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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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Violation of Law Seen in GOP Legislators' Support of Honduran Coup RealAudio
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Interview with Brendan Cooney, writer and anthropologist, conducted by Scott Harris  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R- Fla., holds a copy of Honduras' constitution during a press conference with Honduras' coup-installed President Roberto Micheletti in Tegucigalpa, Oct. 5 The Republicans' embrace of the coup government in Honduras, has staked out a position that justifies any action they see as working against the influence of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his socialist agenda in Latin America. But with their actions, they are deliberately undermining the Obama administration's and universal international efforts to isolate the Michelletti regime and to push for a negotiated return of Zelaya to office before the scheduled Nov. 29 Honduran presidential election. Meanwhile President Zelaya, who covertly returned to Honduras on Sept. 21, has taken refuge in the Brazilian embassy where he is awaiting negotiations that he hopes will restore him to power. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Brendan Cooney, a writer and anthropologist, who explains why he believes Republican party legislators have broken the law by supporting the illegal coup-installed government in Honduras. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Read Brendan Cooney' article, "Are Republicans Breaking U.S. Law in Honduras," on the online magazine www.counterpunch.org Related Links:
Israeli Military Refusers For the past few years, about 200 graduating high school seniors -- both male and female -- have been refusing induction into the Israel Defense Force because they object to Israel's occupation of the West Bank and its treatment of Palestinians both there and inside Israel. They make up just one percent of Israeli citizens who turn 18 each year; the other 99 percent follow the law and join the military.
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Talks by Israeli military refusers Netta Mishly and Maya Wind, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus 
These refusers founded a group called in Hebrew, "Shminitzim" -- meaning 12th-graders, in reference to the age when Israelis are drafted. Many of them have gone to jail multiple times. Two young women refuseniks just completed a month-long U.S. tour to talk about their experiences and to urge Americans to stop supporting the Israeli occupation through their tax dollars and through the purchase of goods made by Israel in the occupied West Bank. Netta Mishly and Maya Wind, both 19 years old, spoke about their decision to refuse Israeli military service at an Oct. 6 public forum at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. Mishly got involved in youth organizing at age 15, and after turning 18, she refused to join the IDF, for which she served 20 days in jail. Wind refused induction in December 2008 and spent several weeks in jail and then 40 days in a military prison. Both women have since been declared exempt from military service, avoiding further imprisonment, but assigned to do alternative civilian service. Wind explains that 40 percent of Israeli young people don't serve in the military, but are granted exemptions based on being orthodox Jews, being mentally or physically unfit, or to women who are married. Maya Wind and Netta Mishly's U.S. tour was sponsored by Code PINK. This segment was recorded and produced by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus. For more information on companies that invest inside the Israeli occupied West Bank, visit Coalition of Women for Peace's website at www.whoprofits.org Related links:
Use of Twitter in U.S. G-20 Protest Leads to Arrest;
Elliot Madison, a 41-year-old social worker and self-described anarchist from Queens, N.Y. traveled to Pittsburgh, Pa. in late September, where he set up a communications network for activists during protests held against the Group of 20 or G-20 Summit meeting. The protesters, representing a diversity of causes, demanded that wealthy nations more aggressively address the world's economic and environmental crises, and end U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and advocated for African debt relief. While the protests were mostly peaceful, there were running confrontations between the so called militant "Black Bloc" contingent who were accused of defying police and smashing windows.
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Interview with Martin Stolar, attorney representing Elliot Madison, operator of G-20 protest communications network, conducted by Scott Harris  Madison was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police on Sept. 24 at his Pittsburgh hotel room and charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communications facility and possession of instruments of crime. Madison was accused of using police scanners to disseminate information about law enforcement movements to demonstrators through the social networking site Twitter. After Madison was released on bail, the FBI conducted a 16-hour search of his house in New York city on Oct. 5, where they seized computers, black masks, financial records, books and posters. The search warrant stated agents were looking for evidence of violations of federal rioting laws. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Martin Stolar, an attorney representing Elliot Madison, who explains what's at stake for civil liberties in this case, and comments on the irony of the U.S. government arresting his client for using Twitter during political demonstrations, when use of this same technology is praised when employed by dissidents in nations like Iran. Read more about allegations of police misconduct at the G-20 protests on the website of the Pennsylvania chapter of the ACLU at www.aclupa.org 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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