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- Physicist Michio Kaku on whose way of life was preserved in the Persian Gulf War
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- Z Magazine editor Michael Albert on the new coalition that organized anti-World Trade Organization protests in Seattle
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Between The Lines Archive
For The Week Ending May 18, 2001
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This week we present Between The Lines' summary of under-reported news stories and:
Bush Announces Plan to Deploy Missile Defense System, Which May Provoke New Global Nuclear Arms Race Interview by Scott Harris.
George W. Bush announced to the world on May 1, his intention to build and deploy a national missile defense system first proposed by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. Pentagon officials say the air, land and sea-based system which the president says will protect the U.S. from missiles launched by rogue states, could be in place by 2004. This revived "Star Wars" program, if impelemented, would abrogate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty signed by the U.S. and Soviet Union in 1972. But Bush says he would reduce the number of American nuclear warheads to offset any military advantage that the U.S. might gain.
Nevertheless, Russia, China and many of America's European allies have objected to the proposal, expressing fear that a U.S. missile defense system could trigger a new global nuclear arms race. Domestic critics, including prominent members of the scientific community, assert the multi-billion dollar system is technologically unworkable and easily defeated by cheap countermeasures.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Luke Warren, media director with the Council for a Livable World Education Fund, who takes a critical look at the Bush administrations' proposed missile defense system and the motivation behind the controversial program.
For more information, contact the Council for a Livable World Education Fund, at (202) 546-0795 www.clw.org.
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to Weaken Endangered Species Act Interview by Melinda Tuhus.
As part of the most devastating assault on environmental protection regulations in a generation, President George W. Bush is now working to weaken the Endangered Species Act. This ground-breaking law, on the books since 1973, has brought back from near-extinction the bald eagle, the peregrine falcon, and a number of other species. The White House has now proposed changes that would limit citizen participation in the process of placing species on the endangered list.
Of the tens of thousands of animal and insect species found in the U.S., environmentalists consider more than 2,000 to be endangered or threatened -- mostly due to habitat destruction -- though not all are under the protection of the Endangered Species Act.
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Bruce Hamilton, conservation director with the Sierra Club, who discusses the impact these proposed changes could have on threatened and endangered species, and what his organization is doing to fight back.
Contact the Sierra Club by calling (415) 977-5500 or visit their Web site at www.sierraclub.org.
Fight for Living Wage Interview by Scott Harris.
For three years, a coalition of students, union members and local activists have put pressure on Harvard University to provide a living wage to that prestigious institution's lowest paid workers. The Harvard Living Wage is fighting for a minimum $10.25 per hour and health benefits for all university employees -- the same standard as enacted by the Cambridge City Council. According to the Campaign, Harvard currently employs over 1,000 custodians, food workers and security guards earning as low as $6.25 per hour.
Harvard's administration had set up an ad hoc committee to look into the issue, which recommended increased benefits, but failed to propose wage increases. Frustrated with Harvard's response, more than 40 students and alumni occupied the office of Harvard University's president Neil Rudenstine on April 18.
The sit-in ended peacefully on May 8, after the university agreed to create a new 20-member committee that will make non-binding recommendations on Harvard policies and employment practices for lower paid workers.
The sit-in had attracted widespread attention and support on campus and around the nation. Students, union members and politicians flocked to Harvard by the thousands to express solidarity with the protesters and their living wage demand. The days before the sit-in ended, Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Aaron Bartley, a third-year law student and one of the activists who occupied the administration building at Harvard. He talks about the history of the living wage campaign.
Visit the Harvard Living Wage Campaign Web site at www.livingwagenow.com.
This week's summary of under-reported news
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Between The Lines' 10th Anniversary CD
April 17-22, 2001 FTAA Summit Protest Resources
Between The Lines Summit of the Americas Archive
Stop the FTAA Web site, www.stopftaa.org, Excellent activist resource on what the FTAA is, and what's happening where in the U.S. and Canada
"Labor, Environmental and Human Rights Groups Organizing to Oppose April Americas Free Trade Treaty Summit in Quebec City" Between The Lines interview with Alliance for Responsible Trade's Karen Hansen Kuhn, Feb. 26, 2001
"Quebec City Crackdown," www.AlterNet.org, by Darryl LeRoux, Feb. 20, 2001
People's Summit of the Americas II, Grassroots coalition Schedule of Events for people's forums, teach-ins, rallies, mass demonstration. (www.sommetdespeuples.org)
Quebec Independent Media Center quebec.indymedia.org
ZNet's Global Economic Crisis resource site Excellent source for understanding global economics and trade issues and particularly in preparation for ongoing demonstrations about economic justice
Foreign Reports on the U.S. Election Cover-Up
"Silence Of The Lambs: The Election Story Never Told" www.mediachannel.org, Whistleblowers Section, by Greg Palast, March 1, 2001
Post Inauguration and Electoral Reform Resources
"Making Every Vote Count", The Nation Magazine, Special Section
"Hailing the Thief," The Nation Special Web Exclusive Report, by Ben Ehrenreich
Between The Lines/WPKN 'Profiles Bush Cabinet Nominees' Archive:
"John Ashcroft Sought White Supremacist Political Support"
Interior Department Nominee Gale Norton at Odds with Public Support for Protecting the Environment
"Attorney General Nominee's Career Marked by Opposition to Reproductive Rights and Civil Rights Law"
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