Pacifica's Peace Watch
Wednesday Nov. 6, 2002
Today's Stories:
Elections: The Iraq Factor
What did the Democrats do wrong?
Activists practice democracy of a different
sort
High-tech weapons developed for use
in Iraq
DC artists and poets speak out for war
Disinformation in the push for
war
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Story: Elections: The Iraq Factor
It’s one day after President Bush and the GOP orchestrated
one of the most stunning political sweeps in a midterm election,
and Democrats are left licking their wounds. We begin our
coverage with a review of the election results as it relates
to the Iraq factor. In other words, what was the political
cost to politicians who refused to back the Presidents war
agenda?
Interview: Eric Gufstafson of EPIC, Education for Peace
In Iraq Center
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Story: What did the Democrats do wrong?
With Republicans taking control of the U.S. Senate away
from the Democrats, increasing the number of seats in the
House of Representatives and already being in the White House,
the balance of power has tilted heavily to the Right. How
much of a factor was Iraq? Did Democratic politicians miscalculate
the costs? What went wrong?
Tape: Roundtable discussion with U.S. Shadow Representative
Eleanor Holmes Norton of DC District Gerald Horne, Professor
of Afro American Studies at the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill Paul Loeb, author of Soul of A Citizen.
MUSIC BREAK
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Story: Activists practice democracy of a different
sort
While millions of Americans across the nation lined up at
polling stations on Tuesday, voting in the mid-term Congressional
elections, seven DC-area activists practiced democracy of
a different sort. They were busy preparing their legal defense
for a trial that began this morning at the DC Superior Court.
Their charges stem from an act of civil disobedience that
took place at the US Capitol several weeks ago, during Congress's
vote on the Iraq war resolution.
Interview: Defendant Art Laffin of the Dorothy Day Catholic
Worker in DC
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Story: High-tech weapons developed for use in Iraq
Since combat operations began in Afghanistan a year ago,
the Department of Defense and defense contractors like Boeing
and Lockheed Martin have aggressively continued to test and
improve their weapon systems. So-called smart bombs have gotten
smarter and sneakier while streaming video has gotten sharper
and more integrated with military command centers.
With the invasion of Iraq imminent, these state-of-the art
weapons are sure to find their way onto the battlefield in
Baghdad. Retired Rear Admiral Stephen Baker was former Chief
of Staff for Naval forces and central command in Bahrain and
a Theodore Roosevelt group operations officer throughout Desert
Storm. He’s presently Senior Advisor at the Center for
Defense Information. Baker is also the author of a white paper
about new high tech weapons and their possible use in Iraq.
Tape: Stephen Baker interview with reporter Dred-scott Keyes
of Pacifica station WBAI
MUSIC
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Story: DC artists and poets speak out for war
Young anti-war poets and artists living in the shadow of
the White House have a lot to say on the subject of going
to war against Iraq. In this second of a two part series of
Bar None’s open mic night, WPFW’s Ryme Katkhouda
brings us the voices of youth from the Nation’s Capital.
Tape: Ryme Katkhouda of Pacifica's station WPFW
Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in Peacewatch’s
art and music segments are not necessarily those of Pacifica
Radio’s national staff or management.
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Story: Disinformation in the push for war
Many anti-war activists, scholars and politicians bemoan
the fact that Americans aren’t getting the real facts
from the Bush administration about the impending war. William
Pitt, author of “War on Iraq” spoke with KPFK’s
morning show host Sonali Kolhatkar about how the Bush administration
is using disinformation to bolster its case to attack Saddam
Hussein.
Pacifica station KPFK's Sonali Kolhatkar speaking with author
William Rivers Pitt.
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