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MCR 02.05.12 from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.274751

An interview withKalle Lasn, publisher of Adbusters, on the Canadian Business website ...

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MCR 02.07.12 from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.271947

A clip from Ward Churchill's spoken word album, Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America, as well as some more reflections on the January 28th action that O...

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MCR 03.05.12 from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.265861

Book review time here at Mic Check Radio...in the day and age of e-publishing, there are already several Occupy Wall Street books available.  In this episode, we take a look atListen

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The G8 Retreats from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.263059

The G8 retreats back to Camp David!  An argument for this move as a victory for the Occupy Movement, a victory based on just the threat of a protest.  But in reality, probably because thi...

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The Police State is Here from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.258472

Police State or no Police State, there is no longer a question here at Mic Check Radio.  It's here.  For example from the NYPD: spying on activists and Muslims,Listen

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Live (sort of) May Day Coverage from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.248261

Recorded Live (sort of) on May Day, a rambling narrative of news events as they happened.
Mission Police substation hit with paint balls, New York City activists residences raided by NYPD on A...

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May Day via Corporate Media from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.243374

After sifting through way too much Corporate Media coverage of May Day 2012, here are some of the choicest clips from Neil Cavuto, Shepard Smith, HLN Special Report and Anderson Cooper.  Prepa...

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SF Commune&Religion from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.206860

On this show we take a look at N+1 magazines gazette series calledOccupy!, specifically the articles byListen

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RNC Protests 2 from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.196153

Wrap up coverage of the Republican National Convention and the protests in Tampa.  Plus, two mystery quotes from establishment politicians that might surprise you as well as my daughter "mic c...

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DNC Protests from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.191135

The coronations (Conventions) are finally over with!  We start off this episode looking at some of theListen

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Next Housing Crisis from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.170396

Trying to predict the future by looking at the rising trends in unemployment and underemployment and the growing number of foreclosure filings by the major banks since the February 2012 "settlement...

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Malcolm X Voting Advice from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.164512

Malcolm X was addressing the upcoming election of 1964 in this clip, but he may as well have been talking about our current situation.  It's depressing how politics never changes.Listen

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Occupy Elections - F**k Voting (Part I) from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.139216

In part I, we take a look at who actually votes.  With all the corporate media hype about how important every election cycle is, why are almost half of registered voters staying home on (S)ele...

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Occupy Elections - F**k Voting (Part II) from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.133624

Let's say you have picked a candidate for the Presidency of the United States.  After all the primary debates, campaign stops, stump speeches, conventions, ads, mailings, robo-calls, PAC's, Su...

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F**k Keystone XL Pipeline from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.111301

As I type this, there are activists sitting in tress stands in Texas trying the best to hold off construction on the Keystone XL pipeline.  Keep up with their actions at theListen

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Cooper Union Occupation from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.106519

Students are taking matters into their own hands at Cooper Union in NYC.  12 students are occupying the "clock tower" in order to keep the tuition free and oust the current president of the un...

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Banking Scandals of 2012 from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.094472

A look at some of the major banking scandals of 2012.  Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Barclay's, Nomura, HSBC, Standard Chartered, Knight Capital, ING, Capital One, Peregrine Financial Group ...

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OWS and Libraries from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.076210

The Peoples Library was started within days of the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park.  As OWS spread throughout the country and the world, so did the ideas of the Peoples Library,...

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The Flow of Information from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.069174

From push notifications, corporate news channel tickers, billboards, newspaper headlines, blog titles, Facebook updates and twitter posts - the depth of our information diet is getting smaller and ...

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C.I.P. Exposed! (Center for Industrial Progress) from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.045528

In another attempt at knowing what the opposition is up to, we spy on a key advocate for the Keystone XL Pipeline -  TheCenter for Industrial Progress<...

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The Miami Model (2003) from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.018706

Activists Cinema Episode 2 - The Miami Model (2003) is a documentary about the community resistance to the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas meeting in Miami in 2003 and the massive and brutal p...

