We go bananas more then normal this week with our Bananas Special....songs about bananas.....no we didn't eat any bananas on the air....but hey, maybe that's a thought for next time!

Trump Closure of USAID Humanitarian Relief Programs Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands; Trump’s National Security Memo Labels His Enemies Terrorists, Orders Investigations; ‘Americans Who Tell the Truth’ Portraiture Project Aims to Inspire Courageous Citizenship.

From the archives of The Michael Slate Show: Filmmaker Marc Silver, and Robin Reineke, one of the participants in the documentary “Who is Dayani Cristal?” Douglas Blackmon, author of Slavery By Another Name, The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II. Bob Avakian, leader of the revolution and the architect of the New Communism, on War in Ukraine, and the danger of all-out war between two nuclear-armed powers, the US and Russia.

The Canadian Seamen's Union was destroyed on the orders of Washington and Ottawa for the crime of representing class solidarity and internationalism.

Have you already made the leap into solar or is it still on your to-do list? This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with the Executive Director of Vote Solar, Sachu Constantine, to learn more about all things energy-related under the sun. We discuss the harm inflicted upon the solar industry by the current administration, look at some encouraging developments in both residential and commercial solar, and examine what we can do to keep lowering costs and get away from fossil fuels.

Police abuse controversy clouds Sydney’s Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras; the Rainbow flag flies again at Stonewall; this week’s “Rainbow Rewind” honors Langston Hughes; the Euro-Parliament resolves that trans women are women, a US appeals court reinstates the ban on military service by HIV-positive enlistees, lawmakers in the Australia state of Victoria protect intersex children from surgery without their informed and mature consent, the Republican-dominated Kansas state legislature enacts an anti-trans “bathroom bounty bill”, and the US Olympic women’s hockey team captain Hilary Knight and record-breaking speed skater Brittany Bowe announce their engagement. Those stories and more this week when you discover “This Way Out”.

EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca The Mix Sessions is a journey through hypnotic rhythms and soulful deep house groove. Featuring slush, atmospheric textures. TRACKLIST 01. Rotty - Yeah I Love 02. Carl Waller - Trippin' (Extended Mix) 03. Folamour - When U Came Into My Life 04. Rotty - Honesty 05. Will Buck - Checkin' You Out 06. Despa - When Walking Down The Street 07. Moonee - Faith & Sorrow 08. Wallace - Papertrip 09. Kerri Chandler - The Breeze 10. Sean Roman - Cry No More

EVERGREEN. Contact: sean@armedia.ca Trip Hop Radio is a sonic escape into a world of dreamy beats and introspective melodies, featuring an eclectic blend of trip hop, chillout, and downtempo grooves. Updated weekly. TRACKLIST 01. Arovane - Tokyo Ghost Stories 02. Depeche Mode - Useless (The Kruder + Dorfmeister Session) 03. Ishome - Ken Tavr 04. Casino Versus Japan - Aquarium 05. Austra - Beyond A Mortal 06. DJ Voila - Les Journees 07. UNKLE - Lonely Soul 08. Gruve Collective - Try Harder 09. Everything But The Girl - Good Cop Bad Cop 10. Sora Surfers - Sofa Rockers (Richard Dorfmeister Remix) 11. Coldcut - Man In A Garage (Nick Franglen Lemon Jelly Remix)

This week features all Bluegrass - Gospel Music. The Appalachian Sunday Morning is a two hour all Gospel Music Radio program with radio station & program host Danny Hensley. The program is recorded live each Sunday morning while being broadcast on 91.7 FM Community radio and streamed world wide on www.sbbradio.org. This program is uploaded to SoundCloud, RSS.com, radio4all, Podbean and iTunes to mention a few.

In her lecture The Long Struggle to Abolish Reproductive Slavery, Roberts traces the denial of Black womens reproductive and parenting rights to a 19th century court case that decided the offspring of enslaved persons were considered like animals, without human rights, even if they were the children of the owner himself. Stopping mistreatment of Black families was a paramount issue of the abolitionist cause and a major reason behind the 13th and 14th Amendments to the US Constitution. But the hateful attitudes continued into modern times, and are underlying the idea that state law can dictate the terms of pregnancy and parenting, now confirmed by the US Supreme Court and applicable to all women. 

