Award-winning Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)

Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.

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The Resistance Starts Now!

Between The Lines' coverage and resource compilation of the Resistance Movement

"The man who predicted Trump presidential win now says Trump impeachment could happen," AM Joy with Joy Reid, MSNBC, Jan. 21, 2018
"Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into Trump dealings," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Red flags seen in many Trump real estate deals," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers," BuzzFeed, Jan. 12, 2018
"The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition," The Atlantic, May 15, 2017
"Here's what we know so far about Team Trump's ties to Russian interests," Washington Post's ongoing compilation
"What Comey Was Investigating, Explained," The Moscow Project, Center for American Progress

"Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands," Dutch TV documentary, Alternet.org, May 12, 2017
Ongoing compilation of Trump's creeping authoritarianism," MotherJones.com
Full resource list ...

SPECIAL REPORT: "The Resistance - Women's March 2018 - Hartford, Connecticut" Jan. 20, 2018

Selected speeches from the Women's March in Hartford, Connecticut 2018, recorded and produced by Scott Harris

SPECIAL REPORT: "No Fracking Waste in CT!" Jan. 14, 2018

Jen Siskind Jennifer Siskind, local coordinator for Food and Water Watch, describes the campaign to stop fracking waste in Connecticut, which so far has led to fracking waste bans in 34 towns around the state. Interviewed by Richard Hill on Mic Check, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT

SPECIAL REPORT: "Resistance Round Table: The Unraveling Continues..." Jan. 13, 2018

Lindsay Kanaly The panel discusses Trump's long history of racism and the Republican voter suppression juggernaut confronting Democrats leading up to the 2018 elections. Special guest: Lindsay Kanaly, a lead organizer of the Women's Marches planned for Jan. 20, 2018. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill on Resistance Roundtable, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT.

SPECIAL REPORT: "Capitalism to the ash heap?" Richard Wolff, Jan. 2, 2018

Richard Wolff, Economics professor Richard Wolff declares U.S. capitalism to be beyond repair and suggests the need for a radical alternative. Interviewed by Richard Hill

SPECIAL REPORT: Maryn McKenna, author of "Big Chicken", Dec. 7, 2017

Maryn McKenna, investigative journalist and author of Big Chicken, talks about the widespread use and dangers of antibiotics in commercial poultry, beef and fruit production. Interview by Bill Duesing, Richard Hill and Guy Beardsly on WPKN's Organic Farm Stand.

SPECIAL REPORT: Nina Turner's address, Working Families Party Awards Banquet, Dec. 14, 2017

Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution, talks about the fight ahead for progressives as she receives the Working Families Organization Award for Exceptional Leadership Towards Advancing Progress. The event was held in Meriden, CT. Produced by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Dec. 12, 2017

Working Families Party of CT talks strategy and issues for 2018.
Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut, discusses the state's electoral landscape and lays out the issues and strategies that could lead to progressive victories in 2018. Interviewed by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Dec. 9, 2017

Disturbing developments in the Trump/Republican Agenda
Focus on the tax bill, destruction of our public lands, North Korea and Trump's private CIA. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Special guest: Jo Macallero of Rise and Resist.

SPECIAL REPORT: On Tyranny - one year later, Nov. 28, 2017

Professor Timothy Snyder, author of the highly acclaimed resistance manual On Tyranny, discusses his book and offers a fresh assessment of the state of our beleaguered republic. Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale, is introduced by Stanley Heller, administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, a Connecticut-based organization that sponsored this event at the United Church Parish House in New Haven on Nov. 28. A brief interview with Snyder conducted by WPKN radio producer, Richard Hill, follows his talk.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Nov. 12, 2017

Lynne Ide, director of program and policy with the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, talks about the current state of health care coverage in Connecticut. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 11, 2017

Focus on the Republican tax plan, the just-released autopsy on the Democratic Party, and Internet censorship by Google, Facebook and Youtube. Including an interview with Hilary Grant, a lead organizer with Action Together Connecticut, who discusses the local results of the recent election, with hosts Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Ruth Baumgartner WPKN producers

