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BTL:After Supreme Court Upholds Obamacare, Single-Payer Advocates Vow to Continue Fight fo Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-07-05 3:25 PM
Interview with Dr. Steffie Woolhandler, professor of public health at City University of New York, co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Federal Reserve Report Reveals Americans’ Dramatic Loss of Wealth Resulting from Finan Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-23 8:10 PM
Interview with William K. Black, associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Mo., conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Egyptian Military Consolidates Power as Muslim Brotherhood Claims Presidency Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-21 12:45 PM
Interview with Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism project at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Statement to Senate Judiciary Committee: Prolonged Solitary Confinement and the Angola 3 Law Professor Angela A. Allen-Bell 2012-06-18 6:07 AM

This statement has been submitted to the US Senate Judiciary Committee for their hearing on June 19, 2012 entitled, “Reassessing Solitary Confinement: The Human Rights, Fiscal and Public Safety Consequences." (image/jpeg)

BTL:Syria's Uprising Descends into Civil War Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-17 6:28 PM
Interview with Chris Toensing, editor of Middle East Report, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

The U.S. Labor Movement at the Crossroads, in the Crosshairs Shamus Cooke 2012-06-10 10:19 AM
The labor movement had better do some deep soul searching, and fast. Although the defeat in Wisconsin is the horrible end to a local drama, the corporate winners hope to turn their victory into the beginning chapter of a national novel. (text/plain)

July Delegation to Venezuela: Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, and Community Power Bolivarian Circle Alberto Lovera 2012-06-09 2:51 PM

We will examine issues of land reform, urban agriculture, rural development, fishing rights, and food sovereignty within a dynamic political context. Venezuela is an outstanding example of a country that strives to ensure its citizens’ right to food while bolstering its domestic agriculture sector, with an emphasis on sustainable agriculture. We will also explore other areas of social transformation, including education, healthcare, and direct citizen participation in the political process. Plus trips to beaches, parks, and other sites of interest. (image/jpeg)

6 of Morong 43 rejoin the Philippine rebels Jaime Laude 2012-06-09 10:13 AM

Six of the so-called Morong 43 have rejoined the armed struggle and have linked up with their Southern Tagalog-based comrades, a senior military commander said Thursday. (image/jpeg)

BTL:Austerity Policies Fuel Eurozone Crisis, Growing Public Resistance Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-08 3:48 PM
Interview with Richard Wolff, professor of economics at New School University, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Days Before Egyptian Presidential Election, Court Sentences Mubarak, Ignites Massive P Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-07 3:31 PM
Interview with Seif Da'Na, associate professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Millions of Americans' Access to Health Care Hinges on Supreme Court's Affordable Care Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-06-03 2:19 PM
Interview with Andrew Gavin Marshall, an independent researcher and writer based in Montreal, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Jailed Palestinian Hunger Strikers Win Concessions from Israelis on Improved Prison Co Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-31 3:27 PM
Interview with Saher Francis, human rights lawyer and director of Addameer, a prisoner support and human rights association based in the West Bank, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Judge's Preliminary Injunction Bars Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens Und Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-24 5:50 PM
Interview with Carl J. Mayer, an attorney who filed a lawsuit on behalf of seven plaintiffs challenging Section 1021 of the NDAA, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Labor and Progressive Activists Work to Get Out the Vote for Wisconsin Recall Election Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-19 2:06 PM
Interview with Matthew Rothschild, editor of the Progressive Magazine, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

The Left, Labor and Occupy Internationalist Group 2012-05-14 10:22 AM
Barely half a year after it burst on the scene, the Occupy Wall Street movement is splintering left and right. This was inevitable in a movement that was united only in what it opposed and could never put forward a positive program, whether of reformist "demands" on the capitalist state or of revolutionary action against it. Liberals, who latched onto Occupy hoping it could pressure the Democratic Party in a more populist direction, want to expel "black bloc" anarchists. Reformist social democrats rail against "ultraleftists" in Occupy and cozy up to the labor tops. On the other side, many (but not all) anarchists oppose unions. Some are simply arrogant petty-bourgeois labor haters. Others are grappling with real problems, but with skewed analysis and dead wrong conclusions. Discussion of recent workers' struggles, from Wisconsin to West Coast longshore, underlines that the key question is leadership, but not just replacing one set of bureaucrats with another. Unions have always faced vicious anti-labor laws, but we have the power to defeat them. It is necessary to drive out the pro-capitalist bureaucracy, the labor lieutenants of capital, in order to turn the unions into instruments of revolutionary class struggle. (text/html + 1 comment)

