Podcasts about radio liberty

On this week's show, we welcome back our good friend and Charlotte Magazine back page columnist Jen Tota-McGivney to talk about her new book, Finding Your Walden: How to Strive Less, Simplify More & Embrace What Matters Most. All this & much, much less! Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is a podcast that thinks it's a radio show...because it used to be one. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004. It phoenixed into a podcast in 2020, thanks to the fine and fabulously furious folks at NRM Streamcast. 

On this week's show, we wish a very happy 80th birthday to Bob Seger, spend quality time with new records from The Waterboys, Murray Attaway & Craig Finn and spin fresh tracks from Bruce Springsteen, The Feelies & The Beths. All this & much, much less. Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is a podcast that thinks it's a radio show...because it used to be one. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004. It phoenixed into a podcast in 2020, thanks to the fine and fabulously furious folks at NRM Streamcast. 

La voix de l'Amérique va-t-elle être réduite au silence ou instrumentalisée par des médias complotistes proches de la sphère Trump ? La diffusion de la radio VOA a été suspendue par les autorités, le 15 mars 2025, et les contrats de certains collaborateurs pourraient prendre fin dans quelques jours. L'inquiétude est palpable, chez les 1 400 employés et contractuels de Voice of America. Le démantèlement de VOA constituerait un recul important de la liberté de la presse dans le monde.  Les ultra-conservateurs américains sont-ils en train de transformer les médias publics en instrument de propagande à leur profit ? Il s'agit d'une dérive autoritaire au détriment de la liberté d'informer, estime Maud Quessard, directrice du domaine « Europe, espace transatlantique, Russie » à l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (Irsem) :« L'objectif premier de VOA était de lutter contre l'appareil de propagande de l'Allemagne Nazie, en 1942, par la suite, la radio va connaitre un regain d'intérêt au moment de la guerre froide, en devenant la voix du monde libre, au-delà du rideau de fer », explique-t-elle. Ces dernières années, ces médias ont notamment été employés pour documenter la guerre en Ukraine après l'invasion de la Russie. « Les premières images du conflit en Ukraine sont tournées par des équipes de Radio Free Europe et Radio Liberty », rappelle cette spécialiste de la diplomatie publique des États-Unis.Ces chaînes font partie d'un large consortium qui regroupe les médias publics américains sous la désignation U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Maud Quessard souligne que « ces médias peuvent aussi financer des journalistes locaux, qui sont souvent des journalistes qui travaillent pour maintenir un certain pluralisme et donc lutter contre la parole officielle dans des régimes autocratiques ».« L'enjeu ici est celui de la liberté de la presse aux États-Unis »Par le passé, les républicains ne se sont jamais attaqués aux médias publics à destination de l'étranger lorsque le pays a connu des alternances politiques. On est de ce fait entré dans une nouvelle dimension avec la politique conduite par l'équipe Trump. Cela étant, il y a des gardes fous. « Ces médias publics à destination de l'étranger sont financés par le congrès, et leur ligne éditoriale doit être autonome, donc l'enjeu ici est celui de la liberté de la presse aux États-Unis, nous sommes face à une politisation de l'appareil d'État, mais il ne parait pas faisable que le congrès laisse confisquer par l'exécutif un média public comme Voice of America. On serait alors confronté à une dérive très importante du pouvoir de Donald Trump », conclut-elle. La désinformation au cœur des tensions entre l'Inde et le PakistanAprès une escalade militaire ayant provoqué la mort de plus de 70 personnes, l'Inde et le Pakistan ont convenu d'un accord de cessez-le-feu le samedi 10 mai 2025. Si les armes se sont tues, la guerre de l'information, elle, se poursuit entre New Delhi et Islamabad. D'un côté comme de l'autre, des comptes de propagande continuent de diffuser massivement des fausses informations afin de présenter leur pays comme le vainqueur de cette confrontation. Dans sa chronique, Grégory Genevrier s'est penché sur la « guerre des deepfakes » entre l'Inde et le Pakistan.

La voix de l'Amérique va-t-elle être réduite au silence ou instrumentalisée par des médias complotistes proches de la sphère Trump ? La diffusion de la radio VOA a été suspendue par les autorités, le 15 mars 2025, et les contrats de certains collaborateurs pourraient prendre fin dans quelques jours. L'inquiétude est palpable, chez les 1 400 employés et contractuels de Voice of America. Le démantèlement de VOA constituerait un recul important de la liberté de la presse dans le monde.  Les ultra-conservateurs américains sont-ils en train de transformer les médias publics en instrument de propagande à leur profit ? Il s'agit d'une dérive autoritaire au détriment de la liberté d'informer, estime Maud Quessard, directrice du domaine « Europe, espace transatlantique, Russie » à l'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (Irsem) :« L'objectif premier de VOA était de lutter contre l'appareil de propagande de l'Allemagne Nazie, en 1942, par la suite, la radio va connaitre un regain d'intérêt au moment de la guerre froide, en devenant la voix du monde libre, au-delà du rideau de fer », explique-t-elle. Ces dernières années, ces médias ont notamment été employés pour documenter la guerre en Ukraine après l'invasion de la Russie. « Les premières images du conflit en Ukraine sont tournées par des équipes de Radio Free Europe et Radio Liberty », rappelle cette spécialiste de la diplomatie publique des États-Unis.Ces chaînes font partie d'un large consortium qui regroupe les médias publics américains sous la désignation U.S Agency for Global Media (USAGM). Maud Quessard souligne que « ces médias peuvent aussi financer des journalistes locaux, qui sont souvent des journalistes qui travaillent pour maintenir un certain pluralisme et donc lutter contre la parole officielle dans des régimes autocratiques ».« L'enjeu ici est celui de la liberté de la presse aux États-Unis »Par le passé, les républicains ne se sont jamais attaqués aux médias publics à destination de l'étranger lorsque le pays a connu des alternances politiques. On est de ce fait entré dans une nouvelle dimension avec la politique conduite par l'équipe Trump. Cela étant, il y a des gardes fous. « Ces médias publics à destination de l'étranger sont financés par le congrès, et leur ligne éditoriale doit être autonome, donc l'enjeu ici est celui de la liberté de la presse aux États-Unis, nous sommes face à une politisation de l'appareil d'État, mais il ne parait pas faisable que le congrès laisse confisquer par l'exécutif un média public comme Voice of America. On serait alors confronté à une dérive très importante du pouvoir de Donald Trump », conclut-elle. La désinformation au cœur des tensions entre l'Inde et le PakistanAprès une escalade militaire ayant provoqué la mort de plus de 70 personnes, l'Inde et le Pakistan ont convenu d'un accord de cessez-le-feu le samedi 10 mai 2025. Si les armes se sont tues, la guerre de l'information, elle, se poursuit entre New Delhi et Islamabad. D'un côté comme de l'autre, des comptes de propagande continuent de diffuser massivement des fausses informations afin de présenter leur pays comme le vainqueur de cette confrontation. Dans sa chronique, Grégory Genevrier s'est penché sur la « guerre des deepfakes » entre l'Inde et le Pakistan.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025Today, Governor Katie Hobbs has vetoed three anti-trans bills in Arizona; 20 cops raided a drag show at an LGBTQ bar in Pittsburgh; the Trump administration has dismantled a gun violence victim memorial at ATF; 20 state attorneys general are suing the Trump regime to restore health agencies; Brian Kemp says he will NOT run for Senate in 2026; the third party messaging app used by mike waltz was suspended after being hacked; lawyers for the Voice of America including Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are asking for a rehearing en banc after a three judge panel upheld Trump's executive order; Trump has resumed student loan payments starting today promising to confiscate tax refunds, federal benefits, and even wages; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.Thank You, IQBARText DAILYBEANS to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products, plus FREE shipping. Message and data rates may apply.MSW Media, Blue Wave California Victory Fund | ActBlueGuest: Katie PhangKatie Phang Law and Disorder | SubstackKatie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) • Bluesky Katie Phang (@katiephang) • ThreadsKatie Phang (@katiephang) • InstagramStories:An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters | NPR20 attorneys general sue Trump administration to restore health agencies | NBC NewsCollections Coming for Millions of Student-Loan Borrowers | The Wall Street JournalMessaging app seen in use by Mike Waltz suspends services after hackers claim breach | NBC News20 police raided a gay bar for a "compliance check." Then the patrons did something surprising. | LGBTQ NationBrian Kemp Won't Run for Senate in Georgia, Giving Ossoff a Lift | The New York Times"Focus On Real Issues That Matter," AZ Governor Hobbs Vetoes Anti-Trans Bills | Erin In The MorningGood Trouble:Good Trouble:Are you getting weird phone calls from the CDC asking about your household vaccination information?  (404) 806-4811About the National Immunization Surveys (NIS) | NIS Information | CDC From The Good NewsLA Pride, Dallas Pride, Atlanta PrideReminder - you can see the pod pics if you become a Patron. The good news pics are at the bottom of the show notes of each Patreon episode! That's just one of the perks of subscribing! Federal workers - feel free to email me at fedoath@pm.me and let me know what you're going to do, or just vent. I'm always here to listen.Share your Good News or Good Trouble:https://www.dailybeanspod.com/good/ Check out other MSW Media podcastshttps://mswmedia.com/shows/Subscribe for free to MuellerSheWrote on Substackhttps://muellershewrote.substack.comFollow AG and Dana on Social MediaDr. Allison Gill Substack|Muellershewrote, BlueSky|@muellershewrote , Threads|@muellershewrote, TikTok|@muellershewrote, IG|muellershewrote, Twitter|@MuellerSheWrote,Dana GoldbergTwitter|@DGComedy, IG|dgcomedy, facebook|dgcomedy, IG|dgcomedy, danagoldberg.com, BlueSky|@dgcomedyHave some good news; a confession; or a correction to share?Good News & Confessions - The Daily Beanshttps://www.dailybeanspod.com/confessional/ Listener Survey:http://survey.podtrac.com/start-survey.aspx?pubid=BffJOlI7qQcF&ver=shortFollow the Podcast on Apple:The Daily Beans on Apple PodcastsWant to support the show and get it ad-free and early?Supercasthttps://dailybeans.supercast.com/Patreon https://patreon.com/thedailybeansOr subscribe on Apple Podcasts with our affiliate linkThe Daily Beans on Apple Podcasts

