Award-winning Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)
Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.
Robert had been a regular guest on our Between The Lines and Counterpoint radio shows -- and many other progressive outlets across the U.S. over four decades.
His penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international conflicts will be sorely missed, and not easily replaced. His son Nat Parry writes a tribute to his father: Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews.
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The Resistance Starts Now!
Between The Lines' coverage and resource compilation of the Resistance Movement
- "The man who predicted Trump presidential win now says Trump impeachment could happen," AM Joy with Joy Reid, MSNBC, Jan. 21, 2018
- "Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into Trump dealings," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
- "Red flags seen in many Trump real estate deals," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
- "Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers," BuzzFeed, Jan. 12, 2018
- "The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition," The Atlantic, May 15, 2017
- "Here's what we know so far about Team Trump's ties to Russian interests," Washington Post's ongoing compilation
- "What Comey Was Investigating, Explained," The Moscow Project, Center for American Progress
- "Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands," Dutch TV documentary, Alternet.org, May 12, 2017
- Ongoing compilation of Trump's creeping authoritarianism," MotherJones.com
- Full resource list ...
SPECIAL REPORT: "The Resistance - Women's March 2018 - Hartford, Connecticut" Jan. 20, 2018
Selected speeches from the Women's March in Hartford, Connecticut 2018, recorded and produced by Scott Harris
SPECIAL REPORT: "No Fracking Waste in CT!" Jan. 14, 2018
- Jen Siskind Jennifer Siskind, local coordinator for Food and Water Watch, describes the campaign to stop fracking waste in Connecticut, which so far has led to fracking waste bans in 34 towns around the state.
Interviewed by Richard Hill on Mic Check, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT
SPECIAL REPORT: "Resistance Round Table: The Unraveling Continues..." Jan. 13, 2018
- Lindsay Kanaly
The panel discusses Trump's long history of racism and the Republican voter suppression juggernaut confronting Democrats leading up to the 2018 elections. Special guest: Lindsay Kanaly, a lead organizer of the Women's Marches planned for Jan. 20, 2018. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill on Resistance Roundtable, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT.
SPECIAL REPORT: "Capitalism to the ash heap?" Richard Wolff, Jan. 2, 2018
- Richard Wolff,
Economics professor Richard Wolff declares U.S. capitalism to be beyond repair and
suggests the need for a radical alternative. Interviewed by Richard Hill
SPECIAL REPORT: Maryn McKenna, author of "Big Chicken", Dec. 7, 2017
- Maryn McKenna, investigative journalist and author of Big Chicken, talks about the widespread use and dangers of antibiotics in commercial poultry, beef and fruit production. Interview by Bill Duesing, Richard Hill and Guy Beardsly on WPKN's Organic Farm Stand.
SPECIAL REPORT: Nina Turner's address, Working Families Party Awards Banquet, Dec. 14, 2017
- Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution, talks about the fight ahead for progressives as she receives the Working Families Organization Award for Exceptional Leadership Towards Advancing Progress. The event was held in Meriden, CT.
Produced by Richard Hill.
SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Dec. 12, 2017
- Working Families Party of CT talks strategy and issues for 2018.
Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut, discusses the state's electoral landscape and lays out the issues and strategies that could lead to progressive victories in 2018. Interviewed by Richard Hill.
SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Dec. 9, 2017
- Disturbing developments in the Trump/Republican Agenda
Focus on the tax bill, destruction of our public lands, North Korea and Trump's private CIA. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Special guest: Jo Macallero of Rise and Resist.
SPECIAL REPORT: On Tyranny - one year later, Nov. 28, 2017
- Professor Timothy Snyder, author of the highly acclaimed resistance manual On Tyranny, discusses his book and offers a fresh assessment of the state of our beleaguered republic. Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale, is introduced by Stanley Heller, administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, a Connecticut-based organization that sponsored this event at the United Church Parish House in New Haven on Nov. 28. A brief interview with Snyder conducted by WPKN radio producer, Richard Hill, follows his talk.
SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Nov. 12, 2017
- Lynne Ide, director of program and policy with the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, talks about the current state of health care coverage in Connecticut. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer
SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 11, 2017
- Focus on the Republican tax plan, the just-released autopsy on the Democratic Party, and Internet censorship by Google, Facebook and Youtube. Including an interview with Hilary Grant, a lead organizer with Action Together Connecticut, who discusses the local results of the recent election, with hosts Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Ruth Baumgartner WPKN producers
SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017
- Two leaders from Redneck Revolt, an anti-racist, anti-capitalist movement, talk about their work organizing with white working class people in Suffolk County, New York. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer
SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017
- Bruce Gagnon, coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, describes the extent of -- and motives underlying -- the vast US network of military bases around the globe. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer
SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017
- Joyakol, South Korean peace activist and singer, discusses the crisis on the Korean peninsula and focuses on the resistance to the U.S. huge military base being constructed on Jeju Island. The event was sponsored by the Greater New Haven Peace Council and this audio was recorded by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.
- Joyakol discusses Americans' biggest misconceptions about the conflict between North and South Korea and the U.S., Interview by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.
SPECIAL REPORT: John Allen, Out in New Haven
- John Allen, founding director of the New Haven Pride Center, Connecticut, talks about his new LGBTQ television show, Out in New Haven, which presents a range of political and cultural issues to the community. Interviewed by Richard Hill on WPKN's Rainy Day Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.
2017 Gandhi Peace Awards
Promoting Enduring Peace presented its Gandhi Peace Award jointly to renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader and BDS founder Omar Barghouti on April 23, 2017.
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who helped make our 25th anniversary with Jeremy Scahill a success!
For those who missed the event, or were there and really wanted to fully absorb its import, here it is in video
Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 1 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.
Jeremy Scahill keynote speech, part 2 from PROUDEYEMEDIA on Vimeo.
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Between The Lines Presentation at the Left Forum 2016
"How Do We Build A Mass Movement to Reverse Runaway Inequality?" with Les Leopold, author of "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice,"May 22, 2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, 860 11th Ave. (Between 58th and 59th), New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris and Richard Hill moderated this workshop. Listen to the audio/slideshows and more from this workshop.
Listen to audio of the plenary sessions from the weekend.
JEREMY SCAHILL: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker "Dirty Wars"
Listen to the full interview (30:33) with Jeremy Scahill, an award-winning investigative journalist with the Nation Magazine, correspondent for Democracy Now! and author of the bestselling book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," about America's outsourcing of its military. In an exclusive interview with Counterpoint's Scott Harris on Sept. 16, 2013, Scahill talks about his latest book, "Dirty Wars, The World is a Battlefield," also made into a documentary film under the same title, and was nominated Dec. 5, 2013 for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.
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RALPH NADER AND PATTI SMITH at the AMERICAN MUSEUM OF TORT LAW CONVOCATION, SEPT. 26, 2015
The American Museum of Tort Law, founded by renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader, presents a unique mix of historic displays, with interactive experiences to illustrate the workings and effect of tort law. The museum will be a national repository for tort cases that made a difference and will serve as an online resource where today’s tort law cases, developments and judicial decisions will be highlighted and discussed in ways that interest the general public, scholars and the media.
Listen to an audio recording of the entire 2 1/2 hour event.
Ralph Nader is founder and president of the The American Museum of Tort Law. His 1965 book, "Unsafe at Any Speed," led to congressional hearings and a series of automobile safety laws. Nader is responsible for many major federal consumer protection laws, the launching of federal regulatory agencies, the recall of millions of defective motor vehicles, the Freedom of Information Act and many lives saved. Nader has built a national network of citizen groups to give citizens more rights and remedies for resolving grievances and achieving a better society. He founded Public Citizen in 1971.