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Two leaders from Redneck Revolt, an anti-racist, anti-capitalist movement, talk about their work organizing with white working class people in Suffolk County, New York. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Bruce Gagnon, coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, describes the extent of -- and motives underlying -- the vast US network of military bases around the globe. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017

Joyakol, South Korean peace activist and singer, discusses the crisis on the Korean peninsula and focuses on the resistance to the U.S. huge military base being constructed on Jeju Island. The event was sponsored by the Greater New Haven Peace Council and this audio was recorded by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.
Joyakol discusses Americans' biggest misconceptions about the conflict between North and South Korea and the U.S., Interview by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.

SPECIAL REPORT: John Allen, Out in New Haven

John Allen, founding director of the New Haven Pride Center, Connecticut, talks about his new LGBTQ television show, Out in New Haven, which presents a range of political and cultural issues to the community. Interviewed by Richard Hill on WPKN's Rainy Day Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.

2017 Gandhi Peace Awards

Promoting Enduring Peace presented its Gandhi Peace Award jointly to renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader and BDS founder Omar Barghouti on April 23, 2017.

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Between The Lines Presentation at the Left Forum 2016

"How Do We Build A Mass Movement to Reverse Runaway Inequality?" with Les Leopold, author of "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice,"May 22, 2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, 860 11th Ave. (Between 58th and 59th), New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris and Richard Hill moderated this workshop. Listen to the audio/slideshows and more from this workshop.

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JEREMY SCAHILL: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker "Dirty Wars"

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Between the Lines Audio Archives 2000

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December

Week Ending Dec. 1, 2000

One-Third of 250 Killed in Palestinian Uprising are Children
Racial Discrimination Against Florida Voters Unexamined in Election Controversy
Campaign Demands White House Executive Clemency for Native American Activist Leonard Peltier

Week Ending Dec. 8, 2000

GOP Injects Politics of Anger, Resentment into Election 2000 End Game
New Assassination Attempt Against Fidel Castro Has Old Faces
Campaign to Evict U.S. Military from Vieques, Puerto Rico Continues

Week Ending Dec. 15, 2000

Civil Rights Groups Continue to Investigate Racial Voter Intimidation in Florida Election
Declassified Documents Reveal More Evidence of U.S. Complicity in 1973 Chilean Military Coup
One Year After "Battle of Seattle," Global Social Justice Movement Prepares for Free Trade Fight in Quebec City

Week Ending Dec. 22, 2000

Former Senator Says Supreme Court's Partisan Intervention in Election Will Cloud Bush Presidency
Disputed Election Spurs Progressives to Launch National Pro-Democracy Campaign
U.S. Labor Rights Lawsuit Filed in Support of Fired Nicaraguan Factory Workers

Week Ending Dec. 29, 2000

Prospects Dim for Breakthrough in New Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
Human Rights Attorney Assesses Lasting Impact of 'Stolen Election'
From Vietnam to Florida's Disenfranchisement of Black Voters: Unheroic Moments in Secretary of State Nominee Colin Powell's Career

November

Week Ending Nov. 3, 2000

Barak's Attempt to Forge Israeli Coalition Government with Ariel Sharon May Deepen Mideast Crisis
Massachusetts' Prop. 5 Mandating Universal Health Care Could Set National Precedent
Union President Sees Labor in Race Against Corporate Globalization

Week Ending Nov. 10, 2000

Progressives Debate: Will Nader's Candidacy Shock the System Leftward or Revive Reagan-Era Politics?
Green Party Has Refocused U.S. Left on Electoral Politics

Week Ending Nov. 17, 2000

Record $3 Billion Buys Corporate America Unprecedented Influence in 2001
Corporate Media Devotes Less Coverage to Election Campaign While Raking In Record Profits
Former Independent Presidential Candidate John Anderson Advocates Overhaul of Political System to Level Playing Field for 3rd Parties