The Tech Bros., like Elon Musk and JD Vance puppetmaster Peter Thiel, see Trump as a means to an end: to build their own tech-state fiefdoms as they usher in the A.I. age, at the expense of us peasants. But can this unholy alliance survive Trump's disastrous trade war? And why do they fetishize hating Ukraine?  This week's special guest, Adrian Karatnycky, has been on the frontlines fighting for democracy both at home and abroad. In his critically acclaimed book Battleground Ukraine, Adrian traces Ukraine's struggle for independence from the fall of the Soviet Union to Russia's genocidal invasion today, drawing important lessons for protecting democracies worldwide. He has worked alongside civil rights legend Bayard Rustin and the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in America. He also supported Poland's Solidarity movement, which helped bring down the Iron Curtain, and played a key role, along with iconic Soviet dissident, writer, and Czech statesman Václav Havel, in preserving Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the 1990s, when many thought the Cold War had ended.  In part two, we discuss the PayPal Mafia's war on Ukraine as part of a broader global assault on "wokeism" (a.k.a. Empathy and democracy), Adrian's impressions of meeting Curtis Yarvin, and how the war in Ukraine can ultimately end. For part one of their discussion, available in the show notes, Andrea and Adrian explore how Europe and the free world can survive the chaos of Trump's America First isolationism and Russia's weaponized corruption and election interference.  Thank you to everyone who joined the Gaslit Nation Salon live-taping with Patrick Guarasci and Sam Roecker, senior campaign advisors for Judge Susan Crawford, discussing their victory against Elon Musk in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The recording will be available as this week's bonus show.  Thank you to everyone who supports Gaslit Nation–we could not make the show without you!  Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, ad-free episodes, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!   Show Notes: Battleground Ukraine: From Independence to the War with Russia by Adrian Karatnycky https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269468/battleground-ukraine/ Part I of Our Discussion: Can the Free World Survive Putin and Trump? https://sites.libsyn.com/124622/can-the-free-world-survive-trump-and-putin   EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: April 28 4pm ET – Book club discussion of Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower   Indiana-based listeners launched a Signal group for others in the state to join, available on Patreon. Florida-based listeners are going strong meeting in person. Be sure to join their Signal group, available on Patreon. Have you taken Gaslit Nation's HyperNormalization Survey Yet? Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET over Zoom and the first ~40 minutes are recorded and shared on Patreon.com/Gaslit for our community   

Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com

Welcome to the 30th edition of our Russian-language podcast Then & Now with me, Teresa Cherfas. Since the very first episode of this podcast, ‘Then and Now' has referred to the rupture in people's lives caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today, ‘Then and Now' is equally applicable to the havoc raised in people's lives across the world, as a result of President Trump's first few months in office in his second term.On 15 March, the Trump administration announced that it was freezing funding for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, including its Russian Service. Since the Cold War, Radio Liberty has broadcast in Russian, among other languages, and has played a significant role in spreading democratic values and an understanding of human rights in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, including Russia, of course. President Trump's decision to freeze Radio Liberty's budget will deal a serious blow to Russian-speaking listeners in Russia and elsewhere.My guest today is Andrey Shary, head of Radio Liberty's Russian Service in Prague. This podcast was recorded on 10 April 2025My questionsPresident Trump doesn't always cite accurate data when he announces a new White House initiative. Tell us about the resources and the current work of Radio Liberty's Russian Service. How many hours does it broadcast and on what platforms? How many staff does it employ and what is the size of its audience? What is your budget?What is the current situation with the implementation of President Trump's executive order? We know that on 25 March a U.S. District Judge issued a restraining order that delayed the immediate shutdown of RFE's operations.Tell us about the Czech Government's initiative to save Radio Liberty. We also know that there have been motions put forward for the EU to intervene with support for Radio Liberty.What plans for saving Radio Liberty do you think are most promising among those being discussed in Prague right now. How do you personally feel about what is happening now? Do you see a possible way out of the situation?What role can Radio Liberty play in a world in which America has abandoned its traditional role as leader of the free world?Tell us a little about your own work at Radio Liberty – you've been working there for many years. What are some of your most memorable moments and impressions?When President Putin announced the start of the ‘special military operation' in February 2022, how did you, as head of Radio Liberty's Russian Service, respond? Did you set yourself new directives and objectives? Did you create new radio or online projects?What can you tell us about listeners' feedback? Have you seen a rise in demand for Radio Liberty's broadcast and online content since the start of the war with Ukraine? Which formats are most in demand among listeners?Perhaps the most important goal of Radio Liberty, established during the Cold War, was to demonstrate why democracy and freedom are worth fighting for. Do you believe that there's still an audience for those ideals in Putin's Russia now?Today, we see the suppression of democracy and democratic values in both Russia and America. Democracy is threatened by populist tendencies around the world, including in Europe, undermined by disinformation and all kinds of so-called hybrid warfare. What role can Radio Liberty play in this ideological war?

This week's special guest, Adrian Karatnycky, has been on the frontlines for decades fighting for democracy both at home and abroad. In his critically acclaimed book Battleground Ukraine, Adrian traces Ukraine's struggle for independence from the fall of the Soviet Union to Russia's genocidal invasion today, drawing important lessons for protecting democracies worldwide. He has worked alongside civil rights legend Bayard Rustin and the AFL-CIO, the largest federation of unions in America. He also supported Poland's Solidarity movement, which helped bring down the Iron Curtain, and played a key role in preserving Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in the 1990s, when many thought the Cold War had ended.  In part one of their discussion, Andrea and Adrian explore how Europe and the free world can survive the chaos of Trump's America First isolationism and Russia's weaponized corruption and election interference. In part two, they discuss the PayPal Mafia's war on Ukraine as part of a broader global assault on "wokeism" (a.k.a. empathy and democracy), Adrian's impressions of meeting Curtis Yarvin, and how the war in Ukraine can ultimately end. A big thank you to everyone who joined the Gaslit Nation Salon hosted by our Security Committee, which shared valuable insights on protecting our digital worlds in these dystopian times. The recording will be available soon on Patreon. Our next salon is Monday, April 14 at 4pm ET, featuring Patrick Guarasci, chief political strategist for Judge Susan Crawford, discussing their campaign's victory against Elon Musk in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race. The Zoom link will be available on Patreon Monday morning. Thank you to everyone who supports Gaslit Nation–we could not make the show without you!    EVENTS AT GASLIT NATION: April 14 4pm ET – Live-taping with Patrick Guarasci, chief political strategist for Judge Susan Crawford, discussing their campaign's victory against Elon Musk in the pivotal Wisconsin Supreme Court race! April 28 4pm ET – Book club discussion of Octavia Butler's The Parable of the Sower   Indiana-based listeners launched a Signal group for others in the state to join, available on Patreon. Florida-based listeners are going strong meeting in person. Be sure to join their Signal group, available on Patreon. Have you taken Gaslit Nation's HyperNormalization Survey Yet?: https://www.gaslitnationpod.com/survey-reject-hypernormalization Gaslit Nation Salons take place Mondays 4pm ET over Zoom and the first ~40 minutes are recorded and shared on Patreon.com/Gaslit for our community    Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, ad-free episodes, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at Patreon.com/Gaslit!   Show Notes:   Battleground Ukraine by Adrian Karatnycky https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300269468/battleground-ukraine/   Exclusive: Russia could concede $300 billion in frozen assets as part of Ukraine war settlement, sources say https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-could-concede-300-bln-frozen-assets-part-ukraine-war-settlement-sources-2025-02-21/   Who is Kirill Dmitriev, Putin's Trump-whisperer: Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia's sovereign wealth fund, has become a key figure in the Kremlin's outreach to the Trump administration. https://kyivindependent.com/whos-kirill-dmitriev-putins-trump-whisperer/   Nerd Reich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jiju_ky55EI  

Jeremi and Zachary have a conversation with Dr. Mark Pomar on the historical impact of Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Liberty’s critical role of radio communications during the Cold War, and the challenges they face today including the recent threats to their operation. Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Radio Liberty”. […]

Er is zeer veel ophef over de plannenmakerij voor de recente Amerikaanse aanval op doelen van de Houthi’s in Jemen. Want de politieke hoofdrolspelers deelden hun discussie op Signal, wat in strijd is met de Spionagewet. Maar spannender is dat nationaal veiligheidsadviseur Mike Waltz hoofdredacteur Jeffrey Goldberg van het maandblad The Atlantic klaarblijkelijk aan de groep had toegevoegd. Schoolvoorbeeld van een lek, maar niet het gevolg van journalistiek graafwerk. Goldberg kon ongevraagd meekijken. De meest logische verklaring is dat Waltz naar buiten wilde brengen dat vicepresident JD Vance tegen de aanval was. Maar 3 procent van de Amerikaanse scheepvaart gaat door de Rode Zee en het Suezkanaal, maar voor Europa is dat 40 procent. Regiefout Vance had daarom zwaar de pest in dat Amerika Europa uit de brand hielp. Minister van defensie Hegseth noemde het ‘bietsende Europa armzalig’ . Dat was de politieke boodschap. Waltz had die boodschap beter anoniem kunnen lekken. We zijn dus vermoedelijk getuigen van een regiefout. Het heeft alles te maken met het mediabeleid van team-Trump. En daar is behoorlijk wat aan de hand. Zo zijn media als de New York Times, CBS News, NBC en CNN hun vaste plaatsen in de perskamer van het Witte Huis kwijt, want dat zijn ‘fake media’ . Daarvoor in de plaats zitten nu bloggers en podcastmakers met de MAGA-signatuur. Associated Press, een van de beste en zorgvuldigste persbureaus, is eruit gegooid omdat het de Golf van Mexico nog steeds Golf van Mexico noemt, en niet Golf van Amerika, wat Trump eist. Zwijgen opgelegd De geëxcommuniceerde media zijn behendig genoeg om toch aan hun nieuws te komen. Dat geldt niet meer voor de Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia en het Middle East Broadcasting Network, die Trump inmiddels het zwijgen heeft opgelegd. Het zijn radiostations die sinds de Tweede Wereldoorlog nieuws brengen in landen die geen vrije pers kennen, zoals China, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba en Rusland. Ze doen dat in meer dan vijftig talen, zijn opmerkelijk onpartijdig en concentreren zich veelal op het nieuws in die landen zelf. Zoals de Deutsche Welle en de BBC World Service dat ook doen. Klinkt een beetje ouderwets, en dat is het ook, maar alleen al de Amerikaanse zenders trekken meer dan 400 miljoen luisteraars. Waarom wil Trump de knop omdraaien? Omdat het geld kost, en dat is waar. En omdat ze ‘fake’, dus anti-Trump nieuws verspreiden, wat pertinente onzin is. Ware klopjacht Is dit alles een inbreuk op de persvrijheid? Staat Amerika terecht op de 55ste plaats op de wereldranglijst ? Beetje wel. De persvrijheid lekt weg. Je mag in de VS nog steeds schrijven en zeggen wat je wilt. Maar op de media die dat faciliteren wordt een ware klopjacht gehouden. Het is een landmijn waarop Jeffrey Goldberg toevallig trapte. Door een regiefout van team-Trump.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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„Veľká časť vlády a vládnej koalície mentálne nepatrí do slobodného sveta. Oveľa lepšie sa cítia v ruskom svete“, hovorí novinár Štefan Hríb. „Otvorene sa to však boja povedať, lebo väčšina krajiny nestojí za nimi“, dodáva. Slobodná Európa. Rádio Slobodná Európa. Radio Liberty. Píše už 75-ročnú históriu a za ten čas sa stalo symbolom slobody slova a nezávislej žurnalistiky. A hoci má za sebou „ oslobodené“ Česko a Slovensko, Poľsko a svojho času i Maďarsko... A ďalšie krajiny. Z rozhodnutia Donalda Trumpa a jeho Elona Muska sa toto informačné oslobodzovanie môže skončiť. Pre výrazné finančné škrty vrámci politiky masívneho šetrenia. Koniec Slobodnej Európy tak môže znamenať aj koniec toku nezávislých informácií do krajín ako Rusko, či Bielorusko, kde je sloboda tlače obmedzená a v praxi neexistuje. Naviac – v ohrození sú novinári v zahraničnom exile, ktorí môžu stratou zamestnania prísť o svoj legálny status a návrat domov môže pre nich znamenať aj väzenie.Slobodná Európa má za sebou aj silný príbeh s Československom a Slovenskom v ňom. A v ňom má svoje miesto aj novinár Štefan Hríb, aktuálne šéfredaktor Týždňa, no svojho času pevná súčasť Slobodky, ako sa Rádiu Slobodná Európa vtedy tiež hovorilo.Čo znamenala Slobodná Európa pre naše končiny? A o čo môžu prísť krokmi Trumpovho Elona Muska Rusi či Bielorusi? „Veľká časť vlády a vládnej koalície mentálne nepatrí do slobodného sveta. Oveľa lepšie sa cítia v ruskom svete“, hovorí novinár Štefan Hríb. „Otvorene sa to však boja povedať, lebo väčšina krajiny nestojí za nimi“, dodáva. Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.

