----- Original Message ----- From: "Between The Lines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:51 AM Subject: [July30] BTL 9/1/00 Weekly Summary > July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com > > BETWEEN THE LINES WEEKLY SUMMARY > ================================= > > "Between The Lines" is a weekly radio newsmagazine which offers timely, > in-depth interviews with progressive activists engaged in the fight for > a more just world. This four-time Associated Press award-winning > program covers political and economic topics, and provides our > listeners with the information they need to join today's growing > social justice movement. > > Below you'll find a summary of topics and guests covered in this week's > program, as well as a link to this week's program in RealAudio on our > Web site. > > NEW: We have begun beta-testing Between The Lines in broadcast-quality, > MP3 file format. Audio and print subscription information can be found > at > the end of this summary. > > **Please pass the work of these activists in this summary along to > your friends and colleagues! ** > > ================================== > > FOR THE WEEK ENDING Sept. 1, 2000 > > This week we present Between The Lines' summary > of under-reported news stories and: > > (1)Party Conventions Now Expensive > Infomercials with Little Media Scrutiny > Interview by Scott Harris. > > Syndicated columnist Norman Solomon, assesses the > Republican and Democratic party nominating > conventions and corporate media's lack of critical > coverage of these political extravaganzas. > > Norman Solomon's weekly "Media Beat" column can be > found on the Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Web > site (www.fair.org) at > www.fair.org/media-beat/index.html. > > (2) Arrested Ruckus Society Director Condemns > Police Crackdown on Direct Action Protests > Interview by Scott Harris. > > John Sellers, director of the California-based Ruckus > Society, trains activists in direct action techniques. Sellers > talks about his arrest during the GOP convention in > Philadelphia, where he was accused of being a facilitator > of violence and mayhem and held on $1 million bond, > later reduced to $100,000. > > Contact the Ruckus Society by calling (510) 848-9565 > or visit their Web site at www.ruckus.org > > (3) Independent Media Centers a Voice for > Global Social Justice Movement > Interview by Scott Harris. > > Alan Minsky, is general coordinator of the Los Angeles > Independent Media Center, which covered the > Democratic Party Convention. He discusses the > philosophy behind the IMCs, which have been launched > in more than two dozen major cities on four continents > since last winter's Seattle World Trade Organization > protests. > > Visit IMC Web sites across the globe at: > www.indymedia.org > > This week's summary of under-reported news > Compiled from alternative media sources by Bob Nixon > > Critics say transferring juvenile defendants to adult > courts and jails creates more criminal recidivism. (The > Boston Globe, Focus Section: July 2, 2000) > Al Gore's populist rhetoric undermined by his > conservative economic policies.(The Nation, Aug. > 21-28, 2000) > Colombia is the most dangerous place on earth to be a > trade union activist. 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