Dear Radio Friend,

            The latest Shortwave Report (September 21) is up at the website

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml in both broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quickdownload or streaming form (4.9MB) (28:59)

     This week's show features stories from China Radio International, Radio Netherlands, Radio Havana Cuba, and the Voice of Russia.

From CHINA- The first shipment of heavy fuel oil from China has arrived in N Korea. Chinese officials say that they have made big advances in monitoring food safety. China's environmental protection agency say all corporations must obey laws, and have gone after Unilever for violations. China says that negotiations are the way to resolve US disputes with Iran, and disapproves threats. IAEA chief El-Baradei spoke out against US and French threats to attack Iran. The US is drafting a new series of sanctions to punish Iran for its nuclear development.

From NETHERLANDS- An analysis of the banning of Blackwater from Iraq following the murder of numerous civilians- is the ban temporary and how would their absence affect the withdrawal of non-mercenary troops? Many in the Netherlands want Dutch troops withdrawn from Afghanistan at the conclusion of their 2 year agreement.

From CUBA- Iran made an angry response to the French minister who suggested that the world should prepare for a war on Iran. Chiquita Banana was allowed to pay a million fine for making payments to a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group. Former UN Ambassador from the US John Bolton said that Washington would support an Israeli attack on Iran, while a retired Army General said that there are ways to live with a nuclear Iran. Israeli warplanes have been flying over S Lebanon in violation of UN resolutions.

From RUSSIA- A commentary on the Washington DC antiwar rally where 100,000 people demanded an end to the war on Iraq. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the US was responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union- most Russians disagree. According to recent surveys, Europeans think that the nation posing the greatest threat to world peace is the USA.

There is an article about the Shortwave Report by Cassandra Roos on line at- http://www.campusprogress.org/soundvision/780/big-stories-shortwaves

 

I was interviewed for an informative weekly radio show Mediageek, available at http://radio.mediageek.net

  All that plus times and frequencies for listening at home. It's free to rebroadcast, please notify me if you're airing it and haven't notified me in the last month, please mention the website if you only air a portion. If you just want to listen and have a slow connection, try the streaming version- lower sound quality but good enough and way easier if you don't have a high-speed internet connection. If streaming is a problem because of your slow connection, download the smaller file- it takes 20 minutes or less, and will play swell in any mp3 player application (RealPlayer, Winamp, Quicktime, iTunes, etc) you have on your computer.

This program will be aired on Friday afternoon at 4:30pm (PDST) on KZYX/Z Philo CA, you might be able to stream via http://www.kzyx.org >

There are several other streams that work better- http://www.freakradio.org >Freak Radio Santa Cruz  now streams this program on Friday at 9:00am and Monday at 5:30pm(PDST)

The Shortwave Report may be downloaded as a podcast from http://www.radio4all.net/podcast.php/.xml?series=outFarpress%20presents > or iTunes (search for "shortwave" in podcasts)

Check out the amazing streams at http://www.radicalradio.org >

And Radio For Peace International at http://www.rfpi.org >

I hope you'll listen and air this if you're connected with a radio station. I am still wondering how to get financially compensated for the 25 hours I put into this program weekly- any ideas are appreciated. Any stations rebroadcasting this (or listeners) are welcome to donate for production costs. You can do so through the website. Many thanks to those that have donated! No Guilt! (maybe a little)

link for broadcast edition-

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/swr_09_21_07.mp3 >(13.3MB)

link for smaller file and streaming-

http://www.outfarpress.com/outfarpress/shortwave.shtml >

       ¡FurthuR!      Dan Roberts

-- A "just war" is hospitable to every self-deception on the part of those waging it, none more than the certainty of virtue, under whose shelter every abomination can be committed with a clear conscience

. -Alexander Cockburn