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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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Healthcare Bill Passed by House Fails to Deliver Real Reform RealAudio
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Interview with Donna Smith, a community organizer and legislative advocate with the California Nurses Association, conducted by Scott Harris 
Central elements of the Affordable Health Care for America Act include a mandate for most Americans to purchase health insurance with the provision of subsidies. It prohibits insurers from discriminating against people with pre-existing conditions; caps the financial responsibility of insured individuals faced with serious illnesses and medical emergencies; and prevents insurance companies from abandoning policyholders when they get sick. The measure includes a public health insurance option that would be required to negotiate with providers, as opposed to the more cost-saving position of reimbursing providers using Medicare rates. As advertised, the bill would cover 36 million uninsured Americans at a cost of just under $900 billion over 10 years. A controversial amendment added to the bill that prohibits federal funds from being spent for abortion services within the public option and in the insurance exchange, is examined later in this program. The debate now moves to the U.S. Senate, where any health reform bill passed there must be merged with the House version. Donna Smith is a community organizer and legislative advocate with the California Nurses Association. She and her husband were profiled in Michael Moore's documentary film "Sicko," which examined the urgent need for U.S. health care reform. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Smith about why she believes the recently passed House reform legislation falls far short of what the country needs to provide citizens with comprehensive, quality care and control skyrocketing costs. Call the California Nurses Association at (510) 273-2200 or visit their website at www.guaranteedhealthcare.org Related Links:
Pro Choice Groups Declare War When the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill, the measure included what some advocates of abortion rights call the most sweeping abortion restriction in 30 years. Negotiations in the House had been ongoing for months to maintain the status quo, regarding no taxpayer funding for abortions as enshrined in the 1976 Hyde amendment, which denies poor women federal funding for abortions. But when House legislators adopted an amendment proposed by anti-abortion Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) and Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-Pa.), they expanded the abortion ban to cover subsidized insurance policies which women buy with their own money. Sixty-four Democrats voted with virtually all the Republicans in favor of the amendment, which passed 240 to 194. The Conference of Catholic Bishops had lobbied hard for the Stupak-Pitts measure.
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Interview with Erin Matson, Action Vice President of the National Organization for Women, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Pro-choice advocates maintain that birth control and abortion are integral parts of women's health care needs and insist that health care reform should not be a vehicle to deny a woman's fundamental right to choose. Many of these groups are now pushing the Senate to pass a health care bill that does not adopt the Stupak-Pitts amendment and are urging President Obama not to sign any health care bill that restricts women's reproductive rights. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Erin Matson, the "Action Vice President" of NOW, the National Organization for Women. She discusses what the Stupak-Pitts amendment portends for reproductive services for millions of American women. And Matson explains what NOW and like-minded groups are doing to fight back. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Contact NOW by calling (202) 628-8669 or visit their website at www.now.org Related links:
Media Spins Nov. 3rd GOP Victories as "Change Election"
As the results of the Nov. 3 local and state elections poured into network and cable TV outlets, commentators were standing by to read the tea leaves of voter sentiment and what it could mean to the future of Democrats which now control Congress. The only two governors' races of the night were won by Republicans. Chris Christie defeated incumbent John Corzine in New Jersey and Bob McDonnell beat Democrat Creigh Deeds by a wide margin in Virginia.
