"Unwelcome Guests at a Coronation"
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Protests at the Presidential Inauguration of George W. Bush

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Doris "Granny D" Haddock, activist who, at the age of 90, walked 3,200 miles across the country to build grassroots support for campaign finance reform, speaking at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at Malcolm X Park, Washington, D.C. Granny D celebrated her 95th birthday over the weekend.

Aidan Delgado, U.S. Army Reserve soldier, at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at Malcolm X Park, in Washington, D.C.

The Raging Grannies, acapella singing group at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C.

Interview with investigative journalist and former National Security Agency analyst Wayne Madsen, at McPherson Square in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2005, on journalist Seymour Hersh's New Yorker magazine report that the Bush administration is planning airstrikes against Iran.

David Cobb, 2004 Green Party presidential candidate at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at Malcom X Park in Washington, D.C. In Ohio, Cobb and Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik demanded a recount of the vote and worked to investigate and expose voter suppression, voter fraud , flaws in election machinery and other irregularities that many progressives feel changed the outcome of the presidential election.

Medea Benjamin, cofounder of the human rights group Global Exchange and the women's peace group Code Pink -- two organizations that have been actively involved in organizing the U.S. antiwar movement, at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C. Benjamin has traveled several times to Iraq and in January 2005, she organized a delegation of families of U.S. military personnel killed in Iraq and victims of the 9-11 attacks to bring $600,000 worth of humanitarian aid to the survivors of the American attack on Fallujah.

Stan Goff, an author and former soldier in the U.S. Army's Special Operations force who has served in Vietnam, Grenada, and Haiti, at the D.C. Anti-War Network's Jan. 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural Rally at Malcolm X Park in Washington, D.C. He is a founding member of the Bring Them Home Now campaign and member of Military Families Speak Out.

Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center and national coordinator for the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, speaks to thousands of anti-Bush protesters assembled near Washington, D.C.'s Pennsylvania Avenue and 4th Street, moments before President Bush's motorcade traveled down the traditional parade route for the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2005. The crowd can be heard booing and chanting as his limousine and police escorts sped by.

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Between The Lines
For The Week Ending Feb. 4, 2005

THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM Angry U.S. Iraq War Veteran Criticizes Excesses of Gala Bush Inaugural Celebrations For story text and audio, Click here! Pro-Choice Activists Call on Progressives to Resist Attacks on Reproductive Rights For story text and audio, Click here! White House Campaign to Privatize Social Security Based on Phony Crisis For story text and audio, Click here! Underreported News Summary from Around the World For full summary and audio, Click here! LISTEN to this week's half-hour program of Between The Lines by clicking on one of the links below. MP3 files available until Feb. 8, 2005. RealAudio for streaming (Dialup or fast connections. Instant playback. Needs RealPlayer 7 or 8) Get RealPlayer here! Consumer-quality MP3 for dialup or fast connection (Links to www.radio4all.net) download. Needs QuickTime Player or your favorite MP3 player. For broadcast/Webcast quality MP3 file formats, click here! This week we present Between The Lines' summary of under-reported news stories and: Angry U.S. Iraq War Veteran Criticizes Excesses of Gala Bush Inaugural Celebrations Speech by Aidan Delgado, U.S. Army reservist and Iraq war veteran, produced by Scott Harris As George W. Bush took the oath of office for another four years in the White House, more than 10,000 protesters took to the streets of the nation's capital on inauguration day, Jan. 20. Mingling with the president's supporters -- many who were clad in mink coats -- demonstrators carried signs and voiced their opposition to a long list of Bush administration policies, including the war in Iraq, attacks on civil liberties and the rolling back of environmental protections and reproductive rights. Early in the day, thousands of Bush opponents gathered for several rallies and marches in locations around Washington, with many later attempting to walk through security checkpoints to stand along the inaugural parade route on Pennsylvania Avenue. One group, International ANSWER was successful in obtaining a permit to have their own protest bleachers along the route. Aidan Delgado is a U.S. Army reservist who recently returned from combat duty in the Iraq War. Delgado, who has been granted conscientious objector status, spoke to thousands of Bush opponents at Malcolm X Park, where hundreds of symbolic flag draped coffins were on display, before being carried off in a march toward the White House. For more information on the local and national groups which organized anti-Bush events at the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration, visit the website www.counter-inaugural.org. Pro-Choice Activists Call on Progressives to Resist Attacks on Reproductive Rights Report on pro-choice rally, at counter-inauguration in Washington, D.C., produced by Melinda Tuhus Among the many demonstrations organized on Jan. 20 to protest the inauguration of George W. Bush was a rally held at Washington D.C.'s Dupont Circle. The protest was organized by a coalition of women's groups with the theme of mourning the Bush administration's assault on freedom and equality. Speakers denounced the flawed 2004 U.S. presidential election, the war in Iraq and attacks on reproductive rights. Protesters were reminded that likely Supreme Court vacancies during Bush's term could further threaten the high court's January 22nd, 1973 Roe v. Wade Court decision legalizing abortion. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus was at the rally and wove together a collage of speakers and songs which focused on protecting a woman's right to choose. Just days after the Dupont Circle rally, tens of thousands of anti-abortion activists gathered in Washington to call for the overturning of the Roe v. Wade decision and received a supportive call from President Bush. For more information on defending a woman's right to choose, contact National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL) at (202) 973-3000. Or visit their website at www.naral.org White House Campaign to Privatize Social Security Based on Phony Crisis Interview with economist John Miller, conducted by Scott Harris As President Bush began his second term in office, he made clear that among his top priorities will be the overhaul of the nation's Social Security retirement system. The Bush administration maintains that Social Security is headed for financial disaster unless Congress adopts a scheme that would partially privatize the popular program launched by Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. But most economists agree that the administration's forecast of catastrophic failure for Social Security are deliberately misleading. If nothing is done to change the current system, Social Security, by varying estimates, will be solvent until 2042 or 2052. Even if nothing else was done to shore up the system and the surplus were to be exhausted, Social Security would still be able to pay retirees 70% of promised benefits. Critics of the Bush plan point out that privatizing the current system will force the government to borrow at least $2 trillion and place retirees benefits into an uncertain stock market where brokerage fees will eat into any gains made from investments. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with John Miller professor of economics at Wheaton College and a member of the Dollars and Sense collective. Professor Miller takes a critical look at the Bush administration campaign to privatize Social Security and the experience of other nations that have undertaken similar conversions. Read more about Social Security in the pages of Dollars and Sense magazine or online at www.dollarsandsense.org Related links: Contact United for A Fair Economy at (617) 423-2148 or www.faireconomy.org Contact the Economic Policy Institute at (202) 775-8810 or www.epinet.org This week's summary of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon Human rights monitors say detention of Iraqi women who are wives, sisters and girlfriends of suspected insurgents, violates Geneva Conventions. ("Unusual Suspects," American Prospect, February 2005) Federal whisteblower has accused U.S. National Institutes of Health of ignoring flaws in an AIDS drug study in Uganda, concerning nevirapine, a drug given to African women and babies to prevent HIV-transmission. ("Whistleblower Says U.S. Bungled AIDS Study," Associated Press, Jan. 4, 2005) Women's advocates in Juarez, Mexico remain skeptical about the recent convictions of 10 men charged with killing a dozen women. ("Activists unhappy with Mexico convictions," Associated Press, Jan. 8, 2005) DOWNLOAD this week's half-hour program of Between The Lines by clicking on one of the links below. Needs Quicktime Player or your favorite MP3 player. Note: Make sure your browser is set for streaming or download depending on your connection speed. MP3 files available until Feb. 8, 2005 Note to our broadcast affiliates: We are now offering FTP access for faster, more reliable download of our broadcast quality files. Please call Anna Manzo at (203) 268-8446 ext. 2, to register for FTP logon access or send feedback to us at betweenthelines@snet.net. Consumer-quality MP3 for dialup or fast connection (Links to www.radio4all.net) download. Needs QuickTime Player or your favorite MP3 player. 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