Award-winning Investigative Journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018)

Award-winning investigative journalist and founder/editor of ConsortiumNews.com, Robert Parry has passed away. His ground-breaking work uncovering Reagan-era dirty wars in Central America and many other illegal and immoral policies conducted by successive administrations and U.S. intelligence agencies, stands as an inspiration to all in journalists working in the public interest.

Robert had been a regular guest on our Between The Lines and Counterpoint radio shows -- and many other progressive outlets across the U.S. over four decades.

His penetrating analysis of U.S. foreign policy and international conflicts will be sorely missed, and not easily replaced. His son Nat Parry writes a tribute to his father: Robert Parry’s Legacy and the Future of Consortiumnews.

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The Resistance Starts Now!

Between The Lines' coverage and resource compilation of the Resistance Movement

"The man who predicted Trump presidential win now says Trump impeachment could happen," AM Joy with Joy Reid, MSNBC, Jan. 21, 2018
"Sketchy Kazakh money finds its way into Trump dealings," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Red flags seen in many Trump real estate deals," The Rachel Maddow Show, MSNBC, Jan. 15, 2018
"Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers," BuzzFeed, Jan. 12, 2018
"The Scandals of Donald Trump: Presidential Edition," The Atlantic, May 15, 2017
"Here's what we know so far about Team Trump's ties to Russian interests," Washington Post's ongoing compilation
"What Comey Was Investigating, Explained," The Moscow Project, Center for American Progress

"Donald Trump's Financial Ties to Russian Oligarchs and Mobsters Detailed In Explosive New Documentary from the Netherlands," Dutch TV documentary, Alternet.org, May 12, 2017
Ongoing compilation of Trump's creeping authoritarianism," MotherJones.com
Full resource list ...

SPECIAL REPORT: "The Resistance - Women's March 2018 - Hartford, Connecticut" Jan. 20, 2018

Selected speeches from the Women's March in Hartford, Connecticut 2018, recorded and produced by Scott Harris

SPECIAL REPORT: "No Fracking Waste in CT!" Jan. 14, 2018

Jen Siskind Jennifer Siskind, local coordinator for Food and Water Watch, describes the campaign to stop fracking waste in Connecticut, which so far has led to fracking waste bans in 34 towns around the state. Interviewed by Richard Hill on Mic Check, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT

SPECIAL REPORT: "Resistance Round Table: The Unraveling Continues..." Jan. 13, 2018

Lindsay Kanaly The panel discusses Trump's long history of racism and the Republican voter suppression juggernaut confronting Democrats leading up to the 2018 elections. Special guest: Lindsay Kanaly, a lead organizer of the Women's Marches planned for Jan. 20, 2018. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill on Resistance Roundtable, WPKN Radio, Bridgeport, CT.

SPECIAL REPORT: "Capitalism to the ash heap?" Richard Wolff, Jan. 2, 2018

Richard Wolff, Economics professor Richard Wolff declares U.S. capitalism to be beyond repair and suggests the need for a radical alternative. Interviewed by Richard Hill

SPECIAL REPORT: Maryn McKenna, author of "Big Chicken", Dec. 7, 2017

Maryn McKenna, investigative journalist and author of Big Chicken, talks about the widespread use and dangers of antibiotics in commercial poultry, beef and fruit production. Interview by Bill Duesing, Richard Hill and Guy Beardsly on WPKN's Organic Farm Stand.

SPECIAL REPORT: Nina Turner's address, Working Families Party Awards Banquet, Dec. 14, 2017

Nina Turner, president of Our Revolution, talks about the fight ahead for progressives as she receives the Working Families Organization Award for Exceptional Leadership Towards Advancing Progress. The event was held in Meriden, CT. Produced by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Dec. 12, 2017

Working Families Party of CT talks strategy and issues for 2018.
Lindsay Farrell, executive director of the Working Families Party of Connecticut, discusses the state's electoral landscape and lays out the issues and strategies that could lead to progressive victories in 2018. Interviewed by Richard Hill.

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Dec. 9, 2017

Disturbing developments in the Trump/Republican Agenda
Focus on the tax bill, destruction of our public lands, North Korea and Trump's private CIA. Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner and Richard Hill. Special guest: Jo Macallero of Rise and Resist.

SPECIAL REPORT: On Tyranny - one year later, Nov. 28, 2017

Professor Timothy Snyder, author of the highly acclaimed resistance manual On Tyranny, discusses his book and offers a fresh assessment of the state of our beleaguered republic. Timothy Snyder, history professor at Yale, is introduced by Stanley Heller, administrator of Promoting Enduring Peace, a Connecticut-based organization that sponsored this event at the United Church Parish House in New Haven on Nov. 28. A brief interview with Snyder conducted by WPKN radio producer, Richard Hill, follows his talk.

