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PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS
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Eyewitness Reports
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Lt. Watada:
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1st Lieutenant Ehren Watada, US Army, is the first US officer to refuse deployment to Iraq, He is shown here giving the June, 2006, speech that announced the reasons for his refusal: that the Iraq war is in violation of the Geneva Convention, as well as international, and US laws. His mother, Carolyn Ho, also speaks in defense of her son's refusal to deploy. [Court-martial scheduled for Oct. 9, 2007.] | ||
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| Dahr Jamail: Middle East Update
Bruce Gagnon, Eric Herter (Sept. 29, 2006)  |
American independent journalist Dahr Jamail having just returned from Lebanon is interviewed by Bruce Gagnon about the Israeli bombing of Lebanon in July and August and other events in the Middle East. | ||
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| Trucking in Iraq Eric Herter, (2006)  |
1st Cavalry Division truck driver Brian Clement, from Gardner, Maine, relates his experiences in Iraq from March 2004 to March 2005; illustrated with personal video segments filmed in Iraq. | ||
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Dahr Jamail: Unembedded |
American independent journalist Dahr Jamail tells in words and photos the present situation of Iraqis caught in the increasing violence of the occuaption. | ||
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| A Marine's Iraq Experineces Eric Herter (November, 2005)  |
Marine artillery sergeant Joel Oyer initially supported the war as he entered Iraq with the 2003 invasion force. He tells of his gradual disillusionment with the war and the continuing occupation. | ||
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| "The Freedom" in Iraq Eric Herter (November, 2005)  |
Journalist/author Christian Parenti analyzes the underlying causes of the Iraq war and reports on meetings with those resisting the US occupation. |
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| "Here, Bullet" War Poems Eric Herter (Nov., 2005)  |
Author and US soldier in Iraq Brian Turner reads from his book of war poems, "Here Bullet." |
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| Life under Occupation George McCullough (July 2005)  |
Testimony and photos describe life in Occupied Iraq. Interview with Naba Al Barrak, Univ. of Baghdad, filmed July, 2005. Photos by Dahr Jamail. |
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Vox Populi
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Action to De-fund the Iraq Occupation
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A peaceful demonstration held Feb. 21, 2007 in Congressional Rep. Tom Allen's Portland, Maine office. Letter to Rep. Allen by the 13 citizens who were arrested. | ||
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| Town Hall Meeting: Ending the War & Impeachment Eric Herter (Jan. 11, 2007)  |
Shortly after the new Democratic majorities took their seats in Congress, a hall full of eloquent Maine residents rose one by one with passionate demands for an end to the Iraq war, and for Congressional hearings on impeachment. | ||
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| Town Hall
Meeting on Iraq Bruce Gagnon Eric Herter (April, 2006)  |
Excerpts from over 3 hours of public testimony on the Occupation of Iraq; meeting sponsored by 45 religious and citizens groups from throughout Maine. Though invited, Maine's senators, congressmen and governor chose not to attend. More than 400 people did attend and 64 rose to address the empty seats of their representatives. | ||
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Political Commentary
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Bruce Gagnon discusses the potential for an upcoming war in Iran. Interviewed by Rosie Tyler Paul Nov. 7, 2007 in Brunswick, Maine. | ||
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Monica, We Need You Now  |
Satirical tune performed by Eric Kilburn. | ||
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Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern on the Occupation of Iraq
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The chief US weapons inspector in Iraq during the period leading up to the 2003 US invasion (and also a Republican and a former US Marine officer), Scott Ritter is in a unique position to know first-hand about the adminstration's lies about WMD. He here delivers a scathing indictment of US Iraq policies, and of the passivity of the US public and political system in condoning them.
27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern elaborates on Ritter's indictment. |
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| Dud Hendrick on Impeachment Bruce Gagnon Eric Herter (Jan. 18, 2007)  |
In an interview with Bruce Gagnon, Maine Impeach's Dud Hendrick tells why impeachment is necessary to save our democracy. Hendrick is a member of Veterans for Peace and is a faculty-member in the University of Maine's Peace Studies Program. | ||
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| War from Space? Bruce Gagnon Eric Herter (June, 2006)  |
A report on events organized by the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space during the World Peace Forum held in Vancouver, Canada. Many of the presentations give insight into the aerospace industry, how space technology will be used to give the U.S. "control and domination" of the heavens, examples of what roles particular bases have in the Star Wars scheme, and some illustrations of local resistance. | ||
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| Ray McGovern on Iraq and Iran Eric Herter (May, 2006)  |
Ray McGovern speaks on Iraq and Iran, in Brunswick, Maine, on May 26, 2006. Ray served as an infantry officer in the Army and then as a CIA specialist on the Soviet Union and international communism. He prepared briefings for seven US presidents from 1963 to 1990. After the 9/11 attacks, he became a founding member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. | ||
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