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Friday, Mar 14, 2003

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-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: "Stock

Bush surprise speech calls for a Palestinian state.. Israeli colonizers kill 6 more in Jenin.. dozens arrested at a protest in San Francisco today for blocking the entrance to the Pacific Stock Exchange including a former head of the Exchange.. Michael Franti of Spearhead in studio..
-01:00 Dennis: now w Ali Abunimah, founder of Electronic Intifada.. about Bush's suprise speech today, *A New Roadmap for Palestine*.. Ali: congratulating the Palestinians for appointing a most corrupt man as Prime Minister.. he built a 1.5 million dollar villa in Gaza, funded by unknown sources.. as for the rest of Bush's statement, a cynical and meaningless exercise.. no obligations on Israel, impossible demands on the Palestinians, an attempt to rally support for an Israeli led, US war on Iraq (link2).. we are witnessed the most incompetent US administration in memory.. Dennis: out of the blue for sure.. a quick speech, Powell beside him.. Ali: this is so transparent, it is ridiculous, no Arabs are fooled.. offers nothing to the Palestinians.. what? one corrupt and meaningless *leader* appoints another corrupt and meaningless *leader*.. I can't believe the US adminstration is so stupid, so out of touch with reality.. Dennis: 12 Palestinians killed on the West Bank.. Israel even kills two of its own guards in a murderous frenzy.. Ali: Israeli death squads kill 12 in one night, 23 in a week, including 4 children.. people in Syria and Lebanon watching all this.. just because the media does such a good job hiding it from us here, doesn't mean the folks on the ground in the Middle East are fooled one bit..

-07:00 Dennis: ambulance and ambulance workers attacked.. now w Tobias, in Jenin, a member of the International Solidarity Movement.. Tobias: the last 24 hours horrible here.. started in a village.. special forces killing one and injuring five.. operations continued today, a big explosion early this morning in Jenin.. injured people, after 35 minutes delay, one ambulance.. then four people dead in a house.. no fighting, these people were sleeping, one shot down by an Apache homicide helicopter.. the other people executed in their sleep.. one was a 17 year old ambulance worker for the Palestinian Red Crescent (Red Cross).. I met many children today crying, they all say they loved him.. he was executed while sleeping inside the building by Israeli special forces.. about another ambulance worker shot from behind in the heart.. Dennis: Palestinian ambulance worker one of the most dangerous professions in the world.. Tobias: about another group of ambulance workers attacked.. the feeling today in the camp is sadness, I see many many people crying.. the internal curfew in Jenin has been lifted for over a month, but under closure, no movement in or out.. a lot of suffering among the young kids.. the effect on children is horrible to see.. catatonic.. other many serious psychological effects.. many children have stopped talking.. about Bush's speech today?, no one here thinking about Bush.. too sad..
-14:49 Dennis: now w Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Childrens Alliance in studio.. "Barbara

will be at the protest tomorrow in SF.. about Tobias.. I've been pretty sad myself the last few days too, a brother of one of my Dehaisha house guests, Akmed, taken away by the Israelis, not charged, being held under administrative detention for six months, renewable, not charged, not able to defend themselves.. I see the sadness in Akmed's eyes.. all three of the kids living with me, trying to have a great time going to SF State, but every minute of the night they are trying to find out about their families.. Dennis: when, if, the US attacks Iraq, Ariel Sharon has been given the go ahead by Bush to do what he wants to to the Palestinians.. Barbara: the only safety for Israel is to treat the Palestinians with justice.. TOMORROW, 11AM CIVIC CENTER, MARCH TO JEFFERSON PARK.. PUT ON OUR RAIN SLICKERS, CARRY AN UMBRELLA, OR JUST GET WET.. WHATEVER WE EXPERIENCE TOMORROW AS A RESULT OF THE WEATHER IS NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT THE IRAQIS ARE FACING, WHAT THEY HAVE FACED.. the most important thing we can show is a solid wall of opposition.. every single Democrat congratulated Ariel Sharon for winning the election, and voted to send him more money.. Dennis: about the 23,000 pound bomb.. Barbara: I remember a month after the Gulf War I visited Iraq.. total destruction.. 200,000 civilians died during that war.. Tomorrow, 11AM meet at the Civic Center, march to Jefferson Park.. Cynthia McKinney will speak, Barbara Lubin, Martin Sheen, more.. THIS MAY BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO HEAD OFF THIS WAR..
-22:35 Dennis: hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the Pacific Stock Exchange "Stock

