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Today's Stories:
Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Fight But
Work for Peace In Middle East
Department of Justice Bans Racial Profiling, But Not Really
Haroon Sidiqqui’s Commentary on Civil Liberties
Tariq Ali on Resistance to United States Empire Building Part
3
Commemoration of 40th Anniversary March on Washington
Military Recruitment
The Christmas Coup Comedy Players - CCCP skit
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Israeli Soldiers Refuse to Fight But Work for Peace
In Middle East
About 1,000 Israeli troops and police scuffled with hundreds
of angry Jewish settlers on a West Bank hilltop today as the
military tried to tear down a tiny tent camp, the first populated
outpost targeted under the U.S.-backed "road map"
peace plan. But violence continued - a Palestinian suicide
bomber blew himself up in an Israeli grocery store, killing
the owner, despite an intense push by Palestinian and international
leaders to persuade militant groups to end attacks. Ram Rahat-Goodman
is a member of Yesh Gvul, the original Israeli refuseniks
movement. He says the outposts have to go…they pose
an obstacle to any kind of peaceful solution and represent
power grabs on the part of the settlers to displace the Palestinians.
Tape: Ram Rahat-Goodman is a member of Yesh Gvul, the original
Israeli refuseniks movement. Secretary of State Colin Powell
said he plans to travel to Israel and the Palestinian territories
tomorrow in hope of restoring momentum to the U.S.-led efforts
to bring peace to the region.
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Department of Justice Bans Racial Profiling, But
Not Really
Guidelines issued this week by the US Department of Justice
call for the banning of racial and ethnic profiling, except
in cases involving national security or border issues. The
ban will affect over 70 federal agencies and about 120 thousand
US law enforcement officers, including those from the FBI
and the Department of Homeland Security. But critics of the
ban say the Justice Department Guidelines actually give the
government a green light to profile Arab and south Asian immigrants.
From Pacifica Station WBAI in New York City, Jackson Allers
reports on how this national policy will actually be implemented.
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Haroon Sidiqqui’s Commentary on Civil Liberties
It's believed that more than three thousand Arab-Americans
are currently in custody, with countless more being deported
and barred for life from re-entry into the US. Haroon Siddiqui,
an Arab-Canadian and the editorial page editor emeritus at
the Toronto Star newspaper recently wrote a commentary entitled,
"Ayatollah Ashcroft's Law: How the U.S. Attorney General,
a Christian Evangelist with Anti-Islamic Views on Record,
is Waging War on American Muslims." Peacewatch spoke
with him earlier today.
Tape: Haroon Siddiqui is an Arab-Canadian and the editorial
page editor emeritus at the Toronto Star.
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Tariq Ali on Resistance to United States Empire
Building Part 3
As the oil resumes its flow out of Iraq this weekend, and
new reports of US fatalities are seen each day, the question
of Iraqi resistance remains an issue that official U.S. sources
have been quick to sweep under the rug. Outside of Iraq, the
global resistance to the war was a moment in history that
stretched across borders of geography and class; a movement
that Pakistani exile and political commentator Tariq Ali believes
has irrevocably jeopardized American hegemony in the region.
Today, in this third installment of a three part series we've
been airing on Peacewatch, we present an analysis by Ali on
the nature of worldwide resistance to the US-style Empire.
Tape: Tariq Ali is a Pakistani exile and political commentator.
Special thanks to Maria Gilardin of TUC Radio for production
assistance.
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Commemoration of 40th Anniversary March on Washington
It's been 40 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on
the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC and delivered
the now famous "I Have A Dream" speech. A year before
he was assassinated, Dr. King spoke out against the war in
Viet Nam. The reason for engaging in that war were later found
to be without merit just as there are questions now as to
whether Iraq really posed an imminent threat to the US.
Yesterday was the kick-off date for the commemoration the
1963 March on Washington. Martin Luther King, III joined Peacewatch
yesterday, and we asked him to explain why is it important
at this time, to have a march commemorating the 40th anniversary
of the March on Washington.
Tape: Martin Luther King, III, is president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference, commemorating the 40th anniversary
of the March on Washington.
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Military Recruitment
Many students graduating from high school find themselves
faced with the dilemma of how to pay for a college education
or gain hands-on training to build a career. Some choose the
military, feeling they have no other options or that joining
the services will be their best ticket to travel, adventure
and future career success. As part of Peacewatch's continuing
series on military recruitment, our correspondent Ingrid Drake
spoke recently with a high school graduate here in the nation's
capital that joined the junior ROTC, later to drop out. She
doesn't want her real name used, so we'll call her "Nina."
Tape: "Nina" is a Washington, DC high school graduate
that joined the junior ROTC, later to drop out. She spoke
with Peacewatch correspondent Ingrid Drake of Pacifica station
WPFW.
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The Christmas Coup Comedy Players - CCCP skit
And now, a political commentary by Barry Krimmins of Pacifica
station WBAI in New York.
Tape: A political satire by Barry Kriminis of the Christmas
Coup Comedy Players of Pacifica station WBAI in New York.
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