Obama's recently passed Health Care "Reform" Bill, and Christopher Dodd's proposed Financial "Reform" legislation most recently exemplify the pro-corporate credentials of the Democratic party, solidifying their place as the US ruling class' Team B. We then offer the hip-hop song that got Spc. Marc Hall imprisoned and facing a court martial, when he dared to call out the US Army's disingenuous "stop-loss" policy, which forces members of the US Army to remain in the service beyond their contracted enlistments. We expose the the full extent of Israel's plans for East Jerusalem, which seeks to effectively alter "facts on the ground", and displace any hope of the "Peace Process". We highlight the proposed legislation in Arizona which if passed will make every undocumented worker in the state a criminal "trespasser". Lastly, we feature a day in Revolutionary History, March 25th, and remember the horror of one of America's worst industrial disasters, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
Clunker Healthcare Bill Protects Private Insurers, Damages Democracy by Billy Wharton Dems Might Pass Financial Reform That Does Nothing to Protect from Big Threats to Our Economy by Simon Johnson Israel planning 50,000 housing units in East Jerusalem by Nir Hasson Tough Bill Advances in Arizona on Undocumented Immigrants by Randal C. Archibold
Music: Henry Geddes - Waiting for a State of Siege Destroy Babylon feat. DXA - Shadow Army Marc Hall - Stop Loss David Rovics - Building a Wall Ska P - Intifada Immortal Technique - The Poverty of Philosophy
Background Music by T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou
Original version broadcast on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 8 PM EST on WXOJ-LP 103.3 FM Valley Free Radio Northampton, MA