Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation”; Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers; Democracy Now! Iraq War Timeline Recaps a Decade of Independent Reporting on Occupation and Protest; Right To Heal: Iraqi Civilians Join U.S. … Continued
Dahr Jamail Returns to Iraq to Find Rampant Torture and a Failed State Living in “Utter Devastation”; Ten Years Later, U.S. Has Left Iraq With Mass Displacement & Epidemic of Birth Defects, Cancers; Democracy Now! Iraq War Timeline Recaps a Decade of Independent Reporting on Occupation and Protest; Right To Heal: Iraqi Civilians Join U.S. … Continued
Today we look at the business of the Iraq War with investigative journalist Greg Muttit who uncovered documents showing big oil companies were meeting with the Bush administration in the lead up to the war. But first we’ll talk about how the invasion and occupation marks an important historic moment towards the privatization of war … Continued
[Approved] KPFA Local Station Board Regular in-person meeting, March 9, 2013, 11am-4pm North Berkeley Senior Center 1901 Hearst Ave., Berkeley, CA Note: An audio archive of this meeting is available at www.kpftx.org/archive.php Present: Shahram Aghamir*, Craig Alderson, Mal Burnstein, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, David Gans, Donald Goldmacher, Matthew Hallinan, Cynthia Johnson, Janet Kobren, Jack Kurzweil, Joy Moore, … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of U.S. Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing; CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes; “He Was The Agency”: Ex-CIA Analyst Questions Brennan Claim He Couldn’t Stop Waterboarding, Torture. HeadlinesFebruary 8, 2013 CIA Pick John Brennan Defends Drone Strikes, Targeted Killings CODEPINK Protests … Continued
Tunisia’s second uprising; we’re joined by Zied Mirsi , founder of ,tunisia-live.net currently at the funeral for ,Shokri Belaid as well as Laurie Brand, professor of international relations at University of Southern California Old, Female, and Homeless ; Many elderly Females in San Francisco are living outdoors, and sitting in chairs at drop in centers … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Assassinations of U.S. Citizens Largely Ignored at Brennan CIA Hearing; CODEPINK Repeatedly Disrupts Brennan Hearing Calling Out Names Of Civilians Killed in Drone Strikes; “He Was The Agency”: Ex-CIA Analyst Questions Brennan Claim He Couldn’t Stop Waterboarding, Torture. HeadlinesFebruary 8, 2013 CIA Pick John Brennan Defends Drone Strikes, Targeted Killings CODEPINK Protests … Continued
California Supreme Court to decide on medical Marijuana;Tom Ammiano Assembly member representing the 17th District, chair of public safety committee. Google Racism ; Andrew Leonard , Staff writer, Salon.com Nanomaterials in our Food?; Andy Behar , CEO of the corporate responsibility group As You Sow Unequal Recovery: Black Workers; Steven Pitts , labor policy Specialist, … Continued
Providing Light for Those Providing Light: Bradley Manning. Caroline hosts Kevin Gosztola,co-author of the book Truth and Consequences: The US vs. Bradley Manning and a writer for firedoglake.com. covers WikiLeaks, whistleblowing, the US drone program, the surveillance state and various civil liberties issues. http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/01/31/saluting-bradley-manning/
Is Egypt on the Brink of Collapse? Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports from Restive City of Port Said; Ex-CIA Agent, Whistleblower John Kiriakou Sentenced to Prison While Torturers He Exposed Walk Free; Whistleblower John Kiriakou: For Embracing Torture, John Brennan a “Terrible Choice to Lead the CIA”. HeadlinesJanuary 30, 2013 Obama Backs Bipartisan Immigration Plan, … Continued
