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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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War And Profiteering
"Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007
"Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007
"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
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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?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
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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 Kathy Kelly,
As President Bush set in motion his escalation of the Iraq war by sending an additional 21,000-plus U.S. troops to Baghdad, peace activists responded by intensifying their efforts to end the war and occupation. On Feb. 5, a coalition of groups made up of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, United for Peace & Justice, Iraq Veterans Against the War and other national and local peace and justice groups launched what they're calling the Occupation Project, an eight-week long campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience aimed at pressuring legislators to cut off funding for the war. Specifically, protesters are asking legislators for their pledge to vote against $93 billion in supplemental funding for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars being requested by the White House. On the first day, activists were arrested at Senate offices in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Fairbanks, Alaska. As of Feb. 27, 106 activists had been arrested for their non-violent civil disobedience actions inside offices of Republican and Democratic legislators from both the House and Senate in 11 states and in Washington, D.C. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Kathy Kelly, co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. Kelly is a long-time campaigner for peace and justice who was threatened with 12 years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines from the U.S. government for defying post-1991 Gulf War U.N. sanctions against the people of Iraq. Kelly explains why she believes that the civil disobedience tactics of the Occupation Project can help influence politicians to end the Iraq War. Learn more about the Occupation Project by contacting the Voices for Creative Nonviolence at (773) 878-3815 or visit their website at www.vcnv.org Related links:
Interview with Elizabeth de la Vega,
With Democrats in control of the House and Senate, and growing public pressure on the "opposition party" to get tough with President Bush on his escalation of the Iraq war and prevent a new conflict with Iran, questions about holding the White House accountable for their abuse of power seem a low priority in Washington. But, unlike House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, grassroots progressive political activists around the U.S. respond with enthusiasm anytime, anywhere the word impeachment is uttered. Reflecting growing outrage among a majority of Americans outside the beltway over the government's Iraq policy, there is widespread and passionate support for investigating the lies and manipulation that President Bush and his administration used to mislead the U.S. into a disastrous and bloody war in Iraq. Elizabeth de la Vega is a former federal prosecutor with more than 20 years of experience. She was a member of the Organized Crime Strike Force and chief of the San Jose branch of the U.S. Attorney's office for the northern district of California. Now de la Vega has written a popular new book, where she lays out the legal case against President Bush for what she describes as "tricking the nation into war or conspiracy to defraud the United States." In "United States v. George W. Bush et al," the author makes the case using documents and other verifiable facts to convince a hypothetical grand jury, the readers, to indict defendants George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleeza Rice and Colin Powell. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Elizabeth de la Vega about her book and why she feels it is vital that this administration be held accountable for their conduct around the Iraq war. "United States v. George W. Bush et al" is published by Seven Stories Press. Read an excerpt from the book online at www.tomdispatch.com Related links:
Interview with Maryknoll priest Father Roy Bourgeois, 
After 17 years of holding annual vigils and civil disobedience demanding closure of the U.S. Army's School of the Americas, or SOA, organizers are hopeful that 2007 will be the year they convince Congress to shut down the school. The School, located at Fort Benning, Ga., is now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, or WHINSEC. Over the years, SOA Watch -- founded by Maryknoll priest and Vietnam veteran Father Roy Bourgeois -- has identified hundreds of graduates of the school who have returned to their home countries in Latin America to carry out torture, rape and murder. With Democrats now in control of Congress, activists believe they have a realistic chance of winning enough votes to cut off funding for SOA/WHINSEC and call for an investigation into human rights abuses carried out by its graduates. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Father Bourgeois, who explains that a congressional vote on funding for the school could come as early as April. He also described SOA Watch's Latin America Initiative, which includes the opening of an office in Venezuela and visits by leaders of the movement to many nations in Latin America. Contact SOA Watch at (202) 234-3440 or visit the group's website at www.soaw.org
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