Here is some audio from the opening plenary and one of the sessions from the conference on media consolidation held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on May 10 & 11, 2005.

The opening plenary features: Amy Goodman, Rep. Bernie Sanders, and Naomi Klein.

The session (#3) features Len Hill, Dennis Swanson (Viacom), Paul Jay, Roberta Baskin (Center for Public Integrity)

128kbps version

Your weekly wrap-up of North American police brutality misconduct and corruption.

This week:

New Mexico cop arrested for molesting child

Pennsylvania cop sentenced for sex with boy

Washington cop resigns over sex assault allegation

Indiana cop fondles girl

Michigan cop charged with murder

Arizona cop arrested in connection with murder

California cop kills brother, no charges

Tennessee cop charged in homicide

Wisconsin cop get plea deal for sex with two boys

PLUS

Mordechai Vanunu, Israeli nuclear whistle-blower speaks to group visiting East Jerusalem on March 30, 2005.

MP3 file approx. 1 hour long.

While visiting Jerusalem and the West Bank in late March and early April, my husband and I met Mordechai Vanunu who is under house arrest at the St. George's Guest House where we were staying.

Interview with Protects-USA organizers after a street theater performance to shed light on Wackenhut during the First Data Shareholder meeting Omaha.

PT 2:In a border town only 8 hours away from Phoenix, more than 300 girls and women have been murdered in the past 11 years. Community members and Arizona State University students have formed a group to raise awareness about these missing and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico. On Mexican Mother’s Day, Tuesday, May 10th, members of the Alliance of Multicultural Student Activists (AMSA) will host an event on ASU main campus followed by a performance of the play “The Women of Juarez” at the State Capitol.

In a border town only 8 hours away from Phoenix, more than 300 girls and women have been murdered in the past 11 years. Community members and Arizona State University students have formed a group to raise awareness about these missing and murdered women of Juarez, Mexico. On Mexican Mother’s Day, Tuesday, May 10th, members of the Alliance of Multicultural Student Activists (AMSA) will host an event on ASU main campus followed by a performance of the play “The Women of Juarez” at the State Capitol.

Conversation with the lead council in US litgation against Union Carbide and Dow Chemical.