Truth and Justice Radio Sun Jun 6 with Host Bob Funke; producer John Roberts; IN SPIRIT: Sherif Fam (1936-2010) and Steve Cornie (1963-2019); offsite help from Stan Robinson, Jerry Sobieraj, and many others ... on WZBC 90.3 FM Newton

Phil Ochs (singing/playing) I Ain't Marchin' Anymore

Single (Elektra), also released on many albums 1966 Soul

Squeaky Wheel Productions (squeakywheel.net, Trumbull, CT) Weekly edition posted 6-2-2021

Between The Lines (regular weekly feature of TJR) Available at BTL's website btlonline.org 2021

Sarah Kendzior: Trump-GOP Anti-Democracy Insurrection Continues as Democrats Shrug; Big Wind: Indigenous Communities Lead the Fight to Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota; Nicholas Kusnetz: ExxonMobil on Losing End of Stockholder Climate Rebellion; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.

6:30 AM

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (New York City) Weekly edition 6-2-2021: Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre

Counterspin (regular weekly feature of TJR) Available at FAIR's website fair.org/counterspin 2021

Journalism has been central to public reckoning with the Tulsa massacre ever since that late May night 100 years ago.

6:58 AM

Stan (announcing) “Exonerating Ethel” [Rosenberg] with her granddaughter Jennifer Meeropol

Event 11am TODAY at Community Church of Boston 2021

Jenn Meeropol discusses the successes and lessons learned from the 2016 campaign to exonerate her grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. In 1951, at the height of the McCarthy era, Ethel was convicted of “conspiracy to commit espionage” alongside her husband Julius in a trial that would come to symbolize "Red Scare" hysteria and the U.S.’s willingness to commit injustice in the name of national security. As we mark the 70th anniversary of the conviction, Jenn shares what comes next for the exonerate campaign, including the exciting possibility of a relaunch effort in the months to come, and why it still matters today. You can join this event by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzqBfbtvnhNKWmzpCm0lIA .

7:00 AM

Host Fernanda Echavarri The Insurrection Was a Giant Recruitment Exercise for Extremists

The Mother Jones podcast Available at MJ's website motherjones.com 2021

This is Episode 171, posted at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/podcast-january-6-qanon-history-whats-next/ . The deadly insurrection at the US Capitol wasn’t the start of something, nor was it the end. What happened on January 6 had been planned for weeks, and the ideology behind it had been brewing for years. That day’s chaos was the moment in which a dangerous mix of far-right factions came together in a way that won’t be disentangled anytime soon. Even now, some five months later, there’s still so much to process and still so many questions to answer (especially as Republicans work to forget the deadly attack ever happened). So at Mother Jones, we’re continuing to unpack what led to that day and what has followed.

7:30 AM

Host Alex Smith (interviewing economist Dr. Tim Jackson) Post Growth: Life After Capitalism

Radio Ecoshock Available at RE's website ecoshock.org 2021

Right up to the minute, out comes a new book from respected economist Dr. Tim Jackson. It is called “Post Growth: Life After Capitalism”. Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development, and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. After serving as economist advising the UK Government on sustainability, Tim’s book “Prosperity Without Growth” made a few people cranky.

8:00 AM

Host John Roberts The Israeli Lobby's strategy to challenge the BDS Movement

This Week In Palestine (award-winning exclusive weekly feature of TJR) For a description or download of this or any week's edition of T.W.I.P., go to TJR's website truthandjusticeradio.org 2021

We feature reports on two incidents, which took place in the last few weeks, which are illustrative of this strategy. These incidents illustrate the depth of the Israeli Lobby’s strategy to obstruct the reach of the Palestinian BDS Movement in its attempts to shape Media reporting as it did in the Associated Press firing of Emily Wilder and through the development of state laws to outlaw the BDS Movement, as it has in Texas and other states.

8:55 AM

Stan (reading from published article) Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An inquiry won’t dig out the truth, it will deepen the deception

Consortium News article 6-3-2021 by Jonathan Cook posted at https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/03/was-there-a-wuhan-lab-leak/ 2021

... Did a human-manipulated novel coronavirus escape from the lab and spread around the world? Here we get to the tricky bit, because nobody in a position to answer that question appears to have any interest in finding out the truth — or at least, they have no interest in the rest of us learning the truth. Not China. Not U.S. policy-makers. Not the World Health Organization. And not the corporate media. The only thing we can state with certainty is this: our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests. ...

