Venezuelan Elite Attack President Chavez

2) Media’s Timid Role in 1991 Gulf War Likely to Repeat in Any New Conflict with Iraq

Interview by Scott Harris

John MacArthur, publisher of Harper’s Magazine, discusses his fear that Pentagon censorship combined with a timid brand of corporate journalism will deprive the American people of the truth in any future war with Iraq.

3) Trent Lott’s Future As Senate Majority Leader in Doubt, But Undercurrent of Racism Persists in GOP

Interview by Scott Harris

Author and commentator Dr. Earl Ofari Hutchinson looks at the controversy surrounding the comments of Trent Lott and the legacy of racism within the Republican party.

4) This week’s summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon and Brita Brundage

– Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was instrumental in seeking the release of several anti-Castro Cuban exiles convicted of terrorism. – Mexican farmers block traffic in Mexico City to protest the expansion of NAFTA, which will eliminate tariffs on major agricultural exports and deepen their already dire poverty. – Atlanta crosses into troubled waters by privatizing its drinking water system.

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