Archives of New Focus on WWUH
Judy Friedman on Alternative Energy
Air date: Nov 09, 2007
Guest: Judy Friedman
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What really happened on 9/11?
Air date: Nov 02, 2007
Guest: Cheryl Curtis and Laura Sykes
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50th Anniversary of Jack Kerouac's On
the Road
Air date: Oct 19. 2007
Guest: Robert Perreault
A nuanced look at the life and work of the cultural and literary
giant.
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Can Bush be Impeached?
Air date: Oct 05, 2007
Guest: Richard Duffee and Harold Burbank
Part 1
Part 2
Iraqis and Their Oil
Air date: Sept 21, 2007
Guest: Kathy Kelly, Voices for Creative Nonviolence
General Petraeus' report to Congress, the status of Iraqi
refugees and the latest on the Iraq Oil Law.
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Link: http://vcnv.org/
No Promo
Air date: Sept 14, 2007
Guest: Adam Kokesh, Iraq Veterans Against the War
On Sept 06, 2007, Adam Kokesh and Tina Richards were arrested in
Washington, DC for defying a government ban on posting
promotional materials for an antiwar rally in Washington,
DC. Adam served as a Marine Sergeant in Iraq and has been
struggling against the war and the government's attempts to
intimidate him since he has come out to oppose the Iraq War.
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Link: http://www.ivaw.org/user/175
The Iraq Oil Swindle Continues
Air date: Aug 24, 2007
Guest: Trina Zahller, Oil Change International
Hidden within the Iraq Supplemental Bill (May 25, 2007) is
language linking the privatization of Iraq's oil with continued
US support.
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Link: http://priceofoil.org/
Rove Goes
Air date: Aug 17, 2007
Karl Rove resignation. Is Rove really a political genius? The
Rove Method and his place in history. Guests: Rick Perlstein and
Kevin Gray
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Links:
http://rickperlstein.org/
Coming soon by Kevin Gray: Waiting for Lightning to Strike:
The Fundamentals of Black Politics
The science of biofuels
Air date: August 10, 2007
Dr. Rachel Smolker joins New Focus to talk about the pros
and cons of biofuels and how corporate interests are using
"eco-speak" to sell the notion of biofuels as a
panacea for the energy problems that we all face.
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Link: www.globaljusticeecology.org
Majority Rules
Air date: August, 03, 2007
Michael Burns talks about his new documentary film, Majority
Rules. What lies behind and beyond the standard
definition(s) of democracy?
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Link: www.michaelpburns.com
What is Green?
Air date: July 27, 2007
WHUS producer Richard Sherman talks about why the word
"green" has become meaningless in recent political
discourse. When mainstream politicians and global energy
companies can become "green" does the idea of being
"green" lose meaning. Also discussed is the Iraq
war.
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Link: www.whus.org
Outrageous in the USA
Air date: July 20, 2007
Elizabeth de la Vega, former federal prosecutor, talks
about the commutation of Lewis 'Scooter' Libby's
conviction. She also talks about how the intelligence
was "fixed" leading up to the Iraq War.
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Links:
www.amazon.com
www.alternet.org/authors/7496/
www.thenation.com/directory/bios/elizabeth_de_la_vega
Peter Karman on Iraq
Air Date: June 01, 2007
Guest is independent journalist Pete Karman talking with Mike
about the Iraq War.
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Armed Madhouse Redux
Air Date: May 18, 2007
Guest is investigative journalist Greg Palast talking about
the details of the new expanded paperback edition of his latest
book, Armed Madhouse.
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1
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2
Abbott Labs, AIDS, and Thailand
Air Date: May 07, 2007
Guest is Robert Weismann, from Essential Action,
on the worldwide protests against Abbott Labs after their
refusal to sell life-saving drugs in Thailand in a power play to
demand their "intellectual property rights".
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(Scooter) Libby's on the Label:
What's really inside the case of the forged Niger uranium
documents that helped pave the way to the occupation of Iraq?
Air Date: March 30, 2007
Guest is journalist David Lindorff. David talks
with Mike about the facts behind the case of Scooter Libby and
his involvement in Bush Administration attacks on former
Ambassador Joe Wilson and his wife, Valerie Plame. The
real story should have been about the forgery itself...
