[IMC-DC] BTL Summary Jan. 7, 2011: Farewell to Howard Zinn and Chalmers Johnson; "Trickle-Down" Trickery; Palestinians Suffer Egregious Discrimination Under Israeli Control; FCC Net Neutrality Rules a Sell-Out to Telecom Industry

Fri Dec 31 12:06:04 PST 2010

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 As 2010 Ends We Say Goodbyeto Howard Zinn and Chalmers Johnson 
Listen to BTL interviews with these legendarychroniclers of U.S. history and foreign policy:

Howard Zinn (1922-2010) 

 "A People's History of American Empire,"Interview conducted by Scott Harris, April 7, 2008, in MP3 (19:54)

Chalmers Johnson (1931-2010)"Why the Military Budget and Debt Crisis is the Greatest Threat to the U.S. Economy," Interview conducted by Scott Harris, Feb. 4, 2008

     Listen now to the entire program 
   Segment links follow.
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   ";Trickle-Down" Economics, Tax Cuts
 for the Rich Exacerbate Income Inequality 
 RealAudio 
   MP3
 Interview with Brian Miller, 
executive director of United for a Fair Economy, 
conducted by Scott Harris 

Despite strong opposition from progressive activists and some 
legislators, President Obama's deal with Republicans to maintain the 
Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans over the next two years 
won approval in both the House and Senate and was signed into law on 
Dec. 17. While the tax measure continues unemployment benefits for 
another 13 months and cuts payroll taxes by two percent, the extension 
of tax cuts for America's richest citizens maintains the Republican 
"trickle down" policy that is one of the least effective ways to create 
new jobs, according to most economists.  Story continues

   Report: Palestinians Suffer Egregious Discrimination 
Under Israeli Control 
 RealAudio 
   MP3
Interview with Bill Van Esveld, 
Middle East researcher with Human Rights Watch based in Jerusalem,
 conducted by Melinda Tuhus 

Human Rights Watch has just released a new report titled, "Separate and 
Unequal: Israel's Discriminatory Treatment of Palestinians in the 
Occupied Palestinian Territories," which documents specific and 
egregious discrimination against Palestinian residents of "Area C" of 
the West Bank, that is, the area exclusively controlled by Israel, not 
the Palestinian Authority. Story continues

   Open Internet Activists: FCC Net Neutrality Rules a Sell-Out to Telecommunications Industry

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	 MP3

Interview with Joe Torres, senior advisor for 
government relations and external affairs with Free Press, conducted by 
Scott Harris 

By a 3 to 2 vote on Dec. 21, the Federal Communications Commission 
approved what they labeled as new "Net Neutrality" rules, they assert 
are intended to prevent giant telecommunications companies like AT&T
 and Verizon, from acting as powerful Internet gatekeepers. 
Story continues

  This week’s summary of under-reported news 
 RealAudio 
   MP3
  Compiled by Bob Nixon
After a terrorist trained in Yemen failed in his attempt to bomb a 
U.S. airliner on Christmas Day 2009 over Detroit, top Yemeni government 
leaders warned American diplomats its nuclear storage facility was not 
secure and vulnerable to a terrorist attack.("WikiLeaks Cables: Yemen radioactive stocks 'were easy al-Qaida target,'" The Guardian, Dec. 19, 2010) The investigative news agency, ProPublica reports the Obama White 
House is preparing a new executive order on indefinite detention which 
will allow regular reviews of evidence for dozens of prisoners held at 
the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, but would institutionalize
 the Bush-era practice of holding detainees without charge or trial. ("White House drafts executive order for indefinite detention," ProPublica, Dec. 21, 2010)Major cities in the United States and Europe may be the new victims of the global debt crisis in 2011.("$2tn debt crisis threatens to bring down 100 U.S. cities," The Guardian, Dec. 20, 2010)
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