The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/17/10

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Rana Al-Arja directs the Beit Jala, West Bank Holy Land Trust (HLT) Making the Impossible Possible Campaign (MIPC), "seek(ing) to refocus the tremendous power that lies with the Palestinian community (toward) a new (future) vision and strategy (through) peaceful coexistence based on equality and justice."

Life in Occupied Palestine will be discussed, including Israel's premeditated Freedom Flotilla massacre, complete with hit list and photos of activists to be assassinated.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/13/10

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Zaira Abu-Baker and Huwaida Arraf; Zaira is the daughter of Shukri Abu-Baker, president of the Holy Land Foundation Charity (HLF). Until the Bush administration targeted and shut it down, it was the largest Muslim one in America, providing vital relief to Occupied Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan as well as in other countries and the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX area.

Abu-Baker and four other principles were bogusly charged, convicted, and given long prison terms, ranging from 15 to 65 years - he the harshest in his 65 year sentence for providing vitally needed charity - in America, a high crime when given to Muslims.

Huwaida Arraf is a Palestinian human rights activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), "committed to resisting the Israeli apartheid in Palestine by using nonviolent, direct-action methods and principles."

Huwaida was on board the Challenger I, one of the Freedom Flotilla vessels attempting to bring essential to life aid to Gazans when Israeli commandos attacked them in international waters.

HLF injustice, Huwaida's activism, and the Freedom Flotilla massacre will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/12/10

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Andy Worthington is a journalist, film-maker, and author of  "The Guantanamo Files" and two other books on British social history. He's been published in The New York Times, London Guardian, and numerous popular web sites.

He's also co-director of the new documentary film, "Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo." More information on the film, his writing, and activism can be found on his web site: www.andyworthington.co.uk.

Worthington's writings and work will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/10/10

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John McMurtry is Professor Emeritus of the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. He's a moral philosopher, ethicist, and vocal activist for global justice, world peace, and international law. His books include Unequal  Freedoms, The Cancer Stage of Capitalism, and Value Wars.

Discussion will focus on the civil commons "life economy" alternative - a consistent theme in his writing, including in Value Wars: The Global Market Versus the Life Economy. Also addressed will be the need for a national public bank, the alternative to the private cartel Fed and most other privately owned or controlled central banks.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/06/10

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John Kozy is a retired philosophy and logic professor, now blogging on social, political, and economic issues. He taught for 20 years and has been a writer for another 20. Visit his web sites at www.jkozy.com and www.johnkozy.mindsay.com.

Kozy's latest writing will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/05/10

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Mickey Huff is a California-based Professor of History at Diablo Valley College and new Director of Project Censored (PC) and the Media Freedom Foundation. MFF supports First Amendment freedoms and investigative research, and works closely with PC and other media related organizations. 

PC is the media democracy advocacy group that publishes vital news stories suppressed or censored by the corporate media.

Each year, it ranks the top 25 and publishes them in its yearbook, Censored: Media Democracy in Action. The latest Censored 2010: The Top Censored Stories of 2008-09 can be purchased at projectcensored.org/store.

Current world and national issues will be discussed, including the latest on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla crime against humanity.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 06/03/10

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Yves Engler is an activist, writer and author of four books, including his latest titled, "Canada and Israel: Building Apartheid," a powerful indictment of his country's complicity with Israeli crimes.

Engler's book and importance will be discussed as well as the Gaza Freedom Flotilla slaughter.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/30/10

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Edward Herman is Professor Emeritus of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School where he taught for many years. He's also an economist, political and media analyst, prolific writer and author of numerous books, including his latest, co-authored with David Peterson, titled, "The Politics of Genocide."

The book and Herman's current views on world events will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/29/10

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Jack Rasmus is a Professor of Political Economy at St. Mary's College and Santa Clara University, CA. He's also a freelance journalist, frequent speaker, a playwright and author, including newest book now available titled, "Epic Recession and Financial Crisis: Prelude to Global Depression."