this morning.. now w Warren Langley, a retired US Lt Colonel, and former president of the Pacific Stock Exchange.. Dennis: Welcome.. an unusual homecoming?.. Col. Langley: I was a little nervous, never been arrested before.. Dennis: why? Col. Langley: because people around the world arrested and Bush isn't hearing.. we need to turn the volume up and this seemed appropriate to me.. Col. Langley: I am very supportive of the military.. I was in 15 years.. but today they are geing asked to carry out political goals I don't agree with.. I oppose the policy, not the individuals risking their lives.. I consider myself very patriotic and lucky to have been born here.. this morning I showed up and we met as a group.. one woman had been in Iraq, had large pictures of human faces in Iraq.. we joined hands and walked to the entrance of the Stock Exchange, blocked the entrance.. I had a suit and tie on.. I felt comfortable with who I was with.. we sat down, the police came around.. then they arrested me.. how it felt to have cuffs put on.. about the people trying to get in to work.. Col. Langley: we apologized for the inconvenience, but this is important, a small price to pay.. I'm at a point in my life, 60 years old, I am comfortable with who I am..
-30:22 Dennis: "Michael

Michael Franti and Spearhead will performing tonight and tomorrow night in SF, at an event called 'Cleansing'.. Dennis: thank you for your music.. Michael: I never write the same way twice.. sometimes the beat starts first, sometimes the rhyme.. creative energy all comes from the same source, the one great spirit of creativity.. what we are seeing today all the voices around the world.. 6 billion of us on the planet, and a few hunderd *leaders*.. the spiritual and emotional have had to take a back seat to the corporate and the monetary interests.. people standing up.. politics is pervasive throughout society.. family farms be came agribusiness.. about Island Records, bought out again and again, not looking of the next Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, looking instead for the next InSinc, the next Brittany Spears.. we try to make music that is uplifting, to give us energy to love our kids.. we feel so oppressed by all the things happening to us.. I listen to your show everyday.. you have to take care of yourself, take care of your kids.. that's why we are doing this healing arts things tomorrow.. touch is the humanizer.. I started going barefoot three years ago, started when I was traveling where people don't have money for shoes.. I feel now a greater connection with the earth.. my feet heal faster.. about all the nerve endings on the bottom of your feet.. at the Avalon Ballroom, SF.. concert at 7PM.. the cost for massage, yoga, music all together.. when I practice yoga it helps me develop compassion for myself and others.. helps me understand my position as an artist.. I'd love for a kid to come up to me someday and tell me 'the first time I meditated was at your show'.. thanks Dennis, shine on..
-43:14 Dennis: about the corporate control of the media.. now w Peter Philips the director of Project Censored.. we're down to about ten corporations that dominate the US media.. 24 hour TV news.. AOL Time Warner.. CNN.. huge.. interactive with government and corporations.. Fisk wrote about script writers in Atlanta who can now insist on changes in reporters' stories.. rewriting stories to fit new parameters.. in bed with the military.. how media is structuring itself.. 75% of all so-called 'experts' on national news show are white Republicans.. WHY IS MEDIA SO COMPLIANT?.. corporate media dependent on news.. but they've downsized their news rooms, no reporters anymore, but now *news collectors*, cozy with politicians and corporate heads.. about the Homeland Security Act.. stepping in with a plan to centralize information technology.. about the internet.. freeflow now.. but they are talking about putting in 'gatekeepers'.. giving the government control to block independent media.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. shut up and go shopping.. total information control.. Dennis: Peter: Dennis: Peter: not just Dan Rather not asking questions after 911.. in Russia Tass, everything came out of one party.. the infrastructure building today undermining freedom of the press.. we know journalists are self censoring.. they know certain stories *won't fit*.. Project Censored has no problem picking out stories every year that the corporate newz won't cover.. Indymedia and Pacifica leaping to fill the void, but the new infrastructure being developed could stop it.. other good sources: Christian Science Monitor, Mother Jones, The Nation.. NorthBayProgressive.org.. in Cairo, a website.. grassroots news from people who saw it happen.. GET YOUR NEWS FROM LOCAL GRASSROOTS SOURCES, MEMEOGRAPH INFORMATION FROM THE INTERNET AND DISTRIBUTE IT.. two events: March 14, Friday night, 'Target Iraq', w Norman Solomon, 7PM at Sonoma State Cooperage facility.. and Saturday March 29 8PM Marins Vet Memorial in San Rafael, Congressman Dennis Kucinich in California, first appearance since his announcement for president.. info 415-499-6800
-55:15 Marvelous Mary Bishop: wrapup
-56:01 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

Flashpoints Mar 14: interview w former head of Pacific Stock Exchange arrested today

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