A lecture by author and scholar Michael Parenti on how the capitalist entertainment media promotes and cements ruling class ideology.

Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0B.00 Published on June 25th, 2023 Juneteenth Celebration Episode With Clips from The Young Turks and roland Martin Unfiltered This is going to be an episode about race (and one which I ramble a bit, sorry for that, but its still a great episode), I acknowledge this point at the outset of the episode. I talk about my evolution on the topic of race, how I used to look at it and how I now see it (I think I will dedicate some more time to this topic in the future as I’ve never really discussed how my views on race have evolved in one sitting). I spend some time on the low unemployment rate in the black community, explaining why its due more to necessity than changing attitudes in the country – or so it seems. I spend more time, though, on the healing that will be required to truly overcome this race-thing problem; which I see as a great contribution to my work on this podcast. Music Used in the opening, Curtis Mayfield’s Think, Brandy’s The Definition and Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact me at vphiamer.adis.ogaarwa@outlook.com Follow me on Facebook @ClassWarBattlefieldPodcast, on Twitter @VphiamerAdisOgaarwa

Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0A.00 Published on June 25th, 2023 The History Winds Swirl Alerting us to a Coming Storm What Frightens me about Donald Trump's Indictment With Clips from NBC News Special Report, Channel 4 News, Roland Martin Unfiltered, Democracy Now, Midas Touch Please Donate to keep CWB Alive! Donate to: CashApp $CWBPodcast & Paypal @CWBPodcast Trump’s indictment has been discussed, ridiculed, praised and analyzed for its effect on the 2024 election. In this Episode Segment I start by discussing the concern I have concerning Black Americans concerning our ability to appreciate what Late Stage Capitalism is creating in this country. Then I dive into the true topic in this segment; though that topic is trump’s indictment, the hidden truer topic is a discussion on America’s choices at critical turning points. Specifically I focus in on “American Expansionism” and the deeper question, after the conquered were subdued and the borders to the country were extended to their maximum extension, what would become of that Expansive nature and energy? This is a topic that has, to my knowledge, never been broached in a podcast setting. I then tie this back to Trump’s indictment and the future that is quickly being sown together by the Regressive Nihilist in America’s right-wing. Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0A.01 Published on June 25th, 2023 Bidens Betrayal mandates a Generational Commitment to Restructure this Society Sooner Rather than Later With Clips from The White House (President Joe Biden) and Democracy Now Please Donate to keep CWB Alive! Donate to: CashApp $CWBPodcast & Paypal @CWBPodcast After reading about the agreement Biden struck with House Republicans to avert a financial disaster which Republicans were more than willing to make a reality to achieve what they wanted – which they did; I recorded this episode segment under the title above to discuss the possible historical implications of this agreement. Please take note, I am not passing judgment on the 2024 Election altogether. What I am trying to convey is the impact this agreement will have on people’s motivation to vote for Biden in 2024. To that point I encourage people to vote for Biden, but to make his next term about the House being under Progressive leadership. It’s time to build the type of political juggernaut we say we want and need, the only way that is going to happen is extensive organization (at street level) and institution building (at all levels), this is the true reason why this country changed in the past. Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0A.02 Published on June 25th, 2023 An Episode Long Overdo, My Response to the Overturning of Roe V. Wade With Clips from George Carlin and Bryan Tyler Cohen Please Donate to keep CWB Alive! Donate to: CashApp $CWBPodcast & Paypal @CWBPodcast Do white lives matter, that isn’t a question I tackle directly in this episode, but indirectly – I take it on viciously. The answer to this question in the contexts of women’s reproductive rights is No. What the decision overturning Roe v. Wade means to the valuation of white life in this country screams throughout this land. White life is as valuable as the Nihilists, Conservatives and Regressives say it is. And that value is minimal outside the womb, but inside the womb. . . . well, I can’t speak on that number as it hasn’t been given anywhere. But what I can speak on is the soft and hard power dynamics that have been utilized against the White European-American Peasant throughout the past five centuries to push them into becoming the amnesic ill-informed settler state colonial American resident they are today. What I can also talk about is the often covered over anti-black women’s history that paints their support for Donald Trump and white nationalists presently, in a whole new light. Oh this is not an easy episode to listen to – no I’m not about victim shaming, nor am I laying the blame on all women; what I am doing is calling a bed sheet a bed sheet and a Klanswoman a member of the party opposing women’s rights for body autonomy. Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0A.03 Published on June 25th, 2023 The One true Responsibility of Government is to Build Institutions that Build a Police State or so Joe Biden Says Please Donate to keep CWB Alive! Donate to: CashApp $CWBPodcast & Paypal @CWBPodcast In episode segment 2023.0A.01 I played Biden’s remarks on the debt ceiling agreement; in those remarks he made a statement that echoed in my mind. He said the one true responsibility government has is to take care of soldiers and military personnel; a very Romanesque statement. This statement prophesizes a military heavy state where violence reigns, especially from those who are “in power” or “hold power” or those who “capture power”. Now upon listening to this episode you may want to roll your eyes and say “that’s just a statement, you’re reading far too much into what he is saying”. I don’t believe that, mainly because I see the same sentiment on the right and throughout history, especially European history (to the extent I have had the ability to study that history). More, I see the aggressiveness of the police apparatus as an extension from this line of thinking. But I’ll not argue all my points here, I will let the podcast do the talking. Class War Battlefield Podcast Episode 2023.0A.04 Published on June 25th, 2023 OceanGate A Libertarian Nightmare is Producing the Exact Results it Claims to be Avoiding With Clips from ABC News Please Donate to keep CWB Alive! Donate to: CashApp $CWBPodcast & Paypal @CWBPodcast I had no intension of adding a libertarian episode segment to this June Topical Episode, but alas, the OceanGate tragedy punched me in my solar plexus as I saw the tragedy as what it was; symbolic of libertarian argument for deregulation and ignorance of previously created problem solving and injury preventing guidelines. Now I know what many libertarians will say to this charge – we don’t believe that, we just believe the private sectors would do a better job of implementing and following those guidelines than the government would do. OceanGate, along with countless countries where deregulation is not only debated but national policy, disproves your assertion. OceanGate’s entrepreneurial spirit was centered around the ego madness of its founder who literally stated he was not following previous guidelines because they inhibited his innovative genius (he didn’t use the word genius, but it was implied). That innovative genius put him and his passengers in a new league of their own; which if that their implosion under severe pressure is not seen as a metaphor for NeoColonial (that’s Neoliberal-Neoconservative Libertarian) Capitalism, then I don’t know what is. Music Used in the opening, Curtis Mayfield’s Think, Brandy’s The Definition and Marvin Gaye’s Inner City Blues If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact me at vphiamer.adis.ogaarwa@outlook.com Follow me on Facebook @ClassWarBattlefieldPodcast, on Twitter @VphiamerAdisOgaarwa

