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PAUL WELLSTONE KILLED IN UNEXPLAINED PLANE CRASH, BALANCE OF POWER SHIFTS TO REPUBLICANS.. Wellstone was champion of community issues.. he was bitterly opposed by the White House and the large pharmaceutical industry.. no one can help but recall the death of Democratic Senatorial candidate Mel Carahan in 2000.. Locked in a tight senate race against now Attorney General John Ashcroft, Carnahan too was killed in a similar plane crash.. (read more)

Friday, Oct 25, 2002 - Start Audio
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: Venezuelan military plots a new coup.. secret FTAA meetings in Ecuador.. Jeb Bush on the ropes in Florida?.. about tomorrow's anti-war protests in SF and DC..
-00:53 Dennis: insurrection by Venezuelan military against elected populist president, Hugo Chavez; General Gomez demands Chavez's resignation.. now w Greg Palast, author of the The Best Democracy Money Can Buy.. Greg: the majority of the military refused to knuckle under to a few coup plotters.. but a US AP wire report this morning said Chavez *disbanded the constitution*.. Dennis: Washington's involvement?.. Greg: when Chavez was kidnapped in April, the US ambassador ran down and had his picture taken with the guys who kidnapped the president.. about Chavez role as president of OPEC.. "the US can't leave Chavez in power, if they invade Iraq".. Dennis: people should be concerned about Otto Reich? Greg: he was.. illegally supplying aid to the Contras violating US law.. now given power in the Bush administration.. Dennis: Jeb Bush having problems with his re-election in Florida? Greg: the people in Florida aren't buying the weapon of mass distraction, ie the war on Iraq.. they're looking at the economy.. not allowing Jeb to wrap himself in a flag.. polls show Jeb losing.. but Jeb has the means of correcting that problem.. [wry laughter].. Greg: in Salon Magazine next week I'll give more details.. about the thousands of black voters kicked off the rolls in Florida in 2000.. NAACP has sued Katherine Harris.. Harris confessed, said we're sorry, said we'll restore those people.. now the state saying we cannot restore those people until after this election.. 125,000- 150,000 votes.. that could be the difference.. Greg: my money is on an endless round of litigation until after 2004 election..
-11:53 music break
-12:40 Leslie Kean: about the FTAA summit in Ecuador next week.. Ecuadoreans mobilizing for a fight.. beginning next Thursday.. FTAA destructive.. the Seattle of South America.. now w David Solnick (sp?) in studio, and on the phone, Justin Ruben and Kristina Chamorra (sp?) from Ecuador.. Justin: Ecuador has a long history of resistance to neo-liberalism.. kicked out the last two presidents.. FTAA a bigger badder NAFTA.. Leslie: Kristina a 22 year old student from Quito, grew up on a farm in Ecuador.. Kristina: the National Organization for Campezinos.. our campaign is organized and growing.. if the FTAA gets power here, natural resources.. water will be privatized, already started.. farmers can no longer use the water.. cultural.. food programs.. with FTAA this will be lost.. a market oriented activity.. destroy our traditional practices.. make us dependent.. now w David with Action for Global Justice.. David: about Bechtel Corp.. taken over the water.. about their takeover in Cochacabamba, Boliva.. they drastically raised rates, then people rose up.. 100 wounded.. but they won their water system back.. but now Bechtel suing these poor people for 25 million dollars.. Justin: a seamless web, business summit and trade summit.. mixing behind closed doors.. an incredible gulf between them and the people.. all the FTAA negotiations out of the reach of the public.. David: not just a South American issue.. Bechtel privatizing water in California too..
-27:00 David: on Sunday October 27 a Bay Area Social Forum.. (gives details).. at the Women's Building, SF 1-5PM .. workshops.. on October 28 11AM.. protest at Bechtels HQ SF, Beale and Mission.. a non violent direct action.. demand Bechtel drop their lawsuit against Boliva.. more info http://www.StopFTAA.org/sf 415-621-8100 www.Ecuador.indymedia.org..
-30:30 music break It's All About The Price Of Oil
-33:38 Dennis: about the quote by California US House rep, Tom Lantos to the Knesset member.. 'My Dear Collette,.. you won't have anymore problem with Saddam, we'll be rid of the bastard soon, we'll install a pro-Western dictator who'll be good for us and you'.. Dennis: clearly he is not talking about democracy.. tens of thousands of protestors expected in SF and DC tomorrow.. authorities in DC doing their best to undermine the protest.. from DC, Ilias Rushwawe (sp?).. and in studio, Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Children's Alliance.. both on the steering committee of Answer.. Ilias: a press conference at the Washington Press Club.. we plan to collect ten million signatores.. a planned Peoples Peace Congress on MLK's birthday.. an incredibly upbeat mood in DC.. thousands of buses expected.. a historic moment in the US peace history.. Dennis: the Israelis now not permitting the Pals to pick their own olives.. Ilias: the attack against the Pals, Bush's attack on Iraq.. to remove any hurdle to US dominance in the Middle East.. Palestinians a hurdle.. Iraq a hurdle.. Afghanistan a hurdle.. US civil liberties a hurdle.. now w Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Children's Alliance.. Barbara: we all know.. the taking away our basic human liberties.. the role of the US in the world.. WE NEED TO BE OUT IN THE STREETS TOMORROW.. SHOW THAT THE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY ARE SAYING NO TO WAR.. a lot of coalitions building.. if we want to have peace in the Middle East.. JUSTICE FOR PALESTINE, THE HEART OF THE ISSUE.. THAT AND OIL.. we can not.. try and find the lowest common denominator, and leave Palestine out.. Barbara: about the horrible conditions killing the people, the children of Palestine.. Ilian: of 1.5 million acres, of the West Bank and Gaza, 750,000 already taken by Israel.. 120,000 olive trees uprooted.. wells banned, houses demolished.. a truly horrendous situation.. 1.5 million Iraqis dead.. Lantos says US will install another dictator.. eliminating the right of people to self-determination, so that US citizens can enjoy the monetary benefits.. info www.VoteNoWar.org.. Barbara: the people of the South Bay have an alternative to Tom Lantos, Maude ^^^^.. Ilias: I want to echo Barbara's support for Maude.. LANTOS' POSITIONS.. FOR WAR AND ISRAEL.. NOT SERVING THE INTERESTS OF THE US, BUT SERVING THE INTERESTS OF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.. Dennis: hard to imagine what would happen if the US attacked Iraq.. Barbara: like in the first Gulf War hundreds of thousands of people murdered.. old people, mothers, fathers.. bridges down.. ANOTHER WAR WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY TO EVER LEAVE THIS COUNTRY.. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS WORLD FOR ALL OF US.. Dennis: about the treatment of Arab Americans at home, the degredation of all our civil liberties.. Barbara: EVENT: on Nov 8 I'm going to the Arab Film Festival, at 5PM.. film Power and Terror by Noam Chomsky.. info: 510-548-0542
-57:00 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

