Showing posts with label wikileaks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wikileaks. Show all posts

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

Click to Listen: What do you think of Bradley Manning's detention?

Friday, December 10, 2010

Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the climate change conference in Cancun and how WikiLeaks cables revealed the U.S. manipulated previous climate talks. We'll also focus on the media narratives around the extension of the Bush tax cuts. We'll be joined by Tax Note's David Cay Johnston, columnist David Sirota and independent journalist Mark Hertsgaard. Join us live at 11 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:
David Cay Johnston, a Tax Analysts' columnist

David Sirota, a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, and radio co-host

Mark Hertsgaard, The Nation's environment correspondent

Click to Listen: Media Roundtable

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

How has WikiLeaks changed your view of the world?

How has the latest round of revelations from WikiLeaks changed your view of the world? On the next Your Call, we'll talk about WikiLeaks. Do you think the release of state secrets is important for your understanding of U.S. foreign relations? WikiLeaks has published nearly 250,000 diplomatic cables from the State Department in Washington and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under attack. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What compels you most about what WikiLeaks has exposed? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Sanjoy Banerjee, professor of International Relations at SFSU

Melvin A. Goodman, former CIA analyst and senior fellow at the Center for International Policy

Adrienne Pine, assistant professor of Anthropology at American University specializing in Latin America.

Click to Listen: How has WikiLeaks changed your view of the world?

Friday, December 3, 2010

Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of nearly 250,000 state department cables released by Wikileaks. We'll also talk about the economy as 800,000 people are set to loose their unemployment benefit next week, as well as escalation in tensions on the Korean Peninsula. We'll be joined by Huffington Post's Arthur Delaney, Aljazeera's Richard Gizbert, and veteran Donald Kirk joins us from Seoul. Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call with Sandip Roy and you

Guests:
Arthur Delaney, economic reporter with Huffington Post

Richard Gizbert, host of Al Jazeera English's weekly media watch program, The Listening Post

Donald Kirk, a veteran newspaper correspondent based in South Korea

Click to Listen: Media Roundtable