la dj aymara hosts a fighting-a-bad-bad-cold pity-party of one to celebrate a bee-free radioActive studio - one of the best little spaces in the world. an hour and a half worth of better-than-chicken soup music and as always - a heads up on local activist happenings. (she must be pretty sick to have used the word "happenings"...) ay! siempre on radioActive sanDiego!

mp3 29 min 32kbps

An interview with Robyn Banks, an anarchist from San Francisco Ca., and Nestor McNab - an anarchist with the WSM in Dublin who spent many years in Italy.

Nestor gives an outline of the Platform debate between Makhno and Malatesta in the 1920s and what relevance it has for movements today. The Platform asks questions about the degrees of organistaion in anarchist action. (first ten minutes).

An interview by DJ Lotus with Malik Rahim, former member of the Black Panther Party, who is currently in New Orleans, Louisiana.

In the interview Malik speaks of white vigilante groups driving around town shooting black people, but also of "heroism" by other whites in the city. He also points out that in his estimate, 70% of the rescues so far have been by individuals, not by the government. He encourages people to organize and help the homeless in their own cities, because people from New Orleans are being displaced all over the country.

A New Orleans post describing flight from the city - put to audio form

narrow escape from martial law
by claudia Friday, Sep. 02, 2005 at 4:27 PM
buzzclown@hotmail.com

A true story about last minute escape from flooded city of new orleans from a friend via email

A weekly review of news at the intersecton of media and democracy.

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In this week's program: Community radio activists from around the nation work together to build a new low power FM station in a weekend. More news workers have died in Iraq than were killed in the entire Vietnam War. Google may change the face of wi-fi forever. Eyes on the Prize could soon be heading back into the public domain. And a fast fact: newsroom diversity is on the wane.

An ongoing contract dispute betwween bus driver, and Metro Transit officials has reached a breaking point, with drivers threatening to walk off the job, September 8 if no deal is reached. FRSC reporter Vinny Lombardo has more. 4 minutes

This piece was produced for Rockin' the Boat, which airs Fridays from 3-5 pm on Freak Radio 101.1 FM in Santa Cruz.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin making a powerful statement over WWL Radio yesterday. Every Indymedia outlet will want to utilise this one, and that's not hyperbole.

Weekly Audio Report
August 26-September 1, 2005

This week in Palestine – a service of the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC.Org for the week of Friday, August 26th to Thursday September 1st , 2005

A historical look at Labor Day in Maine. Jack McKay gives an overview starting from one of the first Labor Day celebrations in Bangor, Maine in 1905, to the present day.

Labor Day in Maine, Then
and Now

Originally broadcast September 1, 2005

A historical look at Labor Day in Maine. Jack McKay gives an overview starting
from one of the first Labor Day celebrations in Bangor, Maine in 1905, to the
present day.

Also Jimmy Cook discusses the upcoming fair trade fest in Bangor, Maine on
September 10th.

Independent news reports from New Orleans Indymedia, NYC Indymedia, US Indymedia, Infoshop.org, Common Dreams.org, lists of useful resources, commentary from an Anarchist perspective.

More info at

http://neworleans.indymedia.org
http://us.indymedia.org