Examines whether US foreign aid has been a benefit or a pain in the arse for impoverished people. Looks at a book by Dambisa Moyo called Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa. Uses the evidence of Patrice Lumumba, Mobutu, and AFRICOM to contradict her conclusion that Africans need tough love.
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Music: John Hiatt, Bruce Cockburn, Iron & Wine, Snow Patrol
Reads Diana Der-Hovanessian's poem, Shifting the Sun. For Father's Day, plays John Hiatt's "Your Dad Did," and Iron & Wine's "Upward Over the Mountain." Relates the recent drama at Free Radio SC and plays our listener survey, which was called racist, ignorant, offensive, skin privileged, Nazi propagandist, white supremacist, fear-mongering hate speech,. See what all the excitement's about!