(((audio))) CKUT Radio: Resisting the U.S. Presidential Inauguration

CKUT Radio: Resisting the U.S. Presidential Inauguration

On Thursday January 20th, as George W. Bush was sworn in for a second term as U.S. president in Washington DC, thousands of demonstrators took the streets of downtown DC, to voice rejection of both the domestic and foreign policies of the current U.S. Administration. A key focus of the large-scale demonstrations, estimated at 10 000 people, was the ongoing internationally condemned U.S. lead military occupation of Iraq, in which
according to public health experts from the U.S., an estimated 100 000 Iraqi's have died.

This radio segment features an interview with Lelia Spears of DC Anarchist Resistance, a group formed in the spirit of directly confronting Bush's inauguration, who on January 20th confronted police lines guarding Bush's inauguration parade route. Also this radio segment features an interview with Drew Poe, from DC Indymedia and DC Radio Co-Op who spoke about the independent media convergence, which took place to facilitate alternative coverage to the corporate / state-run media of Bush's inauguration.

-> To listen to the CKUT radio segment on the DC demonstrations visit: http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/01/3399.php

-> For extensive alternative coverage of the demonstrations in DC visit: http://dc.indymedia.org - http://indymedia.org

-> For more information on the various groups & organizations who
participated in the demonstrations visit:
http://www.counter-inaugural.org - http://www.anarchistresistance.org

{This report was recorded and produced for CKUT Radio by Stefan Christoff, who is a member of CLAC, the Anti-Capitalist Convergence of Montreal -http://clac.taktic.org.}

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WEEK ENDING JAN. 28, 2005

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1) New Palestinian Leader
Confronts Familiar Obstacles
in Restarting Peace Talks

Interview with Ali Abunimah,
writer and activist,
conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Right-wing Talk Show Host Armstrong Williams
Implicated in Taxpayer-Funded Government
Propaganda Campaign

Interview with Josh Silver,
executive director of Free Press,
conducted by Scott Harris

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3) Faith-based Group Calls for Grassroots Resistance to Iraq War

Call to Resist, sponsored by
Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice,
produced by Melinda Tuhus

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4) This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

- For the second time, the Sri Lankan government blocked a high-level
United Nations tsunami relief official from visiting territory
controlled by rebel Tamil Tigers.

- Billionaire financier George Soros, a backer of global civil society movements, is leading a campaign among wealthy philanthropists to fund new progressive idea factories.

- The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has granted more than 300 million acres of public lands to ranchers for grazing their cattle, in a deal heavily subsidized by American taxpayers. Eco-activists call cattle ranching one of the most destructive uses of the fragile environment of the American west, with widespread damage to water quality, soil erosion and threats to endangered and threatened species.

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