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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
"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
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Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Commentaries, The Hutchinson
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For The Week Ending June 15, 2007
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Interview with Deborah Notkin,
Immigration reform legislation now being debated in Congress was once thought to be a strategic compromise that would attract support from all sides. President Bush, Sen. Ted Kennedy and Sen. John McCain support the proposal. But now the measure is headed for trouble. The bill, which pours billions of dollars into border security while offering a path to citizenship to the estimated 12 million undocumented immigrants living in the U.S. has provoked strong opposition from both the left and the right. Conservatives label the proposal that allows immigrants to pursue legal status as "amnesty," which they unalterably oppose. This, despite requirements that applicants must pay thousands of dollars in fines and return to their home countries before beginning the process. Many progressive activists and immigration advocates object to the measure's point system where prospective immigrants are judged for entry based on their job skills and education, while denying the right to a large number of extended family members living abroad to join legal residents in the U.S. Industrial unions, many within the AFL-CIO, oppose the bill's creation of a temporary-worker program allowing an influx of 200,000 immigrants into the U.S. each year, who they fear will be exploited by low wages and substandard working conditions. But the Service Employees Union, which has in recent years actively recruited immigrants to become union members, is less hostile to the bill and doesn't view immigrant workers as a significant threat. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Deborah Notkin, past president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. She assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the pending immigration legislation and explains why she is opposed to the measure as it now stands. Contact the American Immigration Lawyers Association at (202) 216-2400 or visit their website at www.aila.org
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Interview with Bart Jones,
The government of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's decision to deny opposition television station Radio Caracas TV, a renewal of their broadcast license in May, set off a round of protests both of condemnation and support. RCTV, one of Venezuela's oldest private outlets, was popular for its Tele Novelas and other comedy and news programs since the 1950s. But during the April 2002 failed military coup launched against Hugo Chavez's democratically elected government, RCTV played a critical role on behalf of those seeking to remove the populist president from power. During the period leading up to the coup attempt, the TV station broadcast non-stop condemnation of Chavez and then appealed for people to attend an opposition protest march. When the rally turned violent and people were killed, RCTV aired manipulated video blaming Chavez supporters for scores of deaths and injuries. While Chavez was being held prisoner by the military, and tens of thousands of his supporters filled the streets to demand his return, the TV station declined to cover the unfolding drama. Since the government's refusal to renew RCTV's license, Chavez opponents, including many students, have protested the decision. The move has also been condemned by groups including the Committee to Protect Journalists, the European Union, members of the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration which supported the 2002 coup. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Bart Jones, a former Associated Press correspondent who worked as a reporter in Venezuela for 8 years. He examines the rationale, not widely covered in the U.S. media, behind the Chavez government's decision denying renewal of RCTV's license to broadcast. Bart Jones is author of the forthcoming book titled, "Hugo! The Hugo Chavez Story, from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution," to be published this fall. Related links:
Interview with Ross Gelbspan,
On May 31, President George Bush proposed for the first time during his administration setting "a long-term global goal" for reducing carbon emissions, after six years of ignoring the problem or calling for more studies. The president's proposal calls for a set of international talks to discuss voluntary, not mandatory, compliance, focusing on reducing emissions 50 years and more into the future, rather than on what can be done right now. The timing of his announcement was tied to the G-8 summit meeting of leading industrial nations in Germany, from June 6-8. But the president's climate change proposal was met mostly with criticism from other world leaders and environmentalists. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Ross Gelbspan, author of "The Heat is On" and "Boiling Point," two books that detail the problems associated with global climate change and propose a way forward. He discusses the relationship between the developed and developing nations regarding carbon emissions, and finds hope in an unlikely sector of American society. Ross Gelbspan had a 30-year career as a journalist before turning to writing books on global warming. For more information, visit his website at www.heatisonline.org Related links:
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