Bilderberg 2007 – introduction and report (audio)

This is a must listen if something like the Bilderberg Group interests you. Someone from Radio Dialect in Bristol interviewed freelance journalist Tony Gosling, who has been researching the activities of the Bilderberg Group since 1993. The Bilderberg Group or Bilderberg Conference is an unofficial annual invitation-only conference of around 130 guests, most of whom are persons of influence in the fields of business, media, and politics. Owing to discussions by public officials and powerful business leaders (and others) being off the record, these annual meetings are the subject of much criticism (for circumventing the democratic process of discussing issues openly and publicly) and numerous conspiracy theories. This year the conference will take place from May 31st to June 3rd in Istanbul, Turkey. The piece is 1 hour long.

Listen: to the stream | download mp3 (31.71mb)

Links: bilderberg.org | Radio Dialect | Communique to the Turkish Prime Minister from Turkish Filmmaker Re: Bilderberg Conference 2007

A Sharing Economy

Zullen we eerlijk alles delen? Het internet heeft ons gehele economische waardesysteem op z’n kop gezet. Het heeft bijgedragen tot beperking van schaarste. Informatie is niet meer schaars en de waardereing van inmaterieele dingen is toegenoemen. Exclusiviteit is op het internet ver te zoeken. De rol van de consument is strenk veranderd. Vandaag de dag zien we dat consumenten (of liever procumenten) dankzij de beschikking over eigen media en internetdistributie zelf laten zien want ze kunnen, vinden en willen accepteren waarbij oude werden gebaseert op schaarste en exclusiviteit niet meer een vanzelfsprekendheid zijn. Tekst: Irene Kress en Marco Raaphorst. Stem: Bert Kommerij. Foto en audio gepubliceerd onder Creative Commons License.

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Concerned about Climate Change? Spring Into Action Now! – an audio piece

Folk from around the east midlands gathered in Nottingham for a week of workshops, discussion and action around the issue of climate change. The event was organised under the banner of ‘Spring Into Action’, and besides a lot of talking, the week ended with some succesful direct action. This is what some of the participants had to say… The piece is about 8 minutes long.

Listen: play stream
Download: mp3 format (7.3mb) | ogg format (6.5mb)
More info: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368441.html

A Radio Piece

I spent the last few days recording and editing a radio piece about the nuclear submarine base at Faslane, Scotland where the UK keeps its nuclear arsenal. The Trident Missile System is up for renewal in 2024 and groups from all over the UK and beyond have started to blockade the base one day each, with the aim of a solid blockade all year round. So far its been really succesful and a big group from Nottingham went on 1st April to do their bit. We turned out, did some recording and I cobbled together this radio piece which might be broadcasted on some community radio stations around the UK this week. The piece is 11 minutes long.

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