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Tune in on Friday for a special report from investigative journalist Allan Nairn on the White House’s proposal to lift a ban on U.S. training of a controversial elite Indonesian military unit known as Kopassus. The special forces unit has been linked to scores of human rights abuses in East Timor, Aceh, Papua, and Java since its formation in the 1950s. We reached Allan in Indonesia on Thursday afternoon. The entire interview can be heard online here.
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Debbie Almontaser has won a victory in her battle against discrimination. She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out.
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Rachel Corrie’s (Posthumous) Day in Court
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April 2003 Archive
Wednesday, April 30, 2003
- Headlines for April 30, 2003
- Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones and Others Read From Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States”: Hour One of Two-Hour Special Commemorating the Millionth Copy
- A People’s History of the United States Pt. II
- A People’s History of the United States Pt. III
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference Opens to Discuss Nuclear Issues in An Age of Preemptive Attacks: Rebecca Johnson of the Journal Disarmament Diplomacy Joins US From Geneva
- Brutal Crackdown On Iraqi Protesters By US Occupation Forces Is Continuing: U.S. Troops Kill Three More Iraqis in Fallujah Bringing the Total of the Week to 18. We Go to Fallujah to Speak with An Afp
- Jonathan Schell, a Leading Advocate for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Discusses How U.S. Foreign Policy Is Leading to Global Insecurity
- As the Pentagons Spends Tens of Billions On War, the Nation’s Cities and States Face Devastating Budget Crises: From Drug Treatment Centers to Fire Departments to School Systems Budget Deficits Lead t
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
- Headlines for April 29, 2003
- Is a Better World Possible? As Wall Street Brokers Face Record Fines, John Cavanagh, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Martin Khor Examine Alternatives to Economic Globalization
- A Preventive or Preemptive Attack? Stanford Professor David Palumbo-Liu Discusses U.S. Military Policy
- Democratic Elections in Nigeria?: The Voting Ended a Week Ago But the Results Are Still in Dispute. We Will Examine Why with Nigerian Student Leader Sowore Omoyele
- Native American Who Denies U.S. Or Canadian Citizenship Faces Deportation: Charlie “Wolf” Smoke Is Set to Be Deported to the United States Today After Months of Battling Canadian Immigration Authoriti
- The Bush Administration Binds and Gags Environmental Regulators: We Discuss “Operation End Extremism,” Rocket Fuel Contaminated Lettuce and Gag-Orders On the EPA
Monday, April 28, 2003
- Headlines for April 28, 2003
- Reparation Payments to Apartheid Victims in South Africa
- Privatization of the Military and the Defense Policy Board
- US Soldiers Strip Naked Four Suspected Looters and Parade Them Through the Streets: The Norwegian Reporter Who Broke the Story Joins US From Baghdad
- Who Really Saved Private Jessica Lynch?
- Argentina Is Set to Have a Runoff Between Two Peronists, Ex President Carlos Menem and Governor Nestor Kirchner: We Go to Argentina to Speak with Naomi Klein
Friday, April 25, 2003
- Headlines for April 25, 2003
- An Infringement of Freedom of the Press? the FBI Opens and Seizes Mail Sent From One Associated Press Reporter to Another
- Who Was Deep Throat? a University of Illinois Professor and His Class Say They Have Uncovered the Identity of the Nixon Insider Who Exposed the Story Behind the Break-in of Watergate
- An Exclusive Look at a U.S. Bombing in Iraq That Killed Three Family Members in Iraq: Journalist Julia Guest Discusses the Tragedy She Came Across While Reporting in Iraq
- Leaked Document Exposes Pro-Israel Lobby’s Manipulation of U.S. Public: We Talk with Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada
- Former Iraqi Foreign Minister Tariq Aziz Turns Himself in to US Forces
- China Quarantines Thousands of Beijing Residents As Sars Worsens
- Ex-Agent Indicted in Tulia Drug Cases
Thursday, April 24, 2003
- Headlines for April 24, 2003
- University of Chicago Professor Bruce Cumings On U.S. and North Korea Relations
- Poet and Writer Grace Paley Joins us in the Studio to Talk About the Peace Movement and the Role of Poets in a Time of War
- San Francisco Chronicle Fires Reporter for Protesting
- A Look at the First Newspaper Published in Iraq After the Invasion
- Edward Said Speech
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
- Headlines for April 23, 2003
- Precarious Situation in Baghdad: Report From Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness
