![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Talk Nation Radio interview with Prof Alex Shvartsman on Diebold TSX Integrity Flaws - Dori Smith The Diebold TSX voting terminal Diebold submitted in 2006 as state voting officials were running their legal procurement process is easily hacked. Prof Shvartsman explains what was learned by the University of Connecticut Voting Technology Research Center. Story at talknationradio.org and ctnewsjunkie.com Keywords: Diebold TSX; Alex Shvartsman; Dori Smith; Voting Machine Easily Hacked Downloads: 62 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Venezuela and Colombia Update, an extended interview with James W. Russell part two - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for April 17, 2008 Venezuela and Colombia Update An extended interview with James W. Russell pt 2 Produced by Dori Smith at Pacifica Affiliate station WHUS Storrs, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT. This program is syndicated through Pacifica Network, http://www.pacifica.org and underwritten by the Willimantic Public Library, in Willimantic, CT http://www.biblio.org/willimantic/ TRT: 29:33 James W... Keywords: Venezuela; James W. Russell; Betancourt; Reyes; Plan Colombia Downloads: 62 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | George H. Rawitscher Ph.D. of CT Citizens for Global Solutions and UNA - Dori Smith George H. Rawitscher Ph.D. of CT Citizens for Global Solutions and UNA speaks with Dori Smith of WHUS on Connecticut and the World, energy, peace and justice work, human rights. December 2008 We discuss the State of Connecticut and activism toward a necessary transformation in the way we live. Professor Rawitscher discusses a talk by Donald Williams, Senate Pro Tem, State of Connecticut. We will post the audio of that talk as well... Keywords: renewable energy; scientific advances; organizing; University of Connecticut; scientists beginning to form postiive ideas and activities on energy research Downloads: 6 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail on Iraq which is still a policy failure and David Swanson on Impeaching Bush - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for September 12, 2008 Dahr Jamail offers an update on Iraq, David Swanson talks about Impeaching Bush to help keep the Democratic Party viable, plus a look at the recent ânewsâ coverage on Iraq and the election. Dahr Jamail looks at the ongoing crisis for Iraqis and US soldiers as the policy remains the same, but those dealing with it must continue to try to find new ways to cope, and survive... Keywords: Iraq War; USM casualties in Iraq for September 2008; impeaching Bush; Sarah Palin refusing to obey subpoena; Iraqi government pulls away from US Downloads: 34 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | New Hampshire Recount, Palestinians at Rafah, Deconstructing NH and CT Elections - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for January 24, 2008 Diebold's Optical Scan Voting Machines in New Hampshire and Connecticut We discuss the way New Hampshire's election and recount have been going and delve into voting machine security issues that cropped up in New Hampshire and CT Brad Friedman of Bradblog.com, Luther Weeks of CTvoterscount.org, and Prof Alexander Shvartsman of the University of Connecticut's Voting Research Team During the 2008 presidential primary, poll workers said they allowed staff work... Keywords: New Hampshire recount; voting machines; Diebold; Optical Scan; LHS Associates; professor Alexander shvartsman Downloads: 64 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Alain Gresh of Le Monde Diplomatique on Talk Nation Radio 4-15-09 - Dori Smith Alain Gresh of Le Monde Diplomatique on Talk Nation Radio April 7, 2009 Produced by Dori Smith TRT: 29: 33 Alain Gresh is a veteran journalist and editor at Le Monde Diplomatique. We spoke with him about Mideast policy, Israel's hard line policies toward the Palestinians, Israli policy re settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the war in Gaza, his February story Gaza war changes Middle East equation at Israel's expense, the Obama Administration, Iraq, Iran, and more... Keywords: Alain Gresh; Le Monde Diplomatique; Middle East; Gaza; Israel; Palestine; US policy toward Israel; Palestinian state; two state solution; Obama administration; civilians still suffering in Gaza; Iran; Iraq Downloads: 2 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Shanynn Moore on Sarah Palin, A Politician she knows well and has reported on extensively - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio special on Alaskas Gov. Sarah Palin September 5th, 2008 Talk Nation Radio special: Alaska Progressive Reporter Shannyn Moore on the Gov. Sarah Palin she knows. Listen to this weeks election special show or download at this JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER is attracting lots of attention because Moore knows Alaska Governor Sarah Palin well and has interviewed her many times. She delves into the more controversial Sarah Palin, her church, her prayers for Walmart and for mergers between peo... Keywords: Shanynn Moore; Shannon; Shanynn; Governor Sarah Palin; knows Palin; reporter Shanynn Moore shows Sarah Palin; religion; oil; Alaska corruption; Palin Downloads: 24 |
