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Naomi Klein Reveals New Details About U.S. Military Shooting
of Italian War Correspondent in Iraq
A Wolfowitz in Sheep’s Clothing?
Kyrgyzstan Protests Topple Government
Student Hunger Strike Secures Living Wage for Georgetown
Workers
Naomi Klein Reveals New Details About U.S. Military
Shooting of Italian War Correspondent in Iraq
Three weeks after being shot by US forces in Iraq, veteran
Italian war correspondent Giuliana Sgrena is released from
a military hospital. New details are emerging about the killing
of the Italian agent who saved her life. We speak with independent
journalist Naomi Klein, who just returned from meeting with
Sgrena in Rome. [includes rush
transcript]
In Rome, journalist Giuliana Sgrena has been released from
a military hospital where she was being treated for a gunshot
wound she suffered when US forces shot up the car bringing
her to freedom after a month being held hostage in Iraq. The
head of Italy's Foreign Military Intelligence Nicola Calipari
was killed in the attack when he shielded Sgrena from the
bullets.
Yesterday, Italian newspapers reported that the justice minister
has asked U.S. authorities to release the car so it can be
examined by Italian ballistics experts. The papers said the
request came after the U.S. command in Iraq reportedly blocked
two Italian policemen from examining the car.
- Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist and author of "Fences
and Windows: Dispatches From the Front Lines" of the
"Globalization Debate and No Logo: Taking Aim at the
Brand Bullies." She just met with Giuliana Sgrena in
Rome.
A Wolfowitz in Sheep’s Clothing?
We speak with award-winning journalist and author Naomi
Klein about the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz, one of the administration's
top neoconservatives and a chief architect of the invasion
of Iraq. [includes rush
transcript]
- Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist and author of "Fences
and Windows: Dispatches From the Front Lines" of the
"Globalization Debate and No Logo: Taking Aim at the
Brand Bullies." She just met with Giuliana Sgrena in
Rome.
Kyrgyzstan Protests Topple Government
Opposition protestors in Kyrgyzstan took over the presidential
compound and other government buildings yesterday, effectively
bringing President Askar Akayev's government to collapse.
We speak with the director Asia Program at the International
Crisis Group. [includes rush
transcript]
Yesterday opposition protestors in Kyrgyzstan took over the
presidential compound and other government buildings, effectively
bringing President Askar Akayev's government to collapse.
This is the third government in a former Soviet Republic to
fall due to popular uprising- in the past year and a half.
Georgia and most recently Ukraine also ousted their leaders
in popular uprisings.
Askar Akayev had led Kyrgyztan since 1990, before it gained
independence from the Soviet Union. The takeover began on
Thursday morning in the outskirts of the capital, Bishkek.
The Associated Press reported that about 1,000 protestors
rushed towards the presidential building, entered the front
and smashed the windows with stones. Akayev's whereabouts
are currently unknown though there was speculation that he
may have sought sanctuary in the Russian airbase outside the
capital. Both the U.S and Russia have military air bases near
Bishkek and about 1,000 U.S troops are stationed there.
- Robert Templer, Directs the Asia Program at the International
Crisis Group.
Student Hunger Strike Secures Living Wage for Georgetown
Workers
After a three-year campaign, students at Georgetown University
have won their fight to secure living wages for university
workers. The campaign - known as the Georgetown Living Wage
Coalition - culminated in a nine-day hunger strike by over
twenty students before the university accepted almost all
of the campaign's ten demands. We speak with one of the students
who participated in the hunger strike. [includes rush
transcript]
After a three-year campaign, students at Georgetown University
have won their fight to secure living wages for university
workers.
The campaign - known as the Georgetown Living Wage Coalition
- culminated in a nine-day hunger strike by over twenty students.
Two students were hospitalized in the action.
Yesterday, the university accepted almost all of the campaign's
ten demands. The minimum wage for campus employees will be
raised to a living wage of about 15 dollars an hour. Currently
some subcontractors are earning less than $9 dollars an hour.
In recent days, the students attracted support from DC labor
and religious communities. AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney
released a statement applauding the hunger strike campaign
and some faculty members have shown support.
- Mike Wilson, a senior at Georgetown University majoring
in Justice and Peace Studies. He is part of the Georgetown
Living Wage Coalition and was on hunger strike for five
days.
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