Michel Chossudovsky's Global Research News Hour - Week 04.2009

Monday, January 19th

Host: Stephen Lendman

John Williams is a consulting economist and editor of the Shadow Government Statistics web site and electronic newsletter. He calls government data manipulated, corrupted, and unreliable and reverse engineers it for a more accurate assessment of economic conditions.

The current economic crisis will be discussed on the program.

Tuesday, January 20th

Host: Stephen Lendman

Larry Everest is a longtime writer, author, activist and critic of US imperialism. For over 20 years, he's covered the Middle East and Central Asia for the Berkeley-based Revolutionary Worker newspaper. In addition, his articles appear in numerous other publications, and he contributes regularly on-air for Pacifica Radio KPFA's Flashpoints.

The current Gaza conflict will be discussed and how the Obama administration will address it.

Wednesday, January 21st

Host: Stephen Lendman

Francis Boyle is an international law and human rights expert and professor of law at the University of Illinois. He also lectures widely, writes extensively, and authored numerous books, including "Palestine, Palestinians and International Law."

In 1987, Boyle was the PLO's legal advisor in drafting its 1988 Declaration of Independence. From 1991 - 1993, he served in the same capacity for the Palestinian Delegation to the Middle East Peace Negotiations leading up to the Oslo process.

The war in Gaza will be discussed with special focus on Israel's human rights and international law violations and Washington's complicity in their commission.

Thursday, January 22nd

Host: Stephen Lendman

Jennifer Loewenstein teaches at the University of Wisconsin and is Associate Director of its Middle East Studies Program. She is also a board member of the Israeli Coalition against House Demolitions-USA branch, founder of the Madison-Rafah Sister City Project, and a freelance journalist.

Loewenstein just returned from the Middle East. The Gaza war will be discussed.

^Great introduction on Gaza!

Friday, January 23rd

Host: Michel Chossudovsky

Hana Al Bayaty is a prominent French-Iraqi writer and film director based in Cairo. She has directed two documentary films: "Dar Al Salam" on the Palestinian question and "Of Democracy in Iraq", providing an insight into a meeting of the major Iraqi opposition groups which took place in London three weeks before the 2003 invasion.

She is a member of the BRussells Tribunal Advisory Committee and has also served as a member of the World Tribunal on Iraq Jury of Conscience, Istanbul. She is the coordinator of the Iraqi International Initiative on Refugees and is a regular contributor, focussing on US war crimes in Iraq, for the Al Ahram Weekly newspaper.

In the program, Hana Al Bayaty will be focussing on recent events in Gaza, including the broad implications of US-Israel aggression for the Middle East region.

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