Wednesday Night

Prog notes S H 12-14-23



12 AM

For the Record – David Emory

Dave is presenting some archival material this week about the recently deceased Daniel Hopsicker. He hopes to have new programs available in a couple of weeks. His flash drive with many hours of conversation with Jim DiEugenio, who wrote the script for and worked with Oliver Stone on JFK Revisited is still available as a thank-you premium for a pledge of $100 to KPFK.



1 AM

The Grayzone Radio with Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON OCTOBER 7

Part 1:

Max Blumenthal on The Chris Hedges Report:

For all the sensationalism surrounding the events of Oct. 7, when Hamas broke through the Gaza fence and seized territory in the Gaza Envelope as part of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, there is still much that we do not know. The official Israeli death toll from the attack is estimated at 1,200 civilians, revised from an initial estimate of 1,400. Among this figure are several hundred civilians, which Israel says were killed by Hamas militants. Other testimony from survivors of Oct. 7 suggests an alternative explanation"that in its fervor to defeat Hamas, Israeli commanders may have willingly targeted and sacrificed Israeli soldiers and civilians in the crossfire. Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone joins The Chris Hedges Report for an in-depth look.



Part 2:

Max Blumenthal on “Going Underground”:

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to the editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal, who joins us for a special interview. He describes a trail of lies and deceit by the Israeli government and the Biden administration on what really happened in the Hamas Al-Aqsa Flood raid on October 7. He claims the evidence points to Israel killing its own civilians while attempting to stop Hamas from taking hostages, and accuses Israel of atrocity propaganda that has been regurgitated by Bidens State Department to justify Israels genocidal destruction of Gaza, using Israels manipulation of evidence which has been shown across TV screens in NATO nations. He also points to racist double standards in the US, UK and European media in their coverage of Israels war on Gaza.

Grayzone Radio is a production of The Grayzone, an independent news website dedicated to original investigative journalism and analysis on politics and empire. Washington DC-based independent journalist and author, Max Blumenthal, founded The Grayzone and is your host on Grayzone Radio.

For more info on The Grayzone and their reporting, please go to https://thegrayzone.com



2 AM

The Final Straw Radio

Anti-Militarist & Feminist Resistance in Azerbaijan

Following up on KPFK’s coverage of the genocidal displacement of Armenians in Artsakh, an interview with Lala, an anarcha-feminist in the Azerbaijani group Feminist Peace Collective, about the country’s recent war against and expulsion of ethnic Armenians, about the Aliyev regime and patriotic elements in Azerbaijan’s reaction against anti-militarist voices, conspiracy theories and real critiques of non-profit NGOs versus grassroots lgbtq+ and feminist organizing, and other topics. You can learn more about Lala’s group at FeministPeaceCollective.Com.



On December 19th at 8pm Caucasus time / UTC+4 (11 am Eastern Standard or 8 am Pacific Standard time) Feminist Peace Collective is hosting an online discussion with Dr. Chiara Bottici via zoom called Anarchafeminism in troubled times and with a focus on antifeminist and anti-queer backlash and war in the South Caucasus, central Asia, Turkey and Russia. There’s a registration link at their website.



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



3 AM

Out-FM from sister station WBAI

Queer Supporters of Palestine at Protest of Israeli Pinkwasher's Presentation, at Museum of Jewish Heritage



Queer cultural worker Rosza Daniel Lang /Levitsky describes 12/9/23 informational picket against Hen Massig, Israeli apologist and pinkwasher. An LGBTQ group exposed Massig's Israeli propaganda work outside a performance of "Amid Falling Walls," Folksbiene Yiddish Theater's production about the Nazi Holocaust.





Queers For a Liberated Palestine Rally in Brooklyn 12/11/23

On 12/11/23 about 1,000 protesters rallied at Barclay Center in support of Palestinians. We play two speeches from the event, one from a Queer cultural worker, the other from a queer relative of the martyred Palestinian journalist Shaneen Abu Akleh. The other is Panushka from Queers for a Liberated Palestine



More at: #GazaGenocide #FreePalestine



Lyrics for the Shondas "I Watched the Temple Fall":



[Verse 1]

This year a fast of witness

I long and crave but with this

Long to know what longing's for

(I know this is a time thick with dying)

Remembering temples falling

I watched the wall ascending

(The names and places are erased, replaced)

I watched cities consume cities

(Killing history)

(And yet today my people are mourning)

With each village they're erasing

I'll witness them replacing it

With new walls in new tongues

(An endless, timeless span of tragedy)

We can't see the chance that's there

To build temples everywhere

Not in space but in time

(I know this is a time thick with dying)



[Hook]

We live like we’re always afflicted (I watched the temple fall)

But I’m not, I’m sick (I watched the temple fall)

From the blood all over our hands (The borders of my heart)

How the land soaks it in (Release and come apart)

So the desert can finally bloom with this colonial hate

No heart, no heart could really beat love for this state

(The state is not my temple)





The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story"

We will also run a beautiful segment that our sibling producers of WBAI's Beyond the Pale program, home of the Jewish Left, aired last Friday. It's an interview by hosts Shoshana Brown and Rafael Shimunov with filmmakers Julia Sharpe-Levine (@ailoojailooj) and Fivel Rothberg (@fivelrothberg) to talk about the legacy of Shatzi Weisberger and their new film in development, "The People’s Bubbie: An Anti-Zionist Love Story" (@thepeoplesbubbiefilm).



As “The People’s Bubbie,” 92-year-old Shatzi Weisberger became an unexpected symbol of resistance. This outspoken Jewish, lesbian, anti-Zionist, lifelong New Yorker embraced her flaws and faced her fears. With her captivating spirit, she forged powerful bonds with young queer activists to unlock a profound love that transformed her final weeks into an extraordinary journey of joy and loss.



Julia is a Brooklyn based artist, editor, and educator working at the intersection of multidisciplinary arts and social justice movement building.



Fivel is a location sound mixer and filmmaker who has lived in NYC for 17 years but still says "wooder" like a good Philadelphian.

(Beyond the Pale airs weekly on WBAI on Fridays at 9 AM EST, and is archived at BeyondThePale.fm).

#jewishresistance #jewishvoiceforpeace



About Out-FM

Out-FM is a weekly progressive, intersectional queer show on listener-sponsored, noncommercial WBAI/Pacifica Radio. It airs at 99.5 FM and wbai.org, generally on Tuesdays from 8-9 PM. Please support us by calling 212-209-2950 and let the station know you listen to Out-FM by supporting the station with a donation. Be sure and mention our show when you donate. Sign up for Out-FM's Weekly Newsletter with show announcements. The producers send a version for KPFK which airs as part of Something’s Happening, usually 3 AM Thursday mornings.



4-6 AM

The Thom Hartmann Program

Final two hours from earlier on 12-13-23