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1
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2
The Inside Story: Iraq War Supplemental
Air Date: March 30, 2007
Guest is Erik Leaver, a Research Fellow at the Institute for
Policy Studies. Erik talks with Mike about the reality
behind the funding of the Iraq War
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The Mysteries and Unexplained Events of 9-11
David Ray Griffin
Speech
Parts 3 and 4 are now available for this speech
that
originally aired in May of 2006
New Focus presents an audio taping of a recent speech by
Professor David Ray Griffin in West Hartford, CT.
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Listen (Pt 3)
Listen (Pt 2)
Listen (Pt 1)
Nuclear Madness
Guest is Kevin Kamps from NIRS, the Nuclear Information and
Research Service.
Listen Feb 07,
2007
IMPEACHMENT
Richard Duffee joins Mike to discuss the unmentionable 'I'
word, impeachment. History of impeachment and why the
legal case for investigating the Bush Administration is strong
enough to merit impeachment hearings.
Listen Nov
15, 2006
Nuclear Waste
Utah residents fight to stop nuclear waste site from being
placed in their state.
Vanessa Pierce, Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah
Judy Friedman, People's Action for Clean Energy
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15, 2006
The Beat Generation Pt 2
The Beat poets.
Listen October 26,
2006
The Beat Generation Pt 1
The legacy and legend of Jack Kerouac and the Beat authors.
Listen October 13,
2006
Inside the War on Drugs: Why the war causes more harm than
good
Author and law enforcement professional, Norman Stamper
was a police officer for 34 years and he served as chief of
police with the Seattle Police Dept.
Listen Sept
06, 2006
Who Was Lee Harvey Oswald?
September, 2006
Author and radio host of Assassination Journal, George
Michael Evica talks about the ties between Lee Harvey Oswald
and the US intelligence community.
Part I Listen
Part II Listen
Invading the World One Economy at a Time
Author Antonia Juhasz talks about her new book (The
Bush Agenda: Invading the world one economy at a time) and
how corporations close to the Bush Administration are getting
the lions-share of military contracts.
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June 30, 2006
Bill Hartung Follows the Money
William Hartung, Senior Fellow at the World Policy
Institute,
talks about the Defense Dept. Budget under Donald Rumsfeld, a
scandal involving Boeing, how the Iraq War and other US military policies cut into
spending on domestic programs...and more.
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June 23, 2006
Update: Richard Sitcha Case
Kevin Hoffkins and Albert Marceau talk about the
strange case of Richard Sitcha.
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June 16, 2006
June 02 and June 09, 2006
Armed Madhouse
The intrepid BBC reporter and author Greg Palast discusses his new book, Armed Madhouse.
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(Pt 1 from June 02, 2006)
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(Pt 2 from June 09, 2006)
March 06, 2006
The Mysteries and Unexplained Events of 9-11
David Ray Griffin
Speech
New Focus presents an audio taping of a recent speech by
Professor David Ray Griffin in West Hartford, CT.
Listen (Pt
2)
Listen (Pt 1)
October 07, 2005
Peace and Labor
Steve Provinski
A conversation about the national and local peace movement
from peace and labor activist Steve Provinski. Issues
discussed include corporate media coverage of the peace
movement, labor union involvement in the peace movement and
how the split in the AFL-CIO will affect labor's influence on
issue activism.
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September 30, 2005
On the Border (With the Neo-Cons)
Michel Warschowski
Journalist and writer Michel Warschowski is an Israeli
citizen who has been jailed twice for refusing to serve in the
Israeli military in the occupied territories and for
"giving printing services to a forbidden
organization".
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September 09, 2005
When the Levee Breaks
Will Bunch
Why did the levees fail in New Orleans? Will Bunch,
senior writer for the Philadelphia Daily News talks with us
about how cuts in urban flood control projects and the rising
costs of the Iraq war led to the disaster in New Orleans.