„Veľká časť vlády a vládnej koalície mentálne nepatrí do slobodného sveta. Oveľa lepšie sa cítia v ruskom svete“, hovorí novinár Štefan Hríb. „Otvorene sa to však boja povedať, lebo väčšina krajiny nestojí za nimi“, dodáva. Slobodná Európa. Rádio Slobodná Európa. Radio Liberty. Píše už 75-ročnú históriu a za ten čas sa stalo symbolom slobody slova a nezávislej žurnalistiky. A hoci má za sebou „ oslobodené“ Česko a Slovensko, Poľsko a svojho času i Maďarsko... A ďalšie krajiny. Z rozhodnutia Donalda Trumpa a jeho Elona Muska sa toto informačné oslobodzovanie môže skončiť. Pre výrazné finančné škrty vrámci politiky masívneho šetrenia. Koniec Slobodnej Európy tak môže znamenať aj koniec toku nezávislých informácií do krajín ako Rusko, či Bielorusko, kde je sloboda tlače obmedzená a v praxi neexistuje. Naviac – v ohrození sú novinári v zahraničnom exile, ktorí môžu stratou zamestnania prísť o svoj legálny status a návrat domov môže pre nich znamenať aj väzenie.Slobodná Európa má za sebou aj silný príbeh s Československom a Slovenskom v ňom. A v ňom má svoje miesto aj novinár Štefan Hríb, aktuálne šéfredaktor Týždňa, no svojho času pevná súčasť Slobodky, ako sa Rádiu Slobodná Európa vtedy tiež hovorilo.Čo znamenala Slobodná Európa pre naše končiny? A o čo môžu prísť krokmi Trumpovho Elona Muska Rusi či Bielorusi? „Veľká časť vlády a vládnej koalície mentálne nepatrí do slobodného sveta. Oveľa lepšie sa cítia v ruskom svete“, hovorí novinár Štefan Hríb. „Otvorene sa to však boja povedať, lebo väčšina krajiny nestojí za nimi“, dodáva. Podcast pripravil Jaroslav Barborák.

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Donald Trump a décidé de suspendre les médias publics extérieurs américains en mettant en congés les personnels de l'US Agency for Global Media. Avec les négociations sur l'Ukraine, la suppression de Radio Free Europe, de Radio Liberty ou de Voice of America pourrait sembler, de prime abord, être un gage donné à la Russie. On se souvient du rôle joué par les médias publics extérieurs des États-Unis, qui émettaient en ukrainien durant la révolution orange de 2004. Des médias qui ont joué un rôle de soutien à la démocratie en couvrant les manifestations et en apportant des informations extérieures à la propagande gouvernementale.Mais ce n'est sans doute pas la première motivation de ce décret. Elon Musk, responsable du département de l'efficacité gouvernementale (DOGE), l'avait annoncé sur X : il faut fermer Voice of America et Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Pourquoi ? À cause de la « bureaucratie fédérale inutile » et de la « propagande radicale » qu'ils véhiculeraient, selon Donald Trump.La fin d'un outil de soft power pour les États-Unis d'AmériqueOn pourrait croire que cet outil formidable du soft power états-unien serait important aux yeux de la Maison Blanche, sachant que cette agence de médias mondiaux touche une audience record de 427 millions de personnes par semaine, que Voice of America s'exprime en 47 langues, et qu'il importe, plus que jamais, de défendre des valeurs démocratiques face à la Russie, mais aussi face à la Chine, Cuba et l'Iran. Le démantèlement de l'agence, qui a dénoncé son bail de location cette semaine, implique aussi la suppression de Radio Free Asia, de la radio-télévision anti-castriste Marti ou encore de Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN).L'administration Trump veut réduire les dépenses publiques, mais aussi avoir les mains libres pour signer des accords bilatéraux avec des pays autoritaires et faire triompher les lois du business sur les droits humains. Cela passe par une sorte de « reset », de réinitialisation des médias extérieurs, en rompant avec le passé et donc avec leurs journalistes.Une décision applaudie par les médias russesUne décision qui semble avoir été appréciée par le Global Times, le quotidien soutenu par l'État chinois, ou par Sputnik, le média extérieur russe. Tous deux se réjouissent de cet arrêt de médias publics qu'ils qualifient dans un cas « d'usine à mensonges », dans l'autre de producteurs de « fausses informations », notamment lors du massacre de Boutcha, pourtant internationalement documenté en Ukraine. L'agence fédérale américaine de médias a aussi renoncé à ses abonnements à l'AFP, Associated Press et Reuters, et on sent bien que c'est un autre narratif qui se prépare. La fin d'une « information équilibrée et vérifiée » et d'un « ​​​​​​​rempart contre la désinformation », comme l'ont exprimé conjointement la Deutsche Welle et France Médias Monde.À écouter aussiSuppression de Voice of America: «l'Amérique va devenir inaudible»

The Ochelli Effect 3-18-2025 NEWSOchelli Effect NEWS NOTESLots of moving parts and works in progress.WAR AND PEACE?Russia-Ukraine war updates: EU says Moscow not interested in peacehttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/17/russia-ukraine-war-live-trump-to-discuss-land-power-plants-with-putinLIVE: Israel says attacks on Gaza that killed hundreds ‘only the beginning'https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/18/live-trump-threatens-iran-as-deadly-us-attacks-on-yemens-houthis-continue---MEDIA HOST BUSTERSTrump moves to close down Voice of Americahttps://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvge4l109r3oRadio Free Europe and Radio Liberty are going away toohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Free_Europe/Radio_Liberty---OTHER CRAZY RANDOM NEWSWhy Trump Can't ‘Void' Biden's Pardons Because of Autopenhttps://time.com/7268902/trump-void-bidens-pardon-autopen/Ex-Project 2025 chief says Trump's actions are beyond his ‘wildest dreams'https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/17/trump-administration-project-2025Americans Who Think Country on Right Track Breaks 20-Year Trend: Pollsterhttps://www.newsweek.com/americans-think-country-right-track-rasmussen-poll-2031393https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-jfk-assassination-files-released-2025/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-usWill DOGE lose more money than it saves? https://www.newsnationnow.com/politics/doge-lose-more-money-than-saves-elon-musk/LAST WEEK OCHELLI SOURCES SAID FRIDAY THE 21st would be JFK DAY BUT...Declassification of Records Concerning the Assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/declassification-of-records-concerning-the-assassinations-of-president-john-f-kennedy/Trump announces he will release 80,000 JFK assassination files on Tuesday, going to be 'very interesting'https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-announces-he-release-80000-jfk-assassination-files-tuesday-going-very-interesting80,000 pages of JFK files released as Trump fulfills promisehttps://katv.com/news/nation-world/80000-pages-of-jfk-files-released-as-trump-fulfills-promise-john-f-kennedy-dallas-assassination-lee-harvey-oswald-conspiracy-theories-texas-ciaGOP bill labeling Trump opposition a ‘derangement syndrome' causes Minnesota Capitol stirhttps://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/03/17/trump-derangement-syndrome-bill-causes-minnesota-capitol-discordHAVE NO FEAR, ALEXANDER HAGUE COULD BE QUEER...As AI nurses reshape hospital care, human nurses are pushing backhttps://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-nurses-hospitals-health-care-3e41c0a2768a3b4c5e002270cc2abe23Mussayev Speaks out about Agent Krasnov againhttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/3/10/2309141/-Mussayev-Speaks-out-about-Agent-Krasnov-againKEEP OCHELLI GOING. You are the EFFECT if you support OCHELLI https://ochelli.com/donate/Email Chuck or PayPal]blindjfkresearcher@gmail.comBE THE EFFECTListen/Chat on the Sitehttps://ochelli.com/listen-live/TuneInhttp://tun.in/sfxkxAPPLEhttps://music.apple.com/us/station/ochelli-com/ra.1461174708Ochelli Link Treehttps://linktr.ee/chuckochelli

