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'A New Era of Responsibility'
"Push Obama to Follow Through on Peace Vows," by Amy Goodman, The Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 22, 2009 "How to Push Obama," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Danger of Green Stimulus," Jesse Jenkins, Huffington Post, Jan. 5, 2009 "Who Will Seize the Moment?" Turning Crisis into Opportunity, by Ralph Nader, Counterpunch, Dec. 4, 2008 "Community Organizers Press Obama for Real Change," by CommonDreams.org, Dec. 3, 2008
Civil Liberties
"The effects of Obama's refusal to investigate Bush crimes," by Glen Greenwald, Salon.com, Jan. 20, 2009 "Binding U.S. law requires prosecutions for those who authorize torture, " by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Jan. 18, 2009 "Obama Has to Hold Bush Accountable for the Laws He Broke," by Elizabeth Holtzman, The Nation, Jan. 16, 2009 "Obama Must Restore the Constitution: Prosecuting Bush and Cheney," by Dave Lindoff, Counterpunch.org, Jan. 16-19, 2009
A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Human Rights Solutions
"Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy," by John Nichols, The Nation, Jan. 15, 2009 "Fulfilling the Promise of Human Rights: The Universal Declaration at 60," audio recordings from a Connecticut conference marking the 60th anniversary of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Conn., Dec. 6, 2008 A BETTER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: Converting Fossil Fuel/War Economy to Green, Renewable Energy/Peace Economy
"Green Jobs Should Top Our Economic Recovery List," by Juleyka Lantigua, Jan. 6, 2009 "Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right,"by Katrina Van Heuvel, The Nation, Jan. 9, 2009 "Nine Steps to Peace for Obama in the New Year," by Deepak Chopra, Alternet, Jan. 1, 2009 "Electric Cars Put Hawaii on The Road to Independence," by Times Online/UK, Dec. 4, 2008 "Weapons Come Second: Can Obama Take on the Pentagon?" by Frida Berrigan, TomDispatch.com, Nov. 25, 2008 The FY 2009 Pentagon Spending Request - Global Military Spending, by the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Economic Crisis
"The Outcry Is Muted, But The Food Crisis Is Getting Worse," by Jayati Ghosh, The Guardian/UK, Jan. 9, 2009 "Ideas for Obama, "by Paul Krugman, by The New York Times, Jan. 12, 2009 "The Ponzi Scheme Presidency: Bush's Legacy of Destruction," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, January/February, 2009 "Fiscal Therapy," by David Cay Johnston, Mother Jones, January/February, 2009 "A Look At Wall Street's Shadow Market: How Some Arcane Wall Street Financial Instruments Magnified Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 5, 2008 "Swapping Secrecy for Transparency," by Christopher Cox, SEC Chairman, The New York Times Op-Ed, Oct. 19, 2008 "The Bet That Blew Up Wall Street: Steve Kroft On Credit Default Swaps And Their Central Role In The Unfolding Economic Crisis," 60 Minutes, Oct. 26, 2008 Broken Government
"Broken Government: By The Numbers," 40 ways in which the federal government failed to perform under the administration of George W. Bush, 2001-2008 Class Warfare
"How the Rich Are Different From You and Me,"Places that went for Obama are richer and smarter than places that went for McCain, by Bill Bishop and Robert Cushing, Slate, Dec. 11, 2008 "Questions About the $700 Billion Emergency Economic Stabilization Funds, " First Report of the Congressional Oversight Panel for Economic Stabilization, Dec. 10, 2008 War And Profiteering
"This Is Change? Twenty Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House," by Jeremy Scahill,Alternet, Nov. 20, 2008 "Don't Let Barack Obama Break Your Heart," Why Americans Shouldn't Go Home, by Tom Engelhardt, Nov. 12, 2008 "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 "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 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 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, November-December 2001 |
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Interview with author and columnist, Norman Solomon, conducted by Scott Harris  Uncertainty about the future of Afghanistan's political leadership has been compounded by increased attacks by the Taliban and public outrage at a Sept. 4 NATO-ordered air strike of two tanker trucks that killed nearly 100, including dozens of civilians. Since being sworn into office, President Obama has almost doubled the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 32,000 to a planned total of 68,000 by the end of the year. Admiral Mike Mullen, chair of the joint chiefs of staff, recently confirmed before a Senate Committee that he expects tens of thousands more U.S. soldiers to be deployed to Afghanistan during the latter half of 2009. Plans to further escalate the war comes as a CNN poll found that 58 percent of those surveyed were opposed to the war and 39 percent in support. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with author and columnist Norman Solomon, who just returned from a visit to Afghanistan in late August. He talks about what he learned on his trip that led him to believe a military escalation of the conflict is a serious mistake. Norman Solomon is executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy and author of the book, "War Made Easy, How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning us To Death." Read his columns online at www.normansolomon.com
