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Flashpoints Veterans Day Special
Monday, Nov 11, 2002 - Start Audio 
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: today veteran stories of past wars and how to resist the next one.. devoted today to those who risked their lives.. phone in show with Dennis and Barbara Lubin..
-00:42 Dennis: a sniper in the White House.. millions in the crosshairs.. thousands of Hiroshimas loaded in the gun of American dominance..  a commander in chief who watched four wars on television.. today stories of past wars and how to resist the next one.. devoted today to those who risked their lives.. about George W, and George M, my father.. his birthday today, he died about a year ago.. served in WWII.. a war anti-war hero.. when he told war stories, you ended up hating war.. about the unbelievable courage of the men on the front line.. my father marched from Sicily through Italy.. and got shot.. and never talked much about it.. not gleeful about war, had seen it and he didn't want it again.. one story stands out above all the others.. one day I was collecing bees, got stung.. came running home, wanted the can of 'Raid'.. he asked me if I had ever heard the story of how a bee saved his life.. in a foxhole in Italy.. a bee started to divebomb his rations.. he ducked behind a tree, and then a mortar fell in the foxhole and killed eight buddies.. he didn't want to kill bees, he said.. he went and got the big jar of honey, and we had tea with honey.. many of his generation don't want this war.. TIME FOR ALL OF US TO STOP THIS WAR
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-08:55 Dennis: now w Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Childrens Alliance in studio..  Barbara: I used to counsel kids how to avoid the draft during Vietnam.. Sloan Coffin from Yale, and a group of us.. put together a 'peace flotilla', floated out to the USS New Jersey.. six stories high.. all the sailors on deck, the admiral turned to look at us, sailors flashed the peace sign.. the motor started.. fire boats squirted us.. we fell in the water.. police put us in leg irons.. shortly after that.. one young man fleeing to Canada.. gave me his notification to report for his physical.. he left, I went to his physical.. dressed in drag.. 220 people in a big room, told us all to strip.. we all did, I ran around naked.. imagine me 30 pounds thinner, everything 6 inches higher:-).. we have to know how to laugh AND make trouble;-).. Dennis: now on the phone w Red Beard in SF: we trace the roots of this war to July 4, 1776; this country founded on the genocide of Native Americans and Africans.. we want to form a investigation.. Thelma in Houston: I can't believe some of the things you are saying.. I have several dead servicemen in my family.. Dennis: many of us have suffered.. Richard: I'd like to hear your answer to the last caller.. Barbara: I'm just back from Iraq, and close to 700,000 babies dead in Iraq.. Iraq lost that war, and instead of us ending that war, we started a second war, ie the sanctions.. sanctions have done nothing except strengthen Saddam, and hurt the innocent.. Dennis: (about the hypocrisy) the US and Europe gave Saddam his weapons of mass destruction.. Rumsfeld and G Bush Sn. monitored Iraq use of gas against Iran.. Richard: I would conceed that maybe, but what of countries ruled by evil men like Saddam Hussein?.. Barbara: to talk about people in terms of (absolute) *good and evil*, labeling whole countries as being evil, governments as belonging to an *axis of evil*.. (going to war because of this kind of broad brush demonization) will fan the flames of hatred against our children here at home.. and it's terrible to give *our* children the idea that the right thing to do is kill the children of Iraq.. we should be looking at making things better here at home.. Dennis: the source for this information.. the Banking Committee, chaired by Henry Gonzales.. next caller: peace is not an option.. Democrats want war too.. Barbara: we have to bring in all the people for justice.. Cliff from Richmond: a previous caller mentioned Bush Sn. shot down..  the true story in the book, Fortunate Son, (order from Cody's online).. actually George the First abandoned his aircraft, and let his crew go down and die.. the airplane was not damaged enough to prevent return to base.. now w Edmundo in Oakland: thanks for having this topic.. I used to be a prowar person.. I used to believe everything I heard on the corporate controlled media.. about American amnesia.. 11 years ago, the 'Savings and Loan crisis', 350 billion dollars looted.. Bush the First was dropping in the polls, then voila! the US ambassador to Iraq whispered to Saddam it was ok to invade Kuwait.. (audio glitch).. Dennis: that caller has a good point.. have you heard about Neil Bush?.. testified at Henry Gonzales hearing.. now w Don in Castro Valley: the last caller said it well.. a recommended website: WhatReallyHappened.com..
