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"Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media" Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003
"The Rest of the News," New Haven Advocate, July 3, 2003
ISSUES IN-DEPTH
War And Profiteering
Those Who Dared to Come Forward
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, UN Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
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Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central
Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
"War
Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003
"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
Multi-Ethnic Issues Advocacy
Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Commentaries, The Hutchinson
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Rabbi Michael Lerner,
In a severe blow for efforts to re-start stalled Middle East peace negotiations, President Bush endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to unilaterally withdraw from the Gaza Strip while making several major Jewish settlements in the Palestinian West Bank permanent. In an April 14 announcement at the White House, President Bush, with Sharon at his side, also rejected the right of millions of Palestinians and their families to return to homes and land they left during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948.
In making his announcement, Bush angered Palestinians by taking away their right to negotiate these critical issues themselves. The agreement which Bush described as "historic" and "courageous," was viewed by many nations around the world as an abandonment of international law, which dictates that Israel must return to its prewar 1967 borders.
But just three days after the Bush-Sharon announcement, Israel's assassination of Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the leader of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, further infuriated Palestinians and prompted calls for revenge against Israel and the U.S. While Ariel Sharon, backed by President Bush, claimed the second assassination of a Hamas leader in a month as self-defense against terrorists, many nations around the world condemned it and expressed fears that the action will only accelerate a deadly spiral of violence. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of the progressive Jewish magazine Tikkun, who assesses the possible consequences of President Bush's endorsement of the Sharon plan and the Israeli policy of assassinating its opponents.
Tikkun is sponsoring a Teach-In to Congress on Middle East Peace in Washington April 25 -27. Contact Tikkun by calling (510) 644-1200 or visit their website at www.tikkun.org
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 Iraqi Shiite Uprising Poses Serious Threat to U.S. Occupation
Interview with Michael Schwartz,
In southern Iraq, another standoff continued in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where militia members loyal to Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr have seized control , while 2,500 U.S. troops surrounded the area. As in Fallujah, Iraqi negotiators are working to defuse the situation. The intensifying conflict in Iraq came as the newly-elected Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero followed through on his campaign pledge by announcing the rapid removal of his nation's 1,300 soldiers from Iraq. In an indication of a further erosion of the U.S. coalition in Iraq, the nation of Honduras followed Spain's lead and announced their own withdrawal of 370 troops. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Michael Schwartz, professor of sociology at the State University of New York, who examines the threat posed by the Shiite uprising and the multiple challenges now facing the U.S. military occupation of Iraq. Read Michael Schwartz's article, "What Triggered The Shia Insurrection?," www.TomDispatch.com, April 12, 2004 Related links:
Depleted Uranium Munitions: A Health Hazard to Soldiers and Civilians
Interview with Tara Thornton,
The Project works with people who suffer from elevated cancer rates and other health problems attributed to the DU production or contamination in their communities. The organization collaborates with veterans groups who are extremely concerned about the health effects on soldiers serving in areas where DU is used. Four of nine soldiers from a New York Army National Guard Unit recently returning from Iraq tested positive for DU contamination. The Toxics Project is working as part of an international effort to ban depleted uranium, which is currently used by 23 nations. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Tara Thornton, executive director of the Military Toxics Project, based in Lewiston, Maine. She discusses some of the health effects ascribed to DU, how communities are fighting back, and the efforts now underway in Congress and internationally to monitor its effects and halt production. Contact the Military Toxics Project by calling (207) 783-5091 or visit their website at www.miltoxproj.org. Related links:
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Last Week's Program Between The Lines Week Ending 4/23/04 Bush Regime/Election 2004 "Kerry Jumps On Sharon Bandwagon," Haaretz/Israel, Apr. 25, 2004 "Kerry: All Profile, No Courage," by Doug Ireland, TomPaine.com, Apr. 23, 2004 "Saudi Woman Running For California Assembly Seat," Democracy Now, Apr. 22, 2004 "California Panel: Don't Use Diebold Touch-Screen Voting Machines," Associated Press, Apr. 22, 2004 "The GOP Masters The Internet," by Michelle Levander, MediaChannel.org, Apr. 22, 2004 "U.S. Heading For Another Election Fiasco As Reforms Fail," Independent/UK, Apr. 22, 2004 "President Kerry," by Ted Rall, TedRall.com, Apr. 21, 2004 American Empire/War Profiteering "Protest, Rebellion And Commitment: Then And Now" by Grover Furr, Counterpunch, Apr. 26, 2004 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq "Report From Falluja," by Dahr Jamail, ZNet, Apr. 24, 2004 "Counter-Productive Counter-Insurgency," Asia Times, Apr. 23, 2004 "FOIA: The Cost Of War: Photos Of Military Coffins," Memory Hole, Apr. 22, 2004 "U.S. Detains 20,000 Iraqis," Inter Press Service, Apr. 21, 2004 "UK Military Chiefs, Diplomats Seething At U.S. Conduct In Iraq," Guardian/UK, Apr. 20, 2004 "Fables Of The Reconstruction," by Jason Vest, Village Voice, Apr. 20, 2004 Civil Liberties "Sneak And Peek," TomPaine.com, Apr. 26, 2004 "Advocating Terror To Defeat Terror," by Paul Robinson, The Spectator/UK, Apr. 24, 2004 "ACLU: White House Engaged In PATRIOT Act Misinformation," American Civil Liberties Union press release, Apr. 22, 2004 "FBI Wants To Watch You Type," by David Cole, by Declan McCullagh, ZDNet, Apr. 19, 2004 Media Issues "Crushing Falluja, 2," by David Edwards, Media Lens, Apr. 23, 2004 "Woman Loses Her Job Over Coffins Photo," Seattle Times, Apr. 22, 2004 "U.S. Media More Skeptical Of Iraq Policy," Reuters, Apr. 21, 2004 Activism "It's Personal," by Skye Perryman, Alternet, Apr. 26, 2004 "Pro-Choice March Largest In History," by Allison Stevens, Women's eNews, Apr. 25, 2004 "Massive Protest Decries Bush Abortion Policies," Reuters, Apr. 25, 2004 |
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