![[unknown]](/images/mediatype_unknown.gif) | Ridgely Fuller, US Weapons to Israel, Health Crisis for Gaza War Victims - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for August 26, 2009 Ridgely Fuller, US Weapons to Israel, Health Crisis for Gaza War Victims Codepink member speaks out about DIME (dense inert metal explosive) weapons sold to Israel by US during the Bush administrationâs tenure in the White House. See also Democracy Now coverage of Dime here. TRT: 29:45 Produced by Dori Smith Download at Pacificaâs Audioport here and at Archive.org and Radio4all.net Ridgely Fuller is a social worker and Tuftsâ School of Law and Diplomacy g... Keywords: US weapons to Israel; Gaza war victims still need prosthetics; hospital needs part for MRI machine; Gaza farmers; fishermen; still restricted; suffering of Palestinians continue and Palestinians fear Israelis do not want peace |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Camillo âMacâ Bica of Veterans for Peace on US Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for June 18, 2009 Camillo âMacâ Bica of Veterans for Peace on US Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq TRT: 29:38 Produced by Dori Smith, Storrs, CT Talk Nation Radio studios Download at Pacificaâs Audioport or at Archive.org and Radio4all.net We discuss the March 22, 2007 open letter to fellow veterans by Camillo âMacâ Bica published by Foreign Policy in Focus, www.fpif.org. We must support U.S... Keywords: Camillo Mac Bica; Iraq; Afghanistan; 4; 997 USM casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan Downloads: 27 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail on major increase in violence in Iraq - Dori Smith Dahr Jamail reports on a major upswing in violence in Iraq April 28th, 2009 Talk Nation Radio for April 28, 2009 Dahr Jamail sorts out the headlines and offers his astute analysis Listen to this weekâs broadcast here TRT: 29:43 Produced by Dori Smith Download at Pacificaâs Audioport and at Archive.org and Radio4all.net US soldiers have been dying in larger numbers, one per day for the past five days, and there had been thirty five bombings in Baghdad alone during the month of April, by the tim... Keywords: Dahr Jamail; Iraq; major violence again in Iraq; hundreds killed and wounded during April 2009; Obama administration; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; will the US still pull troops out of Iraq Downloads: 16 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Graham Usher, contributing editor, Middle East Reports, on Pakistani fears about USM air strikes - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for July 16, 2008 Graham Usher from Islamabad on US Military Ops at Northwest Border Region Produced by Dori Smith at WHUS, at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT, a Pacifica Affiliate station TRT: 29:45 music fades to 5 sec Download at Pacifica's Audioport or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org Journalist and Author Graham Usher joins us for the half hour from Islamabad, Pakistan, where he says Pakistanis are worried that the US election season has brought a growing milit... Keywords: Pakistan; US troops; US air strikes; July 15; 2008; July 16; 2008 Pakistan; Pakistani Soldiers; military; US Military; Graham Usher; Taliban; US forces; George W. Bush Downloads: 46 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Amnesty Intnl urgently seeks Stay of Execution for Troy Davis before 7 PM 9-23-08 - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio special, Amnesty International Call to Stop Davis Execution Produced by Dori Smith TRT:59:55 music fades 36 seconds Amnesty International is seeking a last minute stay of execution with only hours to go before the State of Georgia carries out what will likely be the death by lethal injection of an innocent man, Troy Anthony Davis. His execution date is Tuesday September 23, 2008 at 7 PM unless his defense team and Amnesty International, the ACLU, and activists all over the worl... Keywords: Robert Nave; Connecticut Network to Abolish the Death Penalty; Richard Dieter; Death Penalty Information Center; 130 people released from death row after new investigation into evidence; Troy Davis should be 131; stop execution of Troy Davis; calls to action Downloads: 36 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dion Nissenbaum, McClatchy Newspapers, in Israel on Talk of Iran Attack - Dori Smith Posted on Sunday 22 June 2008 Talk Nation Radio for June 21, 2008 Dion Nissenbaum in Israel on Talk of a Military Strike on Iran Produced by Dori Smith, WHUS radio FM 91.7 a Pacifica Affilate at the University of Connecticut TRT: 29:00 Download at Pacificaâs Audioport.org, Archive.org and Radio4all.net Dion Nissenbaum, Jerusalem Bureau Chief for McClatchy Newspapers, joins us for the half hour from Israel where he says talk of a military strike is percolating back into mainstream debate... Keywords: Dion Nissenbaum; audio; Israel; attack on Iran; Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz; Mike McConnell; IAEA; U.S. threats; Israeli threats; Iran; diplomacy; Europe; EU; sanctions; sanctions on Iran Downloads: 