Nightmarish Scenes at New Orleans Convention Center We begin our special coverage of Hurricane Katrina by going to New Orleans to hear the voices of refugees stranded outside the city’s Convention Center. As camera crews passed by on Thursday hundreds of stranded people started chanting for help. Daily News Reporter in New Orleans: Scope of … Continued
Bush Supreme Court Nominee tied directly to the Administration’s wide-ranging program of illegal detention, abuse and torture, we’ll have a special report on what appears to be an illegal conflict of interest on the part of Judge Roberts; plus, Ali Abunimah on today’s Israeli undercover attack that left five young Palestinians dead; a reading of … Continued
Global warming and the weather, the extremes of weather have been changing rapidly. The tenth planet going around the sun was discovered and is three times farther from the sun than Pluto, which has scientists saying that it might not actually be a planet, but a comet. Scientists in South Korea have announced that they … Continued
APPROVED MINUTES KPFA Local Station Board Meeting (Public Portion) Saturday, August 20, 2005, at 1:00 PM Freight and Salvage Coffee House 1111 Addison Street, Berkeley, CA. 1:12PM: Meeting called to order Present for all or part of the meeting: Mary Berg, Max Blanchet, Brian Edwards-Tiekert, Riva Enteen, Ted Friedman, Sherry Gendelman, Annie Hallatt, Chandra Hauptman, … Continued
Conyers Calls For Investigation Into Ashcroft’s Role In CIA Leak Case Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) is calling for an investigation into the role of former Attorney General John Ashcroft in the outing of undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame. Conyers’ call comes after a new report by investigative journalist Murray Waas that a special prosecutor was … Continued
Space program and shuttle Discovery landed on earth successfully. Iranian government determined to build independent nuclear technology and negotiations with European countries is not looking promising. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new guidelines for storage of nuclear waste in Yucca Valley. Bird Flu is in the news and a vaccine has been ordered. Special guest … Continued
Women, Oil and the Role of the U.S. in Iraq’s New Constitution The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution called for the creation of an autonomous Shiite Region in Southern Iraq. We speak with activist and author Antonia Juhasz about the draft Constitution that is due to be released on Monday. Protest on the Range: … Continued
Thurs. August 11: Bombing and Backlash: we find out what’s happening to the Pakistani community in England as a result of the bomb blasts in London. Talking about the atmosphere there as well as the community’s response is Zahed Amanullah in London, who is an editor of www.altmuslim.com. And, Apex covers major Asian Pacific Islander … Continued
Landmark Decision Overturns Cuba 5 Convictions A federal appellate court in Atlanta overturned the convictions of the Cuba 5 and ordered a new trial on the basis that the men could not get a fair trial in the right-wing Cuban exile stronghold of Miami. The five were accused of spying for Cuba. We speak with … Continued
We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki – the only use of nuclear weapons against a civilian population in wartime. We’ll feature an interview about a new documentary called Original Child Bomb about the real impacts of the bombing and how they were covered up for so many years. … Continued
