Michel Chossudovsky's Global Research News Hour - Week 13.2009

Host: Stephen Lendman

Monday, March 23rd

John Dugard is a South African-born international law professor now teaching in America. From 2001 until March last year, he was the UN's Special Human Rights Rapporteur for Occupied Palestine and a rare public official for assessing conditions honestly on the ground.

For his efforts, he's been praised and criticized. Extremists even condemn him for reports like in September 2006 saying that the "standards of human rights in the Palestinian territories have fallen to intolerable new levels."

Dugard's humanitarian work and his thoughts on a range of issues will be discussed.

Tuesday, March 24th

James Petras is Binghamton University, New York Professor Emeritus of Sociology. Besides his long and distinguished academic career, he's a noted figure on the left, a well-respected Latin American expert, and a longtime chronicler of the region's popular struggles.

He's also a prolific author of hundreds of articles and dozens of books.

Discussion will focus on the Obama administration, its Middle East policy, and how it's addressing the global economic crisis.

Wednesday, March 25th

Keith Harmon Snow is an independent journalist, war correspondent, human rights investigator, photographer, lecturer, and three-time Project Censored award winner.

He's worked in 17 African countries with Survivors Rights International, Genocide Watch, and the UN in documenting and exposing genocide and crimes against humanity in Congo, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Ethiopia, and elsewhere on the continent.

Current African conflicts will be discussed and America's role in them.

^ very informative!

Thursday and Friday were rebroadcastings.

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