The book and Rasmus' latest views on the economy will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/27/10

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James Petras is Binghamtom University, New York Professor Emeritus, a noted figure on the left, a well-respected Latin American expert, and a longtime chronicler of the region's popular struggles.

He's also a prolific author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books, including his latest titled, "Global Depression and Regional Wars."

His latest views on world and national events will be discussed, including the Gulf disaster.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/23/10

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Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney, author, and frequent writer on financial issues. A new edition of her latest book, Web of Debt, is a vitally important analysis of the private banking cartel Federal Reserve, how it usurped money creation power, and how we can take it back.

The Daily Bell 'Compendium of Free-Market Thought" awarded Brown her own title, saying "in modern economic thought (there are) now Keynsians, Austrians and Brownians."

Web of Debt and Brown's latest writing will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/22/10

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Paul Craig Roberts was former Assistant Treasury Secretary under Ronald Reagan, a Wall Street Journal Associate Editor, and holder of numerous academic appointments, including at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies.

He became a prominent Bush administration critic, and is just as hard on Obama for his destructive and repressive policies.

Roberts' new book will be discussed titled, "How the Economy was Lost," plus his latest thoughts about administration policy.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/20/10

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Marjorie Cohn is a distinguished Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego Law Professor and former President of the National Lawyers Guild. She's also been a criminal defense attorney at the trial and appellate levels as well as a noted author and writer of numerous articles for professional journals and popular web sites.

Cohn's recent article on the Elena Kagan appointment shifting the Supreme Court further to the rights will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/13/10

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For over 40 year, Bob Chapman has written articles and analysis on business, finance, economic, and politics, and is currently the owner and editor of the International Forecaster, "a compendium on business, finance, economics, and social and political issues worldwide."

Chapman's latest views on the economy will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/08/10

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Denis Rancourt is a distinguished tenured Professor of Physics, a recognized expert in his field, and an Environmental Science Researcher at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Because of his activist support for oppressed Palestinians, he was unfairly fired and barred from campus - a violation of his tenure, academic freedom, and beliefs about human rights and equal justice.

His case and its importance will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 05/06/10

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Nurit Peled-Elhannan is an Israeli peace activist, Professor at Hebrew University, and one of the founders of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine. She's also a recipient of the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights and Freedom of Speech, awarded annually by the European Parliament to honor individuals or organizations active in the defense of human rights and freedom.

Conditions in Occupied Palestine will be discussed.

Progressive News Weekly - 05/02/10

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John Kozy is a retired philosophy and logic professor, now blogging on social, political, and economic issues. He taught for 20 years and has been a writer for another 20. Visit his web sites at www.jkozy.com and www.johnkozy.mindsay.com.

Kozy's latest writing will be discussed.

Progressive News Weekly - 05/01/10

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Dave Lindorff is an award-winning investigative reporter/ journalist for the past 37 years. He's written for numerous publications in America and abroad, and is a regular contributor to popular web sites. 

He's also a prolific author of books, including The Case for Impeachment: Legal Arguments for Removing President George W. Bush from Office, This Can't Be Happening: Resisting the Disintegration of American Democracy, and Marketplace Medicine: The Rise of the For Profit Hospital Chains.

Lindorff's latest writing will be discussed.

Progressive News Weekly - 04/29/10

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Catherine Austin Fitts is an investment advisor, entrepreneur, former Assistant Secretary of Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner under GHW Bush, and former Managing Director and board member of the Wall Street firm, Dillon Read & Co., Inc.

She's now editor of Solari.com and runs Solari, Inc. as an "online media company focused on ethical investment and preserving family wealth. Long ago, (she) made a promise (never again to) act against the best interests (of her) own people (and to do her best) to leave a better world for generations to come."

Her latest views on the economy, corporate pillaging, Goldman Sachs charges, and overall conditions in the country will be discussed.

The Progressive Radio News Hour - 04/25/10

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Michael Parenti is an internationally known, highly respected political scientist and award-winning author and lecturer. His many books include Democracy for the Few in its 8th edition, Superpatriotism, Inventing Reality on the state of the media, and his newest work, God and His Demons, to be discussed on the program.