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FUND DRIVE NEWS
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BEHIND THE SCENES
'An Open Letter to the Pacifica Community"
ALAN WATTS SUNDAYS
8-8:30am 'Image of Man' Part 2
MONDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 20
12-2 Joseph M Marshall III "Keep Going: The Art of Perseverance"
Difficulties are a part of life, but so is the wisdom that helps us overcome them. On Keep Going,Lakota elder and award-winning storyteller Joseph M. Marshall III offers the unique perspective of his people to remind us that the most important and enduring lessons come through the power of perseverance.
In this original author adaptation, Marshall shares with heartwarming understanding and moving insight stories that stretch back across generations through the Lakota oral tradition. Whether you're currently involved in a challenging situation or simply in need of a voice of encouragement, Keep Going will inspire each and every step along the path ahead of you.
Joseph M. Marshall III is a teacher, historian, Lakota Craftsman, and writer. He has authored several screenplays in addition to seven books, including the highly acclaimed 'The Lakota Way,' 'The Journey of Craxy Horse,' and 'Walking with Grandfather.' He is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and a recipient of the Wyoming Humanities Award.
Part 1 of 4: Why is life so difficult? Life's two faces. Life is a journey. You did not ask to be born. In life there's two of everything. The will to win and the willingness to lose. The heart to feel compassion.
Part 2 of 4: The way to face life. Life can give you strength. The gift of our struggles. Standing up to the storm. How the storm teaches you to be strong. There is more than one way to be strong. Letting the tears flow through grief. Keep looking for the answer. Cling to home for one more heartbeat.
From Sounds True, 1 (800) 333-9185,
2-3 "From the Vault,"
This week on From the Vault, we remember the 125th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre with a 1998 Pacifica program commemorating the 25th anniversary of the American Indian Movement s (AIM) occupation of three buildings on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The occupation was an attempt to force the United States government to relinquish Indian lands guaranteed in the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie; after a 71-day standoff, AIM leaders surrendered to federal agents in return for a promise to establish a commission to negotiate land issues and to address other Native American concerns.
The archival footage begins with Voices of Pacifica series narrator Kathy Still introducing the program as a special Thanksgiving program broadcast in 1998 then we ll hear a 1998 California State University, Fullerton address by Charlene Teters, a member of the Spokane Indian Tribe in Washington State and a leader in the national fight to eliminate the use of racist Native American Indian caricatures. At that time, Teters was the Senior Editor of Indian Artist Magazine, a professor at the University of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, and a founding board member of the National Coalition on Racism in Sports and Media. The program closes with actuality of a Wounded Knee Massacre commemoration concert from February 1998 featuring the late John Trudel performing 'Shoot out a Jumping Bull' and 'Great Spirit or Great Lie;' Steve Emery performing 'Hoka Blues;' the Lakota Student Alliance Welcome with Corrie Trimble; Redbird Dave Baker, performing 'From the East Come Freedom;' and 'Redsoul' performing at Wounded Knee in 1973.
From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project, funded in part by an award from the GRAMMY Foundation and the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration, and past grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the American Archive funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, along with the generous support of Pacifica Radio Listeners. We also thank our partners and collaborators at the Pop-Up Archive, Amara, Other Minds Archives, George Blood Audio, and the California Audio Visual Preservation Project.
'From the Vault' Produced by Mark Torres.
From Pacifica Radio Archives, 1 (800) 735-0230, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org
3-3:30 Cavalcade of America
"Tisquantum, Strange Friend of the Pilgrims"
Originally broadcast January 23, 1940.
3:45-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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TUESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 21
12-2:30 L. Fletcher Prouty "Understanding Special Operations and Their Effect on the Vietnam War Era"
Part 3: 'A Very Special Operation. The Assassination of JFK and The High Cabal'
The interview was conducted brilliantly by David Ratcliffe of rat haus reality press which published the book and which we offered as premiums the last couple of years which emptied the publisher's supply.
( From www.prouty.com )
"Col. Prouty was the model for the 'Man X' in Oliver Stone's film 'JFK'.
Col. Fletcher Prouty answered e-mail from this site while he was alive.
"Col. Prouty spent 9 of his 23 year military career in the Pentagon (1955-1964): 2 years with the Secretary of Defense, 2 years with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 5 years with Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. In 1955 he was appointed the first "Focal Point" officer between the CIA and the Air Force for Clandestine Operations per National Security Council Directive 5412. He was Briefing Officer for the Secretary of Defense (1960-1961), and for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
"At times he would be called to meet with Allen Dulles and John Foster Dulles at their home on highly classified business. He was assigned to attend MKULTRA meetings. In this capacity Col. Prouty would be at the nerve center of the Military-Industrial Complex at a time unequalled in American History. He has written on these subjects, about the JFK assassination, the Cold War period, and Vietnamese warfare, and the existence of a "Secret Team". He backs up his his work with seldom seen or mentioned official documents - some never before released.
"Fletcher Prouty offers a rare glimpse of the "Power Elite" as described by Buckminster Fuller, or "The High Cabal" as Winston Churchill refered to them; and how they really operate. Those who have not been in a position to witness events such as these from the inside would not understand how invisible but ultimately effective they and their power structures are."
2:30-3:30 R. Buckminster Fuller "Rearranging the Scenery"
A Must-Hear for anyone who wants more information and insight on Fletcher Prouty's presentation on world history and the race to grab lands and resources by the nations after it was found that the Earth was round and therefore limited.