Week Ending Nov. 24, 2000

Ralph Nader Views His Presidential Campaign as a Success for Building New Progressive Party
Law Professor Calls Electoral College a Relic of Slave Era
Electoral Crisis May Be An Opportunity to Challenge Political Status Quo

October

Week Ending Oct. 6, 2000

Economist Challenges Notion "There Are No Alternatives to Neo-Liberal Economic Policy"
Protesters Target National Association of Broadcasters' Campaign Against Low Power Radio
Aboriginal Rights Activists Draw Attention During Olympic Games to Australia's History of Discrimination

Week Ending Oct. 13, 2000

Anti-Abortion Politics, Not Safety Issues, Kept RU-486 "Abortion Pill" from U.S. Women
IMF/World Bank React To Protests with Rhetoric, Not Action
Conference to Explore Independent Media Centers' Role in Global Social Justice Movement

Week Ending Oct. 20, 2000

Current Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Result of Frustration With Stalled Peace Process
Denied Debate Access, Nader Demands Commission Apology, Compensation
Alderman Says Failed Drug War Leads to Overcrowded Prisons and Wars Abroad

Week Ending Oct. 27, 2000

Critics Assert U.S. Cannot Be an Honest Broker in Future Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks
Alliance for Democracy Engages in Civil Disobedience in U.S. Capitol to Demand Campaign Finance Reform
Despite U.S. Aggression, Cuba's Revolution Survives

September

Week Ending Sept. 1 2000

Party Conventions Now Expensive Infomercials with Little Media Scrutiny
Arrested Ruckus Society Director Condemns Police Crackdown on Direct Action Protests
Independent Media Centers a Voice for Global Social Justice Movement

Week Ending Sept. 8 2000

Lori Berenson Granted New Trial in Peruvian Civilian Court
Clinton Waives Human Rights Requirements Attached to U.S.-Colombia Military Aid
Green Party Candidate Dismisses "Spoiler Effect" and Calls for Participation in Debates

Week Ending Sept. 15 2000

Despite a Congressional Ban, Pentagon Continues Support for Indonesian Military
Campaign Seeks to End Commercial Advertising in Public Schools
Electrical Workers Union Endorses Green Party Candidate Ralph Nader

Week Ending Sept. 22 2000

Major Party Commission Locks 3rd Parties Out of Presidential Debates
Police Infiltrated Activist Groups Organizing Protest During GOP Convention
Fidel Castro Speaks on World Trade and Wealth Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations

August

Week Ending Aug. 4, 2000 GOP Convention Protest Special

Diverse Unity 2000 Coalition will march in Philadelphia for new direction in U.S. politics
Why thousands of activists are willing to practice non-violent civil disobedience and risk arrest at GOP convention
Poor people's march set for opening day of GOP convention

Week Ending Aug. 11, 2000 GOP Convention Protest Followup

Big Business Bankrolls Both Major Party Conventions: What's the Quid Pro Quo?
A Candidate Praises Maine's New Clean Money Campaign Finance System
The FBI's "Carnivore" Threatens Civil Liberties

Week Ending Aug. 18, 2000 Gop Convention Protest Followup

Selection of Sen. Lieberman for Gore's Running Mate Moves Democrats Further to Right
Demonstration Organizers Say Police Brutalization of GOP Convention Protesters Designed to Intimidate Social Justice Activists
Oil Companies Reaping Record Profits After Prices of Gas and Heating Oil Skyrocket

Week Ending Aug. 25, 2000

Report Contradicts President Clinton's Assessment of Child Poverty
Why a Multi-issue Coalition is Protesting at Democratic National Convention
Hawaiian Independence Activists Seek Sovereignty, Repatriation of Stolen Lands

July

Week Ending July 7, 2000

Colombian military aid package will deepen civil war
Vote-buying and threats precede Mexican presidential elections
Bill lifting food, medicine sanctions to Cuba weakened by anti-Castro legislators

Week Ending July 14, 2000

Critics charge GOP prescription bill will not help Medicare recipients most in need
Human genome science open to profiteering and privacy abuses
Alternative 'Shadow Conventions' will raise issues GOP, Democrats largely ignore

