The show airs Friday, July 14, 2000, from 5-6 p.m. on KUCI, 88.9 fm in Orange County, California, and also is aired simultaneously on the Web via kuci.org/listen.html.
We also bring you the latest newscast from Free Speech Radio News, including a report on the latest incident of police brutality caught on video.
Making Contact: "Priming Colombia: A Look at U.S. Drug War Aid"
The U.S. government is filling Colombian
government and military bank accounts with hundreds of
millions of dollars. On this program we take a look at
conflict in Colombia and U.S. drug war policy.
Featuring: Cecila Zuarte-Luan, Colombia Support Network;
an anonymous indigenous woman from Colombia; Coletta
Youngers, Washington Office on Latin America; Adam
Isacson, Center for International Policy; Lisa Haugaard,
Latin American Working Group; Bob Brown, White House
Office on National Drug Control Policy; Noam Chomsky,
Massachussets Institute of Technology
National Radio Project: (510) 251-1332
International Media Project: (650) 851-7256
makingcontact@radioproject.org
http://www.radioproject.org
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Free Speech Radio News
July 14, 2000
DOE: Plutonium Went into the Air, But That's Okay
The Department of Energy this week announced that radioactive
plutonium was released into the air
from last month's fire on the Hanford nuclear reservation in Central
Washington State. Leigh Robartes
reports from Idaho.
Philadelphia Beating Caught on Tape
Both the federal government and the Philadelphia police and
investigating the caught on video-tape
police beating of a wounded man as he was being placed under arrest.
Aaron Glantz has the story.
Law Suits Hit Democratic, Republican Conventions
As law enforcement agencies in Los Angeles and Philadelphia step up
their strategies for dealing with
political dissent at this summers' Democratic and Republican
conventions, several reports just issued
out of Seattle are highly critical of police command tactics during
protests against the WTO. Martha
Baskin reports from Seattle.
Israeli Peace Activists, Fundamentalists Take to the Streets
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak is meeting with Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat and US
President Bill Clinton in an attempt to overcome the final, most
difficult obstacles to peace between
Israelis and Palestinians.Barak left for Camp David under tremendous
political pressure, narrowly
avoiding a no-confidence vote, but still facing the collapse of his
parliamentary coalition. Free Speech
Radio News Correspondent Peretz Kidron is in Jerusalem -- He spoke
with FSRN Anchor Matt Martin.
Protesters Descend on Rural CA Air Force Base
Protesters were on hand at the failed anti-missile defense system
test. And they say they'll be back
next time the military launces a test rocket. ... Ed Rippy reports
from Vandenburg Air Force Base.
One Year Anniversary of Lock-Out at Pacifica Station KPFA
Anchor Matt Martin takes a look at the long-term impacts of
censorship and lock-outside inside the
Pacifica Network.
Credits
Free Speech Radio News is a production of Pacifica Reporters Against
Censorship. Over 40 freelance
reporters in 14 states and four continents are boycotting the
Pacifica Network News for censoring
legitimate news stories. These reporters are risking their
livelihoods.
Free Speech Radio is produced by Aaron Glantz.
Thanks to the National Radio Project for leasing us production space.
Vanessa Tait provided technical assistance.
Krissy Clark coordinates distribution.
Matt Martin anchors.