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In still one more act of peaceful disobedience to the violent Israeli military, thousands of Palestinians trapped in Gaza form a human chain at the northern border fence, Kristen Ess reports; also, we’ll get full analysis from Ali Abunimah; and investigative reporter Allan Nairn on the possibility of another full-scale Israeli invasion into Lebanon.
An investigative report into Penny Pritzker, the 2008 campaign finance chairman for Barack Obama, who was a key mover and shaker in creating the sub-prime meltdown; also, Oakland police gun down a grandmother in the back, we’ll have an update; police attack DQ Indigenous University and arrest several students; and we hear excerpts from the … Continued
Fidel Castro shakes the world again, this time with an announcement that he will no longer seek Cuba’s presidency; also, tree-sitters under attack by homeland security forces in Berkeley; Kristen Ess reports on Israel’s continued program to annihilate Hamas; and we hear excerpts from the hard-hitting film, Fidel: The Untold Story.
US-made Israeli warplanes kill 14 people in two days, including eight members of a family in Gaza, we’ll get an eyewitness report from the ground; and an encore presentation of our interview with David Ray Griffin on his soon-to-be-released book, 9-11 Contradictions.
A presentation of the documentary "The War on Democracy," about US intervention in Latin America, by author, journalist, and film maker John Pilger.
Berkeley City Council caves under pressure and withdraws strong language refering to US Marine Recruiters in Berkeley as "unwelcome intruders," we’ll continue our discussion with members of a growing resistance movement against the intruders; also, former weapons inspector Scott Ritter with a new speech on the mainstream corporate media’s pro-war spin on Iran and Iraq.
Hundreds of students from Berkeley High School join a growing movement of activists trying to run the Marine recruiters out of the city; also, National Lawyers Guild President Marjorie Cohn speaks out against Bush’s Guantanamo terrorist indictments; Maya Orozco with the Longest Walk as it arrives in Sacramento; Kristen Ess reports from the occupied West … Continued
