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.
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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.
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stephenzunes.org
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Phyllis Bennis about the recent Jewish Voice For Peace Conference held in Oakland, Ca. on April 28-29 (at which Phyllis was a featured speaker) and about her upcoming talk in Santa Cruz on Monday, April 30. Phyllis Bennis is Co-founder of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, an Institute For Policy Studies Fellow focusing on the New Internationalism: The Middle East and United Nations Affairs, and a Fellow at the Transnational Institute in Amsterdam. She is also the author of many books including, “Calling The Shots: How Washington Dominates Today’s UN” and ” Challenging Empire”.
This program was produced by Free Radio Santa Cruz on April 30, 2007.
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ips-dc.org (Institute for Policy Studies)
Marc Galasco is a senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch and has recently returned from Gaza where he investigated the June 9th shelling deaths of a Palestinian family there.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on July 4, 2006.
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George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Jeff Halper about the Israeli government’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes and how that policy fits into the overall Occupation of Palestine. Also discussed was the viability of the “two-state solution”, the U.S. connection to Israeli government policy, the Jewish Voices For Peace Conference in Oakland, Ca on April 28-29 (where he was a featured speaker), and his upcoming talk in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
Jeff Halper is the Coordinating Director of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD), a distinguished author, internationally acclaimed speaker, and an Israeli peace activist for over 30 years. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is the author of Obstacles to Peace (2005). ICAHD is a non-violent, direct-action group originally established to oppose and resist Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses. It is comprised of members of many Israeli peace and human rights organizations and works closely with local Palestinian organizations.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on April 29, 2007.
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icahd.org
icahdusa.org
Stephen Zunes is a professor of Politics and Chair of the Peace and Justice Studies program at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of “Tinderbox: US Middle East Policy and the Roots of Terrorism”, and serves as the Middle East Editor for Foreign Policy in Focus
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on July 4, 2006.
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fpif.org
Laila El Haddad is a journalist based in the US and the Gaza Strip. El Haddad is a regular contributor to the Guardian Unlimited and is a correspondent for Al-Jazeera’s English language website. Her blog, “Raising Yousef, A diary of a Mother Under Occupation”, is named after her 2 year old son.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on July 2, 2006.
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a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Peretz Kidron about the current political situation in Israel and about his book, “Refusenik! Israel’s Soldiers of Conscience”. Peretz Kidron is a freelance journalist, broadcaster and writer. In the late 1960’s he became active in the radical left and the peace movement in Israel. He is a founding member of the Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and serves on the steering committee of the Israeli human rights group B’tselem. Having refused to perform military duty in the occupied Palestinian territories, he now handles international contacts for Yesh Gvul (There Is A Limit). Founded at the time of the invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the group has become the voice and campaigning vehicle for the so-called refuseniks-Israeli soldiers who refuse morally objectionable assignments (notably in the West Bank and Gaza).
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz on September 7, 2006.
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otherisrael.home.igc.org/ICIPP.html (Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace)
btselem.org
www.yeshgvul.org/
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviews Nasser Abufarha about Fair Trade/Organic in Palestine. Nasser Abufarha is the the Chair of the Palestine Fair Trade Association and the Director of Canaan Fair Trade based in Jenin, Palestine.
The Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA) is a national Palestinian union of farming and producing cooperatives, traders, and processors based in Jenin that promotes and supports fair and equitable trading principles. These principles are developed locally by PFTA and are compatible with international fair trade principles and in sync with Palestinian traditions. Furthermore PFTA is active in promoting fairly produced Palestinian products in international fair trade markets in Europe, North America, Australia, and Japan.
Canaan Fair Trade products are produced by the cooperatives of the Palestine Fair Trade Association (PFTA). PFTA is a national Palestinian union of farming and producing cooperatives, traders, and processors based in Jenin that promotes and supports fair and equitable trading principles. PFTA promotes producing co-operatives such as olive oil, honey, couscous, sun-dried tomatoes, almonds, wild flower seeds, and crafts. The largest are the olive oil producing cooperatives.
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palestinefairtrade.org/
Dr. Bill Dienst is a family and emergency physician from Washington State who volunteered for a month this past Fall, 2006 with emergency medical personnel of the Palestine Medical Relief Society Mobile Health Clinics in villages all over the Northern West Bank and Gaza Strip. Dr. Dienst visited Beit Hanoun in Gaza three times in the aftermath of this past November’s deadly siege by the Israeli military. It was his fourth visit to the region.
Dr. Dienst has published 17 photojournals of his 2006 experience in the Northern West Bank and Gaza, including “Leaving Las Vegas, or getting out of Gaza,” “Gaza’s Father Manuel,” “Fear is a Powerful Stimulant,” “Rafah Revisited,” “Each Friday in Bil’in,” etc. They are available at “Diaries: Live from Palestine” on the Electronic Intifada web site.
This program was produced by George Cadman for Free Radio Santa Cruz, April 11, 2007.
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electronicintifada.net/v2/article6386.shtml (Bill Dienst’s most recent journal from Palestine)
www.upmrc.org/ (Union of Palestinian Medical Relief)