Egypt

This weeks guests are Amy Berg (filmmaker/director); Debra Sweet (National Director World Can't Wait); Karim El Hakim (filmmaker/director).

Berg talks about her new film "West of Memphis", the story of how the West Memphis 3 were framed, convicted and carted to prison for a crime the system knew they didn't commit. Sweet talks about the growing threat of war against Iran and a call to stand up against it before it starts. Hakim talks about his new film "1/2 Revolution", the story of the 2011 uprising in Egypt and how it was hijacked by the military and other pro-US forces.

Here is the playlist from our November 30 broadcast:

Excellent speech on the current events in the Middle East, with historical background,
held in Auckland, New Zealand 17 March 2011

Original lecture title: Islam and its discontents (Sir Douglas Robb Lectures)

Larry Everest, writer for Revolution newspaper and author of "Oil, Power and Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda," discusses developments in Egypt, their significance in the world and what lies ahead for the Egyptian people.

Richard Falk, professor, author, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories of Palestine, talks about the whitewash report on the May 2010 Israeli assault on the Gaza Aid Flotilla from the Turkel Commission and the treachery revealed in the Palestine Papers released by Al Jazeera. Prof. Falk also talks about the renewed efforts to remove him from his UN position.