I'm from a Marine Corp family, had two relatives die in Vietnam.. Bush is a liar.. do not trust this government.. decide for yourself.. Dennis: Event: Robert Fisk speaks Nov 22, 7:30pm, at the First Congregational Church, 2345 Channing Way, Berkeley.. now w Eric in SF: I was in Livermore today, with a citizens group asking for weapons inspections.. my father used to work there as an auditor.. he, I, my kids all against war.. many groups here today.. UC students.. a rally, people were speaking.. I was in the military, very lucky, drew embassy duty in South America, Europe.. Barbara: there are people from all walks of life.. in this growing anti-war movement.. I had a relative die in the barracks bombing in Lebanon.. Barbara: I'M GETTING MILLIONS OF CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.. WE'VE HAD BIG MARCHES AND RALLIES.. A BIG RALLY IN JANUARY UPCOMING.. BUT FOLKS, DON'T FEEL TOO COCKY.. DANGER IS EVERYWHERE, BUT I AM OPTIMISTIC AT THE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE SAYING NO TO WAR.. Dennis: about the swagger in the White House, specifically about the roadside sniper attack in Yemen.. the president signing onto assassination of 'alledged' persons now.. Barbara: we have a history of remaining silent about *assassinations*.. like those by Israel against Palestinians, this is not new.. now w James from Beaumont: I spent 20 years in the military.. US has made some bad decisions.. we were arming Iraq, but Russia was arming Iran.. even if the UN tells the US to disarm, it should.. Dennis: about dual standards.. US has 20,000 nukes, Israel has 300 nukes.. how do we act as if this is fair?.. James: I agree.. the US should obey the same rules.. now w Jay: Americans should stand for peace and justice.. the problem is.. we need to be consistent.. if the US deals with Palestine and Israel with the same rigor as Iraq, the 'Arab problem' would disappear.. not to do so is a big injustice..
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-42:40 Dennis: reads from poet William Stafford, 1968.. restraint must come from citizens.. now w Stefan in Alameda: thanks for shining light on dark deeds.. in Vietnam I registered at (*Draft Board 100*?) in Fiji.. they laughed, it was the draft board where the sons of senators and CEO registered, they actually drafted nobody.. Barbara: wealthy people bring us these wars, and wealthy people profit from them, but it is ordinary working people, people of color that pay the bills.. Simone: I was in Livermore today.. because the US is always making nuclear, biological, chemical weapons, and exporting them.. about a sign I saw across the street.. Barbara: I was out at Livermore 20 years ago, hundreds arrested, held for weeks.. (in jail) people sang, taught.. two people come to mind: Dr Charlie Clemens, a Vietnam fighter pilot.. started the Salvadorian Relief Fund.. and Brian Willson, a real hero to be remembered on Veterans Day.. served in Vietnam, said no to that war.. became a leading activist.. we sat down on the train tracks.. Brian sat in front.. the train came slowly.. Brian had both legs taken off by that train.. he has since devoted his life.. laid his body on the line.. Dennis: I was talking to him about the people who set themselves on fire in Vietnam.. the Buddhists in the highest act of their expression.. about after he was hit be that train.. Barbara: I took Brian to Palestine.. about the mayor of Nablus.. had lost his legs too.. both lifted their pants legs.. a moment in time.. Linda in Houston: I wanted to honor my father, a WWII veteran.. came back a shattered and damaged man.. never quite the same.. Linda: WARS DON'T END JUST WHEN THE SOLDIERS RETURN.. THERE IS NO MILITARY SOLUTION!
-56:10 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart The War Prayer, (satire) by Mark Twain: "..help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst.. We ask it, in the spirit of love, of Him Who is the Source of Love, and Who is the ever-faithful refuge and friend of all that are sore beset and seek His aid with humble and contrite hearts. Amen.". (read more)
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Friday November 8, 2002 - interview with Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness in Baghdad.. Diana Buttu, PLO legal advisor.. US groups rally on Monday to demand weapons inspections at Lawrence Livermore Labs in Berkeley.
Thursday November 7, 2002 - the world one step closer to war, new UN Resolution almost approved, interview with Dennis Halliday.. in depth look at Indonesia after the Bail bombing, interviews with Kurt Biddle and Sylvia T. Wan
Wednesday November 6, 2002 - US war machine sets up a forward fighting base in Dijbuoti.. SEC chief Harvey Pitt resigns under a cloud, about the Corporate Roques Gallery operating in the Bush Administration.. Interviews with Charles Cobb Jr. and Tyson Slocum
Tuesday November 5, 2002 - CIA roadside air-sniper missile killings in Yemen, interviews with Phyllis Bennis, Francis Boyle, Marjorie Cohn.. and John Junkerman, director of Power and Terror, a new film about Noam Chomsky
Monday November 4, 2002 - John MacArthur publisher of Harpers Magazine: how Democrat Tom Lantos leads the propaganda machine against Iraq.. hear from Lantos's opponent, Maad Abu-Ghazalah.. Greg Palast on tomorrow's rigged election in Florida
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Friday November 1, 2002 - about the US's deadly discrimination against 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
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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