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ANNOUNCEMENTSSchool of the Americas Watch Activists Report to Federal Prison, April 11, 2006  In the photo above, defendants (from front row, left to right) Linda Mashburn, Robin Lloyd, Fr. Jerry Zawada, Donte Smith and Gail Phares address the press before entering the U.S. Courthouse before their trial, Jan. 30, 2006 Between The Lines' Scott Harris interviewed Robin Lloyd, one of the 29 activists convicted of civil disobedience at the School of the Americas November 2005 protest. She is a long time peace activist, Toward Freedom board member and friend of this radio program. The interview was recorded March 16, before she reported to the Danbury, Conn. federal prison on April 11th. Click here to hear the Robin Lloyd interview in MP3.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Robert Scheer,
Just days before Iranian officials announced to the world that they had successfully enriched uranium needed to fuel a nuclear power plant, Seymour Hersh in the New Yorker Magazine and the Washington Post reported that the Bush administration is actively planning a military attack on Iran's nuclear research facilities. Although Iran's President Ahmadinejad has stated that his nation is only seeking technology to build a civilian nuclear power program, President Bush and the European Union have been pressuring his government through the International Atomic Energy Agency and the U.N. Security Council to halt all nuclear research. The Post and New Yorker articles indicate that as the U.S. steps up surveillance of Iran's infrastructure, plans are being drawn up for a range of military options, including a limited airstrike aimed at key nuclear sites and a more extensive bombing campaign designed to destroy an array of military and political targets. Both accounts report that Pentagon planners are considering the use of a bunker-buster tactical nuclear weapon, such as the B61-11 to destroy hardened facilities that are buried underground or under mountains. President Bush dismissed the reports as "wild speculation" during an appearance at Johns Hopkins University on April 10. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalist Robert Scheer, who for 30 years covered politics for the Los Angeles Times. He considers the possible dire consequences of a U.S. attack on Iran. Robert Scheer is author of the book, "Playing President." Read Scheer's columns at his new online investigative website: www.truthdig.org Related links:
Interview with Mark Potok,
In a series of giant protests demanding fair treatment and legalization, hundreds of thousands of immigrants and their supporters marched in more than 130 cities around the U.S. on April 10. A few days earlier, Dallas, saw more than half a million people come out for one of the largest protests in Texas history. The unprecedented demonstrations, that many observers believe proclaimed the birth of a new civil rights movement, were triggered by provisions in legislation passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives that will make undocumented immigrants and those who assist them felons. Negotiations over other more moderate measures being considered in the Senate made little progress, but will be taken up again when Congress reconvenes after the Easter recess. Although 63 percent of Americans surveyed in a recent Washington Post-ABC poll reject new laws that would criminalize undocumented immigrants already in the U.S., members of groups like the Minutemen, have been accused of acting as vigilantes and stirring up racism and xenophobia around the immigration issue. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Mark Potok, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, who discusses known connections between anti-immigrant activists and extreme right wing and racist groups. Contact the Southern Poverty Law Center at (334) 956-8303 or visit their intelligence project website at www.intelligencereport.org and www.splcenter.org. Related links:
Interview with Mathis Wackernagel,
Worldwide human population is on the rise, and the demand for resources is increasing even faster. In the current situation, a tool called the Ecological Footprint is one way to measure how much land and water humans need to produce the resources they use and to absorb the waste they create. Using internationally accepted measurement tools, it's been determined that humans need an average of 4.5 acres -- or footprint -- per person to meet those needs. But in the U.S., the average footprint is 24 acres. Thus, it would take five Earth-size planets to meet humanity's resource needs if everyone consumed as much as the average American. Ever-larger footprints have led to a situation in which humans are consuming almost 25 percent more resources each year than can be regenerated annually. And that doesn't even take into account what resources non-human life forms require. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Mathis Wackernagel, the co-creator of the Ecological Footprint. A Swiss citizen now living in Oakland, Calif., Wackernagel recently visited Yale University in New Haven, Conn., where he gave speeches and workshops on how to utilize the tool. He maintains the method provides objective measurements, which then can be used by governments or non-governmental organizations to evaluate the impact of city, region or country on the world's resources. Contact the Ecological Footprint network by calling (510) 839-8879 or visit their website at www.footprintnetwork.org. Visit www.ecofoot.org to take the ecological footprint quiz and see how many planets your lifestyle requires.
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