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August 26, 2005
The 'Fix' is Still In
Julie Hollar
The Downing Street memos clearly state that the Bush Admin
was going to "fix" the intelligence to support a rush
to war with Iraq. Why has the US media ignored this
astonishing story of Bush administration manipulation to get the
US into an illegal war?
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August 19, 2005
Iran, the Middle East and the Truth About Nuclear
Proliferation Pt II
Steven Zunes
Iran doesn't have the capability to build a nuke and,
ironically, the same neocons that now advocate intervention
provided Iran with the tech for nuclear weapons during the Ford
administration.
(This is Part II of an interview with Steven Zunes)
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to Part II
August 12, 2005
Iran, the Middle East and the Truth About Nuclear
Proliferation Pt I
Steven Zunes
Iran doesn't have the capability to build a nuke and,
ironically, the same neocons that now advocate intervention
provided Iran with the tech for nuclear weapons during the Ford
administration.
Listen to Part I
July 29 and August 05, 2005
Iraq Inc. and No-Bid Contracts PT I and II
Prathap Chatterjee
How big money and war privatization are hampering the
reconstruction of Iraq.
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to Part I
Listen
to Part II
July 22, 2005
Connecticut's New Voter Verified Paper Trail
Rebecca Mercuri
CT's legislature passed legislation to guarantee the
integrity of Connecticut's election system. It's
free-and-fair elections versus election machine manufacturers
with ties to one political party.
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July 15, 2005
Greg Palast
Greg Palast on the Rove scandal and the Downing Street
'Memo'.
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Website: http://www.gregpalast.com/
June 17, 2005
Steve Ellner
Political science professor, Steve Ellner talks about Hugo
Chavez and politics inside and outside Venezuela.
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June 03, 2005
Robert Parry
The reporter who helped break the Iran-Contra story.
Parry talks about the Iraq War controversies and why mainstream
journalism ignores real stories in exchange for officially
acceptable news and history.
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May 14, 2005
Judy Friedman
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now
April 15, 2005
Rachel Meeropol on 'America's Disappeared'
According to Meeropol's new book, over 20,000 people
languish in indefinite detention in the United States.
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April 08, 2005
John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.
Working as a economist for private firms, John Perkins tells
how he was the salesman for US interests to the developing
world, using bribes, sex, and false promises to keep other
nations in the red and American businesses in the black.
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April 06, 2005
James Galbraith
Professor James Galbraith, from the University of Texas,
Austin, talks about the voter fraud and shenanigans in Ohio in
2004.
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now
March 22, 2005
David Van Kleist
What Really Happened on 9/11?
Van Kleist produced the popular 2004 documentary In
Plane Site. Facing a barrage of ridicule and
accusations of being a "conspiracy theorist," Van
Kleist continues to ask (and attempt to answer) the toughest
questions about 9-11.
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March 18, 2005
Jason McGayan
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Feb 18, 2005
William Hartung
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Jan 21, 2005
Ralph Nader Speech
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now (Pt 1)
Listen now (Pt 2)
December 10, 2004
Robert Parry
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now
November 12, 2004
The Continuing Case of Richard Sitcha, Detainee.
Albert Marceau with updates on the case of Richard Sitcha.
Richard Sitcha, a bailiff's assistant and citizen of Cameroon,
was given political asylum in the US after conducting an
investigation into the deaths of 9 young people in
Cameroon. The US Homeland Security Agency re-opened the
case and they have since imprisoned him and denied him Habeas
Corpus writs and are threatening to deport him back to Cameron
where he may face death.
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now
Websites:
October 11, 2004
Greg Palast on the Attack on Dan Rather
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now
Websites:
October 08, 2004
Voices from the Montreal Film Festival
An interview with Niko von Glasow, director of Edelweiss
Pirates The film tells the untold story about the
resistance to the rise of the Nazis in Germany by thousands of
young people.
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now
Websites:
September 17, 2004
The Continuing Case of Richard Sitcha, Detainee.
John McKenna talks about the strange case of Richard Sitcha.
Richard Sitcha, a bailiff's assistant and citizen of Cameroon,
was given political asylum in the US after conducting an
investigation into the deaths of 9 young people in
Cameroon. The US Homeland Security Agency re-opened the
case and they have since imprisoned him and denied him Habeas
Corpus writs and are threatening to deport him back to Cameron
where he may face death.