SPECIAL REPORT: Mic Check, Nov. 12, 2017

Lynne Ide, director of program and policy with the Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut, talks about the current state of health care coverage in Connecticut. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resistance Roundtable, Nov. 11, 2017

Focus on the Republican tax plan, the just-released autopsy on the Democratic Party, and Internet censorship by Google, Facebook and Youtube. Including an interview with Hilary Grant, a lead organizer with Action Together Connecticut, who discusses the local results of the recent election, with hosts Richard Hill, Scott Harris and Ruth Baumgartner WPKN producers

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Two leaders from Redneck Revolt, an anti-racist, anti-capitalist movement, talk about their work organizing with white working class people in Suffolk County, New York. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Rainy Day Radio, Nov. 7, 2017

Bruce Gagnon, coordinator for the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, describes the extent of -- and motives underlying -- the vast US network of military bases around the globe. Interviewed by Richard Hill, WPKN radio producer

SPECIAL REPORT: Resisting U.S. JeJu Island military base in South Korea, Oct. 24, 2017

Joyakol, South Korean peace activist and singer, discusses the crisis on the Korean peninsula and focuses on the resistance to the U.S. huge military base being constructed on Jeju Island. The event was sponsored by the Greater New Haven Peace Council and this audio was recorded by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.
Joyakol discusses Americans' biggest misconceptions about the conflict between North and South Korea and the U.S., Interview by Richard Hill, WPKN producer.

SPECIAL REPORT: John Allen, Out in New Haven

John Allen, founding director of the New Haven Pride Center, Connecticut, talks about his new LGBTQ television show, Out in New Haven, which presents a range of political and cultural issues to the community. Interviewed by Richard Hill on WPKN's Rainy Day Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2018.

2017 Gandhi Peace Awards

Promoting Enduring Peace presented its Gandhi Peace Award jointly to renowned consumer advocate Ralph Nader and BDS founder Omar Barghouti on April 23, 2017.

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Between The Lines Presentation at the Left Forum 2016

"How Do We Build A Mass Movement to Reverse Runaway Inequality?" with Les Leopold, author of "Runaway Inequality: An Activist's Guide to Economic Justice,"May 22, 2016, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, The City University of New York, 860 11th Ave. (Between 58th and 59th), New York City. Between The Lines' Scott Harris and Richard Hill moderated this workshop. Listen to the audio/slideshows and more from this workshop.

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JEREMY SCAHILL: Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker "Dirty Wars"

Listen to the full interview (30:33) with Jeremy Scahill, an award-winning investigative journalist with the Nation Magazine, correspondent for Democracy Now! and author of the bestselling book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," about America's outsourcing of its military. In an exclusive interview with Counterpoint's Scott Harris on Sept. 16, 2013, Scahill talks about his latest book, "Dirty Wars, The World is a Battlefield," also made into a documentary film under the same title, and was nominated Dec. 5, 2013 for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary Feature category.

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This Week on Between The Lines

Posted Feb. 29, 2012 for week ending March 9, 2012

"Obama's proposal to reduce the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 28 percent (is) revenue neutral ... the total amount of taxes raised from the corporate sector will (remain) unchanged."

– Chris Rude, political economist and activist, discussing how the average corporate tax rate in 1950 was around 50 percent; in 2010, it's about 22 percent.

OCCUPY WALL STREET COVERAGE AND RESOURCE PAGE

Listen to the entire program using these links, or to individual interviews via the links appearing prior to each segment description below.

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Obama Plan to Reform Corporate Tax Code Fails to Shift Larger Tax Burden onto Big Business

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Interview with Chris Rude, political economist and activist, conducted by Scott Harris

A report issued in 2010 by President Barack Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommended an overhaul of the nation’s complex and loophole-ridden tax code. Although the omission’s recommendations were not adopted by Congress, the president put forward one element of the plan on Feb. 22 that would reform corporate taxes. The president proposed cutting the top corporate taxes from 35 percent to 28 percent, with a 25 percent drop for U.S.-based manufacturers. Concurrently, the plan would also eliminate many loopholes that had allowed some of the nation’s largest corporations to pay little or no taxes at all. But the administration maintains that their proposal would remain revenue neutral, meaning that corporations under their plan would pay no more taxes in the future than they’re paying now. Story continues

U.S. Judge Clears Way for Deportation of Former El Salvadoran General for War Crimes

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Interview with Patty Blum, senior legal adviser to the Center for Justice and Accountability, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

