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Over two million Americans have fought in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They return to a nation in economic crisis and a third of those veterans come home to face serious medical conditions. Many of those veterans now consider themselves the 99 percent, and have joined a second Occupation, Occupy Wall Street. On this edition, a special report on veterans standing in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street movements and an encore presentation about veterans returning home from war and the struggles they endure produced by Aaron Glantz.

Featuring:

Sgt. Shamar Thomas, Marine Veteran, Kurt Biddle, Army Veteran,  Jeff Paterson, Courage To Resist, Jason Matherne, Iraq Veterans Against War, Joshua Shepherd, Navy Veteran, Douglass Connor, Army Veteran, Andrew Berends, The Blood of My Brother filmmaker; Michael Hall, former US Army staff sergeant; Rachel Feldstein, New Directions associate director; Joshua Kors, The Nation magazine correspondent; Zollie Goodman, former Naval petty officer; Barack Obama, United States president; Todd Stenhouse, National Veterans Foundation spokesperson; Terry “T.J.” Boyd, former Marine Corps sergeant; Ron Finch, National Business Group on Health; Catherine Morris, Sierra College veterans’ counselor; Paul Sullivan, Veterans for Common Sense executive director.

For More Information:

 Iraq Veterans Against the War, http://ivaw.org/

National Veterans Foundation , http://www.nvf.org/

National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, http://www.nchv.org/

Swords to Plowshares, http://www.swords-to-plowshares.org/

Veterans for Common Sense, http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/

Veterans for Peace, http://www.veteransforpeace.org/

Occupy Wall Street,  http://occupywallst.org/

Occupy Oakland, http://www.occupyoakland.org/

Articles/Blogs/Videos/Audio:

Sgt. Shamar Thomas defends Occupy Wall Street , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDBSCLXWfYI

The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans  written by Aaron Glantz, http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520266049

Veterans more likely to be homeless, study says, http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-02-10-1Ahomelessvets10_ST_N.htm 

Cost of Treating Veterans Will Rise Long Past Wars, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/28/us/28veterans.html

Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan not worth the cost, many US veterans say , http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2011/1005/Wars-in-Iraq-and-Afghanistan-not-worth-the-cost-many-US-veterans-say

Report: Meeting the Needs of Veterans In Today’s Labor Force, http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/30/new-data-on-high-unemployment-among-recent-veterans/.

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 While overall access to contraception and other reproductive health services have increased over the last 20 years, access for low-income women and women of color has dropped.

Since the 2010 elections, anti-abortionists have grown more emboldened in their attempts to restrict not only abortion services, but also to basic reproductive care.  

African-American women have been especially targeted in a series of anti-abortion billboards posted across the country. Enraged by this finger-pointing, reproductive justice activist of all colors got together to fight for every woman’s right to health care. On this edition, the fight for access to reproductive health care.

This program was funded in part by the Mary Wohlford Foundation.

Featuring:

Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University law professor; Loretta Ross, Founder and National Coordinator of SisterSong; Susan Cohen, Director of Government Affairs at Guttmacher Institute; Nicole Gross, single mom; Chloe Heintz, rape survivor; Nicole Safar, Public Policy Director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin; Heidi Williamson, National Advocacy Policy Coordinator for SisterSong; Walter B. Hoye II, Founder and President of Issues 4 Life.

 Special thanks to Alicia Walters and production intern Lisa Bartfai.

For More Information:
Trust Black Women

http://www.trustblackwomen.org/

SisterSong

http://www.sistersong.net/

Guttmacher Institute

http://www.guttmacher.org/

Dorothy Roberts

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/dorothyroberts/

Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice

http://reproductivejustice.org/

California Latina Reproductive Justice

www.californialatinas.org

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

www.latinainstitute.org

Black Women for Wellness

www.bwwla.com

The Radiance Foundation

http://www.theradiancefoundation.org/

Issues 4 Life

http://www.issues4life.org/

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The people of the United States have seemingly awakened.  People are out in the streets, demanding changes to a system in which money controls politics.  Some complain the masses have no clear demands.  But with little transparency, it’s often unclear exactly where to point the blame.  On this edition, corporations, elections and the emerging movement to reclaim democracy.  In a post-citizens united world, is it too late to save our political system?

This program featured a special collaboration with Truthout.org, and was part of the Media Consortium’s We the People/Campaign Cash collaborative project.  For more related stories on Citizen’s United, politics, and money go to http://campaigncash.org/

Special thanks to KGNU radio in Boulder. CO.

