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IAEA's Gustavo Zlauvinen: Israel must join the NPT and get rid of their alleged nuclear weapons.
In the latest video, TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay asked Gustavo Zlauvinen about the apparent hypocrisy of the IAEA's pursuit in limiting Iranian nuclear armament. Jay asks that if the major nuclear powers were not disarming, and not signing the NPT, by what standard should countries like Iran limit their own nuclear programs. The international pressure to prevent Iranian nuclear weaponization has drawn attention to the nuclear arsenals of other Middle Eastern countries like Israel, a country with allegedly extensive nuclear capabilities. Zlauvinen says that "there are number of resolutions" from the IAEA and other organizations "calling on Israel to join the NPT, calling on Israel to place all their nuclear facilities under inspection of the IAEA, and obviously by getting rid of their nuclear weapons, as allegedly they are."
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90171611_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-1.htm
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90171627_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-2.htmIAEA's Gustavo Zlauvinen: Israel must join the NPT and get rid of their alleged... more
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Natalie Mehra: Flaws in Canadian system due to lack of democracy and funding, not lack of privatization.
As the debate over health care reform heats up in the United States, a sub-debate of increasing significance is that of the Canadian system. Natalie Mehra, a critic of the current health care system in Canada, is an even stronger critic of those Canadians in the US decreeing the failure of the Canadian system, in favor of a privatized one. Mehra shares many of the same criticisms of the Canadian system as these figures like Dr. Brian Day do, but a completely different vision for how to overcome them.
Natalie Mehra is the Director of the Ontario Health Coalition. The OHC is made up of more than 400 community organizations. The Coalition accompanies the communities in their engagement in the creation of policy related to healthcare, while also playing the role of watchdog on the Governments themselves. The group also plays a role in public education about the functioning of the health care system.Natalie Mehra: Flaws in Canadian system due to lack of democracy and funding, not lack... more
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Massive protests as Revolutionary Guard consolidates power, likely to expand economic control.
Paul Jay speaks to Babak Yektafar, Editor-in-Chief of Washingtonprisom.org about the protests in reaction to the Iranian election results. Yektafar speaks of the power in Iran being in the hands of the Revolutionary Guard, and says that, "in the past five or six years we have seen a major step forward by this entity. They gained immense economic power... [and now] they've gotten more and more involved in the politics of the Islamic regime. They're extremely sensitive to guarding their interests."
Babak Yektafar, Editor-in-Chief of Washington Prism is a graduate of Farleigh Dickinson University with a B.A. in Communications. From 1999 to 2005, Babak was a producer with C-SPAN network’s national live morning program, Washington Journal.Massive protests as Revolutionary Guard consolidates power, likely to expand economic... more
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Pepe Escobar: Aggressive US and Israeli policy strengthens hand of Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90210342_struggle-within-iranian-elite.htmPepe Escobar: Aggressive US and Israeli policy strengthens hand of Iran's... more
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Abeysekera: The Sri Lankan government sacrificed civilians and democracy to defeat the LTTE. Part 2
Sharmini Peries speaks to Sunila Abeysekera about the so-called defeat of the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) at the hands of the Sri Lankan military. Abeysekera is an award-winning human rights defender and the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to spread the word on Sri Lankan human rights violations. She says that, “this government, more than any previous government in Sri Lanka, really embarked on a military strategy to displace the LTTE from the areas that it controlled,” and goes on to explain that from the beginning of the offensive, “it became really clear that this military operation was going to proceed with no regard for civilian consequences or civilian deaths.”
Sunila Abeysekera is the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to inform the world about human rights violations in Sri Lanka. The major themes of Sunila Abeysekera's work include issues of equality and difference in understanding women's human rights, problems of re-conceptualising the nation-state and principles of good governance from a feminist perspective; problems of representation of women in art and culture; and feminist film criticism. In 1998, Abeysekera was honoured by the United Nations for her contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights along with Jimmy Carter.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90210566_the-disappearing-act-in-sri-lanka.htmAbeysekera: The Sri Lankan government sacrificed civilians and democracy to defeat the... more
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Abeysekera: Sri Lankan intelligence has always been extremely good at torture. Part 1
Sharmini Peries speaks to Sunila Abeysekera award-winning human rights defender and the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to spread the word on Sri Lankan human rights violations. The speak about the history of the ongoing torture allegations in Sri Lanka and the so-called "internment camps" where roughly 300,000 refugees of the recent conflict linger. Abeysekera says, "Forget the torture; just overcrowding, lack of access to medical attention, and then including on top of that the beatings and the waterboarding. You know, you name it, we hear stories about it."
