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April 2003
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 4/29
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: Is a better world possible? As Wall Street
brokers face record fines, John Cavanagh, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz
and Martin Khor examine alternatives to economic globalization.;
A preventive or preemptive attack? Stanford professor David
Palumbo-Liu discusses U.S. military policy;
Second Hour: The Bush administration binds and gags environmental
regulators: We discuss “Operation End Extremism,”
rocket fuel contaminated lettuce and gag-orders on the EPA.;
Democratic elections in Nigeria?: The voting ended a week
ago but the results are still in dispute. We talk with Nigerian
student leader Sowore Omoyele.; Native American who denies
US or Canadian citizenship faces deportation: Charlie “Wolf”
Smoke is set to be deported to the United States today after
months of battling Canadian immigration authorities.;
4/25
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: An infringement of freedom of the press?
The FBI opens and seizes mail sent from one Associated Press
reporter to another; Who was Deep Throat? A University of
Illinois professor and his class say they have uncovered the
identity of the Nixon insider who exposed the story behind
the break-in of Watergate; An exclusive look at a U.S. bombing
in Iraq that killed three family members in Iraq: Journalist
Julia Guest discusses the tragedy she came across while reporting
in Iraq; Leaked document exposes pro-Israel lobby's manipulation
of US public: We talk with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic
Intifada;
Second Hour: US forces detain former Iraqi deputy prime minister
Tariq Aziz: We speak with author and journalist Dilip Hiro
and Democracy Now’s Jeremy Scahill; China quarantines
thousands of Beijing residents as SARS worsens: World attention
remains fixated on SARS even as 3,000 African children die
of malaria every day. We speak with Dan Sermand and Rachel
Cohen of Doctors Without Borders; Ex-agent indicted in Tulia
drug cases: Officer behind drug raid that led to 46 questionable
arrests is charged with perjury;
4/23
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: Precarious situation in Baghdad: As protests
against a U.S. occupation in Iraq continue, we speak to Kathy
Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness who just left Baghdad; Mines
and unexploded munitions in Iraq continue to maim and kill:
Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group reports from Northern
Iraq; Animals in the military: A look at how the U.S. military
has enlisted dolphins, chickens, dogs, sea lions and pigeons
in Iraq;
Second Hour: Lawyers in Louisiana are claiming DNA evidence
proves another man on death row is innocent: We look at the
case of 23-year-old Ryan Matthews and hear from his family
and attorney; More than two million people gather in Karbala
for the “spring of Shiites in the world”: A report
from Al-Jazeera correspondent Yusef Allshouly in Karbala and
Professor As’ad AbuKhalil of California State University;
Columbia University Professor Edward Said: History, colonialism
and how the US is changing the map of the Middle East;
4/18
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April
Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel
Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile
strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq
to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern
Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations
and a professor of religious studies;
Second Hour: Bechtel Group wins first major Iraq reconstruction
contract: This comes 20 years after Donald Rumsfeld met with
Saddam Hussein seeking approval of a Bechtel-owned pipeline
to run from Iraq to Jordan; “The problem of the 20th
century is the problem of the color-line”: On the 100th
anniversary of the publication of ‘The Souls of Black
Folk’ a look at the life of W.E.B. DuBois. We hear from
Pulitzer Prize winning historian David Levering Lewis, DuBois’s
stepson and archival footage of W.E.B. DuBois; Ghetto Life
101: 24-year-old LeAlan Jones speaks about war and the radio
documentary he made 10 years ago in Southside Chicago;
4/17
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: U.S. forces kill at least a dozen civilians
in Mosul: Independent journalist May Ying Welsh looks at what
the city looked like before the invasion; Did U.S. antiquities
dealers plan to loot Iraq themselves?: A debate between the
American Council for Cultural Policy and the Cambrian Archaeological
Association; The Pentagon, Propaganda & PR: A look at
Victoria Clarke & Margaret Tutwiler and Washington’s
public relations campaign on Iraq;
Second Hour: "A stupendous source of strategic power,
and one of the greatest material prizes in world”: That’s
how the State Department described Iraq’s oil resources
in 1945 notes Noam Chomsky as he discusses the invasion of
Iraq, U.S. global dominance, oil and how Washington is helping
to ignite a new arms race;
4/16
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: The unexploded bombs of Baghdad: Christian
Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson reveals how cluster
bombs are still killing Iraqis; “When you add up the
corruption, moral, and human costs (of war) they far out weigh