38 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ellen Theisen and Brad Friedman honor John Gideon who died in April of 2009 - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for May 6, 2009 Ellen Theisen of Voters Unite and Brad Friedman honor John Gideon, the tireless advocate of election integrity died in April after a sudden case of Meningitis. TRT: 29:43 Produced by Dori Smith John Gideon's passing leaves a terrific void in the world of voting integrity and election reform. He will be missed. We hear about his important work as two of his colleagues and friends honor him... Keywords: Brad Friedman; bradblog; Ellen Theisen; director of Voters Unite; discuss the significance of the passing of John Gideon Downloads: 27 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Francis A. Boyle on Call for UN General Assembly to set up War Crimes Tribunal on Gaza - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio, January 29, 2009 Francis A. Boyle calls on UN General Assembly for War Crimes Tribunal for Israel over Gaza attacks This is part one of a two part special on Gaza produced by Dori Smith, at WHUS, a Pacifica Affiliate at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT TRT: 29:08 Download at Pacificaâs Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org. (Pending technical issue at Archive.) Francis A... Keywords: Francis A. Boyle; International Law; Gaza; Israel; Hamas; Palestinians; negotiations; Mideast envoy George Mitchell; US and Israeli politics; violence; war; war crimes; children Downloads: 20 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Journalists Dahr Jamail and Lionel Beehner re new counter terrorism strategy failures - Dori Smith Guests: Brandon Roberts of the Working Poor Families Project and journalists Lionel Beehner and Dahr Jamail US air strikes across the Iraq border into Syria and ongoing US attacks in Pakistan. Where is Bush/Cheney doctrine on counter terrorism leading us as they prepare to leave the White House? Lionel Beehner discusses his October 27th piece in the Guardian UK is titled, âStriking Out in Syriaâ and looks at new trends in Bush/Cheney counter terror war... Keywords: MidEast News; Syria; Iraq; Pakistan; new strategy; counter terrorism; Iraqi government warns it does not want to be base for US aggression in region Downloads: 17 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Leonard Rubenstein, President of PHR, Physicians for Human Rights - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for June 12, 2008 Attorney Leonard Rubenstein of PHR on Torture and the American Psyche: Blurring the Boundaries Between Healers and Interrogators Leonard Rubenstein J.D. is President of the Nobel Prize winning group, PHR, Physicians for Human Rights. In this half hour presentation we hear his speech before approximately 150 health care providers and others in Brookline MA. He discusses the significance of the challenge to the APA, American Psychological Association, over their... Keywords: Leonard Rubenstein J.D; PSR; Physicians for Human Rights; Nobel Prize Winning organization; torture; anti-torture activists; rights groups seeking to end torture; psychologists taking on the APA; American Psychological Association; contracts; US Military contracts for interrogation; Attorney Leonard Rubenstein Downloads: 44 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Marjorie Cohn, Undoing the Damage Bush Wrought - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for November 13, 2008 Marjorie Cohn, Undoing the Damage Bush Wrought TRT: 28:55 Produced by Dori Smith, WHUS, University of CT., Storrs, CT Music fades end 19 seconds Download at Pacifica's Audioport at: http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=22435&nav=type&session=16b3be7ddee99bc4fc1e304417d60a95& Also available at http://www.radio4all.net and http://www.archive.org Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law discusses her four part series on how the... Keywords: Marjorie Cohn; National Lawyer's Guild; Undoing the Damage Bush Wrought; Human Rights; three treaties on human rights; women's rights; rights of the child; International covenant on civil and political rights; Rome Statute for the International Criminal Court; the ICC; holding Bush and Cheney accountable for crimes committed while in office; Iraq War; torture; and illegal surveillance Downloads: 23 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ridgely Fuller on US weapons to Israel and Gaza War Victims in need of care - Dori Smith WE've updated this version to another page. The wrong version had been uploaded in error. We apologize for this and will correct by replacing the page, and then eventually we will delete this one. Please do not link to this page. Look for the version marked final. Sorry for the inconvenience. ~~Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for August 26, 2009 Ridgely Fuller, US Weapons to Israel, Health Crisis for Gaza War Victims A CODEPINK member speaks out about DIME (dense inert metal explosive) weapons sold... Keywords: CODEPINK; Gaza; Palestinians; Israel; US weapons; Dime weapons used in Gaza; hospital that has no ability to use equipment due to Israeli blockade Downloads: 8 