The commentary outside of the two interviews on June 12, 2023.

We begin with a report by MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan speaking with journalist Antony Loewenstein, who has written a book documenting how Israel uses Gaza as testing ground for its massive armaments industry. Today's feature presentation is a conversation with Journalist Ali Abunimah in an Electronic Intifada Podcast moderated by Nora Barrows-Friedman and Asa Winstanley. The matters discussed include Israel's increasing attacks on innocent Palestinians, including children, and perhaps most shocking, on the actual funeral of reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, victim of Israeli shooting. Her pallbearers were beaten in an effort to make them drop the casket.

Welcome to Indigenous in Music with Larry K. This week we welcome from Surrey, British Columbia. Singer, songwriter and storyteller, Alexis Lynn is in the house. Her new album is out entitled “Real Talk.” She’s brings us a nice mix of up-tempo dance-floor bop. Read all about her and hear her music on our page at www.indigenousinmusicandarts.org/past-shows/alexis-lynn. Enjoy music from Alexis Lynn, Chantil Dukart, Khu.eex, Qacung, Airjazz, Elastic Bond, Mike Paul, Jimmy Lee Young, Thunderhand Joe and the Medicine Show, Latin Vibe, Stolen Identity, Nancy Sanchez, Shauit, Yves Lambert, Graeme Jonez, Centavrvs, Aysanabee, Dan Linitie, Campo, Locos Por Juana, Redbone, Midnight Sparrows, NORTHBOUND51, Tracy Lee Nelson, Blue Mountain Tribe, Aterciopleados, Bomba Estero, Joey Stylez, Carsen Gray, Kelly Fraser, Melody McArthur, Jahkota and much much more. Visit us on our new website at www.IndigenousinMusicandArts.org and find our all about us and our programs and visit our SAY Magazine Library with all our featured guests.

