Home > Programs
> Peacewatch
> Tues., July. 29, 2003
Pacifica's PeaceWatch
Today's Stories:
With 10 US Soldiers Killed The Past
6 Days, US Face Deadliest Period So Far In Iraq
Activists Rally In Washington, DC To Discuss The Occupation
Of Iraq And New Directions For The Peace Movement
Man Questioned By FBI For Reading Anti-War Article
Korea Marks the 50th Anniversary of its Armistice
Dr. Cornell West Speaks of the Moral Pejorative for Peace
Activists
Author Cynthia Kaufman on Fomenting Positive Social Change
(part 2)
Note: if the audio link is incorrect, please check the Peacewatch
page at Radio4All.net
here
American forces searching for Saddam Hussein said interrogations
of 12 suspects arrested Tuesday in Tikrit and reams of documents
found in their houses should help soldiers close in on the
fugitive dictator. An audiotape attributed to Saddam said
the death of his sons was "good news" because they
were martyrs.
Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council of 25 prominent
Iraqis, meanwhile, appointed a nine-member presidency, failing
to agree on a single leader for the beginnings of a new Iraqi
government.
In the audiotape broadcast by the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya
satellite channel, a voice that resembled Saddam's said he
was glad Uday and Qusay Hussein were killed July 22 in a firefight
with U.S. soldiers because such a death "is the hope
of every fighter."
"Even if Saddam Hussein had 100 children other than
Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein would offer their lives in
the same way," the voice said. "That is the hope
of every fighter for God's sake, as another group of noble
souls of the martyrs has ascended to their creator."
Some Iraqis had doubted the bodies were those of Saddam's
sons, accusing the United States of staging the shootout in
the northern city of Mosul to demoralize Saddam's supporters.
The United States released photographs of the sons and let
journalists film their bodies in an attempt to convince Iraqis
they were really dead.
With 10 US Soldiers Killed The Past 6 Days, US Face
Deadliest Period So Far In Iraq
With 10 soldiers killed in the past 6 days, US forces face
deadliest period so far in Iraq US officials had thought that
the killing last week of Saddam Hussein's 2 sons, Uday and
Qusay, would stop some of the attacks against US forces in
Iraq, because it would show Saddam's supporters and former
members of the Ba'ath party that the regime had truly come
to an end. But instead, the days following the deaths of Uday
and Qusay have, in fact, been the deadliest period so far,
with 10 American soldiers killed, including five in one 24-hour
period over the weekend. Peacewatch spoke earlier today with
our Baghdad correspondent, Ahmed al-Rawi, to ask how he interprets
the recent rise in attacks and why the deaths of Uday and
Qusay haven't had any effect in stopping them.
Tape: Ahmed al-Rawi is Peacewatch's Baghdad correspondent.
[top]
Activists Rally In Washington, DC To Discuss The
Occupation Of Iraq And New Directions For The Peace Movement
Closer to home, activists concerned about the continuing
occupation of Iraq and the worsening humanitarian and security
situation recently held a rally here in the nation's capital
to discuss new directions for the peace movement. Peacewatch
correspondent Anthony Sloan presents this mix featuring local
activists and former Senator Mike Gravel.
Tape: Sounds from a recent anti-war rally in Washington,
DC, prepared by Peacewatch correspondent Anthony Sloan.
[top]
Man Questioned By FBI For Reading Anti-War Article
Well, protesting the war and expressing viewpoints critical
of the Bush administration can get you in trouble in some
quarters. That’s what Marc Shultz, a freelance writer
in Atlanta, recently discovered. He shared his story with
Jerry Quickly of Pacifica station KPFK in Los Angeles.
Tape: Freelance writer Mark Shultz, speaking with Jerry
Quickly of Pacifica station KPFK
in Los Angeles. To read his account of the incident, go to
www.weeklyplanet.com.
Special thanks to Christine Blonsdale Fidel Rodriguez for
production assistance with that piece.
[top]
Korea Marks the 50th Anniversary of its Armistice
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the armistice that
ended the Korean War. But for one village on South Korea's
west seacoast, the armistice marked the beginning -- not the
end -- of a US bombing campaign. From Meyhan-Ni, South Korea,
Aaron Glantz has this second of our 5-part series on Korea,
50 years after the war.
Tape:
[top]
Dr. Cornell West Speaks of the Moral Pejorative
for Peace Activists
Voices of dissent are quietly being squashed in the US as
a result of the enactment of the so-called Patriot Act. Cornel
West, professor of theology at Princeton University offers
sage advice and encouragement to learn from the experiences
of the African American struggle for justice. In this speech
in Santa Fe, New Mexico last month, West tied the black struggle
for civil rights to the struggle of peace activists for peace
and justice today.
Tape: Dr. Cornell West, professor of theology at Princeton
University speaking in Santa Fe, New Mexico at an event sponsored
by the Lennon Foundation. Special thanks to Thunder Road Productions
for that recording.
[top]
Author Cynthia Kaufman on Fomenting Positive Social
Change (part 2)
According to Dr. West, in the fight for peace and justice
there is a need to keep track of the humanity of our opponents
to maintain the moral high ground. In her book, IDEAS FOR
ACTION: Relevant Theory for Radical Change, author Cynthia
Kaufman takes a step back from the day-to-day issues, to gain
an historical perspective that allows forward movement with
a comprehensive and realistic view of the world. When we spoke
with her earlier this week, Kaufman raised the issue of misconceptions
and misinformation that have stagnated efforts for positive
social change. Today we continue our conversation by asking
Kaufman what she feels the peace movement accomplished in
the run up to the war on Iraq.
Tape: Cynthia Kaufman, the author of IDEAS FOR ACTION: Relevant
Theory for Radical Change
Credits
[top]
For a copy of today's show, please contact Pacifica
Radio Archives at 800 735 0230.
|
Listen
to the show
Help
stream
whole show
download
part 1
