May 2017

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The Real News Network / TRNN is a grassroots alternative video media outlet covering an extraordinary range of issues and presents an amazing and unique breadth of academics, activists, authors, experts, journalists, NGOs and individuals.

Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

Will Maryland Pioneer Offshore Wind Farming in America?
Despite a climate-denying federal government, two new offshore wind farms could bring thousands of clean jobs to Maryland’s Sparrow’s Point
Trump Budget: Foundation for Great American Misery
Every time we move money out of education or building a green economy and move it into the military we are losing jobs for every dollar we spend, says Prof. Emeritus Robert Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute
As Trump Takes Aim, Iranians Vote for More Engagement
While President Trump used his Middle East trip to denounce Iran and sell weapons to its Saudi Arabian rival, author and scholar Nahid Siamdoust of Yale University says Iranian voters delivered an overwhelming endorsement of deeper engagement with the world
US Increases Nuclear Energy Spending as It Fights Global Weapons Ban
David Swanson of World Beyond War says the Trump administration is increasing nuclear energy spending while seeking to thwart a landmark global campaign for a UN treaty banning the possession and use of nuclear weapons
Democratic Party NGO Presents Far-Reaching but Problematic Jobs Program
Dean Baker of CEPR discusses problems involving the Center for American Progress’s proposal for an ambitious federal jobs guarantee program

Though our broadcast of The Real News is limited to 1 hour, we’d also like to share these additional features with you which can be viewed via the following links…

Exxon Climate Change Cover Up: What Did Exxon and CEO Rex Tillerson Know and What Did They Do About It?
Rex Tillerson now acknowledges climate change science, but as CEO of Exxon Mobile did he do anything about it? The New York State Attorney General wants to know says Investigative journalist David Hasemeyer
Trump and the Future of the Paris Climate Accord
Climate scientist Dana Nuccitelli discusses the Trump Administration’s tendency to embrace fake climate news and the administration’s hostility to sound climate change policy

admin Use Your Words!

This week on Use Your Words, Elise Stuart interviews Albuquerque poet Mark Fleisher.

Use Your Words! is broadcast live on the 2nd & 4th Fridays of the month at 4:30pm and rebroadcast the following Fridays at the same time.

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Use Your Words! / Mark Fleisher

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or would like to be a guest on the show, Elise Stuart can be contacted at UseYourWords@GMCR.org.

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Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik is joined by Mariel Nanasi, Executive Director of New Energy Economy to discuss the
100% Renewables Campaign and efforts to transition to clean energy.

Our global community faces a future of catastrophic climate change if we continue on our current path and do not reduce our carbon emissions immediately. With the loss of federal policies to implement the goals outlined in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, such as the Trump administration’s repeal of Obama’s Clean Power Plan and other climate policies, many states have picked up the torch to transition to clean energy. Mariel Nanasi and New Energy Economy are leading the charge here in NM for 100% renewable energy.

New Energy Economy is a non-profit advocacy group based in Santa Fe that works to build a carbon-free energy future for our health and environment.

100% Renewables Campaign Launch The Urgency of Now: A Path to Justice Monday, June 5th, 5:30 – 7:30 pm, UU Fellowship Hall 3845 N Swan St. Silver City.

Earth Matters is broadcast
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm.

Or – when podcast post-production is completed – listen at your convenience via this link…
Earth Matters / Mariel Nanasi

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Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

FBI Investigations Are Conducted at the Discretion of its Director
White Collar criminologist Bill Black explains the history and dynamics of FBI investigations, which show that they are not as unstoppable or unimpeachable as they are being made out to be.
Vickie Cooper / The Violence of Austerity & GE2017
Co-author of new book ‘The Violence of Austerity’, Vickie Cooper talks housing, social policy and the ongoing pain inflicted on marginalised groups since the financial crisis, ahead of GE2017.
Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Gerrymandering in North Carolina
Kamau Franklin of the Atlanta Black Star says a Supreme Court ruling that North Carolina unlawfully used race in redrawing Congressional maps is a blow to racial gerrymandering across the United States.
Record Iran Vote Turnout Gives Rouhani a Big Mandate
Middle East analyst Ehsan Abdoh Tabrizi says that while Iran President Hassan Rouhani remains limited in impacting the country’s foreign policy, his landslide re-election gives him a significant opportunity for domestic reforms.
Trump Budget Slashes Vital Programs to Enrich the Wealthy
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research says President Donald Trump’s new budget makes unprecedented cuts to already subpar levels of social assistance and “redistributes upward” to wealthy Americans.

Though our broadcast of The Real News is limited to 1 hour, we’d also like to share these additional features with you which can be viewed via the following links…

John Pilger: Julian Assange is Cleared of Rape Allegations, but Far From Free
Filmmaker and journalist John Pilger says Swedish authorities should be ’embarrassed’ for pursuing what he called trumped up accusations against Assange and also how journalists are increasingly targeted as enemies of the state.