Week Ending July 21, 2000

Stakes high in Middle East Summit as Palestinians promise to declare statehood
Journalist predicts no change in anti-labor policies under new Mexican president
Test failure not likely to deter Democrats and GOP from pushing National Missile Defense System

Week Ending July 28, 2000

International AIDS Conference confronts North-South treatment gap
Health care activists organizing July 29 demonstration at GOP convention advocating universal care
Tree-sitting protesters in Ramsey Gulch, Calif. fight to save redwoods

June

Week Ending June 2, 2000

Stalled peace talks ignite recent West Bank and Gaza violence
American farmers advocate lifting Cuba trade sanctions
Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader building progressive political movement

Week Ending June 9, 2000

Why labor failed to stop U.S.-China trade pact
George W. Bush's proposal to revive Reagan "Star Wars" program
Why school vouchers short change public education

Week Ending June 16, 2000

How Peruvian President Albert Fujimori's tainted re-election may affect Lori Berenson's case
Campaign to free Leonard Peltier focuses on executive clemency
U.N. Women's Conference holds the line against religious attacks

Week Ending June 23, 2000

Amnesty International accuses NATO of violating international law during Yugoslav War
Report documents severe racial disparities in War on Drugs prison population
FCC may weaken rules preventing further concentration of media ownership

Week Ending June 30, 2000

Criticism mounting against U.S. missile defense plan
Resistance to Pentagon's anthrax vaccine speaks to military credibility gap
New global social justice movement organizing for summer political conventions and beyond

May

Week Ending May 5, 2000

Violent history of Cuban Americans fighting for custody of Elian Gonzalez
Unconstitutional police action before and during IMF/World Bank protests
New bills in Congress could close School of the Americas

Week Ending May 12, 2000

Study links radioactive emissions from nuclear power plants to cancer, infant mortality
FAIR examines mainstream media's exploitation of Elian Gonzalez
Daniel Ellsberg, who released the "Pentagon Papers" reflects on his role in opposing Vietnam War

Week Ending May 19, 2000

Struggle continues to close U.S. military's bombing range in Vieques
The fight for low-power FM radio moves to Senate
GOP Convention targeted for large-scale protests

Week Ending May 26, 2000

Broad coalition working to defeat bill granting China permanent normal trade relations status
Opponents of proposed anti-missile defense system say field tests insufficient
Sierra Club director examines Clinton administration's 11th hour land preservation plans

April

Week Ending April 7, 2000

Newly-elected Russian President Vladimir Putin's questionable past
30 cities slate April 1st as Rescue Health Care Day
Building clean cars for the future

Week Ending April 14, 2000

Military aid plan to Colombia could escalate U.S. involvement in war
Al Gore's pander to Miami's small, but vociferous Cuban Right
American corporations and organizations in the year's most censored stories

Week Ending April 21, 2000

The growing global justice movement: Where it came from, where it's headed
IMF/World Bank: A record of failure
Chronicling the emerging anti-corporate culture

Week Ending April 28, 2000

Why IMF/World Bank protesters risked tear gas, police brutality and arrest
Ohio congressman advocates democratization of IMF/World Bank at rally in Washington, D.C.
Activist pastor challenges demonization of Cuba during Elian custody battle

March

Week Ending March 3, 2000

Economic Policy Institute economist Max Sawicky on President Clinton's budget, which cuts social investment programs to historic lows
Center for Constitutional Rights Executive Director Ron Daniels on the implications of the trial of four police officers in the shooting death of Amadou Diallo
Center for Democracy and Technology senior staff counsel Jim Dempsey on the government's Internet monitoring

Week Ending March 10, 2000

Syndicated author and columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson responding to Amadou Diallo trial acquittals
ACLU staff attorney Graham Boyd on War on Drugs' racial disparity and record incarceration
Food and Water Editor Michael Colby on the government's approval of meat irradiation

