Siddharth Varadarajan Dateline: New DelhiIndia is the object of increasing U.S. attention as evidenced by the president 's recent visit to that country. Long range U.S. geopolitical strategy in Asia is aimed at China. A series of military bases is in place and being built that will effectively encircle China. India is emerging as a key component of U.S. plans. New Delhi has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty. To lure it into the U.S. orbit, Bush ok' d a questionable deal to allow India to expand its nuclear weapons arsenal. Iran, which is an NPT signatory, and has no nuclear weapons, is being treated by quite a different standard. To further complicate matters and heighten tension, Washington is trying to prevent New Delhi from making energy deals with Iran and Syria. Not everyone in India is keen to participate in the coming power play to yoke the country to the U.S. grand design for Asia. Siddharth Varadarajan is one of India's leading journalists. He is deputy editor of, "The Hindu," one of India's most prestigious daily newspapers. He formerly reported for "The Times of India." He is editor of, "Gujarat:The Making of a Tragedy."
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Medea Benjamin Code Pink: How We Can Stop the WarMedea Benjamin frequently travels to and documents human rights violations in the Third World, including Iraq and Afghanistan. She co-founded CODE PINK, a worldwide group of women against war. She's also co-founder and co-director of Global Exchange, a San Francisco-based organization. She has written extensively on international issues. In this April, 2006, talk from Denver, she discusses a wide range of issues, including the war in Iraq, Iran, impeachment, Code Pink, sustaining energy for activism and the media.
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John Perkins Confessions of an Economic Hit ManJohn Perkins describes himself as a former economic hit man - a highly paid professional who cheated countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars. In this April, 2006, talk based on his bestselling book, Perkins outlines his first hand perspective on how the United States seeks to influence other countries via economic pressure. John Perkins is a former respected member of the international banking community. He describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the U.S. cheat poor countries around the globe out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could possibly repay and then take over their economies.
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