Featuring:

Noam Chomsky, MIT professor; Mike Gillis, Ohio AFL-CIO communications director; Melissa Fezekas, We Are Ohio spokesperson; Tim Burga, Ohio AFL-CIO President; Marlene Quinn, Cincinnati Grandmother; Doug Stern, Cincinnati Firefighter Kris Hirsh, Stand up For Ohio spokesman; Larry Cohen, Communications Workers of America President; Laura Spicer, Boulder County Democratic party Chair and 2H campaign manager; Judy Lubow, 2H campaign organizer; Elena Nunez, Colorado Common Cause Program Director; K.C Becker, Macon Cowles & Matt Applebaum, Boulder City Council members; Mark Lowenstein, University of Colorado at Boulder Law Professor;

For More Information:

 We the People Campaign

http://www.wethepeoplecampaign.org/

Campaign Cash

http://campaigncash.org/

Move to Amend

http://movetoamend.org/

Proud Ohio Workers

http://proudohioworkers.com/

Working America

http://www.workingamerica.org/

Stand Up For Ohio

http://standupforohio.org/home/

We Are Ohio

http://weareohio.com/

American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)

http://www.alec.org

ALEC exposed

http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed

Republican Governors Association

http://www.rga.org

KGNU radio

www.kgnu.org

Truthout

www.truthout.org

The Media Consortium

http://www.themediaconsortium.org/

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A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes.  And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever before.  But how does one organize a nation into revolt?  The answers may not be universal, but there’s lots of wisdom to be passed on. On this edition, revolutions past, present and future.  We’ll hear from Egyptian, Serbian, and Azerbaijani activists, about their work to topple undemocratic rulers.

Featuring: Namees Arnous, Egyptian journalist; Ivan Marovic, co-founder of OTPOR; Arzu Geybullayeva, Azerbaijani blogger & organizer

For More Information:

Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines

http://flyingcarpetsandbrokenpipelines.blogspot.com/

Narco News

www.narconews.com

International Center on Non-Violent Conflict

http://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/

A Force More Powerful

http://www.aforcemorepowerful.org/films/bdd/story/index.php 

Journal of Conflict Transformation

http://caucasusedition.net/

Cyber Dissidents

http://www.cyberdissidents.org/

Open Democracy

http://www.opendemocracy.net/

People Power: The Game of Civil Resistance

http://www.peoplepowergame.com/

http://www.movements.org/

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Honey bees help pollinate 1 in every 3 bites that we eat….They are vital in our agricultural industry and essential for the survival of the almost 7 billion people who inhabit this planet. And, as the world’s population continues to grow so does our reliance on honey bees. But most pollinating insects throughout the world are endangered today. Including the honey bee. On this edition, honey bees fight to survive amidst a rapidly changing landscape filled with pesticides and parasites. We’ll learn the latest about colony collapse disorder and hear from beekeepers, researchers and gardeners who are trying to protect them.

Special thanks to the producers of Vanishing of The Bees.

Featuring: Hannah Nordhaus, author of the Beekeepers Lament- How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed the World; Gretchen Lebuhn, San Francisco State University Professor & Founder of The Great Sunflower Project; John Miller, migratory beekeeper; Brian Johnson, University of California, Davis’s Entomology Professor; Bill Rhodes, David Hackenberg, beekeepers; Dee Lusby, Organic Beekeeping discussion group founder; Dennis Van Engelsdorp,  Penn State University Entomology scientist; Vince Rosato, Great Sunflower project participant; Khaled Almaghafi, beekeeper & Bee Healthy Honey Shop owner.

For More Information:

 Vanishing of the Bees

http://www.vanishingbees.com/

The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Beekeepers-Lament-Hannah-Nordhaus/?isbn=9780061873256

XERCES Society 

http://www.xerces.org/

Bee Healthy Honey Shop

http://beehealthyhoneyshop.com/

Harry Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California at Davis

http://beebiology.ucdavis.edu/HONEYBEES/index.html

The Great Sunflower Project

http://www.greatsunflower.org/

Organic Beekeeping Society

http://thehealingpath.com/OrganicBeekeeping/OBS/OrganicBeekeepingSociety.shtml

Attracting Native Pollinators

http://www.xerces.org/announcing-the-publication-of-attracting-native-pollinators/

Hannah Nordhaus

http://www.hannahnordhaus.com/

Gretchen Lebuhn

http://biology.sfsu.edu/people/gretchen-lebuhn

Dee Lusby

http://www.beesource.com/point-of-view/ed-dee-lusby/

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Was mainstream media in cahoots with government forces in the lead up to the Iraq War?   In his film, “The War You Don’t See,” Australian journalist John Pilger reveals evidence of American and British journalists failing to scrutinize evidence or dig for hard facts in the days before the 2003 invasion. He argues that imbedded news reporters and their outlets simply towed official government lines, and the public sees only a small portion of what’s really happening in battlefields.

Featuring:

John Pilger, journalist; Dan Rather, journalist; Bryan Whitman, US Assistant Secretary of Defense; Melvin Goodman, former CIA analyst: Rageh Omaar, BBC news reporter; Dahr Jamail, independent journalist; David Rose, former Observer journalist; Steve Rendall, Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting; Fran Unsworth, BBC Head of Newsgathering; Scott Ritter, UN Weapons Inspector; Ethan McCord, former US soldier.

