Nikolas Kozloff author of "No Rain in the Amazon: How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet," talks about how climate changes and deforestation, mostly man-made, are killing the rainforests of the Amazon and what that means for the future of
humanity.

Reiko Redmonde, Revolution Books, Berkeley, reveals the intense police repression against people demanding justice for Oscar Grant and denouncing the verdict given the cop who killed him;

Here is the playlist from our July 20 Broadcast:

On the 18th of July, animal rights protesters descended on the homes of Keith Carr and John Richardson, executives with Legg-Mason and Abbot Fund respectively. Abbot Fund lobbies for HLS custoemr Abbot Labs, and Legg-mason owns 1/6 of all shares in Fortress, the notorious investment fund that is the reason HLS is still killing puppies.

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (July 16) 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)

Fred Kaufman, Contributing Editor at Harper's Magazine and author,
talks about how Goldman Sachs uses the Commodities Index Fund to
starve the world.

Clyde Young, Revolutionary Communist Party, and Aidge Patterson,
October 22nd Coalition and LA Coalition for Justice for Oscar Grant, talk
about the verdict in the trial of the cop who killed Oscar
Grant on Jan. 1, 2009.

Here is the playlist from our July 13th broadcast, including coverage of a very busy weekend of direct action in DC: An occupation of the EPA, and an occupation of land promised in DC for affordable housing

Independent journalist Dahr Jamail joins us again from New Orleans with an update on what is happening in the Gulf of Mexico where even the crabs are fleeing toxic water....

The Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area is located in Central California's Diablo Range and is one of the earliest wind farms in the United States. Golden Gate Audubon's Conservation Director Mike Lynes talks of these wind turbines and how they affect the natural environment.

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (July 9) 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)

The National Congress of American Indians passed a resolution in support of Net Neutrality and the efforts of the FCC to reestablish its authority to regulate the broadband industry. Finland declared broadband access a legal right for its citizens. And The DISH satellite network is suing the FCC over a legal requirement to carry HD public broadcasting.

Poet Sonia Sanchez talks about her life weaving songs of joy and sadness, of freedom and beauty - all in service of defining what it means to be human in the 21st century. Former Guantanamo Detainee Mozzam Begg, labeled an "enemy combatant" and imprisoned by the US for three years, talks about his life in the torture chambers and his book, Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandehar.