heard on tonights show were audio excerpts from ABC tv 4 part series The War That Changed Us about Tom Barker and the IWW, (comments by Jeff Sparrow) Vida Goldstein and the Womens Peace Army (comments by Clare Wright), the Pacifist song performed by OrbweaverI didnt Raise My Boy To Be A Soldier Andy Irvines When the Boys are on Parade (written in 1999 by Marcus Turner from Dunedin, New Zealand) youtu.be/6eKwLPI3Lg8 A community announcement for the Peace Convergence at Swan Island in September https://facebook/SwanIslandPeace Les Thomas recent song Budget Reply (Hey Joe) and This Machine Cuts Razor Wire lesthomasmusic.bandcamp/album/survivors-tale In Ferguson, Missouri unarmed, african american, 18 year old, Michael Brown was shot and killed on August 9th, 2014; by white Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. Locals protested and chanted Hands Up Dont Shoot and the para-military Police tear gassed them, finally the Governor declared a State of Emergency and sent in the National Guard. David Rovics wrote a song Hands In The Air about that situation. We also played his song about another city and cop the notorious Portland Police Officer - Captain Kruger is a Nazi Some postal workers in Minneapolis responded to the injustice by refusing to process Blaine towns Law Enforcement Targets company packages #handsupdontship Community announcement about the Saturday August 30th 8am Day of Action: Give the World Congress of families the welcome they deserve https://facebook/events/730623416997693/ 11am Equal Love 1pm Block Party Against Hate https://facebook/events/314960375331061/ All happening outside Pastor Dunnys Catch The Fire Ministies< 30 Star Crescent Hallam (near Hallam Railway Station on the Packenham line 50 minutes south east of the city) LASNETs midday tomorrow Saturday August 30th assembly outside the State Library in Swanston Street calling for Adriana Rivas to be extradited back to Chile to face court for torturing prisoners during the Pinochet dictatorship era. https://facebook/events/937721422920498/ We reminded listeners of the death of Chicago IWW member Frank Teruggi in 1973 in Santiago sports stadium along many other locals. santiagotimes.cl/remembering-frank-teruggi-in-chile/ The story of this situation was made into the film Missing by Costa Gavras 1982 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_(film) We ended the show with Anne Feeneys War On The Workers song youtu.be/e78TqI53bPQ
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