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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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Return of Ousted Honduran President Throws Coup Government Into Disarray RealAudio
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Interview with Greg Grandin, professor of history at New York University, conducted by Scott Harris  President Zelaya, holed up with dozens of supporters in the Brazilian embassy claimed that the Honduran military, which has surrounded the building, were subjecting people inside to a "neurotoxic" gas that caused many of them to become ill. The coup government had given Brazil an ultimatum of 10 days to either grant Zelaya asylum or hand him over for arrest. Zelaya's surprise return to Honduras threw the coup government into apparent disarray. Micheletti had invited officials of the Organization of American States to come to Honduras to prepare for talks, but then blocked four members of the group from entering the country. He later issued a new invitation for an OAS delegation to return. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with New York University professor of history Greg Grandin, who discusses the latest developments in Honduras, the role of social movements and mixed signals sent by the Obama administration on restoring democratic rule to the Central American nation. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Greg Grandin is author of "Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City." He serves on the editorial committee of the North American Congress on Latin America nacla.org. For up-to-date regional reports on the situation in Honduras, visit www.hondurascoup2009.blogspot.com Related Links:
After 32 Years in Prison, Native American human rights activist Leonard Peltier has been incarcerated for more than 32 years. He was convicted of the murder of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota in 1975. Violence on the reservation occurred during a time of open warfare between Indian traditionalists and the corrupt tribal leadership, while U.S. government forces occupied the land.
American Indian Activist Leonard Peltier Denied Parole RealAudio
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Interview with Eric Seitz, attorney for Native American activist Leonard Peltier, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Peltier's trial was riddled with improprieties, including withholding by the government of exculpatory evidence and coercion of witnesses, all amid an atmosphere of great fear and intimidation. Peltier has always claimed he did not shoot the FBI agents. Two other Indian activists arrested for the same crime, but tried separately, were acquitted based on their claim of self-defense. Members of the FBI have always been active in opposing every motion for a new trial and challenged a request for clemency from former President Bill Clinton. This summer, Peltier came up for parole after serving the required minimum 15 years on each murder conviction, served consecutively. But the George W. Bush-appointed members of the federal parole commission denied Peltier parole release. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Eric Seitz, Peltier's attorney, about this latest development and what might lie ahead. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Native American activist Leonard Peltier is currently imprisoned at Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary. For more information, contact the Leonard Peltier Defense/Offense Committee at (701) 235-2206 or visit their website at www.whoisleonardpeltier.info.
Study Finds Corporate Media Coverage
When two conservative activists, posing as a pimp and prostitute released covert video tapes showing the staff of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, offering the phony couple assistance to evade federal tax laws, conservative groups with the support of corporate media, immediately demanded an investigation and the defunding of the group. Congress quickly complied, passing resolutions cutting off federal funds to one of the nation's leading social justice organizing groups. of ACORN Follows GOP Script RealAudio
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Interview with Christopher Martin, journalism professor at the University of Northern Iowa, conducted by Scott Harris  ACORN, has long been a target of the Republican party and the conservative movement for their successful voter registration drives, getting large numbers of low-income and minority citizens to the polls. But the group, with 400,000 members and offices in 75 cities, also effectively advocated for increases in the minimum wage across the nation and assisted poor families in purchasing homes. It was this largely unreported history of political antagonism between ACORN and the GOP that prompted journalism professor Christopher Martin at the University of Northern Iowa and politics professor Peter Dreier of Occidental College to conduct an independent study of the corporate media's flawed coverage of ACORN during the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Here, professor Martin summarizes his study titled, "Manipulating the Public Agenda: Why ACORN Was in the News, and What the News Got Wrong," which found the media often repeated unverified allegations and distortions regarding charges that ACORN was engaged in committing "voter fraud." Read the study online at www.mediacrit.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: Richard Hill Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editors: 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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"The U.S.-Iranian Triangle," by Roger Cohen, The New York Times, Sept. 27, 2009
"The Goldstone Report and Israeli Impunity," by Ramzy Baroud, Counterpunch, Sept. 25-27, 2009 "Keeping Iran honest," by Scott Ritter, Guardian/UK, Sept. 25, 2009 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan "Fears of Blame for Defeat Shadow Afghan War Meetings," by Gareth Porter, Antiwar.com, Sept. 29, 2009 "Gates Contradicts Obama: Afghan 'Exit Strategy' A 'Strategic Mistake,'" by Sam Stein, Huffington Post, Sept. 27, 2009 "US Threatening to Attack Major Pakistani City of Quetta," by Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, Sept. 27, 2009 "Afghanistan: Obama at the Precipice," by Frank Rich, The New York Times, Sept. 27, 2009 "How can 40,000 troops fix chronic corruption in Afghanistan?," Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 27, 2009 "How to Trap a President in a Losing War," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, Sept. 24, 2009 Civil Liberties/ Human Rights "The G-20: a guest with an iron fist," by Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sept. 29, 2009 "Obama's Dick Cheney Moment," by Benjamin Wittes, Washington Post, Sept. 29, 2009 "Robocops Employ Scary Crowd-Stopping Technology at Pittsburgh Protests," by Mike Ferner, After Downing Street, Sept. 28, 2009 "Police Use Painful New Weapon on G20 Protesters," by Allison Kilkenny, True/Slant, Sept. 28, 2009 "Army Prisoners Isolated, Denied Right to Legal Counsel," by Dahr Jamail, Truthout, Sept. 28, 2009 "Obama Drops Plan For Guantanamo 'Indefinite Detention' Law," by Andy Worthington, Future of Freedom Foundation, Sept. 28, 2009 "Street Report from the G20," by Bill Quigley, Common Dreams, Sept. 27, 2009 "Cops in Fatigues Throw Protester into Unmarked Car at G-20 Protests and Drive off," by Jan Frel, AlterNet, Sept. 25, 2009 "Sonic Warfare Erupts in Pittsburgh, Honduras," by David Hambling, Wired, Sept. 25, 2009 "Fortress Pittsburgh," by Robert S. Eshelman, The Nation, Sept. 25, 2009 "Victory on preventive detention law: in context," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Sept. 24, 2009 Environment and Sustainability "Ten Percent of World's Major Species 'at Threat,'" Agence France Presse, Sept. 29, 2009 "Green Workers Need a Voice in the Climate Change Debate," by Brendan Smith, Common Dreams, Sept. 28, 2009 "Is Copenhagen Dead?," by David Corn, Mother Jones, Sept. 25, 2009 "Going Beyond Kyoto," by Paul Hockenos, Foreign Policy in Focus, Sept. 25, 2009 Media Issues "The Media's Generous Double Standard For Republican Extremists," by Chris Edelson, Firedoglake, Sept. 28, 2009 "A glossary of terms in foreign affairs," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Sept. 28, 2009 Activism "Congress Went After ACORN. Big Business Must Be Next!," by Jacques Servin and Igor Vamos, Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2009 "Film Brings Nixon-Era Agitator's Bravery to a New Generation," Winnipeg Free Press/Canada, Sept. 27, 2009 "An Insider's View of ACORN," by David Swanson, Consortium News, Sept. 26, 2009 |
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