Posted on
August 05, 2009 by
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Blackwater allegations
Resistance in Honduras grows as the coup leaders continue to crack down on protesters, educators, and radio stations who oppose the coup; also, an in-depth interview with Jeremy Scahill on sworn allegations that the founder of Blackwater murdered or conspired to murder investigators and was on a self-described crusade to wipe out Islam; plus, Community Business with Catherine Austin Fitts; and the Knight Report.
Guests:
Tim Russo, Free Speech Radio News
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, author, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army
http://www.blackwaterbook.com/, rebelreports.com
READ: Jeremy’s article in the Nation
Catherine Austin Fitts, solari.com
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Corporate Crimes, Daily, Honduras, Iraq
Posted on
August 04, 2009 by
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As rain fell, Honduran police officers blocked a road last week in Jacagalpa, near Nicaragua. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press)
We’ll have deep background on the current multiple struggles in Iran; also, Honduran coup leaders shut down the key radio station of the resistance, we’ll have a special report from Tegucigalpa; plus, Hillary Clinton takes Africa by storm, we;ll take a look at what her policies should be in the Congo; and the Block Report with an expose on the racist imprisonment of two Black women in Mississippi.
Guests:
Andres Thomas Conteris, Flashpoints correspondent and activist with Nonviolence International
Ervand Abrahamian, Distinguished Professor of History at CUNY
Kambale Musavuli, National spokesman and student coordinator, Friends of the Congo
JR and the Block Report with Terrance Scott
Category
Congo, Daily, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Israel, Prison issues
Posted on
August 03, 2009 by
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Nasser al-Ghawei, Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem. Courtesy Active Stills
We’ll talk to a Palestinian victim of expanding Israeli ethnic cleansing in occupied East Jerusalem; also, another teacher murdered in Honduras after the funeral of a teacher shot to death last week by Honduran forces, we’ll have a live report from Tegucigalpa; we’ll return to Caracas, where the extreme right wing is attempting to use the example of Honduras to destabilize the Chavez government; plus, South Bronx activists celebrate a people’s victory; and the Knight Report.
Guests:
Sandra Cuffe, correspondent in Tegucigalpa
Eva Golinger, author
Maher Hanoun, resident in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood – www.standupforjerusalem.org
Jaisal Noor, educator and reporter in NYC with the New York Indypendent
Rebel Diaz
Category
Daily, Honduras, Immigrant Rights, Palestine
