[grc] Resources 4 Ukraine

Fri Mar 11 18:37:02 PST 2022

"Ukraine on Fire" isn't banned from Youtube.    It is flagged due to 
some extremely graphic content.

Having said that, it really isn't worth watching.

You can save yourself the time and just read this:
https://khpg.org/en/1480891067

BBC has some much more nuanced coverage of the far-right in Ukraine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEKQsnRGv7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE6b4ao8gAQ

On 3/10/22 10:11 AM, Ann Garrison via grc wrote:
> I'm going to be frank and say I think this is an unfortunate choice, but
> I'm not just talking to Sharon because a lot of similar choices seem to be
> being made in Pacifica.
>
> The problem is not just "the violent invasion of the Russian military."
> The U.S. is at war with Ukraine and has been since 2014. I wish Putin
> hadn't done what he did, but he has been provoked by NATO's expansion right
> up to Russia and its ally Belarus's borders for decades.  See Oliver
> Stone's film, "Ukraine on Fire," which has been banned from the YouTube
> just because it's a dissenting voice—and a use of the free speech rights,
> which are becoming more attenuated in the US every day.  Rumble picked it
> up and is offering it for free in support of free speech rights. YouTube is
> a platform created by a private corporation, and private corporations don't
> owe anyone free speech, but the US government is now so wedded to Big Tech
> that this amounts to government censorship.
>
> Why are there no tears for DR Congo, where millions have died because of US
> proxy wars  and occupation since 1996?  And where child labor is brutally
> exploited to mine gold and various minerals required to manufacture weapons
> and renewable energy? Why has no one ever been prosecuted for the horrific
> human rights abuse, including genocide, documened in the 2010 UN Mapping
> Report on the Democratic Republic of Congo?  There are many more horrific
> crimes and proxy wars underway in the Global South every day, but we don't
> have campaigns and outpourings of anguish over them because the US and/or
> its European allies are responsible.
>
> By the time he left office, Obama had dropped a record number of Cruise
> Missiles on Syria, so many that Lockheed Martin had gone into emergency
> production to manufacture more.  Libya has been in a state of chaos since
> NATO decimated it in 2011. Millions of Ethiopians have been displaced by an
> ongoing civil conflict begun by TPLF, the US's longtime ally and proxy army
> in Africa. And then there's Palestine, which I'm sure we all know about.
>
> This is a piece I wrote this week about US sanctions, which are economic
> warfare and outright theft.:
> https://blackagendareport.com/sanctions-sanctimonious-word-economic-warfare-and-outright-theft
> .
>
> I'm not saying any of this to be aggressive with Sharon. As I said at the
> beginning of this, I think there's a failure in much of Pacifica to
> understand the context of the Russia/Ukraine war, which is actually a
> US/NATO/Russia war. To my mind, Democracy Now's coverage has been for the
> most part ahistoric.
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 7:45 AM Sharon Scott via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
> wrote:
>
>> ART FM stands with the people of Ukraine and against the violent
>> invasion of the Russian military.
>>
>> As such, we have created a list of resources - PSAs, Programs, and Music
>> for coping with the crisis and celebrating Ukrainian culture.
>> This is a growing list, please send any additions.
>>
>> https://artxfm.com/ukraine/
>>
>> WXOX is proud to host a new weekly program called DOBRYI DEN which means
>> Good Day in Ukrainian.  Hosted by Megan and Andriy Sherehiy the program
>> showcases the music, poetry and art of Ukraine interwoven with voices
>> from the conflict zone and their messages for American listeners.
>>
>> Dobryi Den airs live every Saturday between 11am - 1pm Eastern on
>> www.ARTxFM.com  >>>  Noncommercial Stations wishing to simulcast are
>> welcome to do so.  You can contact me at this e-mail (gm at artxfm.com) and
>> the host will include your call letters.
>>
>> The 2-hour pilot episode is now available on Pacifica's Audioport &
>> available to other stations upon request.  It is evergreen with all
>> timestamps and station IDs removed.  If all goes well, new 1 hour
>> episodes of Dobryi Den will be uploaded to Audioport each week.
>>
>> Dobryi Den on Audioport - Episode 1
>> https://audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=223692&nav=&
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2022-03-09 22:08, Robert Park wrote:
>>> Tonight our Wednesday world music hour is devoted entirely to music
>>> from Ukraine (airing now).
>>>
>>> Bob Park
>>> Program Director
>>> WIDE-LP 99.1 FM Madison WI
>>> http://widelp.org/
>>> email: radio at widelp.org
>>> https://twitter.com/WIDE_LP