For More Information:

John Pilger’s website:

http://www.johnpilger.com/

“The War You Don’t See” film:

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/war-you-dont-see/

Fair and Accuracy in Reporting:

http://www.fair.org/index.php

Iraq War Logs

http://www.iraqwarlogs.com/

Iraq Body Count

http://www.iraqbodycount.org/

Center for American Progress’ Iraq War Ledger

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/05/iraq_war_ledger.html

Committee to Protect Journalists

http://www.cpj.org/

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10 years since 9-11…and 10 years of America’s homeland war on Muslims and Arabs.  American Muslims are under the microscope, from capital hill, to your local shopping mall.  Almost every week, there’s news about the bust of another terrorist cell.  The effect on those communities-living in fear of demonization, or arrest– has been devastating.  Racial profiling has happened in times of war before—how will it end this time around?

Featuring: Veena Dubal, Asian Law Caucus National Security and Civil Rights Program Staff Attorney: Lejla Duka, family member of the Fort Dix Five: Dominick Calsolaro, Albany Common Council Member: Noor Elashi, Daughter of Ghassan Elashi of the Holy Land 5: Shaheena Parveen, mother of Siraj Matin: Marlene Jenkins, mother of Tarik Shaw: Sharmin Sadequee, sister of Shifa Sadequee: Tamer Mehanna, brother of Tariq Mehanna: Fred Korematsu, formerly interned Japanese American, John Frank, Clerk to Associate Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black; Tsuyako Kitashima, Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress spokesperson; Donald Tamaki, lawyer for Fred Korematsu, Peter Irons, UC San Diego Constitutional Law Professor; Peter King, New York State Representative

For More Information:

Project Salam

http://www.projectsalam.org/

Asian Law Caucus

http://www.asianlawcaucus.org/

Coalition For a Safe San Francisco

http://www.safesf.org/

Manufacturing the Muslim Menace: A report by Political Research Associates

http://www.publiceye.org/liberty/training/project-home.html

Of Civil Rights and Wrongs: The Fred Korematsu Story

http://www.pbs.org/pov/ofcivilwrongsandrights/

Council on American Islamic Relations

http://www.cair.com/

San Francisco Human Rights Commission

http://www.sf-hrc.org/

Korematsu Institute

http://korematsuinstitute.org/

Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress

http://www.ncrr-la.org/

Free the Fort Dix 5

http://freefortdixfive.com/

Information on the Newburgh 4

http://www.projectsalam.org/cases/Newburgh_4.html

New York University School of Law Center for Human Rights and Global Justice

http://www.chrgj.org/

Rep. Peter King’s Opening Statement at Hearing on

“The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and that

Community’s Response”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7OzQ29ckks

text:

http://homeland.house.gov/sites/homeland.house.gov/files/03-10-11%20Final%20King%20Opening%20Statement_0.pdf

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In February a mass movement overthrew the hated dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt. But a military council now rules the country. Critics say the new regime has kept much of Mubarak’s repressive apparatus. Meanwhile extremist Islamist groups are pressuring the government to adopt undemocratic, right-wing policies. On this edition, independent producer Reese Erlich brings you this special report “Who Won the Egyptian Revolution?”

Reese Erlich received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for his reporting in Egypt.

Featuring:  

Tarek Shalaby, Tahrir Square leader; Shimaa Helmy, biotechnology student; Khalid Shalid, Tahrir square protestor; Salma Shukrallah, Al Ahram Online journalist; Dr. Mohammad Shafik, doctor at Manshiet el Bakry hospital; Ellis J. Goldberg, University of Washington political science & American University in Cairo visiting professor; Ahmad Fathi, Truck driver; Salah Hamid, barber; Rabab El Mahdi, American University in Cairo political science teacher; Mohammad Said Mohammad, Muslim Brotherhood supporter; Father Antonius, Coptic Christian leader; Dr. Milad Ismail; Manshiet el Bakry hospital administrator  

For More Information:

Al-Ahram online

http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/

Moslem Brotherhood

http://www.ikhwanweb.com/ 

Pulitzer center on Crisis Reporting

http://pulitzercenter.org/

Al-Masry Al-Youm

http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/487697

Angry Arab

http://angryarab.blogspot.com/

Jadaliyya

http://www.jadaliyya.com/

The Arabist

http://www.arabist.net/

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 Journalist Christian Parenti speaks about his new book, Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence. He connects the effects of climate change to the increasing number of civil wars, ethnic violence, criminality and failed states between the Topics of Cancer and Capricorn. Parenti argues even in the U.S., factions on the right are using climate change as an excuse to push for increased border control and harsh anti-immigrant policies.

Featuring:  

Christian Parenti, contributing editor at The Nation, a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute, and a visiting scholar at the City University of New York. He is the author of: Tropic of Chaos, Lockdown America, The Soft Cage, and The Freedom.

For More Information:

Christian Parenti:

http://www.christianparenti.com/

The International Programme on the State of the Ocean

http://www.stateoftheocean.org/

The Nature Conservancy

http://www.nature.org/

Climate Reality

http://climaterealityproject.org/

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

http://www.ipcc.ch/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change:

http://www.pewclimate.org/

Conservation International:

http://www.conservation.org/learn/climate/Pages/overview.aspx

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies

http://www.strategies.org/

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