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Recent ProgramsShow 220 "Stop Loss Congress" Interviews with students who took part in the Stop Loss Congress campaign in DC on March 19, 2008, trying to get Congress to bring the troops home now. Iraq Veterans Against the War trailer about the Winter Soldier Testimony. Joel Kovel speaks about why the Israel Lobby is so vicious. Show 219 "War Resister" David McReynolds, veteran anti-war activist is interviewed in New York City, John Dugard UN Rapporteur on Palestine talks in Boston, video from Feb. 29 in Bil'in from the Occupied West Bank and Jewish-American Joel Kovel on attempts to suppress his book "Overcoming Zionism". Show 218 "Pakistan Plus" Junaid Ahmad - President of the Muslim Law Students Association speaks about Pakistan. Interview with Bill Weinberg on the Iraqi "civil resistance" anti-occupation,l anti-religious fanatics, defending their neighorhoods. Video from the UK about a demo for the Palestinians Show 217 "A Protest and a Firing" March 19, 2008 anti-war protest in New Haven, exclusive video of statement by Debbie Almontaser, NYC principal fired for being an observant Muslim and a dual language Arab/English public school, also Mona Eldahry, Director of AWAAM: Arab Women Active in the Arts and Media tells how Almontaser witch hunt harmed her group. Show 216 "It's the Oil" Michael Schwartz of SUNY at Stoneybrook shows how the desire for plentiful cheap oil lead to the Iraq invasion. Stanley Heller sums up the 5 year disastrous Iraq invasion and occupation. Show 215 "Operation Gaza 'Shoah' " Professor Richard Wolff of UMass talks about how the mega-debt based US economy is toppling. Palestinian-American Mazin Qumsiyeh talks about the situation in the Occupied Territories in February. Stanley Heller comments on the brutal Israeli attacks on Gaza starting at the end of February. Show 214 "Recession" Professor Richard Wolff explains how the greed and exploitation of our beloved economy has brought us to what he believes will be the worst recession since '74 or '37. Also two Remi Kanazi poems. Show 213 "Eyewitness in Palestine" An interview with Melissa Lane who was in the Gaza Strip just before the settlers left in 2005 and then in the West Bank in 2007. Also the scandal of Israeli strip seraches of Palestinian women and children presented in the video "The Easiest Targets" which was produced by If Americans Knew Show 212 "But When I got to Iraq" Adam Kokesh an activist in Iraq Veterans Against the war talks about how serving in Iraq turned him even more against the war. SDS member Kristine Richard and sister of an Iraq war veteran is interviewed. News about the Winter Soldier testimony by Iraq Veterans Against the War in March. Show 211 "Displaced in Israel" The show opens with video of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter on the 20th anniversary of the dismissal of all charges against him, then an interview in Nazareth Israel with Daud Badr, a leader of the movement of Palestinian citizens of Israel who were thrown out of their homes during and after the 1947-1948 war and never allowed back, concluding with an interview of Eric Triffin, West Haven, CT Health Department Director on the continuting Tobacco Settlement Funds scandal. Show 210 "Combatants Tour Stop" Bassam Aramin and Yonatan Shapira of Combatants for Peace on the Orange CT stop o f their northeast tourn. Combatants are former Palestinian and Israeli fighters. [Both these men were interviewed on ABC NYC/NJ interview program.] Show 209 “More John Pilger” Stanley Heller salutes Palestinians for destroying the wall between Gaza and Egypt. More of the talk by John Pilger. Bassam Aramin of Combatants for Peace talks about how his ten year old daughter was wantonly killed by an Israeli soldier. Show 208 “Pilger on ‘Professional’ Journalism” Legendary journalist and documentary maker John Pilger. Also Attorney General Blumental speaks at a press conference blasting CT for not spending money on preventing tobacco addiction. Stanley Heller talks about the stock market meltdown and why a depression might be on the way. Show 207 “Refugee Camp” In Askar Camp near Nablus Stanley Heller interviews Amjad Rafai. Also in upscale North Haven, CT Unidad Latina En Accion pickets an Outback Restaurant calling for a boycott until it reaches a settlement with women who claim