Flashpoints Radio Dec 14: Nor Odeh in Ramallah; AMY GOODMAN in SF!! : Indybay

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Eight killed, dozens wounded.. now w Nor Odeh in Ramallah.. Nor: horrific is one word that comes to mind.. for the last three days the entire Palestinian population has been living in horror.. we are in our holiday season.. the modest shopping areas we have left in our cities are crowded.. F16 fighter jets pounding Gaza.. a missile fell on a mosque.. 150 people treated for shock.. in Ramallah yesterday.. Apache helicopters started striking the city center.. sent all the shoppers hiding.. losing sight of their children, friends.. a frenzy of people trying to figure how to run away..<IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/friendsschoolramallah.jpg" BORDER=1 HEIGHT=125 WIDTH=179 align=right ALT="Friends School in Ramallah before Israeli missile attack, collage by flashpoints.net"> as we speak, Israeli tanks, enter Gaza.. reach as far as the market.. in Ramallah yesterday, an missile strike hit a Quaker High School (link2) (link3) (link4).. the attack happened in the evening, thank God there were no kids in the school.. Dennis: would it be clear that the strikes were hitting innocent shoppers? Nor: the Israeli's know the area better than some of us.. it was full of people, hundreds of people shopping.. the attack happened around 7:30pm.. people all went home, feel a bit safer.. Dennis: Israel says they need to take these actions.. Nor: Ridiculous to begin with.. U.S. not an occupying power, not trying to build on other people.. they destroyed 30 homes yesterday, <A HREF="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/running4.jpg" target="new"> <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/running44.jpg" align=left BORDER=1 HEIGHT=136 WIDTH=108 ALT="Arab school girls running from Israeli tanks, click to enlarge"> building security does not mean attacking shoppers.. hitting a prison with missiles, destroying one of the oldest radio transmitters.. claiming that fighting terrorism by attacking innocent civilians.. is state terrorism.. Dennis: talk about the hitting of the Palestine Radio.. Nor: the most secure for Palestinians to receive information.. power lost for hours on end.. keeps you up to date on how to be safe.. a media for expression of ideas and thoughts.. it's part of our life.. Dennis: Israeli occupation like one large prison? Nor: <A HREF="http://www.Flashpoints.net/carrier2.html" target="new" ><IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/carrier.jpg" align=right BORDER=1 HEIGHT=131 WIDTH=108 ALT="file photo: Israeli personnel carrier menacing Arabs, click to enlarge">it's worse than ever.. we're confined to a very small number of streets.. no one can reach the city.. even those who are sick are turned back.. even if it leads to their death.. we are all trapped.. waiting for the next attack.. nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.. the feeling of terror is one that all nations claim.. an unbearable situation.. feel like death is at the next corner.. as a parent, as a mother you can not dream that your children will come home from school safe.. -17:00 music break -19:00 Dennis: <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/dennis.jpg" align=left hspace=4 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=88 WIDTH=66 ALT="Dennis Bernstein photo"> now w Robert Knight, still one of the banned and fired at WBAI.. Robert: programmer Bob Fass, just a few hours earlier suspended by interim program manager Robert Daltry.. Bob did the usual show, The Radio Waves UnNameable, yesterday.. <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/fass.jpg" align=right hspace=4 BORDER=0 HEIGHT=100 WIDTH=90 ALT="Bob Fass photo"> Bob received a call this morning.. Bob Fass could be considered one of the inventers of free form radio.. about the notorious Clayton Riley.. see Robert's witty: Bashfest by the Utricians.. Dennis: Bob played a tape that documented Clayton Riley violence.. Robert: I don't know about that, but (Utrice Leid still has a hand in).. I am in remote love with KPFA... these two stations should be working in tandem, in parallel.. Dennis: I want the listeners to applaud you by calling 510-848-5732.. 