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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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Carnage in Eastern Congo Prompts Call
Fighting between forces allied with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and rebels in the eastern region of the country is claiming ever more civilian lives as this African nation continues to be consumed by violence almost a year after a peace agreement was signed. An estimated 150 people were killed in the North Kivu province town of Kiwanja in early November, despite the presence of a poorly staffed and equipped United Nations peacekeeping force nearby.
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Interview with Alison Des Forges, senior advisor to the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch, conducted by Scott Harris  Human Rights Watch is calling for the European Union to send a "bridging" force to eastern Congo to help UN peacekeepers stop further attacks on civilians. The UN Security Council authorized the deployment of more peacekeeping troops to the Congo in November, but it will likely take up to four months before reinforcements arrive. Many of the civilians killed in Kiwanja were executed by troops under the command of Laurent Nkunda's rebel force, the National Congress for the Defense of the People. Observers report that atrocities including rape, the forcible recruitment of child soldiers and the destruction of refugee camps were committed by both the rebels and pro-government Mai Mai militias. The International Rescue Committee reported earlier this year that the conflict in Congo had killed an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998, many dying from disease and malnutrition related to the war. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Alison Des Forges, senior adviser to the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch, who describes the violence in Eastern Congo and the urgent action needed from the international community to stop the killing. Contact Human Rights Watch by calling (212) 290-4700 or visit their website at hrw.org Related links:
Union Victory at Republic Windows is
In an echo of the militancy that forced the recognition of labor unions nationwide during the years of the Great Depression, workers at Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors plant began a sit-in to fight for back pay after the factory unexpectedly closed on December 5th. Republic's creditor, Bank of America, which recently received $15 billion in taxpayer funds in the federal bailout bill, initially refused to extend credit to the factory owners to pay the wages owed to the workers.
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Interview with Dave Lindorff, co-author of the book, "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office," conducted by Scott Harris 
But after a six-day peaceful occupation of the factory, where 240 members of the United Electrical Workers blocked removal of any equipment from the plant, and protests targeting Bank of America, the union won a settlement. The company and bank agreed to a package of $1.75 million dollars in severance, vacation pay and temporary health care benefits. While the union was unable to strike a deal to save the jobs at Republic, they are currently using some of the funds contributed by supporters around the world to search for investors to reopen the plant. Republic's owners plan to operate the nonunion Echo Windows factory, that the family recently purchased in Iowa. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with journalist and author Dave Lindorff about the inspiration Republic's workers provided the union movement with their militant action -- and the prospects for labor during the current economic crisis. Read Dave Lindorff's articles online at his website: ThisCantBeHappening.net
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
On Dec. 7, a coalition of peace and justice groups convened a conference at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., titled, "Fulfilling the Promise: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 60," to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or UDHR. The document, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on Dec. 10, 1948, was drafted by an international commission that included former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, who was elected the body's chair.
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Excerpt of talk given by Robert Nave, executive director of Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  The Hamden conference offered six workshops, each of which focused on one or more of the 30 articles that make up the Declaration. One of the speakers at the workshop titled, "Humanizing the United States Justice System with the UDHR," was Robert Nave, executive director of the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty, who also serves as the state and regional death penalty coordinator for Amnesty International. In this excerpt of his talk, Nave addresses Article 3 of the UHDR -- the right to life, liberty and personal security, and Article 5 -- freedom from torture and degrading treatment -- and linked both not only to the death penalty, but to treatment of all prisoners being held in what he called the prison-industrial complex. Contact the Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty by calling (203) 206-9854, or visit their website at www.cnadp.org. This segment was produced by Melinda Tuhus.
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Copy editor: Chris Ferrio Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Elaine Osowski 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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