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Shows featuring Zaki Chehab
Political editor of the London-based Al Hayat newspaper and the Arabic TV channel LBC. For over twenty-five years, he has covered Middle Eastern conflicts as a commentator for the Arab and Western media. He is the author of Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the Militant Islamic Movement.
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Gaza Suffers Most Intense Bombardment of 18-Day Israeli Assault
Residents of Gaza suffered the most intense bombardment of the eighteen-day war last night as Israeli warplanes carried out strikes throughout the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian death toll is now at least 930. More than 4,000 Palestinians have been injured. Thirteen Israelis have died over the past eighteen days. We speak with journalist Zaki Chehab, author of Inside Hamas: The Untold Story of the...January 13, 2009 | Story -
Potato Famine Was Genocide
Irish activists, human rights groups, and lawyers are organizing to
win official recognition that the Irish potato famine of the
mid-19th century was genocide. Already some public schools are now
teaching that the Irish potato famine which claimed an estimated
million lives was a deliberate act of genocide by the British
government. And activists are even planning to stage an
international tribunal to...March 17, 1997 | Story -
Roisin McAliskey
Irish civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin McAliskey’s 25-year-old
pregnant daughter — Roisin — sits in an isolated high security
prison in London, England. She’s awaiting extradition to Germany on
charges that she attempted to murder 150 British soldiers as part
of an IRA commando operation last year.Roisin’s supporters say she’s been framed because of her political...
March 17, 1997 | Story
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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.
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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]
