ANNOTATED LOGS AND AUDIO OF SHOWS
Dec 3 << MONDAY Dec 2, 2002 >> Nov 29
please report broken links, audio problems
-------------------------
Minorities, women, and children once again pay the price of the crazy white mans' *terrorism/ war on terrorism*
link to London Independent story 1
link to London Independent story 2
 Courage Under Fire, by Katie Barlow - When Ian Hook, a British UN volunteer, was shot and killed in Jenin. Caoimhe Butterly, a 23-year-old Irish activist, was also shot, but survived. In October, I spent two weeks filming Caoimhe for a documentary I am making. I had been inspired to meet her by the footage of her blocking Israeli tanks as they fired over her head, and stories of her standing in the line of fire between soldiers and Palestinian children, as the IDF threatened to "make her a hero". read more
Monday, Dec 2, 2002 - Start Audio 
-00:00 Dennis Bernstein: introduction: Africa suffers under Terror, the US War on Terror.. interview with ex-CIA agent, Phillip Agee.. second wave of a massive oil spill off the coast of Spain
-00:46 Robert Knight and the Knight Report.. Robert: Bush bombs Basra..  Iraq weapons inspection teams cruising.. missile factory OK'ed.. a petroleum plant staffed by 700 workers targeted by the US in an illegal bombing.. hear Bush audio (yuk, 1 min).. Tony Blair's ministry echoing Bush's wartalk.. but Amnesty International says human rights violations should not be used selectively.. an East African website claims Al-Qiada responsibility
-06:13 Dennis: continuing coverage of the massive oil spills threatening Spain.. now w Dr. Charlotte de Fontaubert of Greenpeace.. Dr. Fontaubert: what do you know, it didn't stay down, hate to say it.. but we told them so.. this is the second slick making its way.. the first slick hit 310 miles of coastland.. $42 million dollars in losses so far, damage to fishing, to coastal resources.. not included damage to ecology, wetlands.. Dennis: a local resort owner said this is like an atomic bomb.. Dr. Fontaubert: widespread impact.. tourism, fishing, ecology, recreation.. Greenpeace is cleaning it up.. a problem: we took cleaned up oil to the government, they didn't have a plan to deal with it.. Dennis: about a sister ship.. Dr. Fontaubert: the same condition, the same owners.. but we stopped them from sailing.. exact same conditions, nothing has changed.. we're going to put pressure on Brussels.. Dennis: a crapshoot?.. Dr. Fontaubert: yes, good analogy.. when you ship oil on a old worn-out, worthless ship like this, you never know if it will make it, but, to the owners, it doesn't matter, the oil is insured, and the ship is worthless anyway.. the citizens have to pick up the tab.. Dennis: this is financial terrorism?.. Dr. Fontaubert: yes.. but Greenpeace is not giving up.. the West doesn't have to depend on oil; we have renewable, safe resources.
-13:03 Dennis: the US war on terror expands further into Africa.. now w Professor Horace Campbell, of Syracuse Univ., just back from Nigeria.. Dennis: the Israelis treating Africans with racism, contempt.. Horace: In 1998 a bombing of the US Embassy in Kenya.. 200 Kenyans died.. here in this bombing, more than 12 Kenyans die.. but the media focusing on the 3 Israelis that died.. about the war on Iraq.. about people around the world brought into America's latest war against their will.. in Kenya an election campaign.. this terror bombing could strenghten repressive forces in Kenya.. like when America attacked Somalia.. this newest surge in the war on terror may actually strenghten state terrorism in Africa.. Dennis: about Jonas Savimbi.. Horace: when the US government embarks on a campaign against terror, they're not consistent.. the US support for the terrorist apartheid government of South Africa was criminal (and he lists three more US supported criminal groups).. now Ethiopia.. Eritrea.. Mombasa was one of the most peaceful places in Africa.. people lived with their doors open.. a history of peace.. now rampant poverty, unemployment.. Dennis: about Nigeria?.. Horace: I was just there talking to young people wanting to develop networks for peace.. the Federation of Liberian Youth (link2).. now the dreadful condition in the Ivory Coast.. I was very impressed by these young people.. like the 16 year old from Nigeria.. the political leadership of Nigeria brought the Miss World contest to Nigeria in the middle of Ramadan, in the middle of rising poverty and exploitation by the West.. add to that an inflamatory article in the newspaper.. abaout a fatwa issued for the death of that journalist.. the voices of peace and women's rights being outshouted.. Dennis: about the AIDS pandemic.. Horace: the US planning to increase oil production all along the west coast of Africa.. THE OIL COMPANIES DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE.. NO REGARD FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE.. Shell saying they cannot stop flaring gas until 2008.. peoples livelihoods and communities being destroyed by the international oil companies.. Dennis: the US starting their own program of using military to defend oil company actions.. Horace: there are very strong democratic, womens, youth, environmental movenments in Nigeria.. ABOUT AIDS.. