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HOUSE VOTES TO ALLOW BUSH TO USE FORCE
AGAINST IRAQ
COMMOTION IN THE GALLERY
INTERVIEW WITH PETE STARK
ACTIVISTS CONTINUE TO SHOW THEIR OPPOSITION
GIVE BLOOD, DON’T SPILL BLOOD
FLAG BURNING
SUPER-PATRIOTISM
WOMEN SPEAK OUT FOR PEACE
BLACK VOICES FOR PEACE
ACIE BYRD COMMENTARY
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Story: House
Votes To Allow Bush To Use Force Against Iraq
House lawmakers voted today on a measure granting the president
the authority he’s seeking to wage war against Iraq.
The vote for HJ. 114 was 296 to 133 in favor of authrorizing
the president war powers to attack Iraq with or without the
backing of the UN.
Tape: House floor debate
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Story: Commotion In The Gallery
At one point activists seated in the House gallery exercised
their rights to dissent…
Tape: commotion
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Story: Interview With Pete Stark
Representative Pete Stark of California debated against
giving Bush the ‘big stick’ he needs to implement
his war agenda.
Guest: California Democrat Pete Stark
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Story: Activists Continue To Show Their Opposition
While the Senate carries on with the debate, activists in
Washington are fighting an information war putting their bodies
on the line and their experts ‘on line’.
Tape: from Pacifica station WPFW
in Washington, Ryme Katkhouda reports.
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Story: Give Blood, Don’t Spill Blood
Some Americans are literally putting their bodies on what
could be the firing line in a campaign titled ’Give
Blood, Don’t Spill Blood’.
Guest: Henry Williamson, of Voices
in the Wilderness From Iraq
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Story: Flag Burning
Recently KPFK
correspondant Sonali Kolhatkar interviewed two chicano youth
at the end of the "Not
In Our Name" peace rally in Los Angeles. The two
youth had participated in the burning of an American flag.
Tape: flag burning incident
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Story: Super-Patriotism
There has been a lot of accusations over the past several
months that those who don’t support the Bush adminstration’s
drive towards war are “unpatriotic.” We turn to
a speech by Michael Parenti for some alternative ideas on
patriotism.
Tape: speech by Michael
Parenti in Boulder, CO
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Story: Women Speak Out For Peace
As the congressional debate on Iraq draw to a close on Capitol
Hill, people around the country have been joining the chorus
of voices saying "no" to war. At Pacifica station
WBAI in
NY, women gathered this week to speak, sing and vision their
desires for peace.
Tape: Deepa Fernandes report
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Story: Black Voices For Peace
Religious and civil rights leaders gathered this week at
New York’s historic Riverside
Church to weight-in against a war in Iraq.
Tape: report from Robert Knight
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Story: Acie Byrd Commentary
Freelance Political analyst and commentator Acie Byrd, compares
the current Bush adminstration’s version of the world
to that of the Roman Empire.
Tape: Acie Byrd
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