Thursday, Oct 24, 2002 - Start Audio

Robert Knight and the Knight Report..

KPFA PLEDGEBREAK.. stand up for free speech, stand up for listener sponsored radio.. make a donation today.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. premiums: John Pilger's book and documentary video, and also video copies of the documentaries, Winning the War, Losing the Peace, Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, The Pinochet Case, Unprecedented, The 2000 Presidential Election, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, and, of course, the ever popular scappy hard hitting investigative radio fight back free speech lovin Flashpoints ballcap.

Wednesday, Oct 23, 2002 - Start Audio

Robert Knight and the Knight Report..

leading documentarian John Pilger churning out books and videos about US and Western military polcies.. his documentaries include: Palestine Is Still The Issue, New Rulers Of The World, Paying The Price, South Africa: Apartheid Did Not Die.. author of many books, including The New Rulers of the World.. now w John Pilger.. Dennis: you've been critical of Australia.. Pilger: Australia has been deeply involved in Indonesia in a negative way.. about East Timor.. killing of a third of the population.. the terrible atrocity in Bali (link2).. however the Aussie government has supported the Indonesian military.. responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people.. the Indonesian military has used its fundamentalist Islamic groups for its own ends.. the Indonesian army has been terrorizing its own population.. Australia has always played an obsequious role for the US.. shooting at tribesmen in Afghanistan.. supporting the US war on Iraq.. creating ill feeling and a lot of enemies.. Dennis: about your new documentary, Palestine Is Still The Issue.. same name as a film you made 25 years ago.. the difference?.. Pilger: the Palestinians have fought back, and the resistance has intensified.. Desmond Tutu recently compared the Palestinian situation with apartheid in South Africa.. apartheid being institutionalized.. the suffering of Palestinians almost impossible to describe.. most young men in and out of prisons.. a horrific situation.. ignored by most of the US media.. but not the rest of the world.. a tragedy for Israel, corrupting.. the mentality of a paranoid seige society.. bad for the health of any nation.. worse still of course for the Pals.. Dennis: the ambassador to Israel from Great Britain said the occupied territories are the largest detention camp in the world.. [also said Gaza Strip and West Bank reduced to giant concentration camps, Israel is hunting down innocent people in the streets].. Dennis: your new video featuring Fatima?.. Pilger: this is a very typical Palestinian woman.. she was having her second baby, went into labor in the middle of the night.. could see the hospital from their house.. stopped at a checkpoint.. the soldiers wouldn't let them through, they pleaded and begged.. had to have the baby in the car.. difficulties in delivery.. and the husband beaten.. they set out on foot around the checkpoint to get to the hospital.. the baby died.. case after case.. the International Red Cross criticizing the Israeli military in the strongest terms.. shooting at ambulances.. Dennis: you're under attack by Israeli groups.. Pilger: I knew what I was letting myself in for.. but we've had a blizzard of orchestrated hate email.. most from NY.. Orwellian.. the film is actually restrained, most interviews with Israelis.. but it breaks down stereotypes.. breaks down myths, 'truth telling' in my view.. nothing like telling the truth to raise ire.. I've been encouraged.. perhaps they are losing their grip now, things are changing.. Dennis: what do they say to you? they tell me Hitler killed the wrong Jews.. they want to cut my throat.. Pilger: I get similar filth.. about a remarkable historian in Israel.. not the Zionist tales we've heard across the years.. in organized Jewry there are a lot of decent people but who have grown up with myths.. I've spent all my life fighting for human rights.. at the end of the film, I say there has no been no greater.. than the Holocaust.. the same sensitivity