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For The Week Ending Feb. 14, 2003
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMThis week we present Between The Lines' summary of under-reported news stories and:
Critics Charge Control of Oil Behind
Interview with Michael Klare,
With the White House moving rapidly to deploy troops and weapons necessary for their war against Iraq, the diplomatic endgame is now in sight. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation of evidence at the Security Council represented a final effort by the Bush administration to gain support for their war plans from an ever more skeptical American public, European allies, Russia and China. While it's not yet clear whether Mr. Bush will seek a second resolution from the U.N. authorizing military action, it is almost certain the president is willing to disregard growing international opposition and launch a unilateral U.S. attack if necessary.
The Bush administration puts forth three major reasons to justify their plans for war: to destroy Baghdad's alleged weapons of mass destruction, to confront and reduce the threat of international terrorism; and to promote democracy in Iraq and the Middle East. But, although little talked about in the U.S., one of the major issues at stake in any future war with Baghdad is control of Iraqi oil. With Iraq sitting on top of the world's second largest reserves of crude oil, the potential prize for the U.S. and American oil companies is enormous.
Colin Powell stated recently that if the U.S. ousts Saddam Hussein from power, America plans to hold Iraq's oil fields "in trust." But the industry publication, Oil Daily reported that the State Department's oil and gas working group has been meeting to discuss post-war management of Iraq's oil sector, including the possibility of privatizing the industry. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Michael Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, who assesses the control of Iraqi oil as a central motive behind President Bush's plan for a second Persian Gulf War. Click here to listen!
Michael Klare is the author of "Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict," published by Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt.
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Against White House War Plan
Interview with Gene Bruskin,
As organizing against the Bush administration's plan for war with Iraq intensifies, the voice of labor is rising. Opponents of a new war in the Persian Gulf got a big boost last month when 100 labor representatives met in Chicago to coordinate their efforts nationwide. There, members of unions such as AFSCME, American Federation of Teachers, Health Care Workers/ 1199, Service Employees International, United Auto Workers, Carpenters and many others formed a new coalition dubbed U.S. Labor Against the War.
Union activists had a noticeable presence during massive protests against the war, held on Jan. 18th on both coasts, and promise to be even more visible in upcoming demonstrations, including the Feb. 15th actions in New York City and elsewhere.
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Gene Bruskin, a labor leader based in Washington, D.C., and co-organizer of the new coalition, U.S. Labor Against the War. Bruskin discusses labor's dissatisfaction with the Bush administration on several fronts and the groundswell of labor support for a new U.S. foreign policy. Click here to listen!
For more information, call U.S. Labor Against the War at (917) 282-0139, visit the group's website at: www.uslaboragainstwar.org or email g8751@erols.com
to Use of Highly Toxic Radioactive Materials on Board Spacecraft
Interview with Lloyd Dumas,
Since the mid-1990s, critics have sounded an alarm about NASA's use of radioactive materials in their spacecraft, which they maintain pose a risk of catastrophic accidents. As seen in the destruction of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986, and now was with Columbia, the use of plutonium batteries and other toxic power sources on future missions poses a risk of accidents that could disperse these materials over wide areas of the earth. Such an accident could expose millions to dangerous levels of radiation with the potential to cause cancer and other illnesses. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Lloyd Dumas, professor of political economy at the University of Texas. Dumas, author of "Lethal Arrogance: Human Fallibility and Dangerous Technologies," discusses the lessons he believes government planners should learn from the loss of the Columbia Space Shuttle. Click here to listen! Lloyd Dumas' book, "Lethal Arrogance: Human Fallibility and Dangerous Technologies," is published by Palgrave/ Macmillan. Contact the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space at (352) 337-9274 or visit their Web site at www.space4peace.org
of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon
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