Interviews
Battle Brewing in Congress as Bush Admin Seeks Closure of Iraq Reconstruction Corruption Monitor
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
November 15, 2006
A new battle is brewing in Congress over how the U.S. government monitors the billions of dollars it spends on the reconstruction of Iraq. Leading congressional Republicans recently passed legislation that would close the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. The special agency has uncovered several cases of waste and abuse, and […]
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Oilgarchy
Alternative Radio
September 28, 2006
The iconic moment of the U.S. invasion of Iraq was the toppling of the statue of Saddam Hussein in Firdos Square in Baghdad. It was a staged event with extras supplied by the now discredited neocon favorite Ahmed Chalabi. What was really important was going on in the rest of the city: massive looting. Government […]
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Ambitions of Empire: Deconstructing the Bush Agenda with Antonia Juhasz
Left Turn
Rebecca Solnit
September 1, 2006
RS: One the most startling things in your book is the way you talk about the war. While it is popular to describe it as a failure, you describe it in many instances as exactly the success they were looking for. Could you describe therefore what they were looking for and what parts are really working […]
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Protesters Target Bechtel for War-Profiteering In Iraq & Its Ties to Nuclear Industry
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
August 7, 2006
Last week, the U.S. government announced that it was going to cancel a $50 million dollar contract with Bechtel, after a federal audit exposed gross mismanagement of a project to build a Children’s Hospital in Basra, Iraq. The auditors plan to expand their investigations to all of Bechtel’s $2.85 billion in Iraq contracts. Author and […]
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Anti-War: A conversation with Antonia Juhasz
Pittsburgh City Paper
Marty Levine
July 27, 2006
On Aug. 4, local anti-war groups will begin a three-day regional gathering, “Stop Bechtel,” both to commemorate the anniversary of the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, and to protest the involvement of one company, Bechtel in the Iraq War today. The Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory in West Mifflin specializes in designing and building nuclear-powered warships. It is owned by the federal government operated […]
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Bush Clears the Way for Corporate Domination
Alternet
Joshua Holland
May 4, 2006
Antonia speaks with AlterNet's Joshua Holland about The Bush Agenda .
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Antonia Juhasz on The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
April 25, 2006
We speak with Antonia Juhasz about her new book, “The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time.” The book tracks the radical neo-liberal economic program the Bush administration has tried to impose on Iraq, which threatens to leave Iraq’s economy and oil reserves largely in the hands of multinational corporations. [includes rush […]
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2005 in Review Pt. 2: Power, Politics and Resistance
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
January 2, 2006
Today, part two of our special look back at 2005, including the devastating Katrina hurricane, Cindy Sheehan & Camp Casey, the 60th anniversary of the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the political crackdown in Haiti, the Sept. 24 anti-war protest in Washington D.C., the genocide in Sudan, the death of Rosa Parks, the Israeli […]
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Women, Oil and the Role of the U.S. in Iraq's New Constitution
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
August 12, 2005
The Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution called for the creation of an autonomous Shiite Region in Southern Iraq. We speak with activist and author Antonia Juhasz about the draft Constitution that is due to be released on Monday. On Thursday one of the leading Iraqi Shiite politicians called for the nine provinces in the […]
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Washington's Trojan Horse in the New Iraqi Government: Vice President Abdel Mahdi
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
April 7, 2005
Outgoing finance minister Adel Abdel Mahdi was named by the Iraqi parliament to be one of the country’s two vice presidents. We speak with author and activist Antonia Juhasz about Abdel Mahdi’s ties to neo-liberal institutions and his plans to privatize Iraq’s oil. Antonia Juhasz, author and activist. She is currently working on a book […]
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Have Forum Leaders Learned to Listen to Their Critics, Or Have They Just Learned to Deflectcriticism?
Democracy Now!
Amy Goodman
February 4, 2002
Today is the final day of the World Economic Forum, held this year for the first time in New York City. Previouslyit was held in Davos, Switzerland. For five days, world leaders, CEOs, big-name thinkers, and even the occasional rock star have mingled at the WaldorfAstoria to discuss trade, globalization, and international security. The theme […]
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