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Today's stories:
Violence in India
Zia Mian Speech
International Perspectives on a US
attack
Kutchinson protest
Black Voices for Peace
Voices from the Project
Row Houses Arts and Music Festival
Interview with Sekou Sundiata
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A bomb that killed more than 180 people in Bali, Indonesia
over the weekend is being blamed on Osama bin Laden’s
Al Qaeda network by the Indonesian Defense Minister. No evidence
has been offered. But President Bush shares his sentiments.
Guest: Bill Hartung, with the World
Policy Institute
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Story: Violence in India
India's prime minister Atal Bahari Vajpayee returned to
New Dehli today after a weekend of talks in London with British
prime minister Tony Blair -- a key ally in George Bush's war
on Iraq. Praful
Bidwai is a syndicated columnist in India and an expert
on strategic affairs.
Tape: Bidwai
Indian politicians are also using the rhetoric to crack
down and kill members of India's Muslim community at home.
Tape: Aaron glantz reports from Gujarat in India.
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Story: Zia Mian Speech
At a teach-in last Saturday in Boston, Zia
Mian, a research assistant and lecturer at Princeton University,
responded to the victory of radical Islamic parties in Pakistan’s
recent elections and outlined possible reactions in the South
Asian region if the US takes action against Iraq.
Tape: from Martin Voelker
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Story: International Perspectives on a US attack
A US pre-emptive strike on Iraq could have global implications.
But the decision to attack Iraq may rest with one man, President
Select George W. Bush, But people from the Philippines to
Northern Ireland are determined to make their concerns heard.
Tape: from Alicia Littletree, of KZYX
Music Break
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Story: Kutchinson protest
The Houston
Coalition for Justice, Not War plans to serve Texas Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchinson with a complaint for a citizen's arrest
warrant as part of their no business as usual actions following
the Senate's passage of Joint Resolution 46.
Tape: Renee Feltz of Pacifica station KPFT
speaks with Sylvia Stewart
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Story: Black Voices for Peace
At the White House over the weekend, Black
Voices for Peace held a walking protest against the President’s
intended war on Iraq. Speakers focused on the ramifications
of a war against Iraq on the home front.
Tape: Youth leader Siata Bayesa recorded by Ryme Katkhouda
of WPFW
Music Break
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Story: Voices from the Project Row Houses Arts and
Music Festival
How connected is the Bush Administration to the streets
of the United States? Who will this war impact directly? Jackson
Allers of KPFT news poses these questions to artists during
the Project Row
Houses Arts and Music Festival in the traditionally black
area of Houston, Texas.
Tape: from Jackson Allers of KPFT
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Story: Interview with Sekou Sundiata
Spoken word artists, griots, signifiers, and poets have
throughout history documented events and movements through
a somewhat more creative lens. We spoke with radical poet
Sekou Sundiata.
Guest: Sekou Sundiata
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