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The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009) from 2023-12-12T20:42:15.008187

Activist Cinema Episode 3 -The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers(2009) is a documen...

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Reasons to Not Protest from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.993811

Mickey Z has written a fine column over atWorld News Trustin which he asks “With the stakes never higher than they are...

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Climate Change Apocalypse from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.981548

This is it!  The one and only episode where we take a look at the climate change "debate".  It's caused by humans, it's not caused by humans, it's getting hotter, it's getting colder...it...

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The Shadow of the Past Holds the Future Hostage from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.976366

On this anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 attacks, we take a look at the events of the day from a different point of view.  The wonderful folks over atListen

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Corporate Media (Part 1) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.961642

In the first part of our Corporate Media series we take a quick look at the history of US government's attempts to regulate (and eventually deregulate)the media over the past hundred years.  W...

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Corporate Media (Part 5) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.946041

We have come to the end (for now) of our Corporate Media series.  On this episode we take a look at several examples of the corporate/government hijacking of the public airwaves that have been...

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How to Manufacture News Stories (Rebroadcast) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.914320

This episode was released on March 16th, 2013:
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Black Friday Buying Options from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.907695

Consumers in the United States just spent nearly 60 billion dollars (mostly with credit cards) over the Black Friday weekend on products made with slave labor (in countries with little to no enviro...

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We're So F**ked 2: Bringing Down the System from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.879074

It's story time...

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Russian Federation Homophobia and the Sochi Winter Olympic from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.874110

On this episode we take a closer look at the so called 'Russian Anti-Gay Laws' with the help of a very insightful white paper -Listen

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We're So F**ked 3: Don't Do Anything from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.863221

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NDAA 2014 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.858171

It's that time of year again...the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was re-uped for another year. What devious items were snuck in this year? In the last two years, indefinite mi...

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Hijacking Social Movements from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.851936

The wonderful folks over atCrimetInchave posted asuperb articleabout how the current Ukrainian Rev...

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How the State Will Kill Activists from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.842221

On this episode we discuss the four steps the State has already set up that allow them to kill activists.  Step 1: Redefine and/or blur the lines of definitions (ex. Terrorism, Domestic Terror...

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Collapse (2009) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.828347

Activist Cinema Episode 9 -Collapse (2009)was directed by Chris Smith and is essentially a monologue film.  There haven't been too many of th...

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World Cup 2014: Capitalism, Corruption and Protest (Part 3) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.814106

In our third and final episode in the World Cup 2014: Capitalism, Corruption and Protest series we address the lack of protests in Brazil during the World Cup.  We also take an extensive look ...

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The Miseducation of the Masses (Part 2): Rise of the Foundations! from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.800414

In part 2 of our series on the education system in the United States of America, we take a look at how compulsory schooling was legislated into existence and then financed.  From 1889 to 1906 ...

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Occupy Unmasked (2012) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.779146

Activist Cinema 11: We're trying something new with this episode of Activist Cinema...we're discussing a film that I hate.  The term 'Citizen's United' is very familiar to most activists these...

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The Flow of Information (Rebroadcast) from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.769732

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Activist Cinema 2014 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.761155

A look at some of the great examples of Activist Cinema from 2014, and a little bit of behind the scenes information about the 'Sony Hack'.
No No: A Dockumentary,
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FBI Arrests Ohio Man for Legal Activites from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.752718

Here's the initial news headline that caught my attention "FBI Arrest Ohio Man in ISIS Inspired Attack on US Capitol Building".  This headline caught my eye for a number of reasons; I live in ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 2): The Switch from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.744589

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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Propaganda (1928): Part 1 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.738362

On this supplemental episode we kick off a series of the Mic Check Radio Book Club. It's the audio book ofPropaganda by Edward L Burnay...

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Propaganda (1928): Part 2 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.708156

In this second episode of the Mic Check Radio Book Club series we continue with the audio book ofPropaganda by Edward L Burnays, pu...

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Propaganda (1928): Part 3 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.698871

In this third episode of the Mic Check Radio Book Club series we continue with the audio book ofPropaganda by Edward L Burnays, pub...