their were fired after complaining about sexual harassment. Show 206 “Defying Demolitions” Interviews in Anata near Jerusalem with supporters of ICAHD, the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitons, Linda Ramsden a former Christian-Zionist, Lilian Gonzalez of San Franciscto and Salim Shawamreh, who has had his home demolished four times. Also more of the interview with Dr. Uri Davis an Israeli anti-apartheid activist who explains why even a major Israeli court victory may not help Israeli Palestinians rights to live in most of Israel. Show 205 "Bethlehem 2007" Photos of Bethlehem on the West Bank with commentary, interview with three speakers at the Nov. 2007 Tree of Life Conference in Old Lyme: Mary Qumsieh a women from Beit Sahour dance troupe, Martin John Nicholls a singer/songwriter and Christian Aid worker and Hajo Mayer, a Jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death camp and a harsh critic of Israel. Closing with Stanley Heller's comment about the scandal in CT how the state refuses to spend Tobacco Settlement money on tobacco prevention ads and programs. (Front page news in CT 1/2/08) Show 204 "Varieties of Racism" In Plainfield, CT demonstration in front of City Hall on account of lack of arrests in incident where family was driven out of town by mob of racists. Also interview in Jerusalem with Dr. Uri Davis who has been writing and challenging Israeli apartheid for decades. Show 203 "Diamond Store Picket" In New York in early December Adalah-NY sponors picket of diamond store owned by Lev Leviev, builder of settlements on stolen Palestinian land. Also Hebron 2007, Stanley Heller interviews Lorin Peters in Hebron on the West Bank in July, also scenes of the deserted streets banned to Palestinians. Show 202 "Remembering" In Tel Aviv Norma Musih of the Israeli group Zochrot talks about efforts to teach Israeli Jews about the Palestinian Nekba (catastrophe). Also coverage of a demonstration in Middletown, CT against the war. Ashley Casale interviewed. Closing with Medea Benjamin's speech on Oct. 27 about Code Pink's "bloody hand" protest in front of Sec. of State Rice. Show 201 "Boston/New Haven Rallies" Howard Zinn at the Oct. 27 anti-war rally in Boston, also Meriee Najimy and 8 minutes of marchers. Then three speakers at the Nov 26 rally in front of the New Haven Correctional Center protesting CT governor Rell's ending of parole for people convicted of violent crimes: Shelton Tucker, Barbara Fair and State Rep. Bill Dyson. Show 200 "Confronting Dershowitz"Protest in Oct. 2007 at the appearance of Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law professor, originator of the idea of a "torture warrant", infamous apologist for Israel. Also Palestinian-American poet Remi Kanazi and Matan Cohen of the Israeli group "Anarchists Against the Wall" Show 199 "More of the Boston Rally" Our second show about the New England rally against the war on Oct. 27, 2007. CT. Melida Arrendando, a Gold Star stepmother whose son was killed in Iraq, Salma Abu Ayyash on Palestine, Cate Levin sings "Imagine", Rostam Pourzal on Iran, CT AFL-CIO president John Olsen, Stanley Heller talks about Bush's "success" in Iraq Show 198 "Jenin 2007" Interviews in Jenin in the northern part of the West Bank in July. Also remarks of Jenin filmmaker at Yale in October. Esam Alawni, Chief ... all » Afministrator of Jenin's Khalil Suleiman Hospital, Jonathan of the Freedom Theater in Jenin camp and Juliano Mer Khamis, director of Arna's Children and [Israeli] resident of Jenin when he spoke at Yale University Show #197 "New England Anti-War" The first part of the October 27 anti-war rally in Boston. Rapper Son of Nun, Iraq Veterans Against the War's Liam Madden, Annie Diamond of Military Families Speak Out, Dahlia Wafsi, American of Iraqi Arab and Jewish background. Show #196 "Water is Life" Ariane Kirtley talks about her project to bring water to a provice in the the country of Niger, the poorest country on earth. Also a briefing about the situation in Jenin in the summer of 2007 by Qadoura Musa, the governor of that West Bank City. Proest in West Haven CT of CUFI, Christians United for Israel, a very dangerous group which wants an attack on Iran to literally bring on world war and the end of time, Armageddon and the extinction of most of humanity. Show #195 "Incident in 2000" In Beit Sahour a