Michel Chossudovsky's Global Research News Hour - Week 16.2009

Host: Stephen Lendman

Monday, April 13th

Ramzy Baroud is a veteran Palestinian-American journalist and former Al-Jazeera producer. He's the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Palestine Chronicle, a vital resource for information on Israel/Palestine, the Middle East, and much more.

He's written many articles, commentaries and short stories and is the author of several books. With Palestinians calling for a Third Intifada, his latest is most relevant: "The Second Palestinian Intifada - A Chronicle of A People's Struggle."

Conditions in Occupied Palestine will be discussed.

Tuesday, April 14th

Ellen Brown is a civil litigation attorney, author, and frequent writer on financial topics. Her latest book is titled "Web of Debt," a brilliant analysis of the private cartel Federal Reserve and how it usurped money creation power to control its supply and price, then charge the government interest on its own money.

She writes often on the global economic crisis. Discussion will focus on her latest article - an open letter to president Obama to "Revive Lincoln's Monetary Policy" (by) restoring the government's power" to control money.

Wednesday, April 15th

Michael Hudson has had a long, varied, and distinguished career as a Wall Street insider, leading economist, expert on financial history, and Research Professor at the University of Missouri. He's also an author, consultant, head of a Harvard-based economic and financial history group, and president of the Institute for the Study of Long Term Economic Trends (INSLET).

Hudson is a fierce critic of Washington's banker bailouts and the criminal element in charge. His latest Global Research.ca article is titled: The Financial War Against Iceland - Being defeated by debt is as deadly as outright military warfare."

Enriching finance capitalism through debt bondage will be discussed, including the horrific fallout.

Thursday and Friday are rebroadcastings.

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