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Propaganda (1928): Part 4 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.687770

In this fourth episode of the Mic Check Radio Book Club series we continue with the audio book of Propaganda by Edward L Burnays Listen

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[Rebroadcast] The Manipulation of Our Fear from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.679808

As we work thru some serious computer issues, here is a rebroadcast from the archives. It dovetails perfectly with the upcoming Episode 6 in our We Are Being Programmed series.

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Episode III : Child Brides and Dancing Boys from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.652030

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today, especially if you are one of the 250 million girls under the age of 15 who are forcibly married off by their family each year.  UNICE...

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Activist Cinema 2015 Part 2 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.642285

We finish up our year end wrap up of Activist Cinema from 2015 with a brief discussion of some prominent LGBTQ films (The Danish Girl, Stonewall, Freeheld, Carol and About Ray) and how they were mo...

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MCR 2.09.16 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.631957

We start off the show with some poetry:
Incident by Countee Cullen

Next up we have and installment of<...

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MCR 3.08.16 from 2023-12-12T20:42:14.621980

We start off the show with some poetry:
Bulls On Parade by Rage Against the Machine
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The Spark from 2016-05-10T13:31

This episode takes a look at that elusive idea of defining what art is.  Where does that spark of creativity come from?  What drives human beings to take an idea from our mind and create...

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MCR 2.23.16 from 2016-02-23T13:13

We start off the show with some poetry:
Even When There's Little Choice, We Choose by Nicholas Gordon

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MCR 1.26.16 from 2016-01-26T11:37

We're starting off 2016 with a new format for the show. Mic Check Radio is now a bi-weekly show.

We start off this show with some poetry:
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Activist Cinema 2015 Part 1 from 2015-12-21T21:04

We start off our annual year end wrap up with some news about theEqual Employment Opportunity...

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Episode II : Finem Puer Abusum from 2015-11-30T07:25

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today, especially if your family is religious.  Specifically if your family is Catholic and poor.  In this episode we take a look at the...

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Episode I : The Lost Children of Hamelin from 2015-11-16T13:35

It's a really shitty time to be a kid in the world today.  Over 2 million of them will go thru the well oiled machine that is the international sex slave market.  On this episode we look ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 7): The World We Live In from 2015-10-12T13:31

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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Propaganda (1928): Part 5 from 2015-09-28T09:00

In this fifth and final episode of the Mic Check Radio Book Club series we conclude with the final chapters of the audio book,Propaganda...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 6): 1984 in the 1960's from 2015-09-14T11:42

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 5): CIA Takes Over from 2015-05-18T06:07

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 4): The Golden Age of Propaganda from 2015-04-20T14:28

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 3): The Lab from 2015-03-23T23:09

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whateverother term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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We Are Being Programmed (Part 1) from 2015-02-16T13:30

We are all affected by it...call it advertising, propaganda, programming, social engineering, psychological operations, or whatever other term could be applied.  The act of a force outside of ...

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Reasonable Expectations of Privacy from 2015-01-18T20:48

More details on Police State tactics of surveillance. The FBI (and the court system) has determined that there is no reasonable expectation of privacy once a citizen has left his or her home. ...

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The Violence Inherent in the System from 2014-12-15T00:38

Eric Garner, killed by a cop in Staten Island, NY. John Crawford, killed by a cop in Bevercreek, OH. Michael Brown, killed by a cop in Ferguson, MO. Tamir Rice, killed by a cop in Clevela...

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Search: FBI - Spying - US Citizens from 2014-11-23T23:39

FBI - Spying - US Citizen's.  It's a simple set of search terms.  If you search it every six weeks or so you will find no shortage of reasons to be pissed off.  This weeks tale inclu...

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Coalition of the Willing: Take 2 from 2014-10-27T09:17

Here we (U.S.A.) go again. Remember duringGulf War II, George W. Bush famously used the termListen

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At the Forefront of Fracking from 2014-10-12T23:12

Anastasia Pantsios published a fantastic article atEcoWatch about Ohio's shameful role at the forefront of the fr...

