Bahrain
and Syria: in one the United States supports a brutal
dictatorship against a nonviolent movement for human rights.
In the other the United States supports violent opposition
to the government in the name of human rights. All is not
as it appears. We speak with Reese Erlich.

Reese Erlich’s
history in journalism goes back 45 years. He first worked as
a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts, an
investigative reporting magazine published in San Francisco
from 1963 to 1975. Today he works as a full-time print and
broadcast, freelance reporter. He reports regularly for
National Public Radio, CBC, ABC (Australia), Radio Deutsche
Welle and Market Place Radio. His articles appear in
the Global Post and Christian Science Monitor. His
television documentaries have aired on PBS stations
nationwide.

Erlich’s book, Target Iraq: What the News
Media Didn’t Tell You, co-authored with Norman Solomon,
became a best seller in 2003. The Iran Agenda: The Real
Story of US Policy and the Middle East Crisis was
published in 2007. Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US
Policy and the Future of Cuba was published in 2009.
Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on
Politics, Violence and Empire, was published in
2010.

Total run time: 29:00

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Producer: David Swanson.
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