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN?.. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS WORSE THAN THE HOLOCAUST.. 25 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED.. the collusion of the drug companies.. and the World Bank advising African governments to cut back on their minimal health care funding.. about women's rights and women's control of their own reproductive processes.. and education.. about the Nigerian woman sentenced to be stoned.. in West Africa, PEACE, HEALTH, AND JUSTICE NOT THE ISSUE JUST OF ONE COUNTRY.. ALL COUNTRIES INTERRELATED.. THERE NEEDS TO BE A GLOBAL MOVEMENT FOR PEACE AT THIS TIME..
-33:29 Dennis: now w Phillip Agee, who knows how US intelligence works..  a CIA agent from 1957 to 1968, author of Inside the Company, CIA Diary (review).. and On The Run, now lives in Cuba.. Dennis: if you were still in the CIA what kind of thing do you think they would have you doing?.... Dennis: if you were still in the CIA what kind of thing do you think they would have you doing?.. Phillip: selecting targets in Iraq.. but it's all about money, like the Afghan war still going on, it's all about oil.. the technology has changed, but the role of the CIA pretty much the same.. backdoor political control, with the National Endowment for Democracy (funds Venezuelan coup attempt) (CATO) (link4) .. Phillip: the money for these NGO's used to come from the CIA, now comes from the NED.. Phillip: about the accusation of biological warfare against Cuba.. these accusations are fairytales.. but continuing.. so the embargo continues, so the rich expatriate Cuban line the pockets of US politicians.. Phillip: about a large protest in Havana led by Fidel Castro, in support of the five Cubans arrested for espianage in the US.. Phillip: the policy against Cuba continues pretty much the same since the 60's.. but now we see the rise of populist left in Latin America.. Cuba is one of the leading nations against the FTAA.. Phillip: no doubt the US trying to use the issue of terrorism against Cuba.. Cuba has taken a strong stand against terrorism, has been a major victim of terrorism.. the problem is the US keeps them on a list of nations supporting terrorism.. about the US double standard.. Dennis: about a Cuban airliner shot down.. Phillip in 1976.. flight Barbados to Havana.. all 73 people aboard were killed including the Cuban fencing team.. the planner of that attack was Orlando Bosch.. turned up in Miami.. the US Justice Dept said he should be expelled.. pardoned by George Bush I.. about an assassination attempt by a cohort of Bosch in Panama four years ago.. about the bombing of 7 Havana hotels in 1997.. the perp said he got money for the bombing from the Cuban American National Foundation in Miami.. Phillip: about Otto Reich.. his role is unclear in the Bush administration at the moment.. Bush may let him sink.. Dennis: the spirit of the Cuban people.. Phillip: we're trying to bring Americans here.. I meet the people when they first come, they leave with a new idea.. if they know anything about the rest Latin America.. they know Cuba is a shining example.. the charge of terrorism against Cuba is false.. about the use of Guantanamo Bay by the US.. the Cuban people fascinated with Americans, as far as a place to visit, the country is so beautiful, old Havana is extremely interesting.. and totally safe, no feeling of fear in Havana.. good food and good water.. more info: Cubalinda.com.. Phillip: dismay about the religious right coming to power in Washington, trying to impose their own [immoral] beliefs on humanity.. when Bush says you're either *with us or against us*.. dismaying, appalling, absurd.. this is an appointed administration.. illigitimate.. we must oppose them with all our power
-55:38 Magnificent Mary Bishop: wrapup
-56:00 End today's show. today's review by john lionheart
most current show Search/View All Archived Shows for recent archive see below
Friday November 29, 2002 - excerpts from a recent speech by award winning British journalist, Robert Fisk, on happenings Lebanon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, and Palestine
Thursday November 28, 2002 - THANKSGIVING SPECIAL: about the 1969 takeover of Alcatraz Island by American Indian tribes, and excerpts from a recent documentary, 'Alcatraz is not an Island'
Wednesday November 27, 2002 - Israeli forces invade Dheisheh with tanks and attack dogs.. Allegra Pacheco on the arrest of her husband in Bethlehem.. Peter Cornbluh about Henry Kissinger's appointment to head Bush's 9/11 inquiry.. Interview with Henry (or is it an imposter?) in his own words.
