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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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John McCain Antiwar Protest About 100 peace activists demonstrated as U.S. Rep. Chris Shays (R-Conn.) and U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) spoke at a Sunday, Feb. 3 rally held at Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Conn. for Republican presidential candidate John McCain. Between The Lines' Scott Harris interviewed several protesters (in MP3). Related links:  Protesters affiliated with Connecticut Opposes the War demonstrate outside Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Sunday, showing their unhappiness with Republican presidential candidate John McCain. (Tony Spinelli/ConnPost.com) "War protesters turn out in force," Connecticut Post, Feb. 4, 2008 
View Between The Lines' single-payer health plan forum "Health Care: Basic Human Right or Privilege?" with Dr. Stephanie Woolhandler, cofounder of Physicians for a National Health Program and John Wilhelm, president/hospitality undustry, UNITE HERE union.
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 Palestinians Break Out of Gaza "Open Air Prison" Interview with Iyad Sarraj, director Gaza Community Mental Health Program, conducted by Melinda Tuhus  On Jan. 23, groups of militants blew up the fence along the previously sealed border, breaching the barrier separating Gaza from Egypt. An estimated quarter-million to 700,000 Gazans streamed across the border to buy supplies, or, as some said, just to get a break from their open-air prison. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Dr. Iyad Sarraj, director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program. His agency runs six community centers throughout the Gaza Strip, delivering services to an estimated 18 percent of the population of 1.5 million. Sarraj describes what it was like for Gazans not to have freedom of movement, the seriousness of the Gaza crisis, and the process by which he'd like to see an end to Israeli military control. Dr. Iyad Sarraj is a member of the group, Campaign to End the Siege. For more information, visit that group's website at www.end-gaza-siege.ps. As U.S. Economy Falters, Bush Pushes Corporate Tax Cuts and Free Trade Interview with David Sirota, author and columnist, conducted by Scott Harris 
The lame duck president gave credit for the recent decline in violence in Iraq to his surge policy that deployed an additional 30,000 troops to bolster the U.S. occupation of the country. Although Bush indicated 20,000 troops dispatched last year will be returning home in the coming months, there will still likely be more than 100,000 American soldiers in Iraq when a new president is sworn into office next January. And despite the growing unpopularity of free trade deals between the U.S. and nations around the world, the president took time in his address to ask Congress to approve a set of new free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with syndicated columnist and author David Sirota, who assesses Bush's proposed economic stimulus package and push for new free trade agreements. David Sirota is author of the forthcoming book, "The Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street & Washington." Read Sirota's articles online at www.davidsirota.com Related links:
Battle Over Telecom Immunity Central to Debate Over Warrantless Wiretaps Interview with Tanya Clay House, director of Public Policy, with People for the American Way, conducted by Scott Harris  The Protect America Act, which revised the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, expires at the end of February. That legislation was approved last summer amid a climate of fear generated by what turned out to be bogus warnings of a possible terrorist attack on Washington, D.C. In his Jan. 28 State of the Union Address, President Bush warned that if the bill is allowed to expire, the nation's ability to track terrorist threats would be weakened and citizens will be in greater danger. Some legislators were attempting to authorize a two-week or 30-day extension of the law. Because a House version of the same bill, passed last year, did not grant immunity for telecom companies, a conference committee may eventually need to negotiate the differences. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Tanya Clay House, director of Public Policy with People for the American Way, who explains how President Bush and Congressional Republicans have used fear as a tool to intimidate their colleagues into voting for flawed domestic surveillance legislation. Contact People for the American Way by calling (202) 467-4999 or visit their website at pfaw.org
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