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Democracy Now! v. The New York Post: DN! Host Amy Goodman
debates Post Columnist John Podhoretz on C-SPAN in a live
simulcast with Pacifica. They discuss war, the peace movement
and what comes next in Iraq. And they take questions from
callers.
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8:07-8:20 DEMOCRACY NOW! V. THE NEW YORK POST: DN! HOST
AMY GOODMAN DEBATES POST COLUMNIST JOHN PODHORETZ ON C-SPAN
IN A LIVE SIMULCAST WITH PACIFICA. THEY DISCUSS WAR, THE PEACE
MOVEMENT AND WHAT COMES NEXT IN IRAQ. AND THEY TAKE QUESTIONS
FROM CALLERS.
Welcome to Democracy Now!, I’m Juan Gonzalez, sitting
in for Amy Goodman.
Today, Amy Goodman is at C-SPAN, debating a columnist from
the New York Post John Podhoretz. For the first time ever,
Democracy Now! Radio and TV will be simulcasting with CSPAN
TV and CSPAN radio.
John Podhoretz is a columnist for the New York Post. He
is also a contributor to the Fox News Channel, a weekly columnist
for the National Review Online and a contributing editor to
the Weekly Standard which he helped start. He also served
as speechwriter to President Ronald Reagan and as special
assistant to former Drug Czar William Bennett.
The debate is in progress, let’s join in…
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8:21-8:40 Debate cont’d
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8:41-8:58 Debate cont’d
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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Kurds pull out of Kirkuk after Turkey threatened to send
in troops: We go to northern Iraq for a report
Congress considers bill to grant automatic citizenship to
some immigrant soldiers fighting in Iraq: But there is a catch,
the law would only apply to soldiers who die in combat
Saying no to war by saying no to the IRS: With the deadline
for filing income tax four days away, thousands of Americans
are refusing to pay federal“war” taxes
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9:07-9:15 KURDS PULL OUT OF KIRKUK AFTER TURKEY THREATENED
TO SEND IN TROOPS: WE GO TO NORTHERN IRAQ FOR A REPORT
In Northern Iraq Kurdish forces have said they will hand
over control of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk to US forces.
Kurdish troops advanced into the city against US orders
yesterday.
Then, Turkey threatened to send its troops across the border.
The US invited “military observers” into Kirkuk,
and the Kurds backed down.
Washington is assuring Turkey the Kurds will not be allowed
to control Kirkuk and its oil resources, or to declare an
independent state in northern Iraq.
Meanwhile, US special forces are involved in heavy fighting
with Iraqi forces near Syrian border.
- Ilene Prusher, Istanbul Bureau Chief/Mideast correspondent
for the Christian Science Monitor
9:15-9:40 CONGRESS CONSIDERS BILL TO GRANT AUTOMATIC CITIZENSHIP
TO SOME IMMIGRANT SOLDIERS FIGHTING IN IRAQ: BUT THERE IS
A CATCH, THE LAW WOULD ONLY APPLY TO SOLDIERS WHO DIE IN COMBAT.
Immigration officials have decided to grant citizenship
to seven US soldiers now that they have died in Iraq.
The names of three soldiers have been released. They are:
19-year-old Diego Rincon was born in Columbia, 27-year-old
Jose Gutierrez was born in Guatemala and 21-year-old Jose
Angel Garibay was born in Mexico.
Eight of the soldiers killed in the Iraq invasion thus far
were immigrants.
Some 37,000 men and women or about 3 percent of the
total active duty force are non-citizens. Many immigrants
enter the military in the hopes it will speed up citizenship
applications.
US Senators Zell Miller and Saxby Chambliss have announced
they will introduce legislation to grant immediate citizenship
to some immigrant soldiers who serve in the Gulf. But it will
apply only to those who die in combat.
In response, the head of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of Los Angeles, Cardinal Roger Mahony is urging President
Bush to award immediate citizenship to all immigrant troops
serving in the Persian Gulf. He said: “There is something
terribly wrong with our immigration policies if it takes death
on the battle field to earn citizenship.”
We are joined now by Tod Tamberg, spokesman the Cardinal
Roger Mahony, Sylvia Moreno of the Washington Post and George
Rincon, father of 19 year-old Diego Rincon who was killed
March 29 in Iraq.
- George Rincon, father of the late Diego Rincon, soldier
who was granted citizenship after being killed in Iraq.
Link: www.diegorincon.com
- Sylvia Moreno, reporter for the Washington Post. Wrote
article ‘For Immigrants, a Special Sacrifice’
- Tod Tamberg, Spokesman for Cardinal Roger Mahoney of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Dan Kane, spokesman for the Bureau of Citizenship and
Immigration Services
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9:41-9:58 Saying no to war by saying no to the IRS: With
the deadline for filing income tax four days away, thousands
of Americans are refusing to pay federal “war”
taxes
According to the government's Unified Budget for 2003, a
measly 17 percent of the federal budget is earmarked for the
military, while over three times as much is spent on Social
Security and Medicare. However when you look at the actual
budget -- that which comes from taxes, minus Social Security
funds -- we're spending nearly half of our budget, about $775
billion, on past and present military expenses.
That is the introduction to a recent article “War
Tax Resistance Made Simple” that appeared on the news
website Alternet.
As tax day approaches, thousands of Americans are expected
to refuse to pay part or all of their federal taxes to avoid
personally funding war.
Tax resistance is nothing new. Henry David Thoreau may be
the nation’s best known tax resister. The author of
Walden Pond spent a night in a Massachusetts jail for refusing
to pay taxes to support the Mexican-American war of 1846.
During the Vietnam War as many as 500,000 withheld part or
all of their federal taxes.
As the invasion of Iraq continues, a group of activists,
academics and artists have co-signed a petition calling for
a new generation of tax resistance. The petition reads in
part “war tax refusal under the present circumstances
is fully justified on moral and ethical grounds.”
Signatories include: Joan Baez; Father Daniel Berrigan;
Noam Chomsky; Daniel Ellsberg; Elizabeth McAllister; Grace
Paley, Utah Phillips and Howard Zinn.
Today we are joined in our Firehouse studio by long-time
tax resirster Ruth Benn who is the author of War Tax Resistance.
Father Julio Torres of St. Mark’s Church in New York
is also with us…
- Ruth Benn, author of War Tax Resistance and coordinator
for the National War Tax Resistance coordinating committee.
She has been a tax resister since 1980.
- Father Julio Torres, urging his congregation at St. Mark’s
Church to consider tax resistance.
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