President Trump har strypt stödet till mediekanaler som Voice of America och Radio Free Europe varför? Och vad kan det få för konsekvenser? Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. I lördags fick 1 300 anställda på bland annat mediekanalerna Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty och Voice of America veta att de inte längre är välkomna till jobbet. Kanalerna har fungerat som USAs eterröst i världen som ägnat sig åt det som kallas för "soft power , det vill säga att sprida amerikanska värderingar och verksamheten har bland annat riktat sig till publik i diktaturer. Varför har Trump-adminstrationen fattat ett så drastiskt beslut och vad kan det få för betydelse, både på kort och lång sikt? Christian Christensen, professor i journalistik vid Stockholms universitet, kommer till studion.WERNER HERZOG OM SANNINGENS FRAMTIDHur ska vi veta vad som är sant och hur kan vi sträva efter sanning? Filmskaparen, författaren och skådespelaren Werner Herzogs nya bok "Sanningens framtid" har nyligen kommit på svenska och kulturedaktionens Nina Asarnoj har läst en fascinerande text som försöker hitta svaret på vad sanningens väsen egentligen är och handlar om.REPORTAGE: HÖGKONJUNKTUR FÖR SARA STRIDSBERG I FRANKRIKE”De stora gesterna i det jag skriver kanske passar det franska språket och kulturen bättre”, säger författaren och dramatikern Sara Stridsberg till vår Sydeuropakorrespondent Cecilia Blomberg. De har träffats i Paris. För att prata om teater. Och om människor som kan se klart och om att röra sig mellan den svenska och den franska kultursfären.ULLA WIGGENS KONST VISAS I VÄSTERÅSNu har den första stora separatutställningen med Ulla Wiggens konst öppnat på Västerås konstmuseum. Hon var en av de första som ägnade sig åt teknikkomponenter och maskinkultur i sin konst och utställningen "Passage" visar Ulla Wiggens produktion från 60-talet och framåt. Kulturredaktionens konstkritiker Mårten Arndtzén har besökt utställningen och kommer till studion för att berätta om den banbrytande konstnären och hennes unika konst.OBS-ESSÄ: PAUL TENNGART OM POETEN MAJKEN JOHANSSON OCH KÄRLEKEN SOLVEIG BORG”Finns S, så finns Gud. Finns Gud, så finns S.” Så skriver poeten och frälsningssoldaten Majken Johansson i en anteckning. Man kan läsa in mycket i denna konsonant som svävar genom hennes diktning, men det skulle dröja lång tid innan människan bakom bokstaven fick träda fram. I tredje delen av serien ”Muserna skriver tillbaka” berättar Paul Tenngart om när litteraturhistorien fick stifta bekantskap med Solveig Borg.Programledare Johar BendjelloulProducent Maria Götselius

On today's Strategy Series program, sponsored by General Atomic Aeronautical Systems, Sam Bendett of the Center for Naval Analyses and Dr. Eugene Rumer, the director of the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, join Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian to discuss Ukraine's retreat from 450 of the 500 square miles its forces occupied in Russia's Kursk region; what's next for the war as Washington pressures Kyiv to a ceasefire; whether Ukraine can survive without US aid and European support; prospect of European troops in Ukraine; whether Vladimir Putin can claim victory in Ukraine;; impact of the war on Russia and Russian support for the conflict; and the Trump administration's decision gutting the Voice of America as well as Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia.

On the show today: news; FM Lipavský seeks to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after US funding cut; New website for locations of Kingdom Come: Deliverance; Who owns Czech football?

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On the show today: news; FM Lipavský seeks to save Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty after US funding cut; New website for locations of Kingdom Come: Deliverance; Who owns Czech football?

