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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM "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 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 Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions 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 "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 |
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 Iraqi Government Assault on al-Sadr's Militia Fails
Interview with Raul Mahajan, journalist and author, conducted by Scott Harris  Many observers believe that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's failed attempt to drive al-Sadr's militia from Basra has severely weakened his government and bolstered the fortunes of al-Sadr. President Bush was left looking weaker, too, after offering U.S. support for what he claimed was a "bold decision" by Maliki, and describing the failed battle as a "defining moment in the history of a free Iraq." Reports indicate that hundreds of U.S.-trained Iraqi government soldiers and police were fired after refusing to attack the Mahdi militia. As a result of the still unsettled fighting in Basra, the British government has announced that it would delay a scheduled withdrawal of roughly half of the 4,000 troops currently based at the city's airport. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalist and author Rahul Mahajan, who examines the reasons why the Iraqi government decided to attack al-Sadr's militia and how the outcome of this battle may affect the levels of violence in U.S. occupied Iraq. Rahul Mahajan is author of the book, "Full Spectrum Dominance: U.S. Power in Iraq and Beyond." Read Mahajan's commentaries online at EmpireNotes.org Related links:
Canadian Parliament Member Works Across Bordersto Connect Progressive Legislators and Activists Interview with Libby Davies, member of the Canadian Parliament, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Davies was a member of a team of Canadians and elected officials from other nations who made three trips to the U.S. in the run-up to the Iraq war, looking for weapons of mass destruction. It was a publicity stunt, but one carried out in all seriousness, to expose the dubious claims of the Bush Administration about Iraq's alleged possession of WMDs. The U.S. has more weapons of mass destruction than any other nation in the world. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Davies, who discusses the relationship between the U.S. and Canada, after America's northern neighbor opposed the invasion of Iraq, but chose to deploy troops to Afghanistan. She describes her work for the peaceful resolution of conflicts and her efforts to strengthen contacts between legislators and progressive activists from both nations. Libby Davies is a New Democratic Party member of the Canadian Parliament. Visit the New Democratic Party's website at www.NDP.ca. Likely Democratic Nominee Obama Will Need a Movement to Make Change Interview with John Nichols, Washington correspondent with the Nation magazine, conducted by Scott Harris  Recent polls suggest that a large number of supporters of Clinton and Obama may decide to vote for Republican John McCain if their preferred candidate did not win the Democratic nomination. The poll and the growing shrillness of the campaign has moved Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean to call for all his party's superdelegates to declare whom they support by July 1, as a way to avoid a divisive fight at the Party Convention in Denver in late August. The nearly 800 superdelegates, who are mostly elected officials and party activists, will play a critical role in that neither Clinton or Obama are expected to gain the needed 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination outright. Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with John Nichols, Washington correspondent with the Nation Magazine, who assesses the urgent calls to end the Democratic primary battle and takes a closer look at the core politics of Sen. Barack Obama, the candidate who most observers are betting will be the eventual Democratic party nominee. John Nichols is author of the book, "The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders Cure for Royalism." Read Nichols' columns online at www.thenation.com
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Bill Cosentino Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo, Bill Cosentino and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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