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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 "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 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
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 "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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Main Street Demands Bottom Up
In the wake of Congress' failure to pass a Wall Street bailout bill and the steepest drop in the stock market in 20 years, many economists say that the U.S. is witnessing the most serious financial crisis since the days of the Great Depression. Despite appeals by President Bush and both presidential candidates, the House rejected the $700 billion bailout proposal -- the product of negotiations between Democratic and Republican party leaders by a 228 to 205 vote. Sixty percent of Democratic representatives supported the measure, while only one-third of Republicans backed the plan.
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Interview with Michael Zweig, professor of economics at SUNY Stony Brook, conducted by Scott Harris  The fallout from the sub-prime mortgage meltdown has caused the failure of a succession of banks and other financial institutions. The latest victim is Washington Mutual, the largest bank failure in history, which was placed into government receivership then sold to JP Morgan Chase. In another deal brokered by the government, Wachovia is set to be acquired by CitiGroup. Economists warned that if the federal government did not take action soon, a credit freeze could make it difficult for consumers and businesses alike to borrow money resulting in a seizing up of the U.S. economy, with disastrous ripple effects across the globe. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Michael Zweig, professor of economics and director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Zweig examines alternative priorities that could guide government intervention to stabilize the economy while assisting the over 1 million additional homeowners who will face foreclosure in the coming months. The Center for the Study of Working Class Life's new report, "Economic Stimulus and Economically Distressed Workers," can be read online at their website at www.sunysb.edu/workingclass Related links:
Bolivian President Morales
A deepening crisis has gripped Bolivia as that nation's first indigenous president, Evo Morales works for the approval of a new constitution. Violent clashes between the president's supporters and opponents in recent weeks have claimed more than a dozen lives.
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Interview with Melissa Draper, assistant director of the Democracy Center, conducted by Scott Harris 
A constituent assembly approved a new Bolivian constitution last December, although the session was boycotted by the rightist opposition. The new charter, which nationalizes resources, guarantees the rights of the indigenous majority, access to land, and basic services such as water education, healthcare and electricity, is scheduled for a national referendum vote on Dec. 7. In an Aug. 10 recall election, scheduled to break the political stalemate, Morales won 67 percent of the vote, up from 53 percent support in the 2005 presidential election. While two opposition governors lost their seats, four of Morales' main opponents survived the recall vote. On Sept. 9, anti-Morales protesters looted and burned many government offices in Santa Cruz, an opposition stronghold in the resource-rich eastern lowlands. On Sept. 11 more than a dozen indigenous Morales supporters were murdered in Pando province. The president ordered the arrest of Pando's governor, charging him with ordering the killings. Morales also expelled U.S. Ambassador Phillip Goldberg, accusing the diplomat of conspiring with opposition groups to undermine his government. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Melissa Draper, assistant director of the Democracy Center in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She talks about the origins of the violence and negotiations now underway between Morales and his opponents to reach national consensus and end the political unrest. Visit the Democracy Center's website at DemocracyCTR.org Related links:
Connecticut's Successful Clean Air Campaign Model for Nation
After a five-year campaign, grassroots activists in Connecticut succeeded in passing a state law in 2002 to clean up the state's six dirtiest power plants, which had been "grand-fathered" in under the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977. Before the effort got underway it was assumed that the state's oldest and dirtiest coal and oil burning power plants would soon shut down, but when they didn't, thousands of residents from 130 organizations came together to organize the "Sooty Six" campaign. The law required the plants to reduce their emissions of sulfur dioxide, commonly known as soot, to the same level as plants built after 1977.
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Interview with Brooke Suter, former co-chair of the Sooty Six Campaign and national campaign director for the Clean Air Task Force, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  Six years after the law passed, activists from Clean Water Action and the Toxics Action Center crunched the numbers from the Environmental Protection Agency, comparing emissions from 1998 to 2000 with those from 2005 to 2007 and found that there was an astounding overall reduction of 86 percent in soot levels from the six plants. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Brooke Suter, who co-chaired the campaign when she was director of Clean Water Action in Connecticut. She has since gone on to work as the national campaign director for the Clean Air Task Force. Suter describes the organizing strategy that proved so successful in winning Connecticut's Sooty Six campaign and how these lessons have been applied to other campaigns around the country. Contact the Clean Air Task Force at (617) 624-0234 or visit their website at www.catf.us
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Ruben Abreu Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Gary Trujillo Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman and Anna Manzo Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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