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16 & 20 January 2008

Wednesday between 9pm and 10pm (GMT) Sunday between noon and 1pm 104.4 FM (London) or www.resonancefm.com Bush in Israel: The Hands of Esau Selling Weapons to Religious States , from an interview with Lenni Brenner, part 2 of last: Israel. Book review: Dhar Jamail's Beyound the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq Listen to the show Related articles: The Hands of Esau The Fading of the Two-State Solution Related audio: Selling Weapons to Religious States (Interview with Lenni Brenner)

09 & 13 January 2008

"Selling Weapons to Religous States": Part 1 of 2 from an interview with Lenni Brenner produced by Against the Grain show on Pacifica Radio. This week: Saudi Arabia. 2007 World Press Photo Award The Assassination of Benazir Bhutto: What next for Pakistan? Listen to the whole show Wednesday between 9pm and 10pm (GMT) Sunday between noon and 1pm 104.4 FM (London) or www.resonancefm.com

Coming & Recent Shows/Interviews

Class and Sect in the Middle East, interview with Anne Alexander. The Yacoubian Building: the novel and the film. Can Hamas Liberate Palestine? The US Elections and the Middle East Katherine C. Donahue, author of Slave of Allah - Zacarias Moussaoui vs The USA (Pluto Press September 2007) Ibrahim Abu Rabi, author of Contemporary Arab Thought Recent 19 December 2007 show Iraqi Oil for Beginners, a comic book by Jon Sack. Israel: the longest teachers strike in the history of Israel. 05 December 2007 show : Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files - The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (PLuto Press, November 2007) Interview with Arun Kundnani , author of "The End of Tolerance - Racism in 21st Century Britain". 28 November 2007 : InterviewArun Kundnani on his book The End of Tolerance - Racism in 21st Century Britain. Also in the show: Dubai, Wealth and Workers' Plight. 21 November 2007 show 14 November 2007 show : Pakistan,Turkey and the K...

Yes, We Have No Bananas

Yes, We Have No Bananas  by S. Langfur One fine morning Melvin Tucker woke up to find himself transformed into a middle-sized Zionist. He was lying on his back, an unusual position for him, and he thought perhaps this was the reason. He turned over, embraced his wife and slept again, but on waking a second time, he found his condition had worsened. He rose from the bed and gazed into a mirror. There was a barely perceptible change in the curve of his upper lip, as though he were withdrawing it, about to answer an accusation. Apart from that, he could see nothing different. “Tuck, what’s the matter?” asked his wife from the bed. “What’s the matter!” said Melvin. “What other country in the world would show restraint when fanatics enter its cities from the neighboring territory and blow themselves up, killing dozens of innocent civilians, and the neighboring authority does nothing to prevent this? What other country would endure a situation where people of the neighboring territory fi...

Iraqi Oil - Israel's Teachers Strike

19 December 2007 show "Iraqi Oil for Beginners" a comic book by Jon Sack. Israel: the longest teachers strike in the history of Israel. Listen to the show " They've cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem " (a song) The Gleaners, after Millet by Hadas Reshef, Israel, New Media Art Middle East Panorama on Resonance FM Radio Wednesday between 21:00 to 22:00 GMT (repeated on Sunday between 12:00 - 13:00 GMT) 104.4 FM or http://www.resonancefm.com/

Guantanamo Files - Israel/Palestine

05 December 2007 show (00:58:33) Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files - The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison (PLuto Press November 2007), Moazzam Begg, former Guantanamo detainee, and Zachary Katznelson, a lawyer of some Guantanamo detainees. Luke Wilson, a radical Jewish activist from England, speaking on Israel/Palestine.

"The End of Tolerance" - Dubai

The End of Tolerance - Racism in 21st Century Britain and Dubai, wealth and workers' plight. Listen to the whole show . Related topic: Life Style of Richest People of the Middle East (Video)

Pakistan - UAE

Farooq Ali on Pakistan Hillary's Musharraf Bridge Collapse in Dubai United Arab Emirates' Migrant Workers Life Style of Richest People of the Middle East

Pakistan - The Kurds

US Hypocrisy, and Worse, on Pakistan Democracy (Ira Chernus) Articles : Pakistan at Sixty (Tariq Ali in London) Emergency in Pakistan (Adam Pal in Lahore) When Patience Snaps ( The Economist ) The Betrayal of the Kurds (a background article by the ISR) "Social Revolution Only Way Out" (Hindustan Times) Another Betrayal is Being Prepared

Mansour Osanloo - Chavez & Iranian Workers - USA-Iran

Wednesday 31 of October between 9pm and 10pm (GMT) on Resonance FM Radio Sunday 04 November between noon and 1pm (GMT) A Guest to be Proud of?: The Saudi King in Britain Freedom Will Come : The story of an Iranian trade union leader whose two-year fight for the dignity of workers has landed him and his deputy Ebrahim Madadi, in prison and in urgent need of medical treatment. Chavez Meets Iran Khodro Workers The crisis between the US and Iran Listen to the whole show here

Audio Selection - Articles - Books - Recent Shows

Middle East Panorama radio show on Resonance FM 104.4 or http://www.resonancefm.com/ Every Friday 14.00 - 15.00 London time (GMT) "If one day the people will to live Then destiny must reply; The might must disappear, And bonds must break" Abu al-Qasim al-Shabbi Audio (mp3) >> The show theme music >> Overcoming Zionism: Interview with Joel Kovel , 04July 2007 >> The War Economy of Iraq , Christopher Parker, 15 June 2007 >> Joel Beinin on Workers Struggles in Egypt , 30 March 2007 >> Assaf Adiv on Arab Workers plight and struggle in Israel, 23 March 2007 >> "Iran on the Brink - Rising Workers and Threats of War", Part 1 , Part 2 , 16 March 2007 >> Lara Deeb on Hizballah, Part 1 , Part 2 , 09 March 2007 >> "The Logic of Withdrawal" by Anthony Arnove, 26 January 2007 >> The Blood Never Dried : The British Empire in the Middle East, John Newsinger, 01 December 2006 >> China Mieville on the Mid...