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"The Cuban Way:
Yesterday and Today"
Life on the Caribbean Island of Cuba
over the last forty years has involved
enormous change and complexities.
On this program we take a look at
the history and current challenges of
the Cuban Revolution.
FEATURING:
Jos Altshuler, peace activist and
researcher in Havana, Cuba
Delvis Fernndez Levy, president
of the Cuban-American
Alliance
Nancy Mirabal, asst. professor,
La Raza Studies, San Francisco
State University
Dr. Nelson Valdes, professor of
Sociology at the University of New
Mexico
Archival tape of President Fidel
Castro, Ernesto "Che" Guevara,
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Free Speech Radio News
July 21, 2000
Is the IMF at the Root of Pipeline Spills That Kill Hundreds of
Nigerian People?
Loans from the International Monetary Fund - or IMF - to developing
countries often come with
conditions attached which weigh most heavily on the poor. In Nigeria,
the government is now
negotiating for a one billion dollar loan. Past IMF loans have been
tied to increases in the gasoline
prices paid by Nigerian consumers, and in May, those prices went up
by ten percent in line with IMF
requirements. Ironically, those worst hit by the price increases are
oil producing communities,
especially those near oil pipelines. Early this month, three hundred
people scooping fuel from a leaking
pipeline near the Niger delta town of Warri were burnt to death when
the oil caught fire. As Sam
Olukoya reports from the Niger delta, the incident demonstrates the
human and natural costs of
IMF-imposed economic policy.
"Affordable" AIDS Drugs More Than Average Africans' Annual Income
The U.S. Export-Import Bank announced this week that it will loan one
billion dollars a year to
sub-Saharan African countries to help them buy U.S.-made drugs and
support their battle against
AIDS. The loans will allow the countries to buy so-called combination
therapies at major discounts,
although even at a discount those therapies cost one to two thousand
dollars a year per patient. And
the loans themselves must be repaid by the governments at market
interest rates. The Export-Import
Bank plan is the latest in a series of moves by affluent nations and
international pharmaceutical
companies to respond to criticisms that life-saving drugs have been
priced out of the reach of the
world's poor. But, as Rupert Cook reports from Durban, South Africa,
it's far from clear that the actions
taken so far will make a dent in the AIDS pandemic among the world's
poor.
Russia and the G8 Summit
Russian President Vladimir Putin has had quite a week. First, he
traveled to Beijing for talks with
Chinese President Jiang Zemin which produced a declaration warning
the U.S. not to build a national
missile defense system, and several agreements on economic
cooperation between Russia and China.
Then Putin went to North Korea, where he secured an agreement from
Pyongyang that it would halt its
rocket development program, provided it could use other countries'
rocket technology. And by now he's
arrived on the Japanese island of Okinawa for the Group of Eight
Summit of industrialized nations. The
G8 summit has already been met by protests from more than twenty-five
thousand local residents who
want the U.S. Air Force Base on Okinawa closed, as well as from
leaders of developing countries who
want rich countries to follow through on debt relief plans. Professor
David Kotz teaches at the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. He spoke with host Matt Martin.
Censored by Monsanto, TV Reports Sue Fox TV Station
This week in Tampa, Florida a Civil Lawsuit filed by 2 Former Fox
Television Reporters against their
former employer, local Fox affiliate WTVT, began on Monday.
Investigative reporters Steve Wilson And
Jane Akre say they refused to lie. In a story they produced about a
bovine growth hormone used by
Florida Milk Producers. They claim that Monsanto, who manufactures
the hormone - called Ponsilac -
called on Fox to put pressure on the reporters to soften their
story.......Mitch Perry reports from Tampa.
The Computer Industry and Toxic Waste
One of the claims made on behalf of the so-called "new economy" is
that, because it's based on
information, not natural resources, it treads more lightly on the
environment than traditional smokestack
industries. Environmentalists in California's Silicon Valley,
however, have found that the reality of
information technology is not as clean as its image -- and they're
leading a drive to hold computer
manufacturers responsible for the toxic materials which can be found
in every microprocessor. Max
Pringle has more from San Jose.
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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.
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Host, Subversity, now Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m.
Host, Alternative News, now Fridays, 5-6 p.m.
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