Democracy Now!
Mon., Feb 24, 2003
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As Spanish Prime Minister Aznar and President Bush strategize
at Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas, 94% of Spaniards oppose
war: we go to Madrid for a live report
World-renowned Irish civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin
McAliskey is turned away at the border and deported: we go
live to McAliskey in Northern Ireland
'Come September': award-winning author Arundhati Roy speaks
out on Iraq, U.S. foreign policy & corporate globalization
9:01-9:06 Headlines
9:06-9:07 One-minute music break
9:07-9:14 AS SPANISH PRIME MINISTER AZNAR AND PRESIDENT
BUSH STRATEGIZE AT BUSH'S RANCH IN CRAWFORD, TEXAS, 94% OF
SPANIARDS OPPOSE WAR
The Bush administration is entering a period of intense
diplomacy intended to strong-arm reluctant nations into passing
a new U.N. Security Council resolution. The resolution would
pave the way for an unprovoked US attack on Iraq. The US,
Britain and possibly Spain, are planning to introduce the
resolution early this week.
But the US has met with unprecedented opposition. Last Saturday,
tens of millions marched in the streets of major cities around
the globe, in opposition to an unprovoked, unilateral US attack.
More worrying to the Bush administration, only three Security
Council members out of 15 are supporting the US:
Britain, Spain and Bulgaria. Nine votes are required to pass
a Security Council resolution.
President Bush hosted Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria
Aznar at his ranch in Crawford, Texas over the weekend. On
Saturday, Bush and Aznar held a strategizing meeting via telephone
with British and Italian Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Silvio
Berlusconi.
Bush appears to be calling on his few allies to try to lobby
other Security Council members. Aznar has already met with
Mexican President Vicente Fox and is set to discuss the issue
with Chile.
Spain is emerging as the Bush administration's strongest
ally, second to Britain. But according to the latest poll
in Spain, 94% of the people are against a war in Iraq. Last
Saturday, some three million people marched in the streets
against the war. That is about one of every 13 Spaniards.
And just yesterday, some two hundred thousand took to the
streets of Madrid. They began protesting the gigantic oil
spill off the Galician coast, but the demonstration turned
into an anti-war protest.
Guest: Maria Carrion, filmmaker and former Democracy Now!
producer
9:14-9:20 WORLD-RENOWNED IRISH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER BERNADETTE
DEVLIN MCALISKEY IS TURNED AWAY AT THE US BORDER AND DEPORTED
World-renowned Irish civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin
McAliskey was refused entry to the US over the weekend, and
deported.
She passed through the US immigration office in Dublin just
fine. But when she arrived in Chicago, a loudspeaker called
out her name. McAliskey says she was surrounded by four immigration
officers. One of them told her they had received a fax from
their agents it Dublin. The fax called her a"potential or
real threat to the United States."
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is a world-renowned civil rights
activist. She was elected to the British Parliament from Northern
Ireland in 1969, when she was just 21 years old. She was the
youngest British MP in history.
In August of that year she was arrested during the ''Battle
of the Bogside,'' an uprising in Derry that marked the beginning
of 30 years of armed resistance to the British occupation
of Northern Ireland. She served four months in prison for
inciting a riot. She was still an MP.
Over the years she continued her activism. In 1981, she
and her husband were shot by members of a Protestant paramilitary
group at their farmhouse near Belfast. Bernadette was struck
by nine bullets.
We go now to Bernadette Devlin McAliskey in Tyrone, Northern
Ireland.
Guest: Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader
9:20-9:21 One-Minute Music Break
9:21-9:40 'COME SEPTEMBER': AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR
ARUNDHATI ROY SPEAKS OUT ON IRAQ, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, PALESTINE
& CORPORATE GLOBALIZATION
Today, as part of our ongoing teach-in on war and peace,
we bring you the voice of Arundhati Roy. She is the author
of 'Power Politics' and 'The God of Small Things,'
for which she won the Booker Prize in 1997. She is an outspoken
critic of India's nuclear weapons testing and environmental
policies and has been tried for her political beliefs. Her
latest book, coming out at the end of April, is 'War
Talk'.
In late September last year, Roy gave a major address in
Santa Fe, New Mexico on the war in Iraq, U.S. foreign policy,
Palestine and corporate globalization.
Tape: Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things and
Power Politics.
Trained as an architect, she is an outspoken critic of India's
nuclear weapons testing and environmental policies. She has
been tried for her political beliefs.
Links: www.lannan.org
Transcript of Arundhati Roy's address:
www.lannan.org/_authors/roy/transcript.htm
9:40-9:41 One-Minute Music Break
9:41-9:58 ARUNDHATI ROY CONT'D
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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