A U.S. immigration judge last week approved the deportation of Gen. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, who from 1980 to 1989 served as head of El Salvador’s National Guard and later as defense minister during the nation’s bloody civil war, when tens of thousands of Salvadoran civilians were murdered and many were tortured. On Feb. 23, Judge James Grim, of Orlando, Fla.’s Immigration Court found Vides Casanova liable for acts of torture and murder committed by soldiers under his command, including the rape and murder of four American church women in December 1980. At the time, Washington was supporting the Salvadoran government’s war against the FMLN leftist guerilla movement. In deciding the case, the judge cleared the way for the former general’s deportation from the U.S. Story continues

GOP Presidential Candidates Revive Christian Right Culture War to Rally Its Extremist Base

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Interview with Peter Montgomery, senior fellow with People for the American Way, conducted by Scott Harris

With the U.S. economy in the worst shape since the Great Depression, economic issues were an obvious focus for debate among the presidential candidates in this year’s election campaign. But in recent weeks, Republican candidates running for the White House have veered toward issues favored by the Christian Right that include opposition to abortion and gay marriage. But what’s been a surprise to many observers is the recent attention to the long settled issue of women’s access to contraception, which has not been seriously debated in U.S. politics since the Supreme Court settled the landmark Griswold v. Connecticut case in 1965, in which the justices ruled that the U.S. Constitution protected a right to privacy, overturning a Connecticut law that banned the use of contraceptives. Story continues

This week’s summary of under-reported news

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Compiled by Bob Nixon

A year after the uprising in Tahrir Square, former TV host Bothaina Kamel is running a long shot campaign for president of Egypt as the only female candidate. ("After revolution in Egypt, women’s taste of equality fades," Los Angeles Times, Feb. 14, 2012)
The Volcker Rule, named after former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker would ban proprietary trading by big banks that enjoy government protection and financing. But a current proposed regulation to enforce the Volcker Rule has gotten bogged down in confusing details, vague language and exemptions. ("How to kill the Volcker Rule: Just Add Fat,”" ProPublica, Feb. 22, 2012; "At Volcker Rule Deadline, a strong push back from Wall Street," NY Times, Feb. 14, 2012)
The drive in Arizona to send more inmates to private prisons is costing taxpayer money and making prisons more difficult to monitor, concludes a new report by the American Friends Service Committee. ("Arizona private prisons slammed by report" Arizona Republic, Feb. 15, 2012)

Recent Shows

Week Ending March 2, 2012

Costas Panayotakis: Greeks Resist Harsh Austerity Measures Imposed by Eurozone as Condition for New $172 Billion Bailout
Shahid Buttar: National Campaign Organizes to Overturn Provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act that Empowers Government to Indefinitely Detain American Citizens
Patty Lovera: Consumer Groups Demand Rigorous Government Study of Genetically Engineered Salmon's Hazards to Human Health

Week Ending Feb. 24, 2012

Jamal Abdi: Tensions Escalate as Israel and Iran Trade Charges in Embassy Bombings
Rachel Goldenberg: Rabbis' Group Fights for Rights of the Oppressed in Israel and the U.S.
Jeff Clements: 2012 Campaign Spending Breaking New Records as Groups Fight to Overturn Supreme Court 'Corporate Personhood' Decision

Week Ending Feb. 17, 2012

Richard Eskow: After Years of Inaction, Obama Moves to Investigate Wall Street Role in Economic Collapse
Bruce Hamilton: Sierra Club Secretly Took $26 million from Natural Gas Industry for Campaign Against Coal-Fired Power Plants
Theresa Moran: New Wave of Anti-Union Legislation Launched with Passage of Indiana "Right-to-Work" Law

Week Ending Feb. 10, 2012

Bob Edgar: State-by-State Campaign Working for Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United Decision
Meghan Smith: Obama Ruling on Access to Birth Control Provokes Attack from GOP and Religious Right
Sandy Nurse: The Occupy Movement Prepares for Spring Actions as 400 Arrested in Oakland

Week Ending Feb. 3, 2012

Kevin Alexander Gray: In 2012 GOP Primary Campaign, "Racist Dog Whistle" Sounds Like a Bullhorn
Emily Bernhardt: Study Finds Surface and Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Degrades Water Quality
Josh Levy: Cyber Activists Rise Up to Derail Proposed Federal Anti-Piracy Bills

Week Ending Jan. 27, 2012

Muhammad Sahimi: Assassination of Iranian Nuclear Scientists: A Provocation for War?
Kevin Gosztola: Bradley Manning Defense Team and Support Network Prepare for Court Martial
Dedrick Muhammad: Without Public Policy Change, America Headed for Increased Racial Inequality

Week Ending Jan. 20, 2012

Shahid Buttar: Breaking Campaign Pledge, Obama Signs Indefinite Detention into Law
Mark Hays: National Protest Actions will Oppose Supreme Court Ruling Granting "Corporate Personhood"
Cindy Cohn: Appeals Court Revives Lawsuit Challenging Warrantless Government Surveillance