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The Miseducation of the Masses (Part 3): The System is Born from 2014-09-29T14:37

In part 3 of our series on the education system in the United States of America, we take a look at the continued influence of Foundations - mainly the ones started and funded by the Carnegie and Ro...

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ISIS Terror Threat Comedy Hour from 2014-09-14T14:12

In this clip show, we take a look at how the Corporate Media (CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, etc.) have used ISIS (or ISIL or IS) as the new international 'boogie man' in order to amp up the feelings of ter...

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The Miseducation of the Masses (Part 1) from 2014-08-25T14:13

In the kick off episode for a series on the education system in the United States of America, we take a look at the Prussian education system that was established after that country's devastating d...

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Double Feature: The Weather Underground (2002) / Pickaxe (1999) from 2014-08-11T09:42

Activist Cinema 10 - It's a double feature today as we take a look at two documentary films that compliment each other quite well. Listen

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World Cup 2014: Capitalism, Corruption and Protest (Part 2) from 2014-06-17T15:37

In part II of our World Cup 2014 series we take a look at the initial proposal the government of Brazil presented to FIFA and how the reality has shaped up all these years later...here a hint, the ...

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World Cup 2014: Capitalism, Corruption and Protest (Part 1) from 2014-06-12T10:55

Our introductory episode covering the most watched (and most corrupt) sporting event in the entire world, the FIFA World Cup.  We start off looking at why soccer can and is an important sport,...

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We're So F**ked 4: Do Anything from 2014-05-19T10:10

The fourth and final in episode in our We're So Fucked series  (We're So Fucked-Listen

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FBI...Still Creating Terrorists from 2014-04-21T09:37

On May 26th, 2013 we put out an episode calledThe FBI Creates Terrorists- which was, itself, a follow up to Listen

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The Square (2013) from 2014-02-23T22:30

Activist Cinema Episode 8 - The Square (2013) is an excellent example of a journalistic documentary.  It covers the protests in Egypt's Tahrir Square that started in 2011 and stays with severa...

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Activist Music - Punk Rock 1 from 2014-02-17T09:10

As a tangent series to the Activist Cinema episodes we've been doing for awhile now, here is short playlist of fantastic Activist Music - The Punk Rock Edition Vol.1.

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Local Sports, Fantasy Leagues and Lingerie Football from 2014-01-26T15:03

As the sports world gears up for the bread and circus spectacle of Super Bowl XLVIII, we take a look at the benefits and importance of sports on a local level-where, unlike the NFL, it isn't ruled ...

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We're So F**ked from 2014-01-19T23:20

We (human beings) are quite literally fucked in numerous ways...on this episode we take a look at just a few of the main reasons. Financial collapse, poor food quality, weather, climate, consu...

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2013 Activist Cinema from 2014-01-13T01:19

A look at some of the great examples of Activist Cinema from 2013:
No,
99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film,
Fruitvale Station,
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners...

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Affluenza: Adulthood (Part 2) from 2013-12-29T12:07

Our final installment in the Affluenza series.  On this weeks show we finish taking a look at the history of Affluenza [Defined byWikipedia Listen

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Affluenza: Adulthood (Part 1) from 2013-12-23T13:54

So, our part II of this series turned out to run so long that we broke it up into two parts.  On this weeks show we take a look at the history of Affluenza [Defined byListen

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Affluenza: Children from 2013-12-15T20:46

In part I of a two part series, we take a look at the disease know as "affluenza". Defined byWikipedia affluenza is "a painful, contag...

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What Would Jesus Buy? (2007) from 2013-11-25T00:09

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Activist Music - Hip Hop from 2013-11-18T01:38

As a tangent series to the Activist Cinema episodes we've been doing for a few months, here is short playlist of fantastic Activist Music - The Hip Hop Edition.

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Kill Your TV from 2013-11-11T22:54

On the heels of our 5 part series on the Corporate Media, we tryout theZen TV Experiment. Instead of passively watching...

