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This Week on Between The Lines
Posted July 22, 2015 for week ending July 31, 2015
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"The U.S. peace movement is going to make or break this deal because this
deal is now in the hands of Congress. This is an opportunity to stop a war
before it starts. This is the chance to put the threat of a war with Iran
off of the table. And for once instead of saying, 'Every option is on the
table,' we actually have peace on the table."
- Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council Action executive director,
on the fight ahead in Congress to defend the international Iran nuclear
accord
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U.S. Peace Movement <http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731af-btl-abdi.html>
Must Mobilize to Prevent Congress from Killing the Iran Nuclear Accord
<http://btlonline.org/2015/mp3/150731a-btl-abdi.mp3> MP3 Interview with
Jamal Abdi, National Iranian American Council Action executive director,
conducted by Scott Harris
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Iran, the United States and permanent members of the UN Security Council -
Britain, France, Russia and China along with Germany - signed a historic
agreement in Vienna on July 14 that is designed to limit Iran's nuclear
capabilities to peaceful, civilian purposes. In exchange, the UN will over
time lift economic sanctions, allowing the Islamic Republic to resume
international trade and gain access to billions of dollars that had been
frozen. The 15-member UN Security Council unanimously approved the accord on
July 20, as did the European Union.
<http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731af-btl-abdi.html> Story continues
U.S., Russian <http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731bf-btl-cohen.html>
Military Escalation in Ukraine Could Lead to Dangerous Unintended
Consequences
<http://btlonline.org/2015/mp3/150731b-btl-cohen.mp3> MP3 Interview with
Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus in Russian Studies and Politics at New
York University and Princeton, conducted by Scott Harris
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Recent press reports from Ukraine detail long-repeated charges that Russia's
military is supplying both troops and heavy weapons to pro-Russian
separatists fighting to preserve the break-away self-proclaimed Donetsk and
Luhansk People's Republics in the eastern part of the country. The
pro-western government in Kiev warns that a troop buildup near the
Russian-Ukraine border could signal a possible attack on the city of
Mariupol this summer.
<http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731bf-btl-cohen.html> Story continues
Apache Tribal <http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731cf-btl-nosie.html>
Activists Fight to Reverse Land Grab of Sacred Arizona Site
<http://btlonline.org/2015/mp3/150731c-btl-nosie.mp3> MP3 Interview with
Wendsler Nosie, tribal council member and former San Carlos Apache tribal
chairman, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
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Arizona's Republican Sen. John McCain has been the focus of recent news
headlines after GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump charged that McCain
wasn't a hero for the time he spent in a North Vietnamese prison camp during
the Vietnam War. That statement caused politicians from across the political
spectrum to come to McCain's defense. But there's another group of people
who don't consider McCain a hero - the 15,000 members of the San Carlos
Apache tribe in McCain's home state of Arizona. The tribe is angry because
McCain, and Arizona Republican Sen. Jeff Flake, attached an 11th hour rider
to the National Defense Authorization Act last December that set up a swap
of 2,400 acres of federal land, called Oak Flat campground, which is held as
sacred by the Apaches. Under the terms of the land swap, Oak Flat will be
traded to Resolution Copper Mining, a subsidiary of British-Australian
mining conglomerate Rio Tinto, in return for more than twice as many acres
in the state owned by the company. Oak Flat is not part of the Apache
reservation, but has been set aside for their use for decades due to its
cultural and religious significance. The tribe had no opportunity for
meaningful input into the decision. The mining company has promised to
create thousands of jobs and generate millions of dollars in tax revenue.
<http://btlonline.org/2015/seg/150731cf-btl-nosie.html> Story continues
This week's summary of under-reported news
<http://btlonline.org/2015/mp3/150731-btl-news.mp3> MP3 MP3
Compiled by Bob Nixon
* Methamphetamine is the hot new drug in China, where it's locally
known as bingdu or ice. Meth has quickly been transformed from a drug
popular with the wealthy elite to one now widely used by the rural poor.
("In
<http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/World/Asia-Pacific/2015/0503/Brea
king-Bad-in-China-how-meth-is-spreading-across-rural-heartland> China, an
old scourge rises again," Christian Science Monitor, May 3, 2015; "Synthetic
<http://www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2015/06/23/synthetic-drug-manufacturin
g-is-an-open-secret-in-china/?_r=0> drug manufacturing is an open secret,"
New York Times, June 23, 2015)
* The Los Angeles Times reports, the U.S. Border Patrol's internal
affairs division absolved border agents of criminal misconduct in 67
shooting incidents, which left 19 people dead. Among the incidents, were two
separate cases of U.S. border agents killing Mexican teenagers who were
throwing rocks across the border. ("Border
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-border-patrol-shootings-20150615-story.
html#page=1> Patrol absolves itself in dozens of cases of lethal force," Los
Angeles Times, June 15, 2015)
* When Hillary Rodham Clinton shut down her 2008 presidential drive,
the campaign had 2.5 million email addresses in its database. When the
former U.S. Senator and Secretary of State launched her 2016 campaign, her
staff discovered only 100,000 email addresses were still active. ("Hillary
<http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/la-na-hillary-clinton-digital-201507
15-story.html> Clinton's other email problem," Los Angeles Times, July 16,
2015; "The savvy tech strategy <http://btlonline.org/2015/150731-btl.html>
fueling Bernie Sanders' upstart 2016 campaign," Los Angeles Times, July 15,
2015)
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