On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist and author of <em>Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground</em>. Why is the United States spending $100 billion a year occupying the poorest country in the world? Steele, who has reported from Afghanistan for 30 years, writes, "I saw the blunders the Soviets made in the 80s and have watched most of them repeated in recent years." He says the only way out is through negotiations, but US military commanders don't use the word 'negotiate.' So what does that mean for the future of the United States' involvement and the future of Afganistan? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
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Guest:<br />
Jonathan Steele, Guardian columnist and author of <em>Ghosts of Afghanistan: The Haunted Battleground</em>
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Friday, November 25, 2011
What's in store for the future of Afghanistan?
Monday, November 7, 2011
What do we need to know about waste and corruption in Iraq?
What do we need to know about waste and corruption in Iraq? And will anything be done about it? On the next Your Call, we'll talk to Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People. US taxpayers have spent $63 billion dollars on so-called reconstruction in Iraq, a plan that Van Buren says is "riddled with waste and inefficiency." What do we need to know about who will remain in Iraq and what their intentions are? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Peter Van Buren, foreign service officer with the Department of State and author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People.
Sinann Antoon, Iraqi poet and novelist; assistant professor at New York University; founder of Jadaliyya, an independent e-zine produced by the Arab Studies Institute
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Monday, September 26, 2011
Will they ever close the School of the Americas?
Thursday, August 18, 2011
How can we cut military spending?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the proposed military spending cuts in the deficit debate. The US spends more on the military than at any time since World War II and almost as much as the rest of the world combined. Hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts are handed out every day. So what should be cut and where is the waste? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take to cut the bloated military budget? What would you cut? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Chris Hellman, Senior Research Analyst for the National Priorities Project
William Hartung, Director of Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy
Carolyn Lochhead, Washington correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Thursday, July 21, 2011
What's the history between the US military and American Indians?
What's the historical relationship between the US military and American Indians? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Winona LaDuke, author of The Militarization of Indian Country. She writes, "Native people have seen their way of life destroyed by the military." It began with colonization and continues with military testing on native lands and using words like Apache and Blackhawk to name military equipment. Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will it take for this country to come to terms with past and its present? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.
Guests:
Winona LaDuke, Native American activist, two-time vice presidential candidate with the Green Party's Ralph Nader, executive director of Honor the Earth, and author of The Militarization of Indian Country.
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the US Supreme Court decision in Dukes v. Wal-Mart. We'll also talk about President Obama's speech on Afghanistan. How is the media covering US strategy in that country? We'll be joined by Slate senior editor Dahlia Lithwick, Huffington Post's Lila Shapiro and veteran journalist Elizabeth Gould. Where did you see the best reporting this week? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with Malihe Razazan and you.
Guests:
Lila Shapiro, a Business Writer at the Huffington Post
Dahlia Lithwick is a senior editor at Slate. She writes "Supreme Court Dispatches."
Elizabeth Gould is a veteran journalist and author. She has spent the last thirty years covering Afghanistan.
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Monday, May 30, 2011
What should be done about sexual trauma in the military?
On the next Your Call, we'll talk about the realities of sexual abuse in the armed forces. As many as 1 in 3 women leaving military service report that they have experienced some form of Sexual Trauma. And there's a growing awareness around it, but it continues to be under-reported and under-prosecuted. A new bill in Congress would help change this. What is the best way to battle the culture of silence in the armed forces? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.
Guests:
Rachel Natelson, legal advisor with the Service Women's Action Network (SWAN)
Bob May, the California National Guard's Joint Force Headquarters Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC)
Tracy, former soldier in California's Army National Guard and survivor of military sexual abuse
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Friday, May 6, 2011
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the Obama administration's announcement of Osama Bin Laden's death and US relations with Pakistan. Who's asking questions about what this means for the so-called 'war on terror?' We'll be joined by the Guardian's Jonathan Steele, veteran journalist Paul Fitzgerald and Pakistani journalist Zahid Hussain joins us from Islamabad. Tune in live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Paul Fitzgerald is a veteran Afghanistan journalist and co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.
Zahid Hussain is Senior Editor News Line and author of most recently The Scorpion's Tail: The Relentless Rise of Islamic Militants in Pakistan-And How It Threatens America.
Jonathan Steele is a Guardian columnist, roving foreign correspondent and author of Defeat: Why America and Britain Lost Iraq. Since 9/11 he has reported from Afghanistan and Iraq as well as on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean?