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Today, we discuss the new wave of bombardments on Kyiv, the latest appointments to the Trump administration and what it means for the wider West, and learn more about Radio Liberty's impact during the Cold War. Then, later, we do a deep dive into the cosmopolitan history of the city of Odesa and what its people have endured over the course of the war.Contributors:Francis Dearnley (Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on X.Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Julian Evans (author of Undefeatable: Odesa in Love & War). @thejulianevans on X.Julian Evans' book, Undefeatable: Odesa in Love & Warhttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Undefeatable-Odesa-Love-Julian-Evans/dp/1910895989 Russia's oil and gas industry an easy target for Europe after Trump's election victory (Business Insider):https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-oil-gas-energy-industry-europe-target-trump-election-win-2024-11Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Pomar served as assistant director of the Russian Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, director of the USSR Division at the Voice of America, executive director of the Board for International Broadcasting. He joined David Priess to talk about the origins of US government-funded international broadcasting, differences between RFE/RL and VOA, tensions between strategists and purists over the radios' content, the impacts of detente and of Reagan's more hawkish approach, KGB infiltrations of RFE/RL, changes to the radios toward the end of the Cold War, the role of RL in August 1991's failed coup against Gorbachev, perceptions of the radios after the Cold War, Mark's book Cold War Radio and his current research into Radio Liberty, the relevance of this history for today, and more.Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/lawfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Pomar served as assistant director of the Russian Service at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, director of the USSR Division at the Voice of America, executive director of the Board for International Broadcasting. He joined David Priess to talk about the origins of US government-funded international broadcasting, differences between RFE/RL and VOA, tensions between strategists and purists over the radios' content, the impacts of detente and of Reagan's more hawkish approach, KGB infiltrations of RFE/RL, changes to the radios toward the end of the Cold War, the role of RL in August 1991's failed coup against Gorbachev, perceptions of the radios after the Cold War, Mark's book Cold War Radio and his current research into Radio Liberty, the relevance of this history for today, and more.Chatter is a production of Lawfare and Goat Rodeo. This episode was produced and edited by Cara Shillenn of Goat Rodeo. Podcast theme by David Priess, featuring music created using Groovepad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this explosive episode of "Connecting the Dots," I sit down with Professor Dan Kovalik to expose the harsh reality of free speech under attack in America. Dan shares his chilling story of being detained for hours at Miami Airport, interrogated simply for telling the truth on RT and other alternative news outlets. He's part of a disturbing trend—journalists in the U.S. being raided, arrested, and harassed for daring to speak out. Is free speech in America on life support? We dive into Noam Chomsky's theory of controlled debate, where public opinion is tightly managed, and how today's media manipulates what we're allowed to hear. From the prosecution of dissent to the silencing of pro-Palestine voices on college campuses, this conversation reveals the frightening erosion of our First Amendment rights. Don't miss this urgent wake-up call—are we witnessing the death of free speech in the land of the free?     Find me and the show on social media. Click the following links or search @DrWilmerLeon on X/Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Patreon and YouTube!   Hey everyone, Dr. Wilmer here! If you've been enjoying my deep dives into the real stories behind the headlines and appreciate the balanced perspective I bring, I'd love your support on my Patreon channel. Your contribution helps me keep "Connecting the Dots" alive, revealing the truth behind the news. Join our community, and together, let's keep uncovering the hidden truths and making sense of the world. Thank you for being a part of this journey!   Wilmer Leon (00:00): The linguist, Noam Chomsky tells us the smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum. Even encourage the more critical and dissident views that gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on. While all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of debate. That's Noam Chomsky. Let's talk about it. Stay tuned. Announcer (00:43): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge. Wilmer Leon (00:51): Welcome to the Connecting the Dots podcast with Dr. Wilmer Leon, and I am Wilmer Leon is this what American mainstream media and those in Western established press are engaging in actually the violation of the First Amendment? Let's discuss this. Here's the point. We have a tendency to view current events as though they occur in a vacuum, failing to understand the broader historic context in which these events occur. During each episode of this podcast, my guests and I, we have probing, provocative, and in-depth discussions that connect the dots between these events and the broader historic context in which they occur. This enables you to better understand and analyze the events that impact the global village in which we live. On today's episode, the issue of force is very simple. The first amendment, freedom of speech, and the US government's attack on this inalienable right, and my guest is a US labor and human rights lawyer, writer, author, and activist. His latest book is entitled The Case for Palestine, why It Matters and Why You Should Care. He has been a peace activist throughout his life. He has been deeply involved in the movement for peace and social justice in Columbia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and other countries in the global south. He's also taught international human rights law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law since 2012. He is Professor Dan lik. Dan, welcome. Dan Kovalik (02:26): Thank you. Thanks for having me. Always a pleasure. Wilmer. Wilmer Leon (02:30): So there are a number of events. We're going to connect a number of dots here, but let's start with the First Amendment and it reads as follows, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press or the right of people to peaceably, to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Dan, we take this as Americans, we take this for granted, but as the first amendment of the first 10, this one was very important and made number one for a reason why? Dan Kovalik (03:18): Well, because the founding fathers having come from England, where there was a king who was able to prescribe speech arbitrarily, wanted to protect the right of free spree speech, the right of religion. Of course, England had a state religion, the Anglican Church, and they wanted to make sure that Americans had the right to such things as speech and religion and freedom of the press. In England. Those things were not protected even to this day. By the way, great Britain does not have a written constitution and does not protect those types of rights in the way that the United States does. Wilmer Leon (04:05): And again, we've taken this right for granted for so many years, but we have found history shows us, particularly during times of war, when the United States feels that it is being threatened, the screws tighten on free speech, hence people get charged with sedition and other types of violations. When the government feels it's being threatened, when there is a perceived threat from outside the country, then the government will tend to tighten the screws restrict speech, and then once that threat is vanquished, then the prohibitions relax. Have you found history to prove that to be true? Dan Kovalik (04:57): Yes. I mean, one of the most famous examples, of course is during World War I, people like Eugene v Debs, great socialist from Terre Haute, Indiana. He was put in jail for publicly opposing World War I and famously his persecution and those of others like him was approved by the Supreme Court in a famous case by Oliver Wendell Holmes is one of the most celebrated jurors, and he created the clear and present danger rule. And what that says is that the First Amendment is not, as they often say, the US Constitution is not a suicide pact. He said that in cases of a clear and present danger, Congress in fact could (05:59): Limit speech. He gave the example famous example of you're not allowed to yell fire in a crowded theater, for example. And he compared incredibly advocating for peace during a time of war as tantamount to claiming there's a fire in a crowded theater. And that remains the law of the day. And so that law or that decision, which is now almost a hundred years old, I think sets the precedent that advocating for peace in the United States is somehow a clear and present danger. And so when we look to how speech is being regulated and limited today, what we often see it being regulated when people are clamoring for peace. Wilmer Leon (06:58): There's an interesting piece in consortium news entitled Free Speech in the Department of Political Justice, and it's written by former judge Andrew Napolitano, who was a superior court judge in New Jersey. And he writes in this piece, I don't want to spend a lot of time getting into the weeds of the First Amendment, but I think this is very germane to what we find ourselves dealing with. He writes, the framers of the Constitution, were debating this idea of free speech, and they concluded that expressive rights are natural to all persons no matter where they are born. And natural rights are, as Jefferson had written in the Declaration of Independence inalienable. That's why I refer to them as inalienable rights in the open stated differently. He writes, Madison and his colleagues gave us a constitution and a bill of rights that on their face recognized the prepo political existence of the freedom of speech and of the press in all persons and guaranteed that in Congress, by which they meant the government could not and would not abridge them until now. And he, in his piece, he's referencing some charges that the United States government has imposed against some Americans and some Russians, and it's not even a matter of challenging war as much as it is challenging the established government narrative. Your thoughts? Dan Kovalik (08:35): Yes. So again, this is very similar to laws and regulations that have come down before during World War I and also around the same time you had the pomades against socialists and union leaders. Of course you had the McCarthy period, which also really represented an abridgement of peace of speech and of course very, I think relevant to today because of course the McCarthy period, at least ostensibly involved the persecution of communists. Though of course a lot of people persecuted were not communists, though a lot of the people who were persecuted were communists. Most notably in my mind, the great Paul Robeson who went, he and I went to the same law school. By the way, it's a big reason I went to Columbia Law School is because Paul Robeson went there, one of my heroes. Wilmer Leon (09:31): He was a few years ahead of you though. Dan Kovalik (09:33): A few years, yeah, yeah. I know I look old, but I'm not quite old enough to cross paths with Mr. Robeson. But why is that important? Because of course that involved claims that the communists were somehow how stooges of the Soviet Union. And now of course you have people making allegations that those opposing US foreign policy are pawns of Russia and Vladimir Putin. Right. So it's the same old trope that we've been hearing for years and years, and we see this manifested in the last two weeks with the Justice Department announcing indictments against people associated with rt, formerly known as Russia Today News based in Moscow. You had Anthony Blinken statements over the weekend that RT should be considered an espionage organization that means a spy organization. And of course the implication being that those Americans that work with it are spies. And then you had Hillary Clinton chiming in, I believe yesterday, saying that people spreading propaganda, Russian propaganda should be civilly if not criminally prosecuted. And so again, welcome to McCarthyism 2.0. It's a very scary time for people who, I'll just say like me, I'll only speak for myself who want to advocate for peace, but also specifically advocate for peace with Russia who say Russia's not our enemy who go to Russia. I've been to Russia five times in the last two years. (11:26): I've been to the Donbas three times to Crimea once to the Kherson region of what was Ukraine once. And I have worked with RT proudly so, but I and others like me are now in the crosshairs of the US government. And they're not even hiding it. They're being very clear that we are enemy number one at this point. Wilmer Leon (11:51): And this is important for people to understand because as you just mentioned, they've indicted two Americans living in Russia who are Russian citizens. They work for rt. The Feds are accusing them of spreading propaganda. And what they are basically doing is they're challenging the narrative of the Biden administration. And unlike what transpired during World War I, as you talked about Eugene Debs, and also what happened during World War ii, right now, last I checked, the United States has not declared war on Russia. So we are not in a war footing or on a war footing right now. These are individuals that, and I am one who is challenging the narrative of the Biden administration as it relates to what's going on in Ukraine as it relates to what's going on with China over Taiwan, what's going on in Venezuela, what's going on in the Middle East. There are a number of areas where I believe, and I think I have historic and current evidence to support the position that the established stated narrative of the administration is flat out wrong. Dan Kovalik (13:18): Yes, absolutely. And again, Anthony Blinken was very specific about that. He said that rt, that its alleged propaganda has undermined the cause of the war in Ukraine. But as you say, while the US is defacto at war with Russia, it is not officially at war with Russia. It is not declared war on Russia. And as you know, the US rarely declares war anymore. Only Congress can declare war. And rarely does it do that. We usually go to war again, not officially unofficially with countries without declaring war. So we are not officially at war with Russia, which means that those who work with Russia or Russia related entities are not engaged in sedition of any kind. (14:12): But that is what is being claimed. Now, I mean, that is being specifically claimed that we are in fact involved in sedition. And by the way, I know people, Wilmer friends of mine that are fleeing the country. Oh, really? Oh yeah. A number of people and some to Russia, but some to other places, Canada, other places for fear, they're going to be prosecuted because of their work with rt. And no, it's very serious. I know several people, I won't name them. I think I can name one because he's already done it. So he is safe there. And that's Jackson Henkel. Wilmer Leon (14:55): Oh, okay. Dan Kovalik (14:57): But there's others in the process of doing that. Some people have urged me to do that. So we have a very serious situation, and I understand why people would make that choice, because really the government is signaling that they may go after us. So it makes some sense, Wilmer Leon (15:21): And we're going to get to that with you in just a few moments because there, there's another, there are a number of facets of this that if you look at these things individually, people may have a tendency to think, oh, well, this is just a one-off here, or a one-off there. But when you start connecting these dots, what you find out is the government is engaged in incredibly fascist behavior, and they are establishing policies. When Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State, former First Lady comes on television and starts talking about people who are spewing propaganda need to be considered for facing criminal charges. What's the difference between her saying that here in the United States and some of the incredibly repressive policies that have been and