Today, we open with three voices, three videos, three warnings echoing across the digital world. Each comes from a different creator, a different background, a different corner of the political landscape. And yet, together, they reveal something deeper about the moment we are living in. Something unsettling. Something urgent. Something we can no longer afford to ignore.
The first voice comes from a filmmaker who looks straight into the camera and says the quiet part out loud: “Why This War on Islam Is a War on YOU.” His message is not about religion alone. It is about the machinery of fear, how it is built, how it is funded, how it is weaponized. He argues that the narratives targeting Muslims are not accidents, not misunderstandings, not isolated bursts of prejudice. They are engineered. Manufactured. Designed to divide the public and distract from the crises that actually shape our lives. And as he speaks, you feel the weight of his warning: when a society is taught to fear one group, it becomes easier to manipulate all groups. The war on Islam, he says, is not just about Muslims. It is about the public itself, about how easily fear can be turned into policy, and how quickly policy can become violence.
Then comes the second voice, a commentator stepping into the spotlight with a confession: “I Was WRONG - My Apology for Israel Criticism.” His tone is heavy, conflicted, almost trembling under the pressure of a public reversal. He tells his audience that he has reevaluated his stance, that he now sees Israel’s actions differently, that he feels compelled to correct himself. Whether one agrees with him or not, the moment is revealing. It exposes the immense pressure placed on public figures who speak about Israel and Palestine, the scrutiny, the backlash, the expectation to align with certain narratives. His apology becomes more than a personal statement; it becomes a symbol of how volatile this conversation has become, how quickly voices can shift, and how deeply political narratives shape what people feel safe to say. It forces us to ask: when someone changes their position so publicly, is it conviction? Is it pressure? Is it fear? Or is it the weight of a narrative that leaves little room for dissent?
And then, the third voice, perhaps the most haunting of all. A journalist staring into the lens, saying: “This Gaza Fact Will SICKEN You - Media Covers It Up.” He speaks of entire Palestinian families erased, not metaphorically, not symbolically, but literally removed from the civil registry. Grandparents, parents, children, infants, whole bloodlines gone. He asks why this is not front page news everywhere. Why the world is not screaming. Why the deaths of thousands of Palestinians are treated as footnotes, as background noise, as tragedies too inconvenient to acknowledge. His voice cracks with urgency as he describes the scale of loss, the silence surrounding it, and the moral failure of media systems that choose what suffering is worthy of attention and what suffering is allowed to disappear.
Three videos.
Three narratives.
Three alarms ringing at once.
One warns us about the weaponization of fear.
One reveals the pressure shaping public speech.
One exposes the erasure of human lives.
Together, they paint a picture of a world where truth is contested, where narratives are engineered, where silence is strategic, and where the cost of speaking, or not speaking, is measured in lives.
Tonight, we bring these voices into the same room.
Not to endorse them.
Not to dismiss them.
But to understand what they reveal about the world we are living in, a world where propaganda is polished, where apologies are politicized, and where the suffering of an entire people can be buried beneath headlines that never come.
This is This Week in Palestine.
And today, we begin by listening, not to the noise, but to the warnings hidden beneath it.
Hizballah resistance fighters mount a fierce offense, engaging invading forces in sustained close range confrontations that have reportedly resulted in mounting losses. Researcher and journalist Roqayah Chamseddine files a report from south Lebanon.
Taha Zeinali and Sara Larijani co-founded the Center for Resistance, Development and Sovereignty Studies at the University of Tehran. They join hosts Nora Barrows-Friedman and Ali Abunimah to talk about the “We defend Iran” social media campaign.
On the Resistance Report, Jon Elmer brings us the latest on the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.
This episode is “Judy Bello on China”, in which I (Wilton Vought) interview Judy Bello about her 2025 trip to China. among other things.
Judy Bello has been an antiwar activist since she started protesting the Vietnam war in 1969.
Today she is editor and administrator of a number of antiwar websites including the United National Antiwar Coalition, No To War, Sovereignty Support Movement, Ban Killer Drones and Sanctions Kill.
She loves to visit countries that are pivotal to world peace and development in the global south, and has visited Syria, Lebanon, and Iran several times.
