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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, Nov.-December 2001 |
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Interview with Nicholas Davies, author of "Blood on our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq", conducted by Scott Harris 
Public opinion polls reveal widespread opposition to expansion of the war among Americans. The peace movement organized anti-war protests across the country to respond to the Obama speech. In the Senate, Democrat Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and independent Bernie Sanders of Vermont have pledged to block congressional authorization of the White House plan to escalate the Afghan war. In a recently published article, "Why Afghans Dig Empire Graveyards," Nicolas J.S. Davies recounts the multiple unsuccessful attempts by a succession of colonial powers to occupy Afghanistan. The strategic geographic location of Afghanistan for building critical oil pipelines may have as much to do with U.S. designs on the country as the potential threat posed by the Taliban and al Qaeda. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Davies about the current conflict in the context of Afghan history and his view of President Obama's plan to escalate the war. Nicolas J.S. Davies is author of the forthcoming book, "Blood on our Hands: The American Invasion and Destruction of Iraq." Read Davies' article, "Why Afghans Dig Empire Graveyards," online at www.consortiumnews.com.
Coal Industry Plagues While the pace of civil disobedience actions against the mining of coal are picking up in Appalachia, they are also spreading to parts of the country where coal is burned in power plants. One action on Nov. 30 attempted to stop a new coal-fired plant in South Carolina from opening. Coal creates huge environmental and public health hazards both at the sites of extraction and combustion, producing severe water and air pollution.
Appalachian Communities with Health Hazards RealAudio
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Interview with Matthew Louis-Rosenberg, Coal River Mountain Watch activist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus 
A little-known fact is that one of the by-products of coal production is billions of gallons of toxic coal slurry, which is injected into abandoned underground mine sites deep inside Appalachian mountains. This has led to contamination of residents' well water and scores of serious illnesses and deaths. While no cause and effect relationship has been scientifically established, it's clear that heavy metals in drinking water damage human health. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Mat Louis-Rosenberg, who works on the coal Sludge Safety Project sponsored by Coal River Mountain Watch, a community organization in West Virginia that works to stop mountaintop removal mining. The problem of coal sludge occurs with all types of mining and there are currently 113 slurry impoundments in the state. The activist says local residents are learning to speak out in favor of legislation to clean up the mining process. Here Louis-Rosenberg talks about the dangerous conditions in coal field communities, and what coal companies must do to rectify the problem. Related links:
Britain's Iraq War Inquiry Uncovers Last week, a British commission established by Prime Minister Gordon Brown launched an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding former Prime Minister Tony Blair's decision to support President Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq. The inquiry, headed by former civil servant Sir John Chilcot, has gathered information that indicate Blair was told by his government's most senior legal adviser that an invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein would be a serious breach of international law and the UN charter.
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Interview with Dave Lindorff, author and columnist, conducted by Scott Harris  News leaked from the commission to the British press has revealed that Blair's government lied to Parliament and the public about the country's involvement in war planning that had begun early in 2002. Sir William Ehrman, former director general of defense and intelligence at Britain's Foreign Office testified that on the eve of the Iraq War, intelligence chiefs told Blair that the Iraqi dictator had no warheads capable of delivering chemical weapons, yet the former prime minister gave the go-ahead for the invasion despite strong evidence that Iraq was no threat to Britain. This inquiry is a natural follow up to the Downing Street Memos, leaked to the British press in 2005. The memos revealed notes made by the head of Britain's MI6 spy agency, recounting his July 2002 visit to Washington where he was told that President Bush was planning to remove Saddam Hussein from power, but that the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with author and columnist Dave Lindorff, who discusses the work of the British commission’s current investigation into the origins of the Iraq War. Read Dave Lindorff's article about the British inquiry at the website: www.thiscantbehappening.net
