Counterspin – December 24, 2004
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on environmental coverage & Jules Boykoff on global warming.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on environmental coverage & Jules Boykoff on global warming.
Today on Flashpoints, we keep up with our commemorative coverage of late investigative reporter Gary Webb by bringing to you a special encore presentation of a Flashpoints forum with Gary and Guests recorded in June of 1997, and of course the Knight Report.
A newly released document indicates president bush may have directly issued an executive order authorizing abusive interrogation methods against prisoners in iraq.. .the administration denies there was such an order… For only the second time a military panel reverses the designation of a Guantanamo prisoner as an enemy combatant. .the unidentified prisoner will be released… … Continued
Scoop Nisker sits in for Larry Bensky this week on Sunday Salon. First hour features cosmologist and author Brian Swimme, revealing the latest discoveries about the universe and how we can make the latest science personal and relevant to our mythology and religions. In the second hour, Scoop’s guest will be Jerry Mander, media critic … Continued
The U.S. Navy releases documents with new details of abuse, torture and execution of Iraqis. . . . .they show marines forcing juveniles to go through a mock execution, using electric shock on a prisoner and setting fire to a solvent on another. . .. President Bush gives former CIA director George Tenet, former Iraq … Continued
7 am to 6pm PST Pacifica Network Pre-empts Regular Programming for National Simulcast Special Broadcast to Raise Funds To Help Rescue the Rare Valuable Collection of 50,000 Historical Recordings Housed in the Pacifica Radio Archives. Highlights Include: Broadcast of Recently Rediscovered 1972 Recording of Comedy Legend Richard Pryor Reading His Poetry and Commenting on Rebellion … Continued
Zora Neale Hurston’s long-forgotten script Polk County was discovered seven years ago in the Library of Congress. Berkeley Repertory Theatre is now staging the play’s west coast premiere. Two key players in the production are co-adapter Cathy Madison and featured actor Kevin Jackson. Carla Kaplan collected and edited hundreds of Hurston’s letters; her book is … Continued
We continue our drumbeat coverage of the purging of the pro-democracy movement in Haiti by US-backed coup leaders; Kathy Kelly speaks on the suffering in Iraq and visions for justice and change; and the Knight Report.
Remembering March 11: The Madrid Bombings and Their Effect on Spanish Government, Society and the Antiwar Movement Recovering Historic Memory in Spain: Grandson of Man Killed by Franco Finds Remains in Mass Grave Family of Spanish Journalist Killed by U.S. Forces in Baghdad Accuses U.S. of War Crime
War, Activism, and Protest At a time when the United States chooses war over diplomacy, we offer some of Pacifica’s unique perspective on war, activism, and protest beginning with some of the earliest coverage of the Vietnam War.