Week Ending March 17, 2000

John McCain's ties to the powerful liquor industry
Remembering murder during the 1973 Chilean coup by Augusto Pinochet
Building sustainable communities around the world

Week Ending March 24, 2000

With Daddy's help: George Bush's failed business ventures
Big Brother is Watching: U.S. National Security Agency's Echelon espionage network
Aiding children of persecuted activists

Week Ending March 31, 2000

Is Big Oil cashing on OPEC production cuts?
U.S. grassroots support for indigenous peoples in Chiapas
Chicago's Tribune Company joins in megamedia merger mania

February

Week Ending Feb. 4, 2000

Rev. Lucius Walker of Pastors for Peace, who takes a critical look at the conduct of the U.S. government in its handling of the case of Elian Gonzalez, the six-year-old boy who is in the middle of a politically-charged custody battle between his father in Cuba and distant relatives living in Florida. Call Pastors for Peace at: (212) 926-5757 or visit their Web site at www.ifconews.org. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Rev. Lucius Walker.
Rear Admiral Eugene Carroll, deputy director with the Center for Defense Information, who evaluates the rationale behind a drive in Washington to deploy a new National Missile Defense system. Call the Center for Defense Information at (202) 332-0600 or visit their Web site at www.cdi.org. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Eugene Carroll.
Evan Wolfson, director of the Lambda Legal Defense Fund, who talks about Vermont's recent Supreme Court ruling, ordering the state legislature to equalize benefits between gay and straight couples. Call the Lambda Legal Defense Fund at (212) 809-8585 or visit their Web site at: www. lambda.org. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Evan Wolfson.

Week Ending Feb.11, 2000

Kate Michelman, president of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, who takes a critical look at Republican candidates George W. Bush's and John McCain's rhetoric and record on the issue of abortion. Call National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League at (202) 973-3000 or visit NARAL's Web site at: www.naral.org. See this Between The Lines Q&A published at www.yimby.com, an online Amerasian publication. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Kate Michelman.
Frank Clemente, director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch, who advocates the adoption of Medicare outpatient prescription drug coverage with federal intervention to control runaway drug prices. Call Public Citizen at (202) 546-4996 or visit their Congress Watch Web site at: www.citizen.org/congress. See their press release: "'Insider' Documents Show Prescription Drug Industry Continues Campaign to Undermine Support for a Prescription Drug Benefit" See their report, "High and Rapidly Increasing Prescription Drug Expenditures Threaten Any Medicare Drug Benefit" Listen to this RealAudio interview with Frank Clemente
Journalist Daniel Forbes, who summarizes his investigation that exposed the hidden government campaign in which Congress approved a five-year, $1 billion ad buy for the major TV networks. After some compromises, the ad buy resulted in anti-drug themes in prime time shows and resold ad time at the going rate to IBM, Microsoft or Yahoo! Read his report series, "Prime-Time Propaganda" on the Salon Web site at:www.salon.com. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Daniel Forbes

Week Ending Feb. 18, 2000

Charles Lewis, founder and executive director of the Center for Public Integrity, who discusses the corrupting influence of big money in U.S. politics and who is lining the pockets of the leading candidates running for the White House this year. Call the Center for Public Integrity at (202) 466-1300 or visit their Web site at: www.publicintegrity.org. Listen to this RealAudio interview with Charles Lewis.
Mike Males, co-author of a report titled the "Color of Justice," which documents racial bias in the treatment of youthful offenders in California's criminal justice system. Call the Justice Policy Institute at (415) 621-5661 or visit the institute's Web site at: www.cjcj.org. See this week's Between The Lines Q&A in the AlterNet public archives. Listen to the RealAudio interview with Mike Males.
Chris Bright, a researcher with the World Watch Institute, who talks about the State of the World report on the environmental health of our planet. The institute's Web site can be found at www.worldwatch.org. Listen to the RealAudio interview with Chris Bright.

