Shows featuring Giuliana Sgrena

  • Italian Journalist Giuliana Sgrena to Appeal Court Ruling Dismissing Trial Against U.S. Soldier Accused of Shooting Her and Killing an Italian Intelligence Agent in Iraq

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    The soldier, Mario Lozano, blames Giuliana Sgrena for the shooting which occurred shortly after she was freed after being held hostage in Iraq. He criticized Sgrena for going to Iraq and reporting on the war: "She knows that if she’s going to go talk to terrorists, she knows there’s a 99 percent chance she will get caught. ... It’s not my fault. It’s not America’s...
    October 30, 2007 | Story

  • Young People of Color Take on Clear Channel Dominance in Bay Area

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    We speak with Youth Media Council director, Malkia Cyril who has been working with youth activists and people of color to take on the dominance of Clear Channel in the Bay area. She says the 1996 Telecommunications Act, "Manifested in fewer young people on the air, fewer local artists able to get on the air...in the digital age, it depends on people of color to take to activism." [includes...
    January 12, 2007 | Story

  • As Bush Commits More Troops to Iraq, UFPJ Calls For March on Washington to End War

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    We speak with Leslie Cagan, the national director of United For Peace and Justice. The group has called for a March on Washington on January 27 to end the war. Cagan says, "I do not think anybody really understood just how deeply the feeling against the war is in this country was until Nov. 7th." [includes rush transcript]
    January 11, 2007 | Story

  • NYC hears legislation to create buffer zones around reproductive health clinics
    Yesterday, New York City Council public safety committee held hearings on legislation to protect center patients and physicians from protest and harassment. We speak to Jennifer Brown, Director of Reproductive Rights Unit in the Civil Rights Bureau of the office of the NYS Attorney General Elliott Spitzer, Arthur Eisenberg, Legal Director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, and Debra Sweet from...
    August 22, 2001 | Story