Sunila Abeysekera is the Executive Director of INFORM, an organization working to inform the world about human rights violations in Sri Lanka. The major themes of Sunila Abeysekera's work include issues of equality and difference in understanding women's human rights, problems of re-conceptualising the nation-state and principles of good governance from a feminist perspective; problems of representation of women in art and culture; and feminist film criticism. In 1998, Abeysekera was honoured by the United Nations for her contribution to the protection and promotion of human rights along with Jimmy Carter.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90210581_ltte-defeated-at-what-cost.htmAbeysekera: Sri Lankan intelligence has always been extremely good at torture. Part 1... more
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Bill for supplemental war and IMF funding could be defeated.
David Swanson: all 178 House Republicans plan to vote against the $100 billion Iraq/AfPak War Supplemental to protest $5 billion for the International Monetary Fund. That means 39 Democratic opponents could defeat the bill. 36 Democrats on the right promised to vote no, so we only need 3 more.
David Swanson is the creator of ImpeachCheney.org, the Washington Director of Democrats.com and co-founder of the AfterDowningStreet.org coalition; a board member of Progressive Democrats of America; of the Backbone Campaign; and of Voters for Peace. He serves on a working group of United for Peace and Justice. He has worked as a newspaper reporter and as a communications director, with jobs including Press Secretary for Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign.Bill for supplemental war and IMF funding could be defeated.
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Ben Powless: President can hunt indigenous leader all he wants, the movement came from below.
Over one year of declared opposition and advocacy, 65 straight days of civil disobedience, two days of bloody confrontations with the police and military, and the government of Peruvian President Alan García still won't meet with AIDESEP, the coalition of indigenous community organizations at the forefront of the movement to resist the exploitation of Peru's Amazonian resources. In fact, the government has chosen to charge the coalition's leader, Alberto Pizango, with sedition, causing him to seek asylum in the Nicaraguan embassy. Freelance journalist Ben Powless reports from inside Peru's Amazon Basin that this approach neglects the true nature of the movement. Powless reports that Pizango has never played a central role in the movement. The resistance is a spontaneous response to the threats posed to their land, and by extension their lives, by President García's plans. Powless reports that those plans, which were set in motion by the enacting of free trade agreements with the US and Canada, are in violation of numerous international laws, since they allow the government to develop land held by indigenous nations without prior consultation and consent.
Ben Powless is an independent journalist and photographer based out of Ottawa, Canada. He is a regular contributor for the Canadian news website, Rabble.ca. He has been an active member of the Canadian Youth Climate Coalition since its inception and is heavily involved with the Indigenous Environmental Network. He also sits on the board of the National Council of the Canadian Environmental Network, as well as the Youth Advisory Group to the Canadian Commission for UNESCO.Ben Powless: President can hunt indigenous leader all he wants, the movement came from... more
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Pepe Escobar: Fishy vote count + Guile + Tactics: Why Ahmadinejad won.
Iran has been hit by a political "earthquake": against worldwide expectations, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has won a landslide victory and a second term in the Iranian presidential election. At least that's what the Iranian regime says - to the disbelief of quite a few Iranians, not to mention the puzzlement of the world. Pepe Escobar argues this has been a mix of a very well organized state operation, and Ahmadinejad's real appeal to Iran's vast rural and working classes. The objective was to prevent a "threat" to the Iranian revolution principles from emerging, embodied by the "green revolution" of Mir-Hossein Mousavi's young supporters. The official margin of victory though, is simply not credible. The Iranian revolutionary system - embodied by top clerics and the Republican Guards - won. But will they get away with it?
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.Pepe Escobar: Fishy vote count + Guile + Tactics: Why Ahmadinejad won.
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Pepe Escobar: Two camps locked in fierce struggle, as Revolutionary Guard stages an election "coup".
Pepe Escobar, born in Brazil is the roving correspondent for Asia Times and an analyst for The Real News Network. He's been a foreign correspondent since 1985, based in London, Milan, Los Angeles, Paris, Singapore, and Bangkok. Since the late 1990s, he has specialized in covering the arc from the Middle East to Central Asia, including the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has made frequent visits to Iran and is the author of Globalistan and also Red Zone Blues: A Snapshot of Baghdad During the Surge both published by Nimble Books in 2007.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90219690_struggle-within-iranian-elite-part-2.htmPepe Escobar: Two camps locked in fierce struggle, as Revolutionary Guard stages an... more
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Leo Panitch on Marx, socialism and individual rights.
