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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
"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007
"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
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007
"ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007
"Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007
"Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007
"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
"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
Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions
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ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS SATURDAY, OCT. 13 "HEALTH CARE: BASIC HUMAN RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE?"  A Public Forum on Universal Health Care with Physicians for a National Health Program co-founder Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler and John Wilhelm, UNITE HERE president/hospitality industry at United Church on the Green, 270 Temple St., New Haven, Conn. 2-4 p.m. Suggested contribution $10; $35 reception Click here for more information.
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Vincent Warren,
In December 2004, after the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, the Bush administration's Justice Department declared that the use of torture was abhorrent and wrote a legal opinion to back it up. But a New York Times story published on Oct. 4 revealed that under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who took office in February 2005, the Justice Department issued another secret legal opinion authorizing painful physical and psychological interrogation techniques, including head slapping, simulated drowning or water boarding and exposure to frigid temperatures. The Times report also asserted that the U.S. government is still holding people in CIA secret prisons abroad after publicly announcing the end of the program in September 2006. The Bush administration's stance on torture contravenes laws passed by Congress, Supreme Court decisions, and the United Nations Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. During this congressional term, the Center for Constitutional Rights, which represents many of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay U.S. Naval base in Cuba, will be challenging the Bush administration's expansion of executive power to detain suspects without due process before the U.S. Supreme Court. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Vincent Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, who examines President Bush's secret authorization to subject detainees held by the U.S. to interrogations employing torture and abuse. Contact the Center for Constitutional Rights by calling (212) 614-6464 or visit the group's website at www.ccr-ny.org Related links:
Interview with Paul Knitter,
Two days after the highly controversial visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Columbia University in late September, more than 100 religious leaders from various Christian denominations in the U.S. met with Ahmadinejad in New York for a religious dialogue. The meeting was organized at the request of religious leaders in Iran by Pax Christi, a Catholic peace group, and the Mennonite Church, a traditional peace church. Paul Knitter, a professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York whose expertise is inter-religious dialogue, was one of those who attended the gathering. He said he had many reservations about the meeting, stemming from his objections to Ahmadinejad's statements denying the Holocaust and calling for an end to Israel. He also did not want the meeting to be used by Ahmadinejad to claim credibility through such encounters. Knitter said he decided to participate because the organizers explained it was part of an effort to keep the channels of communication open and lay the groundwork for more serious dialogue in a situation where the threat of violence is escalating -- and there is little positive contact between the governments of Iran and the U.S. Between The Lines Melinda Tuhus spoke with Knitter who describes the religious meeting with Ahmadinejad and the hope of many that a conflict between the U.S. and Iran can be averted. Paul Knitter is the Paul Tillich professor of Theology, World Religions and Culture at Union Theological Seminary. For more information on the inter-religious dialogue, call the Mennonite Central Committee at 1-888-563-4676, or visit their website at www.mcc.org
Interview with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler,
Congressional passage of legislation authorizing a $35 billion increase over five years for the State Children's Health Insurance Program or SCHIP, was designed to assist children whose parents are unable to purchase private health insurance, but who made too much money to be eligible for Medicaid. There are an estimated 8 million children from low-income families in the U.S. that are currently not covered by public or private health insurance programs. The funds were to come from a 61-cent tax hike on each pack of cigarettes. President Bush used his veto power for only the fourth time on Oct. 3rd to veto the SCHIP legislation. He maintained that expanding SCHIP would be a step toward socialized medicine, shift the focus from the poor and cost too much. Instead, he proposed a $5 billion increase to SCHIP that critics say wouldn't cover rising costs to children currently enrolled. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, associate professor of medicine at Harvard University and co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program. Dr. Woolhandler explains why she believes President Bush vetoed the SCHIP legislation and how this debate relates to the larger failures of the U.S. health care system. To contact Physicians for a National Health Program, call (312) 782-6006 or visit their website at www.pnhp.org. Related links:
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Barnes, Los Angeles Times, Oct. 15, 2007 "Iraqis Decry U.S. Airstrike That Killed Civilians,"Washington Post, Oct. 13, 2007 "White House Defends Progress In Iraq As Ex-Commander Sees 'Nightmare,'"Agence France Presse, Oct. 13, 2007 "Ex-Commander Says Iraq Effort Is 'A Nightmare,'"The New York Times, Oct. 13, 2007 "Afghanistan Is 'Going Down Fast,'"The Australian/Australia, Oct. 13, 2007 "Lawmakers: U.S. Covering Up Iraqi Corruption,"Agence France Presse, Oct. 12, 2007 "Support For Iraq Partition: Cynical And Dangerous,"by Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, Oct. 12, 2007 "New Evidence That Blackwater Guards Took No Fire,"The New York Times, Oct. 12, 2007 "Turkey Plans Incursion, PKK Says Ready To Attack,"Reuters, Oct. 12, 2007 "Blackwater Faces War Crimes Inquiry After Killings In Iraq,"Independent/UK, Oct. 12, 2007 "Iraq: The Other Surge,"by Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation, Oct. 11, 2007 "U.S. Attack Kills 15 Civilians, Including 9 Children,"Associated Press, Oct. 11, 2007 "Afghanistan-Pakistan: Zone Of Insecurity,"by Paul Rogers, openDemocracy.net, Oct. 11, 2007 Civil Liberties/ Human Rights "Verizon Says It Turned Over Data Without Court Orders,"Washington Post, Oct. 16, 2007 "Pentagon Is Using The FBI To Spy On Americans,"by Nick Juliano, Raw Story, Oct. 16, 2007 "The American Way Of Torture,"by Nicole Colson, Socialist Worker, Oct. 15, 2007 "Outsourcing Torture,"by Chris Hedges, TruthDig, Oct. 15, 2007 "A Gitmo Detainee Finally Gets A Break,"by Andy Worthington, counterpunch, Oct. 15, 2007 "Pentagon Review Faults Bank Record Demands,"The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2007 "Former CEO Says U.S. Punished Phone Firm That Refused To Participate In Illegal NSA Plan,"Washington Post, Oct. 13, 2007 "Miami OK's Payout To FTAA Protesters,"Miami Herald, Oct. 12, 2007 "John Edwards' Dark Leftist America,"by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Oct. 12, 2007 "Feds Won't Let Go Of Case Accusing Artist Of Bioterrorism,"by Patricia Williams, The Nation, Oct. 12, 2007 "U.S. Demands Passenger Lists For Sun Flights,"Toronto Globe and Mail/Canada, Oct. 11, 2007 "Shadows Whose Fate Can Only Be Guessed At: Lost In The Rendition Machine,"by Stephen Grey, Le Monde Diplomatique/France, Oct. 11, 2007 "U.S. Reviews Gitmo Combatant Hearings,"Associated Press, Oct. 11, 2007 "Were You Really Surprised? No Interrogation Technique 'Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading' As Define By Bush Regime,"by David Luban, Balkinization, Oct. 5, 2007 "Taser Nation,"by Joe Conason, Salon, Sept. 21, 2007 Media Issues "The Beltway Establishment's Contempt For The Rule Of Law,"by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Oct. 14, 2007 Activism "Watada's Double Jeopardy,"by Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith, The Nation, Oct. 12, 2007 "President Avoids St. Pete Protesters,"Tampa Tribune (Florida), Oct. 12, 2007 "What If They Gave A Peace Rally And (Almost) No One Came?,"by Susan Lenfestey, Minneapolis Star-Tribune (Minnesota), Oct. 11, 2007 |
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