Hey friend,
I discussed all the sudden developments surrounding Israel’s and the Trump Regime’s unprovoked attacks on Iran “THE 12 DAY WAR.” It’s a good one.
Unfortunately, there’s a major elephant in the room that I could only give minimal attention to: Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the Democratic New York City mayoral primary election on Tuesday night.
I’ll share all of my thoughts on that next week, as it has some very positive implications for the future of the Democratic Party.
Turns out, when you run a campaign that promotes light socialists politics as a solution to the increasing cost of living, and when you stand your ground against war criminals and their supporters, people tend to like you! Who would’ve thought?!
For now, enjoy some ranting and raving at the American Imperial War Machine™ and the bipartisan team of bloodthirsty psychopaths who perpetuate it.
Same show, different station
It’s still the show that you know and love: Roughly one hour of the left-leaning political commentary you’ve come to expect from me, and one hour of mostly punk and rap music.
The show broadcasts every Thursday, 4-6 PM on Radio Free Nashville—WRFN-LP 103.7 and 107.1 FM.
Radio Free Nashville is a 100-watt low-powered community radio station, meaning that you’re not gonna pick up the signal on your FM radio if you’re outside of the Nashville area.
The good news is that you can still tune in online here!
Can’t tune in at that time? Stop by The Kennel to check out the uncensored video recordings of the commentary segments!
Unfortunately, copyright law prohibits me from sharing a recording of the DJ sessions 😒
Why Stick with the ‘ol Radio? And Why Radio Free Nashville?
From a purely apolitical perspective, producing such a show in a context where others are expecting me to get an episode out at a certain time makes me directly accountable to others for getting an episode produced each week. A radio station, profit or non-profit, is well-structured for facilitating that accountability.
But why Radio Free Nashville?
For one, it’s a non-profit low-powered community radio station. It is legally barred from trying to sell listeners a bunch of products, and alleviates itself of having to boost profit margins. Rather, the goal is to provide quality, entertaining, and/or informative radio programming for the local community. For those familiar with my views on the systemic issues plaguing our news media outlets right now, this is the sort of motive that I want to be producing a political commentary show with.
Moreover, while some of these community stations don’t explicitly intend to counteract corporate control of the airwaves, RFN does. As it details on its “About Us” page, the radio industry (like virtually all industries in our hyper-capitalist hellscape) is consolidated to a comical extent, left in the hands of a few media conglomerates like iHeartMedia.
RFN sticks its middle fingers up to those companies that are suffocating our airwaves, and instead, opts to provide a healthy mix of locally-produced community shows like this, and larger syndicated programs like Democracy Now!, Code Pink, The Thom Hartmann Program, and more.
Sure, with the current FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatening baseless investigations into PBS and NPR over suspicions of illegal advertising, and with Congress continuing to ignore the disastrous effects of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, there is little hope to feel for any improvements to this shitshow.
Nonetheless, RFN is waging a noble battle, and I couldn’t be more proud to join that fight with them.
Music Credits
Title - “Under Your Spell” (Cover, Sped up for the intro)
Guitar - Ethan Schmidt (“National Sleep Debt”)
Literally Everything Else - “Big Dog” Jay Duda (JD Alphonze on Spotify)
Sources
IAEA - “NPT Safeguards Agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran”
The Jerusalem Post - “US-Iran crisis threatens all-out war in Iraq, Mideast, world - Iraqi PM”
Reuters - “U.S. killing of Iran's second most powerful man risks regional conflagration”
The Washington Post - “Why did Iran attack Israel? What to know about the strikes, U.S. response.”
The Independent - “Israel invades Lebanon and Iran retaliates in major escalation of regional conflict”
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute - “Trends in World Military Expenditure, 2024”
A Chronology of the U.S. Strike in Iran and Following Chaos from Drop Site News via Twitter
“🚨BREAKING: Trump Announces Ceasefire Between Israel and Iran, Declares End to ‘The 12 Day War’…”
“🔴NEW: Iran’s semi-official Fars News, citing an informed source…”
“BREAKING: Israeli Strikes Hit Tehran Despite Trump’s Ceasefire Announcement…”
“🚨Three Israelis are reported dead and five missing following strikes on Be’er Sheba…”
“🔴 Iranian state media: The ceasefire between the Zionist regime and Iran has entered into effect”
“BREAKING: Israeli PM Netanyahu confirms Israel has agreed to a ceasefire with Iran…”
“🔴 Israeli Strike on Northern Iran Kills 9 Civilians, Injures 33”
Jeremy Scahill via Twitter - “Trump: ‘They don’t know what the fuck they’re doing’:”
The Times of Israel - “Medical officials say 28 people were killed, over 3,000 wounded by Iranian missiles during conflict”
Drop Site News via Twitter - “🚨 Iranian Ministry of Health: 107 people have been killed and 1,342 injured in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours…”
Reuters via archive.today - “Iranian parliament approves bill to suspend cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog”
P.S. If you’re a highly prominent news organization, whose content deals with events that are of the public interest, don’t put it behind a paywall—especially if you haven’t done that in the past and if there are easy ways to circumvent them.
Otherwise, you’re just attempting to profit off of the public interest by limiting its accessibility to critical information.
Prem Thakker via Twitter - “UPDATE, 24+ hours since the Trump-Vance admin bombed Iran:…”
Hakeem Jeffries via Twitter - “My statement on Donald Trump’s unilateral military action in Iran.”
OpenSecrets - “Hakeem Jeffries | Top Industries 2011 - 2024”
OpenSecrets - “Charles E. Schumer | Top Industries 1989 - 2024”
Breaking Points via YouTube - “Ro Khanna FLAMES Chuck Schumer On Iran, WH May Use ‘TACTICAL NUKES’”
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