Pacifica's Peace Watch
Tues. Oct. 22, 2002
Today's Stories:
Police Brutality and Anti-War Activists
Join Force
Leave No Child Behind Leads Them to the Military
Write-in Candidates oppose Democratic Hawks
Daniel Ellsberg criticizes John Kerry
Contrasting views from Texas
Commentary on US hegemony in the Middle
East
Spiritual Leader: United Methodist Jim
Winkler
Father Richard McSorley tribute
The audio of today's show is posted at http://www.radio4all.net/
Story: Police Brutality and Anti-War Activists Join
Force
Today people around the country came out to protest police
brutality in a national day of action. Activists calling
for an end to police killings are joining forces with anti-war
protestors, as they see repression in communities of color
at home intrinsically linked to the pending war on Iraq.
Tape: Deepa Fernandes from WBAI
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Story: Leave No Child Behind Leads Them to the Military
Unknown to many, the US government passed an education bill
called Leave
No Child Behind that requires high schools to turn over
the names, addresses and phone numbers of all their students
to military recruiters. Some schools and parents in New York
are speaking out against this invasion of student privacy.
Tape: Dred Scott Keyes, WBAI
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Story: Write-in Candidates oppose Democratic Hawks
27 Democrats in the Senate and 81 in the House of Representatives
voted for Bush’s war resolution. Some are feeling the
heat from their vote back home in their bid for reelection.
We speak with two write-in candidates challenging Democrats
for their pro-war vote.
Guests: Randall
Forsberg, running against John Kerry for Senate in MA
and Denis
Moynihan running against Dennis Moore for Congress in
Kansas
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Story: Daniel Ellsberg criticizes John Kerry
Daniel Ellsberg,
who in 1971 leaked 7,000 pages of classified documents about
the war in Vietnam, just wrote a book, Secrets: A Memoir Of
Vietnam And The Pentagon Papers. On his book tour, he stopped
in Boston and as he explains to a crowd at the Arlington Street
Unitarian Church, he spent most of his time criticizing Massachusetts
Senator John Kerry for his vote in favor of Bush’s war
resolution.
Tape: Daniel Ellsberg
Music Break
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Story: Contrasting views from Texas
Recent events in Houston have heightened local reactions
to the proposed war on Iraq. At a Houston area high school,
7th Congressional District of Texas representative, John Culbertson
deflected criticism at a town hall meeting about his vote
to use force in Iraq. While in other areas of Houston, groups
like Not in Our Name, have been organizing against a possible
war.
Tape: From KPFT in Houston,
Jackson Allers and Barry Brossa
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Story: Commentary on US hegemony in the Middle East
Commentators Ralph Schulman and Maya Shone of Taking Aim
Radio at WBAI in New York see Bush’s war agenda for
Iraq as part of a larger goal for US hegemony in the region.
Tape: Ralph Schulman and Maya Shone
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Story: Spiritual Leader: United Methodist Jim Winkler
Some of the sharpest opposition to attacking Iraq is coming
from the church President Bush purportedly attends. Jim Winkler,
is a lay person responsible for applying the teachings of
the United Methodist Church to social policy.
Guest: Jim Winkler
Music Break- David Rovics with Good Kurds, Bad Kurts
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Story: Father Richard McSorley tribute
The history of the peace movement in this country is rich
in hardworking heroes and sheroes. Father
Richard McSorely, who passed away this weekend, is one
such person.
Tape: From Jenka of the IMC
in Washington DC
Music and Credits
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