Bartleby, by Herman Melville. A digression from the summer series, paying tribute to the great American author, Herman Melville, whose birthday August 1st, is a legitimate and recognized day of Literary Obligation. A brief introduction to the story will be offered on the July broadcast. Bartleby was last presented by Simon Loekle over WBAI in 1998, when the station moved to its current quarters at 120 Wall Street. Due to time constraints, contributions to the station will not be solicited, but will be welcome. If you want this sort of programming, be sure to call (212) 209-2950 and make a pledge of support. Just tell them, "Simon sent me."
Continues on Saturday, August 2nd.

One-Hour Fund Drive Special: Celebrating Carlin!

George Carlin is famous in atheist circles for his outspoken critique of religion and religious faith. Overall, he seemed to view religion not only as pertaining to its false claims of the human condition - and of reality itself - but as Marx also viewed religion - as the opiod of the masses. He viewed strong religious convictions, at least in regards to their affect on public policy, as one major reason so many Americans are apathetic to the real injustices done in our name by the State.

What fueled Carlin was his keen, if cynical, perspective on the power of power itself, and how we the people need to wake up to what is being done in our name and use critical thinking to bring about a more just society. With whatever one can say about Carlin's take on human nature (it isn't our best attribute, he might argue ;)), underneath the sardonic humor was at least a call to arms for the end of our class-based society and all the inequity within. Carlin attacked conservatives and centrists (liberals) equally, and tried to take his audience a little to the left with every performance. We celebrate his legacy.

On July 5th the main archives page was changed to make it easier to listen to our shows. Previously, clicking on the "Play" link invoked software on your computer. Now, you can listen to shows using player software embedded in the archive web page.
When you click on the Play button, a Flash based MP3 player is dynamically inserted in the archive web page (see above). Simply click on the triangle to listen to a show - without leaving the archive page and without the use of software on your computer.

This requires that your web browser has the free Adobe Flash Player installed - almost all do. You can check for the presence of the Flash Player here. It also requires the use of JavaScript which, like Flash, is nearly-universal. If your web browser does not support either, the old version of the archives page is still available.

No change was made to the way shows are downloaded to your computer, you still right click on the "Download" link and opt to save it locally. Send feedback to webmaster at wbai.org.

Current tentative plans are for WBAI to cover the Democratic Convention on August 25th through the 28th and the Republican convention on September 1st through the 4th.

If you were less than satisfied with the Federal government's official investigation of the 9/11 World Trade Center and Pentagon Attacks, you are not alone.  To find out more about an effort to establish a referendum for a citizens-based, independent 9/11 investigation, go to www.nyc911initiative.org. Petition signatures are being gathered now for a ballot question in the November elections asking voters if they want a citizen's-based re-investigation of the 9/11 attacks. Find out more at www.nyc911initiative.org.

Iraq Veterans Against The War Testify Before The Congressional Progressive Caucus
Originally broadcast Thursday May 15th, available in our archives

Nine members of Iraq Veterans Against the War testified under oath before the Congressional Progressive Caucus about rules of engagement, the killing and abuse of civilians, the use of drop weapons, and the true consequences of the "surge." This was a follow-up to Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan 2008 (see below on this page for more). Pre and Post show Wrap-up anchored by Aaron Glantz and Aimee Allison. Coverage of the live testimony ran from 10AM to 2PM. From 2 - 4PM, Hugh Hamilton continued the Winter Soldier theme.
WBAI originally aired Winter Soldier in April.

In the Daily News on May 5th, David Hinckley did a story on the Pacifica radio archives. See Pacifica has a project of historic proportions. The archives consist of roughly 40,000 broadcasts, some over 50 years old. They are available for free at www.pacificaradioarchives.com.

WBAI is in our July fund raising drive
until Saturday, August 2nd.

Our goal is to raise $200,000
As of Noon Thursday July 24th, we still need to raise $150,451

Please contribute, if you can. Thank you.
CLICK HERE to make a contribution

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