PBC News & Comment: After Another Empty Veto Threat, Obama Signs NDAA
Obama was just kidding about a veto for NDAA, he signs it on the beach in Hawaii, with signing statement…..PBC notes the president leaned to the left on closing Guantanamo while asserting near-imperial...
View ArticleBill of Rights Defender Shahid Buttar Talks About FISA Extension, NDAA...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Shahid Buttar, Executive Director of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, returns to talk about the latest assaults on our rights by Congress and the...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Judge Blocks Release of Assassination Memo, Didn’t Want...
Federal Judge reluctantly blocks release of memo used to justify the targeted “extinction” of US citizen al-Awlaki by drone strike….In what the judge herself admitted was a bizarre ruling, federal...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: ObamaNominations, Katy Perry, Pop Propagandist
No surprise: Obama nominates dronemeister Brennan to CIA, Hagel to Pentagon; Naomi Wolf outs Katy Perry as pro-military propagandist….As expected, Obama nominates John Brennan to return to CIA,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: No more appeals in wiretap case, President can break the law
Further nullification of 4th Amendment rights, as lawyer Jon Eisenberg explains why further appeals would be too risky–big setback!As detailed in today’s in-depth interview, attorney Eisenberg returns...
View ArticleAttorney Jon Eisenberg Reluctantly Drops Appeal in Wiretap Case: President...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Attorney Jon Eisenberg and his legal team drop appeals, fearing Supreme Court could deliver worse ruling that would be a national precedent.Eisenberg...
View ArticleCIA Veteran Ray McGovern Speaks Out on Obama’s Cabinet Picks: Supports Hagel,...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Ray McGovern, former CIA analyst, offers candid comments on Obama’s nominations of Hagel, Brennan, and Kerry; deplores prosecution of John Kiriakou.Ray...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Globe’s A-warming, Australia on Fire
Australia and US both recorded hottest years in 2012; wild fires and record temperatures down under right now, inaction rules. Record temperatures and high winds are fueling huge fires in Australia...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: 11 Years of Gitmo, No End in Sight
Friday, January 11 marks 11 years of the barbaric offshore Guantanamo prison; British journalist Andy Worthington updates the sorry situation…..We open with an excerpt from our next in-depth interview,...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: 11 Years of Gitmo, War Crimes of Viet Nam
Guantanamo turns 11, and we present author Nick Turse on his new book on Viet Nam atrocities, which went largely unpunished….PBC argues with a NY Times op-ed “Don’t Close Guantanamo”, by former Human...
View ArticleNick Turse, Author of ‘Kill Anything That Moves’, Recounts Vietnam War...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Nick Turse leads our podcast, author of Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam. Turse spent 10 years researching the book, talking...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: ZD 30–Infomercial for Torture, CIA
Hollywood often rewrites history, but Zero Dark 30 qualifies as propaganda, hardening unproven myths about torture and fault-free CIA….ZD30 was #1 at the box office over the weekend. PBC was one of...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Smackdown–Jon Stewart vs. Paul Krugman
PBC sides with Paul Krugman in his public spat with Jon Stewart over the idea of trillion-dollar coin trick……While the trillion-dollar coin idea is a gimmick to bypass GOP hostage taking in the debt...
View ArticleTruthout’s Jason Leopold on His Upcoming Trip to Guantanamo, His Update on...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip In this wide-ranging conversation with Jason Leopold, Truthout’s lead investigative reporter, he talks about his upcoming trip to Guantanamo, the impact...
View ArticleMinstrel Roy Zimmerman Returns to Share New Songs, Report on 49-state US Tour
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Roy Zimmerman, singer-songwriter with a satirical political twist, is back with new songs and a report on his election year road trip.Just to lighten...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Drones and Gun Regulation
As Obama unveils gun regulation proposals, Karzai reveals drone gift and Sen. Wyden challenges John Brennan on drone kill policies…..Back in Kabul, Hamid Karzai discloses the price of America’s early...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: US Troops Plagued by Suicide, Sexual Abuse
349 active duty soldiers committed suicide in 2012, as sexual abuse–including rape and command rape–continues at alarming rateWe learned this week that more soldiers killed themselves than were killed...
View ArticleTwo Progressives Review Obama’s First Term, Preview the Second: Prof. David...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Timed for the inauguration, we look back at the first Obama term, and the prospects in the next four years. Professor David Coates of Wake Forest and...
View ArticlePBC News & Comment: Special Interview with Rep. Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson, fiery Florida progressive Democrat, just made historic return to the House; he calls for freedom for Gov.Don Siegelman….In this special interview, we talk with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL)...
View ArticlePalestinian Iyad Burnat from the West Bank, on His Brother’s Oscar-Nominated...
[subscribers] [/subscribers] Free Preview Clip Iyad Burnat from the West Bank town of Bi’lin and Anna Rogers of Marin Peace and Justice Coalition talk about nonviolent resistance to Israeli expansion...
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