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Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses the wonders of Biochar with Gordon West CEO of GilaWoodNet

With atmospheric carbon dioxide moving permanently above 400 parts per million, the planet has bumped up against the 2 degree Celsius temperature threshold agreed to in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. What can we do to remove heat trapping carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and mitigate global warming? Biochar is one solution identified to not only increase crop yields and generate a value-added product for biomass waste, but also to sequester carbon and help the climate crisis.

GilaWoodNet is a local company in operation since 2000. Gila WoodNet is a forest thinning operation, a small log sortyard, a processor of wood chips, mulch, compost, firewood and building logs located in the Santa Clara Industrial Park.

Earth Matters is broadcast
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm.

Or – when podcast post-production is completed – listen at your convenience via this link…
Earth Matters / Gordon West

admin The Real News

Gila Mimbres Community Radio / KURU 89.1 FM is
the very first Community Radio Station in the nation
to present content from The Real News Network!

GMCR / KURU broadcasts and webcasts The Real News on Wednesday evenings at 7pm. The program is a one hour magazine format with a selection of their current, news, analysis and commentary.

Or listen at your convenience via the following links…

Time for Trump to Come Clean on Russian Connections and Money Laundering
If Trump has nothing to hide, he would have allowed the investigations to continue, to prove that there is nothing improper with his connections to Russia, says investigative journalist James Henry
Afghanistan: U.S. Poised to Extend a War it Can’t Win
Military historian Andrew Bacevich says the U.S. is could soon escalate the Afghan war rather than face the tough questions it would take to end it
Corbyn’s New Labour Manifesto Fires Up Base, Angers UK Elites
Thomas Barlow of UK’s Real Media says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s new “For the Many, Not the Few” manifesto puts sweeping progressive change on the table, much to the chagrin of the British political and media establishment
Trump Appoints Voter Suppression Expert as “Voter Integrity” Director
Investigative reporter Greg Palast explains how Kris Kobach has used voter registration databases to purge millions of legitimate voters and now he is in charge of “voter integrity”
Economic Dimensions Militarized Palestine
Alaa Tartir of the Palestinian Policy Network explains that the Palestinian Economy is unable to grow or develop because the Israeli occupation controls all aspects of the economy

admin Earth Matters

This week on Earth Matters, we go public – public lands and public participation. Join Donna Stevens of the Upper Gila Watershed Alliance as she talks with Gabe Vasquez of the New Mexico Wildlife Federation and Jason Amaro of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers about public lands, Trump’s misguided review of our national monuments, the surprising truth about state trust lands, and the urgent need for public participation in the political process.

Earth Matters is broadcast
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm.

Or – when podcast post-production is completed – listen at your convenience via this link…
Earth Matters / Public Lands

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This week on Use Your Words!, JJ Amaworo Wilson interviews Roger Metcalfe, a translator, who lives in Silver City.

Roger grew up around the world and developed an appreciation of languages and communication. He graduated in Slavic languages and worked as a full time translator in Yugoslavia, at the point of its collapse. He’s traveled widely and now is a principally web-based translator, his work covering a wide range of subjects and formats, including film subtitles.

Use Your Words! is broadcast live on the 2nd & 4th Fridays of the month at 4:30pm and rebroadcast the following Fridays at the same time.

Or listen at your convenience via the following link…
Use Your Words! / Roger Metcalfe

If you have questions, comments, suggestions, or would like to be a guest on the show, Elise Stuart can be contacted at UseYourWords@GMCR.org.

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Earth Matters co-producer Nathan Newcomer interviews former Gila Resources Information Project Executive Director and newly elected Grant County Commissioner Harry Browne on his initial impressions of being a GC Commissioner and the not yet failed – though “flailing” – efforts of the NM CAP Entity and ISC / Interstate Stream Commission to bring about a Gila River Diversion project.

Earth Matters is broadcast
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm.

Or – when podcast post-production is completed – listen at your convenience via this link…
Earth Matters / Harry Browne

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Earth Matters co-producer and GRIP Executive Director Allyson Siwik discusses new developments on the Gila River diversion project with former NM Interstate Stream Commission director and diversion critic, Norm Gaume. The NM CAP Entity has been “flailing” as their proposed action is no longer viable and the group searches for a feasible diversion project. Meanwhile the clock is ticking, the environmental compliance process has not begun, and the 2019 deadline for a Record of Decision is fast approaching.

This edition of Earth Matters was recorded on April 18th following the NM CAP Entity meeting which took place earlier that morning.

Earth Matters is broadcast
Tuesday, Thursday & Sunday at 10am and Thursday at 8pm.

Or listen at your convenience via this link…
Earth Matters / Norm Gaume