BTL:Palestinian Prisoner Hunger Strike Marks Renewed Emphasis on Nonviolent Resistance Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-13 1:50 PM
Interview with Mazin Qumsiyeh, a Palestinian American activist and author of “Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment”, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

World Week for the Abolition of Meat: 21-27 May 2012 meat-abolition 2012-05-11 11:19 PM
This year has seen increased participation in the January World Week for the Abolition of Meat and the demand for the abolition of meat continues to attract media interest. Remember that 99.99% of animals exploited are exploited for meat. (text/html)

BTL:Obama Sends Mixed Messages in Speech on Future of Afghan War Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-10 4:17 PM
Interview with Tom Hayden, former California legislator, activist and co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Constitutionality of Arizona's "Pa Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-05-03 5:36 PM
Interview with Christian Ramirez, director of the Southern Border Communities Coalition, , conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Investigation Finds BP's 2008 Blowout Cover-up Could Have Prevented 2010's Deepwater H Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-28 2:06 PM
Interview with Greg Palast, BBC-TV investigative reporter, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:U.S. Network TV News Misleads on Iranian Nuclear Threat Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-26 2:15 PM
Interview with Jeremy Holden, research director with Media Matters for America, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:U.S. Stands Apart from Most Latin American Nations' Consensus at Summit of the America Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-21 1:53 PM
Interview with Alex Main, senior associate for international policy at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Amnesty International: Decades of Solitary Confinement at Louisiana’s Angola Prison Am Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-20 1:34 PM
Interviews with Everette Thompson, southeast regional director of Amnesty USA, and Robert King, one of the Angola 3, conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Connecticut Poised to Become 17th State to End Capital Punishment Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-13 11:50 AM
Interview with Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center , conducted by Melinda Tuhus (text/plain)

BTL:Civil Liberties Advocates: Supreme Court Strip Search Ruling Could Lead to Systematic Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-12 1:03 PM
Interview with Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Federal Court Overturns EPA Revocation of Mountain Top Removal Coal Mine Permit Interview with Chuck Nelson, anti-MTR activis 2012-04-07 2:02 PM
In January 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency revoked the Clean Water Act permit for the Spruce No. 1 coal mine, the largest mountaintop removal site in West Virginia. Mountaintop removal coal mining is the process of blowing up mountain tops to access the coal seams underneath, and dumping the rocks and earth into valleys below. Citing major environmental damage if the project proceeded, including the burial of miles of mountain streams, this was the first time the EPA had rescinded an already-granted permit from the Army Corps of Engineers. Story continues http://www.btlonline.org/2012/seg/120413bf-btl-nelson.html Federal Court Overturns EPA http://www.btlonline.org/2012/seg/120413bf-btl-nelson.html (text/plain)

BTL:Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin Provokes National Debate on Racial Profiling Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-04-05 1:16 PM
Interview with Jin Hee Lee, Jin Hee Lee, assistant counsel with the Criminal Justice Practice Group, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, conducted by Scott Harris Interview with Jin Hee Lee, Jin Hee Lee, assistant counsel with the Criminal Justice Practice Group, NAACP Legal Defense Fund, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

BTL:Single-Payer Advocates Favor High Court Overturning Obama Individual Mandate Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-03-29 1:12 PM
Interview with Dr. Margaret Flowers, Maryland pediatrician and member of Physicians for a National Health Program, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

Lynch Law U.S.A.: State Defends Murderer of Trayvon Martin Internationalist Group 2012-03-29 3:02 AM
Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, George Zimmerman, a white self-appointed captain of a "neighborhood watch" team in a gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, shot Martin, a black high-school student, who was returning to the home in the development where he and his father were staying. Police and local prosecutors never charged Zimmerman and accepted his cynical claim that he shot the unarmed youth in "self-defense." Thousands have demonstrated around the country, particularly after police tapes of 911 calls by Zimmerman were released, showing that he was stalking Martin. But the main thrust of liberals is to divert the protests into a movement for gun control laws and to get rid of "Stand Your Ground" laws such as Florida's which make it legal to shoot in self-defense. The ruling-class response deliberately tries to obscure the key fact that this was racist murder. Trayvon Martin was killed for the "crime" of "walking while black." (text/html + 1 comment)

BTL:Critics Say Kony 2012 Campaign Offers Inappropriate Response to Central Africa's Compl Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http 2012-03-24 9:34 PM
Interview with Kambale Musavuli, national spokesperson and student coordinator with Friends of the Congo, conducted by Scott Harris (text/plain)

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