Wednesday Night

Prog notes S H 09-14-23





12 AM

Dave Emory – “How Groovy Was It Really?” FTR #1307

Introduction: Exploring aspects of the “counter-culture” of the 1960’s against the background of the CIA and military’s experimentation with mind-altering substances and various mind-control techniques, this program asks the question: “Was it really good?”



Key Points of Analysis and Discussion Include:



1.–Details concerning SPAN, the operational code-name for the dosing with LSD of the entire town of Pont St.-Esprit in Southern France.



2.–The story of William Hayward, the director of the ’60s cult film Easy Rider. Hayward was the victim of psychiatric confinement by elements associated with the intelligence community.



3.–The monitoring of Ken Kesey’s LSD events by members of the intelligence community.



4.–Former OSS agent Gregory Bateson’s stewardship of the introduction of Ken Kesey to LSD.



5.–Sourcing for the information about the Bateson/Kesey dynamic and discussion of CIA and military experiments with mind-altering substances at the University of Vermont.



6.–CIA operative George Hunter White’s surreptitious dosing of unwitting subjects with LSD.



7.–George Hunter White’s arrest of jazz singer Billie Holiday for opium possession in 1949. Drug arrests destroyed Holiday’s ability to work in establishments that served alcohol.



8.–The story of a San Francisco event featuring the cream of the psychedelic bands of the time. The event benefitted the Hare Krishna cult.



9.–Discussion of the fascist philosophy of the leader of the Hare Krishna cult.



10.–The biography of John Perry Barlow, former campaign manager for Dick Cheney and lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Barlow’s role with the EFF, an organization with many worthy members and reputation but one which, nonetheless, has worked for the intelligence community.



11.–Barlow’s interaction with the CIA and NSA and an examination of the possibility of his stewardship of social media.



1 AM

It’s Going Down

https://kpfa.org/program/igd/

IGD interviews journalist Amanda Moore, who spent a year undercover in far right circles, about the symbiosis between various far-right, neo-Nazi and proto-fascist organizations and right wing politicians and office holders. From sister station KPFA. IGD features interviews with participants in social movements, struggles, rebellions, projects, thinkers, and organizers. For more on their anti-fascist and anti-authoritarian work and reporting, see itsgoingdown.org



2 AM

Covert Action Bulletin

https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/08/16/covertaction-bulletin-mccarthyism-is-back-the-anti-china-red-scare/



A recent article in the New York Times attacked peace groups and activists who oppose the U.S. government’s drive towards war with China. Just days later, Senator Marco Rubio sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding an investigation into Code Pink, the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, Dongsheng and others named in the article.



While they differ on tactics or on domestic social issues, both wings of the mainstream establishment in the U.S. are united in their effort to prevent China from becoming a world power and threatening the imperialist order. We’re joined by Ben Becker, the Editor-in-Chief of BreakThrough News, to investigate this New McCarthyism and review the history of the Red Scare from World War I through the Civil Rights movement.



To sign the petition mentioned in the introduction opposing the McCarthyist attacks on those speaking out against a new Cold War with China, go to https://peoplesforum.org/sign-on.



Rachel Hu is a journalist with “BreakThrough News,” a new independent media project, where she hosts the podcast “It’s Not You, It’s Capitalism.” She is also a host on WBAI 99.5FM in NYC and has been an anti-war and anti-racist activist with the ANSWER Coalition for the last decade. Rachel can be reached at: rachel@wbai.org.



Chris Garaffa has been an anti-imperialist and social justice organizer since joining the movement against the Iraq war in 2003. Chris is a weekly guest on Sputnik Radio’s “By Any Means Necessary,” and co-hosts the podcast “The Reboot,” focusing on the intersection between technology and human rights. Chris can be reached at: chris.garaffa@gmail.com.



3 AM

The Final Straw Radio

This week, you’ll hear half of an interview we conducted with researcher and journalist Jessica Pishko about the September 9th Constitutional Sheriff & Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) gathering in Cherokee, North Carolina. For the hour, Jessica talks about the office of Sheriff in the US, the CSPOA and Constitutional Sheriff movement, their ties to militia or other far-right wing and white nationalist formations and related topics. You can find Jessica’s blog at Sheriffs.SubStack.Com and you can hear the rest of this chat and find the transcript soon at TheFinalStrawRadio.NoBlogs.Org Jessica Pishko, researcher and journalist



The Final Straw is a weekly anarchist and anti-authoritarian radio show bringing you voices and ideas from struggles around the world. Since 2010, we’ve been broadcasting from occupied Tsalagi land in Southern Appalachia (Asheville, NC). We also frequently feature commentary (serious and humorous) by anarchist prisoner, Sean Swain.



4-6 AM Final two hours of Thom Hartmann Program from 09-13-23

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