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"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
"The Rest of the News," New Haven Advocate, July 3, 2003
ISSUES IN-DEPTH
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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?" 21 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
Interview with Jeremy Brecher, In the aftermath of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Bush administration justified a whole range of foreign and domestic policies that either skirted or directly violated U.S. constitutional law or international treaties, such as the Geneva conventions. From President Bush's defiance of the United Nations in launching his war against Iraq, to official policies that led to the torture and mistreatment of detainees, America's image as a defender of human rights has been severely tarnished. Photos of Iraqi detainees being tortured at Abu Ghraib prison alongside accounts of mistreatment at U.S.-run detention centers in Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have provoked lawsuits and investigations. Washington's covert rendition of prisoners to third nations for the purpose of torture and recent press reports alleging U.S. secret prisons in Eastern Europe have inflamed hatred and fear of the U.S. government. A recent Italian television documentary charging that the U.S. military used napalm and white phosphorous weapons in the 2004 siege of Falluja are just the latest set of disturbing accusations undermining America's standing in the world community. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Jeremy Brecher, co-editor of the book, "In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond." Brecher, a historian, discusses investigations into U.S. war crimes and the responsibility of ordinary citizens to challenge their government's violation of international law. "In the Name of Democracy: American War Crimes in Iraq and Beyond" is published by Metropolitan Books.
 Challenges to U.S. Cuba Travel BanDerailed in Senate
Interview with Mavis Anderson, In an Oct. 20th Senate debate over the Treasury Department budget, Sen. Byron Dorgan, a Democrat from North Dakota, reintroduced his amendment to cut funding for enforcement of the U.S. travel ban against Cuba. However, before members of the Senate engaged in full debate on the issue, Sen. John Ensign, a Republican from Nevada, succeeded in introducing a "second degree amendment" to Sen. Dorgan's proposal. Sen. Ensign's amendment was related to the issue of parental consent for abortions. Given the controversial nature of the abortion issue, Sen. Dorgan ultimately withdrew his proposal and criticized Ensign's maneuver as arbitrary and anti-democratic. Both U.S. citizens and members of Congress are increasingly supportive of free and open travel to Cuba. However, the Bush administration recently tightened travel restrictions by limiting trips by Cuban-Americans to visit their families in Cuba to once every three years and only with special permission. Between The Lines' Denise Manzari spoke with Mavis Anderson, senior associate with the Latin American Working Group, who talks about the fate of the Dorgan amendment and what her group will be doing to combat the ongoing travel ban by the United States against Cuba. For more information contact the Latin American Working Group by calling (202) 546-7010 or visit their website at www.lawg.org.
Automakers Campaign to StopLandmark Fuel Efficiency Standards in California
Interview with California state Rep. Fran Pavley, Many motorists confronting the recent spike in gasoline prices are sitting up and paying attention to fuel efficiency, some for the first time. But the federal government is still dragging its feet regarding fuel economy standards, and years ago, the initiative passed to the states. California passed a landmark global warming bill in 2002 that also increases fuel efficiency standards. It's called the Pavley Law, after its main sponsor, Fran Pavley. Pavley was elected to the California State Assembly in 2000, where she is an outspoken defender of the environment. Her bill requires automobile manufacturers to reduce tailpipe emissions by 30 percent by 2016, beginning with the 2009 model year. Similar legislation has been passed in half a dozen other states, mostly in the Northeast. Although the bill was enacted into law, signed by the former governor and supported by the current governor, it is now tied up in litigation brought by an alliance of automotive interests. The outcome is uncertain. California, with its large share of the auto market, has enormous influence on the development of auto technology nationally and internationally. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Pavley during a clean vehicles and global warming conference in Hartford, Conn. on Oct. 24. She describes the broad coalition organized to get her legislation passed -- and the forces aligned against it -- in a state with 36 million residents and 25 million cars. For more information on fuel efficiency legislation, contact the Natural Resources Defense Council at (212) 727-2700 or visit their website at www.nrdc.org Related links:
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