Monday, October 26, 2009

Annual Peace Cycle Finishes in Jerusalem: Laura Abraham and George Rishmawi

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Laura Abraham of the Peace Cycle wraps up another successful bicycle trip for peace in Israel and the West Bank. We also talk with a representative of one of the tour sponsors, George Rishwami of the Siraj Center for Holy Land Studies located just outside Jerusalem.

A clip of former Israeli prime minister Olmert accused of war crimes in San Francisco.

Voices from the 350 events and Ban Ki Moon on the anniversary of the UN Charter.

Sunday, October 18, 2009

David Boyajian on Armenia and Vivien Sansour, Palestinian poet

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David Boyajian is an on Armenia American writer and activist commenting on the recent protocols signed - not yet ratified - between Turkey and Armenia. He reviews the Caucuses and Caspian region and the geopolitics behind US, USSR, EU, and NATO interest in the region as well why Armenians around the world are outraged by the protocols.

Vivien Sansour is a poet, theater director, and activist who shares her poetry and as well as what stimulates her to write, create, and act for justice.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Dahr Jamail and Susan Galleymore on War and Resistance

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Dahr Jamail is author of The Will to Resist published in 2009 by Haymarket Press and Susan Galleymore is author of Long Time Passing: Mothers Speak about War and Terror, published in 2009 by Pluto Press.

Both Dahr Jamail and Susan Galleymore presented at the University of Idaho in Moscow Idaho. This show airs the main event and includes portions of the Q & A session.

If anyone is in doubt that The Global War on Terror is a mechanism and a tool to force open trade and markets for corporate profiteers should look to VP Joe Biden's recent trip to Iraq on behalf of corporate interests. There, VP Biden urged Nouri Al-Maliki to “resist the temptation to demand hefty payments from the international oil companies as the price for doing business with the new Iraq....it's in the interest of every Iraqi to accept a smaller piece of a much bigger pie.”
One wonders why the corporate interests he represents are not willing to "accept a smaller piece of a much bigger pie.”"

Monday, October 5, 2009

Lisa Sullivan on School of the Americas and Honduras

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Lisa Sullivan is a community organizer originally from Virginia who has spent most of her life working in Venezuela. She presents her story at Holy Names University in Oakland, CA. and talks about how she came to be involved with the School of the Americas Watch (SOAW).

Lisa Sullivan goes into detail about how SOA trains Latin American military personnel and how many of these trainees end up conducting coups in their own countries.

Learn how you can get involved in SOAW at the annual gathering at Ft. Benning, GA in November.