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Lawsuit Challenges Florida's "Anti-Riot" Law that Criminalizes Protest Civil Rights; Mine Workers Union States its Position on Making the Transition from Coal to Clean Energy Jobs; Decades-Long Campaign to Make Washington, D.C. the US 51st State Gains Momentum.

Carl Dix, Guilty! Guilty! Guilty! - The conviction of the pig who murdered George Floyd, and why the whole system is guilty, and what we need to do. Voices from the streets talking about International Revolutionary May First 2021, We are human beings! We refuse to accept slavery in any form! Dolly Veale, will update the situation of Iran's political prisoners, and talk about the Emergency Appeal, The Lives of Iran’s Political Prisoners Hang in the Balance—We Must ACT Now.

Summer is nearly upon us. The next time you're at the beach, gazing upon the blue horizon, take a moment to contemplate the depths of the sea, and the ways that the ocean is changing. This week on Sea Change Radio, we speak with oceanographer and author John Englander to take a deep dive into rising sea levels and his book "Moving To Higher Ground." We examine the latest predictions by the scientific community, discuss the various challenges that coastal regions around the globe face, and ponder the policies needed to mitigate the encroaching threat of higher and higher tides.

A call for support went out early in 2021. Logging was to begin in a coast redwood forest in Mendocino County on the Pacific ocean that many of us believed was protected since it is owned by the State of California. The State purchased almost 50,000 acres from a bankrupt logging company in 1949. The Jackson Demonstration State Forest, located between the city of Willits inland and Fort Bragg on the coast, is managed by CalFire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Research showed quickly that CalFire, except for a short pause, never stopped logging the land of their second growth coast redwoods. But now, in the age of climate change and devastating forest fires, their timber harvest plans come under intense scrutiny. CalFire claims their logging reduces fire danger; the community and fire ecologist say cutting large second growth redwoods takes out the trees that are most fire resistant. They also demand protection for coast redwoods in order to slow down climate change. Redwood trees can live for up to 2,000 years all the while removing carbon from the air. In early April 2021 two of the biggest redwoods marked for cut were occupied by tree sitters and as of today, April 27, logging has not yet begun. Meanwhile something else is holding up the chainsaws, bulldozers and road builders that are ready to begin logging. The local tribe of Pomo Indians is intervening in the process since much of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest is on their ancestral land. When this area was an intact old growth forest as recently as in the mid 18-hundreds there existed a network of villages and trails between the coast and the Little Lake Valley inland. My thanks to the radio program Pomo Perspective and the Program Director of KZYX, Alicia Bales, for permission to rebroadcast a conversation that took place on April 19, 2021. You will hear from a Pomo tribal elder, Priscilla Hunter, and the long-time indigenous rights attorney, Polly Girvin. Opening music clip by Holly Near.

A call for support went out early in 2021. Logging was to begin in a coast redwood forest in Mendocino County on the Pacific ocean that many of us believed was protected since it is owned by the State of California. The State purchased almost 50,000 acres from a bankrupt logging company in 1949. The Jackson Demonstration State Forest, located between the city of Willits inland and Fort Bragg on the coast, is managed by CalFire, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Research showed quickly that CalFire, except for a short pause, never stopped logging the land of their second growth coast redwoods. But now, in the age of climate change and devastating forest fires, their timber harvest plans come under intense scrutiny. CalFire claims their logging reduces fire danger; the community and fire ecologist say cutting large second growth redwoods takes out the trees that are most fire resistant. They also demand protection for coast redwoods in order to slow down climate change. Redwood trees can live for up to 2,000 years all the while removing carbon from the air. In early April 2021 two of the biggest redwoods marked for cut were occupied by tree sitters and as of today, April 27, logging has not yet begun. Meanwhile something else is holding up the chainsaws, bulldozers and road builders that are ready to begin logging. The local tribe of Pomo Indians is intervening in the process since much of the Jackson Demonstration State Forest is on their ancestral land. When this area was an intact old growth forest as recently as in the mid 18-hundreds there existed a network of villages and trails between the coast and the Little Lake Valley inland. My thanks to the radio program Pomo Perspective and the Program Director of KZYX, Alicia Bales, for permission to rebroadcast a conversation that took place on April 19, 2021. You will hear from a Pomo tribal elder, Priscilla Hunter, and the long-time indigenous rights attorney, Polly Girvin. Opening music clip by Holly Near.

Radio Thrift Shop Bargain Basement is a half hour supplement recorded and uploaded on no set schedule. Archaeology from the impossibly mixed up record crates collecting dust in the thrift shop basement ... music that hasn't seen the light of day for decades

