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“It makes me think back to the awful days when we were
struggling against Apartheid in South Africa”: Desmond
Tutu condemns a federal court ban on the Feb. 15th anti-war
march in New York
From Hawaii to Maine, over 70 city councils and state legislatures
have passed resolutions saying no to war: We hear from elected
officials in Maine, Chicago, Baltimore, Des Moines, Oregon
and Cleveland
Fox’s Bill O’Reilly tells the son of a man who
perished in the WTC to shut up, cuts his microphone and then
threatens him with violence: O’Reilly didn’t like
Jeremy Glick’s call for peace
Peace groups resort to buying TV and newspaper ads to get
their message out: Cable giant Comcast charged with censorship
for rejecting anti-war commercial
9:01-9:06 Headlines
9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break
9:07-9:20 “IT MAKES ME THINK BACK TO THE AWFUL DAYS
WHEN WE WERE STRUGGLING AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA”:
DESMOND TUTU CONDEMNS A FEDERAL COURT BAN ON THE FEB. 15TH
ANTI-WAR MARCH IN NEW YORK
This Saturday, on February 15th, millions of people around
the world will protest the Bush administration’s plans
to launch a first-strike attack on Iraq.
From Berlin to Paris to London, Islamabad to Bangkok to
Baghdad, from Johannesburg to Cairo, Buenos Aires and Mexico
City, and San Francisco to New York City and hundreds of other
cities in between, organizers say February 15th could be the
single largest day of protest in world history.
But in New York City, a federal judge yesterday banned the
massive peace march in Manhattan. Peace demonstrators sought
to gather at the United Nations plaza and then march to Central
Park for a rally.
U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones apparently took
the word of the New York City assistant police chief, who
said he feared the police department couldn’t provide
sufficient security for a moving crowd of up to 100,000 people.
The city also linked security concerns about the peace marchers
to security concerns about terrorism. Judge Jones noted evidence
the city had presented about a failed plot to bomb New York
landmarks including the U.N., and the case of a gunman who
scaled the fence of the U.N. and fired pistol shots through
the windows.
Judge Jones ruled that the First Amendment guarantees the
right to protest, but does not ensure the right to march.
She said the peace activists can accept the city’s counter-offer
of a rally at the U.N. Plaza.
The ACLU immediately appealed the ruling.
Tape: Desmond Tutu, former Archbishop of South Africa
Tape: Danny Glover, actor and activist
Tape: Leslie Cagan, coordinator of United for Peace and
Justic
Tape: Bill Perkins, New York City Councilman
Guest: Hany Khalil, peace and justice organizer who coordinates
Racial Justice 9-11 and works with the anti-war newspaper
War Times and United for Peace and Justice
Contact: www.unitedforpeace.org
9:20-9:21 One Minute Music Break
9:21-9:32 FROM HAWAII TO MAINE, OVER 70 CITY COUNCILS AND
STATE LEGISLATURES HAVE PASSED RESOLUTIONS SAYING NO TO WAR:
WE HEAR FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MAINE, CHICAGO, BALTIMORE,
DES MOINES, OREGON AND CLEVELAND
Millions are expected to protest all over the world on Saturday.
But another kind of protest is also taking place in city
council chambers all over the United States.
As of today, nearly 75 cities and counties have passed resolutions
against an attack on Iraq. Oak Park, Michigan and Shaker Heights,
Ohio passed anti-war resolutions just last night.
In addition, the Maine State Senate and the Hawaii House
of Representatives have passed anti-war resolutions. The Maine
House of Representatives is expected to consider today a resolution
supporting diplomatic efforts to disarm Iraq.
Right now, we’re going to hear an “audio montage,”
of local politicians from all over the country, describing
why their city or state passed a resolution against war.
Guest: Sen. Ethan Strimling, Maine State Senator
Guest: Joe Moore, Chicago City Council
Guest: Rev. Dr. Kwame Abayomi, Baltimore City Council
Guest: Thomas Vlassis, Des Moines City Council
Guest: Serena Cruz, Multnomah (OR) County Commissioner
Guest: Jay Westbrook, Cleveland City Council
Link: www.citiesforpeace.org
9:30-9:40 FOX’S BILL O’REILLY TELLS THE SON
OF A MAN WHO PERISHED IN THE WTC TO SHUT UP, CUTS HIS MICROPHONE
AND THEN THREATENS HIM WITH VIOLENCE: O’REILLY DIDN’T
LIKE JEREMY GLICK’S CALL FOR PEACE
Earlier in the program we heard about how a federal judge
has denied New York City activists a march permit for the
massive, worldwide mobilization on February 5th.