man describes a brutal attack on himself and his wife as they backed away from an Israeli checkpoint. Interview in Ramallah with Neta Golan of the International Solidarity Movement. Kemora Herrington talks about the Jena 6. Show #194 "Incident at a Checkpoint" In Beit Sahour in the West Bank of Israel/Palestine a man describes what happened to himself and his wife when they backed away from an ... all » Israeli checkpoint in March of 2000. Also an interview with Neta Golan in Ramallah in the summer of 2007. Kemora Herrigton on the Jena 6 Show #193 "Boston October 27 Rally Coming Soon" Thousands or tens of thousands are expected to crowd the Common on the 27th. Howard Zinn is a featured speaker. We feature a speech he gave on Mayday of this year on the New Haven Green. Also three spots advertising the Rally, a general one, one on Palestine and one on Iran. Show #192 "Warschawsky in Jerusalem, Goodnight in Middletown" Israeli peace activist Michael Warschawsky interviewed in Jerusalem in July 2007 about growing Israeli apartheid. US veteran and member of Iraq Veterans Agaisnt the War Ted Goodnight talks about Afghanistan Complete show #191 "Unrecognized - Israel's Invisible Towns" Muhammed Abu al-Haija’s of En Hud village talks about life for 120,000 Israeli Arab citizens who live in towns that Israeli governments refuse to give public services. Also Scott Ritter and then Stanley Heller talk about the false charges that Iran has a nuclear weapons program. PSA on the Oct. 27 anti-war rally in Boston. Dawn Terese sings at Hope out Loud. Interview with Dave Ionno about Bush's new use of Vietnam camparisons. Complete show #190 "The Other Side of Israel" In Tamra Israel remarks by Susan Nathan, an Israeli Jew who lives in that Arab town about the apartheid conditions for Palestinian citizens of Israel. Also Stanley Heller answers General Patraeus with a new strategy: "Cut and Run" Complete show #189 "Bil'in Against the Wall" In Bil'in on the West Bank demonstrators are attacked by Israeli soldiers. Interview with Eyad Bornat, leader of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and with Ibrahim Bornat who was injured by soldiers. Also Dr. Mohammed Daud Miraki author of "Afghanistan After Democracy" You can order Dr. Miraki's book for $25 at his site. For an extended interview with Eyad Bornat click here Complete show #188 "Free Said ......And this is Jerusalem" featuring the Free Zaid rally in Hartford, CT, supporting a Moroccan immigrant arrested by ICE. Also an interview with Salim Shawamreh of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions about the disgraceful conditions in Anata, Jerusalem and an ICHAD volunteer about eyewitness views of house demolitions. Complete show #187 "House Demolitions" In Jerusalem Jeff Halper of the Israeli Committee on House Demolitions speaks of the 18,000 houses the Israeli government has so far bulldozed and the tens of thousands to come. Leslie Angeline of Code Pink speaks of her trip to Iran and her hunger strike against Lieberman. Complete show #186 "Prisoner Release in Ramallah" TVSN coverage of the July 20 release of 250 of the 10,000 Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails. Interview with released prisoner Nidal Rishmawi. See the whole show now at Tanya Reinhart's complete speech during Apartheid Week Feb. 2007 Reinhart spoke at a church in Harlem, New York City. Reinhart died a month later. From Show #185...At Birzeit University in Palestine Alla Nijin is interviewed about the obstacles to education From Show #185...AFSC exhibitEyes Wide Open a collection of boots representing US war dead in Iraq. Reactions from passers-by and relatives of soldiers killed. From Show #184...In Ramallah Neta Golan talks about the founding the International Solidarity Movement Code Pink takes on Lieberman ....Madea Benjamin talks about what her group did in DC in attempting to confront Joe "A Lot Can Be Done From the Air" Lieberman Video of Rachel Corrie speaking in 2003 in the Gaza Strip. The activist was murdered by the Israeli army some time later. March on June 16 in protest of ICE raids that kidnapped immigrant workers in the New Haven Area Link to Jason McGahan's comments at the February 25 Meeting in Danbury to protest the ICE raids that sweep up and deport Latino workers [From The Struggle TV News April 5, 2007] Dramatic talk by U.S. veteran