The second inauguratiom of Barrack Obama, unlike the first one, did not go unopposed by protesters ranging from anti-drone activists to environmentalists to anarchists. Barrack Obama ran on an antiwar platfrom, yet he has stepped up the murderous use of armed drones in country after country. He promised to close Guantanimo Bay in early 2009. Today, not only is Guantanimo Bay still open, but new legislation allows indefinate detention even of American "citizens."
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Here is the playlist from our October 12 broadcast:
Here is the playlist from our October 9 broadcast
Pirate Radio Song
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Palestine Today for October 9
War Update: Taliban says US fleeing Afghanistan in humiliation, no reponse from US
Code Pink Joins thousands in Pakistan to protest drone strikes
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Micah Turner publicly defects from US military at Freedom Plaza
Micah Turner's "Titans Rising" rap
Occupy DC October 5 action coverage
Keystone XL construction being blockaded in Texas
Between the Lines: The Keystone XL blockades
Here is the playlist from our March 15 broadcast. Sorry we missed coverage of the Occupy DC HR 347 protest, transmitter repairs used up the necessary time:
"Convicting the Innocent & Robo War in Gaza"
Brandon L. Garrett, author of "Convicting the Innocent: Where Criminal Prosecutions Go Wrong," and Professor at the University of Virginia Law School, talks about the cases of 250 people who were exonerated by DNA evidence after spending an average of 13 years in prison, including 17 who were on Death Row. Garrett reveals that these wrongful convictions were not exceptions but the result of practices that the courts rely on every day.