Carl,
You'll have to buy a second generation victor reader stream and then you can
subscribe to all sorts of lovely left wing podcasts where you'll hear the same
kinds of things that you used to hear on the progressive radio programs. It can
get repetitive, but you also get a lot of information in a painless way. It
gets quieter during July, but there's always Loud & Clear. I don't know why
Richard Wolfe has disappeared. First he cut his show to a half hour and then he
was gone. But there are all those delicious tidbits froj The Real News, all
effortlessly appearing in one place, Lud and Clear, Intercepted, Deconstructed,
Clearing The Fog, Between The Lines, Moderate Rebels, Counterspin, Unauthorized
Disclosure, Citations Needed, Historically, The Electronic Infitada, Reveal,
Scheer Intelligence, etc. There are some I've tried and discarded, and Roger
most likely has the names of more Marxist oriented podcasts. The great thing
about them is that they're available whenever you have time to listen. Also,
you can hear radio programs from anywhere because you're receiving them on the
internet. I almost never listen to radio programs, however, although that was
the original purpose for purchasing the second gen stream. I had such poor
radio reception in my apartment. But I can hear podcasts on demand which is
much more convenient than turning on a program at a particular time. And some
of the best podcasts like Moderate Rebels and Intercepted, are not radio
programs.
I did find the Socialist Action Party website yesterday. Reading the platform
is kind of like reading about what Christians think heaven is, and most likely,
as much of a fantasy. The whole world would have to become socialist or else
there'd be all of the usual pressures from the capitalist countries on the
socialist countries. And given my rebellious and non comformist nature, I'd
never be a good party member because of something called, "Democratic
Centralism", which means that after everything has been debated democratically
and a decision has been made as to what the party line will be on a particular
issue, every party member must adhere to the party line. I know myself and I
know that I would not be a well disciplined party member. So I guess if I were
to choose a label for myself, it would be, left wing radical libertarian.
(smile)
Miriam
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From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2019 9:07 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: one other Monday observation
riam,
I wish I could say that I quit donating to NPR over such thin misreporting, but
I stopped way back when they treated Bob Edwards in such a shabby manner.
NPR, in my humble opinion, has become the Young, Cool, Establishment Liberal
Hangout. I also have my radio tuned to KUOW-FM, and get the morning news,
without commercials, while I'm dressing. But at six o'clock I switch over to
Democracy Now and follow that with...Flashpoint...if my old brain is telling me
right. On Saturday morning, now at 7:00 A.M., I hear Alternative Radio on
another public channel. But Richard D. Wolff is gone as well as several
programs of Progressive leanings. On week days I listen to Thom Hartmann from
9:00 to Noon. Except I don't listen to much more than his opening rant. Too
many callers say the same things over and over. Sometimes Thom has interesting
guests, often he checks in with Richard Wolff, but he really does promote
supporting the progressive democratic wing of the Party. Still, I do learn
from him.
But what is really troubling is the sudden loss of several Progressive
programs. These voices which brought me common sense information are gone.
Like slamming shut a solid oak door.
As it was,they reached far too few people. I know they were trimmed due to
lack of contributions during recent fund drives.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/8/19, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I truly have given up listening to NPR, for the same reasons that I
deleted the two New York Times podcasts. However, the clock radio
wakes me up each day and it's tuned to an NPR station. They chose to
do a story about Venezuela this morning as I was waking up. But do you
know what they chose as their story? Now that Venezuelans are under so
much financial pressure, they've started drinking a cheap, unsafe
alcoholic beverage in place of the better quality alcoholic beverages
they previously drank. No background. No explanation of the true
reasons for the economic difficulties like ongoing US sanctions and
lower oil prices, no discussion of the Venezuelan government's food
distribution program and how the US has now been interfering with it.
The picture they were presenting was of poor, uneducated Latin
Americans who like to get drunk and who now are doing so with cheaper liquor.
Miriam