are in place by some people that she and other members of the current administration label as dictators label as strong men label as fascists? Dan Kovalik (16:37): No, I mean, of course there's no difference. I mean, and think about it. The US has voice of America, which again, openly broadcast US viewpoints around the world and in particular in countries that the US is hostile towards. Radio Liberty is a similar one in Europe, but frankly, you don't even have to point to those because now frankly, most of the US media operates like those. They're nothing but mouthpieces For the US government, I would put NPR in that category, C-N-N, M-S-N-B-C, and of course the iron. And if those stations or those broadcasting systems are jammed in other countries or people associated with those entities are arrested or persecuted, of course the US is the first one to claim foul. Right? But of course, the other irony here is that M-S-NBC, which is the station that Hillary Clinton made her statements on, and Rachel Maddow, they have been propagandists themselves in terms of pushing these lies about Russian interference. They've been pushing these lies for eight years now. And Hillary Clinton herself was one of the main origins of that lie, which has been debunked, (18:02): Almost entirely and right. So they are pushing propaganda and they're pushing war propaganda again, specifically against Russia. They themselves are guilty of war propaganda, which is by the way, a war crime under international law. But so talk about calling the kettle black, or in fact, they're calling the China, the China plates black when they're the ones that are engaged in propaganda. Wilmer Leon (18:32): In fact, there's a, I'm trying to pull it up right now. There's an NBC story from a while ago from 2022 where they admitted to using propaganda to fool American people. And in fact, the author of the story is a journalist, Ken Delan, who by the way I believe had been dismissed from the LA Times because he was clearing stories through the CIA before the stories were being submitted to his editors at the LA Times. That's history. But there was a story back from 2022 where NBC admitted that they're involved in his propaganda war with Russia and that they will lie to the American people in order to get out in front of a story before the Russians can tell the story or to mislead the Russians. And so the United States government em, it does it to the American people itself Dan Kovalik (19:41): All the time. We know this happens all the time. Another classic case was Judith Miller at the New York Times, who was doing nothing but writing CIA propaganda at the behest of the CIA, which led it helped lead us to the war in Iraq. And in fact, the CIA credited her reporting for helping pave the way to the war with Iraq. And of course one of the big lies of the war, the weapons of mass destruction was a lie that she promoted and incredibly, she's landed on her feet. She was let go or forced to resign for the New York Times because that came out. But now she works for CNN. I mean these folks, it's really not a negative mark on their career if they do this sort of thing. John Stockwell just mentioned John Stockwell, I don't know if you remember him well, I do. But he was a CIA Bureau chief at Angola. He talked about how the CIA would write stories that they would've published in the press, and he gave one example. He said, we once wrote a story about Cuban troops who were fighting US backed forces in Angola, and who by the way helped liberate Southern Africa and South Africa, as you know, Wilmer. (21:06): He said they would claim Cuban troops had raped these women in Angola. Then they'd write a story saying the Cuban troops were killed. And then he said, incredibly, they'd write another story about the same Cuban troop unit somehow revived from the dead doing something else. And yet the press printed it without question. And this happens, and Hollywood's the same way. Hollywood is very much under the sway of the ca. If I can just give one example of that famous interesting example, if you've ever seen the movie, which I like quite a bit, meet the Parents, pretty funny movie. There's a scene in which Ben Stiller, the main character, goes into Robert De Niro's layer for the first time and discovers he's with the ccia. Originally, the script had it that he found he was with the CIA because there was a CIA torture manual de Niro's desk. Well, the CIA who reviewed the script and reviews many scripts in Hollywood, you can't do that. So they ended up just having photos of De Niro with Bin Laden and Clinton and different things. So a lot of what we watch on TV in the movies and reading the newspaper, a lot of that is clear through the ccia, if not utterly based on CIA misinformation that they feed to the press. Wilmer Leon (22:42): And let me connect these dots. I found the story and here's the headline. This is from NBC News in a Break with the Past. Now that's a lie. Us is using intel to fight an info war with Russia, even when the intel isn't rock solid. It doesn't have to be solid intelligence. One US official said it's more important to get out ahead of them, the Russians Putin specifically before they do something. So this is NBC admitting that they're using less than accurate intel in stories that they're telling to the American public. They're basically lying in order to further a narrative. And we can take this back to the Iraq War with the Office of Special Plans, which was set up in the Pentagon to take intel that hadn't been vetted and spin it into stories that would support the US narrative about why the United States needed the whole idea of weapons of mass destruction. And Dick Cheney's letter about yellow cake uranium coming from Niger, okay, why are we getting into these weeds? Because the United States government is attacking American citizens, independent journalists for telling the truth about stories that are challenging the standard narrative when the United States government admits itself, it's lying to you. And this is in violation of the First Amendment, professor Dan Kalik. Is that a good summation of the issue? Dan Kovalik (24:38): It's a very good summation. You often hear, for example, someone like myself will say, oh, there's neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Which by the way, before 2022, even a lot of the mainstream press reported on that, right? Wilmer Leon (24:55): I won't say even Barack Obama said, one of the reasons we don't want to send weapons to Ukraine is because we don't want to give weapons to the Nazis. Dan Kovalik (25:01): Yeah. Not only did Barack Obama talk about it, there was a law passed by Congress that I think Obama signed saying that the US could not fund neo-Nazis in Ukraine. Well, I don't think they passed the law just because theoretically there might be because they knew there were Nazis in Ukraine, and then in fact, that law was repealed because they later decided, oh, well, we need to support Nazis in Ukraine. Okay, so everyone admitted there's Nazis in Ukraine. Then once the special military operations of Russia began in February of 2022, all of the press all of a sudden pretended, oh, there's no Nazis there. Okay? So now after that, if someone like me who's actually been to the Don Bass, which was part of Ukraine, says, oh yeah, there's neo-Nazis in Ukraine. They're like, well, that's a Putin talking point. Well, the fact it's a Putin talking point doesn't mean it's untrue. If Putin says the world is round, it doesn't mean the world is flat. (26:00): But that's what's happening. That is really the claim leveled against people who are trying to give a more balanced picture of what's happening in Ukraine as they're being portrayed as somehow being controlled by the Kremlin, when in fact they're just saying what the truth is. Even though, yeah, it may happen to correspond with what the Kremlin is saying, which I will say, I find the Kremlin a lot more credible on many of these issues than the White House, but other people have to judge that. But again, the fact that my views may overlap with those of the Kremlin at times doesn't mean I'm under their sway. Wilmer Leon (26:47): And let me give the reference those who want to look this up for themselves. Again, the headline of the story is in a Break with the Past US, is using intel to fight an in full war with Russia, even when the intel isn't rock solid. And the story is from April 6th and 2022 written by Ken Delan and others. And again, it's important to remember that again, Ken Delan was dismissed from the LA Times for writing stories, for sending stories to the CIA, having the CIA edit the stories, not telling the editors at the LA times that this was being done. So again, this shows you the kind of work and the kind of propaganda that is being sold to you as news. Now, there's another element to this because as we talked about before, there are a number of facets of this, and that is, again, in Consortium News, pro-Palestine students and faculty Sue UC, Santa Cruz, the lawsuit seeks to vindicate the fundamental democratic and constitutional rights to free speech, free assembly and due process against overreach by university authorities. So basically what has happened, and this story came was last week, September 11th, 2024. So if you all remember back in the spring, there were a number of protests across college campuses all over this country in support of the Palestinian efforts, and they were protesting against the genocidal action of Israel against Palestinians at the United States is supporting. And a number of students were arrested, and some students that were arrested at UC, what did I say, UC, Santa Barbara or UC, Santa Cruz (28:52): In the spring have now still been put off campus in violation of campus regulation. So they are suing the University of Santa Cruz to have that overturned. And just Tuesday, the University of Maryland now finds that care, the Council of American Islamic Relations, Palestine Legal, they are suing University of Maryland for canceling. And this is who would ever think to do something this horrific Jewish and Palestinian student groups holding an interfaith vigil? Dan Valick, the country is going to hell in a hand basket. Dan Kovalik (29:44): Yeah, absolutely. It's outrageous. I mean, what we see is violations of the First Amendment in many different ways. Not only the violation of free speech, of freedom of assembly, but of course freedom of religion because of course, the interfaith vigil would be an expression of religion. I don't see how these actions by Santa Cruz, which by the way, is part of the University of California system, that's a public school system. It means they are subject to the First Amendment. I don't see how those actions can stand if they do stand, if the courts allow them to stand, then we have entered a brave new world, my friend. I mean a very dangerous world by any precedent of the court, at least recent precedent, they should be permitted to have these types of protest in vigils. And I hope they win in the courts. They should win. Wilmer Leon (30:42): In fact, I remember saying after September 11th, as we looked at the crackdown that the United States government was imposing upon American citizens, that when a country violates its own constitution in reaction to action taken by terrorists, the terrorists have won. Dan Kovalik (31:06): Yeah, well, that's absolutely true. And of course, what we saw after nine 11 was an abomination in terms of the rights, not just of US citizens, but of others that were curtailed. The people put in Guantanamo Bay without charge. It turned out most of them had done nothing. Some died in jail, some died of torture. (31:34): It was a huge mark on American democracy. I believe there's still people there. It has not been there. I think there's a couple survivors still hanging on. It's an amazing thing. And of course then you had Barack Obama who decided he could murder American citizens with drones abroad on his own authority. And he killed one man who was claimed to have been a terrorist again, that had never been proven, that he had not been, that had not proven in a court of law. And then incredibly, they murdered his son, his 16-year-old son. And in defense, one of the White House spokespeople said, well, he chose the wrong father. Wilmer Leon (32:25): Eric Holder came out and said when he was the Attorney General, that an American president can execute American citizens anywhere in the world without judicial review. Dan Kovalik (32:37): Yeah, incredible. An incredible thing. And it's bad enough, frankly, Wilmer, that the government has done these sorts of things. But the sad part also is there's been so little resistance to this, so little criticism. And that's what allows these things to continue and not only continue, but to escalate Wilmer Leon (32:59): Quickly going back to the campus issue. So we're told that there has to be this prohibition against protesting in support of the Palestinians because we have to be mindful of the sensitivities of Jewish students, and we can't have these Jewish American students feeling threatened and feeling unsafe on the college campuses amidst these peaceful protests, ignoring the fact that a lot of the protestors are the very Jewish students who the authorities claim their rights are being protected. I believe I submit to you attorney Kovalik, that that is merely a cover or a pretext for the protection of these interests of these students is a pretext, is a cover that is being used by the government to violate our First Amendment rights the same way the Israeli government claims it has to engage in genocide of Palestinians as it attacks Hamas. Dan Kovalik (34:22): No, exactly right. Because the other issue, I mean, of course you're right that many Jews are protesting for Palestinians, but also what about the Palestinians rights? There's Palestinian students on campus, there's Arab students. What about their rights? Right? Wilmer Leon (34:37): What about my rights? I'm neither Palestinian nor Jewish, and I have this problem, and I know I'm nuts, Dan. I got a problem with genocide. I admit it. I admit America. I admit it to the world. I got a problem with genocide. Dan Kovalik (34:52): It's an incredible thing. Wilmer, what we've all been taught since World War II is that the worst crime in the world is genocide, right? It is the high crime. It is the most abominable crime. And even one of the worst things you could say about someone is they're a genocide denier, right? Wilmer Leon (35:15): Oh, yeah. Heaven forbid. Dan Kovalik (35:16): And now all of a sudden when people are protesting against genocide, they're the bad guys. And yet it's an incredible thing that is happening. It's an amazing Rubicon we've crossed, and no one can really defend it. That's the problem. And that is why there's repression. The universities, including some of the best in the world like Columbia University, which may be the main offender on this, they can't defend their actions. They can't defend the genocide. They can't defend against those saying it's a genocide. So they've decided we just have to shut the speech down because we as an institution, we have no argument. We can't ideologically defend this. We can't ideologically defend the United States. And so we're just going to say, students, you can't talk, which goes against every notion that anyone has about what the university is supposed to be, a space of free speech and free debate. And Zionists should have a right to their views. They should have a right to peacefully protest. And those are against Zionism. And the genocide should also have that right. And that is so obvious and so clear, and the fact that the universities have decided to go the other way and only repress one kind of speech, and that is pro-Palestinian and not pro-Israel. It's abominable. It just shows the corruption of our institutions from the universities all the way to the White House. Wilmer Leon (36:55): And it also, I believe, shows the power of the military industrial complex, or what Ray McGovern called the Mickey Mat, in that once you start challenging the narrative via free speech, you now threaten the defense budget. You now start threatening the billions of dollars in weapons that are being wasted in Ukraine, that are being wasted in Gaza, that are being wasted as the United States is trying to foment a Middle East war. And heaven forbid those billion dollar contracts that are going to Lockheed Martin, that are going to Boeing, that are going to ge, Raytheon, heaven forbid, people start asking questions about why is so much money being wasted on genocide? Dan Kovalik (37:53): Yeah, no, exactly. That's correct. When we look around our cities, we look around this country, we see so many