(2013/09/21) Just say no to empire (Foreign Policy)
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🗓️ 21 September 2013
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Edition #757
Just say no to empire
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: America First - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 07-11-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Don't waste your breath - Colour Me Wednesday
Ch. 4: Act 2: 1953 Iran Coup - CIA Finally Admits Role - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-20-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: My country - Nahko and Medicine for the People
Ch. 6: Act 3: Credibility is Priceless - Rachel Maddow - Air Date: 08-19-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Credibility - SL Sheehan
Ch. 8: Act 4: We Like War! - George Carlin - Air Date: 09-11-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: We're simple minds - Club 8
Ch. 10: Act 5: Why Do Some Countries Hate America? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 08-26-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: As time goes by (Complete Vocal) - Max Steiner & Dooley Wilson
Ch. 12: Act 6: The Cost of Perpetual War! - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 06-12-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Lost the war - Paper Lions
Ch. 14: Act 7: Veterans for Peace - UnFuck it Up Project
Ch. 15: Song 7: I didn't fuck it up - Katie Goodman
Ch. 16: Act 8: Bill O'Reilly: Fight Evil Through Syria Strikes - The Young Turks - Air Date: 09-05-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: City on a hill - Flatfoot 56
Ch. 18: Act 9: Jettisoning Our Citizen Army - Moyers And Company - Air Date 9-6-13
Final comments responding to Natasha from LA about the war on drugs
Closing Music:
Here We Are - Patrick Park
Bonus Clip:
How the War on Drugs Started - The Young Turks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whaGST64Bo4
Nixon's war on drugs article being discussed:
http://www.truth-out.org/archive/item/92012:the-fraudulent-criminalization-of-marijuana
Activism:
http://www.veteransforpeace.org
http://midwestactionagainstdrones.wordpress.com
http://www.veteransforpeace.org/files/2313/7849/7383/oct72013flyer.pdf
Information for this segment can be found at:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/us-military-expansion-and-intervention/26024.html
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/09/2013916112039335994.html
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/15959-anti-drone-movement-grows-ethics-legality-and-effectiveness-of-drone-killings-doubted
http://video.msnbc.msn.com/the-cycle/52766390#52766390
http://katiespeak.com/2012/05/27/awaken/
http://www.policymic.com/articles/62023/10-chemical-weapons-attacks-washington-doesn-t-want-you-to-talk-about
http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2013/6/5/must_watch_2008_debate_un_ambassador_nominee_samantha_power_vs_jeremy_scahill
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2013/09/201391710431753950.html
Sponsored by the UnFuck it Up Project: https://www.facebook.com/KatieGoodmansUnFItUp
Katie Goodman, creator: http://katiegoodman.com
Katie Klabusich, director: http://katiespeak.com
Produced by:
Jay! Tomlinson
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| 0:15.0 | Now welcome to the award-winning Best of the Left podcast with Cubsiday from the Tom |
| 0:18.9 | Hartman program, The Young Turks, The Rachel Maddo Show, comedian George Carlin, activism |
| 0:23.8 | from The Unfucked Up Project and Moyers & Company. |
| 0:30.4 | Here's my take on this whole idea that we need to be running around the world controlling |
| 0:36.8 | other people's countries and other people's destinies because we don't like the religion |
| 0:42.6 | or we don't like their policies or whatever. |
| 0:47.2 | That's called empire. |
| 0:49.5 | You know, in one country basically controls most of the rest of the world, that's called |
| 0:52.7 | empire and the American empire is unraveling before our very eyes. |
| 0:58.0 | Yesterday, the Brazilian newspaper O'Global revealed that our national security agency's |
| 1:03.7 | spine program extends all the way to Latin America. |
| 1:07.6 | It's not just the G, whatever, the number of the, you know, G8, G10, G12. |
| 1:13.2 | It's, and it's not just you and me. |
| 1:15.1 | It's Latin America. |
| 1:16.9 | Basin their report on a set of documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden. |
| 1:21.8 | Hello, he's letting the South Americans know what we're up to. |
| 1:27.0 | Could he be headed there? |
| 1:28.8 | Anyhow, that newspaper in Brazil showed that the NSA has recorded the telephone calls, |
| 1:33.2 | communications, and electronic data of the citizens and officials of countries including |
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