Week Ending Feb. 25, 2000

William Arkin, military consultant to Human Rights Watch, who criticizes the U.S. NATO air war in Yugoslavia for its failure to minimize civilian casualties. Contact the Human Rights Watch at (212) 216-1801 or visit their web site at www.hrw.org Listen to the RealAudio interview with William Arkin.
Nick Arons, an activist with the group Voices in the Wilderness, who condemns the continued United Nation's economic embargo against Iraq. Contact the group by calling (773) 784-8065; or visit their web site at www.nonviolence.org/vitw. Listen to the RealAudio interview with Nick Arons.
Bruce Gagnon, coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, who assails the Pentagon's Ballistic Missile Defense program and their long-range plan to militarize and dominate outer space. The Network can be contacted by calling their Florida office at (352) 337-9274 or visit their web site at www.globenet.free-online.co.uk.
See Bruce Gagnon's article "Pyramids To The Heavens: The coming battle for control and exploitation of space" in the September-October 1999 edition of Toward Freedom. This article was chosen for Project Censored's 1999 list of the media's most censored stories. Listen to the RealAudio interview with Bruce Gagnon.

January

Week Ending Jan. 7, 2000

Author and commentator Paul Robeson Jr., who assesses the results of the recent Russian parliamentary elections in the context of the ongoing war in Chechnya.
Leon Spencer, executive director of the Washington Office on Africa, who recounts the bloody history of Angola's civil war and the responsibility of the U.S. to aid in that nation's reconstruction. Visit the center's Web site at http://www.woaafrica.org
David Broden, outreach coordinator with Jubilee 2000 USA, who discusses the international movement working to abolish the debt owed by the world's most impoverished nations. Visit the center's Web site at www.j2000usa.org

Week Ending Jan. 14, 2000

Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, who examines the way in which Texas, under the leadership of presidential candidate George W. Bush, administers the death penalty. To contact the center call (202) 293-6970 or visit their Web site at www.essential.org/dpic.
Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, who analyzes the links between hate crimes and economic insecurity. Contact the center by visiting their web site at www.splcenter.org
Greg Ruggiero, a coordinator with the Independent Media Center, who discusses the innovative ways in which media activists covered the demonstrations against the World Trade Organization in Seattle Nov. 30. Visit the center's Web site at www.indymedia.org

Week Ending Jan. 21, 2000

Jim Naureckas, editor of EXTRA, the publication of the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, , who assesses the consequences for citizens and consumers in the wake of America's Online takeover of Time Warner, the largest merger in corporate history. To contact the center call area code (212) 633-6700 or visit their Web site at www.fair.org. See FAIR's Media Advisory: AOL-Time Warner: Dawn of a Golden Age, or a Blow to Media Diversity?
Carol Wills, director of the International Federation of Alternative Trade, who describes her organization's efforts to bring craftspeople from developing countries into the international marketplace. Contact the organization by visiting their Web site at www.ifat.org
Alicia Littletree, of the Redwood Summer Justice Project, who discusses legal developments related to the 1990 car bombing of environmental activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney in Oakland, Calif. For more information, contact the Redwood Summer Justice Project at (707) 887-0262 or on the Web at www.judibari.org.

Week Ending Jan. 28, 2000

Peter Kornbluh, senior analyst with the National Security Archive, who discusses Britain's preliminary decision to release Augusto Pinochet for health reasons, which may end Spain's drive to put the former Chilean dictator on trial for human rights abuses. Contact the archive by calling (202) 994-7000 or visit their Web site at www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv.
Harvard University's Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, national spokesperson with Physicians for a National Health Program,who assesses the proposals for health care reform issued by presidential candidates Al Gore and Bill Bradley. Contact the PHNP by calling (312)554-0382 or visit their Web site at www.pnhp.org.
Chuck Collins, co-director of United for a Fair Economy, who summarizes a report recently issued by his group, which documents the nation's growing economic inequality. The group can be contacted by calling 1 (877) JOINUFE or on the Web at www.stw.org. See their report: "Divided Decade: Economic Disparity at the Century's Turn"

See this week's Between The Lines Q&A: "More billionaires, more bankruptcies: Whose 'economic boom' is it?"

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