émission féministe DégenréE s’allie avec l’émission anti-carcérale Les Murs ont des oreilles pour proposer trois émissions sur les femmes et les lesbiennes en prison. Les émissions seront construites autour d’interview et de lectures de textes de témoignages, le but étant de donner au maximum la parole aux femmes et aux lesbiennes qui connaissent la prison en étant incarcérées ou aux parloirs. Bien sûr, le tout sera agrémenté d’analyses féministes et anti-carcérales !

El Espacio de Noticias intenta comunicar la resistencia de los pueblos contra el monstruo capital y sus gobiernos sirvientes. Se elabora en Ciudad Monstruo, México y forma parte del proyecto radial de la Ké Huelga Radio. Esta es la edición del 11 de febrero de 2011.

En esta edición podrás escuchar, entre otros temas:

Pasos en la azotea: el narco puede tomar el poder

Megaproyectos: le cayó el chahuistle al capo Marchelo

Mega torre en Pedregal 24

Jalisco: amparo contra la presa El Zapotillo

Juárez: plantón por la presentación de los desaparecidos

Réécoutez l'émission Zéro Hebdo diffusée sur radio FPP (Fréquence Paris Plurielle) le mardi 08/02/2011

At the beginning of 2011, President Obama signed into law the Local Community Radio Act that allows for the biggest expansion of community radio stations in U.S. history.

The Local Community Radio Act allows low-power, neighborhood-based stations to broadcast in urban areas for the first time.