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Show Details for Monday November 29th, 2010

Posted by themonitor on November 29, 2010

Tonight’s Guests are Gareth Porter and Tim Shorrock

Gareth Porter:


Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on U.S. national security policy who has been independent since a brief period of university teaching in the 1980s. Dr. Porter is the author of four books, the latest of which is Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam (University of California Press, 2005). He has written regularly for Inter Press Service on U.S. policy toward Iraq and Iran since 2005. We welcome him back to the Monitor to talk about the latest development on the Wikileaks story.

 

Tim Shorrock:


Tim Shorrock is a Washington-based investigative journalist who grew up in Japan and South Korea. He is the author of SPIES FOR HIRE: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence, published in 2008 by Simon & Schuster. Over the past 35 years, his work has appeared in many publications in the United States and abroad, including Salon, the Atlantic, the Journal of Commerce, Mother Jones, The Nation, Harper’s, Inter Press Service, The Progressive, Foreign Policy in Focus, Asia Times, Sisa Journal (Korea) and Hankyoreh 21 (Korea). He also appears frequently on the radio as a commentator on US-Korean relations and US intelligence and foreign policy. You can catch up with his latest articles on his website: TIMSHORROCK.com


Tim returns to the Monitor to talk about developments in the Korean war.

Posted in Korea, Media, War Reporting, WikiLeaks | Leave a Comment »

Show Details for Monday November 22nd, 2010

Posted by themonitor on November 22, 2010

We take a closer look at Afghanistan with this week’s guests -  Rick Rowley and David Swanson.

Tonight we talk about the “counter-insurgency campaign” and the “Obama-Republican War Alliance”.

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Rick Rowley:

Independent filmmaker Rick Rowley of Big Noise Films returns to The Monitor to tell us about his recent trip to Marjah in Afghanistan. If you tuned in to DemocracyNow! today you would have heard/seen Rick’s latest report from Afghanistan. It is well worth the watch. This report originally aired on “Empire” on Al Jazeera English.

Website: Big Noise Films

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David Swanson

David Swanson is author of the just-released ”War Is A Lie.” Swanson also wrote the  book “Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union.”

Website: davidswanson.org

Article: The New War Congress: An Obama-Republican War Alliance?

Posted in Afghanistan, Bush, CIA, Democrat Corruption, Economy, Empire, GOP Corruption, Obama, Radio Shows, Torture, Veteran's Issues, War Reporting | Leave a Comment »

Show Details for Monday November 15th, 2010

Posted by themonitor on November 15, 2010

Tonight’s guests are Richard Wolff and Aaron Glantz

 

Richard Wolff:

Richard D. Wolff is Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught economics from 1973 to 2008. He is currently a Visiting Professor in the Graduate Program in International Affairs of the New School University, New York City. He also teaches classes regularly at the Brecht Forum in Manhattan.

He joins Mark Bebawi on The Monitor to talk about his book: Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What to Do About It

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Aaron Glantz


Aaron Glantz is an independent journalist who specializes on the impact of war on those who have experienced it directly: soldiers and civilians, aid workers and journalists. Aaron reported extensively from inside Iraq from 2003 to 2005 and has been covering veterans’ issues since his return to the United States.

He joins Mark Bebawi on The Monitor to talk about his book: The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle Against America’s Veterans and the story he recently published showing veteran suicides may exceed combat deaths.

Story:

http://www.baycitizen.org/veterans/story/after-service-veteran-deaths-surge

Posted in Afghanistan, Economic Inequality, Economy, Empire, Iraq, Obama, The Economy, The Market, Veteran's Issues, War Reporting | Leave a Comment »

Show details for Monday November 8th, 2010

Posted by themonitor on November 8, 2010

KPFT is still in pledge drive for one final week. Last week’s show coincided with the ‘World Series’ and the Texans on Monday Night Football. As a sports fan I understand the effect these two events had on our listener level and pledge levels. We need to make up for it this week. Please call 713 526 5738 during the show to help. Thank you!!

Our guest for this week’s show is Bob Cavnar

Bob Cavnar

Robert L. Cavnar is a 30 plus year energy industry veteran based in Houston, a regular commentator on national network television, and is active in local and national politics. He brings a pragmatic business perspective to his commentary, often going contrary to traditional industry political positions in expressing his opinions on energy, healthcare, media, and politics. He has deep experience in operations, start-ups, turn-arounds, and management of both public and private companies, and was most recently President and Chief Executive Officer of Milagro Exploration, a large, privately held oil and gas exploration firm based in Houston, Texas with operations along the Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi Gulf Coast and offshore Gulf of Mexico.

Bob joins The Monitor this week to talk about drilling in the Gulf, US energy policy and his new book:

You can read Bob’s articles at the Huffington Post here: Robert L. Cavnar

Posted in BP, Empire, Oil, Oil Spill, Primer, Radio Shows | Leave a Comment »

 
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