Shows featuring Beverly Bell
Associate fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies and runs the economic justice group Other Worlds. She is the author of Walking on Fire: Haitian Women’s Stories of Survival and Resistance.
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Beverly Bell: There Is No Plan for Permanently Housing the 1.9 Million Haitians Who Lost Their Homes in the Quake
"People are living in ravines. They are living on sidewalks, jammed up against other houses," says Beverly Bell of the group Other Worlds. "They are creating structures out of any temporary material they can find, a lot of them no more than four sticks and bed sheets." Bell also talks about how the international...July 12, 2010 | Story
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


