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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Brian Concannon, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Kevan Harris, Mark Weisbrot, Moazzem Begg

Human rights lawyer Brian Concannon, director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti (http://www.ijdh.org). This week, Brian wrote "Justice for Haiti" with Anthony Phillips. Moazzem Begg, author of "Enemy Combatant: My Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram and Kandahar" (The New Press). Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic Policy Research (http://www.cepr.net) returns to [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: AC Grayling, Jeff Dorchen, Jeff Goodell, Jon Wiener, LaddieO.com, Michael Schwartz, Tom Hayden

Jeff Goodell, author of "Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future" (Houghton Mifflin). Jon Wiener, editor of "Conspiracy in the Streets: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight" (The New Press) Michael Schwartz, professor of sociology and faculty director of the Undergraduate College of Global Studies at Stony Brook University, has written [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Daniel Levy, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Jennifer Baumgardner, Joel Beinin, LaddieO.com, Nadia Hijab, Robert Parry

Jennifer Baumgardner who, along with Gillian Aldrich, made the documentary, "Speak Out: I Had an Abortion," which will be shown on Tuesday, August 15th, at 6 PM in the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Behavioral Sciences Building, 1007 West Harrison, and on Sunday, August 27th, at 7:30 PM in Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood.Jennifer [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Amina Mire, Dr. Krys Bigosinski MD, Drew Youngren, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Mitchell Prothero, Stephen Zunes, toni solo

live from Beirut, Mitchell Prothero is on assignment for US News and World Report in Lebanon. Mitchell writes the "Lebanon Journal" report for US News. His most recent post is entitled, "Scenes from a war zone." Salon.com also posts Mitchell’s work. His most recent post there is entitled, "The ‘hiding among civilians’ myth." You [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Dahr Jamail, Elvis DeMorrow, Ian Williams, Jeff Dorchen, Kate O'Donnell, Kevan Harris, Phillip Cryan, Uri Avnery

Ian Williams (http://deadlinepundit.blogspot.com), whose most recent piece is entitled, "Accidentally on Purpose," and covers the Israeli bombing of the United Nations in Lebanon. Ian has written for newspapers and magazines around the world, including the Australian, The Independent, New York Observer, Village Voice, Financial Times and The Guardian. He is the UN correspondent for [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Chris Toensing, Danny Muller, Jeff Dorchen, LaddieO.com, Laura Carlsen, Todd Williams

Chris Toensing will give us an overview of the entire Middle East conflagration Laura Carlsen, director of the International Relations Center Americas Program (http://americas.irc-online.org/) in Mexico City, where she has worked as a writer and political analyst for the past two decades. Laura wrote the IRC piece, "Mexico’s Dramatic Vote Count Lacks Credibility." Our [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Chuck Collins, Dan 'The Auto Man', Dave Buchen, Jeff Dorchen, Jonathan Cook, Kate Curran Kirby, LaddieO.com, Moment of Truth, Tim Beal, URL Labs

Kate Curran Kirby, executive vice president of the Chicago Crime Commission (http://www.chicagocrimecommission.org/), and principal author and researcher of their new publication, "The Gang Book: A detailed overview of street gangs in the Chicago metropolitan area." This amazing book can be purchased online via their site. live from Nazareth, Israel, writer Jonathan Cook (http://www.jkcook.net), author [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Brent Budowsky, Craig Unger, Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, LaddieO.com, Mike Davis, Milan Rai

Craig Unger, wrote "The War They Wanted, The Lies They Needed" in this month’s Vanity Fair. Craig is also the author of "House of Bush, House of Saud," (http://www.houseofbush.com/) and is currently working on a book based on his article “American Rapture,” which appeared in the December 2005 issue of Vanity Fair. Milan Rai [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Charlie Scheiner, Chris Floyd, Elvis DeMorrow, Greg Palast, Jeff Dorchen, LaddieO.com, Stan Cox

Chris Floyd (http://www.chris-floyd.com/) is a writer for ‘Empire Burlesque: high Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium.’ His most recent piece is entitled "Hubub in Hibhib: The Timely Death of al-Zarqawi." Chris is an American journalist. He writes the weekly Global Eye political column for The Moscow Times and St. Petersburg Times. He [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Astra Taylor, Danny Muller, Elvis DeMorrow, Howard Zinn, Jeff Dorchen, John Prados, LaddieO.com, Tim Wise

John Prados is a senior fellow of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, and author of "Hoodwinked: The Documents that Reveal How Bush Sold Us a War" (The New Press). His most recent writing includes the TomPaine.com article, "Big Brother’s History." Historian, academic, author, lecturer, activist Howard Zinn, best known for the seminal [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Jeff Dorchen, Kevan Harris, Stephen Kinzer

Stephen Kinzer, author of "Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq" (Times Books). Stephen was the Latin America correspondent for the Boston Globe, the New York Times bureau chief in Turkey, Germany and Nicaragua, and has written several books on foreign affairs. Jeff Dorchen delivered his Moment of Truth.and Kevan Harris [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Bill Conroy, Dan 'The Auto Man', Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Kenyon Farrow, Lee Farris, Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern, the CIA analyst who confronted Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld with questions concerning erroneous statements made by Rumsfeld in the run-up to war. Ray returned to This is Hell to discuss yesterday’s brouhaha, his recent writing and the work of his group, the Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.Watch the confrontation with Rummy [...]