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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
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ANNOUNCEMENTS"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 now available of this event, "The Case for Impeachment," with journalist David Lindorff and Center for Constitutional Rights attorney, Barbara Olshansky
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Interview with Michael Ratner,
On Nov. 14, a coalition of human rights groups filed war crimes charges in Germany against outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and other officials in the Bush administration, including attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, former CIA director George Tenet, and Ricardo Sanchez, the former commander of American forces in Iraq. They are accused of either ordering, aiding, or failing to prevent war crimes. Led by the U.S.-based Center for Constitutional Rights, the groups are calling on the German federal prosecutor to investigate the responsibility of these high-ranking U.S. officials for authorizing war crimes, including torture and other human rights violations. The charges were filed on behalf of 12 alleged victims of torture, 11 of whom are Iraqi citizens who were detained at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. The twelfth man, who has been held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since January 2006, is Mohammed al-Qahtani, a citizen of Saudi Arabia whom Washington accuses of being a conspirator in the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The complaint was filed in Germany because that nation is a signatory to the International Criminal Court and under German law, war crimes can be prosecuted irrespective of the nationality or location of the defendant or plaintiff. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who discusses why his group filed war crimes charges against Bush administration officials and the goals of this legal action. Contact the Center for Constitutional Rights by calling (212) 614-6464 or visit the Center's website at www.ccr-ny.org. Michael Ratner is a contributor to the CCR book titled, "Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush." Related links:
Interview with Jonathan Treat,
As the movement of teachers, students, workers and indigenous groups marked six months of continuous protest in the Mexican city of Oaxaca, violence again erupted in the streets on Nov. 20, the day Mexicans celebrated the 96th anniversary of their nation's 1910 revolution. Running battles between the Federal Preventative Police -- firing tear gas and activists armed with sticks, slingshots and fireworks -- resulted in dozens of injuries and arrests. Protests began in May, when teachers went out on strike demanding a pay increase and books for students. Oaxaca's Gov. Ulises Ruiz ordered police to attack the teachers and their supporters. That confrontation galvanized the teachers, sparked a civil society uprising and the formation of The People's Popular Assembly of Oaxaca or APPO, which demanded the removal of Gov. Ruiz, who many accuse of winning office by stealing the 2004 state election. At the end of October, Mexican President Vicente Fox sent 4,000 federal troops to Oaxaca to remove protesters from the colonial city's central plaza, after more than a dozen people -- including Brad Will, an independent U.S. journalist -- had been killed by gunmen, whom protesters identify as undercover government agents. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jonathan Treat, a journalist living in Oaxaca and coordinator of the Oaxaca Solidarity Network, who provides a brief history of the conflict and describes the current tense situation in the city. Visit the Oaxaca Solidarity Network's website at www.OaxacaSolidarity.org
Interview with Kim Gandy,
In the ten weeks between the November election and the swearing-in of the new Congress in January, President George Bush is pushing hard to get his favored legislation and key appointments approved by the outgoing GOP-controlled House and Senate. This comes even though many of the president's far-right views were repudiated at the ballot box on Nov. 7. In a move that demonstrates even more arrogance than usual, Bush has appointed a doctor, who opposes birth control, to be in charge of federal family planning funds. Because it's not a top-level position, Dr. Eric Keroack, who would become deputy assistant secretary for population affairs, does not require Senate approval of his appointment. But that isn't stopping groups opposed to his taking office from pressuring the administration to reverse itself. Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Kim Gandy, president of NOW, the National Organization for Women. She describes Keroack's extreme views and what steps NOW is taking to prevent his appointment. For more information, or to sign a petition against Keroack, call (202) 628-8669 or visit the group's website at www.now.org
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