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Corporate Media (Part 4) from 2013-10-27T23:17

This week, in our continuing series taking a look at the multiple corporate and government influences on our media, we focus onpublic relatio...

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Corporate Media (Part 3) from 2013-10-20T14:43

In part three of our Corporate Media series we take a look at the known influence of the CIA's Operation Mockingbird on the media.  The New York Times, Time/Life, CBS, NBC, Newsweek, the AP, U...

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Corporate Media (Part 2) from 2013-10-14T02:19

After World War II, the proven power of propaganda and the TV boom coincided so beautifully that the CIA invented an infrastructure to exploit/manipulate/guide/control the media, and by extension t...

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Network (1976) from 2013-09-30T00:11

Activist Cinema Episode 5 -Network(1976) is simply one of the best American films. Period. It also happens to be a satir...

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Economic Collapse II: The Sequel from 2013-09-23T09:56

Five years after the 2008 economic collapse, how are we as a civilization doing?  All of those new Wall Street regulations are keeping the banks in line.  All of the 'too big to fail' ban...

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Occupy Wall Street Year Two from 2013-09-15T14:04

It's been a long, long two years since OWS started up in the heart of the financial district in NYC. The ripple effects of this movement are too diverse and too numbered to fully catalog in a short...

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The Future of Drones from 2013-08-26T02:02

Who says that drones have to fly thru the air?  Why not float?  Why not drive?  Why not walk?  Or better yet run!  Or how about little tiny drones the size of a cricket?&nb...

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How to Survive a Plague (2012) from 2013-08-19T08:35

Activist Cinema Episode 4 -How to Survive a Plague(2012) is a time capsule documentary that uses archival footage and interviews t...

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The Manipulation of Our Fear from 2013-08-11T09:57

Way back in 1987 a government funded study,Perception of Risk, was published in the journal Science.  While the study is officially ...

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We Are Being Monitored (Rebroadcast) from 2013-07-26T21:18

This episode was released on January 25th, 2013:
In December 2012 the FBI confirmed what longtime activists knew, that the corporate state and the intelligence community are in bed together.&...

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Femen from 2013-07-21T19:16

In this episode we take a look at FEMEN, a feminist activist group that started in Kiev, Ukraine and has made headlines throughout the world.[Cli...

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Ice Climbing The Shard from 2013-07-12T10:13

1 Skyscraper. 6 Women. No permission.  What would you do to save the Arctic?[Click to Listen]

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Activism in the Wings (Part 2) from 2013-06-28T16:25

In part 2 (of 2), we take a look at activist groups that have a "left-wing" political ideology.  In doing so we also take a look at how the corporate media portrays the political ideology of...

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Activism in the Wings (Part 1) from 2013-06-25T09:25

In part 1 (of 2), we take a look at activist groups that have a "right-wing" political ideology.  In doing so we also take a look at how the corporate media portrays the political ideology of ...

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Stop G8 and the Carnival Against Capitalism from 2013-06-14T12:31

As this yearsG8(Gang of 8) meeting takes place in Northern Ireland, we take a look at theStop G8network and...

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National Identity Crisis from 2013-05-31T14:37

On this episode we take a look at what it means to have a national identity.  Is national pride even a logical emotion to have?  And, why stop at national pride?  Why not planet prid...

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FBI Creates Terrorists from 2013-05-26T13:04

In a follow up the theWhat is Terrorism?episode from two weeks ago, we take a look at several cases where the FBI ...

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Top Corporate Tax Dodgers for 2012 from 2013-05-17T18:59

On this episode we take a look at the top Corporate tax dodgers for the year 2012.  Just let your jaw hang open starting now.Listen

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What is Terrorism? from 2013-05-10T13:37

Four recent news stories present wildly different definitions of terrorism.  Assata Shakur becomes the first woman on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list (after almost 30 years in exile) - th...

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Activist Cinema 1 from 2013-04-30T09:21

The inaugural episode of a new series here at Mic Check Radio that focuses on the political, social and educational value of different films from throughout the 100+ years of the medium.  This...