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | This Revolution Will be Televised, and Tax Day Politics - Dori Smith Tax Day Tea Parties This Revolution will be Televised TRT: 29:42 Produced by Dori Smith of Talk Nation Radio in Storrs , Connecticut We explore some of the politics behind Tax Day Tea Party demonstrations held April 15th. They were not so much 'grass roots' as 'AstroTurf' roots, says Thomas MacMillan. Plus CT Rob Simmons in his run against Senator Dodd. Brian Frederick , Deputy Editorial Director at Media Matters for America, Thomas MacMillan of the New Haven Independent, Peter Howe of Boston's ... Keywords: Tax Day Tea Party; 2009; Boston; Washington D.C; Media Matters; FSRN; The New Haven Independent; Republican Rob Simmons Downloads: 19 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Venezuela and Colombia, current events in historical context - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for April 10, 2008 James W. Russell is an expert on Latin American history and social and political economics. He teaches sociology and directs the Latin American Studies Program at Eastern Connecticut State University and is author of the 2006 book, 'Double Standard, Social Policy in Europe and the United States'. In this two part special will discuss recent events in Venezuela in historical context... Keywords: Venezuela; Chavez; referendum; winner; contest; what Venezuelan people think about referendum; socialist government; Chavez may have; analysis of Chavez and referendum Downloads: 102 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | 14-year-old Nour Kharma in Gaza asks President Barack Obama for help - Dori Smith Pacifica's Sprouts for Wednesday February 12, 2009 A Gaza Teenager Calls on US President Barack Obama for Help Left KU Channel February 13, 2009 3PM EST Total time 29:06 minutes, music fades 18 sec Go to Weekly programs http://www.audioport.org and click on: "A Gaza Teenager Calls on US President Barack Obama for Help" Or search "Sprouts" This week's Sprouts edition is produced by Dori Smith at FM 91.7 WHUS Radio in Storrs, Connecticut, a Pacifica Affiliate... Keywords: Nour Kharma; 14 year old calls on Barack Obama for help; in Gaza Downloads: 46 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Afghanistan, Iraq, Gaza, Lebanon, analysis with scholars - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for 2 18 09 Produced by Dori Smith, WHUS FM 91.7 Radio for the People at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT We hear from MidEast scholars Jennifer Loewenstein, Francis A. Boyle, and Conn Hallinan. First these news updates on raq, Afghanistan and Gaza: The web page ideabeats.org has an archive of Bush audio and video on the Iraq War. It soon becomes obvious that the entire Bush administration was lying its way into an invasion, war, and occupation of Iraq, and then join... Keywords: news updates mideast Downloads: 120 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Alain Gresh of Le Monde Diplomatique on Talk Nation Radio 4 15 09 - Dori Smith Alain Gresh of Le Monde Diplomatique on Talk Nation Radio April 7, 2009 Produced by Dori Smith TRT: 29: 33 Alain Gresh is a veteran journalist and editor at Le Monde Diplomatique. We spoke with him about Mideast policy, Israel's hard line policies toward the Palestinians, Israli policy re settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the war in Gaza, his February story Gaza war changes Middle East equation at Israel's expense, the Obama Administration, Iraq, Iran, and more... Keywords: Alain Gresh; Le Monde Diplomatique; Middle East; Gaza; Israel; Palestine; US policy toward Israel; Palestinian state; two state solution; Obama administration; civilians still suffering in Gaza; Iran; Iraq Downloads: 18 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Bush Pardons must be stopped says Bob Fertik of Democrats.com - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for December 4, 2008 Bush Pardons Must be Stopped says Bob Fertik of Democrats.com Petitions to stop Bush Pardons and in support of NY Democratic Rep. Jerrold Nadler's bill to prevent Bush's pardons of Vice President Cheney, Scooter Libby, and others involved in programs like rendition, torture, wiretapping of Americans, and other illegal activities. http://democrats.com/nadler-pardons http://www.democrats.com/corrupt-pardons-have-bad-consequences and http://www.house.gov/apps/... Keywords: Bob Fertik; Democrats.com; corrupt-pardons-have-bad-consequences; news on Bush pardons; can Bush pardon himself and Vice President Cheney; what about CIA officers involved in torture; rendition; or pardoning those who outted Plame; or those corporate CEOs who approved wiretapping innocent Americans for the Bush administration illegally; executive pardons; D Rep. Jerrold Nadler; New York; opposes Bush Pardons Downloads: 174 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Chip Berlet and Max Blumenthal on America's Militant Right Wing - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for June 11, 2009 Chip Berlet and Max Blumenthal on America's Militant Right Wing TRT: 29:33 music fades long Music by Fritz Heede www.fritzheede.com Also see part one of our interview with Chip Berlet at Archive.org