Riz Khan interviews our good friend Tariq Ali.
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Haiti: Rebuilding an Image
Wikileaks: It’s War
One day after the US government declared ‘war’ on Wikileaks, hackers around the world have retaliated. They’ve already taken down the websites of Mastercard and the Swedish prosecutor. Others, such as Paypal and Visa are also under cyber attacks.
Politics of terror threats
Riz Khan Show with Robert Baer and Amitava Kumar. Baer is refreshingly forthright about the terrorism industry, and its investment in amplifying fear.
Tariq Ali assesses Obama’s record
Our dear and respected friend Tariq Ali on the Riz Khan Show.
Gideon Levy on Middle East peace
Riz Khan speaks to the great Gideon Levy of Ha’aretz about the ‘peace talks’ that are set to resume between Israelis and Palestinians in Washington.
One-on-One with Margaret Atwood
The author, poet and critic discusses her role as a social campaigner and feminist.
Surveillance Society?
On January 5th, the Obama administration announced new security measures where passengers entering the United States from 14 nations – including Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, and Lebanon – will be subjected to pat downs, extra luggage checks, and full body scans.
Earlier this week in a segment focused on the new security checks, Riz Khan of Al Jazeera asks: “Do the new U.S. airport policies discriminate against Muslims, or are they simply ‘security measures’, as the Obama administration suggests?”
Joining Khan in the interview are Christopher Calabrese, a lawyer working for the American Civil Liberties Union, and Zohra Atmar, an Afghan-American consultant working for the U.S. Department of Defense on issues concerning Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Will these procedures make America any safer? Can these measures be described as profiling? What kinds of rights do these policies sacrifice in terms of civil liberties and privacy? The interview with Riz Khan, which aired on Al Jazeera on Jan 7th, ‘attempts’ (albeit dissatisfactorily) to get at some of these issues:
Riz Khan – Chas Freeman and the Israeli lobby
Charles “Chas” Freeman was selected last month by the administration of Barak Obama, the US president, for one of the country’s top intelligence jobs, chairman of the National Intelligence Council.
Within hours, pro-Israel advocates launched a major offensive to make sure Freeman’s appointment did not stand.
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