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Corporations Are Psychopaths from 2013-04-21T13:50

If Corporations are people, then what kind of a person are they?  On this episode we take a look at the Exxon Mobile Pipeline 'Pegasus' that burst in Arkansas at the end of March.  How di...

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The Powell Memo from 2013-04-15T22:13

In August of 1971, Lewis F. Powell Jr. was about to be sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice after previously turning down the same offer from President Nixon in 1969.  Before being s...

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Anti Civ vs. Center for Industrial Progress from 2013-03-25T10:50

In the debate about the Keystone XL Pipeline there are the voices of reason (the activists) and insanity (the corporate shills).  In this episode we take a look at the philosophies of two grou...

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How to Manufacture News Stories from 2013-03-16T16:42

In November of 2012, the University of California at Irvine andSlate.comteamed up to conduct and thenListen

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Supreme Court Approves of Spying from 2013-03-11T13:32

A quick recap/wrap-up of some recent episodes about the Corporate Police State, the Intelligence Community and the surveillance state in general.  Plus, the Supreme Court rules in favor of spy...

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CoIntelPro Tactics from 2013-02-28T09:20

Rebroadcast: A look at the tactics used by the FBI's COunter INTELligence PROgram (COINTELPRO) against activist groups in the United States (wi...

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The Coming Cyber War from 2013-02-18T15:12

Continuing down the Corporate Security State rabbit hole of public information, we take a look at some on the record statements from both government officials and private security contractors. ...

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We Are Being Monitored from 2013-01-25T21:10

In December 2012 the FBI confirmed what longtime activists knew, that the corporate state and the intelligence community are in bed together.  Now it is time to take a look at who is doing the...

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MLK Beyond Vietnam from 2013-01-21T01:27

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is best known for his "I Have a Dream" speech, but his "Beyond Vietnam" speech from April 4th, 1967 is my personal favorite.  He was killed exactly a year to the da...

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The Corporate Police State from 2013-01-15T10:27

Just before Christmas, the FBI finally granted a Freedom of Information Act request by thePartnership for Civil Justice Fundon the role of the FBI in mon...

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Goodbye Dennis! from 2013-01-12T10:31

Thanks to politically motivated redistricting, Congressman Dennis Kucinich is no longer in Washington.  On today's show we say a quick goodbye to the vegan representative who tried to; impeach...

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Banks and Drugs II from 2012-12-18T21:16

Do you need any more reasons to be pissed off at banks, part 2?  Previously, we discussed their decades long cozy relationship with drug cartels and the CIA?  The Golden Triangle, Iran-Co...

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Police Violence in Cleveland from 2012-12-13T14:15

After a quick discussion of the role of the national corporate media in shaping our day to day reality of the world around us, we get into the horrific story ofListen

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Cleveland 5 Update from 2012-11-27T14:44

Three of the five people arrested in Cleveland this past spring find out how long they will be spending in jail.  The presiding judge in this case keeps a relatively cool head in the face of t...

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Banks and Drugs from 2012-11-24T11:41

Do you need any more reasons to be pissed off at banks?  How about their decades long cozy relationship with drug cartels and the CIA? Listen

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Occupy Sandy and Rolling Jubilee from 2012-11-20T13:01

The Occupy movement in NYC has two fascinating off shoots that we take a look at today.  The first isRolling JubileeandListen

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Occupy Elections - Post Mortem from 2012-11-12T13:46

A quick post mortem of the 2012 cluster fuck of an election.  A total of $6 billion spent to elect a corporate candidate.  How Bernie Sanders ran an actual re-election campaign with no TV...

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Occupy Elections - Third Party Voting from 2012-10-27T15:09

A brief history of some recent third party candidates as well as some Gallup poll data which indicates that almost half of the country identifies as "Independent" in their political ideology. ...

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Occupy Elections - Super Duper PACS from 2012-10-24T09:45

A brief history of 7 court cases that have shaped the current landscape of campaign financing. Emily's List vs FEC, Citizen's United vs FEC, SpeechNOW.org vs FEC, Club for Growth, Commonsense Ten ...