Right now we’re going to hear another story of dissent
denied.
Last week, peace activist Jeremy M. Glick appeared on the
live Fox News show ‘The O’Reilly Factor’.
Jeremy Glick lost his father in the World Trade Center on
September 11. He is one of 40,000 people who have signed the
Not in Our Name ‘Statement of Conscience.’ An
excerpt from the statement reads:
“President Bush has declared: ‘you’re either
with us or against us.’ Here is our answer: We refuse
to allow you to speak for all the American people. We will
not give up our right to question. We will not hand over our
consciences in return for a hollow promise of safety. We say
NOT IN OUR NAME. We refuse to be party to these wars and we
repudiate any inference that they are being waged in our name
or for our welfare. We extend a hand to those around the world
suffering from these policies; we will show our solidarity
in word and deed.”
Media personality Bill O’Reilly has referred to the
signers of the Statement as “anti-American” and
has said they should be “held accountable” for
the expression of their dissenting opinion.
On the live interview, O’Reilly verbally attacked Glick.
Then he cut short the interview, and then threatened Glick
with physical violence.
Tape: Jeremy Glick on the O’Reilly Factor
Guest: Jeremy Glick, signatory of the Not In Our Name statement,
a member of Peaceful Tomorrows and editor of Another World
Is Possible
Link: www.peacefultomorrows.org
Not In Our Name statement: www.nion.us/NION.HTM
9:40 9:41 One Minute Music Break
9:41-9:58 PEACE GROUPS RESORT TO BUYING TV AND NEWSPAPER
ADS TO GET THEIR MESSAGE OUT: CABLE GIANT COMCAST CHARGED
WITH CENSORSHIP FOR REJECTING ANTI-WAR COMMERCIAL
Today we’ve heard about how a federal judge has denied
a march permit to New York City peace activists for February
15th. We’ve heard about how over 70 city councils across
the country have passed anti-war resolutions. And about a
direct action protest this morning in New York City, where
activists locked down in front of the entrance to the Holland
Tunnel.
Well right now we turn to another form of dissent.
A new protest tactic has emerged in the last months. Peace,
civil liberties, and economic justice groups, have begun taking
out full-page ads in national newspapers like ‘The New
York Times.’ Just today, the Economic Policy Institute
took out a full-page ad headlined: ‘Ten Nobel Laureates
Say the Bush Tax Cuts are the Wrong Approach.’
Other ads have included:
*Not in Our Name has taken out full page ads in ‘The
New York Times’ and the international edition of ‘USA
Today,’ publishing the Statement of Conscience and its
signers.
* Tom Paine has published a famous add with a picture of
Osama Bin Laden pointing at the reader in Uncle Sam style.
The caption reads: “Uncle oSAMa Says:I Want YOU To Invade
Iraq. "Go ahead. Send me a new generation of recruits.
Make my day."
But there are other ads you likely haven’t seen.
On the night of President Bush’s State of the Union,
the Princeton-based AntiWar Video Fund attempted to air a
30-second spot in the Washington, D.C. area. But cable giant
Comcast rejected the ad because it claimed some of the claims
in the commercial were unsubstantiated.
On its website, the AntiWar Video Fund's web site claimed
that Comcast had pinpointed two specific comments as troublesome
-- that going to war would be"a violation of international
law" and that such a war would be run by a "self-appointed
group of mercenaries."
Other groups are using a different tactic to get their message
out direct action. This morning a group of peace activists
chained themselves together to block traffic entering the
Holland Tunnel on the New York side.
Tape: MoveOn.org commercial
Tape: Win Without War commercial
Guest: Pat Pattillo, associate general secretary and director
of communication of the National Council of Churches
Contact: www.ncccusa.org
Guest: Jenny Crumiller, organizer with the Anti-War Video
Fund
Contact: www.awvf.org
Guest: Brian Sloman, media buyer Spectrum Marketing
Guest: Kate Crain, spokesperson for activists who blocked
traffic in the Holland Tunnel this morning
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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