Paul Jay speaks to Leo Panitch, Professor of Political Science at York University about the relevance of Karl Marx’s theories today.
Leo Panitch is the Canada Research Chair in Comparative Political Economy and a Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science at York University in Toronto. Panitch is also the author of "Global Capitalism and American Empire" and his most recent release "American Empire and the Political Economy of International Finance".
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90140031_thoroughly-modern-marx-part-1.htm
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90168527_thoroughly-modern-marx-part-2.htmLeo Panitch on Marx, socialism and individual rights.
Paul Jay speaks to Leo... more
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H. Munoz: Latin America no longer is an 'unconditional friend' of the US as China and India increase presence.
Heraldo Munoz (born July 22, 1948) is a Chilean politician and diplomat; and the current Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations. Muñoz was born in Santiago. In 1973, under the Salvador Allende government, he served as National Supervisor of the People's Stores (Almacenes del Pueblo) until the coup d'état of September 11, 1973. He holds a Ph.D. from Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver, Colorado (1978), a Diploma in International Relations from the Catholic University of Chile (1975, graduated with honors), and also took courses at Harvard University. He received a B.A. with a major in Political Science at the State University of New York, Oswego. Recipient of the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver (1991), he was bestowed with the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the State University of New York (1996). He has received fellowships from: Resources for the Future, the Ford Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, the Twentieth Century Fund, and the MacArthur Foundation. He was a Ph.D. fellow at the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. (1977). He later taught at the University of Chile's Institute of International Studies. He co-founded the Party for Democracy (PPD) and participated in the executive committee of the campaign to vote "no" on a second term for Augusto Pinochet during the 1988 plebiscite. During the administration of Patricio Aylwin, Muñoz was made permanent representative for Chile to the Organization of American States, (1990-1994) and ambassador to Brazil (1994-1998) during the government of Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle. At the start of the administration of Ricardo Lagos, Muñoz was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Relations until January of 2002, when he was designated Minister Secretary General of Government, a position from which he exercised considerable influence over policy, advising Lagos. He left the ministry in 2003, after being appointed Chile's ambassador to the United Nations, permanent representative, the position which he holds today. Chile was elected a temporary member of the United Nations Security Council for 2003 and 2004, while Muñoz served as ambassador. Muñoz was chairman of a special UN committee on al Qaeda sanctions, during which he noted a reluctance by many countries to cooperate in reporting names and information to the committee and in acting on information received by the committee. He was troubled by al Qaeda's continued ability to circumvent sanctions, which he said "need more teeth". In January 2004, Muñoz served as the President of the Security Council. Most recent books: A Solitary War: A Diplomat's Chronicle of the Iraq War and Its Lessons, Fulcrum Publishing, 2008 (also in Spanish) and The Dictator's Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet, Basic Books, 2008. Newsweek said about The Dictator's Shadow: Heraldo Muñoz has written "an insightful and poignant new personal memoir of the Pinochet years." The Washington Post stated: Muñoz has produced "a meticulous and vivid new book...Muñoz delivers a compelling, personal account of life in a police state and a strong reminder of how far Chile has come." The Washington Post listed The Dictator's Shadow among the best books of 2008. The New York Times featured Munoz's life and work in its Saturday Profile (November 15, 2008, pg. A6).H. Munoz: Latin America no longer is an 'unconditional friend' of the US as... more
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Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between indigenous people and police in Peru.
Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between indigenous people and police in Peru. The Indians have been protesting against laws which will open up communal jungle lands and water resources to oil drilling, logging and mining. Al Jazeera's Teresa Bo reports from Bagua Grande in Peru.Dozens of people have been killed in clashes between indigenous people and police in... more
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"Red" Ahmadinejad may have met his match.
All bets are off on the eve of the most crucial presidential election in the 30 years of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. Pepe Escobar argues the campaign of reformist - actually moderate conservative - Mir-Hossein Mousavi has evolved into a green revolution; the color of Islam and also the color of hope for a less confrontational, and more competent and pragmatic administration. Mousavi's campaign - roughly the Iranian equivalent of Obama's campaign in the US - has crossed all economic, ethnic and gender barriers, and was heavily supported by Iran's very young, tech-savvy population. He has the youth vote, the women's vote and the intelligentsia vote. But President Ahmadinejad, running for a second term, has the vote that counts the most: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei's - not to mention the bulk of the rural, provincial vote. The stage is set for a second round between Ahmadinejad and Mousavi."Red" Ahmadinejad may have met his match.
