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Interview: Andy Worthington on the Salim Hamdan's Guantanamo Trial

Airs at: Wed, 08/13/2008 at 5:00pm
    Host Linda Olson-Osterlund interviews guest Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files: The Stories of The 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison.They discuss the trial of Salim Hamdan, a driver for Osama Bin Laden. What did we learn from this , the first Unite... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Hamdan Tribunal; Andy Worthington Interview

Airs at: Sun, 08/10/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
The Guantanamo Tribunal of Salim Hamdan concluded. Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files;  The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America's Illegal Prison talks about what we learned. Read more

Abe and Joe Talk Radio - August 12

Airs at: Mon, 08/11/2008 at 5:00pm
 Host Joe Uris leads a discusssion of environmental issues like water, air and energy with an emphasis on energy consumption in the U.S. and the world.  Of course, politics and history eek their way into the show.We do apologize, but due to technical difficulties recording ... Read more

Civil Liberties Watch: Executive Branch Secrecy

Airs at: Sun, 08/03/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for Evening News
The Bush Administration relies on secrecy to cover up illegal spying on Americans and the torture of Salim Hamdan in US custody.  Read more

Air Cascadia

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2008 Election Racism, Offshore Drilling, and "New Capitalism"

Airs at: Mon, 08/04/2008 at 5:00pm
Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris cover the entire political spectrum, with today's show centered around Racism in the 2008 Elections (and our culture in general), how off-shore drilling is more smokescreen than solution to our energy problems, and they introduce the concept o... Read more

Interview: Michelle Shepherd, Author of Guantanamo's Child

Airs at: Thu, 07/17/2008 at 5:00pm
Toronto Star, award winning journalist, Michelle Shepherd  discusses her book Guantanamo's Child; The Untold Story of Omar Khadr. Khadr is a Canadian citizen who was a wounded fifteen year old when taken into custody by the US military in Afghanistan. He has spent the past ... Read more

Interview: Frederick S. Lane, Author of The Court and The Cross

Airs at: Wed, 07/23/2008 at 5:00pm
 Free lance journalist Fred Lane traces the rise of the Religous Right and their attempts to reshape the Supreme Court. Read more

Wouldn't want to be rude

Apparently, the myriad violations of the Constitution carried out by the Bushies warrant an investigation. But criminal prosecutions? Convictions? We wouldn't want to be rude.From Salon.com:Aug. 4, 2008 | WASHINGTON -- On the campaign trail in April, Barack Obama was asked ... Read more

Conference on War Crimes: Holding the Bushites Accountable

Airs at: Sun, 08/03/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for On The Environment
Host Scott Forrester interviews Dean Larry Velvel  of the Massachusetts School of Law in Andover.  He talks about the September 13th and 14th Conference on War Crimes and the Law-breaking of the Bush Administration and how to hold them accountable in Domestic and Internatio... Read more