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By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Dr. Krys Bigosinski MD, Elvis DeMorrow, Greg Palast, Jeff Dorchen, Jon Wiener, LaddieO.com, Marjorie Cohn, Matt Taibbi

Jon Wiener returns to talk about his book, "Gimme Some Truth: the John Lennon FBI Files," (http://www.LennonFBIfiles.com/) which are the basis for he new movie, "The US versus John Lennon." Jon was on a few weeks ago to discuss the Chicago Eight and his book, "Conspiracy on the Streets." Jon’s Freedom of Information Act [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Elvis DeMorrow, Jeff Dorchen, Jonathan Steele, Joseph Stiglitz, Katharine Gunn, Kerry Pither, LaddieO.com, Todd Williams, Zaki Chehab

Kerry Pither of the Committee of Organizations Intervening at the Arar Inquiry returns to This is Hell to fill us in on what happened in the Maher Arar case this week. Arar is the Syrian-born Canadian who was the victim of US rendition. To find out more about Maher’s case, visit his web site [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Carah Ong, Conn Hallinan, Dan 'The Auto Man', Felicia Gustin, Jeff Dorchen, LaddieO.com

Carah Ong is the Iran Policy Analyst at the Center for Arms Control and Nonproliferation (http://www.armscontrolcenter.org), Carah writes a blog on the ongoing Iran weapons controversy at http://irannuclearwatch.blogspot.com Conn Hallinan is a foreign policy analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus (http://www.fpif.org) and a provost in Journalism at the University of California at Santa Cruz. [...]

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: 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: Amjad Shawa, Bill Christison, Hae Young Song, Jose Mario Hollman, Joshua Holland, Justin Vogler, Kevan Harris, LaddieO.com

Bill Christison, who co-wrote "The Power of the Israel Lobby" which appeared at Counterpunch (http://www.counterpunch.org) last weekend. Bill was a senior official of the CIA. He served as a National Intelligence Officer and as Director of the CIA’s Office of Regional and Political Analysis. He is a contributor to "Imperial Crusades," (CP Books) CounterPunch’s [...]

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 [...]