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War And Profiteering
Those Who Dared to Come Forward
Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"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 War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
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
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
"Pipeline
Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central
Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001
"War
Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003
"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003
Multi-Ethnic Issues Advocacy
Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson's Commentaries, The Hutchinson
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Progressive Activists and Legislators
Interview with Danny Schechter,
The Downing Street memo, first published by the Times of London on May 1st is a document that records the minutes of a July 2002 meeting of British government officials that indicates that the Bush administration had already made a decision to invade Iraq, justified by intelligence and facts that were being fixed around the policy. Although the document had been released just before Britain's May parliamentary election -- generally believed to have reduced the margin of Prime Minister Tony Blaire's victory, most major U.S. corporate media outlets have either refused to cover the memo, or relegated the story to the back pages. But after a surge of grassroots activism pressuring government officials and media companies to pay more attention to the story, the document that many observers believe is a smoking gun in a potentially damaging scandal has begun to command a little more attention. Reporters are beginning to ask more questions of Bush administration officials, while Representative John Conyers, Democrat of Michigan has collected more than half a million signatures demanding that President Bush answer questions about the memo. Conyers also conducted a June 16th un-official hearing on the Downing Street Memo that heard testimony from administration critics who maintain the document confirms that President Bush was dishonest in his justification for launching the Iraq war. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with author and film maker Danny Schechter of Media Channel.org. Schechter, whose documentary film, "Weapons of Mass Deception," examines how the media failed to challenge the government's dubious rationale for the Iraq war, discusses why U.S. corporate media has thus far failed again to cover a critical news story damaging President Bush and his administration. Danny Schechter's latest film, "Weapons of Mass Deception,"examines the media's coverage of the Iraq War. See a trailer of the documentary at www.WMDTheFilm.com Related links:
Conviction of the Imprisoned Native American Activist
Interview with Barry Bachrach,
One of the most under-reported news stories of our time is that of Native American activist Leonard Peltier who is serving his 30th year of incarceration after being convicted of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota in 1975. The killings occurred during a wave of violence that lasted several years and included the deaths of dozens of Native Americans on the reservation. Two other members of the American Indian Movement were acquitted of killing the agents, while charges were dropped against a fourth man. Over the decades, Peltier has become an accomplished painter, author and defender of human rights around the world from his prison cell in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas. In Europe, he is perhaps the best-known American political prisoner. Despite documented misconduct in his case by federal agents and judges, and despite efforts by an array of attorneys and support committees, Peltier is still in prison. The latest effort to free him came in a hearing on June 15th in Fargo, N.D., site of Peltier's original trial. His attorney for the past three years, Barry Bachrach, argued that Peltier had not been charged with murder under the federal statutes governing crime on Indian reservations, as he should have been. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Bachrach after the hearing. He explains his argument and strategy in this latest attempt to free Leonard Peltier. Call the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee at (785) 842-5774 or visit their website at www.freeleonard.org
Connected to Cost-Cutting, Restructuring and Disrespect
Interview with Suzanne Gordon,
Large numbers of experienced nurses across the United States are leaving their profession causing a critical shortage of the skilled workforce that constitutes the backbone of the health care system. Rising costs resulting in hospital staffing cuts and deteriorating working conditions has motivated many RNs to leave the nursing field. The nursing crisis comes at a time when the population of aging and sick patients is on the rise. Award-winning journalist Suzanne Gordon is the author of the book, "Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, Media Stereotypes and Medical Hubris Undermine Nurses and Patient Care." Through interviews and investigative reporting, Gordon examines the causes of the nursing crisis, and by extension, the crisis in America's healthcare system. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Gordon about her analysis of the problems within the nursing profession -- including the lack of respect and recognition many experience on the job. She also looks at solutions, such as single-payer universal coverage, addressing the larger crisis of providing quality and inclusive patient care in American medicine. Visit Suzanne Gordon's website at www.SuzanneGordon.com Related links:
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