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Marleine Bastien: Community to Congress
August 20, 2010
"Community organizer" was Sarah Palin's favorite slur on the campaign trail, but grassroots organizers have been fighting for the rights of marginalized people, often without recognition, for longer than Palin has been around. Marlene Bastian has been an organizer in Miami for 30 years, and is now running for Congress.
Marleine Bastien, Midnight on the Mavi Marmara, and Green for Buffalo
August 19, 2010
"Community organizer" was Sarah Palin's favorite slur on the campaign trail, but grassroots organizers have been fighting for the rights of marginalized people, often without recognition, for longer than Palin has been around. Marleine Bastien has been an organizer in the Haitian-American community in Miami for 30 years, and is now running for Congress.
The Psychology of Torture: Culture and Change
August 18, 2010
A recent study revealed that physicians with the CIA's Office of Medical Services were more deeply involved in torture than was previously thought--that doctors and psychiatrists actually helped interrogators design "enhanced techniques" that passed the Bush administration's requirements but would keep prisoners alive and without the severe physical injuries that even that regime admitted were torture.
Sonali Kolhatkar: Missing Media on Afghanistan
August 18, 2010
The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.
Sonali Kolhatkar, Rethink Afghanistan, and Psychology of Torture
August 17, 2010
The media face of the war in Afghanistan is a woman's face--one particular mutilated woman, in the case of Time. Sonali Kolhatkar of the Afghan Women's Mission notes, though, that this is a clear strategy from those who benefit from the war to win over European and American audiences. Meanwhile, Afghan women who oppose occupation, like former GRITtv guest Malalai Joya, are silenced in the media just as they are silenced in Afghan politics.
Kai Wright & Tony Romano: Public Housing, Private Pain
August 17, 2010
30,000 people showed up outside of Atlanta in search of Section 8 housing vouchers last week; 62 vouchers were available. To qualify for the vouchers, a family's income is not to exceed 50 percent of the area's median income. That median income for the surrounding area? Just over $31,000 a year.
Richard Kim: Marriage, Mosques and Mutiny
August 17, 2010
"Who needs gay bashing when you have the Ground Zero mosque?" Richard Kim, senior editor at The Nation, asks guest host Esther Armah. In a week when gay and lesbian couples may see obstacles to their right to marry in California fall away, he notes, right-wing media is strangely silent on the issue. Even Glenn Beck is suddenly sounding a libertarian note.
Richard Kim, Public Housing, and Anchor Baby Baiting
August 16, 2010
"Who needs gay bashing when you have the Ground Zero mosque?" Richard Kim, senior editor at The Nation, asks guest host Esther Armah. In a week when gay and lesbian couples may see obstacles to their right to marry in California fall away, he notes, right-wing media is strangely silent on the issue. Even Glenn Beck is suddenly sounding a libertarian note.
The Media Sizes up Kagan and Greenwashes BP
May 14, 2010
What does the press take away from this week's top stories: a presidential nomination for Supreme Court, a catastrophic oil spill, and the political changes in Great Britain? Apparently it investigates Elena Kagan’s height and drinking habits, and heralds the spill as Obama’s Katrina. Host of WBAI's Wake Up Call Esther Armah and Dorian Warren, Political Editor of the Daily Voice and ColorLines Contributor weigh in on today's media panel.
Christian Parenti, Drill Baby, Spill, and Infotainment As Usual
May 13, 2010
The war in Afghanistan seems to be a constant rigmarole of democratization, stabilization, and Al-Qaeda claims. Which is it? Contributing editor to The Nation, Christian Parenti joins us in studio to share his take that the United States response to Afghanistan is a political instance of an iatrogenic disease: an endless cycle of creating more problems with supposed “cures.”

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