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Best of KPFA Flashpoints Radio News, Dec 23-Dec 27, 2002
KPFA Flashpoints Radio News, Dec 23-Dec 27, 2002
-Dec 23: Effects of war on children in Palestine, Iraq. Israeli soldiers piss in family refridgerator
-Dec 24: US working to destabilize Haiti, Venezuala. US congressman calls Cynthia McKinney a bitch
-Dec 25: Extreme dangers of depleted uranium
-Dec 26: Who Armed Iraq? German report. Mumia Abu-Jamal on Trent Lott
-Dec 27: Dennis Halliday on the Cairo Conference. US citizens imprisoned for having bad dreams. Homelessness expanding in Amer...
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 6:10pm PST
How low can Dow go? Dow sues penniless Bhopal survivors
The damages demanded by Dow will amount to about 10 years income for the survivors charged but is less than one days sales revenue for Dow. Also Dow is seeking to silence protest by demanding that survivors be banned from holding protests within 100m of Dow offices in India....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 6:09pm PST
Report on Argentina
Afriends report of experiences from Argentina, one year conmemoration of last years uprising...
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 12:34pm PST
National Tour against Hate
In response to the growing attacks against Somali immigrants, indefinite detentions and deportations, the Somali Justice Advocacy Center is launching the "National Tour against Hate" to bring attention to this international human rights issue and to build support for Somali immigrants....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 11:36am PST
Anniversary of Death of Argentine protestor
Anniversary of the Death of Carlos Almiron (and 32others) in the uprising in Argentina a year ago....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 10:15am PST
ANALYSIS: Iraq Just Won The Information War
Iraq just won the information war, when Trade Minister
Mohammed Mehdi Saleh told a solidarity conference in
Baghdad "Iraq's oil, nationalized by the president...
from the hands of the British and Americans in 1972...
will remain in the hands of this people and this leadership."...
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 8:26am PST
EXTRA! Bush's war for OIL poster (hi res file available) by Latuff
Hi-resolution file for printing purposes available by request (tif files are not supported by upload here). Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff....
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 5:55am PST
Baltimore Report Back from Bogota
What we learned during this trip was shocking, moving, and inspiring. Let us dedicate ourselves to the same fight whether it is stopping the Iraq war fighting racism fighting against State budget cuts or building solidarity for our sisters and brothers in Colombia. Stop plan Colombia! End U.S. imperialism! Justice for the Colombian workers!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 29, 2002 2:46am PST
Call for a Teaching Moratorium Against the War in Iraq
This is a newly originated call for a teaching moratorium against the war in Iraq. Please forward this message to anyone that you think might be sympathetic or interested in participating in such a moratorium. If you plan to participate in this moratorium or would like to receive materials and information for teach-ins, please send a message to teachingmoratorium@dualpower.net....
Posted: Sat, Dec 28, 2002 10:17pm PST
Florida Men Strip for Peace
Inspired by the brave women of Marine County, California, who created an image of the word "Peace," with their nude bodies, Florida men gathered to create their own male statement for peace....
Posted: Sat, Dec 28, 2002 8:52am PST
BTL:White House Attack on Women's Reproductive Rights Undermines...
...International Accords. Interview with Francoise Girard, senior program officer of the International Women's Health Coalition, conducted by Between The Lines'Melinda Tuhus....
Posted: Sat, Dec 28, 2002 4:18am PST
Another Bravehearted Woman Has Crossed Over in California
This is a tribute to an Inuit woman, Nilak Butler, who could not win her biggest battle with Ovarian cancer. She crossed over on Dec. 26th, 2002, in Laytonville, Calif. Two Decembers ago, Mother Earth lost another incredible Woman Warrior, Millie Ketcheshawno. They are already greatly missed! Please contact me if you wish to reprint this article. I have borrowed exerpts from other writers & I consider this a National Tribute to Nilak. I am also hoping Indain Country Today, picks up my story c...
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 11:52pm PST
INS Detainees: Interview of Council on American Islamic Relations
Interview of reps of Muslim Public Affairs Council and Council on American Islamic Relations on Muslims Detained in Southern California; mp3 file, 64 kbps, 8.31 megs, 18:16 runtime....
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 6:21pm PST
REMEMBRANCE and RESISTANCE SOAWatch voices (video/x-pn-realvideo 12.1MB)
Remembrance and Resistance:" In the face of what seems to be insurmountable odds, ...all across the world, the spirit of hope and liberation is rising up in the people. We are part of a global movement for justice and peace that can never be stopped." -Jeff Winder, SOAWatch staff, at the 13th annual week-end of celebration, teach-ins, protest, and non-violent civil disobedience at Ft.Benning, Ga. Nov. 16 -17, 2002. 25 min....
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 6:21pm PST
CHÁVEZ’S SUPPORTERS SURROUND SUPREME COURT
THOUSANDS OF HUGO CHÁVEZ’S GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS SURROUND FRIDAY THE HEADQUARTER OF THE SUPREME COURT...
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 10:59am PST
Freeway Vigil To Expand
For the past two weekends peace activists have lined freeway overpasses in Washington State with an anti-war message. Help us expand this action to California....
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 10:27am PST
Gary Webb on CIA drug dealing and press censorship (Interview, mp3)
Gary Webb, one of 18 contributors to the new book, "Into The Buzzsaw" -- on press censorship. Interview, roughly 35 minutes, Black-Op Radio, mp3...
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 3:19am PST
BTL:Critical Weeks Ahead for U.S. Peace Movement's Effort to...
...Derail Bush War Plan. Interview with Joanne Landy, co-director of the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, conducted by Between The Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Fri, Dec 27, 2002 2:09am PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 12/27/02 ¡Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.2MB) and quick download (3.4MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Germany, Russia, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2002 5:58pm PST
FYI: 'Karma Banque' - Bad Karma Kompanies Targeted!
Website purporting to combine boycotts and active short-selling of stock in 'bad karma' kompanies: 'combines the civil disobedience of Gandhi with the financial savvy of George Soros to change the economic and political landscape of the world!'...
Posted: Thu, Dec 26, 2002 5:05pm PST