My guests include Benny Wenda, West Papuan Independence Activist in exile in the UK
Octo Mote, Journalist and Researcher exiled to the United States
Joe Collins, of the Australia West Papuan Association, Sydney.

All music in this episode is by Laurent Rochelle, who’s permission I did not ask but who’s work I respect and recommend. You can find him on archive.org

Is this program Ruud explains how, as a journalist, he organizes such a trip, and what he learned while there.  From the streets of Mogadishu to the port where once hijacked ships unload vital food aid, he explains what is going on.

Watch all his reports on his website

The videoreporter group on Facebook

Music:

• K’naan – Until the Lion Learns to Speak
• K’naan – Somalia

This month Hugh returned to the Netherlands from his home in Canada, to celebrate his 50th wedding anniversary. Together we sat down to do this podcast, part 1 of 2, on what he remembers from his childhood during the war, his experience as an immigrant in Canada, and how he went about putting together this book.

His Book: Bombers in the Night Sky

The music of Utah Phillips used throughout this program. (Trooper’s Lament and Enola Gay)

We cover:

• Acting, planning and reflecting, organizations and their use of digital activism
• Some recent cases around the world
• Future focus
• The failures of digital activism

Music:

• K’Naan – Somalia
• Ani DiFranco – Present Infant

Links Geraldine recommends:

• Mental Acrobatics
• Afrigator

Music:

• Sweet Billy Pilgrim – Bloodless Coup
• Steve Earl – Someday

Glenn on Twitter

Music:

• Metric – Gimme Sympathy
• Constantines – Time Can Be Overcome

Hear his work on NimFM

Music:

John Scofield – Never Turn Back
Constantines – New King

(note its a special 50min long program, and there is lots of looking back at how things used to be and where we are today in terms of personal publishing and social media)

Music:

• Talib Kweli – Rush
• Clash – English Civil War

During my visit to the Asia side of Istanbul I had a chance to visit the modest headquarters/social club of the radical magazine. A representative took the time to answer my questions and explain why and how they do what they do, and just what the situation is for the publishers of a magazine that is politically on the opposite side of the spectrum from a conservative government that has little concern for press freedom.

Music:

Vinícius Cantuária -Galope

Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Hysteric

This interview is the 3rd in a series of podcasts focusing on alternative media in Turkey, this time focusing on radio and the struggle to bring forward minority voices.

Music

• The Clash – Remote Control
• The Roots – Rising Up

Please Note – Once again I’m experimenting with translation, this time I’ve left all the original audio in the recording, this means lots of Turkish – enjoy!

My friend Olaf Koens, an occasional correspondant on citizenreporter.org, joins me to explain what he learned while in Pikaljovo. We also get into the situation overall in Russia and even a little on how Moscow has changed with the financial crisis.

Music:

• Final Fantasy – Ultimatum
• Tom Brosseau – Instructions to Meet the Devil

While in Istanbul I had a chance to sit down with Bawer of Kaos GL to discuss these questions and more.

Music:

Gavin Castleton – The Human Torch

Various Artists from the Slumdog Millionaire Soundtrack – Jai Ho

Bianet in English

Music:

• Cold War Kids – Red Wine, Success!
• Jenn Grant – The Finish Line

During the podcast I mention the following sources:
Peter of the Pirate Bay’s Blog
My interview with Peter last year at Re:publica.
The Pirate Bay Court Blog.
Some form of Coverage on the Guardian tech blog

Music:

• Opening tune is Alkaline Trio – Ruin It
• Closing Tune is Dirt Dozen Brass Band – What’s Happenin Brother?

In the recording I talk about including audio from my interview last year. I decided not to at the last minute. You can just click and listen to it for yourself.

The bulk of this program comes courtesy of 60 Minutes, who last may aired this segment on Banana companies and paramilitaries in Colombia.  You can also watch this clip on the banana blog, an excellent source for info on bananas.

Music:
Kwarka – Oblie Pas
Tom Brosseau – In my time of Dyin’

Meanwhile at the same time, Israel’s gas reserves off their coast are set to run out in only a few years. And a recent import deal they made with an Egyptian gas company, was declared illegal by an Egyptian court and that important source had been shut down.
Now we are over 20 days into an Israeli military operation which has been explained as an effort to hunt down Hamas who are a danger to the security of Israel. Hardly anywhere in the mainstream media is there mention of the very big issue of gas resources and the supply situation Israel finds itself in. By law, as of this month, the new president of the PA was supposed to be elected. But because elections can’t be held, the presidency is supposed to pass down to the deputy speaker of the parliament (the actual speaker is in an Israeli jail). The deputy speaker is from the Hamas party, which would mean once again, that the gas deal powerful interests tried to hammer through earlier this decade with the collaboration of Fatah leaders, would most definitely have to be renegotiated in order to increase the benefit for the Palestinian Authority… which would mean a loss in profits for British Gas, Israel, and Fatah associates.

During this podcast I speak with David Schermerhorn, a film producer, world travel, and concerned world citizen. He has been on three boat trips that challenged the maritime blockade by Israel, cutting off the Gaza strip from the outside world and keeping Gaza fisherman from fishing. He’s also put together a detailed timeline explaining the relationship between control of the Gaza waters, gas reserves, and military activity in Gaza.

Music used:

• Apostle of Hustle – Energy of Death
• Of Montreal – The Past is a Grotesque Animal

The Film: The Age of Stupid

Music:

• Cold War Kids – Hang Me Out to Dry
• Billy Bragg – Everywhere

As just like last year, he and I have been running around the 25C3 and Berlin for the past week, and one topic I wanted to tackle in this podcast is what these 25 years have been all about, how it all started, and how he sees the present/future for not only 2600 but the spirit of hackers and critical thinkers worldwide.

Links:

• 2600
• 2600 on wikipedia
• 25C3

Music:

• Gil-Scott Heron – When You are Who You Are
• Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros – Willesden To Cricklewood

events.ccc.de

Music:

• Erika Badu – Me
• Zeca Afonso – Os Vampiros
• Chad van Gaalen – City of Electric Light

Kari’s article for In These Times

Her website

Music:

• Talib Kweli – Eat to Live
• Hamell On Trial – Big as Life