No rules now. Eat your smog, enjoy disasters. Trump killing American climate rules & science. Voices outside the bubble of U.S. corporate media: Germany, Canada, UK, France - and Democracy Now! First, super scientist Ben Santer tells Carbon Brief why he had to leave America.

1. Carnival Of Souls - J Wyze 2. Whack MC's - Konteks feat. Declaime 3. Quite Unique - Key-Kool & Rhettmatic 4. I Don't Know Either - Mr. Complex 5. Straighten It Out - Evadentlee, Tony Weyez and Es feat. SDotRoyalty and Arsun Fist 6. Not Your Ordinary-Rhythm Revolution - Polyrhythm Addicts 7. It's All Happening (The Table) - Coast Contra 8. Graffiti Gandalfs - Emapea feat. Beatz Catz 9. Big Phat Boom - Polyrhythm Addicts 10. Zonin' Out (remix) - Polyrhythm Addicts 11. The Sidelines - Lone Catalysts feat. Mr. Complex 12. We The Kings (Gritty Kings mix) - Why-D feat. Grand P 13. Lyrical Fluctuation (remix) - Jigmastas feat. Pharoahe Monch, Yasin Bey, Talib Kweli, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Mr. Complex 14. It's Goin' Down - Mad Skillz 15. Cauterize - Legit & Rex Seshunz feat. DJ Uncle Fester and Theo 3 16. Grap Lova - KLIM Beats

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More of the same this week on Backbeat - except different, because you'll rarely hear anything repeated, there's just too much to play. Such as gospel from Clara Ward, jug band music from Clarence Williams, African jive on a pennywhistle from West Nkosi, a Japanese take on a classic Duke Ellington song, Eddy Arnold's first hit and a nice new one from Reid Jamieson. Backbeat is also available in a 56 and 58 minute versions in three separate files if you want breaks. I am happy to provide custom station IDs, promos and liners. Email Lorne@Backbeatradio.com or visit www.backbeatradio.com for more information.

The Palestinian tragedy stretches across generations; a wound carried in the open for the world to see yet so often ignored. Entire communities have been uprooted, cities shattered, and families torn apart, while the global news cycle moves on as if grief has an expiration date. The media, once trusted to bear witness, has repeatedly failed them reducing a people’s suffering to fleeting headlines, softening the language of occupation, and avoiding the uncomfortable truths that demand moral courage. When reporters dared to ask real questions, many were reprimanded or removed. When anchors tried to name the injustice plainly, their voices were cut short. Into that silence stepped ordinary people activists, creators, and influencers who refused to let the story die. They filled the void left by institutions, using their platforms to show the world what cameras would not. But the moment these voices grew too loud, a new wave of pressure emerged. Accounts were flagged, demonetized, shadow banned, or erased entirely. Videos disappeared. Livestreams were cut. Entire pages vanished overnight. It became clear that the struggle was no longer only on the ground in Gaza or the West Bank it was also online, in the battle over truth itself. This is why supporting independent reporters and creators is no longer optional; it is essential. They are the last line of defense against erasure. They document what others bury. They speak when institutions fall silent. They carry stories that would otherwise be lost. Their work is not polished or sanitized, it is raw, urgent, and human. And in a world where truth is filtered through political interests, independent voices have become the closest thing we have to unfiltered reality. But even as we uplift these voices, we must pause to honor those who paid the ultimate price. The Palestinian journalists who ran toward danger, not away from it. The photographers who captured their homeland’s final moments before becoming targets themselves. The reporters who documented the destruction of their own neighborhoods, knowing each assignment could be their last. Their courage was not abstract, it was lived, breathed, and carried into the fire. They were chroniclers of a people’s suffering, guardians of memory, and witnesses the world desperately needed. And beyond them, the Palestinian people themselves, mothers burying children, children burying parents, families burying entire bloodlines have become the living archive of a tragedy the world has yet to fully confront. Their endurance is a testament. Their grief is a record. Their resilience is a rebuke to every attempt to silence them. In their names, and in the names of those who continue to speak when silence would be safer, we keep telling this story. Because truth, once spoken, refuses to disappear. This is This Week in Palestine.

Black History Month: A chapter in the struggle for equal rights.