- Mines and Unexploded Munitions in Iraq Continue to Maim and Kill: Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group Speaks From Northern Iraq
- Discussion On Use of Animals in the Military
- Newly Discovered DNA Evidence Proves Death Row Juvenile Innocent
- Pilgrimage and Protest, the Shia of Iraq: We Speak to Professor Abukhalil About Shia Sentiment in Iraq
- Columbia University Professor Edward Said: History, Colonialism and How the U.S. Is Changing the Map of the Middle East
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
- Headlines for April 22, 2003
- “My Feeling Is That There Will Be a War–It May Already Have Begun–Against the Americans By the Iraqis”: British Journalist Robert Fisk Discusses Looting, the U.S. Targeting of Journalists, the Pos
- Nina Simone 1933-2003: The High Priestess of Soul Dies at Age 70
- Dennis Kucinich On War, Abortion, Corporate-Financed Campaigns & the Democratic Party: The Presidential Candidate and Chair of the Progressive Caucus Joins US in Our Firehouse Studios
- Publisher of Harper’s Magazine Calls a Story in Yesterday’s New York Times “The Closest Thing I’ve Ever Seen to American State Media” and “A Watershed in the History of the Paper”
Monday, April 21, 2003
- Headlines for April 21, 2003
- Setbacks in Winning Iraqi Hearts: A Report From Baghdad By Christian Science Monitor Reporter Scott Peterson
- A Look at How the CIA Backed and Financed Saddam Hussein 40 Years Ago in An Effort to Assassinate Iraq’s Then Prime Minster
- Bush Nominates “Islamophobe” Daniel Pipes to the United States Institute of Peace: We Talk with Pipes and Representatives From American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee and the Council On American I
- IDF Shoots and Kills Associated Press Cameraman in the West Bank: Nazeh Darwazeh Is the Seventh Journalist Killed in Last Two Years By Israeli Forces. We Talk to An Eyewitness
- White House Calls for Iraqi Sanctions Against Iraq to Be Lifted in Phases: We Talk to Dennis Halliday, Former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq
- Seder Sisters: Jewish Women Observe Passover By Taking On Patriarchy, Militarism and the Israeli Occupation
Friday, April 18, 2003
- Headlines for April 18, 2003
- Dr. April Hurley, Recently Back From Baghdad, Speaks About Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the Badly-Burned Child Amputee Wounded in a Missile Strike On His House
- A Debate Between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council On American-Islamic Relations and a Professor of Religious Studies On Christian Missionary Groups Heading to Iraq
- Bechtel Group Wins First Major Iraq Reconstruction Contract
- On the 100th Anniversary of the Publication of ‘The Souls of Black Folk’ a Look at the Life of W.E.B. Dubois
- Ghetto Life 101: Lealan Jones Speaks About War and the Radio Documentary He Made 10 Years Ago in Southside Chicago
Thursday, April 17, 2003
- Headlines for April 17, 2003
- U.S. Forces Kill at Least a Dozen in Mosul: Independent Journalist May Ying Welsh Look at What the City Was Like Before the Invasion
- Did U.S. Antiquities Dealers Plan to Loot Iraq Themselves: A Debate Between the American Council for Cultural Policy and the Cambrian Archaeological Association
- The Pentagon, Propaganda & PR: A Look at Victoria Clarke & Margaret Tutwiler and Washington’s Public Relations Campaign On Iraq
- Noam Chomsky On the Invasion of Iraq, U.S. Global Dominance, Oil and How Washington Is Helping to Ignite a New Arms Race
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
- Headlines for April 16, 2003
- The Unexploded Bombs of Baghdad: Christian Science Monitor Reporter Scott Peterson Reveals How Cluster Bombs Are Still Killing Iraqis
- Former U.S. Rep. Cynthia Mckinney Speaks Out On the Unseen Costs of War
- U.S. Marines Raid the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad: We Go to the Iraqi Capital to Speak with a Reporter Inside the Hotel
- The Baseball Hall of Fame Cancels “Bull Durham” Celebration Citing Actor Tim Robbins’ Opposition to War. Robbins Joins us in Our Firehouse Studio
- “Democracy Is Coming To Iraq And Is Being Met With U.S. Gunfire”: 20,000 Shia Muslims Protest Against U.S. Led Government Talks In Nasiryah. As’ad Abukhalil Talks About The Prospect Of A Civil War Bet
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
- Headlines for April 15, 2003
- U.S. Sets Its Eyes On Syria: Washington Diplomatically and Economically Threatens Iraq’s Neighbor As the Region’s Newest “Rogue State”
- Syrian Expert Patrick Seale and Columbia University Professor Edward Said Discuss the State of the Middle East After the Invasion of Iraq
- Did U.S. Antiques Collectors Have Plans to Loot Iraq Themselves? International Outrage Continues at U.S. Failure to Protect the Famous National Museum Or Baghdad’s National Library and Archives
- Congressman Jerrold Nadler On the Endless War: Is Iran & Syria Next?
