Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock Afternoon September 22nd 2010

Reese Erlich - Author: "Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence and Empire." - Afghanistan's "Phony Elections" / Adrienne Pine - Honduras Revolution - 3rd hr. LibertyOnTour - in Studio - Pete Eyre & Adam Mueller

Hour 1 - 3

Wednesday September 22nd 2010

Reese Erlich - Author: "Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence and Empire." - Afghanistan's "Phony Elections"

Adrienne Pine - Honduras Revolution

3rd hr. LibertyOnTour - in Studio - Pete Eyre & Adam Mueller

Hour 1 mp3 / Hour 2 mp3 / Hour 3 mp3

Reese Erlich - Foreign correspondent and book author Erlich said today: "Once again the Afghan elections proved to be characterized by vote buying and ballot
box stuffing. Why is it that when pro-U.S. regimes occasionally hold elections, they are called 'emerging democracies.' Yet when Venezuela holds free and fair elections, has a outspoken opposition media and changes are made through national votes on the constitution, it's on the verge of being a communist dictatorship? The phony elections in Afghanistan highlight the folly of continued U.S. military occupation of that country."

Erlich has reported four times from Afghanistan and is author of the
new book "Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics,
Violence and Empire." He is currently on a national book tour discussing
the book.

The Difference Between a Terrorist and Someone Who Flies a Plane Into a Building

Can the Obama Administration Learn from the Death of Ayatollah Fadlallah?Reese Erlich's Blog

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ADRIENNE PINE - Recently back from Honduras, Pine is assistant professor of
anthropology at American University. She said today: "There has been an
escalation in government attacks on free speech following the resistance movement's announcement of the collection of over 1,300,000 signatures demanding a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution. Last week, on Honduran Independence Day, a peaceful concert attended by 40,000 women, men
and children was violently broken up by the military and police. Soldiers shot tear gas canisters and water cannons directly at the stage and into the audience, killing at least one person. Over the weekend, nurse union
president and resistance movement leader Juana Bustillo was assassinated."
Pine is author of the book "Working Hard, Drinking Hard: On Violence and
Survival in Honduras"