800-439-5732.. let's have <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/redani1.gif" BORDER=0 align=top HEIGHT=23 WIDTH=170 ALT="animation"> for Robert Knight and KPFA.. Robert: FOR FREE SPEECH RADIO MONEY TALKS!! FLASHPOINTS IS A PRECIOUS NATIONAL RESOURCE... -30:50 <IMG SRC="http://www.flashpoints.net/images/mumia.jpg" vspace=4 BORDER=1 align=right HEIGHT=106 WIDTH=85 ALT="Mumia photo"> Noelle Hanrahan: w Dorothy Alison: about Mumia Abu Jamal: Mumia reads.. My name is Mumia Abu-Jamal.. I am currently a resident of the fastest growing community in America -33:20 Professor Cornel West: about Mumia Abu Jamal.. <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/west.jpg" BORDER=0 align=left HEIGHT=104 WIDTH=90 ALT="Cornel West">now w Noelle Hanrahan, more information and early history of Mumia.. by his mid-twenties he was a leading journalist.. reported for many stations.. in 1981 he won the Armstrong Award.. he interviewed presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, reggae god Bob Marley, many many more.. Noelle: about the arrest and conviction of Mumia for the murder of Philadelphia police <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/barbara.jpg" BORDER=1 HEIGHT=90 align=left WIDTH=80 ALT="Barbara Lubin"> officer Daniel Falkner.. EVENT: join an evening of solidarity to free Mumia Abu Jamal.. tomorrow, Saturday, Mission High School, SF <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/goodman.jpg" align=right BORDER=1 HEIGHT=105 WIDTH=82 ALT="amy goodman"> .. with Amy Goodman, Danny Glover, Media Alliance, <A HREF="htp://http://www.MECAforPEACE.org">Barbara Lubin, KPFA.. and celebrate Pacifica's rescue.. Noelle: 2000 people coming to that event (IAC EVENT NOTICE).. ALSO earlier Saturday afternoon, you can meet Amy Goodman at Cafe de la Paz, Shattuck and Cedar, Berkeley, 3-5pm.. Cafe de la Paz reservations call 510-548-0542 -40:00 Flashpoints in Espanol with Nancy Charraga -59:18 End today's show.. today's review by john lionheart - - - - - - - - - - - - Audio this show Dec 14 (scrollable) Flashpoints website, audio archive KPFA Flashpoints Radio 94.1 FM Berkeley Your Daily Investigative Radio News Magazine -produced by Dennis Bernstein and Noelle Hanrahan, with Yun Suh, and Rainjita Geisler online live 5-6pm Pacific time weekdays at KPFA.org <hr>Wednesday, Dec 12, 2001 - Start Audio <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/a.gif" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=25 WIDTH=52 ALT="for audio FAQ, click here"> -00:00 <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/dennis.jpg" align=right hspace=4 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=88 WIDTH=66 ALT="Dennis Bernstein photo"> Dennis Bernstein and Noelle Hanrahan introduction -01:20 Robert Knight with the Knight Report from New York City -04:57 Dennis: the second of our series about Iraq.. today a look at legislation pending in Congress to pave the way for a U.S. attack.. -06:11 now w Dr. Rania Masri, of the Iraq Action Coalition and Peace Action, author of Cedars of Lebanon.. Dr. Masri: about a bill in Congress.. if Iraq does not allow U.N. weapons inspectors, there is a threat by U.S. of war.. the bill actually watered down a bit.. due to the amazing amount of work done by Global Exchange and other NGOs.. .. the Bush administraion first they tried to tie Iraq to the attacks of 9-11, then to the anthrax letters, now to building weapons of mass destruction.. ties have proved false.. <IMG SRC="http://archive.msnbc.com/modules/Israel_Strategic/981208_Strategic_Israel.gif" BORDER=0 align=right HEIGHT=320 WIDTH=260 ALT=""> Dennis: the resolution would include U.N. inspectors going into Israel and looking at Israel's secret nuclear weapons program (link2)?.. Dr. Masri: YES, quoting U.N. Security Council Resolution 267, Article 14, passed in 1991: all efforts to disarm Iraq must include attempts to disarm the entire middle east.. <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/vanu.jpg" BORDER=0 HEIGHT=112 WIDTH=88 align=left ALT="Mordecai Vanunu">Dr. Masri: we know Israel has weapons of mass destruction (link2).. also Turkey (link2), the Gulf States armed by the US, (link2), (link3), (link4), (link5).. about the US threat to use 'urban nuclear weapons'.. about the secret destructive nature of depleted uranium, a very toxic and radioactive material.. Gulf War vets twice as likely to suffer from Lou Gehrigs disease.. a five fold increase in luekemia in one Iraqi city.. cancer, birth defects, muscle failure, environmental hazards we don't even know about yet.. already incorporated into the Iraqi food chain.. US and Britain bombing Iraq twice a week for years.. UNICEF conservatively figures 5-6 thousand Iraqi children under the age of five die every month.. because the drinking water filtration plants were destroyed in 1991, <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/ius.jpg" BORDER=1 hspace=4 vspace=4 align=left HEIGHT=157 WIDTH=100 ALT="'Iraq Under Seige' book cover"> and the sanctions prevent repair of plants or construction of other sources of uncontaminated water supplies.. one half million children under five dead so far.. almost every family has lost a loved one.. Dennis: the US destroyed the Iraqi infrastructure knowing it would cause the death of millions of civilians.. Dr. Masri: they knew that destruction of the water fillitration plants combined