- International Attorneys Announce Plans to Investigate War Crimes in Iraq: Alleged Crimes By Both U.S. and Iraq Would Be Examined
- Thousands Rally in Los Angeles to Protest War: We Hear From the Rev. James Lawson
Monday, April 14, 2003
- Headlines for April 14, 2003
- For the Third Time in a Month Israeli Forces Have Seriously Injured Or Killed An International Activist in the Occupied Territories
- Israeli Diplomats Head to Washington to Outline Opposition to Bush’s ‘Road Map’ to Peace: The U.S. Israeli Embassy and a Chief Palestinian Negotiator Debate the Current Proposal
- Over 170,000 Ancient Artifacts Have Been Destroyed Or Stolen From the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad. We Will Go to Baghdad and Oxford to Talk About What Was Lost
- Indian Writer Arundhati Roy On the Invasion of Iraq and India’s Threat to Preemptively Attack Pakistan
- Who Is Set to Profit in Post-Invasion Iraq? BBC Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Says Madonna, Record Companies and Free Trade Advocates May Be Among the Unexpected Winners
Friday, April 11, 2003
- Headlines for April 11, 2003
- Democracy Now! Vs. the New York Post: Dn! Host Amy Goodman Debates Post Columnist John Podhoretz On C-Span in a Live Simulcast with Pacifica. They Discuss War, the Peace Movement and What Comes
- Kurds Pull Out of Kirkuk After Turkey Threatened to Send in Troops: We Go to Northern Iraq for a Report
- Congress Considers Bill to Grant Automatic Citizenship to Some Immigrant Soldiers Fighting in Iraq: But There Is a Catch, the Law Would Only Apply to Soldiers Who Die in Combat
- Saying No to War By Saying No to the Irs: With the Deadline for Filing Income Tax Four Days Away, Thousands of Americans Are Refusing to Pay Federal “War” Taxes
Thursday, April 10, 2003
- Headlines for April 10, 2003
- Iraq Regime Disintegrates As Fighting and Looting Continues in Baghdad: May Ying Welsh Reports Live From the Iraqi Capital
- Spanish Journalists Protest Death of Colleague Who Was Killed By U.S. Forces
- Kaveh Golestan 1950-2003: A Look at the Life of the Pulitzer Prize Winning Iranian Photojournalist Who Was One of 10 International Journalists Killed in Iraq
- U.S. Occupies An Arab Capital for the First Time in History As Hussein’s Regime Falls: British Reporter Andrew Buncombe Joins US From Baghdad
- A Discussion with An Iraqi American Whose Father Was Murdered and Mother Was Jailed By Saddam Hussein
- Turkey Sends Military Observers Into Kirkuk While U.S. Prepares to Install a New Government: A Look at What Happens After the Invasion Ends with Writer Dilip Hiro and Iraqi American Salam Al-Rawi
Wednesday, April 09, 2003
- Headlines for April 09, 2003
- Looting Breaks Out Near Baghdad As the Presence of the Iraqi Government Diminishes: We Talk to Afp Reporter Ezzadin Said in the Palestine Hotel
- Dissidents Arrested in Cuba in Most Widespread Political Crackdown Since the 1960s: A Debate Between the Cuban Embassy and the Wife of a Jailed Journalist
- CIA Reports Inc Leader Ahmad Chalabi Would Be Ineffective Leader to Replace Saddam Hussein: A Discussion with Lamis Andoni
- US and British Forces Risk Committing War Crimes By Depriving Iraqi Civilians of Safe Water: A Look at Humanitarian Aid Demands in Post-Invasion Iraq
- U.S. Forces Enter Palestine Hotel As Signs Indicate That Iraq Regime Has Lost Power in the Capital: We Go to Baghdad for a Live Report From May Ying Welsh
Tuesday, April 08, 2003
- Headlines for April 08, 2003
- A President, Viceroy, Governor Or Sheriff? a Look at Jay Garner, the U.S. General and Defense Contractor Slated to Oversee Post-War Iraq
- U.S. Bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV Offices in Baghdad Killing One: We Talk to Jihad Ballout From Al Jazeera
- Over 1,000 Protest in Northern Ireland Where Blair & Bush Hold War Summit
- U.S. Forces Shell Palestine Hotel in Baghdad Where Most of the Unembedded International Reporters Were Staying, at Least One Journalist Is Killed. We Go to Baghdad to Speak with Independent Journalist
- Colorado Court Convicts Three Nuns for Anti-War Action: Plowshare Activists Had Broken Into U.S. Missile Silo to Protest War
- Police Fire Rubber Bullets, Wooden Pellets and Concussion Grenades at Anti-War Protesters and Dockworkers Yesterday in Oakland: In New York 100 Arrested at Peaceful Protest Outside of Carlysle Group
- To Remember the First Anniversary of the Israeli Invasion of Jenin, We Hear the Story of a Palestinian Survivor
