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Podcast for Saturday, April 11, 2009 [ 0:01 | 111.56 MB ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (224)

• live from Islamabad, Graham Usher is a contributing editor of Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org). Graham is the author of “Dispatches from Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process” (Pluto Press). His most recent writing includes, “Taliban v. Taliban.” Graham’s articles on Pakistan appear regularly in al Ahram English Weekly.
• Manuel Perez Rocha directs “The NAFTA Plus and the SPP Advocacy Project,” part of the Global Economy Project. Manuel is a Mexican national who has led tri-national efforts to promote just and sustainable alternative approaches to North American economic integration for more than a decade. He recently wrote the article, “The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico.”
• J�rgen Todenh�fer is author of “Why Do You Kill: The Untold Story of the Iraqi Resistance” (Disinformation). J�rgen was a member of the German parliament for 18 years. He has traveled throughout the Middle East for 50 years and has written two bestsellers about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is donating all royalties from the sale of his latest book to finance medical aid for Iraq refugee children and and an Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation project.
• Lisa Laplante is visiting assistant professor at Marquette University Law School. Lisa is a human-rights lawyer who worked with Peru’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and deputy director of Praxis: Institute for Social Justice. She has also worked with Human Rights Watch, the International Institute of Human Rights in Costa Rica and the Center for International Justice and Law. This week, she wrote the article, “Peru: the struggle for memory,” with Kelly Phenicie. Her work can also be found at the blog Fujimori On Trial.
• Chris Shaw, author of “Five Ring Circus: Myths and Realities of the Olympic Games” (New Society Publishers). Chris is a professor at the University of British Columbia and is a founding member and leading spokesperson for the No Games 2010 Coalition and 2010 Watch.

Irregular correspondent Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.