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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
"Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006
Those Who Dared to Come Forward
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
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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Click here for a flyer! "The Case for Impeachment"  Co-authors journalist David Lindorff and Center for Constitutional Rights attorney Barbara Olshansky speak about their book, "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office," at the United Church on the Green, in New Haven, June 24. A video DVD and audio CD is in production for our June 24 event, "The Case for Impeachment," with journalist David Lindorff and Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, Barbara Olshansky THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Dahr Jamail,
In the weeks before the nation observed the 5th anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks, President Bush and the Republican Party have done their best to direct the nation's focus away from the deteriorating situation in the Iraq war and towards the war on terror. Bush has made a series of speeches and taken actions that underscore his unilateral approach to dealing with terrorist suspects just seven weeks before Americans go to the polls to determine which party will control Congress for the next two years. While the nation's media has devoted extensive coverage to the U.S. diplomatic confrontation with Iran and the president's demand for Congress to join him in re-interpreting the Geneva Conventions, U.S. forces and the Iraqi people have witnessed a rising level of violence and instability. According to the Pentagon's own analysis, Iraqi casualties and the number of insurgent attacks have seen a dramatic increase in recent months, particularly in the embattled al-Anbar province. Offering insight into the U.S. failure to reconstruct Iraq, a recent Washington Post story detailed how many individuals who "lacked vital skills and experience" were assigned to positions in the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq based on their "loyalty to the Bush administration." Between The Lines' spoke with independent, unembedded journalist Dahr Jamail, who reported from the streets of Iraq for eight months beginning in 2003. He assesses the worsening situation in the Iraq war and the flawed attempt by U.S. forces to win hearts and minds. Read Dahr Jamail's articles online at www.dahrjamailiraq.com Related links:
Interview with Ann-Louise Colgan,
On Sept. 17, tens of thousands of people around the world, including about 30,000 in New York City, rallied to call for an end to the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. Observers estimate the death toll at between 250,000 and 500,000 people -- half from direct violence and half from illness or starvation resulting from the destruction of crops and being driven from their villages. Millions more are homeless and at risk. These next few weeks will be critical in the struggle to save the people of Darfur. The mandate of the small African Union force that's been trying to protect Darfurians from the Janjaweed, the Arab militia supported by the Sudanese government, expires at the end of September. The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution in late August calling for a peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but it is very possible that the African Union troops will leave before any other peacekeepers arrive, thus increasing the likelihood of an even larger bloodbath. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Ann-Louise Colgan, acting co-executive director of Africa Action. The Washington, D.C.-based group has made Darfur one of its signature issues since the mass rapes and killings began there three years ago. She describes a recent protest at the White House organized by Africa Action and assesses the chances for ending the bloodshed in Darfur. To get a copy of the Africa Action's report, "A Tale of Two Genocides," call (202) 546-7961 or visit their website at www.africaaction.org Related links:
Interview with the Chuck Collins,
Despite nearly two months of continuous protests and an occupation of Mexico City's center by supporters of candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, their demands for a full recount or an annulment of the July 2 presidential election were rejected by Mexico's seven-judge Federal Election Tribunal. Instead, the tribunal named conservative candidate Filipe Calderon, of the ruling conservative National Action Party, the winner by a slim 243,000 vote-margin of 41 million cast. In response, Lopez Obrador, of the center-left Party of Democratic Revolution, held what he called a "national democratic convention" in Mexico City's central square on Sept. 16, Mexico's Independence Day, where a crowd estimated at one million rejected Calderon's legitimacy and established a parallel government headed by Lopez Obrador. In Mexico's southern, largely indigenous city of Oaxaca, thousands of militant teachers, students, farmers and progressive activists have established their own parallel government in a sometimes violent confrontation with the state's Institutional Revolutionary party governor and police, that began in May. Some observers believe that the tense situation in Oaxaca may foreshadow Mexico's future. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Chuck Collins, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies who observed Mexico's July election and recently returned from a year living in Oaxaca. He examines the contested election in the context of Mexico's growing class and racial polarization. Read Chuck Collins' articles online atwww.alternet.org. Contact the Institute for Policy Studies by calling (202) 234-9382 or visit their website at www.ips.org Related links:
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