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"The Rest of the News," New Haven Advocate, July 3, 2003
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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"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, U.N. 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
"Pipeline
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
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"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?" 21 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 Bev Harris, Federal and state programs initiated after the disputed 2000 presidential election to repair the nation’s flawed voting equipment resulted in cities and counties across the nation purchasing several different types of electronic voting machines. However, investigations by citizen groups have revealed serious problems with some of these machines. One of the major manufacturers of electronic ballot equipment, the Ohio-based Diebold Election Systems company, has been the target of recent investigations into their voting system’s security. Soon after a December 2005 test in which a Finnish computer security specialist demonstrated that vote totals on Diebold machines could be altered without detection, Volusia and Leon counties in Florida dropped their use of Diebold equipment. Upon hearing about the Florida tests, California’s Secretary of State Bruce McPherson announced that his office is putting the certification of Diebold voting devices on hold indefinitely while it awaits further testing to validate the system’s security. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with Bev Harris, founder of the group Black Box Voting, who examines the serious flaws found in Diebold’s machines and the very real possibility that thousands of communities around the U.S. may not have certified voting machines in place for this November’s mid-term congressional election. Visit Bev Harris’s website at: www.blackboxvoting.org
Interview with William Greider, Just after delivering his State of the Union address in January 2005, President Bush embraced and kissed the cheek of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut. The conservative Democrat, who was Presidential candidate Al Gore’s running mate in the 2000 election, has infuriated many in his party over the last few years by supporting Mr. Bush on several key issues. Progressive Democrats in Connecticut and around the nation were angered by Lieberman's kind words for President Bush's proposal to partially privatize Social Security, which ultimately failed. Lieberman's steadfast and vocal support for the president’s war in Iraq has also created animosity toward the three term Senator, who supported several of Mr. Bush’s controversial cabinet appointments. Over the past year a grassroots movement of angry democrats has begun to search for a candidate to challenge Mr. Lieberman when he runs for re-election in November 2006. Former GOP senator and independent Connecticut Gov. Lowell Weicker has expressed interest in the plan - Lieberman ousted Weicker from his Senate seat in 1988. The well-organized liberal group MoveOn.org, has also stated its interest in raising money for a Lieberman challenge. Between The Lines’ Scott Harris spoke with William Greider, The Nation Magazine’s national affairs correspondent who explains why he believes an effective campaign against Lieberman could have national repercussions in re-invigorating the Democratic party. Read William Greider's piece about Joe Lieberman titled, “The Rise of the Rebels” in the December 24th edition of the The Nation or visit the magazine’s website at www.TheNation.com www.thenation.com Related links:
Interview with Ardeth Platte, Sr. Ardeth Platte is one of three Dominican nuns who took part in a Plowshares action in October, 2002, in Greeley, Colorado. The nuns entered a Minuteman missile site, hammered on the silo and made the sign of the cross on it with their own blood. In April 2003, they were found guilty of "interference, injury or obstruction of national defense materials and depredation of government property." Platte, who is 70 years old and a peace activist for many decades, received the longest sentence -- 41 months. She was released on Dec. 22, 2005, but still faces three years of probation and must pay restitution for damage at the missile silo. Platte and her co-defendants say they are unwilling to pay the government restitution because some of the funds would be dedicated to war. The nun served part of her sentence in Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut and shortly after her release spoke with Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus about conditions for women she encountered in prison, and how women there forged a supportive community. Contact Sister Platte’s peace community Jonah House by calling (410) 233-6238 or visit their website at www.jonahhouse.org For more information on the Plowshares disarmament actions, visit www.plowsharesactions.org Compiled by Bob Nixon and Denise Manzari
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