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Occupy Elections - Debates from 2012-10-19T14:41

A look into the Commission on Presidential Debates and how they hijacked the presidential debates from the League of Women Voters and turned the whole circus into, well a more boring form of a circ...

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Occupy Kids from 2012-10-13T08:53

Just because you are older than a kid, doesn't mean you can't learn from them.  The innocent point of view of kids is unvarnished by corporate media (to a point) and social pressure as well as...

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The System is Broken from 2012-10-10T20:52

The inconsistencies of law enforcement illustrate how broken the system really is.  Corporations pollute and poison with impunity while activists are arrested for wearing masks in public or si...

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Europe is Burning from 2012-09-27T09:39

Greece, Spain and Portugal are (once again) fighting back against austerity measures.[Click to Listen]

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Wedge Issues from 2012-09-21T16:19

The down side of Occupy Wall Street changing the political conversation, it may become a wedge issue.  Also, some words of wisdom from the late, great George Carlin.Listen

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Occupy Wall Street Year One from 2012-09-17T13:08

A reading of theDeclaration of the Occupation of New York City(Sept. 29, 2011) as well as one of the biggest accomplishments of t...

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Chicago Teachers Strike from 2012-09-14T11:40

The big picture of education reform in this country is on display in Chicago as the Chicago Teachers Union continues to strike.  Good luck Chicago!Listen

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Infiltrating Occupy and CTU Strikes from 2012-09-12T09:33

Occupy Austin members are facing felony charges due to the provocation of at least oneundercover o...

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Code Pink Kicks A** from 2012-08-31T10:40

A quick history ofCode Pinkactions, including their interruption of Mitt Romney's coronation at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.Listen

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RNC Protests 1 from 2012-08-28T16:50

We're back!  With some major computer and financial situation solved (I hope), we're back on the airwaves (Internet).  Tampa is gearing up for the RNC, or rather, the protests at the RNC....

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COINTELPRO from 2012-05-27T14:13

A look at the tactics used by the FBI's COunter INTELligence PROgram (COINTELPRO) against activist groups in the United States (with some readi...

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The NATO 3&Cleveland 5 from 2012-05-23T14:42

Activists are arrested as the NATO protests begin, clouding the Corporate Media's coverage just as the Cleveland arrests did for the May Day Rally's nation wide.  The violent demonization of t...

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Chicago 1968 from 2012-05-19T13:43

A little history lesson from the archives ofPacifica Radio.  The Democratic Convention of 1968 and the heavy handed tactics o...

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The Activists Backpack from 2012-05-16T14:45

Some thoughts on how to prepare for modern protests within the current police state, specifically in Chicago for the NATO/G8 protests.  The Black Cross Health Collective in Portland, Oregon ha...

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How to Occupy Your College from 2012-04-28T10:48

Want to Occupy your college or university? Here are some lessons learned from the1968 Columbia student occupation.

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F**k Fracking! from 2012-04-25T14:24

Taking a look at Fracking and other Environmental issues within the OWS protests via anarticleinListen

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From Port Huron to OWS from 2012-04-20T22:43

Tom Hayden and his thoughts (published over atThe Nation) having been there at ...

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Co-Opting and The 99% Spring from 2012-04-17T11:45

Taking a look atMoveOn.org's99% Springinitiative thru a few articles.  Charles Lenchner's post at theListen

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OWS and Corporate Media from 2012-03-22T23:36

OWS and the Corporate Media...should there be a relationship there?  An article published inTida...

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MCR 02.19.12 from 2012-02-19T14:03

A discussion of the topics raised by looking at the "Signs" of the Occupy Movement.

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MCR 02.17.12 from 2012-02-17T10:46

If we all teach our children to take turns, don't lie and share with others...then when do they unlearn this and become "money hoarding, screw everyone else investment bankers working for Goldman S...

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MCR 02.15.12 from 2012-02-15T14:18

A look at the overuse of the word Revolution; in advertising, movies, in the news and especially within the Occupy Movement.

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