[grc] Resources 4 Ukraine

Philip Tymon philiptymon at gmail.com
Fri Mar 11 19:59:37 PST 2022 

Thank you!

On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 6:37 PM Jeff Shaw via grc <grc at maillist.peak.org>
wrote:

> "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]
> >>>>>>
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