CONVOCATION
The convocation for the American Museum of Tort Law began at 1:30 p.m., at The Gilbert High School auditorium, 200 Williams Ave., Winsted, CT.
The Convocation program:
- Introduction - Ralph Nader
- "Welcome," - Richard L. Newman, executive director of the American Museum of Tort Law. Newman is a consumer attorney, who practiced trial law with Adelman Hirsch and Newman, LLP, in CT. He co-authored a treatise on Connecticut Law of Torts and served as president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.
- "What a Museum is, and Should Be" – Arthur Molella, Ph.D., director emeritus of Smithsonian Institution’s Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation at the National Museum of American History. He has published and lectured internationally on the relation between science, technology and culture and the history of museums.
- "History, Law and Museum Importance" - Eric Foner, Ph.D., is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University. He specializes in the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery and 19th-century America. His book, The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer, Bancroft, and Lincoln prizes in 2011. His latest book is Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad.
- "Importance of Tort Law" - Andrew F. Popper is professor at American University’s Washington College of Law. He has served as chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Federal Bar Association and is author of over 100 books, articles, papers and public documents. He has served as counsel for the Consumers Union of America; testified before congressional committees; and authored briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court.
- "Importance of the Jury" - Andrew Guthrie Ferguson, professor at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law. He is a national expert on juries, predictive policing and the Fourth Amendment. His book, "Why Jury Duty Matters: A Citizen’s Guide to Constitutional Action," is the first book written for jurors.
- "Role of Law" - Honorable Angela C. Robinson is a Connecticut Superior Court judge, who practiced law at Wiggin and Dana and Koskoff, Koskoff and Bieder. There, she handled medical malpractice, premises liability and child abuse cases. She served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
- "A Plaintiff's Perspective" – Richard A. Silver, Esq. senior partner of Silver Golub and Teitell LLP, is a leader of the litigation bar in the state of Connecticut and has been listend in Best Lawyers in America under Personaly Injury, Medical Malpractice and Product Liability for the past 25 years. He has appeared often on Court TV and in other media outlets to comment on important issues involving civil litigation. Alexandra Villard is a nurse practitioner. Her husband was struck by a drunk driver and permanently and totally disabled, requiring round-the-clock care. Villard had to resign from her job to care for him and their three children. Compensation won through a personal injury lawsuit enabled the Villard’s to make their home and vehicle handicap accessible and to pay for the necessary therapy and health care services not covered by health insurance.
- "Role of the Trial Lawyer" – James E. Butler Jr., is a museum founder and one of the top product liability attorneys in the U.S. and a founding partner of Butler Wooten Cheeley and Peak LLP, with offices in Atlanta and Columbus. Butler has served as president of the Georgia Trial Trial Lawyers Association and as a founding director of the Georgia Civil Justice Foundation. He graduated from the University of Georgia School of Journalism and the University of Georgia School of Law. Greg Kafoury is an American Museum of Tort Law founder and lawyer at Kafoury & McDougal in Portland, Oregon. He has won notable verdicts for activists and whistleblowers. He fought the expansion of nuclear power in Oregon, Washington and California and helped establish Don’t Waste Oregon. Kafoury is a recipient of the Public Justice Award from the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association.
- "Role of Law School Education" – Timothy Fisher is dean of the University of Connecticut School of Law. Fisher’s practice and publications focus on ethics, alternate dispute resolution and municipal law. He chairs the State’s Commission on Judicial Compensation; has served on the Governor’s Commission on Judicial Reform; and was recently president of the Connecticut Bar Foundation.
- "Wing" and "People Have the Power" – Patti Smith is a writer, performer, and visual artist known for blending poetry and rock. She has released 12 albums, including the punk rock-ground breaking, "Horses." Smith’s art is exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide, and her books include the 2010 National Book Award winner, Just Kids, and the 2015 follow-up memoir, "M Train." Smith was awarded the title of Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.
- Closing remarks by Ralph Nader
Recorded by Scott Harris, executive producer of Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine.
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