Pacifica's Peace Watch
Monday November 4,, 2002
Today's Stories:
Elections Update And Analysis
Bush's Administration And The UN Security
Council On Attacking Iraq
Local Activists Using The Polls To Stop
The War On Iraq
Secret War
Anti-War Demo In Boston Draws 25 Thousand
People
Iraq How Can I Forget The Sanctions
Hidden Wars Documentary: the USA, Iraq
And The Arms Deals
The audio of today's show is posted at http://www.radio4all.net/
Story: ELECTIONS UPDATE AND ANALYSIS
When representatives in the House and the Senate voted overwhelmingly
to pass the Bush administration's resolution to attack Iraq,
they ignored the anti-war sentiments of the vast majority
of the American public. Many voters vowed to fight back at
the ballot box. On this eve of the 2002 mid-term elections,
what impact might the Iraq war resolution have on the overall
outcome? Pacifica's Political and National Affairs analyst
Larry Bensky is following the congressional races closely...
Tape: Interview with Larry Bensky, Pacifica's Political and
National Affairs analyst.
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Story: BUSH'S ADMINISTRATION AND THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL ON ATTACKING IRAQ
The Bush administration is trying once more to win the UN
Security Council votes of France, Russia and China, or at
least prevent a veto with yet another re-wording of a draft
resolution for weapons inspections in Iraq.
Tape: Report from Robert Knight of Pacifica station WBAI
in New York.
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Story: LOCAL ACTIVISTS USING THE POLLS TO STOP THE
WAR ON IRAQ
While the country is getting ready to re-elect its officials,
anti-war activists are calling on voters to march to the polls
and the White House and to wear a red ribbons symbolizing
support of those few candidates who voted against Bush's war
resolution.
Tape: Report by Ryme Katkhouda of Pacifica station WPFW in
Washington DC.
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Story: SECRET WAR
With so much debate and attention being focused on the impending
war against Iraq, a secret war is waged just below the public's
radar.
Tape: Commentary by Ralph Shulman and Mya Shone, hosts of
"Taking Aim" on Pacifica station WBAI in New York.
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Story: ANTI-WAR DEMO IN BOSTON DRAWS 25 THOUSAND
PEOPLE
Huddled together in frigid temperatures carrying signs that
read: 'No Blood For Oil', an estimated 25-thousand protestors
rallied yesterday at Boston Common in Massachusetts. Howard
Zinn, professor Emeritus at Boston University was among the
speakers. He spoke of terrorism, calling war itself a form
of terrorism.
Tape: Interview with Boston University Professor Emeritus
Howard Zinn.
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Story: IRAQ HOW CAN I FORGET THE SANCTIONS
The sanctions against Iraq continue despite impacts on the
civilian population nearing genocidal proportions. Barbara
Nimri Aziz of Pacifica station WBAI produced this report,
"Iraq: How Can I Forget?" five years after the start
of the blockade. It features excerpts of six Iraqi schoolgirls'
testimonies interwoven with poems and an Arab mother's comments
describe the effects of the sanctions. . . .
Tape: Excerpt of report produced by Barbara Nimri Aziz fo
Pacifica's WBAI and HarvestWorks Pass studios, engineered
by Paul Geluso and voiced by Ryme Katkhouda.
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Story: HIDDEN WARS DOCUMENTARY: THE USA, IRAQ AND
THE ARMS DEALS
Last week we heard the history of the relationship between
Europe, Iraq and the USA as far as 1920 as described by "Hidden
Wars of Desert Storm". Today we pick up with the weapons
inspectors entrance into Iraq.
Tape: Excerpt from the documentary "Hidden Wars of Desert
Storm."
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