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By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 0 comment  Tags: Ali Abuminah, Bill McKibben, Chuck Mertz, Glenn Greenwald, Harold Meyerson, Mark Weisbrot, Maude Barlow, Ray McGovern, Robert Fisk, Robert Scheer

Featuring writing from the past week by past guests Ali Abunimah, Maude Barlow, Robert Fisk, Glenn Greenwald, Ray McGovern, Bill McKibben, Harold Meyerson, Robert Scheer, and Mark Weisbrot.

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Alexander Jerri, Anne-christine d'Adesky, Chuck Mertz, Danny Muller, Gary Brechin, Jeff Dorchen, John Vidal, Joshua Holland, Ray McGovern, Susan Kang, Theron Hummiston

John Vidal on climate change, Anne-christine d’Adesky describes the horrors in Haiti, Gray Brechin gets to the truth about post office problems, Ray McGovern talks Bradley Manning and Josh Holland on the nuttier aspects of the far right.

Irregular correspondents Susan Kang from New York City, Danny Muller’s in Gaza, and Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth.

By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 0 comment  Tags: Frances Fox Piven, Glenn Greenwald, Hussein Ibish, Lewis Lapham, Matt Taibbi, Paul Waldman, Ray McGovern, Seamus Milne, Steven Aftergood

Sunday Morning Edition! includes writing by past guests Steven Aftergood, Glenn Greenwald, Hussein Ibish, Lewis Lapham, Ray McGovern, Seamus Milne, Frances Fox Piven, Matt Taibbi and Paul Waldman.

By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 0 comment  Tags: Ari Berman, Dean Baker, Gar Alperovitz, Julia Whitty, Matt Taibbi, Noam Chomsky, Ray McGovern, Vijay Prashad

The Sunday Edition! includes writing from the past week by past guests Gar Alperovitz, Dean Baker, Ari Berman, Noam Chomsky, Chase Madar, Ray McGovern, Vijay Prashad, Matt Taibbi, and Julia Whitty.

By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 0 comment  Tags: Andy Kroll, Gareth Porter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Jonathan Schell, Justin Elliott, Mark Levine, Mark Weisbrot, Martin Kettle, Ray McGovern, Rob Boston

The Nine Circles of Hell!: Sunday Edition features writing from the past week by past guests Rob Boston, Justin Elliott, Martin Kettle, Mark LeVine, Ray McGovern, Gareth Porter, Immanuel Wallerstein, Mark Weisbrot, and an interview by past guest Andy Kroll of past guest Jonathan Schell.

By Chuck Mertz in Nine Circles of Hell! with 2 comments  Tags: Alfred McCoy, Chris Hedges, David Leigh, David Moberg, John Sinclair, Joshua Holland, Mahmood Mamdani, Mark Weisbrot, Michelle Goldberg, Ray McGovern

Every Sunday, This is Hell! now offers you ‘The Sunday Edition‘ of the Nine Circles of Hell! – a sampling of our past guests’ recent writing. With over 1,400 past guests on TiH!, it would be impossible to include them all. So, here’s a mere taste of what our past guests are up to: Dean [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Chuck Collins, Gerard Prunier, Jeff Dorchen, LaddieO.com, Michael Hudson, Patrick Cockburn, Ray McGovern

financial historian and economist Michael Hudson is President of The Institute for the Study of Long-Term Economic Trends (ISLET), a Wall Street Financial Analyst, and Distinguished Research Professor of Economics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. In 2007, Dr. Hudson was Chief Economic Policy Adviser for the Kucinich for President campaign. Michael is [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Jeff Dorchen, Ray McGovern

Ray McGovern was a CIA analyst from 1963 to 1990 and Robert Gates’ branch chief in the early 1970s. Ray was one of President Ronald Reagan’s intelligence briefers from 1981-85 charged with preparing daily security briefs for the President, the Vice President, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Cabinet and National Security Advisor. Ray [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Asli Bali, Dahr Jamail, Elizabeth de la Vega, Elvis DeMorrow, Erik Leaver, Moment of Truth, Ray McGovern, URL Labs

Asli Bali is an attorney in private practice in New York. She has worked on a variety of civil and human rights issues within the international community and participated in the World Tribunal on Iraq in 2004 on the subject of possible war crimes committed by US soldiers against Iraqis. She received a J.D. [...]

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 [...]

By Chuck Mertz in Shows with 0 comment  Tags: Chris Flavin, Jennifer van Bergen, Mark Levine, Ray McGovern

Jennifer van Bergen, author of "The Twilight of Democracy The Bush Plan for America " (Common Courage Press), whose recent articles include "The Unitary Executive." Jennifer was on This is Hell back in February 2002. Chris Flavin, executive director of The Worldwatch Institute, which just released their 2006 ‘State of the World’ report. Ray [...]