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Today's headlines:
Corporations Paving the Way for Stealing the Next Presidential
Election: A Special Report on Electronic Voting Machines and
Their Impact on Democracy;
Gulf War I Vets Sue the Chemical Companies and Banks that
Helped Iraq Get Weapons of Mass Destruction;
fighting for the Freedom of Israeli Nuclear Whistle-Blower
Mordechai Vanunu
5:01 PM PST
Electronic Voting Machines with Dennis Bernstein interviewing
Bev Harris of Black
Box Voting .com
One programmer could easily take away the votes of all Americans.
Not a pipe dream, but is it the reality of the power brokers
who may well decide to steal elections in Maryland, Georgia,
Ohio, California and Texas? The whole deal is gassed up and
ready to go with Secretaries of State lining up to line their
pockets with totally rigged elections. Further follow-up with
the Diebold Election Machine scandal. DIEBOLD
ELECTION SYSTEM REPORT by Johns Hopkins University
5:18 PM PST
Music Break: Ben Harper "People Lead"
5:20 PM PST
Holding Chemical Companies and Banks Accountable Dennis Interviews
Daniel Hammond an injured U.S. veteran and his attorney Gary
Pitts, lead attorney as they discuss the military and their
willingness to place 16 veterans in harms way when they know
the outcome will endanger their health permanently.
5:48 PM PST
Music Break: Steven Smith "Merchants of Lies"
5:50 PM PST
Mordechai Vanunu Still Imprisoned Genie Shaterian is interviewed
by Dennis. Trapped in a windowless cell for years for 11.5
years Mordechai Vanunu (who was imprisoned for divulging Israel's
nuclear program) has just recently been taken out of solitary
and is writing moving poetry. When he gets out of prison April
22, 2004 he is planning to get out of Israel and move to Minnesota.
Anita Barrows and Johanna Macy will be reading translations
of Rilke's poetry. Sunday 24 August 3 pm at the Unitarian
Fellowship at 1924 Bonita at Cedar. Benefit $5-15 suggested
but no one turned Away.
(510) 528-5403 www.nonviolence.org
The Middle East Childrens Alliance will host a screening
of "In the Line of Fire" on Wednesday 7:30 PM $10-25
sliding scale at La Pena, 3105 Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley.
No one will be refused for lack of funds. Mazen Dana, a Palestinian
journalist working in Baghdad was killed by the US army on
August 17.
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