Comments at end about the shooting at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C., which took place even as we were taping our interview with Max Blumenthal. In fact, our guest was predicting that the violence we saw in Kansas in the shooting of Physician George Tiller... Keywords: Max Blumenthal; Chip Berlet; right wing violence; white supremacists; violence; shootings at the nation's capital; killing of Dr. Tiller; in contect; Hal Turner; arrest in CT for threatening legislators Downloads: 60 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Chip Berlet on the Tiller Murder, the Media, and the Patriot Movement - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for June 4, 2009 Chip Berlet on the Tiller Murder, the Media, and the Patriot Movement UPDATE: In our headlines this week we mentioned that someone named Turner was arrested for threatening Connecticut officials. We now see that the SPL web site has written about him. He is described as a white supremacist blogger, however, he may well be an FBI informant. Was he working to provoke people? We will look at this next week and discuss the implications... Keywords: Chip Berlet; Dr. George Tiller; militia; patriot movement; white supremacists; Christian identity movement; abortion; hot button issues; Scott Roeder; how politicians cultivate militant right wing in America; who Scott Roeder is Downloads: 73 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | CODEPINK arrives in Gaza, Marjorie Cohn on the Sotomayor Nomination - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for May 27, 2009 Codepink arrives in Gaza, National Lawyer's Guild President Marjorie Cohn on the Sotomayor Appointment We hear from members of another CODEPINK delegation that has been making slow progress into Gaza. Pam Rasmussen joins us from Cairo where she has been working to help all of the delegates. First, Canadian Sandra Ruch joins us from Gaza and talks about the difficulty her group had getting into Gaza with humanitarian aid... Keywords: Gaza; Israel; Abbas; Obama; Netanyahu; Washington; school supplies; humanitarian aid; border crossing; Palestinians; rights; civil rights; National Lawyers Guild; Judge Sonia Sotormayor; opinions on rights of individual versus corporation; civil rights; Ban Ki Moon; UN; UNWRA; Judge Goldstone's investigation into Gaza war crimes Downloads: 14 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | CODEPINK nears destination of Rafah Crossing, USM Retired Col Ann Wright speaks to Talk Nation Radio - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio special for Friday March 6, 2009 60 Codepink and Women for Peace delegation near the Rafah Crossing, Dori Smith interviews USM Retired Col. Ann Wright We celebrate International Women's Day 2009 with coverage of CODEPINK. They organized a peace delegation to Gaza and are now gathering at the Rafah crossing with mostly women and a few young people and men. The delegates come from various countries including Pakistan, Egypt, and the US, and they will be meeting up with Israeli wo... Keywords: Gaza; CODEPINK delegation; International Women's Day; USM Col Ann Wright; retired; with Medea Benjamin; Cindy and Craig Corrie; Alice Walker; and 60 others want to help the people of Gaza after the war; will the Israeli and Egyptian Governments let them cross? Downloads: 101 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | CODEPINK's Pam Rasmussen and Gael Murphy in Gaza - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for March 11, 2009 Messages from Gaza, CODEPINK's Pam Rasmussen and Gael Murphy We hear about the delegation's progress, learn more about what they have been seeing, and hear a first hand report about a war crime as described to CODEPINK by survivors. Produced by Dori Smith, FM 91.7 WHUS Radio at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT TRT:30:08 Download at Pacifica's Audioport here or at Radio4all.net and Archive.org Two members of a peace delegation to Gaza speak out abou... Keywords: war crimes; Israeli soldiers; Gaza; Gaza War; Israeli Defense Force; Netanyahu; Palestinian; trade; borders; settlements; CODEPINK; aid; medical care; medicine; hospitals bombed; clinics destroyed Downloads: 409 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail Lecture at ECSU on Reinventing Journalism in a Time of War - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for October 14, 2009 Dahr Jamail Lecture at ECSU on Reinventing Journalism in a Time of War Special thanks to Promoting Enduring Peace, and Professor Helma De Vries, Political Science Dept., at ECSU, Eastern Connecticut State University, in Willimantic, CT, who coordinated the event where Dahr Jamail spoke. Thanks also to Eastern Connecticut State University, their technical division, staff, and the human rights group on campus, for welcoming Dahr Jamail for this taped event... Keywords: Dahr Jamail lecture; ECSU; Eastern Connecticut State University; Willimantic; CT; Promoting Enduring Peace; Special Thanks to ECSU and to Prof. Helma De Vries; Political Science Dept; soldiers who refuse to deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan being stripped of benefits Downloads: 11 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail on the Will to Resist within the US Military - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for September 10, 2009 Dahr Jamail on the Will to Resist within the US Military Dahr Jamail continues to describe some of his personal reactions to interviewing U.S. soldiers. He points out that some 1.4 million Iraqi civilians are said to have perished since the 2003 U.S. invasion. The soldiers too are victims of the U.S. Military, âthe green machineâ Jamail says. And the Military doesnât care any more about them than about the Iraqi people... Keywords: Dahr Jamail; US Military; The Will to Resist; Soldiers who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan; CT book tour 2009; Will to Resist http://willtoresist.blogspot.com Downloads: 23 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail on US Military Policy in Iraq, Still a Failure in 2009 - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for March 19, 2009 Dahr Jamail on US Military Policy in Iraq: Still a Failure and where do we go from here? TRT: 29:41 with 12 sec music fade Produced by Dori Smith, WHUS FM 91.7 at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT We are pleased to interview award winning journalist Dahr Jamail who returned from Iraq two weeks ago and has been writing about the January elections, ongoing violence, the loss of Iraqi culture, increasing poverty, environmental damage, and lack of acces... Keywords: Dahr Jamail; just back from Iraq March 2009; Iraq War policy still a failure; President Obama; foreign policy in Iraq; no US soldiers have come home yet; reconstruction failures; water pollution; security still poor; lack of health care; increasing poverty and unemployment Downloads: 145 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dahr Jamail special 2 Reinventing Journalism in a Time of War - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for October 22, 2009 Dahr Jamail at ECSU, Eastern CT State University, Independent Journalism in a Time of War TRT: 29:42 Produced by Dori Smith Download at Pacifica's Audioport, Radio4all.net and Archive.org Journalist Dahr Jamail spoke at ECSU, Eastern Connecticut State University, in Willimantic, Connecticut before a crowd of several hundred students, professors, and members of the general public at an event marking the UN's International Day of Peace, September 21, 2009... Keywords: Dahr Jamail; ECSU; Eastern Connecticut State University; Willimantic Connecticut; talk; reinventing journalism in a time of war; Afghanistan; Iraq; Middle East; U.S. Soldiers being redeployed as many as six times; facing PTSD; TBI; book; the will to resist; soldiers who refuse to fight in iraq and afghanistan Downloads: 6 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Danny Schechter on his new book, Plunder, Investigating our Economic Calamity - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio interview with media critic Danny Schechter. Plunder: Investigating our Economic Calamity Mike Stark provides his reaction to the news that Troy Anthony Davis got a hearing at the U.S. Supreme Court. A stay of execution came less than two hours before he was to be executed. The Davis family and his attorneys breathed a sigh of relief but the case is still pending and the high court could decide not to hear the brief after all... Keywords: Danny Schechter; Plunder: Investigating our Economic Calamity Downloads: 271 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Darryl Li on Israel's Gaza Plans, hunger for political and legal rights as well as basic necessity - Dori Smith November 27th, 2008 Talk Nation Radio for November 26, 2008 Produced by Dori Smith at WHUS, FM 91.7, a Pacifica Affiliate station at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT TRT: 26:53 Download at Pacificaâs Audioport or at Archive.org and Radio4all.net MidEast Scholar and Yale Law School JD candidate Darryl Li, joins us to talk about his article in Middle East Report online, âDisengagement and the Frontiers of Zionism.â In his piece that appeared February 16, 2008 Darryl Li comments: âTa... Keywords: Palestinians divided; people of Gaza; Palestinian rights; human rights; political and legal rights; Darryl Li Downloads: 123 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | David Lindorff talk about the Case for Impeachment and Bush's Executive Orders - Dori Smith On October 21st investigative journalist David Lindorff spoke in West Hartford Connecticut about the grave implications of George W. Bush's Executive Orders. Lindorff is the author with Barbara Olshanshky, of "The Case for Impeachment: The Legal Argument for Removing President George W. Bush from Office. The book was published by St. Martin's Press. His web page is http://www.thiscantbehappening.net Here Lindorff shares insights about US Congress, startling realizations about the meaning discove... Keywords: David Lindorff; George W. Bush; Executive Orders; indicative of police state; tactics designed to squash dissent; take power over Congress even where Democrats hold majority; signing statements; Iraq; Iraqis; aid programs; US prisons; squash dissent Downloads: 1,326 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | David Rovics - Dori Smith This week's Sprouts: David Rovics: News and History in Song An interview with David Rovics about his writing and the meaning in his songs. Produced by Dori Smith, Talk Nation Radio, Storrs, CT Left KU Channel Thursday, October 22, 2009 3PM EST TRT: 28:47 Download after October 21 as broadcast quality .mp3: http://audioport.org Under Weekly Shows Or use search work "Sprouts" Sound file: "Sprouts: David Rovics: News and History in Son" http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=... Keywords: David Rovics; Pacifica; Sprouts; Dori Smith; Songs about farmers; under reported news; and history; David Rovics on tour of USA; also performs in Europe; davidrovics.com Downloads: 8 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | David Rovics on the Music of Political and Economic Activism, improved sound quality - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for September 24, 2009 David Rovics on the Music of Political and Economic Activism Remastered version, corrected Sat. 9-26-09 Produced by Dori Smith TRT:29:43 David Rovics is on an international tour, and he met up with Dahr Jamail briefly in Connecticut where they shared the stage at Wesleyan University. Prior to his arrival we spoke with Rovics by phone to discuss his tour and the significance of sharing a stage with Dahr Jamail... Keywords: David Rovics; Dahr Jamail; Afghanistan; Iraq; war; anti war message from David Rovics Downloads: 5 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Diann Rust-Tierney of the NCADP on Troy Anthony Davis case - Dori Smith 5:10 Interview on death penalty abuses, issues of race and unfairness, and a multitude of cases that have been later found to have been mishandled by the U.S. legal system. In this interview taped just prior to the U.S. Supreme Court decision on granting the Troy Davis case a review, legal expert, Diann Rust-Tierney offers her assessment of the case. Diann Rust-Tierney is Executive Director of the NCADP, National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty... Keywords: NCADP; The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; Troy Davis; Troy Anthony Davis; Dori Smith; U.S. Supreme Court; witnesses recant testimony Downloads: 19 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Diebold Machine Failures in CT and Florida - Dori Smith Is Diebold, Inc. undergoing a financial meltdown? We look at recent news on the company as stocks fall, employees sell off their shares, and memory card failures appear to be far more complicated than originally suspected. Diebold replaced some 300 cards in Florida, 25 in Valusia County alone, and now with one week to go until the 2007 state and federal elections they have found five more bad memory cards in the county... Keywords: Diebold; Michael J. Fischer; Talk Nation Radio; Dori Smith; Voting Machine Security Regulations; Connecticut; Florida; Washington; D.C; Grant Gross; Daniel Seligson; electionline.org; Secretary of State Downloads: 111 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Dr. Alice Rothchild, Jewish Voice for Peace, Boston part two of interview with Dori Smith - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for August 6, 2009 Dr. Alice Rothchild, author of, 'Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience.' This is the second part of our interview with the founder of Jewish Voice for Peace, Boston. During our interview July 27, 2009, Dr. Alice Rothchild spoke about the significance of Israeli settlements when it comes to any peace talks or other kinds of negotiations... Keywords: Dr. Alice Rothchild; Israel; Palestine; settlements; freezing peace; Avigdor Lieberman and Benjamin Netanyahu say no to freeze on settlements; US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; Isreal's eviction of Palestinians is a provocation; health care for Palestinians; Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein Downloads: 37 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald on Afghanistan's Invisible History - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for August 13, 2009 TRT: 29:19 Produced by Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio studios Storrs, CT Syndicated with Pacifica Network contact: talknationradio@gmail.com Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald join us to talk about their book, 'Invisible History, Afghanistan's Untold Story'.(City Lights books, San Francisco). www.invisiblehistory.com After the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, all Western media was expelled... Keywords: Afghanistan; Durand Line; US policy; cold war; empire building; failures to understand Afghan history; invisible history Downloads: 29 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ellen Hodgson Brown, Escaping the Web of Debt part 2 - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio April 9, 2009 Ellen Hodgson Brown, escaping the global web of debt (Part Two) We hear about the founding of a state bank, something that could help states become solvent. In part 1 we heard Ellen Hodgson Brown describe the success of the founders of North Dakota in establishing a non partisan state bank that is still functional and thriving. States could save on interest, use their own banks to borrow, invest, and manage