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Today's lead stories:
Int. Security Conference Disputes Bush
Israeli Elections
Palestinian Reaction to Israel Elections
WSF: Unemployment Movements Compare Tactics
Seattle Busses Bear Anti-War Slogans
Int. Security Conference Disputes Bush (4:09)
Activists in Central Europe continue the struggle to close
the Temelin Nuclear Power plant in the Southern Czech Republic.
It's was the last of the Soviet Chernobyl-type nuclear power
stations to be built in Eastern Europe, and many consider
it too dangerous to operate. Groups of activists from neighboring
Austria have taken up hunger strikes on the boarder near the
site, to protest this month’s start-up of Temelin's
second reactor. Charles michael ray has this story. as the
nation and the world prepare for president bush's state of
the union address tonight, the media are predicting yet another
threat of war on iraq.....in the administration's efforts
to protect the homeland, critics say the the white house's
offensive approach is counterproductive. at the THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON REDEFINING GLOBALIZATION--recently convened
IN MEXICO--panelists came up with other ideas.Leslie Clark
reports.
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Israeli Elections (2:27)
ISRAELIS ARE VOTING IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS the vote
was called THREE MONTHS AGO when PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON
COULdN’T put TOGETHER A stable COALITION POLLS
INDICATE sharon will WIN BUT he'll likely STILL HAVE
TROUBLE FORGING A ruling COALITION widespread VOTER DISAPPOINTment
iS REFLECTED IN THE LOWEST turnout at the polls SINCE THE
STATE WAS FOUNDED 54 YEARS AGO. IRRIS MAKLER REPORTS FROM
JERUSALEM ON AN ELECTION in which the leading parties
have FAILED TO grapple WITH ISRAEL’S social and ECONOMIC
problems much less the CONFLICT WITH THE PALESTINIANS.
Irris Mackler reports.
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Palestinian Reaction to Israel Elections (3:16)
As Israelis went to the polls, Seven Palestinians were killed
during raids on Jenin and the Gaza strip, and some 25,000
additional Israeli soldiers and police were sent to the occupied
territories. The Israeli military does not expect to lift
an imposed 24 hour curfew until Wednesday. when Ariel Sharon
is reelected, Palestinians say they anticipate more bloody
raids like the one over the weekend in Gaza which claimed
14 Palestinians. from Ramallah, Awad Duaibes has a Palestinian
perspective on the Israeli elections.
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WSF: Unemployment Movements Compare Tactics (3:39)
The Third Annual World Social Forum came to a close today
in Porto Allegre, Brazil. As many as a hundred thousand people
from all over the world came together to develop strategies
for creating a better world. To many of the delegates, the
real value of the event is the chance to compare notes with
activists in other countries, involved in similar struggles.
One of those exchanges happened between the the unemployed
workers' movements of Argentina and Brazil, known here as
MTD's. Workers in both countries are in crisis, and the number
of the jobless contines to grow. From the independent media
centers of Brazil and Argentina, Pablo and Toya filed this
report from a meeting between Brazilian and Argentine activists.
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Seattle Busses Bear Anti-War Slogans (6:07)
Progressive media in the US have been critical of the administration’s
so called war on terrorism at home and abroad for some time.
But many stories of bold and creative challenges to the war
have yet to be covered… full page adds have been taken
out in newspapers by organizations such as NOT IN OUr NAME,
a group of scientists in Antarctica recently created a human
peace sign…and a movement to impeach the president is
gathering steam. Martha Baskin reports from seattle on a somewhat
more subtle tactic, taking the anti-war message on the city
bus.
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