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now
Websites:
August 24, 2004
Fighting Polluters and Winning.
Mark Mitchell, from the Connecticut Coalition for
Environmental Justice talks about environmental victories in
Connecticut, diesel fuel emissions, power plants and more.
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now
Websites:
August 20, 2004
It's the Economy, Stupid!
Dean Baker
How the economy is affecting the 2004 election: including how
Alan Greenspan is tilting the economy to favor Bush, how the
Iraq War is going to cost the American taxpayer and consumer and
more...
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now
Websites:
CEPR.net
August 13, 2004
Blame it On...Anybody (But Bush).
Ray McGovern, former 27-year CIA analyst, on the recent
appointment of Porter Goss to head the CIA. Ray McGovern
also comments on how the Bush Administration has politically
exploited the 9/11 tragedy and the war on terrorism to lead the
US into Iraq. Ray McGovern is a frequent contributor to
Common Dreams and Democracy Now!
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now
Websites:
www.commondreams.org
www.democracynow.org
July 30, 2004
Between Two Hawks, Which...
Stephen Zunes, Professor from the University of San
Francisco, talks about the Kerry campaign and why the Democratic
nominee for President is likely to pursue a foreign policy not
far removed from the current policies of the Bush
Administration. Zunes is a member of Foreign Policy in
Focus, a "think tank without walls." His
written essays appear frequently at Common
Dreams.
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now
Websites:
www.fpif.org
www.commondreams.org
July 23, 2004
DNC to RNC Uprising
Corrie Hoffman, organizer with the DNC to RNC Uprising,
talks about peace mobilization, the over-wrought security used
against activists and about why the peace and anti-corporate
movement needs to send both parties the message that citizen
action will continue beyond this election.
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now
Website: www.dnc2rnc.org
July 16, 2004
Organic Farming
Bill Duesing and Elizabeth Fleming on how organic farming
protects the soil, your family's health and the environment.
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now
Website: http://www.ctnofa.org/
July 02, 2004
Inside the 9-11 Commission
James Allen, 9-11 activist, on the issues and unanswered
questions being asked by citizens and the families of the
victims of 9-11.
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now
Websites:
www.911citizenswatch.org
www.911independentcommission.org
www.911resolution.org
Call your congress member to demand a final declassified
9-11 report: 202 225 3121
June 18, 2004
Special Feature:
Religion and Politics
Radio Theater Parody from Jim Matus
Jim Matus, founding member of the Connecticut-based music
group, Paranoise, talks about his music and lets New
Focus air his latest radio "rant."
Website: www.paranoise.com
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June 11, 2004 Iraq: Follow the $$$.
William Hartung on how how private companies and Bush's
Friends are making $BILLIONS off the Iraq war and how the Bush
strategy is all about privatizing Iraq's assets.
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now.
Relevant Website: http://www.worldpolicy.org/
May 28, 2004 Venezuela: Waiting for the
(Next) Coup.
Debra James, of the Venezuela Information Office talks about
the the recent coup attempt and the ongoing recall movement
against President Hugo Chavez. The Venezuela Information
Office is an independent consulting firm funded by the
Venezuelan Embassy.
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now.
Relevant Website: http://www.venezuelanalysis.com/
May 13 and May 21, 2004 Greg Palast Speech
Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy,
gave a speech at the University of Hartford on May 03.
Website: http://www.gregpalast.com/
This is a Two-Part Program.
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to Part 1 (May 13, 2004)
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to Part 2 (May 21, 2004)
May 07, 2004: Renewable Energy Options and
the Hazards of the Current Energy System.
Judy Friedman, of People's Action for Clean Energy.
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now.
April 30, 2004 Greg Palast
BBC journalist Greg Palast is Mike's guest in a
preview of an upcoming event in Hartford, CT.|
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now.
Website: http://www.gregpalast.com/
April 23, 2004: Welcome to the Machine: Why
a Voter-Verified Paper Ttrail is needed on all new computerized
voting booths.
