Wednesday Night

Prog Notes S H 10-19-23



12 AM

Dave Emory – For the Record

FTR#1312 Update on the Destabilization of China, Part 1

https://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr1312-update-on-the-destabilization-of-china-part-1/

Introduction: This program updates the ongoing destabilization of China.

Key Points of Analysis and Discussion Include:



1a.–Presidential emergency declarations have made it legal for the U.S. to test chemical and biological weapons on the American people.



1b.–The importation of solar panels has been made more difficult and opaque by virtue of the “Uighur genocide/human rights violations’ meme.



1c.–A recent op-ed piece in The New York Times reinforced the Uighur genocide meme.



2.–An expert opinion on the Biden administration ban on chips summed up the essence of the ban: “ . . . . Though delivered in the unassuming form of updated export rules, the Oct. 7 controls essentially seek to eradicate, root and branch, China’s entire ecosystem of advanced technology. ‘The new policy embodied in Oct. 7 is : Not only are we not going to allow China to progress any further technologically, we are going to actively reverse their current state of the art,’ Allen says. C.J. muse, a senior semiconductor analyst at Evercore ISI, put it this way: “If you’d told me about these rules five years ago, I would’ve told you that’s an act of war—we’d have to be at war.’. . .”



3.–The U.N. report on alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang was fundamentally flawed: “ . . . .It is well known but worth noting, that no Islamic country has criticized China for human rights abuses and, despite many visits, none have alleged crimes against humanity by China . . . . optimism was dashed by this report being released around midnight on her last day in office and without any signature or commentary from her interestingly, it is not signed by anyone, let alone anyone in authority; the authors, like many of the witnesses, remain anonymous. . . .”



4.–Despite sanctions, Huawei has developed a new 7nm chip for its latest mobile phone.



1 AM

Covert Action Bulletin with Rachel Hu and Chris Garaffa

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/10/18/covertaction-bulletin-zionism-is-racism-a-history-of-occupation/

As the Israeli military continues its bombardment of Palestine and prepares for a possible ground invasion, protests across the world continue to oppose the apartheid Israeli government and those who are complicit or active in supporting it—like the United States with its $3.8 billion in aid as well as immeasurable political and media support.

With these protests have come countless solidarity statements and other actions. They are all calling out Zionism, the racist ideology at the basis of the Israeli state. Zionism claims to represent Jewish people around the world but, as we discuss, only serves the interests of imperialism. We’re happy to welcome Morgan Artyukhina, a Jewish anti-imperialist journalist and transgender rights activist to talk about the latest moves in the war and a history of Zionism.

Read the interview we mention at Electronic Intifada: Electronicintifada.net.





2 AM

It’s Going Down

The Rojava Revolution in northern Syria

The Final Straw Radio podcast interviewed several activists around the US about the Emergency Committee for Rojava, including Anya in North Carolina, Elena in NY and Arthur in Seattle. Rojava is a Kurdish-led, internationalist, pro-feminist, anti-authoritarian project in part of Syria that has been under attack by various reactionary forces in the region, including Turkey and ISIS.



3 AM

Building Bridges from Mimi Rosenberg & Ken Nash at sister station WBAI

Too Many Martyrs, Too Many Dead: exclusive new evidence revealing the targeted killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh with Palestinian Journalist Shatha Hanaysha targeted by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), to prevent her reporting on a raid by the Israeli Defense Forces in the West Bank City of Jenin and delivering the news to Arabic-speaking audiences

Mazin Qumsiyeh, professor at Bethlehem University, his books include Sharing the Land of Canaan. He is founding director of the Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability he just wrote the piece Al-Aqsa Flood.



4-6 AM
Final two hours of The Thom Hartmann Program from earlier on 10-18-23
...