Sonic Café, where secrets hide in the static and danger lurks behind every login. That was Duran Duran’s electrified Bond theme A View to a Kill, I’m Scott Clark, and this is episode 480, This time the Sonic Café presents the return of Spy Guyz with a new digital twist—we’re calling this one Cyber Wars. You see the Cold War really never ended; it’s just gone online. From our little café out here in the Pacific Northwest, we’ll dive deep into the high-tech battlegrounds of espionage where firewalls replace safes and keyboard warriors wear no tuxedos. A place where China can spy on you through your vacuum cleaner, and packet sniffers run rampant across the Internet. Ahh yeah. Our music mix is packed with tracks any spy would love. Listen for the Luminol Test from The Woggles, Diamante from Blue States, also Chaz Jankel, Interpol, The Cure, New Order, The Killer Groove Formula and many more. So join us as we guide you through how espionage has evolved—where spies lurk in the shadows and follow every tap of your keyboard. Whether you're a seasoned secret agent, or just someone trying to remember their password, this one’s for you. So jack in, and keep that VPN close. This is Spy Guyz: Cyber Wars… and as always, we’re the Sonic Café.
Acknowledged as one of cinema's greatest productions, Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now is filled with memorable dialogue, which helped the film earn its well-deserved reputation.
This week's resignations of former congressman Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzalez remind us of a specific passage in the movie, when General Corman talks about Colonel Kurtz
Ed Reinhart alias Earl Dixon, has been “boogying” his way around Mendocino County for over three decades. He has been calling himself “Rico Suave” since his last trip to Ecuador. Reinhart is best know as the king of boogie-woogie and blues. With his release in the mid 90′s of “Got Some On My Fingers”, which featured tunes he crafted, the CD was a regional hit with all of his fans and it established him as a musical force locally. He has been the front man for many local boogie/R&B bands including the “Burning Sensations”. Recently Reinhart has been living in Italy and Virginia, we began our visit by asking him what had taken him to live away from Mendocino over the last few years.
Ed Reinhart visited the Radio Curious studio on the January 12, 2009. The book he recommends is “The Pillars of the Earth,” by Ken Follett.
A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. France 24, Cuba, and NHK Japan.
Join Celt In A Twist under the main tent for ScotFestBC, June 19 and 20 at Town Centre Park in Coquitlam for Celtic music you won't hear anywhere else. Plus, live entertainment from The Barra McNeils and more. Pipes and fiddles aplenty this hour with newcomers, Broom Bezzums, Haggis X-1, Cabbie Drennan + Dervish (April 26 @ The Rio) & The Ollam (April 27 @ The Pearl) You got yer Celt In A Twist!
Our ride on the global side takes us to Portugal, Brazil, Chad, Serbia, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia, Dominica, Mali, Puerto Rico and Australia, touching home base in Canada along the way. Free passage, zero blockades. Call shotgun and join us for an hour of World Beat Canada.
The long thought lost feature "Retro Arcade" gets found again as we take a look at how old Pacman is....how gramdma may have heard the mellowed down version of some paul simon classics, and the Limburger Lounge woes a take of heart break....greasy style.
In the first half of the show, we share the latest coming from the White House beginning with the Doordash Grandma that grabbed headlines earlier this week. We then discuss Fox News’ obsession with running stories on trans people. We finish the first half by sharing the Trump administration’s thoughts on the President in their own words.
For the second half of the show, we discuss Pew Research data showing an increase in unfavorable views of Israel and Netanyahu among younger voters in particular. We also discuss Kamala Harris teasing another White House run.
Trump Blockades Strait of Hormuz After Iran War Talks Collapse; US Faith Community Condemns Trump’s Immoral Iran War and his 'Blasphemous' Social Media Post; U.S. Corporate Media Fails to Call Out GOP Voter Suppression Campaign.
In 2014, Michael Slate interviewed Ilan Pappe, Israeli historian, and author of many works, including The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine. This has renewed relevance today, in the context of the ongoing Israeli/US genocide in Gaza. The interview was conducted during an earlier Israeli assault.
