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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 ISSUES IN DEPTH
'A New Era of Responsibility'
"Push Obama to Follow Through on Peace Vows," by Amy Goodman, The Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 22, 2009 "How to Push Obama," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Danger of Green Stimulus," Jesse Jenkins, Huffington Post, Jan. 5, 2009 "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
Civil Liberties
"The effects of Obama's refusal to investigate Bush crimes," by Glen Greenwald, Salon.com, Jan. 20, 2009 "Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture, " by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 18, 2009 "Obama Has to Hold Bush Accountable for the Laws He Broke," by Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation, Jan. 16, 2009 "Obama Must Restore the Constitution: Prosecuting Bush and Cheney," by Dave Lindoff, Counterpunch.org, Jan. 16-19, 2009
A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Human Rights Solutions
"Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 15, 2009 "Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 60," audio recordings from a Connecticut conference marking the 60th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., Dec. 6, 2008 A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Converting Fossil Fuel/War Economy to Green, Renewable Energy/Peace Economy
"Green Jobs Should Top Our Economic Recovery List," by Juleyka Lantigua, Jan. 6, 2009 "Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right,"by Katrina Van Heuvel, The Nation, Jan. 9, 2009 "Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year," by Deepak Chopra, Alternet, Jan. 1, 2009 "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
"The Outcry Is Muted, But The Food Crisis Is Getting Worse," by Jayati Ghosh, The Guardian/UK, Jan. 9, 2009 "Ideas for Obama, "by Paul Krugman, by The New York Times, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Ponzi Scheme Presidency: Bush's Legacy of Destruction," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, January/February, 2009 "Fiscal Therapy," by David Cay Johnston, Mother Jones, January/February, 2009 "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 "Questions About the $700 Billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Funds, " First Report of the Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization, Dec. 10, 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 |
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Obama Adopts Bush-Lite Policies on Guantanamo Detainees RealAudio
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Interview with Elizabeth Goitein, director of the Liberty and National Security Program, at the Brennan Center for Justice, conducted by Scott Harris  While banning torture and abuse of terrorist suspects held by the U.S. military and CIA, the president now says he'll adopt the Bush-era policy of indefinite preventive detention of certain terrorist suspects, denying them due process in military or civilian courts. Obama also reversed his prior forceful opposition to George W. Bush's military commissions, used to try terrorist suspects being held at Guantanamo. Now the president says he wants to make several congressionally approved changes to the commissions -- a position that many human rights groups reject as inadequate to address the deep flaws of the system. Meanwhile, former Vice President Cheney, Republican legislators and right-wing talk show hosts, accuse Obama of endangering national security with his plan to move many of the 240 detainees held at Guantanamo to U.S. prisons. Between The Lines spoke with Elizabeth Goitein, director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York University School of Law. Goitein explains why she is troubled by many of President Obama's positions on the treatment of Guantanamo detainees. Contact the Brennan Center for Justice by calling (212) 998-6730 or visit their website at www.brennancenter.org Related links:
Effects of Agent Orange Persist 40 Years On May 18, the International People's Tribunal of Conscience, meeting in Paris, determined that the use of dioxin by the US military in Vietnam from 1961 to 1971 was a war crime and a crime against humanity. Dioxin -- one of the deadliest chemicals ever produced -- was the active ingredient in Agent Orange, 21 million gallons of which was used as a defoliant by American forces during the war in Southeast Asia. The tribunal found Dow Chemical, the maker of Agent Orange, and other chemical companies guilty of colluding with the U.S. government.
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Interview with Bernie Meyer, 1969 D.C.-9 protester, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
This decision, from an international group of lawyers, followed a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in March not to hear a case brought by representatives of Vietnamese civil society and by American military victims of Agent Orange. The court let stand a lower court ruling that the plaintiffs could not sue because Agent Orange was an herbicide used as a defoliant, and was not a poison targeting humans. In other words, those who died or have suffered injuries as a result of their exposure were considered expendable, described as being "collateral damage." Thousands of GIs and their offspring were affected, along with three to four million Vietnamese. Bernie Meyer, a former Catholic priest, along with eight other activists, participated in a 1969 action that destroyed Dow Chemical Company files in Washington, D.C., as a protest against the use of Agent Orange in Vietnam. The protesters were known as the DC-9. When the group began planning a 40th anniversary gathering held in mid-May, Meyer decided it was time to visit Vietnam and meet some of the victims of Agent Orange in person. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Meyer about his visit. For more information on the Friendship Village Project, visit the website www.vietnamfriendship.org Related links:
Shell Oil Faces Accusers in New York Court
During the mid-1990's, Nigerian author and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa led a movement to challenge oil giant Royal Dutch Shell for their environmental devastation of the land and abuse of local people as they drilled for oil in the Niger Delta region. In 1994, Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogani tribal leaders in his movement were accused by the former Nigerian military regime of murdering four Ogani Chiefs. After a special military court found the activists guilty of what human rights groups claim were trumped up charges, the nine accused were hanged on Nov. 10, 1995.
Over the Execution of Nigerian Activists RealAudio
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Interview with Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International, conducted by Scott Harris  Now, 14 years after Saro-Wiwa's execution, Shell Oil Company will soon face the dead activists' supporters and allies in a New York City courtroom. Shell stands accused of requesting the assistance of the Nigerian military to silence Saro-Wiwa and his movement, which led to the 1995 executions and other crimes against humanity in the Niger Delta. The corporate world is watching this case closely, as a ruling in the 10 plaintiffs favor could usher in a new era of corporate accountability through U.S. courts. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International, who is coordinating the ShellGuilty campaign to focus attention to the Saro-Wiwa case. Kretzmann provides some background in the lawsuit and explains what's at stake for restraining criminal corporate conduct in the developing world. Learn more about the Wiwa v. Shell case by visiting the group's website at www.shellguilty.com Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Indu Anand Copy editor: Chris Ferrio Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates 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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