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News reader: Emily Santos-Poplawski 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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Wall Street's big banks are playing dangerous new accounting games," by Nomi Prins, Daily Beast, Dec. 1, 2009 "Housing Meltdown, Ground Zero: The American Home-Owning Dream on Life Support," by Tom Engelhardt & Andy Kroll, TomDispatch, Nov. 30, 2009 "As Treasury Department Stumbles, Liberals Push Tougher Measures to Stem Foreclosures," by Art Levine, Truthout, Nov. 30, 2009 "No Bailouts for Youth: Broken Promises and Dashed Hopes," by Henry A. Giroux, Truthout, Nov. 30, 2009 "The Housing Crisis and Wall Street Shame," by Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog, Nov. 29, 2009 "Debate on Creating Jobs, Without Raising Deficit," The New York Times, Nov. 29, 2009 "Wall Street's a casino, so maybe state gambling laws apply," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 29, 2009 "Food Stamp Use Soars, and Stigma Fades," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009 "Soaring Unemployment and a Double-Dip Recession?: Blame Larry Summers," by Mike Whitney, Counterpunch, Nov. 27-29, 2009 "Why debt at Dubai World is shaking world financial markets," Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 27, 2009 "Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Running Water and Food," by Yasha Levine, AlterNet, Nov. 26, 2009 "A Surge in Demands on Goverment for Jobs," by Ann Robertson & Bill Leumer, Counterpunch, Nov. 26, 2009 Bush Accountability "English AG Opined Iraq War was Illegal," by Scott Horton, Harper's, Nov. 30, 2009 International Affairs "Why they hate us (II): How many Muslims has the U.S. killed in the past 30 years?," by Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy, Nov. 30, 2009 "US, Iran Moving Again Toward Confrontation," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Nov. 30, 2009 "Honduran Elections Marred by Police Violence, Censorship, International Non-Recognition," by Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic & Policy Research, Nov. 29, 2009 "Selling Out Democracy in Honduras: The U.S. and the Honduran Election," by Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet, Nov. 28, 2009 "Selling Out Democracy in Honduras: The U.S. and the Honduran Election," by Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet, Nov. 28, 2009 "The Timeline for a New Mexican Revolution Comes Due," by John Toss, Counterpunch, Nov. 27-29, 2009 "White House says world moving toward new Iran sanctions," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 27, 2009 "America and Israel-Palestine: dangerous disarray," by Fawaz A Gerges, Open Democracy, Nov. 27, 2009 "West Bank settlers carry on building as new freeze is proposed," Times Online/UK, Nov. 27, 2009 "No Fair Election in Honduras under Military Occupation," by Dana Frank, Common Dreams, Nov. 27, 2009 "State Department Backpedals on Landmine Treaty," by Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, Nov. 26, 2009 "Citing 'National Defense Needs,' Obama Administration Says it Won't Sign Ban on Land Mines," by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, Nov. 26, 2009 "The Sham Elections in Honduras," by George Vickers, Foreign Policy, Nov. 25, 2009 "Can Obama stand up to Israel?," by Helena Cobban, Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 24, 2009 "Postwar" Occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan "As Obama Sends More Troops, Giant Shadow Army Of Contractors Set To Grow In Afghanistan," by Justin Elliott, Talking Points Memo, Dec. 1, 2009 "Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation," by Glenn Greenwald, Salon, Dec. 1, 2009 "Military Escalation Will Harm Afghan People, US Interests," by John Nichols, The Nation, Dec. 1, 2009 "Obama faces steep challenges in new Afghan policy," McClatchy Newspapers, Nov. 30, 2009 "How the War Hawks Caged Obama," by Robert Parry, Consortium News, Nov. 30, 2009 "A troop surge can only magnify the crime against Afghanistan," by Malalai Joya, Guardian/UK, Nov. 30, 2009 "A 'Necessary War' -- for a Gas Pipeline: It's Obama's War Now," by Gary Leupp, Counterpunch, Nov. 30, 2009 "Iraq Inquiry bombshell: Secret letter to reveal new Blair war lies," Mail Online/UK, Nov. 29, 2009 "British Probe: Iraq War Was Illegal," Independent/UK, Nov. 29, 2009 "Tajik Grip on Afghan Army Signals New Ethnic War," by Gareth Porter, Antiwar.com, Nov. 29, 2009 "Benchmarks in Wartime: As Reliable as Promises," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 2009 "US Was 'Hell Bent' on Iraq War, UK Envoy Says," Associated Press, Nov. 28, 2009 "US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq," Associated Press, Nov. 28, 2009 "Afghan Teenagers Claim Abuse at US Military Prison," Agence France Presse, Nov. 28, 2009 "Matthew Hoh Speaks Grim Truth To Power," by Roger Morris & George Kenney, Huffington Post, Nov. 27, 2009 "In Afghanistan and at home, we're being driven off a cliff," by Ron Smith, Baltimore Sun, Nov. 27, 2009 "Call it Ecocide: Birth Defects in Iraq," by Robert C. 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