(From Encyclopedia Britannica) "Fuller-architect, engineer, inventor, philosopher, author, cartographer, geometrician, futurist, teacher, and poet-established a reputation as one of the most original thinkers of the second half of the 20th century. He conceived of man as a passenger in a cosmic spaceship-a passenger whose only wealth consists in energy and information." Recorded in Berkeley in 1969. From Pacifica Radio Archives, 1 (800) 735-0230, pacificaradioarchives.org Archives #BB2091.02
3:45-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 22
12-1 Dave Emory, "For the Record #977 - The JFK Assassination and the Vietnam War"
Considerable attention has been devoted by the media to a TV documentary by Ken Burns about the Vietnam War. What has not been covered by Burns et al is the fact that JFK's assassination was the decisive pivot-point of the policy pursued by the U.S. in the conflict.
Excerpting The Guns of November, Part 3 (recorded on 11/15/1983), this program notes how Kennedy's decision to begin a phased withdrawal from Vietnam was one of the central reasons for his murder.
The central element in the broadcast is professor Peter Dale Scott's skillful discussion (and excerpting) of relevant National Security Action Memoranda pertaining to Kennedy's Vietnam policy. The program details Kennedy's plans to phase out direct U.S. military participation in the conflict.
Presiding over severe dissent from within his own administration, as well as from the military and intelligence establishments, Kennedy initiated this U.S. withdrawal seven weeks before his death. Two days after the assassination, Kennedy's Vietnam policy was reversed and the course of action was determined for what was to follow. In addition to canceling the troop withdrawal and providing for troop increases, the policy shift resumed the program of covert action against North Vietnam that was to lead to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. That alleged attack on U.S. destroyers (never independently verified and widely believed to be fraudulent) precipitated U.S. military escalation.
The principal documents in question are National Security Action Memoranda #'s 111, 249, 263 and 273.
National Security Memorandum 111, dated two years to the day from JFK's assassination, resolved a long-standing debate within the Kennedy assassination. That memorandum committed the U.S. to "helping" the South Vietnamese government in the war, pointedly avoiding the language "helping the South Vietnamese win the war."
Although this might appear to an untrained observer as a minor semantic distinction, it was well understood within the Kennedy administration to define the difference between a limited commitment to aiding the South Vietnamese and an unlimited, open-ended commitment to helping the South Vietnamese win.
Crafted in June 25 of 1963, NSAM 249 suspended covert operations against North Vietnam pending a review of policy.
In National Security Action Memorandum 263 (10/11/1963), Kennedy scheduled the initial withdrawal of 1,000 military personnel by the end of 1963, as part of a phased withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel.
National Security Action Memorandum 273, which was formulated by LBJ on the Sunday after Kennedy's murder (the day Jack Ruby killed Oswald) and released two days after that, negated the previous three documents. The troop withdrawal formulated in NSAM 263 was cancelled and troop increases were scheduled. The U.S. was committed to "helping the South Vietnamese win," pointedly using the language avoided by Kennedy in NSAM 111. Furthermore plans were formulated for the program of covert operations against North Vietnam that resulted in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (permitting LBJ to plunge the U.S. into the war).
Covert operations against the North had been suspended and were resumed in June of 1963 against JFK's wishes and apparently without his knowledge.
In the roughly 34 years since this program excerpt was recorded, other books have explored how JFK's assassination reversed U.S. Vietnam policy. One of the best is James Douglass's "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters."
For a detailed, annotated, written description of this program go to: http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-978-the-jfk-assassination-and-the-vietnam-war/
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Dave Emory's entire lifetime of work is available on a flash drive. The new drive is a 32-gigabyte drive that is current as of the programs and articles posted by early 2016. Link: http://www.kfjc.org/donate/index.php
Dave's website: http://www.spitfirelist.com
1-2 The Ralph Nader Radio Hour
"Invasion of the Robots"
Ralph welcomes back America's #1 populist, Jim Hightower, to discuss how to make sure that robots will work for us and not the other way around. Then, attorney Roberta Walburn joins us to discuss her book about firebrand populist judge "Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge Who Brought Corporate America To Justice."
Jim Hightower is a syndicated columnist, national radio commentator, and America's Number One populist. He is a prolific author of such books as Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go With The Flow. Mr. Hightower is a board member of Public Citizen and also a founding member of "Our Revolution," an organization inspired by the issues brought up in the Bernie Sanders campaign. And if that's not enough, he writes a monthly newsletter called the Hightower Lowdown.
Roberta Wilbur is an attorney based in Minnesota, noted for the pivotal role she played in a groundbreaking lawsuit against the tobacco industry, whose settlement provided for more than $6.6 billion in payments.
For that work she received the Trial Lawyer of the Year Award. Ms. Walburn also played significant roles in other major cases including the Bhopal gas leak disaster litigation, representing the victims against Union Carbide. She also served as a law clerk to U.S. District Chief Judge Miles W. Lord and has now authored a book entitled Miles Lord: The Maverick Judge That Brought Corporate America To Justice.
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3:45-5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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THURSDAY NIGHT, NOVEMBER 23
12-1 Alan Watts, "Form That Matters" Part 1 of 3
"The history of Western Physics has been a quest to fid out what matter is at the present time. Although modern physics has abandoned that quest, the original impulse behind the physical science was to find out what the world is made of." (AW)
All info: alanwatts.org
1-2:00 Jack Gariss, "Bio-Meditation"
"Taoism" Part 9 of 16. (I just found #16 in the box - it is not a misprint)
2:00-3:00 Caroline Casey, "Visionary Activist Show:"
From KPFA. Caroline's Website: http://www.coyotenetworknews.com
3-3:30 Old Radio - the worst Thanksgiving Dinner
Suspense 'The Screaming Woman' (March 1, 1955)
3:30 - 5:55 The Thom Hartmann Program
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