9:10 AM

Co-hosts Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith Director of Palestine Legal speaks on recent Israel-Palestine Conflict

Law and Disorder Radio (one of TJR's very special sources) Available at L&D's website lawanddisorder.org 2021

... The recent 11 day horrific slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, approved in advance by the Biden administration and conducted by Israel with American supplied weapons, started when Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to consolidate right wing support evicted Palestinians from their homes in a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Prime Minister also had his military invade and shoot up the Al-Asqua mosque in Jerusalem while 300 Palestinians were there praying on the last day of Ramadan. The Zionist apparatus in the United States is extremely strong. Through lawsuits and political pressure they have carved out what Michael Ratner called – the Palestine exception to the First Amendment. ...

9:50 AM

Stan (reading from published article) FirstEnergy Defends Its Role in $61 Million Bribery Scheme: protected by 1st Amendment!

ReadSludge article 6-5-2021 by David Moore, co-founder of Sludge, posted at https://readsludge.com/2021/06/05/firstenergy-defends-its-role-in-61-million-bribery-scheme/ 2021

The company claims its millions in donations to a dark money group that pleaded guilty to bribing politicians on its behalf are protected by the First Amendment! Ohio is currently home to the largest public corruption case in the country, far outdoing cases playing out in usual suspects Illinois and New York in terms of the amount of money and powerful figures involved. The federal investigation into a $61 million bribery scheme involves the Akron-based coal and nuclear power company formerly named FirstEnergy Solutions, a “dark money” advocacy group called Generation Now, and a group of defendants led by indicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder—who won re-election in 2020 with 74% of the vote, despite being arrested by the FBI last summer on bribery charges. ...

9:55 AM

Stan (announcing) “Exonerating Ethel” [Rosenberg] with her granddaughter Jennifer Meeropol

Event starting at 11am TODAY at Community Church of Boston For more details on CCB events communitychurchofboston.org 2021

There are two more CCB events on Wed June 9, both related to Julian Assange, one of the world's finest heroes.