the dollar costs, and the dollar costs are astronomical”:
former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney speaks out on the unseen
costs of war;
Second Hour: U.S. Marines raid the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad:
We go to the Iraqi capital to speak with a reporter inside
the hotel; “We believe your very public criticism of
President Bush at this important -- and sensitive -- time
in our nation's history helps undermine the U.S. position,
which ultimately could put our troops in even more danger”:
The Baseball Hall of Fame cancels Bull Durham celebration
citing actor Tim Robbins’ opposition to war. Robbins
joins us in our Firehouse studio; “Democracy is coming
to Iraq and is being met with U.S. gunfire”: 20,000
Shia Muslims protest against U.S. led government talks in
Nasiriyah. As’ad AbuKhalil talks about the prospect
of a civil war between Sunni and Shia Muslims in Iraq;
4/15
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: U.S. sets its eyes on Syria: Washington
diplomatically and economically threatens Iraq’s neighbor
as the region’s newest “rogue state”; Columbia
University professor Edward Said and Syrian expert Patrick
Seale discuss the state of the Middle East after the invasion
of Iraq;
Second Hour: Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot
Iraq’s historical artifacts themselves? International
outrage continues at U.S. failure to protect the famous National
Museum or Baghdad’s National Library and Archives; Congressman
Jerrold Nadler on the endless war: Is Iran & Syria next?;
International attorneys announce plans to investigate war
crimes in Iraq: Alleged crimes by both U.S. and Iraq would
be examined; Thousands rally in Los Angeles to protest war:
We hear from the Rev. James Lawson;
4/14
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: For the third time in a month Israeli forces
have seriously injured or killed an international activist
in the Occupied Territories: We talk to a Jewish activist
who witnessed the shooting of Tom Hurndall on Friday and the
killing of Rachel Corrie last month as well as Corrie’s
parents and a representative from the Israeli embassy in Washington;
Israeli diplomats head to Washington to outline opposition
to Bush’s ‘road map’ to peace: We host a
debate between the U.S. Israeli embassy and a chief Palestinian
negotiator;
Second Hour: Over 170,000 ancient artifacts have been destroyed
or stolen from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. We
will go to Baghdad and Oxford to talk about what was lost;
Indian writer Arundhati Roy on the invasion of Iraq and India’s
threat to preemptively attack Pakistan; Who is set to profit
in post-invasion Iraq? BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast
says Madonna, record companies and free trade advocates may
be among the unexpected winners;
4/11
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: 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.
Second Hour: 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;
4/10
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: Iraq regime disintegrates as fighting and
looting continues in Baghdad: May Ying Welsh reports live
from the Iraqi capital; Spanish journalists protest death
of colleague who was killed by U.S. forces; Kaveh Golestan
1950-2003: A look at the life of the Pulitzer Prize winning
Iranian photojournalist who was one of 10 international journalists
killed in Iraq;
Second Hour: U.S. occupies an Arab capital for the first
time in history as Hussein’s regime falls: British reporter
Andrew Buncombe joins us from Baghdad; A discussion with an
Iraqi American whose father was murdered and mother was jailed
by Saddam Hussein’s regime; Turkey sends military observers
into Kirkuk while U.S. prepares to install a new government:
A look at what happens after the invasion ends with writer
Dilip Hero and Iraqi American Salam Al-Rawi;
4/9
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: Looting breaks out near Baghdad as the
presence of the Iraqi government diminishes: We talk to AFP
reporter Ezzadin Said in the Palestine Hotel; 80 dissidents
arrested in Cuba in most widespread political crackdown since
the 1960s: A debate between the Cuban embassy and the wife
of a jailed journalist;
Second Hour: CIA reports INC leader Ahmad Chalabi would be
ineffective leader to replace Saddam Hussein: A discussion
with Lamis Andoni; US/UK military forces could risk committing
war crimes by depriving civilians of safe water: A look at
humanitarian aid demands in post-invasion Iraq;
4/8
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: U.S. bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV
offices in Baghdad killing one: We talk to Jihad Ballout from
Al Jazeera; A president, viceroy, governor or sheriff? A look
at Jay Garner, the U.S. general and defense contractor who
is slated to oversee post-war Iraq; Over 1,000 protest in
Northern Ireland where Blair & Bush hold war summit;
Second Hour: U.S. forces shell Palestine Hotel in Baghdad
where most of the unembedded international reporters were
staying, at least one journalist is killed. We go to Baghdad
to speak with independent journalist May Ying Welsh; Colorado
court convicts three nuns for anti-war action: Plowshare activists
had broken into U.S. missile silo to protest war; Police fire
rubber bullets, wooden pellets and concussion grenades at
