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Tuesday, Nov 12, 2002 - Start Audio
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: troubling human rights report says 4 million may die in Iraqi war.. weapons inspections an alternative to war or a prelude to war?
-00:50 Robert Knight and the Knight Report.. Robert: Iraqi Congress votes no to weapons inspections.. Bush looking in a rubber stamp mirror.. Iraq stockpiling nerve gas antidotes.. Putin blows stack about questions about why Russians are exterminating civilians in Chechnan.. mentions circumcision???.. says he'll 'waste Chechyans who sit in their outhouses'.. leading Israeli pinhead Benjamin Netanyahu says he would 'expel Arafat' if elected.. Israel tanks shoot up Tulkarm.. new bin Laden tape airs on Arab TV.. Osama: 'our people in Palestine are being killed, if you don't like looking at your dead, stop killing ours'
-06:00 Dennis Bernstein: the question of weapons inspections from a different angle.. plans for war are weapons inspections an alternative to war, or part of the US war plan?.. now w Larry Everest, author of the forthcoming book, Oil, Power, and Empire.. Larry: the NY Times reported that Bush had finalized his war plans.. made before the UN vote.. 200,000 to invade after an air campaign.. the scenario, US troops to occupy southern and northern Iraq, turn them into 'beachheads'.. the US hope for the quick collapse, segue into occupation.. Bush decided in Oct 2001 to go after Iraq.. the UN resolutions to provide cover for the US.. political *legitimacy* very important to the US.. many Middle East regimes fear for their continued existence if US goes to war with Iraq.. turmoil.. Bush trying to tone down and confuse protestors.. the resolution written in a vague way.. anything at all, Bush will jump on as an excuse.. how inspections part of war plans.. the US not concerned that Saddam has weapons that could target the US.. but concerned that he could have something to use against invading US troops.. Bush wants a quick war, communicating to the world that they are all-powerful.. the US will comb through all the data that inspectors turn up to pinpoint the Iraqi leadership.. the inspectors closely tied to US intelligence.. the inspectors go to a certain palace, a huge security apparatus.. outrageous, they are threatening to remove Iraqi citizens and interrogate them.
-09:36 Dennis: an US attack on Iraq could trigger disaster.. now w Dr. Bernard Lowen of Physicians For The Prevention Of Nuclear War which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995.. associated with the London based group MEDACT.. a new report, Collateral Damage: the health and environmental costs of war on Iraq, about the potential casualies, a nuclear war that could kill millions.. Bernard: these are estimates.. the ratio of civilian casualies to military could be as high as 10-1, the reverse of WWI.. near to the Gulf War.. after the war, environmental casualties.. war is the most unpredictable of human undertakings.. these estimate should make us think twice.. about the possibility of nuclear war.. Nuclear Posture Review.. wants to conventionalize nuclear weapons.. nuclear bunker busters.. not invented by us, but buy the Pentagon's own position.. any such weapon if used, would be enormous in it's effect.. would spew radiation, and could kill anything within one kilometer.. in a heavily populated city like Baghdad, means 20,000 dead.. the environmental damage would be enormous.. an urban center.. like launching 100 tornadoes.. frightening might of destruction.. before the first Gulf War, Iraq women had enormous equality.. about the sancions.. medicines.. I witnessed death under my very eyes, especially people with kidney failure, 2000 people no dialysis fluid.. Iraq is now a crippled state.. while we aimed at Saddam, we targeted the Iraqi people.. will breed more terrorism.. and a new war would create more famine and suffering in the citizens.. we destroyed their food supply, water supply, and prohibited them from buying clorine.. massive disease, massive malnutrition.. and (the money spent) means we will weaken the US.. forget US health care, forget education.. the US now spents $400 billion on its military, more than the rest of the world combined.. before the first Gulf War, Iraq infant deaths at 65 per thousand, 103 after the war.. right now Iraq has no way of coping.. we are going to compound this issue..
-24:10 music break
-24:40 Rainjita Geesler: 2500 California prisoners confined in social isolation.. prisoner hunger strikes fighting against this modern form of torture.. now with Mother of Jose Luis: my son forced to take sides in gang wars.. even I was labeled a gang member.. about the brutality my son went through.. my family campaigned intensely.. about the brutality.. in 1999, he was involved in a massive hunger strike to expose the brutality.. hunger strike lasted for two months.. then Grey Davis ordered the breakup of the hunger strike.. ordered 16 men dispersed and put in the 'shoe' (extreme solitary confinement).. my son sent to Pelican Bay shoe.. been there for the last three years.. he has lost his eyesight, has arthritis.. because of the denial of sunlight and movement... many of the men put in the shoe go insane.. denied the five senses.. I have seen what the shoe does to people.. this is torture, this must be abolished.. we fight against this.. we called on Oct 31 2002 an action to expose the torturous shoe.. we had hunger strikes.. exposing the shoe.. the companeros in the Pelican Bay started a hunger strike.. our action in solidarity.. we set up a mock shoe cell on Powell and Market (SF).. inhumane.. we collected signatures and had a tremendous reaction.. collected 1300 signatures in five days.. very successful.. a movement to go forward.. Ca Dept of Correction on Nov 21 to meet with people to discuss the shoe.. to help for for more info: call 408-885-9785 www.BarrioDefence.org.. Davis is committing genocide against our community.. we are located in San Jose.
-37:10 Rain: now w Corey Weinstein of CA Prison Focus.. Corey: the 24 hour lockup, no sunshine.. fresh air maybe.. a diet of monotonous over-cooked food.. health care not good.. prisoners in 8 foot square pods.. an example: a friend in there has high blood pressure, he has to thrust his arm out the food slot, the stress gives an abnormally high reading.. about the mental stress.. many prisoners 'nut up'.. especially if they are too poor to buy books or a TV.. about the second round of hunger strikes.. last year 1000 prisoners began a hunger strike.. after nine days, that was interrupted.. the CA Dept. of Corrections stalled on reforms.. another strike now.. I spoke to the leader Steve Castillo on Wednesday.. lost 9 pounds, his voice weak.. trying to force the state to hold to their promises.. they are demanding due process in their classification hearings.. labeled gang members without any real evidence or representation or opportunity for rebuttal or personal testimony.. all they want is a fairness in this procedure.. this is in the penal code.. mere association is not a crime.. Steve in a very strong man, and a leader inside.. I don't think he is gang member.. he is a 'jailhouse lawyer'.. the department decides to silence him.. he's been in security housing for 7 years.. he is in severe pain.. the custody staff used this as an excuse to mistreat him.. demeaned and taunted.. the medical staff observed this and did not intervene as is their obligation.. the Dept are bad penal managers.. gangs are a legitimate security problem.. but no other state is so lousy.. they believe the people of California will not say anything.. we have the more violent prison system in the country.. more info: call 415-252-9211 or visit www.Prison.org
-50:00 Marvelous Mary Bishop: wrapup
-50:30 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)

Monday November 11, 2002 - Flashpoints Veterans Day Special: veterans' stories of past wars and how to resist the next one.. devoted today to those who risked their lives.. phone in show with Dennis Bernstein and Barbara Lubin..

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

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

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