Today’s Show

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• Former Amb. Martin Indyk vs. Author Norman Finkelstein: A Debate on Israel’s Assault on Gaza and the US Role in the Conflict
• Battle Within SEIU Comes to a Head with Executive Board Vote on Future of One of its Largest Locals

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Wednesday, January 07, 2009

• Headlines
• 40+ Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza School Sheltering Refugees
• Obama Nominee Admiral Dennis Blair Aided Perpetrators of 1999 Church Killings in East Timor (Part II)
• Obama Warns Trillion-Dollar Deficit Could Lead to Extensive Government Budget Cuts

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

• Headlines
• Israeli F-16 Attack Kills Father of Palestinian Journalist; Israel Bombs UN School, Killing Three
• Prominent Austin Activist Admits He Infiltrated RNC Protest Groups as FBI Informant
• New Trouble for an Obama Nominee: Admiral Dennis Blair Aided Perpetrators of 1999 Church Killings in East Timor

Monday, January 05, 2009

• Headlines
• A Debate on Israel’s Invasion of Gaza: UNRWA’s Christopher Gunness v. Israel Project’s Meagan Buren
• US Blocks UN Security Council Vote Calling for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza
• Israeli Professor Under Hamas Rocket Fire, Neve Gordon Condemns Israeli Invasion of Gaza
• Report from Gaza City: Palestinian Journalist Sameh Habeeb on Gaza Under Siege

BLOG

• Amy Goodman’s New Column, “Israeli Voices for Peace”

  Israel’s assault on Gaza, by air, sea and now land, has killed (at the time of this writing) more than 600 Palestinians, with more than 2,700 injured. Ten Israelis have been killed, three of them Israeli soldiers killed by friendly fire. Beyond the deaths and injuries, the people of Gaza are suffering a dire humanitarian crisis that is dismissed by the Israeli government. There is, however, Israeli opposition to the military assault.

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• “Voices of Resistance Sing On”

  Strong voices for peace have left us this year, people who used their art for social change, often at a high personal price. A look at the lives and politics of Odetta, Miriam Makeba and Eartha Kitt.

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• “One Man’s Bid to Aid the Environment”

  A Utah student’s disruption of a federal auction has temporarily blocked a Bush-enabled land grab by the oil and gas industries.

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• “Workers Laid Off, Executives Paid Off, Bernard Madoff”

  The global financial crisis deepens, with more than 10 million in the U.S. out of work, according to the Department of Labor. Unemployment hit 6.7 percent in November. Add the 7.3 million “involuntary part-time workers,” who want to work full time but can’t find such a job. Jobless claims have reached a 26-year high, while 30 states reportedly face potential shortfalls in their unemployment-insurance pools.

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• “A Tale of Two Nobel Nations”

  While the Nobel prizes recognize lifetime achievements in medicine, chemistry, physics, literature, economics and peace, and Sweden is a paragon among progressive, social democracies, there is another side to Sweden and the Nobels that warrants a closer look.

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• Amy Goodman and other Right Livelihood Award Laureates arrive in Stockholm

  The Right Livelihood Awards (RLA) festivities are beginning in Stockholm, Sweden. Joining Amy are her sister RLA Laureates Krishnammal Jagannathan, Asha Hagi, and Monika Hauser.

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• “Chevron in the White House”

  President-elect Barack Obama introduced his principal national-security Cabinet selections to the world Monday and left no doubt that he intends to start his administration on a war footing. Perhaps the least well known among them is retired Marine Gen. James Jones, Obama’s pick for national security adviser. The position is crucial—think of the power that Henry Kissinger wielded in Richard Nixon’s White House. A look into who James Jones is sheds a little light on the Obama campaign’s promise of “Change We Can Believe In.”

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• “Tutu, Obama and the Middle East”

  As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You may not have heard much lately about the disaster in the Gaza Strip. That silence is intentional: The Israeli government has barred international journalists from entering the occupied territory.

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