Monthly Archive: January 2003
Download MP3 Snow Confirmed as Treasury Secretary (3:01) On the heels of yesterday’s approval by the Republican controlled Senate Judicial Committee of conservative judicial nominee to the Appeals Court, Miguel Astrada, the Bush Administration...
Download MP3 Brits Say NO to War! A report released this week in London’s Observer newspaper highlighted that multinational oil corporations Chevron, Exxon, BP and Shell doubled their imports from Iraq from 0.5m barrels...
Download MP3 Activists Respond to State of the Union Address President Bush gave his highly anticipated State of the Union address to a joint session of the US Congress last night dedicating the large...
Download MP3 International Security Conference Disputes Bush (4:09) As the nation and the world prepare for president Bush’s State of the Union address tonight, the media are predicting yet another threat of war on Iraq....
Download MP3 Iraq Says US Just Wants Oil (4:36) The UN’s two top weapons inspectors today delivered to the security council a crucial assessment of the first 60 days of the resumed Iraqi inspections. As...
Download MP3 WSF and Empire WSF and Empire Today is Day Two of the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The third annual meeting of international progressive social movements coincides with the World...
Download MP3 Middle East Summit Arab and Muslim Foreign leaders meeting in Istanbul today voiced opposition to a US war on Iraq but put the onus for peace squarely on Iraqi soldiers. Meeting in...
Download MP3 WSF Opens in Brazil World corporate and national leaders meet this week in Davos, Switzerland for the annual World Economic Forum, to discuss the challenges facing the global neo-liberal economic model. At...
Download MP3 Japanese Activists in Middle East As President Bush today expressed frustration with allies such as France and Germany´s reluctance to wage war on Iraq, sentiment around the world is growing against Washington’s...
Download MP3 Iraq’s Warheads Questioned Iraq today promised more cooperation with UN weapons inspectors, agreeing to allow private interviews with Iraqi scientists and to enact laws banning weapons of mass destruction. The move comes...