anti-war protesters and dockworkers yesterday in Oakland:
In New York 100 arrested at peaceful protest outside of Carlysle
Group;To remember the first anniversary of the Israeli invasion
of Jenin, we hear the story of a Palestinian survivor;
4/7
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: U.S. forces reportedly enter Saddam Hussein’s
palaces after thousands of Iraqis are killed: We go to Baghdad
for a report from May Ying Welsh; Israeli forces shoot and
seriously injure U.S. peace activist: We talk with an eyewitness
in Jenin; Justice Department detains computer engineer and
bars attorneys from discussing the case: A former Intel Vice
President creates website to highlight the“disappearance”;
Second Hour: With the number of casualties in Baghdad soaring,
hospitals are forced to stop counting: The International Red
Cross responds to the humanitarian crisis; Roundtable on Iraq:
Katrina vanden Heuvel of The Nation, Alexander Cockburn of
Counterpunch, Michael Albert of Z Magazine and AFP reporter
Nayla Razzouk in Baghdad discuss the invasion of Iraq;
4/4
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: The United States is “the greatest
purveyor of violence in the world today”: We hear from
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speak out against the
Vietnam War on the 35th anniversary of his assassination and
talk with the Rev. James Lawson on MLK & war; We don’t
do body counts” says Gen. Tommy Franks: To counter the
Pentagon’s refusal to track civilian casualties we talk
with the founders of iraqbodycount.net;
Saying no to war: Stephen Funk becomes one of the country’s
first conscientious objectors since the Iraq invasion; Don’t
fight in this illegal war: British MP George Galloway explains
why he is telling soldiers to resist orders in Iraq;
Second Hour: “Perhaps your listeners do expect a 50-50
balance at this stage over whether there ought to be a war
or not, but in my view it is just not the relevant question”:
We spend the hour with CNN’s Aaron Brown who discusses
the network’s coverage of the anti-war movement, the
sanitization of the war in Iraq and why he feels this is an
inappropriate time for reporters to ask questions about war.
4/3
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: U.S. forces close in on Baghdad from two
directions: We go to the Iraqi capital to talk with umembedded
reporter May Ying Welsh; Kesbeh family arrives in Jordan after
being deported from Houston: We talk with them from a refugee
camp where the family of nine now lives near penniless in
a single bedroom; Green you go, yellow you are questioned
and red you don’t fly: As Delta prepares to rate the
terror threat of every passenger, we host a debate on privacy
and security;
Second Hour: Over 60 people dead after US bombs impoverished
Iraqi neighborhood in Hilla: we talk to the AFP reporter who
saw cluster bomblets there; Send in giant, armored bulldozers,
Israeli military advises US troops poised to invade Baghdad:
but when confronted by peace activists, retired Israeli General
admits Israeli army makes “many mistakes” and
calls for withdrawal from Occupied Territories;
4/2
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: “Until this administration it had
been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of
my president I was also upholding the interests of the American
people and the world. I believe it no longer”: former
U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling on why he resigned from
the State Department; Civilian casualties mount in Iraq: We
talk with Iraq Peace Team member Cliff Kindy who just left
Baghdad; “Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell
You”: A discussion with media critic Norman Solomon;
State of Texas to overturn 39 drug convictions in Tulia: In
1999 one white detective arrested 15 percent of the town’s
African-American population in drug sweep;
Second Hour: Yesterday the Supreme Court heard opening arguments
in two landmark cases that may decide the future of affirmative
action: We’ll have our own debate today between Attorney
Kirk Kolbo, who argued against affirmative action before the
high court, and Miranda Massie a lead attorney for the University
of Michigan students who backs the preservation of affirmative
action; An embedded reporter comes home after a stint in Iraq;
4/1
(Now Two Hours!)
First Hour: Thousands of students protest outside the
U.S. Supreme; Court calling to preserve affirmative action;
Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion
in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We
look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines:
A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers in grenade attack
in first fragging case since Vietnam;
Second Hour: US troops shoot and kill at least 7 Iraqis including
women and children: We go to Baghdad for a report from unembedded
journalist May Ying Welsh; Rumsfeld ignored advice on top
Pentagon generals on Iraq: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
Seymour Hersh on the war, Richard Perle’s resignation,
Gen. Barry McCaffrey & more; “Don’t mess with
my soldiers. Don’t mess with them because they are trained
like dogs to kill. And they will kill you if you try again”:
U.S. military detains and beats foreign journalists in Iraq.
We’ll talk to Israeli reporter Dan Scemama;
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