New U.S. Military Bases in Colombia For more than 40 years, political violence has been a fact of life in Colombia, as left-wing and right-wing guerrilla groups have fought the government and each other. The U.S. government, under President Bill Clinton, increased the U.S. role there with the inauguration of Plan Colombia in 2000, at the end of Clinton's second term. The stated goal was to help Colombia fight drug trafficking, which was, among other things, fueling the guerrilla movements.
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Interview with Larry Birns, director of the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
Continued U.S. funding was supposedly contingent on improvements in Colombia's human rights record. That nation is currently the third largest recipient of U.S. foreign aid in the world. In August, the Obama administration brokered a deal with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe to increase the U.S. military presence in his country, much to the dismay of many other Latin American nations. Then, on Sept. 11, the U.S. State Department certified enough improvement in Colombia's human rights record that it released $32 million to be used to fight gangs and drug smugglers. This, despite the fact that extra-judicial killings in Colombia are still common, including 49 labor rights activists murdered in 2008, up from 39 killed during 2007, but down from the 78 killed in 2006. In June, the United Nations reported that Colombian soldiers had killed hundreds of civilians, falsely identifying them as leftist guerrillas in order to increase body counts. Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Larry Birns, director of the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Hemispheric Affairs. He describes some of the background to these two recent developments and what they portend for the region. ______________________________________________ See rush interview transcript. Sign up for Between The Lines Q&A interview transcripts. ______________________________________________ Contact the Council on Hemispheric Affairs at (202) 223-4975 or visit their website at www.coha.org.
To Stop Nuclear Proliferation,
On Sept. 24, the United Nations will convene a two-day conference to discuss enforcement of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, or CTBT. The treaty prohibits all signatory nations from conducting nuclear weapons tests. President Barack Obama will chair the session, the first time a U.S. president has served in that role.
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Interview with Lorelei Kelly, director of the New Strategic Security Initiative project at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation, conducted by Scott Harris  On April 5, President Obama made a speech in Prague where he declared that the U.S. had a moral responsibility to lead the effort to rid the world of nuclear weapons, as America is the only nation ever to use them. While 149 of 181 nations have thus far ratified the Test Ban Treaty, the United States has not. Obama is now pushing the U.S. Senate to ratify the CTBT before the next nonproliferation meeting in May 2010. However, Republicans have been mostly united in their opposition, making the task of getting the required 67 votes for ratification difficult. One of the most volatile issues in the effort to stop the spread of nuclear weapons is the accusation that Iran is covertly working to develop such arms. Iran, denying the charge, says it is producing enriched uranium in defiance of five U.N. Security Council resolutions, to develop civilian nuclear reactors to produce electricity. After many months of stalemate, Iran has agreed to begin talks on October 1st with the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Lorelei Kelly, director of the New Strategic Security Initiative -- a project of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. She discusses the U.S. role at the CTBT conference and the Obama administration's strategy on dealing with Iran. Contact the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation by calling (202) 546-0795 or visit their website at www.armscontrolcenter.org Related links:
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Richard Hill Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Web consultant: Gary Trujillo Newswire editors: 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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