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Today's Stories:
Leave no child Unrecruited
Women’s Fast at White House
Minnesota Mobilizes
School of the Americas Protestors Cite Terrorism
training at Home
Veteran Journalist Helen Thomas Opposes
War
Fascism
Troubadour Robert Hoyt
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Story:
Leave no child Unrecruited
As the US prepares to eventually lead ground troops into
Iraq, the military is searching for new ways to recruit servicemen
and women. One solution is a provision that was included in
the "No Child Left Behind" act, recently passed
by Congress. Though the main thrust of the law is to increase
educational opportunities for elementary and secondary school
students, a little known requirement mandates that high schools
provide the names, addresses and personal telephone numbers
of students to military recruiters.
Guest: David Goodman, contributor to Mother Jones Magazine
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Story: Women’s Fast at White House
The anti-war message is hitting close to home for the President.
Code Pink is in affect as women peace activists with the anti-war
group are conducting a fast in front of the White. The vigil
is expected to last through March 8th …International
Women’s Day.
Tape: Report from Ryme Kathouda, WPFW correspondent for PeaceWatch
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Story: Minnesota Mobilizes
Regional peace groups are mobilizing for war. That is, to
stop it. As President Bush seeks broad international support
at the NATO summit to support a US-led attack on Iraq, anti-war
groups in Minneapolis and Saint Paul are training new recruits
in the art of civil disobedience and nonviolent protest.
Tape: KFAI’s James Kwon
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Story: School of the Americas Protestors Cite Terrorism
training at Home
Last weekend, thousands of people gathered at Fort Benning
in Columbus, GA to protest the US Army's School of Americas.
Graduates of the school have been linked to numerous counts
of human rights violations throughout Latin America and the
Caribbean. While the US expands its "war on terror"
to Iraq, the protestors made the connection between terrorism
abroad and terrorist training at home.
Tape: Father Simon Harak of Voices in the Wilderness
Music Break
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Story: Veteran Journalist Helen Thomas Opposes War
Helen Thomas, former UPI, White House Correspondent speaking
at MIT’s Bartos Theater. Thomas writes for Hearst News
Service and is now free to express her opinion, which she
gives freely. As a White House correspondent Thomas has covered
seven presidents during her 50 years as a reporter.
Tape: Helen Thomas, former UPI, White House Correspondent
speaking at MIT’s Bartos Theater
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Story: Fascism
In the final hours of the 107th Congress yesterday, senators
pushed through a new Homeland Security Act that creates a
170-thousand employee homeland security department aimed at
fighting terrorism on U.S. soil. The bill was drafted in the
aftermath of 9/11. Jean Butterfield is with the American Immigration
Law Institute and she’s concerned the new law is taking
America down a very anti-American slippery slope, particularly
with regard to the immigration laws.
Tape: Jean Butterfield with the American Immigration Law
Institute.
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Story: Troubadour Robert Hoyt
Political folk musician Robert Hoyt is a popular voice at
protests and peace rallies across the country. His three albums,
"Mind's Eye," "As American as You," and
"Dumpster Diving Across America," are rich with
political messages and social commentary. When we spoke with
him earlier today, he said that people of all political persuasions
are expressing concern about the impending war, even in Dan
Quayle country
Guest: Robert Hoyt musician
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