has to be extended to the Palestinians.. no longer can we accept the propaganda of these extremist lobby groups.. we have a Jewish chairman, Michael Green, made a fool of himself [scroll down 2/3].. he panicked when the film went to air.. gave an interview, said the film was full of inaccuracies, but never named one (and can never name one, as there are none).. everyone else stood by it, but he handed a juicy propaganda plum to.. (the pro-Israeli lobby).. shows the power of the extremists.. he felt the lash of the pro-Israeli lobby.. terribly important for journalist and broadcasters to start standing up this lobby.. Dennis: stenographers for the Pentagon?.. Pilger: journalists are there to keep the record straight.. the public doesn't have the time.. our job.. we're there to push back facades.. to say, "you're being told one thing, the truth is something else".. no more important.. about Martha Gelhorn (sp?).. author of Views from The Ground.. said, journalist can see thing from looking down, or looking up through the eyes of humanity.. about the new book, The New Rulers of the World.. traces the history of Indonesia.. 60's bloodbath, to WTO calling Indonesia a model pupil.. strip away some of the myths of the so-called US war on terror.. Jimmy Carter signed a secret order, setting up the worlds biggest terror group (link2) (CounterPunch), the mujahadeen.. tell suspressed history.. like Zinn's A People's History of the World.

KPFA PLEDGEBREAK.. stand up for free speech, stand up for listener sponsored radio.. make a donation today.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. premiums: John Pilger's book and doumentary video, and also video copies of the documentaries, Winning the War, Losing the Peace, Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, The Pinochet Case, Unprecedented, The 2000 Presidential Election, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, and, of course, the ever popular scappy hard hitting investigative radio fight back free speech lovin Flashpoints ballcap.

Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002 - Start Audio

Robert Knight and the Knight Report..

EXTREME AND DELIBERATE VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.. WE TAKE PEOPLE FROM ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, AND DON'T EVEN SAY WHO IT IS OR WHY.. THE END OF LAW, BY A GOVERNMENT THAT THINKS IT IS OMNIPOTENT.. THAT INTENDS TOTAL DOMINATION AND EXPLOITATION..

about the toxins released during the Gulf War, including depleted uranium.. now w more excerpts from The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, narrated by actor John Hurt, uses documents never before seen on television, and interviews with prominent figures such as General Norman Schwarzkopf, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and former UN Iraq Program Director Dennis Halliday, chief UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, among others, to answer these and other questions.. now w more audio EXCERPTS: about the extreme toxicity of depleted uranium.. health research suppressed by the Pentagon.. no warning disseminated to soldiers on the ground.. even though the Pentagon knew about the risks involved.. "I've seen photos of Beduoins digging out metal from destroyed tanks and taking it to sell for salvage..".. Doctor: in 1988, 34 patients died of cancer, in 1928, 428 patients died of cancer including an eleven year old with ovarian cancer.. malformed babies are born at the rate of one or two a day.. the Pentagon has good reason to deny the toxicity.. now w US Army Major in charge of the cleanup of Desert Storm, the foremost expert on DU in the country, Doug Rocke: this is about two things, liability and cleanup.. veteran Hector Glass: the army spent two years denying my condition.. Paul Sullivan: the use of DU by the US military one more chapter in the sad history.. Dennis: I spent six years researching 'Gulf War Syndrome'.. we obtained documents proving that the US not only know what was going to happen to veterans.. but they let vets go collect souveneirs from tanks.. I interviewed everyone.. the even the US ambassador to Kuwait's wife gave birth to a malformed baby..