and current leader of Military Families Speak Out The feeder march of the Contingent in the Jan. 27, 2007 UFPJ rally that opposed the Israeli/US war in Lebanon, Palestine and threats against Iran Jonathan Hutto co-founder of "Appeal for Redress" speaks with Stanley Heller. The "Appeal" was sent by 1,000 active duty soldiers calling for withdrawal from Iraq. Famed education critic Jonathan Kozol talks about conditions in America's schools which are more segregated by race now than they've been in 30 years. Kozol talks about a miserable reading program in a Los Angeles school and how minority students are still pushed into low skill programs Israeli activist and exile Tanya Reinhart speaks in New York about how Israeli oppression is worse than old South African apartheid Brother Jack Curran who teaches at Bethlehem University on the Occupied West Bank talks about the city walled in by the Israeli Apartheid Wall Cyrus Bina of the University of Minnesota responds to a question about the wild and objectionable statements made about Israel and about the Holocaust Remi Kanazi, Palestinian poet, reads from his work at a NYC demo against the Lebanon invaison. Fred Louis of Veterans for Peace talks about Vietnam and Iraq Member of Veterans for Peace march in the Nov. Hartford, CT parade Stop Starving Gaza - Stanley Heller talks of the Suffering and the Hypocrisy Congressman McGovern says Stop Funding the Iraq War The UI electric company wants a 38% rate increase. Frank Panzarella explains why folks are protesting their headquarters on Monday, Dec. 18 Amazing footage of scores of Beit Hanoun women going to the mosque to free their men on November 2nd. from the BBC. Unfortunately the BBC refers to the men as "gunmen". Rally for laundry workers in New Haven on Nov. 15. Wilfredo Larancuent, UNITE*HERE Vice President explains why workers need the union from The Struggle #146 Joe Carr Interview Part 1 In 2003 in Gaza Joe Carr was an eyewitness to the murder of his friend Rachel Corrie and photographer Tom Hurndall - interviewed by Stanley Heller TSVN..[10:31 minutes] Joe Carr Interview Part 2 Joe Carr talks about the Christian Peacemaker Team with which he journeyed to Iraq. One of Joe's friends in CPT was kidnapped in 2004 in Iraq and was killed. [10:38 minutes] Remembering Brad Will - Simon Moshenberger talks about his friend Brad Will, the journalist who was assassinated in Oaxaca, Mexico in October [Show #145] Trailer "Soldiers Speak Out" Exit Strategy Charlie Richardson from Military Families tells why we have to get out of Iraq now and how to do it Richardson The 400, Stanley Heller comments on the amazing amount of wealth owned by the top 400 Americans. Also about Congress' new gift for Israel The 400 Complete The Struggle #137 Immigrants Are Welcome Here (28 minutes) posted on Google Video. (Note: Google video makes the picture too large. We recommend that you unclick the maximize button and make the video size a 3" by 3" square. It makes for a sharper picture. Sound is fine no matter what.) From The Struggle #134 "Occupation is a Crime" Thousands March in Washington against Israeli Invasions From show #131 first broadcast August 10 Ralph Nader speaks of Israeli "war crime" in Lebanon Ralph Nader - 4 minutes Video of the march of 1,500 over the Brooklyn Bridge in support of Lebanon and Gaza Brooklyn - 2 minutes From show #130 to be first broadcast August 3 At the July 21 demonstration in Boston, some of the signs and then Hannah Khalil Ritscher talks about the horrors in Lebanon. Ritscher - 2 minutes Nativo Lopez, national director of the Mexican American Political Association harshly crititical of the liberal "compromise" on immigration explains what would be fair Lopez- 1.5 minutes Here are two clips from show #127. Camilo Mejia, after 7 years in the Army decided not to go back to Iraq. He was jailed for months. Now he's in Iraq Vets Against the War. Mejia - 2 minutes David Rovics sings about his unfavorite vehicle in "Hummer" Rovics - 1 minute Here are two clips from show #126. Rob Serra an ex-marine who took part in the invasion of Iraq describes the beginning of his opposition to the war. Rob Serra - 2 minutes Ioanna Gutas journeyed to Lebanon several months ago and speaks of the miserable conditions of Palestinians there. Ionna Gutas - 1 minute 
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