problems that need fixing, and people are saying, Hey, why aren't you fixing our problems instead of sending money abroad to these wars in Ukraine and Gaza? Those are very inconvenient people to the powers that be, and not just to the military industrial complex, but apparently we know that in the case of Columbia University, that they responded to calls by millionaires in New York City who asked them to repress the protest. So we know the ruling class is very much in the tank for Israel, very much in the tank for the genocide in Gaza, and that they are influencing these universities and how they respond to this. Wilmer Leon (38:45): And let's connect another dot. And that is the trial in Tampa, Florida that just wrapped up last week in the Uru, the African People Socialist Party, also known as the Uhuru movement or the Uhuru three. There was an incredibly confusing verdict that came down in that trial. It was alleged that the defendants were doing the bidding of the Russian government by sowing discord in America's political process by promoting political views that were contrary to those of the United States government and favorable to those of the Russian government. Now, I got to reiterate, they're not talking about overthrowing the government. They're not talking about attacking the government sowing discord, their own words in America's political process by promoting political views, not military political views that are contrary to those of the United States government. So well, go ahead, Dan. You want to say something? Dan Kovalik (40:00): Yeah. Well, that's exactly what the First Amendment is supposed to protect, are controversial views that go against the government. I mean, right? You don't need the First Amendment to protect speech that is pro-government, right? I mean, that's kind of obvious. If the First Amendment only protected pro-government speech, it wouldn't be much of a protection at all. As people say, you have to protect inconvenience speech and dissident speech. And so it's amazing that this prosecution went forward. Apparently, I guess they were convicted of conspiracy, but not some of the other charges. And by the way, let's say a couple things about it. First of all, I'm not sure they influenced anyone. I never heard of this organization to be totally honest, until this, right, until this indictment came down. And so number one, so they don't have much influence at all. Number two, I think this was over like 500 bucks in a donation they got for some Russian 500 bucks. Meanwhile, APAC is giving over a hundred million dollars in this election cycle to people's election campaigns. APAC owned Wilmer Leon (41:15): And Corey Bush Co Bush lost because of those efforts. And Jamal Bowman in New York lost because of those efforts. So not only is APAC donating and it's a hundred million by their admission in the New York Times, they were successful in their efforts. Dan Kovalik (41:36): They claim they were successful in every effort, every person, they backed one. And this has been true for years, of course, this type of influence. In fact, John F. Kennedy tried to make APAC liable under the Foreign Agent Registration Act, which is the act that the Arru group was prosecuted. And of course, Kennedy was not able to do so, and he was actually killed shortly after. You can draw your own conclusions. APAC has been this huge elephant in the living room, a huge influencer of American politics for many, many years. And yet, who's getting prosecuted for that? No one. No one. They go after these small fish Wilmer Leon (42:28): To make a big point. Dan Kovalik (42:29): Yeah, Wilmer Leon (42:30): Small fish to make a big point. And so this was an incredibly bizarre verdict because they weren't, as you mentioned, they weren't found guilty of failing to register as agents of the Russian government. They were convicted of conspiring to fail to register as agents of the government. Dan Kovalik (42:54): Incredible. It's absolutely incredible. Wilmer Leon (42:57): So the jury said that Chairman Omali Yeshitela and the other two defendants agreed to become unregistered agents of the Russian government, but didn't actually become agents of the Russian government. Dan Kovalik (43:15): They wanted to be agents, but Russian didn't care. They didn't want them to be agents, whatever. It's absolutely bizarre. And that we could talk about this all day. I mean, again, I'm a lawyer. I study criminal law, and that sort of, to get someone on that, that becomes just a thought crime. They literally did nothing they made, Wilmer Leon (43:35): Which by the way, isn't a crime, Dan Kovalik (43:36): Right? No, you're right. I mean, again, because that would be a First Amendment violation. We were not supposed to prosecute thoughts. And the idea is, oh, I wanted to do something. Well, that's not enough to convict someone. I mean, it's completely outrageous. And I think their case is on appeal, if I'm not mistaken. If it is, I really hope they win. I mean, God bless 'em. They really are the test case here for the rest of us. I mean, I think the government went after this small group that no one heard of because they figured no one would support them. They go after them first, make some bad precedent for the rest of us, then start going after the rest of us, which means it's a very important case. Wilmer Leon (44:22): And the prosecution, the government was unable to present hardly any witnesses. They had hardly any evidence because this was 95% fiction. It was just flat fiction. And I think what also the government didn't expect was the attention that this was going to bring. The courtroom was full of supporters for the Uhuru. They've been around since about 1972, and they've done incredible work in the communities that they work in. And so now final data point, as I understand it, you Dan Kalik we're coming back into this country last week. Dan Kovalik (45:14): Yeah, Friday. Last Friday, yeah. Wilmer Leon (45:16): I'll let you tell the story. Dan Kovalik (45:19): Yeah. So I was coming back from the anti-fascist Congress in Venezuela. Wilmer Leon (45:26): Yeah, Dan Kovalik (45:27): I believe, Wilmer Leon (45:28): Oh, wait a minute. See, I knew when I saw that white jacket, when I saw that white jacket Dan Kovalik (45:32): Knew something was bad. Yeah, they used to say they were premature. I guess that's what I'm, but anyway, I came back through Bolivia. And to be, make a long story short, I was held for four hours. I was interrogated where, what airport in Miami, which is not the airport, you really do want to come back through. But I was asked about my travels, about who I meet with, about my connections, my political beliefs. They Wilmer Leon (46:07): Asked you about your political beliefs. Dan Kovalik (46:09): Oh, yeah. Well, I mean, it was all about what countries do you like? What countries do you not like and do you feel most comfortable? What countries are you most afraid of? I said, honestly, the one I'm in right now because I get treated like this. And then Wilmer Leon (46:27): What was their reaction to that answer? Dan Kovalik (46:29): Well, they were a little defensive, but tried to continue with the conversation and then, well, even before, so before they got deeply into the questioning, they searched all my bags and took my cell phone and my computer. By the end of the evening, I did get my computer back, but my phone, I did not get back. And I just got it back this morning. So that would've been about three or four days they had it. And we know, I mean, you can Google this. There's a lot of stories about it. They have the right outside New York City. We can get into the exception outside of JFK and LaGuardia. They have the right everywhere else to take your phone and copy the whole thing, copy your computer, which I imagine they've done, which is an incredible privacy violation. As you can imagine. Most people have a heart attack if that happened to 'em. And it was clear, it was motivated by my trips to Russia, Venezuela, other countries. And in fact, I've been subject to secondary interrogation, which is what it's called at the border in the airports a number of times since I first started going to Russia about two years ago, I've been stopped. That was probably my fourth or fifth time being stopped. (48:02): I was told in Chicago when I was stopped some months ago, that I have a case number with the State Department that marked me for this type of interrogation. And other people like Danny Shaw, who's a friend of mine, a colleague of mine, he also was stopped Wilmer Leon (48:21): Friend of ours. Yeah, Dan Kovalik (48:23): Stopped for three hours. His phone was taken. I mean, he's Scott Ritter. Wilmer Leon (48:27): That was in Chicago. Dan Kovalik (48:28): Danny was stopped Wilmer Leon (48:29): In Chicago. Dan Kovalik (48:29): Chicago. Scott Ritter's house in New York was raided by the FBI. They took his phone and computer. So look, the hunt is on. There's no question about that. I do want to give one caveat, I mentioned this exception in New York City. There is a judge in New York, the federal court in New York who held in her court district, in her court jurisdiction, which covers JFK and LaGuardia. They cannot take your computer and phone without a search warrant. So people out there, Wilmer, if you're doing international travel, try to come back through JFK because Wilmer Leon (49:13): Thank you. I was just going to ask you about the warrant because this seems to be another violation. You're supposed to be secure in your person and your papers. Last I checked, and I'm not a lawyer. I did go to law school and I did stay at Holiday Inn Express. So there seemed to be a number of violations beyond the First Amendment when they start to detain you and they start to seize your property without warrants. Dan Kovalik (49:50): Yes. Well, the problem we have, Wilmer is outside the jurisdiction in New York, the courts have held that customs has the right to hold you even up to 72 hours, Wilmer without a lawyer interrogate you and to take your phone computer and copy it. They have held that until you get through the customs and immigration, Wilmer Leon (50:20): You're not officially in the country. Dan Kovalik (50:22): You're not in the United States of America. The Constitution does not apply to you. That's an incredible, incredible thing. Most Americans have no idea of it, and most Americans won't experience the repercussions of that. (50:36): But what that means, until you go through passport control and get your bag and go through those double doors and push on those double doors and go into the main terminal, they really have the power of God over you. And again, most people have no idea about that. And so what the government's decided to do is, okay, we're not going to even worry about getting a warrant. We won't even send the FBI to Dan Aleks home. We don't have to do that. We wait until he leaves the country. He comes back because he travels all the time, and we'll do things to him and take things from him. We could never do without a warrant and without an attorney being present if he's interrogated, et cetera. It's an incredible violation of our rights, as you say, Wilmer. But it is totally sanctioned, at least at this moment by the courts, except for that court in New York City. Wilmer Leon (51:33): So and where did they approach you? You're coming through the jet way. You're coming off, you're deplaning, you're coming through the jet way. So when you come out of the jet way to the terminal, what happened? Dan Kovalik (51:51): Well, so just as almost every time, so only one time this happened to me in Chicago recently. They were waiting for me off the plane. Right outside the plane. In theJet. (52:05): Yeah. The only time that happened, in fact, as we were descending, they announced in the plane is we were descending. Please have your passports ready when you exit the plane. They checked everyone's passports. When they got to me, they stopped checking because they had their guy and they took me to be interrogated. Now, there was only time that happened every other time, including this time in Miami. I get off the plane, I walk all that way. Usually it's a long walk all the way to passport control. I get in the line, I get up to the passport agent, she checks my passport, had a few questions, and I'm thinking maybe I'm going to be okay this time. And then she said, please stand over there. And I knew what that meant. Wilmer Leon (53:00): Did you say, go stand in the corner Dan Kovalik (53:02): And face the wall, basically. And she put a little orange slip over my passport and another guy comes out, he takes my passport and says, come with me. And I'm brought into another room with a bunch of other people, and I sat there for probably an hour. Other people were getting processed very quickly. After an hour, a customs officer came and said, please come with me with your baggage. And she said, now she begins, I'm sorry, Wilmer. She lied. Okay. She begins to make up this story. She says, you're subject to a random drug search from Bolivia because a lot of people are bringing in drugs. So we're going to check your bags and then I'm going to ask you a few questions. We'll let you go. And this is just a random, but she checks all my bags that she does, but she doesn't have a sniffer dog and she doesn't check my prescription pill bottles, which could have drugs in them. She didn't check my coffee I brought in, which could have drugs in them. Clearly this is theater. (54:08): And she says, as part of our search, we can take your phone and your computer. We're going to do that, but we're only going to search for issues related to drugs. Whether you told someone you have drugs or you swallow drugs. But then when she takes me to another room for interrogation, there's no questions about drugs. It's all about what countries do you visit? Do you meet with government officials? Do you know government officials? Do you know presidents of other countries? Again, what countries you feel comfortable in? What countries do you not feel comfortable in? (54:45): That sort of thing, which indicates that was the real reason for me being pulled over was my travels and political beliefs, not the drug stuff. That was just a lie, I think, to get me feeling comfortable enough to talk to them. So there you go. That's what happened. Again, it took me days to get my phone back again. You can read about it. The customs now copies thousands of phones a year. They put 'em on a database. All of that information is on the database for 15 years, and all 3000 customs officials have access to it. So some guy in whatever Oklahoma's board during his lunch can go eat his sandwich and look at my data. I mean, it's an amazing thing. Wilmer again, most Americans have no idea this is happening. Wilmer Leon (55:48): Wow. The land of the free and the home of the brave. So it's also important for people to understand this is happening during a democratic administration. Dan Kovalik (56:00): Yes. And especially because it's democratic. We know from the New York Times, an article about three weeks ago, talked about the FBI, investigating people for connections with Russia and rt, and they said specifically that this was ordered by President Joe Biden. So this is not an accident. This isn't just the bureaucracy doing what they do or the deep state. This has been ordered by a democratic president to happen. Wilmer Leon (56:30): And we also know that more whistleblowers were prosecuted during the Obama administration than any other administration in history. Dan Kovalik (56:40): Indeed, indeed. Wilmer Leon (56:44): Dan Kovalik, professor Dan Kovalik. Man, thank you so much for your time. I truly, truly appreciate. First of all, I'm very sorry that you as an American went through this. I'm even more aggrieved that you as a friend went through this. Thank you. But thank you for joining me today, Dan Kovalik (57:04): Wilmer. It's always a pleasure and you are a friend, and I admire you a lot, and I look forward to the next time we talk. Wilmer Leon (57:11): Well, man, appreciate it. And folks, thank you all so much for listening to the Connecting to Dots podcast with me, Dr. Wiler Leon. Stay tuned for new episodes every week. Also, please follow and subscribe. Leave a review, share the show, follow us on social media. You can see all the links below in the show description. And remember, this is where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge, talk without analysis is just chatter. And we don't chatter here on connecting the dots. See you again next time. Until then, I'm Dr. Wilmer Leon. Have a great one. Peace. I'm out Announcer (57:51): Connecting the dots with Dr. Wilmer Leon, where the analysis of politics, culture, and history converge.    