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Monday, Oct 21, 2002 - Start Audio

Robert Knight and the Knight Report..

KPFA PLEDGEBREAK (end audio).. stand up for free speech, stand up for listener sponsored radio.. make a donation today.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. premiums: video copies of the documentaries, Winning the War, Losing the Peace, Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, The Pinochet Case, Unprecedented, The 2000 Presidential Election, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, and, of course, the ever popular scappy hard hitting investigative radio fight back free speech lovin one size phitz all *Union Made* Flashpoints ballcap.

Activists Head to West Bank to Support Palestinians During Olive Harvest - Kate Rafael leaves for the West Bank this weekend, joining about 120 foreigners who plan to help the Palestinians during the olive harvest amid reports that Israeli settlers have harassed and attacked the olive-pickers.. The Jewish woman from Berkeley, Calif., calls Israel's occupation "brutal" and believes she has a "personal responsibility to take an active role in helping bring justice and peace." (read more)

Friday, Oct 18, 2002 - Start Audio
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: more excerpts from the documentary, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm;.. Barbara Lubin back from Iraq and Occupied Palestine.
-00:45 Dennis: the Bush adminstration continues its full court press in the UN for war on Iraq.. Sharon happily returns to Israel.. this seize the oil policy could lead to the deaths of many people, and the use of nuclear weapons.. Ten years after Saddam Hussein launched his troops against Kuwait, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, a self funded digital video-expose, explores some of the more controversial questions of the war. Were all diplomatic means really utilized to try and resolve the issue peacefully? What are the facts behind "Gulf War Syndrome"? And, what are the alternative purposes behind the embargo against Iraq that still persists? The result of two years of investigating, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, narrated by actor John Hurt, uses documents never before seen on television, and interviews with prominent figures such as General Norman Schwarzkopf, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and former UN Iraq Program Director Dennis Halliday, chief UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, among others, to answer these and other questions.. now w audio EXCERPTS: (no further review this segment)
-34:25 Dennis: Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Childrens Alliance just back from Iraq and Palestine.. Barbara: one of the other things you are not going to hear.. the Israeli army is now going door to door in Ramallah taking a tally of everyone who lives there.. people fear its the start of the *transfer*.. the kids in school, eight and nine year old girls, said to us, please tell the Americans not to kill us.. it is unconsciousable for the US to consider killing anymore Iraqis.. I'm donating $500 right now, and I don't even want a video.. this is important folks.. donate right now, call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. I stopped in Washington DC.. met Barbara Lee and Cynthia McKinney.. what is the connection?.. Sharon was in DC, got spanked on the hand by Bush.. Dennis: he got the green light.. Barbara: we have come through an unbelievable 3 years here with Pacifica.. we should get to a million dollars.. please donate today.. Dennis: Sharon in Washington, Bush saying Israel 'can defend itself'.. Israel has 200 nuclear weapons, where are the inspectors.. Barbara: come out Saturday Oct 26, be at Justin Herman Plaza (in SF) at 10AM.. come out, come out.. without KPFA we won't know what is happening in the world.. Dennis: does anybody on the face of this earth believe this is about fighting for democracy?.. the amount of lying in the US media makes it difficult.. the amount of lying is sometimes too much.. Barbara: please donate, do it right now.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. Dennis: we're in Fresno tomorrow.. KFCF banquet.. more info 559-233-2221?.. Barbara: KPFA is like our family, we squabble, but we have to support our family, be there no matter what.. who knows what the future is going to mean for any of us.. with the people in Washington trying to shut everybody up.. Dennis: Ariel Sharon is going to use the attack on Iraq, for whatever final solution he has in mind.. Netanyahu is disappointed that he didn't use the Teannimen Square cover to purge the Palestinians.. unbelievable.. Barbara: Dennis, I remember the day I met you in Boonville, with Judy Bari.. a meeting of the lunatics.. on the eve of the Gulf War.. look at all the organizing going on know.. WE WANT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT JUSTIN HERMAN PLAZA OCT 26 11AM.. WITHOUT KPFA WE ARE CLUELESS.. Dennis: please call now, help your alternative radio station, help yourself.. Barbara: we are so lucky to have this station, this program.. we've come through hard time, we have bills to pay, but Pacifica is moving back here.. all on account of you.. thanks.. put us over the top tonight.. whatever you can afford.. please call us, we need you.. thanks to the volunteers taking the phone calls.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732.. premiums: video copies of the documentaries, Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, The Pinochet Case, Unprecedented, The 2000 Presidential Election, The Trials of Henry Kissinger, and, of course, the ever popular scappy hard hitting investigative radio fight back free speech lovin one size fitz all *Union Made* Flashpoints ballcap.
-59:00 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