with sanctions would result in.. Ron Paul's sign-on letter and other information at: SaveAGeneration.org.. Dr. Masri: please support NGOs working for peace in Iraq -24:00 music break -24:40 Dennis: now w the editor of the leading Pan-Arab newspaper Alquds Alarabi.. Editor: Great Britain getting a share of Iraqi oil.. When you look at the structure of Great Britain.. I was really shocked by the attitudes of the American media.. They censor Osama bin Laden on the pretext that there might be coded messages.. joining the propaganda war.. don't project the other point of view.. foreigners not shown who express criticism of U.S. policy.. Dennis: the tape of Osama bin Laden admitting to 9-11, the "smoking gun"? Editor: there have been stories of a tape existing for a month.. Why we can't see these tapes? Why we can't judge for ourselves?.. Seems part of the propaganda war? Things they don't want us to see? I interviewed bin Laden in a cave a few years ago.. asking why US still has bases, troops stationed in Arab states.. very bitter when comes to the American adminstration supporting Israeli occupation, settlements.. Arabs treated like used tissues.. the innocent civilians killed <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/fatherweeps.jpg" align=right BORDER=1 HEIGHT=109 WIDTH=150 ALT="Afghan father weeps for son">in Afghanistan exactly like the innocent people killed in America on September 11.. we have received death threats.. the media is one-sided.. giving the green light to allowing anyone to be arrested, held without charges one year, two years, three years.. we've always looked at the US as place of freedom.. not so sure now. -36:00 Dennis: pledge break.. I get a death threat about once a day.. here's today's: (reads).. Dennis: Please give to Support Free Speech Radio.. out of the area, call 800-439-5732 or locally, 510-848-5732.. Support Free Speech Radio -39:50 Noelle Hanrahan and the Pacifica Watch segment w Carol Spooner, Robbie Osman, and Dave Adleson.. directly from the Alameda County courthouse.. Carol: We have a settlement agreement better than we could have received at trial.. I am overjoyed! We have control of the board of directors! Thanks to Sherrie Gendleman and all the lawyers, and Barbara Lubin.. Thanks to the California Attorney General.. who backed us to the hilt.. we've been on a roller coaster, but we have a settlement 41:10 <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/robb2.jpg" align=right BORDER=1 HEIGHT=84 WIDTH=70 ALT="photo: Robbie Osman"> Robbie: 15 on the board 5 selected by the board, 5 selected by the dissidents, 5 selected by the local LABs.. we expect a 10-5 or 9-6 majority or at least a simple majority (8-7).. our expectation is that the judge will not stand in the way of a simple majority.. THE GOOD GUYS CONTROL THE BOARD!!.. now w Dave Adelson: I'm the chair of the LAB in Los Angeles.. the agreement.. open elections for LABs in all five station areas.. the interim board responsible for rewriting bylaws.. I see this as.. a very positive opening.. a couple years ago, I never thought we would see this day.. (overwhelmed with emotion).. <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/barbara.jpg" BORDER=1 HEIGHT=90 align=left WIDTH=80 ALT="Barbara Lubin"> please stay involved, we need you.. now w Matthew Lasar, Leslie Cagan, Barbara Lubin of Friends of Free Speech Radio and Middle East Children's Alliance.. Leslie: I am quite profoundly happy.. by no stretch of the imagination have we won everything.. the door is open though.. we have to walk through that door with as much clarity.. Matthew: this settlement.. quite literally delivers this organization from the gates of hell.. I can sleep easier tonight.. Carol: It certainly isn't over.. when we began this battle.. a lot of work ahead.. we have tremendous people.. Barbara: It is we supporters <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/moran.jpg" align=right hspace=4 BORDER=1 HEIGHT=89 WIDTH=79 ALT="Tomas Moran photo copyright 2000 Jeffrey Chan"> who helped win this.. we have to be organizing to prepare to have the LAB elections.. we have to hold our board members' feet to the fire.. we have to be vigilant.. thanks to dissident board members: Pete Bramson and Tomas Moran who couldn't be here today..<A NAME="amy1212"> this studio needs a lot of repair.. our beloved KPFA.. <IMG SRC="http://www.Flashpoints.net/images/goodman.jpg" align=left BORDER=1 HEIGHT=105 WIDTH=82 ALT="amy goodman"> EVENTS: this Saturday at Mission High a fabulous event, Danny Glover and Amy Goodman at 7:30, about Mumia Abu Jamal, 9-11, and Pacifica.. Noelle: 2000 people coming to that event (IAC EVENT NOTICE).. earlier Saturday afternoon a browser at Cafe de la Paz, Shattuck and Cedar, Berkeley, 3-5pm meet Amy Goodman.. 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