Monday, April 07, 2003
- Headlines for April 07, 2003
- U.S. Forces Reportedly Enter Saddam Hussein’s Palaces After Thousands of Iraqis Are Killed: We Go to Baghdad for a Report From May Ying Welsh
- Israeli Forces Shoot and Seriously Injure U.S. Peace Activist: We Talk with An Eyewitness in Jenin
- Justice Department Detains Computer Engineer and Bars Attorneys From Discussing the Case: A Former Intel Vice President Creates Website to Highlight the “Disappearance”
- With the Number of Casualties in Baghdad Soaring, Hospitals Are Forced to Stop Counting: The International Red Cross Responds to the Humanitarian Crisis
- Roundtable On Iraq: Katrina Vanden Heuvel of the Nation, Alexander Cockburn of Counterpunch, Michael Albert of Z Magazine and Afp Reporter Nayla Razzouk in Baghdad Discuss the Fir
Friday, April 04, 2003
- Headlines for April 04, 2003
- The United States Is “The Greatest Purveyor of Violence in the World Today”: We Hear From Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speak Out Against the Vietnam War On the 35th Anniversary of His Assassination a
- We Don’t Do Body Counts" Says Gen. Tommy Franks: To Counter the Pentagon’s Refusal to Track Civilian Casualties We Talk with the Founders of Iraqbodycount.Net
- Saying No to War: Stephen Funk Becomes One of the Country’s First Conscientious Objectors Since the Iraq Invasion
- Don’t Fight in This Illegal War: British Mp George Galloway Explains Why He Is Telling Soldiers to Resist Orders in Iraq
- An Hour with CNN’s Aaron Brown On the Network’s Coverage of the Anti-War Movement, the Sanitization of the War in Iraq and Why He Feels This Is An Inappropriate Time for Reporters to Ask Questions Abo
Thursday, April 03, 2003
- Headlines for April 03, 2003
- U.S. Forces Close in On Baghdad From Two Directions: We Go to the Iraqi Capital to Talk with Umembedded Reporter May Ying Welsh
- Kesbeh Family Arrives in Jordan After Being Deported From Houston: We Talk with Them From a Refugee Camp Where the Family of Nine Now Lives Near Penniless in a Single Bedroom
- Green You Go, Yellow You Are Questioned and Red You Don’t Fly: As Delta Airlines Prepares to Rate the Terror Threat of Every Passenger, We Host a Debate On Privacy and Security
- Over 60 People Dead After US Bombs Impoverished Iraqi Neighborhood in Hilla: We Talk to the AFP Reporter Who Saw Cluster Bomblets There
- Send in Giant, Armored Bulldozers, Israeli Military Advises U.S. Troops Poised to Invade Baghdad: But When Confronted By Peace Activist, Retired Israeli General Admits Israeli Troops Make "Many Mistak
Wednesday, April 02, 2003
- Headlines for April 02, 2003
- "Until This Administration It Had Been Possible to Believe That By Upholding the Policies of My President I Was Also Upholding the Interests of the American People and the World. I Believe It No Longe
- Civilian Casualties Mount in Iraq: We Talk with Iraq Peace Team Member Cliff Kindy Who Just Left Baghdad
- State of Texas to Overturn 39 Drug Convictions in Tulia: In 1999 One White Detective Arrested 15 Percent of the Town’s African-American Population in Drug Sweep
- “Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You”: A Discussion with Media Critic Norman Solomon
- Yesterday the Supreme Court Heard Opening Arguments in Two Landmark Cases That May Decide the Future of Affirmative Action: We’ll Have Our Own Debate Today
- An Embedded Reporter Comes Home After a Stint in Iraq
Tuesday, April 01, 2003
- Headlines for April 01, 2003
- Thousands of Students Protest Outside the U.S. Supreme Court Calling to Preserve Affirmative Action
- Democrats Accuse House Republicans of Slashing $15 Billion in Veterans Benefits in Favor of Tax Cuts for the Rich. We Will Have a Debate On the New Budget
- Fragging Returns to the Frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. Kills Two Fellow Soldiers in Grenade Attack in First Such Attack Since Vietnam
- US Troops Shoot and Kill at Least 7 Iraqis Including Women and Children: We Go to Baghdad for a Report From Unembedded Journalist May Ying Welsh
- Rumsfeld Ignored Advice On Top Pentagon Generals On Iraq: Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Seymour Hersh On the War, Richard Perle’s Resignation, Gen. Barry Mccaffrey & More
- “Don’t Mess with My Soldiers. Don’t Mess with Them Because They Are Trained Like Dogs to Kill. And They Will Kill You If You Try Again”: U.S. Military Detains and Beats Foreign Journalists in Iraq. We
