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Presidential Transition
"The First Hundred Days or the Last Hundred Days? Obama's Rendezvous with Destiny -- and Ours," by Ira Chernus, by TomDispatch.com, Dec. 10, 2008 "Who Will Seize the Moment?" Turning Crisis into Opportunity, by Ralph Nader, Counterpunch, Dec. 4, 2008 "Community Organizers Press Obama for Real Change," by CommonDreams.org, Dec. 3, 2008 Converting Fossil Fuel Economy to Green Economy
"Electric Cars Put Hawaii on The Road to Independence," by Times Online/UK, Dec. 4, 2008 "Weapons Come Second: Can Obama Take on the Pentagon?" by Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com, Nov. 25, 2008 The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending, by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Economic Crisis
"A Look At Wall Street's Shadow Market: How Some Arcane Wall Street Financial Instruments Magnified Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 5, 2008 "Swapping Secrecy for Transparency," by Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman, The New York Times Op-Ed, Oct. 19, 2008 "The Bet That Blew Up Wall Street: Steve Kroft On Credit Default Swaps And Their Central Role In The Unfolding Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 26, 2008 Broken Government
"Broken Government: By The Numbers," 40 ways in which the federal government failed to perform under the administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008 Class Warfare
"How the Rich Are Different From You and Me,"Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter than places that went for McCain, by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing, Slate, Dec. 11, 2008 War And Profiteering
"This Is Change? Twenty Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House," by Jeremy Scahill,Alternet, Nov. 20, 2008 "Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart," Why Americans Shouldn't Go Home, by Tom Engelhardt, Nov. 12, 2008 "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 "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 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, November-December 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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Auto Industry Bailout Should Strive
With the U.S. economy officially in recession for the past year, the severe financial meltdown and 533,000 jobs lost in November, the precarious condition of the U.S. auto industry is now the subject of debate in the U.S. Congress. House and Senate leaders are working with President Bush to craft a bailout plan that could provide $15 billion in bridge loans to ensure Chrysler and General Motors will survive until a new president and federal legislators are sworn into office in January.
for Long-Term Structural Change, Not Short-Term Profits RealAudio
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Interview with Robert Weissman, editor of Multinational Monitor, conducted by Scott Harris  The rescue plan being negotiated would name a government overseer appointed by President Bush to set guidelines for restructuring the two companies with the power to revoke the loans if the automakers fail to make the changes necessary to become viable. The White House was seeking to empower what is being called a "car czar," to force the companies into bankruptcy if they didn't follow government path to solvency. Proposed conditions on the loan included limits on executive pay, a prohibition on paying out dividends, a requirement that the government share in future profits and assurances that taxpayers are paid back before any other shareholders. United Auto Workers Union President Ron Gettelfinger has said if union members were asked to make additional concessions, then his members should be given an equity stake in the company. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Robert Weissman, editor of Multinational Monitor, who assesses the major issues for the U.S. economy linked to the fate of the auto industry. Read Robert Weismann's article, "Nationalize GM - Or at Least Think About It," online at www.multinationalmonitor.org/editorsblog
Hardline Jewish Settler Violence Against IDF
In early December, members of the Israeli Army, known as the Israel Defense Forces or IDF, forcibly removed a group of radical right-wing Israeli settlers from a building they were occupying in the West Bank city of Hebron, following violent attacks by the settlers on both the IDF and on Palestinian civilians. About 600 settlers, living under the protection of the Israeli army, reside in the middle of Hebron, a Palestinian city of 130,000. This is one incident among several that have recently caused some Middle East watchers to conclude that relations between Israelis and Palestinians are deteriorating even below their formerly abysmal level. This week, outgoing President Ehud Olmert described the settlers' treatment of Palestinians as a "pogrom," a word used historically to describe organized violence against Jews.
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Interview with Hagit Ofran, director of the Settlement Watch Project of Peace Now, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
The situation is extremely volatile, as Israelis will soon be holding national elections, which the far-right Likud party candidate, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is favored to win. The U.S. -- Israel's strongest and most uncritical supporter -- will also inaugurate a new president in January. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Hagit Ofran, the director of the Settlement Watch Project of Peace Now. She keeps track of developments among the 276,000 Israeli settlers in the West Bank and 180,000 living in Palestinian East Jerusalem. She explains what happened in the Hebron conflict and the possible ramifications. Contact Americans for Peace NOW at (202) 728-1893, or visit the group's Israeli website at www.peacenow.org.il Related articles:
Obama Must Make Ending
Barack Obama campaigned for the presidency with a pledge to close the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, end the military commission proceedings of prisoners there and abolish the Bush administration's authorization for torture and abusive treatment of American-held detainees. In a December 2007 newspaper interview. Obama said, "As president, I will abide by statutory prohibitions, and have the Army Field Manual govern interrogation techniques for all United States government personnel and contractors."
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Interview with Christopher Anders, ACLU Senior Legislative Council, conducted by Scott Harris  Dozens if not hundreds of those being held at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, Guantanamo Bay, U.S. bases in Afghanistan and the unidentified locations of CIA secret prisons have been subjected to brutal interrogations. U.S. soldiers and former detainees have come forward to talk about the stress positions, sexual humiliation, isolation, sleep deprivation, exposure to heat and cold, use of dogs for intimidation, and waterboarding that were employed against terrorist suspects and others. An unknown number of prisoners have died after being abused in U.S. custody. Human rights advocates have urged Obama to appoint an independent prosecutor to initiate a criminal investigation of former Bush administration officials who have authorized torture. While many support the president-elect's stated position on torture, conservative commentators and some in Congress would like to maintain a policy that prohibits the U.S. armed forces from engaging in abusive interrogation methods banned by the U.S. Army Field Manual, but allow the CIA to go outside the manual's guidelines. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Christopher Anders, senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, who explains why abolition of government authorized torture must be a top priority for President-elect Obama's administration. Contact the American Civil Liberties Union at (202) 457-0800 or visit their website at www.aclu.org.
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Richard Hill Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Anna Manzo Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman 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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