[IMC-DC] BTL Weekly Summary 5/13/05: Iraq & Vietnam, Marcus Raskin; Oil depletion, Michael Klare; Senate Filibuster, Wade Henderson

[Scott Harris]

Between the Lines Weekly Summary
for release May 13, 2005
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BETWEEN THE LINES
THE WEEK ENDING May 13, 2005

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1) Bush Administration, Peace Movement Learned
Very Different Lessons from Vietnam War

Interview with Marcus Raskin,
co-founder of the Institute for Policy Studies,
conducted by Scott Harris

Real Audio:
http://www.btlonline.org/raskin051305.ram
Text summary/related links:
http://www.btlonline.org/btl051305.html#1hed

2) Increasing Energy Demands and Diminishing Supplies
Set Off Intensifying International
Struggle to Capture Petroleum Resources

Excerpt of a speech by Michael Klare,
professor of Peace and World Security Studies
at Hampshire College,
produced by Melinda Tuhus

Real Audio:
http://www.btlonline.org/klare051305.ram
Text summary/related links:
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3) As Senate Fight over Filibuster Looms,
Extremist Judicial Appointments Hang in the Balance

Interview with Wade Henderson,
executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,
conducted by Scott Harris

Real Audio:
http://www.btlonline.org/henderson051305.ram
Text summary/related links:
http://www.btlonline.org/btl051305.html#3hed

4) This week's summary
of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

* To meet their growing energy needs, China and India have signed
multi-billion dollar deals with Iran and are exploring increased
military cooperation with the Persian Gulf nation, the second largest
oil exporter, with big reserves of natural gas.
* Peruvian peasants in the northern Andes mountains oppose expanding
gold mining due to environmental destruction and lack of
economic benefits to poor farmers living near the mines.
* After a decade of intense grassroots campaigns by anti-sweatshop
activists, clothing retailers such as Nike and the Gap have now
admitted that they exploited cheap labor, and as a result the clothing
companies are now devising new relationships with fair trade
activists.

Real Audio:
http://www.btlonline.org/news051305.ram
Text summary/links:
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