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Friday, Nov 1, 2002 - Start Audio
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: about the US's deadly discrimination against poor Haitian immigrants.. interview w Leonard Peltier's daughter, Marquita.. Jewish settler violence at an all time high as Palestinian farmers try to harvest their olives
-00:50 Dennis: now w Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights.. about the recent landing of Haitians in Florida.. Michael: 220 Haitians landed.. discrimination year after year.. on the Rickenbacker Causeway.. Haitians are automatically jailed.. any other asylum seeker gets a hearing.. if a Cuban hits the beach, they get released immediately.. a horrendous double standard.. like in Australia now.. an utter outrage what is going on with the Haitians.. and an outrage what the US is doing to Haiti right now.. a democratically elected president.. the US has cut off all aid from the IMF, the World Bank.. an incredible squeeze.. negative press about Aristide.. Dennis: this *jail, no bail, send em right back policy* is deadly.. also see: Haiti Reborn.. Michael: this incident has brought it out in the open.. The Wall Street Journal today said Aristide staged this to embarrass Jeb Bush.. ridiculous.. US murdering Haitians economically, then jailing the refugees.. Dennis: the UN now? the US is bullying the process.. Michael: turning it on its head is right, Dennis.. the US in the last few months, put a gun to the head of the UN.. saying approve our use of force, or we'll make you irrelevant.. back door dealing going on.. France is getting a percentage of oil from Iraq, if US conquers Iraq, they'll be cut out.. Russia too.. US bludgening them.. saying the richest most powerful country in the world, and using an international institution to..
-10:26 Rainjita Geesler: American Indian activist, Leonard Peltier has been incarcerated for 26 years.. now w Marquita Peltier, Leonard's daughter.. Marquita: what it was like to grow up with a father in prison.. it was hard, I don't have any memories of him until I met him for the first time when I was five.. had to go through a metal detector.. I was real anxious and nervous.. sitting there with my grandmother.. finally being able to sit on his lap and touch his face.. even to this day affects me.. having to walk away.. some kids said cruel things to me about my dad.. about the reason why my dad is still in prison.. about the American Indian Movement.. he stood up to fight for all the other Indians.. he's always smiling, always has a joke for me.. tells me to hang in there, be strong.. if I was in his situation, I don't know if I could do that.. he is with his people through his art (link2).. Rainjita: how has he been treated?.. Marquita: I don't know for sure, he tells me not to worry.. I know there has been mistreatment.. always has a smile and a hug for us.. appreciated your support.. Rainjita: when was the last time you saw him?.. Marquita: yesterday, I had my 3 year old daughter.. we talked.. about school, art, family.. shared a pizza with my daughter, had the best visit.. laughed about a lot of things.. he's suffering from a bone spur.. works in the prison furniture factory, stands on his feet 8 hours a day.. needs special shoes.. prison red tape in the way.. about his book.. please urge your representatives to help end this injustice..
-24:00 Rainjita: now w Bruce Elison, Leonard's attorney.. Bruce: about the 2500 documents.. Leonard did not kill those FBI agents.. 18,000 documents revealed.. the evidence fabricated.. we filed seeking a new trial.. the ballistic evidence cast doubt on the case.. Barney Frank helped us obtain 30,000 pages of 60,000-100,000 actual pages (more pages *turning up* all the time).. two co-defendants found not guilty because of FBI misconduct.. deaths of scores of Indians on the Pine Ridge reservation.. but we're not yet allowed in court.. about new evidence.. a drunken brawl among neighbors, used as an excuse for the FBI to assault the area.. FBI lied to its field agents.. clearly a pretext.. more new evidence, one of the brawlers, was actually an FBI mole.. the brawl itself started by the FBI.. outrageous government conduct.. we hope to get a new trial.. we would love to go to court.. Rain: why does the state still keep Leonard behind bars?.. Bruce: the other two guys found not guilty by reason of self defence.. the state wants someone to pay.. also if a new trial, all kinds of dirty FBI tactics would come out.. about the new 'war on terrorism'.. and the relationship to this case.. how government fabricates evidence.. Amnesty International recommends.. FBI using 'terrorism' as a pretext to suppress civil rights movements.. including the AIM.. broadbased manifestation.. against leaders like