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Many young Iranians have rejected what they see as the religious fervor of Iran's ruling elite.
Many young Iranians have rejected what they see as the religious fervor of Iran's ruling elite, with some insisting that voting cannot bring the change they feel Iran needs. But others say their apathy could play into the hands of conservatives, helping to strengthen the policies that have alienated many born after the Islamic Revolution. Al Jazeera's Alireza Ronaghi reports from Tehran.Many young Iranians have rejected what they see as the religious fervor of Iran's... more
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Radio show host Thom Hartmann on the critique of Obama,
Thom Hartmann is a host of a nationally syndicated daily progressive talk show carried on the Air America radio network. Hartmann has won Project Censored Award and many of his 19 books have appeared on the New York Times Best-Sellers' list. His most recent book is Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class and What We Can Do About It.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90163179_thom-hartman-on-obama.htm
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90168490_thom-hartman-on-obama-part-2.htmRadio show host Thom Hartmann on the critique of Obama,
Thom Hartmann is a host of... more
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Gustavo Zlauvinen of the IAEA on Iran, Israel and nuclear weapons.
Gustavo R. Zlauvinen, of Argentina, is the Representative of the Director General of the IAEA to the United Nations and as Director of the IAEA Office at United Nations Headquarters, New York. Mr. Zlauvinen joined the Argentine Foreign Service in 1986. Upon graduating from the Diplomatic Academy, he served in various capacities in Buenos Aires, Vienna and New York. From 1987 to 1989, he served with the General Directorate for Disarmament and Nuclear Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs; from 1989 to 1990, he was a member of the Argentine Commission on the Control of Military Equipment Exports; and, from 1990 to 1991, he was Director of International Relations of the Argentine Space Agency (CNIE), in Buenos Aires.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90171611_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-1.htm
See Part 3 at:
http://current.com/items/90255064_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-3.htmGustavo Zlauvinen of the IAEA on Iran, Israel and nuclear weapons.
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Gustavo Zlauvinen, the IAEA Representative to United Nations, on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
Paul Jay talks with Gustavo Zlauvinen, an IAEA Representative to United Nations about effectiveness of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NNPT) and the possibilities of achieving the world without nuclear weapons.
Gustavo R. Zlauvinen, of Argentina, is the Representative of the Director General of the IAEA to the United Nations and as Director of the IAEA Office at United Nations Headquarters, New York. Mr. Zlauvinen joined the Argentine Foreign Service in 1986. Upon graduating from the Diplomatic Academy, he served in various capacities in Buenos Aires, Vienna and New York. From 1987 to 1989, he served with the General Directorate for Disarmament and Nuclear Affairs at the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs; from 1989 to 1990, he was a member of the Argentine Commission on the Control of Military Equipment Exports; and, from 1990 to 1991, he was Director of International Relations of the Argentine Space Agency (CNIE), in Buenos Aires.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90171627_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-2.htm
See Part 3 at:
http://current.com/items/90255064_nuclear-threats-and-double-standards-part-3.htmGustavo Zlauvinen, the IAEA Representative to United Nations, on the Nuclear... more
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Anand Gopal: US focused on military approach but Iraq tactics can't work in Afghanistan.
Paul Jay speaks to Anand Gopal, journalist for the Christian Science Monitor and many other publications about U.S. foreign policy in Afghanistan. “The U.S. administration,” says Gopal, “is currently fighting a counter-insurgency in Afghanistan, and every day they’re creating new Taliban insurgents because of their military actions.” Speaking to whether there is a fundamental change in the Obama Administrations’ approach to the country, Gopal adds, “every year has been more violent than the previous year, and I think this summer we’re going to see a lot more violence.”
Anand Gopal is a journalist for Inter Press Services (IPS). He covers the “Global War on Terror” across its many fronts, from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia to the domestic arena. He is a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and writes for many other outlets as well.
See Part 2 at:
http://current.com/items/90171589_report-on-afghanistan-part-2.htmAnand Gopal: US focused on military approach but Iraq tactics can't work in... more
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Anand Gopal: The Pakistani state is aligned with Afghan Taliban but at war with the Pakistani Taliban.
Anand Gopal is a journalist for Inter Press Services (IPS). He covers the “Global War on Terror” across its many fronts, from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Somalia to the domestic arena. He is a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and writes for many other outlets as well.
See Part 1 at:
http://current.com/items/90158351_report-on-afghanistan.htmAnand Gopal: The Pakistani state is aligned with Afghan Taliban but at war with the... more
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