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'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 "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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U.S. and Russia Move Toward Reducing Number of Nuclear Weapons RealAudio
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Interview with John Isaacs, executive director and president of the Council for a Liveable World and executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, conducted by Scott Harris  The U.S. - Russian agreement, if ratified by the U.S. Senate, would replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or START, which expires in December. Obama will host a nuclear security summit meeting in Washington next March where he hopes to make more substantial cuts in the world's nuclear arsenal and limit proliferation. While the two leaders agreed to fight the proliferation of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea, Medvedev and Obama did not resolve their nation's differences over the U.S. plan to deploy a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, initiated under the Bush administration to deter a future missile threat from Iran. Russia strongly opposes the plan as a threat to its security. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with John Isaacs, executive director and president of the Council for a Livable World and executive director of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, who outlines the progress made in Moscow and the reasons why the U.S. and Russia live with legacy of the Cold War more than 18 years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Contact the Council for a Livable World by calling (202) 543-4100 or visit their website at liveableworld.org Related Links:
G-8 Summit Fails to Make Progress While the world is increasingly focusing on the issue of climate change and its consequences, many people don't fully understand the links between global warming and world hunger. The shifting seasons and severe weather, such as drought and floods, are responsible for destroying agricultural harvests, which in turn exacerbate hunger and increase poverty.
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Interview with Jim Lyons, vice-president for policy and communications with Oxfam America, conducted by Scott Harris 
When the world's leading industrial nations met in Italy for the G-8 Summit, they declined to commit themselves to adopting higher taxes and energy prices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. The wealthiest nations set a goal of reducing their own emissions by 80 percent and worldwide emissions by 50 percent by the year 2050, but without outlining the steps necessary to achieve that goal. India and China rejected that proposal, arguing that they would bear an unfair burden as their economies expanded to catch up with the west. Nations at the G-8 issued a declaration that they would work to limit global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial temperatures, a level scientists assert would minimize the worst effects of climate change. Ongoing talks on the issue of global warming will culminate at a United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen this December. Between The Lines Scott Harris spoke with Jim Lyons, vice-president for policy and communications with Oxfam America who talks about the outcome of the G-8 summit negotiations on climate change and the links between global warming and hunger. Contact Oxfam by calling 1- (800) 77-OXFAM or visit their website at www.oxfamamerica.org
Campaign Intensifies to Stop
In late June, the years-long struggle of people in Appalachia to stop mountaintop removal coal mining grabbed some headlines when prominent climate scientist James Hanson and actorDaryl Hannah were arrested along with others protesting the practice. The burning of coal contributes the greatest proportion of greenhouse gases of any energy source in the U.S.
Mountain Top Removal Coal Mining RealAudio
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Interview with Judy Bonds, co-director of Coal River Mountain Watch, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  But, literally blowing the tops off mountains to mine the coal seams and dumping tons of debris in local streams has created a nightmare for residents of West Virginia and other states where the practice continues. And the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in a case from Alaska that dumping toxic debris in streams does not violate the Clean Water Act. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Judy Bonds, co-director of Coal River Mountain Watch in West Virginia. She is the daughter and granddaughter of miners, and has been in the forefront of trying to stop mountaintop removal mining. For her efforts, she was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2003. In a recent protest against the Massey coal company, she was attacked by a Massey supporter and suffered a serious neck injury. She describes what it's like to live with constant blasting and the water and air contamination that accompany surface mining, and what people living in Appalachia are doing about it. Contact Coal River Mountain Watch at (304) 854-2182 or visit their website at www.crmw.net
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: 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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