Caledonian University - Glasgow - 23rd April 2005

In the wake of the Governments much hyped "Commission for Africa" came a reply - a conference not so much "for" Africa, as by Africans. There were excellent presentations and speeches by the usual suspects - Patrick Harvie, Tommy Sheridan, Aamer Anwar, representatives from Oxfam and G8 alternatives - but the most succesful aspect to the conference, what made it really striking, was the African speakers. Of the several hundred people who attended, perhaps half were African.

Late Night with Mr. X & Just Julie has been posted for May 28, 2005.

Late Night with Mr. X has been posted for May 28, 2005! Another "Firecast" with Mr. X & Just Julie, which makes this number 3. In this installment, we talk about our photo shoot tomorrow for the local newspaper's article on Podcasting, Julie complaining that nobody interviewed *her* directly, using Doritos as a fire accelerant, and Mr. X & Just Julie smoke and then try to review a fine Cuban cigar (with a special appearance by...George Burns...?)

Interviews with Cindy and Baku from the Halliburton Protests, as well as interview with Nobody from 1919hemphill (1919hemphill.org) on youth activism and organizing.

Interviews with Cindy and Baku from the Halliburton Protests, as well as interview with Nobody from 1919hemphill (1919hemphill.org) on youth activism and organizing.

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

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In this week's program: Controversy over the leadership at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and its crusade to make PBS and NPR look and sound more like Fox News is heating up on Capitol Hill, while conservative pundits go apoplectic over Bill Moyers' perspective on the problem.

UK (can be played right before the previous one)

What is the UK government doing in relation to these companies?

Corporations

Who benefit from these policies?

Is drilling and mining the only way of development?

Friends of the Earth underlines that aid is not the most important thing to help these countries.