2013 Program Archive

June 4 - Who Should be on Trial with Bradley Manning?; The Story Behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower; Obama Introduces Three Judges the Republicans will Filibuster

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 On the second day of the trial of the Wikileaks leaker, we  begin with a retired CIA officer turned political activist Ray McGovern, and discuss who should be on trial with Private Bradley Manning. One of the driving forces behind the creation of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, formed to expose the falsification of intelligence to justify the Iraq war, Ray McGovern has an article at antiwar.com “The Moral Imperative of Bradley Manning”. ray mcgovern

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Then we speak with Chase Madar, the author of a new book “The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story Behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower”, and look into who Bradley Manning is, and why he did what he did, as well as discuss the government’s treatment of the Army Private who has been held without trial for three years, often in unusually harsh conditions. We also discuss Chase Madar’s article at The Nation “Seven Myths about Bradley Manning”.

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Then finally, following today’s introduction in the Rose Garden by President Obama of three judges the Republicans are likely to filibuster, we speak with a long-time Democratic strategist, Carrie Wofford, who recently served Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, running an in-house think tank for Democratic Senators. We  discuss why it has taken so long for the Democrats to push back against the usurpation of power by the Republican’s consistent use of the filibuster and whether majority rule will return to the Senate.

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June 3 - Turkish Media Blackout of Demonstrations; Did China Win the Iraq War?; Finally Push Back Against Republican Obstructionism

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 We begin with a report from Gezi Park in Istanbul, the scene of the original demonstration by environmentalists that was brutally put down and has since morphed into the biggest protest against the ten year rule of Turkey’s Islamist government. Independent journalist Fabien Tepper joins us from the scene of the continuing protests for an update and an analysis of this massive political upheaval that most of the Turkish press is not covering. fabien tepper

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Then we look into the irony that the United States, having made enormous sacrifices with the loss of thousands of lives at a cost of trillions in taxpayer money, lost out to China, now the winner of the Iraq war in terms of access to the oil that the U.S. “liberated”. An expert on oil monarchies and the Gulf States, Gregory Gause, the department chair and professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont, joins us to discuss the changing global oil market.

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Then finally, with the Republicans set to gain another seat in the Senate following the death of Senator Lautenberg, we examine the unprecedented use of the filibuster by the Republicans that has become routine and is now finally being challenged by the White House. Douglas Daniels, a former staff reporter for Campaigns & Elections joins us to discuss the public’s frustration with gridlock that the media blames on both sides, although the Republicans are clearly the obstructionists.

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June 2 - An Update on the Demonstrations in Turkey; An Analysis of Religious/ Secular Tensions in Turkey; A New Cold War? The U.S. Versus Russia and China

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We begin with an analysis of the political upheaval in Turkey where massive demonstrations have taken place in response to a brutal government crackdown on environmental protesters.  Asli Bali a professor at the UCLA School of Law who is in Istanbul joins us for an update on the protests and what this means in terms of Turkey’s role in the opposition to the Assad regime in Syria.

 

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Then we get another analysis on protests against the Islamist government of Prime Minister Erdogan from Soner Cagaptay, a regular columnist for Hurriyat Daily News who writes extensively on U.S./Turkish relations and Turkish domestic policy. He joins us to discuss what looks like a widening religious/secular divide in a country long dominated by the military that has recently seen unprecedented growth and prosperity and an emerging middle class.

 soner chaptay

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Then finally, we speak with Michael Klare, a Five College professor of peace and world security studies about the arms pouring into Syria from Russia and whether there will be a renewed Cold War-like arms race in the region with Russia arming Assad and the U.S. arming Israel. Michael Klare has an article at the Huffington post “The Cold War Redux?”

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June 2

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We begin with an analysis of the political upheaval in Turkey where massive demonstrations have taken place in response to a brutal government crackdown on environmental protesters.  Asli Bali a professor at the UCLA School of Law who is in Istanbul joins us for an update on the protests and what this means in terms of Turkey’s role in the opposition to the Assad regime in Syria.

 

 asli bali

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Then we get another analysis on protests against the Islamist government of Prime Minister Erdogan from Soner Cagaptay, a regular columnist for Hurriyat Daily News who writes extensively on U.S./Turkish relations and Turkish domestic policy. He joins us to discuss what looks like a widening religious/secular divide in a country long dominated by the military that has recently seen unprecedented growth and prosperity and an emerging middle class.

 soner chaptay

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Then finally, we speak with Michael Klare, a Five College professor of peace and world security studies about the arms pouring into Syria from Russia and whether there will be a renewed Cold War-like arms race in the region with Russia arming Assad and the U.S. arming Israel. Michael Klare has an article at the Huffington post “The Cold War Redux?”

 michael klare

 

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June 2

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We begin with an analysis of the political upheaval in Turkey where massive demonstrations have taken place in response to a brutal government crackdown on environmental protesters.  Asli Bali a professor at the UCLA School of Law who is in Istanbul joins us for an update on the protests and what this means in terms of Turkey’s role in the opposition to the Assad regime in Syria.

 

 asli bali

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Then we get another analysis on protests against the Islamist government of Prime Minister Erdogan from Soner Cagaptay, a regular columnist for Hurriyat Daily News who writes extensively on U.S./Turkish relations and Turkish domestic policy. He joins us to discuss what looks like a widening religious/secular divide in a country long dominated by the military that has recently seen unprecedented growth and prosperity and an emerging middle class.

 soner chaptay

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Then finally, we speak with Michael Klare, a Five College professor of peace and world security studies about the arms pouring into Syria from Russia and whether there will be a renewed Cold War-like arms race in the region with Russia arming Assad and the U.S. arming Israel. Michael Klare has an article at the Huffington post “The Cold War Redux?”

 michael klare

 

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