Phil interviews Yves Engler about his latest article, entitled, "Does the NDP want a war with Russia?" Yves describes the NDP as pro-military and pandering to the right-wing Ukrainian community in Canada. For these reasons, the NDP supports every Liberal budget proposal to spend $100s of billions on new fighter jets and warships. The NDP supports Canadian military deployments to Latvia, Ukraine, and Romania, as well as Canadian naval deployments to the South China Sea, where it participates in 'Freedom of Navigation' exercises, despite the fact that the USA has never signed the relevant treaty. According to Engler, despite the fact that it's so dangerous to station NATO troops right on Russia's borders, the NDP is always pushing the Liberal government to be even more aggressive. There is a dichotomy between the NDP membership and the party hierarchy. In 1969, the membership passed a resolution at Convention to withdraw from NATO. Ed Broadbent, while leader, quietly removed the resolution from the resolutions book. Currently, the party base prefers spending on social programs, infrastructure, and environmental protection. However, Randall Garrison, the party's defence critic, and Deputy Foreign Affairs Critic Heather McPherson are more shrill supporters of the military spending than the government itself. While the Trudeau government talks incessantly about a "rules-based international order," it violates international law on a regular basis by levelling illegal unilateral sanctions on 19 countries and by meddling in the internal affairs of countries such as Venezuela and Syria. All the while, the NDP demands even more resources for the Canadian military-security establishment. They do it because they want to avoid criticism from the mainstream media and certain ethnic groups for being off-message. The NDP's militaristic message puts Canadians in danger of war with Russia and China.

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

I'm guest-hosting WRIR's Cause and Effect Show today. It is one of my favorites to host and to listen to. Each week's host selects an artist than digs deep into the bands and artists that influenced the featured performer and in turns the bands and artists they influenced. Stream the show every Saturday from 1 PM to 3 PM @ www.wrir.org.

Susie Goulding of the COVID Long Haulers Support Group Canada talks about the group's work in supporting and advocating for people with long COVID.

My Spring 2021 Fund Drive program, featuring sounds and stories of some of the most memorable live music experiences I've had over the years; mic manager is Garry Morse

Toilet training lessons from North Carolina’s bathroom bill five years ago this week; thoughts on gender identity definitions for would-be “Saviors”; a German NGO and Russian LGBT group target Chechnya's purge, a Namibian judge splits gay dads’ family, Tennessee and Arkansas advance trans bathroom restrictions, but two U.S. governors veto trans school athlete bans, and Australian activists fight a trans schools erasure bill! Those stories, and more this week, when you choose “This Way Out”: the world’s audio oasis for queer news and culture.

Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Dr. Aviva Chomsky, about creating a labour movement for the 21st century. The triumph of Neoliberalism has meant that the state no longer works toward the welfare of its population but rather to improve corporations conditions to profit. She speaks of the changing face of the labour movement, the diversity of voices that are forging a wider and more inclusion vision of labour rights and responsibilities to social justice. Books By Aviva Chomsky at https://tinyurl.com/embezfk7 Support the Show at www.latinwavesmedia.com

The Mix Sessions brings you Trip Hop, Drum & Bass and House music weekly. Each 58 min show (part 1 & 2) is 50% CanCon and can be played individually or together in a 2 hr block with room for PSA's. IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOAD PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE THEN PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SHOW DIRECTLY FROM OUR SITE: http://amplifiedradio.ca/download CONTACT: sean@amplifiedradio.ca

The Mix Sessions brings you Trip Hop, Drum & Bass and House music weekly. Each 58 min show (part 1 & 2) is 50% CanCon and can be played individually or together in a 2 hr block with room for PSA's. IF YOU HAVE DOWNLOAD PROBLEMS ON THIS SITE THEN PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE SHOW DIRECTLY FROM OUR SITE: http://amplifiedradio.ca/download CONTACT: sean@amplifiedradio.ca

(1.) Grand Rising - Amari Mar (2.) Raised Right - SC Static & Funky Records (3.) The Gift - vsteeze & Funky DL (4.) The Cool Out - Awon & Phoniks ft. Kid Abstrakt (5.) Nuthin' But - Cru ft. Black Rob (6.) Ones - Randal Wyatt (7.) Cutlass Supreme - Kev Brown & J Scienide (8.) Bud - Loop Schrauber (9.) Theme Music - DJ Cosm ft. Fortified Mind, Theoretic Bars & Skanks the Rap Martyr (10.) Money Can Buy - Ea$y Money & Fabeyon ft. Statik Selektah (11.) Not that serious - Es (12.) Snapback - YTC (13.) Ver en Valparaiso - Philthy feat. Paysndu (14.) Bebop - Maple Syrup (15.) Art Supplies - Sankofa (16.) Harvest Season - Rebels To The Grain (17.) Neverland - Beedie & Billy Hoyle (18.) Fresh Air - The Dream Sequence (19.) Outlaw Ciclo Remix - Dheformer Galinier, Dano & N-Wise Allah (20.) Stay Down (instrumental) - The Other Guys (21.) FALL'N - omoidé

Congolese popular music 2021 Spring Fund Drive edition

We are encountering an intrusion of the micro-world, as COVID swamps country after country. We explore with world expert microbiologist, David Thaler - an American scientist working out of Basel Switzerland. Species and populations of visible plants and animals are in decline globally. Is the microbial world in trouble as well? We can't live without it. Be ready to challenge your mind.

We are encountering an intrusion of the micro-world, as COVID swamps country after country. We explore with world expert microbiologist, David Thaler - an American scientist working out of Basel Switzerland. Species and populations of visible plants and animals are in decline globally. Is the microbial world in trouble as well? We can't live without it. Be ready to challenge your mind.

We are encountering an intrusion of the micro-world, as COVID swamps country after country. We explore with world expert microbiologist, David Thaler - an American scientist working out of Basel Switzerland. Species and populations of visible plants and animals are in decline globally. Is the microbial world in trouble as well? We can't live without it. Be ready to challenge your mind.