Rebecca Mercuri, noted computer scientist and
electronic voting expert.
Website: Notable
Software
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now.
April 18, 2004: 9-11 Commission and the
Shredding of the Bill of Rights.
Lara Flint, lead council for the Center for Democracy and
Technology on the uses of 9-11 to shred the Bill of Rights.
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now.
website: cdt.org
April 02, 2004 Mad Cow, USA
John Stauber, author of Mad Cow, USA, talks about what we
aren't doing about Mad Cow Disease in the US.
website: http://www.prwatch.org/books/madcow.html
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now.
March 26, 2004 Richard Sitcha, Detainee
Albert Marceau and Lorena Dutell on how a
Cameroonian exile has been imprisoned by US Homeland Security.
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now.
March 12, 2004 Bush's Agenda:
Militarization and Undermining Democracy
Carol Miller, health care activist and Green Party leader
from New Mexico.
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now.
February 29, 2004: How the U.S. is
Destabilizing Venezuela's democratically elected government.
Eva Golinger, attorney and activist, on the extent of US
involvement in attempts to remove President Chavez from power in
Venezuela.
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now.
February 20, 2004: Why Not Dennis Kucinich?
Primary Politics in Connecticut
Will Diaz, Local Coordinator for Dennis Kucinich for
President, talks about Kucinich's campaign and why he's superior
to the other Democratic candidates.
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now.
February 13, 2004: Iraq's New Labor
Movement
David Bacon, Labor Analyst, on how the Bush
Administration is lotting Iraq, selling off assets to US
corporations, and undermining the nascent labor movement in
Iraq.
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now.
January 16 & January 23, 2004: The
Buying of the President
Author Charles Lewis talks about which corporate
interests are buying which candidates, and what exactly
campaign contributors are getting for their patronage.
website: http://publicintegrity.org/bop2004/
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to Part 1 (January 16, 2004).
Listen
to Part 2 (January 23, 2004).
Dec 12, 2003 Undercounting
Unemployment
Helen Ginsberg, an economist from Brooklyn College, talks
about why the official unemployment data vastly underestimate
the total number of unemployed.
Website: njfac.org
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now.
Nov 21, 2003 What Happened on 9/11?
Beverly
Eckert, from Voices of September 11th, a victims advocacy
group, talks about what really happened on 9/11.
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now.
Websites:
voicesofsept11.org
911independentcommission.org
Nov 14, 2003 Solar Energy
Judy Friedman, talks about solar power and clean energy.
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now.
Nov 07, 2003 War and Peace
David Ionno, a veteran of the Vietnam War, talks about war,
peace and Iraq.
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now.
Oct 17, 2003 Blackout
Enver Masud talks about what really happened on August
14, 2003 during the recent electric power Blackout.
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now.
www.twf.org
Oct 10, 2003 Privatization
Richard Sherman talks about the Strange World of
Privatization.
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now.
July 11, 2003 Censored News
A preview of Greg Palast's Speech at the University of Hartford.
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now.
Website: GregPalast.com.
June 13, 2003 The Economy in Crisis
Dean Baker
CEPR.net
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now.
June 02, 2003 FCC Deregulation
Website: RobertMcChesney.com
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now.
BLACK BOX VOTING (3 Part Series)
May 02, 2003 Clean Energy Judy
Friedman Listen
now.
GREG PALAST (2 Part Series)
April 25th, 2003 & April 18th, 2003
Website: GregPalast.com.
Part One: Listen
now.
Part Two: Listen
now
April 11, 2003 The Decline of
Journalism
Mark Crispin Miller
Link: TV:
The Nature of the Beast.
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now.
April 04, 2003 US-Iraq History
Jim Vallette
Link: Crude
Vision (PDF).
Listen now.
March 28, 2003 Media Blackout of Dissent
During War
Steve Rendall
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now.
March 19, 2003 Venezuela and Iraq, Current
Case Studies in US Foreign Policy
Mark Weisbrot
Website: cepr.net
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now.
February 27, 2003 The Case for Preemptive
Impeachment
Francis Boyle
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now.
January 03, 2003 Halliburton and Dick Cheney
Jim Valette
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