Tuesday November 26, 2002 - Israeli soldiers open fire on a crowd of children.. US right wingers try to destabilize Haiti.. interview with Nat Hentoff about our disappearing civil liberties.
Monday November 25, 2002 - Israeli soldiers assassinate a UN worker, and harrass others.. why the media attack on the Saudis now?.. E.U. lawsuit accuses R.J. Reynolds of money laundering for drug cartels and Saddam Hussein
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Friday November 22, 2002 - interview with award winning London Independent journalist, Robert Fisk, in studio.. live report from Kevin Pina in Haiti, about the protests today in support of president Aristide.
Thursday November 21, 2002 - a dangerous renaissance of nuclear power around the world.. interview with a new Palestinian film maker, director of Crossing Calandia.. peace activist Rabbi Arthur Waskow of the Shalom Center..
Wednesday November 20, 2002 - Largest oil spill in history off the coast of Spain, Greenpeace says we tried to warn them.. drug-running Colombian general's US visa yanked en route to Israel.. Interview with Alexander Cockburn of Counterpoint, about lefty Christopher Hitchens and his bomb Iraq policy..
Tuesday November 19, 2002 - new NATO 'Find and Strike' force to operate outside international law.. extended wire taps approved by a U.S appeals court.. Homeland Security Act rider protects drug manufacturers from being sued for defective vaccines..
Monday November 18, 2002 - Iran-Contra criminal John Poindexter, hired by the Pentagon to play big brother.. Mexico's new role as US southern security guard.. Kathy Kelly's Baghdad Journal.. Updates from Gaza and the West Bank..
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Friday November 15, 2002 - interview with two American activists in Baghdad.. US military now requiring US high schools to provide students' personal contact information.. interview with the Irish author of Eyewitness Bloody Sunday, about the massacre by British paratroopers, Jan 20, 1972
Thursday November 14, 2002 - Linda Evens, a former woman political prisoner and two Puerto Rican women activists talk about Vieques.. about this weekend's National Conference on Civil Rights at UC Berkeley.. the truth about military use of depleted uranium
Wednesday November 13, 2002 - It's about more than oil, the US and Britain want to redraw the entire map of the Middle East.. Israel continues to steal Palestinian Arab land.. Rainforest Action Network targets CitiGroup.
Tuesday November 12, 2002 - A troubling human rights report says 4 million people could die in a new Iraqi war; are weapons inspections an alternative to war or a prelude to war?.. 2,500 California prisoners in solitary confinement, some go on hunger strike to protest the 'lousiest' lockups in America.
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.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Search/View All Archived ShowsArchivist's note: you can help us preserve flashpoints broadcasts, please make a cassette or digital copy
The following inspirational piece by new paradigm author, Marianne Williamson, excerpted from her book, "A Return to Love" and quoted by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 inaugural address: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light--not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves--who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous ?
Actually, who are you--not to be ?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small-- doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking, so that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
We are liberated from our own fear; our presence automatically liberates others.
"The attitude of great poets is to cheer up slaves and horrify despots" ...Walt Whitman
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
'The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account.' Walter Lippmann
" Love them all. Por favor mantengan las víctimas de la tragedia en sus corazons. Amor a todos. Please keep the victims of the world's tragedies in your hearts. ", from all of us at Flashpoints.net
peace in our time |