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Armenian News & Media | Azatutyun | Fake News | Press Freedom | Armenia | Artsakh | Global ConflictsConversations on GroongTopics:    - Armenian News & Media Space        -RFE/RL Azatutyun in the Armenian Media Space        - Fake News        - Freedom of Press    - Politics and Geopolitics of Armenia    - Artsakh    - Global Conflicts - Israel, UkraineGuest:    - Aghasi YenokyanHosts:    - Hovik Manucharyan - TW/@HovikYerevan    - Asbed Bedrossian - TW/@qubriqEpisode 289| Recorded: October 27, 2023Subscribe and follow us everywhere you are: linktr.ee/groong

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Recorremos algunos de los lugares mas misteriosos y supuestamente paranormales de Girona (aunque hacemos alguna trampa) ¿Que nos ocurrió en Marmellar? ¿Vimos fantasmas en Radio Liberty? ¿Encontramos a la bruja de la catedral y a la Cocollona? ¿Por que las moscas son seña de identidad de Girona? Descubrelo dando al play

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The second part of Svetlana's story starts shortly after her arrival in West Germany with her husband Oleg who is the Chief Editor of the Russian Service of Radio Liberty a CIA-financed station beaming Western propaganda into the Soviet Union. Listen to the previous episode here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode288/ To Svetlana's horror, Oleg reveals that he has been working for the KGB for 14 years. Svetlana is now trapped. She is in a quandary. Should she betray the man she loves and risk the wrath of the KGB or should she stay loyal to her husband? Loyalty wins out and she is invited by the Americans to teach Russian to intelligence officers and later becomes assistant to the commander at the US Army Intelligence Institute in Munich. However, in 1986 Oleg disappears and leaves Svetlana on her own in West Germany. At a press conference in Moscow, he reveals his espionage and suspicion falls on Svetlana… Cold War history is disappearing; however, a simple monthly donation will keep this podcast on the air. You'll become part of our community and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Episode extras including videos and photos https://coldwarconversations.com/episode289/ Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thousands of Ukrainian children have been abducted by Russia since the war began. But why? Where are the children being sent? And who's trying to find them and bring them home?This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.Guest: Christina Lamb, chief foreign correspondent, The Sunday Times.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips: SKY, CNN, BBC, International Criminal Court, UATV English, DW News, Ambient City, nathanolson, The infographics show, Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty, MSNBC. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Svetlana came from a dissident Jewish family opposed to Soviet rule in Latvia. Her parents survived World War 2, but during the Stalin era two members of her family were held in the Gulags. The family never resigned themselves to Latvia's occupation by the Soviet Union in 1940. It was almost impossible to legally leave the Soviet Union, however, in 1971 the first opportunities for "Jewish" emigration appeared, and Svetlana, then aged 12 and her family left legally. At the age of 16, she is staying with her Uncle in London when she comes across Bush House, the home of the BBC Russian Service. Svetlana manages to get a job there and begins to get promoted. She meets Georgi Markov who is assassinated by Bulgarian Security Services on Waterloo Bridge in London and later she is introduced to Oleg, the Chief Editor of the Russian Service of Radio Liberty, a CIA-financed station beaming Western propaganda into the Soviet Union. This meeting has a profound effect on her life… The fight to preserve Cold War history continues and via a simple monthly donation, you will give me the ammunition to keep this podcast on the air. You'll become part of our community and get a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank you and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history.  Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, We also welcome one-off donations via the same link. Details and extra video content on this link https://coldwarconversations.com/episode288/ St Petersburg (Leningrad) aircraft hijack episode https://coldwarconversations.com/episode258/ Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio Free Europe - Radio Liberty presumably test shortwave transmission on the frequency of 3975 kHz at 22.24 UTC on 8 February 2023. Received using SDR web receiver located in Germany.

Today I reply my interview from February 2020 with MANDA ZAND ERVIN, Founder and Director of the Alliance of Iranian Women. We will be talking about Iran, the beautiful history of Iran, the ruling Women-Gods, the plight of women in Iran under Sharia law, and her new book, “The Ladies' Secret Society: History of the Courageous Women of Iran.“During the Iranian Islamic revolution, Manda witnessed the execution of many innocent people, including her high school principal who was murdered because she was a woman and the secretary of education.  She witnessed the human rights of the Iranian people, especially the women, taken away from them. She witnessed her homeland leaving the twentieth century to turn backward and she witnessed the effect.Manda came to the United States as a political refugee on June 17th, 1980, became a citizen three years later and began her fight for human rights in Iran. She is the founder and president of the Alliance of Iranian Women a group which has deep connections within the Iranian diaspora and within Iran.As the head of the Alliance of Iranian Women, Manda Ervin works to bring the West's attention to the plight of Iranian women under Islamic Sharia laws.  She almost single-handedly gathered the support to pass a 2003 U.S. Senate Resolution on the human rights of the women of Iran. In 2005 Manda was invited to speak at the UN conference on the family in Islamic societies.Manda is an analyst and writer, published by many online political magazines, like the Hudson Institute, American Thinker, and Family Security Matters, National Review and others.  She speaks on TV and radio programs, nationally and internationally, including CNN, BBC, Radio France, VOA, Radio Liberty.Her book reveals, in print for the first time, the long history of struggle against clerical domination that Iranian women have been engaged in for centuries. Rooted in the proud history of ancient Iran, where Mother-Gods were once worshipped, the Ladies' Secret Society, an organization founded in the early decades of the 20th Century, was both the inheritor of this proud history, and the progenitor of the contemporary women's rights campaign in the Iran of today. Zand Ervin relates the stories, and records the accomplishments, of generations of individual women activists, who fought like lionesses for every scrap of freedom they gained, only to see all their hard-won rights destroyed with the coming of Khomeini's Islamic Revolution. During the Islamic revolution, Zand Ervin witnessed the execution of many innocent people, including her high school principal, who was executed simply because she was a woman, and the Secretary of Education. She offers heartbreaking and compelling eyewitness testimonies of strong and emancipated women who were brutally pushed backwards to living under a crude, medieval society, and who have fought back, under sometimes impossible odds, and continue fighting today. Manda Zand Ervin's History of Iran, the Iran that has been imprisoned behind a veil offers an insight and context to news of terrorism and the dangers caused by the misogynistic clerical regime ruling Iran which continues to dominate headlines.https://www.allianceofiranianwomen.org/2020/01/an-iranian-womens-rights-advocates-life-hanging-in-the-balance/Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston,http://www.radiokingston.org.We heard music from our fave, Shana Falana,http://www.shanafalana.com/Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.orgLeave me a voicemail with your thoughts or a few words about who has what you want and why! (845)481-3429** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IT http://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER:https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr'Follow:INSTAGRAM *https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK *https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER *https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

On this week's episode of Horns of a Dilemma Clement Center Senior National Security Fellow Mark Pomar, who helped to oversee the Russian language broadcasts of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty during the Cold War, discusses his book, Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Pomar is joined by Professor Kiril Avramov in a great discussion of both how the Russian language broadcasts helped to advance American interests, and how information figures in contemporary conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  This event was held at the University of Texas, Austin in October 2022.

In this episode, Siri Khalsa and I co-host a conversation with Bob McMahon. Bob and Siri were classmate on the Fletcher School's GMAP programme in International Relations.Bob has spent more than 3 decades at the intersection of journalism and international affairs, including stints as the Associated Press World Desk Editor in New York, Director of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty's central new operation in Prague, and the UN correspondent for RFE/RL, and now he is Managing Editor of the award-winning website of the Council on Foreign Relations. In our conversation, Bob mentions Shannon K. O'Neil's new book, The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter. Bob hosts the weekly podcast The World Next Week. Recorded on 29 November 2022.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceConnect with Bob on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/bob-mcmahon-438037a/. Please subscribe to At the Coalface wherever you get your podcasts to receive a new episode every two weeks: Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  Google PodcastsSupport the show

Žengiant naują žingsnį kovoje su Rusijos ir Baltarusijos skleidžiama propaganda, „Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty“ (RFE/RL) atidaro naują biurą Vilniuje. Čia kuriamas turinys baltarusių ir rusų kalbomis, skirtas Baltarusijos auditorijai, kaip alternatyva valstybinei propagandai.Baigiasi pereinamasis ES sankcijų vartojimo prekėms iš Rusijos laikotarpis Nuo pirmadienio iš Rusijos nebus leidžiama importuoti daugelio plataus vartojimo prekių, tiek fiziniams, tiek juridiniams asmenims. Tuo tarpu, SEB banko ekonomistas Tadas Povilauskas sako, kad iki šiol prekyba buvo maskuojama reeksportu per aplinkines šalis.Į LRT RADIJĄ kreipėsi klausytoja, kuri per šventes keliavo autobuse, kuris pateko į avariją. Pasak pareigūnų, autobusas nuo kelio nuvažiavo galbūt sutrikus vairuotojo sveikatai. Moteris teigia, kad nenukentėję keleiviai nesulaukė reikalingos pagalbos, taip pat domisi, kiek rimtai vykdoma vairuotojų sveikatos patikra.Ved. Rūta Kupetytė

Now we need experts on Russian society and politics more than ever – not just to understand the war and its origins, but to understand what comes after it. Kseniya Kirillova is an Investigative journalist and analyst. She offers her expert views on several services of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, with a focus on analysing Russian society, mentality. For this podcast we are especially interested in her deep knowledge of the mechanisms of Russian propaganda (including in the US), "active measures" and foreign policy. Kseniya is author of several hundred articles, including researches on Russian propaganda and soft power for the Atlantic Council, the Jamestown Foundation, British Institute for Statecraft, EU Today, British-Canadian security project Defense Report, Ukrainian English-language media Kyiv Post and Euromaidan Press, Stop Fake project, etc. In the United States, she has cooperated with the Associated Press, Newsweek, The Daily Beast, ABC7, Newsy, and other media. Expert of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies.

Jamie Fly is the president of RFE/RL, that combination of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. RFE/RL is especially critical these days, when the Kremlin is waging its war on Ukraine, and its usual disinformation war. Questioned by Jay, Jamie Fly goes through some of the basics. A very important arena, we’re talking about. Source

Jamie Fly is the president of RFE/RL, that combination of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. RFE/RL is especially critical these days, when the Kremlin is waging its war on Ukraine, and its usual disinformation war. Questioned by Jay, Jamie Fly goes through some of the basics. A very important arena, we're talking about. Source

WR discusses his first book Prophet of Evil on Radio Liberty with Stan Monteith in 2010.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Radio Liberty journalist Vera Gyrych died as a result of a Russian missile hitting the house where she lived in Kyiv. - В результате обстрела жилого комплекса в Киеве погибла журналистка "Радио Свобода" Вера Гирич. Россия ракетами обстреляла украинскую столицу, когда там находился Генсек ООН.