Thursday October 24, 2002 - about the giant anti-war mobilizations this coming Saturday.

Wednesday October 23, 2002 - John Pilger, new film documentary, 'Palestine Is Still The Issue', on the illegal and brutal Israeli occupation

Tuesday October 22, 2002 - excerpts from 'The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm' documentary, about depleted uranium.. Ramsey Clark on US as renegade state.. Vieques update

Monday October 21, 2002 - US continues to backtrack on Iraq war.. about 'Winning the War, Losing the Peace', a new documentary about the misery and poverty in post-war Afghanistan.

Friday October 18, 2002 - more excerpts from the documentary, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm.. conversation w Barbara Lubin back from Iraq and occupied Palestine.. Action Alert for October 26

Thursday October 17, 2002 - excerpts from the documentary, The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm.. protests planned this Friday over the ongoing medical abuses of California prisoners.

Wednesday October 16, 2002 - Robert Fisk on the Bali bombing, war on Iraq.. a new documentary on the Pinochet arrest.. interview with the producers of Unprecedented: 2000 Presidential Election

Tuesday October 15, 2002 - excerpts from an excellent new documentary on the stealing of the US 2000 presidential election.. US reveals secret testing of chemical warfare agents on unsuspecting US citizens.. Vieques update

Monday October 14, 2002 - excerpts from an excellent new documentary on the stealing of the US 2000 presidential election.. US reveals secret testing of chemical warfare agents on unsuspecting US citizens.. Vieques update

Friday October 11, 2002 - Marwan Bishara on the perils facing the Middle East.. Starhawk leads protests at the SF Federal Building and Diane Fein$tein's office.. more excerpts from The Trials of Henry Kissinger (part 2)

Thursday October 10, 2002 - about a great new documentary, The Trials of Henry Kissinger (part 1)

Wednesday October 9, 2002 - Ramsey Clark, just back from Iraq.. Greg Palast on Hugo Chavez.. Oklahoma bombing victim, Bud Clark, speaks out on the death penalty.. 250 SF garment workers win lawsuit for unpaid wages

Tuesday October 8, 2002 - The Case Against War, w Professor Stephen Zunes.. South African anti-apartheid veterans target Israel.. Bush invokes Taft Hartley against West Coast ILWU

Monday October 7, 2002 - Israeli missile strike kills 14 Palestinian civilians including four children.. interviews with Netta Jorgesen in Gaza.. International Solidarity Member, Adam Shapiro.. Professor of Political Science, As'ad Abu-Khalil

Friday October 4, 2002 - interview w authors of the new book, 'Freedom'.. Oakland police scandal.. Queer prison activists.. about the 'Forum on Peace' workshop and 'Not In Our Name' demonstrations this weekend.

Thursday October 3, 2002 - Conversation with a man who spent four years on Oklahoma death row for a crime he didn't commit.. Activists ready for FTAA summit in Ecuador this coming Halloween

Wednesday October 2, 2002 - an hour with M. J. Akbar, Indian newspaperman, and author of The Shade of Swords; Jihad and the Conflict between Islam and Christianity.

Tuesday October 1, 2002 - 18 people die in Kashmir during elections.. interview w Dr. Angana Chatterji.. Norman Solomon: delegation to Iraq returns; Congressman Dennis Kucinich speech in Berkeley two weeks ago.

Monday September 30, 2002 - 350,000 march in London.. *National Security Strategy*.. rightwing *Campus Watch* website targets US academics.

My heart rouses

thinking to bring you news 

of something that concerns you 

and concerns many men. Look at 

what passes for the new. 

You will not find it there

 but in despised poems. 

It is difficult 

to get the news from poems 

yet men die miserably every day 

for lack of what is found there.

-- William Carlos Williams