state funds... Keywords: Ellen Hodgson Brown; Talk Nation Radio; found a state bank; North Dakota's state bank is solvent; what the US can do to help save the economy; one state at a time Downloads: 79 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Escaping our Web of Debt with Ellen Hodgson Brown - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for April 3, 2009 Ellen Hodgson Brown, escaping the global web of debt Part 1: How we can work toward saving the US economy, one state bank at a time...Part 2, now available for download here: http://www.archive.org/details/EllenHodgsonBrownEscapingTheWebOfDebtPart2 Produced by Dori Smith at WHUS, FM 91.7, a Pacifica Affiliate at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT TRT: 29:28 Ellen Hodgson Brown discusses, Web of Debt, on the US Federal Reserve, the so called Money Trus... Keywords: Ellen Brown; Ellen Hodgson Brown; international banking; mark to market; Bank for International Settlements; Switzerland; US banking industry; why North Dakota has a state bank; and why all states should have one; saving the US economy; one state bank at a time Downloads: 266 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | fghanistan's Invisible History, Gould and Fitzgerald - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for August 20, 2009 Afghanistan's Invisible History, Gould and Fitzgerald Part two of two, each stands alone Authors of Invisible History, Afghanistan's Untold Story Part 1 is here: http://www.archive.org/details/ElizabethGouldAndPaulFitzgeraldOnAfghanistansInvisibleHistory TRT: 29:52 music fades 12 seconds Produced by Dori Smith Music by Fritz Heede www.fritzheede.com Topics include: -The history of British and US imperialists who have long sought to dominate Afghansitan... Keywords: Elizabeth Gould; Paul Fitzgerald; Afghanistan; Invisible History; Afghanistan's Untold Story Downloads: 17 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Francis A. Boyle on the 2009 US--Russia Start Talks - Dori Smith Francis A. Boyle on US and Russia Start Talks Talk Nation Radio for July 9, 2009 Francis A. Boyle on US and Russia Start Talks History, perspective, and whatâs going on behind the scenes? Professor Boyleâs book, âThe Criminality of Nuclear Deterrence,â defines the stakes posed by weapons of mass destruction in a post 9/11 world. He clarifies the history of the Start Talks and talks about what is at stake in 2009... Keywords: Russian President Dimitri Medvedev; US President Barack Obama; Moscow Start Talks 2009; influence of Neocons on Obama policy in the MidEast Downloads: 23 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Francis A. Boyle on US Strategy for Color Revolution in Iran - Dori Smith Francis A. Boyle on US Strategy for Color Revolution in Iran June 25th, 2009 Talk Nation Radio for June 25, 2009 Francis A. Boyle on US Strategy for Color Revolution in Iran : A continuity of American policy under Bush and Cheney Produced by Dori Smith, Storrs, CT TRT:29:49 Is the US running a covert operation in Iran designed to promote a color revolution as a way to bring about regime change? We asked international law expert Francis A... Keywords: Iranian election; unrest; US involved in color revolution strategy for Iran; USA; covert operations are illegal; propaganda is not usually; Francis A. Boyle; International Law Expert; author of many books on international law and politics as well as resistance to war Downloads: 41 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Has US been fomenting Unrest in Iran, Jeremy R. Hammond - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for July 1, 2009 Has the US been fomenting unrest in Iran? An interview with editor Jeremy R. Hammond of Foreign Policy Journal Jeremy R. Hammond's June 23rd story: "Has the U.S. Played a Role in Fomenting Unrest During Iranâs Election?" It offers a kind of history of US propaganda and covert operations aimed at regime change in Iran with references to other operations of the NED in various countries... Keywords: Iran; NED; Natonal Endowment for Democracy; CIA in Iran; is US fomenting unrest in Iran; Bush policy; Obama policy; US support for militant organizations operating in Iran Downloads: 19 |
![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | Ian Williams and Dave Lindorff talk about al Zaidi incident and what US reporters can learn from it - Dori Smith Talk Nation Radio for December 18, 2008 Ian Williams and Dave Lindorff talk about what US reporters can learn from al-Zaidi incident. Produced by Dori Smith at FM 91.7, WHUS Radio, a Pacifica affiliate at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT TRT:29:39 Download weekly at Archive.org, Radio4all.net and audioport.org We discuss the global surge in venting anger at George W. Bush sparked by Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi... Keywords: Muntazer al-Zaidi; shoe; President George W. Bush; Baghdad; Iraq; conditions for women and children; hospitals in dire circumstances; no doctors; Dahr Jamail; U.S. War in Iraq; occupation; Ian Williams; Bush would rather get shoe than hardball question; Dave Lindorff; shoe has become a symbol; Code Pink Downloads: 279 |
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