>>> https://www.facebook.com/WIDE.LP.99.1/
>>> "Progressive Voices on the Air"
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 8:32 PM Sharon Scott <gm at artxfm.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> aGREED Robert! ....  it's terrible to use this human tragedy as a
>>>> marketing opportunity.  Also, agreed that Ukrainian music would be
>>>> much
>>>> more appropriate - and more powerful - than the John Lennon song.
>>>> Perhaps community radio stations could make our own statement
>>>> instead of
>>>> jumping on the Public Radio train.  We can discuss tomorrow night at
>>>> the
>>>> GRC meeting.
>>>>
>>>> On 2022-03-09 21:08, Robert Park via grc wrote:
>>>>> I hate to see this idea coupled with a requirement to fill out a
>>>> form
>>>>> which
>>>>> says at the bottom "By submitting this form, you are consenting to
>>>>> receive
>>>>> marketing emails from: Paragon Media Strategies". I won't be
>>>> filling
>>>>> out
>>>>> that form. Of course we have the John Lennon song and if I air it
>>>> I
>>>>> will
>>>>> probably air just before or after it one of the many Ukrainian
>>>> songs
>>>>> available on YouTube such as this one
>>>>>
>>> <
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf6El9jHdGg&list=PLSTJHXWWhQLxzMwXRyEa-FStobOgP2B8a&index=2
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 9, 2022 at 5:48 PM Michael D. Brown via grc <
>>>>> grc at maillist.peak.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>> https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/216327/public-radio-stations-urged-to-air-give-peace-a-ch
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael D. Brown
>>>>>> Brown Broadcast Services, Inc.
>>>>>> 3740 SW Comus St. ● Portland OR 97219-7418 USA
>>>>>> <mailto:mike at brownbroadcast.com> mike at brownbroadcast.com  ●
>>>> <
>>>>>> http://www.brownbroadcast.com> www.brownbroadcast.com [1]
>>>>>> offc 503-245-6065 ● cell 503-703-3202
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: Lisa Kettyle <lisa at nfcb.org>
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2022 6:46 AM
>>>>>> To: NFCB Listserve (listserve at nfcb.org) <listserve at nfcb.org>
>>>>>> Subject: [NFCB List] This Friday - Public Radio Together for
>>>> Peace
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This Friday (3/11) at 10:30a PT/11:30a MT/12:30p CT/1:30p ET.,
>>>> public
>>>>>> radio stations across the country will air John Lennon’s
>>>> “Give Peace A
>>>>>> Chance”.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Public radio member organizations Public Radio Program Directors
>>>>>> (PRPD) <
>>>>>> https://prpd.org/> , National Federation of Community
>>>> Broadcasters
>>>>>> (NFCB)
>>>>>> <https://nfcb.org/> , and VuHaus Group
>>>> <https://www.vuhausgroup.org/>
>>>>>> are encouraging all member radio stations to air the song at that
>>>>>> time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sally Kane, CEO of NFCB, added, "Right up there with food,
>>>> clothing,
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> shelter - human connection is something we can't live without.
>>>> Radio
>>>>>> has
>>>>>> always amplified connection, and at this moment in time, we can
>>>> take
>>>>>> action
>>>>>> for the people of Ukraine and reinforce the connection we share
>>>> as
>>>>>> human
>>>>>> beings. It's the only power we have that can outlast the kind of
>>>>>> depravity
>>>>>> that has been unleashed. To do nothing in the face of this
>>>>>> transgression is
>>>>>> to be complicit in its devastation. This is why we take to the
>>>>>> airwaves;
>>>>>> it's our sacred duty."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If your station would like to participate, all assets can be
>>>>>> downloaded
>>>>>> from the Paragon website at
>>>> http://www.paragonmediastrategies.com/.
>>>>>> This
>>>>>> includes the :15 second recorded promo and copy to air in
>>>> advance, a
>>>>>> recorded introduction paired with the song audio that will time
>>>> out at
>>>>>> exactly 5 minutes, intro copy and the song audio file for
>>>> stations
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> wish to produce or read their own introduction, a graphic image,
>>>> and a
>>>>>> social media playbook for stations to pre-promote the event
>>>> off-air.
>>>>>> We
>>>>>> hope that your stations will participate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've attached the official press release below.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Lisa Kettyle
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Program Director
>>>>>>
>>>>>> National Federation of Community Broadcasters
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <mailto:lisa at nfcb.org> lisa at nfcb.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>> <http://nfcb.org/> www.nfcb.org [2]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Office Hours: Mon.- Fri., 9:00 - 5:00 (CST)
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