George Cadman speaks to Dr. Paul Larudee, co-founder of the Free Gaza Movement, on plans to set sail from Cyprus to Gaza in May of 2008.

The Free Gaza Movement’s mission is to break the siege of Gaza. They want to raise international awareness about the prison-like closure of the Gaza Strip and pressure the international community to review its sanctions policy and end its support for continued Israeli occupation. They want to uphold Palestine’s right to welcome internationals as visitors, human rights observers, humanitarian aid workers, journalists, or otherwise.

Dr. Paul Larudee is Co-Founder of the Free Gaza Movement. He is a former Ford Foundation supervisor in Lebanon, a Fulbright-Hays lecturer to Lebanon, and a former contracted US govt. advisor to Saudi Arabia. He participates in Palestinian nonviolent resistance with the International Solidarity Movement.

This program was produced by Peace Talks for Free Radio Santa Cruz on December 4, 2007.

For more information, visit:
freakradio.org
freegaza.org

George Cadman interviews Professor Stephen Zunes about current Palestinian/Israeli peace negotiations.

Dr. Stephen Zunes is a Professor of Politics at the University of San Francisco, where he has taught since 1995. He serves as an advisory committee member and Middle East editor for the Foreign Policy in Focus Project and as an associate editor of Peace Review. He is the author of scores of articles for scholarly and general readership on Middle Eastern politics, U.S. foreign policy, international terrorism, social movements, and human rights. He is the principal editor of “Nonviolent Social Movements” and the author of the highly-acclaimed “Tinderbox: U.S. Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism” and the forthcoming “Western Sahara: Nationalism and Conflict in Northwest Africa”.

This program was produced by Peace Talks for Free Radio Santa Cruz for January 24, 2008.

For more information, visit:
freakradio.org
stephenzunes.org

Professor Kovel is a prolific writer who has published ten books and over a hundred articles. His most recent book: “Overcoming Zionism,” published by the Pluto Press in the UK, and distributed by the University of Michigan Press, predictably earned him the ire of what Rabbi Arthur Waskow, of the Shalom Center in Philadelphia, calls “Jewish Officialdom,” or the “Official Jewish Institutional Structures,” including the Michigan chapters of the American Jewish Congress, the Jewish Community Relations Council, and B’nai Brith.

As a result, the University of Michigan Press, temporarily suspended distribution of the book in August 2007 amid the now tiresome, shrill accusations of anti-Semitism. Once again, it appeared that the age-old tactic of killing the messenger to deny access to the message had succeeded.

In October, 2007, however, following a “growing campaign led by fellow academics and civil libertarians,” (principally historian Howard Zinn), the University of Michigan Press reversed its decision.

This program was produced by This Week In Palestine for January 20, 2008.

For more information, visit:
truthandjusticeradio.org
joelkovel.org

The Canadian government placed the U.S. and Israel on a list of nations that engage in torture. The government later caved to U.S. pressure to remove both nations from this list. The Real News speaks with Alex Nave, the Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada.

This program was produced by The Real News for January 22, 2008.

For more information, visit:
therealnews.com
amnesty.ca
www.stoptorture.org.il/eng/

On Wednesday 23rd January, The Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS) hosted a workshop entitled “How can UK Residents Help the Palestinian Cause?” The guest speaker was Norman Finkelstein. The first part consists of Finkelstein’s Introductory remarks, and Part 2 is a recording of the workshop, and a short Q&A session.

This program was produced by the Federation of Student Islamic Societies for January 23, 2008.

For more information, visit:
fosis.org.uk
normanfinkelstein.com

Paul Jay speaks to Jonathan Schell on the candidates and Israel.

Based in New York City, USA, Jonathan Schell is a renowned anti-nuclear activist, prolific journalist, lecturer and best-selling author. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation, The New Yorker, Harper’s Magazine and Atlantic Monthly. He is also the author of The Fate of the Earth, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Schell is a board member of IWT - The Real News.

This program was produced by The Real News for February 3, 2008.

For more information, visit:
therealnews.com
www.thenation.com/directory/bios/jonathan_schell

George Rishmawi, founder of the International Middle East Media Center, speaks with Word Of Mouth about the untold stories of Palestine, community news from the grassroots, and his Canada campus speaking tour.

This program was produced by Word Of Mouth for CKLN Radio.

For more information, visit:
ckln.fm
imemc.org

Dr. Qumsiyeh speaks about the current political developments and the futility of the recent conferences at Annapolis and Paris, which had avoided all the main issues. He also discusses his new book, Sharing the Land of Canaan. Dr. Qumsiyeh concludes by detailing the situation on the ground in the Bethlehem area, where he was born and visits often, and tells the story of his elderly mother who is now unable to visit a church in Jerusalem where she annually used to light a candle after Mazin survived a childhood illness.

This program was produced by the Voice of Palestine radio program for December 18, 2007.

For more information, visit:
voiceofpalestine.ca
qumsiyeh.org