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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This week on CounterSpin: With the resounding margin of 410 to 8, the House of Representatives passed a resolution in late July endorsing Israel’s continuing attacks on Lebanon and the Gaza Strip; but our guest explains that that overwhelming bipartisan majority endorsed some other things as well, including the meaninglessness of international law and potential military action against Iran and Syria. Professor and author Stephen Zunes will discuss that and other under-explored aspects of this evolving crisis.
Also on the show: Understanding the language we use to talk about politics is essential to understanding media coverage of politics. Buzzwords like ‘values’ mean something very specific, usually defined to the advantage of conservatives. UC Berkeley linguist Geoff Nunberg explains in his new book Talking Right that this is no accident, but part of a concerted effort by the right to define the language of politics. He’ll join us to talk about it, and about what the media does to help.
This program was produced by Counterspin on August 10, 2006.
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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.
For more information, visit:
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