Week Ending Jan. 13, 2012

Gar Alperovitz: Rising Economic Inequality Provokes Search for Practical, Democratic Alternatives
Lynn Freeman: Campaign to Recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Confident of Gathering Required Signatures Before Jan. 17th Deadline
Jihan Nasser: Palestinian Women's Center Overcomes Many Obstacles to Provide Technical Training to Those in Need

Week Ending Jan. 6, 2012

Rainey Reitman: Defense Lawyers Counter Claim of Harm to U.S. in Army Whistleblower Bradley Manning's Recent Hearing
Rona Moran: Website Exposes Companies that Profit from Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land
Robert Weil: Wukan Village Revolt, Evidence of Growing Social Unrest in China

Week Ending Dec. 30, 2011

Joshua Landis: Arab League Intervenes as Syrian Uprising on Verge of Civil War
Ian Finkenbinder: West Coast Port Shutdown Tests Occupy Wall Street-Union Relations
Cindy Sheehan: Reflecting on the Cost and Legacy of the Iraq War

Week Ending Dec. 23, 2011

Daphne Wysham: Durban Climate Change Conference Averts Collapse, Negotiations on New Treaty Delayed
Paul Billings: Federal Clean Air Standards That Could Save Thousands of Lives is Under Attack
April Tyler: National Campaign Launched to Challenge GOP Efforts to Suppress Voting Rights

Week Ending Dec. 16, 2011

Robert Naiman: Increased Tension Between the West and Iran Risks Unintended Military Confrontation
Chris Anders: Congress Votes to Empower President to Imprison Americans Indefinitely Without Charge or Trial
Henry Waxman: GOP House Majority Working to Weaken Key Provisions of Clean Air Act

Week Ending Dec. 9, 2011

Seif Da'Na: Egypt's Second Popular Uprising Targets Military's Hold on Power
Akinwole-Bandele: Death Penalty Opponents Must Also Fight Racism in U.S. Criminal Justice System
Heidi Boghosian: National Lawyers Guild Seeks Files on Federal Role in Police Suppression of Occupy Wall Street Movement

Week Ending Dec. 2, 2011

Mark Bray and Senia Barragan: After Police Raid, Zuccotti Park Still a Hub for Occupy Wall Street Movement
Richard Wolff: Occupy Wall Street Has Potential to be a Transformative Movement for Social Change
Mazin Qumsiyeh: Although Violence Captures Most Attention, Palestinians Carry on with Nonviolent Resistance

Week Ending Nov. 25, 2011

Arun Gupta: Police Suppression of Occupy Wall Street Movement Forces Activists to Adopt New Tactics and Strategies
Clea Thauin: Human Rights Group Decries Israel's Imprisonment of 20 Percent of Palestinians Under Occupation Since 1967
Susan Casey Lefkowitz: Environmental Opponents Take Credit for Obama Administration's Delaying Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Decision

Week Ending Nov. 18, 2011

Ralph Nader: The Threat Posed by Occupy Wall Street to U.S. Political and Economic Status Quo
Ellen Miller: Demands for Transparency Target Money Flowing to Members of Congressional Deficit Super Committee
Ben Hewitt: Vermont Farmer Builds Model for Sustainable Local Food System

Week Ending Nov. 11, 2011

Eric Kingson: Failure of Congressional Super Committee May Be Best Outcome to Protect Social Safety Net
Aaron Viles: Federal-State Task Force Proposes Strategy to Restore Oil Spill-Ravaged Gulf of Mexico
Arun Gupta: Occupy Wall Street Movement Employs New Tactics to Confront Increased Police Violence

Week Ending Nov. 4, 2011

Vijay Prashad: U.S.-NATO Military Intervention in Libya: A Blueprint for the Future?
Riki Ott: Fossil Fuel's Damaging Effects on Human Health, Reason Enough to Demand Renewable Energy Future
Tom Hayden: Veteran Civil Rights and Anti-War Organizer Assesses the Power of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Week Ending OCT. 28, 2011

Sarah Lipton-Lubet: House Passes Bill that Denies Women Emergency Abortion Services
Jeff Smith: As Occupy Wall Street Movement Gains Power, Activists Determined Not to Be Co-Opted by Political Parties
Ellen Brown: North Dakota's State-Owned Bank a Viable Alternative Model to For-profit Banking System

Week Ending OCT. 21, 2011

Medea Benjamin: Occupy Wall Street Movement Expands Exponentially Across the U.S.
Occupy Wall Street protesters: Voices of the 99 Percent
Andy Kroll: Grim Economic Data Illustrate the Severe Decline of America's Middle Class