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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM "Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media"Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003 ISSUES IN DEPTH
War And Profiteering
"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 "Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007 "Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007 "Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006 Those Who Dared to Come Forward Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions 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
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "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 "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 |
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 Prospects Dim for Israeli- Palestinian Peace Accord This Year Interview with Jeff Halper, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, conducted by Scott Harris  Some important obstacles standing in the way of reaching a peace accord include Israel's widely condemned continual expansion of illegal settlements on Palestinian land. Many observers believe that a key player in the negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, may soon be forced from office due to a widening corruption investigation. One positive development, a less than week-old ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas which controls Gaza, was jeopardized June 24 when Islamic Jihad launched rockets into southern Israel in retaliation for an Israeli raid in the West Bank. Meanwhile, diplomats from the "quartet" nations -- the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia -- meeting in Berlin, appealed for urgent, significant progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with professor Jeff Halper, director of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, a nonviolent, direct-action group established to resist the Israeli military's destruction of Palestinian homes in the occupied territories. Dr. Halper, currently on a visit to the U.S., explains why he sees little chance for success in reaching a peace accord this year, until Israel ends its occupation of Palestinian land. Visit the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions' website at icahd.org. Halper is the author of "An Israeli in Palestine: Resisting Dispossession, Redeeming Israel". Western Oil CompaniesReturn to Iraq with No-Bid Contracts Interview with Antonia Juhasz, fellow with Oil Change International, conducted by Scott Harris 
With one or two-year service contracts expected to be finalized by the end of June, these international oil giants will now have an advantage in securing long-term agreements from the Iraqi government to develop profitable large new oil fields. Senate Democrats have appealed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to block the no bid contracts, fearing that without a wider framework the entry of western oil companies will increase tensions in Iraq. Separately, the Iraqi parliament is considering a controversial new hydrocarbon law -- supported by the Bush administration -- that would take the majority of the nation's oil out of the exclusive hands of the government and open it to development by private oil companies. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Antonia Juhasz, a fellow with Oil Change International, who discusses the no-bid oil service contracts and the larger issue of who will eventually control Iraq's energy resources, the second largest reserves in the world. Antonia Juhasz is author of the forthcoming book, "The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry and What We Must Do To Stop It." Contact Oil Change International by calling (202) 518-9029 or visit the group's website at www.priceofoil.org Obama Declines Public Funds, But Pledges to Repair Campaign Financing System Interview with Nick Nyhart executive director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  Obama raised almost $300 million from 1.5 million contributors during the primary campaign. Some observers predict that he could raise another $200 million to $300 million from an even larger pool of donors by Election Day. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, has said he will accept the public money, which means he can't fundraise privately as an individual candidate. The public funds come from the voluntary $3 check-off that only ten percent of U.S. income tax filers approve each year. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Nick Nyhart, executive director of the Public Campaign Action Fund, which advocates for public financing for all state and federal elections, not just presidential contests. He explains that the public financing funds Obama turned down are just one source in the race to amass huge campaign war chests, and that legislation now before Congress would update and improve the 30-year-old law, making it more appealing to successful fundraisers like Obama. Contact Public Campaign by calling (202) 293-0222 or visit their website at www.publiccampaign.org
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Indu Anand Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: 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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