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Here we have a message from Frank Franken of Frankenfarms Laboratories

For many decades, activists understood the need for emergency services not controlled by the enemy, which is why they organize their own.

(updated 05-18) Good Morning Chicago, Evanston and areas beyond, This is Hell for May 18, 2013. Scroll down for player and files. This morning's program features:
*Mother Jones' Andy Kroll tells us the bigger story behind the IRS scandal.
*Author Paul Thomas talks "Education Reform in the Jim Crow Era."
*Stan Cox talks about his new book, "Any Way You Slice It: The Past, Present and Future of Rationing."
*We'll also have a live report from 'Our Man in Budapest' Todd Williams.

(updated 05-18) All 4 hours of the show for Saturday, May 18, 2013 are ready to play HERE. Continue reading for text summaries and links to rebroadcasts.

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(updated 05-17) The Shortwave Report for May 17, 2013 will stream today at 9pm Central, then on the odd hour every 2 hours until next week.  For text summaries, scroll down. We also have some LoFi shows available here! These are speech quality files that should start playing as soon as you click them. If not, then read on, and use your player for our regular streams which, though compressed are at quality equal to FM radio without any static.

Judge Throws Out Manslaughter Indictment of Cop that Murdered Ramarley Graham
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From Travis Morales, Stop Mass Incarceration Network

The whole world is watching as freedom of the press in the US withers, with secret surveillance of even it's most reliable allies. They did have the courtesy to let the Associated Press know, after the fact, of their intrusion, and the story has not yet played out.

Letter sent by Associated Press CEO Gary Pruitt to Eric Holder about surveillance that compromised Associated Press staff reporters sources and methods. The original is available on their site as a pdf, along with related corrspondences.

By the Rev. C. D. Witherspoon

president of the Baltimore chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.