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We’ll get an update on the health condition of Dr. Sami al-Arian, professor and Palestinian-American activist after he temporarily suspended his life-threatening hunger strike in protest against the US government’s continued attacks against him, we’ll speak to his daughter, Laila; also, Condoleezza Rice returns to the Middle East to jump-start the so-called peace process, as … Continued
We broadcast live from Sonoma State University at the ninth annual Labor and Social Action Conference! The theme of tonight’s program is in the context of Immigrant Rights In North Bay and Beyond. With live guests and musicians, including Peter Phillips of Project Censored.
Dr. Sami al-Arian, professor and Palestinian-American activist on his 60th day of a life-threatening hunger strike to protest the US government’s continued attacks against him, including deportation to nowhere, we’ll speak to his daughter, Laila; also, muckraker Alexander Cockburn talks about the downfall of US journalism; our special correspondent Sarah Olson reports from a traveling … Continued
Congress moves to subpoena Bush officials in the Gonzales-Gate scandal, we’ll speak with Greg Palast and Bob Parry about the unfolding scandal; also, Israeli occupation forces re-invade Nablus in the West Bank, killing one Palestinian; we’ll speak with a former state department diplomat about the unfolding wars in the Middle East; and the Knight Report.
Privatizing the US Presence in Iraq: Jeremy Scahill on his new book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army; Alison Weir of If American Knew discusses the Israeli policy of strip-searching Palestinian and Palestinian-American children; more on the Bush administration’s firing of judges; and the Knight Report.
We’re back in the San Francisco Mission District at New College of California! A former high-level Pentagon planner takes on Bush, the war in Iraq and the next war in Iran; also, an Iraqi businessman talks about the destruction of his country, four years into the occupation and war; protesters take direct actions in San … Continued
Kathy Kelly speaks out against four years of bloody war and occupation; also, leading Palestinian rights activist Huwaida Arraf talks about what solidarity looks like in the context of the unending Israeli occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine while commemorating the fourth anniversary of the murder of Rachel Corrie; direct actions planned against Chevron and … Continued
We’re back in the San Francisco Mission District at New College of California with an immigrant youth speak out against the war; we’ll also have a report from Washington, DC, where a number of activists were arrested at the Capitol for protesting the failure of Democrats to cut off funding for the war and occupation; … Continued
The White House and the Attorney General under fire for firing eight prosecutors based solely on their political views; also, protesters occupy the Congressional offices in Maryland and Washington DC of Senior Democrat and Dean of the Women’s Caucus Barbara McCulskey; plus, more violence in occupied Palestine as Israeli death squads continue to round up … Continued
A special Block report on the San Francisco Black Panther trial, and 25 years of oppression of Black liberation; also, military mom Tina Richards confronts David Olby, the powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee about her son’s treatment and the illegal war in Iraq; plus, in violation of all previous agreements, Israel continues to … Continued
