Category Archives: Audio

Australia: 11 Unions back campaign to boycott Israel

I am tickled to hear about growing support for BDS from Australian unions … and in such ocker Aussie accents! Well done, CFMEU! Meanwhile, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) has a piece about Julia Gillard’s silence on the ”excesses” of … Continue reading

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Ambassador Edward Peck describes Gaza flotilla raid

Voice of reason former US Ambassador Edward Peck interviewed by Free Speech Radio News just before the Rachel Corrie sailed. His eyewitness account of his experience as part of the Gaza convoy that was attacked by the Israeli military is worth … Continue reading

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Petraeus: Israel is putting American lives at risk (updated)

Update I: All this is interesting given that General Petraeus has been named as the 2010 recipient of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI)’s Kristol Award — is this a neocon attempt to politically co-opt a key military figure involved in … Continue reading

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Iraq’s fertile crescent is turning dust bowl

At the moment, “Afghanistan is hot, Iraq is not”, Martin Chulov notes in this anti-war radio interview. Baghdad correspondent for the Guardian, Chulov provides insights on the ecological disaster of Iraq’s dust bowl, the diversion of water from the Tigris … Continue reading

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