Leonard.. everything the US government saying they must do to fight terrorism, they tried out against the Pine Ridge reservation.. (gives many details).. about 'unlawful combatants' tried in secret court.. political scapegoats.. what's happening today a frightening continuation of Pine Ridge.. William Renquist argued many years ago, the government should be able to label an individual or group a threat to national security, and do anything to them they want in secret.. THE FBI MUST BE REIGNED IN.. THEY CAN GO IN ANYONE'S HOME IN SECRET AND LOOK THROUGH THEIR COMPUTER.. PEOPLE CAN BE TARGETED FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITY.. months before the firefight.. FBI searched for Leonard.. everytime there was an AIM action, Leonard was there.. FBI fabricated the case, and suppressed evidence of the fabrication.. Congress's refusal to look at the FBI.. saying that as American citizens we don't have a right to organize to freedom of speech, to seek redress of grievances.. saying that the government should be able to wage war on our civilan population.
-41:10 music break
-42:20 Dennis: settler violence against Palestinians a daily occurence.. (history) (recent killings) (link2).. and this is the olive harvest.. now w Clare Peak of the International Womens House for Peace.. a co-worker violently assaulted.. she went out with a small group of farmers, to challenge a group of settlers picking their olives.. (Israel casually abondons its 4th Geneva Convention responsibility).. the settlers would shoot at anyone coming close.. farmers had called the Israeli police for three days, but the police never showed up.. how the police set up the Palestinians.. a small group of Palestinians surrounded.. the police car just set up in the settlement.. the settlers a crazed group.. about Angie.. one of the settlers shot at Angie.. she sat down with the others.. Angie called the police, the police told her her group should leave.. by sitting peacefully the settlers were confused.. when Angie and her group took the police advice and started to leave, they was attacked, she had her bag taken.. later Rabbi Asherman and other rabbis of Rabbis for Human Rights came.. the army got uncomfortable.. pushed the rabbis and the Palestinians down off their own land.. Dennis: both settlements are illegal, the outpost is on the Palestinian land.. the soldiers, what are they doing about this?.. Clare: hundreds of activists (famous Swiss singer) have joined the Palestinians.. about another village, another olive orchard.. one night we got a call from the army.. for the first time in ages, the army recognized that the Palestinians needed protection, and it was Palestinian land, and it was the settlers causing the problems.. the village pledged to act non-violently.. we arrived the next morning at 6:30.. settlers arrived at the same time.. the army was late.. the settlers started running down the valley and shooting at the Palestinians.. people running and screaming.. only four settlers.. one guy held a knife to an Israeli peace activist's throat.. threw stones.. smashed cameras.. finally the army showed up, but they had sent only one jeep with three soldiers.. but after an hour or two, the settlers left, and the Palestians picked their olives.. thankfully only minor injuries.. Dennis: ah.. a happy ending.. allows the settlers to shoot at people, put knives to people's throats, and their only punishment is they have to stop stealing olives.. justice Israeli style.. more info: International Womens House for Peace.. (photos)..
-54:55 Mary Bishop: wrapup..
-55:24 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart

Thursday October 31, 2002 - FTAA protests start today in Ecuador.. Death row in Illinois.. Arab Film Festival starts in Berkeley, SF, and San Jose

Wednesday October 30, 2002 - Jewish settlers kidnap and torture Odnan Ahmed, a Palestinian olive picker.. interview w Tariq Ali on the US 'War On Terror' in the Middle East and Latin America.. National workers strike in Colombia

Tuesday October 29, 2002 - death toll from the storming of the Russian theater continues to rise, about the gas agent used.. implications for bio/chem warfare treaties.. arrests, violence increase against Palestinian civilians..

Monday October 28, 2002 - COMPLETE AUDIO: John Pilger, new film documentary, 'Palestine Is Still The Issue', on the illegal and brutal Israeli occupation

Friday October 25, 2002 - 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.

Thursday October 24, 2002 - about the giant anti-war mobilizations this coming Saturday.. more from John Pilger, about his excellent new documentary, Palestine Is Still The Issue.

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 Richard Ray Perez and Joan Sekler, 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