Behind the News – August 9, 2008
Behind the News covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Behind the News covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII; Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide; South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War; South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports. Today’s Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Convicted in Gitmo War … Continued
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII; Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide; South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War; South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports. Today’s Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Convicted in Gitmo War … Continued
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Host Lakota Harden interviews Madonna Thunder Hawk about the Mt. Rushmore Takecover of 1970, honoring of the memory of that action. Also Ray Fiddler talks about the upcoming Gathering of Native Americans in the South Bay. Music by Ulali.
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Ruby McCullum A trail of lies, secrets and racial prejudice is uncovered when a pair of journalists, Zora Neale Hurston and William Bradford Huie, investigate the murder of a white doctor by an affluent African-American woman. Based on a true case in South Florida in 1952, this suspenseful drama has powerful implications to this day, posing … Continued
Hamdan a Test Case for Military Justice, Mumia Abu Jamal on Media Coverage of Elections, US Deal with India is Beyond Nuclear, Black Agenda Report on Afghanistan, Highly Organized Puerto Rican Teachers Face Repression. Current Affairs and Analysis with Sonali Kolhatkar.
Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs; Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack; The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is "Just as Bad as Iraq." Today’s Headlines * House OKs Housing Aid … Continued
Death by Taser: Police Accused of Cover-Up in Death of African American Man Shocked Nine Times While in Handcuffs; Friend of Mexican Immigrant Beaten to Death in Pennsylvania Gives Eyewitness Account of Attack; The Forgotten War: Sonali Kolhatkar on Why Afghanistan is "Just as Bad as Iraq."Today’s Headlines * House OKs Housing Aid After … Continued
The Morning Show talks with Nathan Witling, GTMO Detainee, Omar Kadr’s lawyer. Followed by excerpts from the House Judiciary Committee Hearing with Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense. Then David Bacon, labor correspondent, talks about lay offs at the Contra Costa Times and a statewide strike at the University of California. In the second … Continued
Embedded Photojournalist Accuses US Military of Censorship After Being Barred for Publishing Photo of Dead Marine; Court Interpreter Breaks Confidentiality Code to Speak Out for Workers Rounded Up in Largest Immigration Raid in U.S. History. Headlines * Bush Administration Moves to Bail Our Mortgage Companies * IndyMac Bank Collapses; Second Largest Bank Failure in … Continued