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Interview with Karl Frisch, senior fellow with the group Media Matters for America, conducted by Scott Harris  Two other elections being closely watched had very different results -- with special elections for House seats both won by Democrats. As expected, California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi won the northern California district formerly held by Democratic Rep. Ellen Tauscher. But the special election in New York's 23rd District drew the most attention when for the first time since 1871 a Democrat, Bill Owens, claimed victory over Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman and GOP moderate Dierdre Scozzafava. Although Scozzafava was the Republican candidate within days of the election, she threw her support to Owens after prominent national conservative activists, including former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and right-wing talk show hosts Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck endorsed Hoffman. The overall election results were interpreted by many pundits as a clear victory for Republicans, signaling danger for Democrats in the 2010 midterm election and for Barack Obama if he should run for a second term in 2012. Some commentators blamed Obama and the Democrats' progressive agenda on health care and global warming for defeats in New Jersey and Virginia, although that view was not backed up by exit polling. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Karl Frisch, senior fellow with the group Media Matters for America. He examines the corporate media's spin in covering the Nov. 3rd election results, and the civil war brewing in the Republican Party. Karl Frisch, senior fellow with the group Media Matters for America. Contact the group at (202) 756-4100 or visit their website at www.mediamatters.org Related Links:
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Magazine, Nov. 8, 2009 "In Defense of the Goldstone Report," by Stephen Zunes, Yes! Magazine, Nov. 5, 2009 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan "Leave Afghanistan to the Afghans: Why Afghans Oppose the Escalation," by Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, Nov. 9, 2009 "Iraqis pass election law crucial to U.S. withdrawal plans," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 8, 2009 "Where Will They Get the Troops?: Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front," by Tom Engelhardt, Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare, TomDispatch, Nov. 8, 2009 "Casey says war in Afghanistan needs more US troops," Associated Press, Nov. 8, 2009 "Obama leaning toward 34,000 more troops for Afghanistan," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 7, 2009 "America Performs Its Familiar Role of Propping Up a Dictator," by Robert Fisk, Independent/UK, Nov. 6, 2009 "2014 or Bust: The Pentagon's Building Boom in Afghanistan Indicates a Long War Ahead," by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse, TomDispatch, Nov. 5, 2009 Civil Liberties/ Human Rights "Coping with Bad Prosecutors," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Nov. 10, 2009 "Rights Groups: Obama's Terrorism Courts 'Fatally Flawed,'" by William Fisher, Inter Press Service, Nov. 10, 2009 "Library employees fired over censorship of graphic novel," Lexington Herald-Leader (Kentucky), Nov. 10, 2009 "Guantanamo Conditions 'Deteriorate,'" Al Jazeera English, Nov. 10, 2009 "TSA screening more than just carry-on bags," Washington Post, Nov. 9, 2009 "Supreme Court to Review Cases of Juveniles Sentenced to Life in Prison," Miami Herald, Nov. 9, 2009 Environment and Sustainability "Digital Dumping and the Global 'E-Cycling' Scam," by Gbemisola Olujobi, TruthDig, Nov. 10, 2009 "What the CBO Isn't Telling Congress: Climate Change Threatens Million of Jobs," by Joe Uehlein, Truthout, Nov. 10, 2009 "Is New York's Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?," ProPublica, Nov. 9, 2009 "Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower," Guardian/UK, Nov. 9, 2009 "Despite Censorship By Beef Magnate, Michael Pollan Spreads Message About the Real Price of Cheap Food," AlterNet, Nov. 9, 2009 "As oceans fall ill, Washington bureaucrats squabble," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 8, 2009 "Climate Change: Dark Clouds Gathering Over Copenhagen," Inter Press Service, Nov. 8, 2009 Media Issues "Denying responsibility for the wars one cheers on," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Nov. 10, 2009 "The Endless Censoring of Labor," by Dick Meister, Truthout, Nov. 10, 2009 "Murdoch could block Google searches entirely," Guardian/UK, Nov. 9, 2009 "After Mass Layoff, Reporter Sticks With His Labor Union," by Seth Sandronsky, Truthout, Nov. 8, 2009 "Low-Power Radio and What the Media Won't Tell You About the Media," by Amber Sands, Truthout, Nov. 7, 2009 "How the Media Enables Government Lies," by James Bovard, Counterpunch, Nov. 6-8, 2009 "A media orgy of rumors, speculation and falsehoods," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Nov. 6, 2009 "Keep the Government Out of the News Business," by Bill Boyarsky, TruthDig, Nov. 5, 2009 "Consolidation Station: News 'Sharing' Erodes Journalism," by Megan Tady, In These Times, Nov. 3, 2009 Activism "Admiral Mullen Announces Afghanistan Strategy: Prepare to Nonviolently Resist," by Jeff Leys, Common Dreams, Nov. 9, 2009 "The Battle in Seattle: 10 Years After the WTO," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, Nov. 6-8, 2009 "Labor Anti-War Group Refocuses on Afghanistan," by Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes, Oct. 29, 2009 |
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