6:00 AM		Phil Ochs (singing/playing) I Ain't Marchin' Anymore Single (Elektra), also released on many albums 1966 Soul
6:03 AM		Squeaky Wheel Productions (squeakywheel.net, Trumbull, CT) Weekly edition posted 6-2-2021 Between The Lines (regular weekly feature of TJR) Available at BTL's website btlonline.org 2021 Sarah Kendzior: Trump-GOP Anti-Democracy Insurrection Continues as Democrats Shrug; Big Wind: Indigenous Communities Lead the Fight to Stop the Line 3 Tar Sands Pipeline in Minnesota; Nicholas Kusnetz: ExxonMobil on Losing End of Stockholder Climate Rebellion; Bob Nixon: This Week’s Under-reported News Summary.
6:30 AM		Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (New York City) Weekly edition 6-2-2021: Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre Counterspin (regular weekly feature of TJR) Available at FAIR's website fair.org/counterspin 2021 Journalism has been central to public reckoning with the Tulsa massacre ever since that late May night 100 years ago.
6:58 AM		Stan (announcing) “Exonerating Ethel” [Rosenberg] with her granddaughter Jennifer Meeropol Event 11am TODAY at Community Church of Boston 2021 Jenn Meeropol discusses the successes and lessons learned from the 2016 campaign to exonerate her grandmother, Ethel Rosenberg. In 1951, at the height of the McCarthy era, Ethel was convicted of “conspiracy to commit espionage” alongside her husband Julius in a trial that would come to symbolize "Red Scare" hysteria and the U.S.’s willingness to commit injustice in the name of national security. As we mark the 70th anniversary of the conviction, Jenn shares what comes next for the exonerate campaign, including the exciting possibility of a relaunch effort in the months to come, and why it still matters today. You can join this event by going to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzqBfbtvnhNKWmzpCm0lIA .
7:00 AM		Host Fernanda Echavarri The Insurrection Was a Giant Recruitment Exercise for Extremists The Mother Jones podcast Available at MJ's website motherjones.com 2021 This is Episode 171, posted at https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/podcast-january-6-qanon-history-whats-next/ . The deadly insurrection at the US Capitol wasn’t the start of something, nor was it the end. What happened on January 6 had been planned for weeks, and the ideology behind it had been brewing for years. That day’s chaos was the moment in which a dangerous mix of far-right factions came together in a way that won’t be disentangled anytime soon. Even now, some five months later, there’s still so much to process and still so many questions to answer (especially as Republicans work to forget the deadly attack ever happened). So at Mother Jones, we’re continuing to unpack what led to that day and what has followed.
7:30 AM		Host Alex Smith (interviewing economist Dr. Tim Jackson) Post Growth: Life After Capitalism Radio Ecoshock Available at RE's website ecoshock.org 2021 Right up to the minute, out comes a new book from respected economist Dr. Tim Jackson. It is called “Post Growth: Life After Capitalism”. Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development, and Director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity. After serving as economist advising the UK Government on sustainability, Tim’s book “Prosperity Without Growth” made a few people cranky.
8:00 AM		Host John Roberts The Israeli Lobby's strategy to challenge the BDS Movement This Week In Palestine (award-winning exclusive weekly feature of TJR) For a description or download of this or any week's edition of T.W.I.P., go to TJR's website truthandjusticeradio.org 2021 We feature reports on two incidents, which took place in the last few weeks, which are illustrative of this strategy. These incidents illustrate the depth of the Israeli Lobby’s strategy to obstruct the reach of the Palestinian BDS Movement in its attempts to shape Media reporting as it did in the Associated Press firing of Emily Wilder and through the development of state laws to outlaw the BDS Movement, as it has in Texas and other states.
8:55 AM		Stan (reading from published article) Was There a Wuhan Lab Leak? An inquiry won’t dig out the truth, it will deepen the deception Consortium News article 6-3-2021 by Jonathan Cook posted at https://consortiumnews.com/2021/06/03/was-there-a-wuhan-lab-leak/ 2021 ... Did a human-manipulated novel coronavirus escape from the lab and spread around the world? Here we get to the tricky bit, because nobody in a position to answer that question appears to have any interest in finding out the truth — or at least, they have no interest in the rest of us learning the truth. Not China. Not U.S. policy-makers. Not the World Health Organization. And not the corporate media. The only thing we can state with certainty is this: our understanding of the origins of Covid has been narratively managed over the past 15 months and is still being narratively managed. We are being told only what suits powerful political, scientific and commercial interests. ...
9:10 AM		Co-hosts Heidi Boghosian and Michael Smith Director of Palestine Legal speaks on recent Israel-Palestine Conflict Law and Disorder Radio (one of TJR's very special sources) Available at L&D's website lawanddisorder.org 2021 ... The recent 11 day horrific slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, approved in advance by the Biden administration and conducted by Israel with American supplied weapons, started when Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an effort to consolidate right wing support evicted Palestinians from their homes in a Palestinian neighborhood in Jerusalem. The Prime Minister also had his military invade and shoot up the Al-Asqua mosque in Jerusalem while 300 Palestinians were there praying on the last day of Ramadan. The Zionist apparatus in the United States is extremely strong. Through lawsuits and political pressure they have carved out what Michael Ratner called – the Palestine exception to the First Amendment. ...
9:50 AM		Stan (reading from published article) FirstEnergy Defends Its Role in $61 Million Bribery Scheme: protected by 1st Amendment! ReadSludge article 6-5-2021 by David Moore, co-founder of Sludge, posted at https://readsludge.com/2021/06/05/firstenergy-defends-its-role-in-61-million-bribery-scheme/ 2021 The company claims its millions in donations to a dark money group that pleaded guilty to bribing politicians on its behalf are protected by the First Amendment! Ohio is currently home to the largest public corruption case in the country, far outdoing cases playing out in usual suspects Illinois and New York in terms of the amount of money and powerful figures involved. The federal investigation into a $61 million bribery scheme involves the Akron-based coal and nuclear power company formerly named FirstEnergy Solutions, a “dark money” advocacy group called Generation Now, and a group of defendants led by indicted former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder—who won re-election in 2020 with 74% of the vote, despite being arrested by the FBI last summer on bribery charges. ...
9:55 AM		Stan (announcing) “Exonerating Ethel” [Rosenberg] with her granddaughter Jennifer Meeropol Event starting at 11am TODAY at Community Church of Boston For more details on CCB events communitychurchofboston.org 2021 There are two more CCB events on Wed June 9, both related to Julian Assange, one of the world's finest heroes.

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