What does the death of Osama bin Laden mean to the world today, after ten years of the so-called "War on Terror"? On the next Your Call, we'll open the lines to talk about the significance of Osama bin Laden's death. His body has reportedly been buried at sea. What do you think about President Obama saying we brought Osama bin Laden to "justice"? How will this impact people in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is bin Laden's legacy? How did he change the world? And how did the US shape him as a symbol by framing him as terrorist #1? It's Your Call with Holly Kernan and you.
Guests:
Aunohita Mojumdar is a freelance journalist currently based in Kabul. She has reported from the South Asian region for 19 years.
Ali Kamran Asdar, associate professor of anthropology, Middle East Studies and Asian Studies at the University of Texas, Austin.
Paul Fitzgerald is co-author of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire.
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Friday, April 1, 2011
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll continue our coverage of the ongoing uprising against the Libyan government. We'll also talk about the lack of media coverage of the photos of American soldiers posing with dead Afghan civilians. We'll be joined by veteran journalist Mark Danner, independent journalist Justine Sharrock, and Nicolas Pelham who is reporting for the NY Review of Books from Benghazi, Libya. Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with me, Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Nicolas Pelham, a former correspondent for The Economist and the author of The New Muslim Order, about the region's Shia. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.
Justine Sharrock, a former Mother Jones staffer. Her most recent book is Tortured: How Our Cowardly Leaders Abused Prisoners, American Soldiers, and Everything We're Fighting For.
Mark Danner, a journalist who has written about foreign affairs and American politics for more than two decades. He the author of Stripping Bare the Body -Politics Violence War.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
What's in store for Afghanistan and surrounding regions?
What's in store for the future of Afghanistan and the surrounding regions? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, authors of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire. They say this conflict has become one of the most complex foreign policy problems the US has ever faced. So why has President Obama expanded the military presence in Afghanistan? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will the expansion mean for the region and US security? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, a husband and wife journalism team since 1981, and authors of Crossing Zero: The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
What do you think of Bradley Manning's detention?
What do you think of the way the US is treating Bradley Manning? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the 23-year-old US army officer accused of leaking classified information to Wikileaks. Manning faces 22 charges, including "aiding the enemy." His lawyer says he's being held in solitary confinement in a tiny cell at a Navy brig in Quantico, Virginia. Why has his treatment and confinement been so extreme? And what do you think of the charges against Bradley Manning? Join us at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Ann Wright, former United States Army colonel and retired official of the U.S. State Department, outspoken opposer of the Iraq War
David MacMichael, former CIA analyst and current member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Greg Mitchell, journalist with The Nation and author of Bradley Manning: Truth and Consequences
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Monday, January 17, 2011
How has the Military Industrial Complex affected the U.S. economy?
On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about military spending. In January 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower gave a farewell address about the influence of a rising "military-industrial complex." What have the costs been since then? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. The $725 billion military budget is the highest since World War II. What will it take to cut military expenditures? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Lawrence Wittner, Professor of History at the State University of New York, Albany, and former President of the Peace History Society.
William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times.
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Friday, January 7, 2011
Media Roundtable
On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the military spending bill and its Guantanamo Bay provisions. We'll also talk about the recent assassination of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province and the ongoing drone attacks there. We'll be joined by ProPublica's Dafna Linzer, Boston Globe's Bryan Bender, and Newsline's Zahid Hussain. Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Bryan Bender, a reporter for the Boston Globe's Washington Bureau
Zahid Hussain, senior editor at Newsline in Pakistan
Dafna Linzer, a senior reporter for ProPublica
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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
How does the Don't Ask Don't Tell repeal achieve LGBT equality?
How does the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell relate to a broader movement for LGBT equality? On the next Your Call we'll talk about Congress' decision to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell, the law that for 17 years meant gays and lesbians could serve in the U.S. military provided they didn't reveal their sexual orientation. The policy led to the discharge of 14,000 soldiers from the military and the harassment of countless others. How will this repeal change the future for gay rights? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you.
Guests:
Tommi Avicolli Mecca -- writer, performer and activist, editor of Smash the Church, Smash the State: The Early Years of Gay Liberation
Laura Slattery, member of Knights Out
Kevin Naff, editor of the Washington Blade
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