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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
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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
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Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
"War
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"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:
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Interview with Charlie Richardson,
As the U.S. commemorated the nation's war dead on Memorial Day May 29, the killing in Iraq continued with the deaths of 31 Iraqis in bombings and shootings, an American soldier and two crewmen working for CBS News, with dozens of others injured. The roadside bombing which claimed the lives of the news crew also critically wounded CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier. Escalating bloodshed in Iraq comes as the public is getting new details of what appears to be the execution of 24 Iraqi civilians -- men, women and children -- at the hands of U.S. Marines last November in the western city of Haditha. While the costs of war are the focus of official attention on one day a year in the U.S., anxiety and heartache are something that the families of both Iraqis and Americans killed or injured in the conflict must live with on a daily basis. Thus far, more than 2,400 U.S. servicemen and women have died with tens of thousands injured. Estimates of Iraqi civilians killed in the war range from nearly 40,000 to over 100,000. In the fall of 2002, Nancy Lessin and her husband Charlie Richardson attended an anti-war rally in Washington, D.C. Their son was a Marine who would soon be deployed to Iraq. They met another military family opposed to the war and co-founded the group Military Families Speak Out to give voice to the families who would bear the brunt of U.S. policy in the Middle East. Since then, nearly 3,000 families have joined. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Military Families Speak Out co-founder Charlie Richardson, who looks at the conduct of the war and the efforts of many with loved ones in the military to end the conflict. Call Military Families Speak Out. at 617-983-0710 or visit their website at www.mfso.org Related links:
Interview with Josh Ruebner,
Since January, when Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary election, the Bush Administration and the U.S. Congress have withheld American aid and are working to prevent other funds from reaching the Palestinian people. Israel, the U.S. and European Union consider Hamas to be a terrorist group due to the group's suicide bombings and other attacks against Israel. Critics say the U.S. government is, in effect, punishing the Palestinian people for voting in Hamas in an internationally recognized free and fair election -- complicating Washington's effort to convince the world that it is promoting democracy in the Middle East. Just before leaving for the Memorial Day break, the House of Representatives passed the Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act, HR 4681. The legislation's many provisions would deny any support to the Palestinian Authority unless its leaders comply with a long list of demands that could make any future sovereign Palestinian state unviable. The Bush administration, while pursuing its own agenda to limit Hamas's ability to govern, has stated the House bill is "unnecessary." The Senate has yet to vote on a similar measure that has 86 co-sponsors but lacks the support of Republican leaders of key committees, such as Lincoln Chaffee and Richard Lugar. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Josh Ruebner of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a coalition of more than 200 groups founded in 2002. Ruebner explains the consequences of the bill for Palestinians and the peace process. Call the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. at (202) 332-0994 or visit their website at www.endtheoccupation.org
Interview with Charlie Cray,
The guilty verdict delivered against Enron chief executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling on fraud and conspiracy charges came five years after the energy giant's 2001 collapse. Enron's failure cost stockholders $60 billion dollars, employees lost $2 billion in pension funds and 5,600 lost their jobs. Skilling faces a possible 185 years in jail, while Lay, Enron's founder, could spend up to 45 years in prison. Before Enron's financial mismanagement was exposed, Ken Lay was one of President Bush's and the Republican Party's biggest contributors. Lay used his influence with the White House to help shape the administration's energy policy and promote corporate deregulation. Enron played a role California's 2001 electricity crisis where energy speculators like Ken Lay made millions and consumers suffered rolling blackouts and skyrocketing utility bills. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Charlie Cray, director of The Center for Corporate Policy, who looks at the guilty verdict delivered against Lay and Skilling as well as the government deregulation which played an important role in Enron's collapse. Charlie Cray is co-author of "The People's Business: Controlling Corporations and Restoring Democracy." Contact The Center for Corporate Policy and by calling (202) 387-8030, or visit the group's website at www.corporatepolicy.org
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