Golden Oldies (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s)

A KPFK listener was hearing strange guests on Ian Master's Background Briefing. He googled his guest and discovered he was the head of a retired FBI agents that was part of committee to keep Mumia in prison.

Tonight's live stream had to be cancelled due to family reasons so we've put this 2020 documentary out instead which is particularly pertinent with RFK Jr. now in the running for the Democratic nomination to become US president in 2025

Sonic Café, I want something else, don’t we all? That’s Semi-Charmed Life from Third Eye Blind. Welcome to another episode of intelligent, eclectic music, comedy and pop culture. It’s a thing we call the Sonic Café. I’m your host Scott Clark and this is episode 344. This time the Sonic Café spins up a music mix pulled from the last 32 years. Listen for David Byrne, Big Red Machine, Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day, No Doubt and more. Also we’ll feature the hilarious Maureen Langan, Maureen claims it’s getting harder not to hate people these days. They ahh just make her do it… so she’s not a hater she’s actually a victim. She’ll fill you in on the details. Also another installment of Sonic Café News You Can’t Use from the Onion announcing a new FDA approved drug. It’s a new depressant drug for annoyingly cheerful people, so ahh there’s that. We’ll also sneak in a quick word from Pepperidge Farms and of course more as the Sonic Café explores why it’s getting harder not to hate people these days, from our radio café in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s the Killers, asking if all the good songs have already been written? We’re the Sonic Café.

This week’s radio show features elephant repellent, climate disaster, the way things work, and for the feature piece, the Toothless Old Grandpa tells you what he really thinks! Don protective gear; it’s time for the Thunderbolt…

Few moments in American history have held the tension of the early 1970s. The nation was fundamentally divided between the jaded counter-culture and Nixon’s ‘silent majority,’ a rupture particularly connected to the still-escalating Vietnam War. The release to the public of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 focused national attention on US foreign policy and on our right as individual citizens to freedom of the press. Daniel Ellsberg recommends “Our War,” by David Harris. Originally Broadcast: March 19, 1997

As weve now enshrined Juneteenth as a national holiday, we speak with historian and prolific author Dr. Gerald Horne, who explains that while the story of Juneteenth is much more complicated and much more complex than is traditionally presented, increased recognition of the day provides an opportunity to have a thorough remembrance of and reckoning of the horrific system that was slavery and wholl pay reparations on my soul, the lingering massaging of troubadour Gil Scott Herrin?

Win tickets to Bard On The Beach "As You Like It". Tune in and find out how and enjoy a great mix of contemporary Celtic while you're at it. Fresh spins from Firkin, The Derina Harvey Band, Tau & The Drones Of Praise and more surprises. For 20 years, you got yer Celt In A Twist!

Aggressive, progressive and impressive mix of global beats from Africa, Japan, India and Italy with debuts from WITCH, Alpha Yaya Diallo, Kevin Finseth & Asli Maj, Kiltro and Captain Planet. For your ears only on World Beat Canada Radio!

This week on the global Research News Hour we continue our journey into the latest adventures into the new artificial intelligence research that is taking the world by storm and firing up the imaginations of politicians, military individuals and corporate leaders alike and see how far that takes us down the techno-autocratic hole. In our first half hour, we will hear from writer Karsten Riise about how AI has finally put the US ahead of China and Russia as a true game changer, and how its enormous impacts will soon shape a new geopolitical frontier. And in our second half hour, we are joined again by geopolitical analyst Peter Koenig who investigates the trajectory the human species is on that leads us to dark and tragic endings beyond COVID and into the Great Reset.

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