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• Ira Chernus is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder and author of “Monsters To Destroy: The Neoconservative War on Terror and Sin” (Paradigm Publishers). This week, he wrote the piece, “Time to Change the Story: Palestinian Violence Overstated, Jewish Violence Understated.”
• live from Jerusalem, adjunct professor of business at Hebrew University Bernard Avishai. Bernard is the author, most recently, of “The Hebrew Republic: How Secular Democracy and Global Enterprise Will Bring Israel Peace at Last” (Harcourt). He wrote The Nation article, “A World Apart? : The White House and the Middle East.”
• Paul Rogers, professor of peace studies at Bradford University, northern England, returns to This is Hell! Paul is a weekly columnist on global security at openDemocracy.net, the most recent columns being “Iraq, AfPak, beyond: the global cost of war” and “A tale of two paradigms.” Paul also writes an international security monthly briefing for the Oxford Research Group, the most recent briefing is entitled, “The Obama Cairo Speech – Context and Implications.” His latest book is “Why We’re Losing the War on Terror” (Polity) which focuses on the post-9/11 era and why a new security paradigm is needed. Paul has been called, “one of the world’s leading security experts.” A third edition of his 2002, “Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century” (Pluto Press) is forthcoming. He was last on This is Hell!, February 9, 2008.
• Jonathan Mazower is Research Coordinator at the UK’s Survival International, “the only international organization supporting tribal peoples worldwide. We were founded in 1969 after an article by Norman Lewis in the UK’s Sunday Times highlighted the massacres, land thefts and genocide taking place in Brazilian Amazonia.” Jonathan will discuss SI’s latest report on recent violence against Peru’s indigenous, “Death at Devil’s Bend: an eyewitness account.”
• Anthony DiMaggio is the author of “Mass Media, Mass Propaganda: Understanding American News in the ‘War on Terror.’” (Lexington Books). Anthony’s recent writing includes, “The Electoral Facade: Humanitarian Rhetoric and US Imperialism in Iran” and “Lapdog Journalists: The Iranian Elections and the Faith-Based Media.” His next book, “When Media Goes To War:” comes out next February through Monthly Review Press. He is the visiting lecturer of political science and teaches American government at North Central College in Illinois.

Irregular correspondent Dave Buchen returned with a report live from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth live from our studios.