This is an archive. Free Speech Radio News ended daily production in 2017 and this site is no longer updated — it preserves FSRN’s reporting from 2000–2017.

Tagged: 2001

March 16, 2001

Download Audio WILL BUFFER ZONE BE FLASHPOINT FOR BALKAN WAR? In the south of Serbia, the Yugoslav Army is completing it deployment to a buffer zone separating Kosovo from the rest of Serbia. NATO...

February 23, 2001

Download Audio HAS NAFTA CREATED THE RIGHT TO DUMP TOXICS? One of the primary objections to international trade compacts such as the North American Free Trade Agreement has been that they favor multinational corporations...

February 16, 2001

Download Audio AFTER SHARON’S VICTORY, VIOLENCE ESCALATES Alarm is spreading through the international community that the Palestinian intifada — and the Israeli military’s response — could spiral beyond control. Since last week’s election of...

February 9, 2001

Download Audio SHARON ASCENDANT, PEACE IN THE BALANCE On Tuesday, Israeli voters elected Ariel Sharon, leader of the right-wing Likud Party, as the country’s Prime Minister. Sharon’s victory over incumbent Ehud Barak was decisive,...

February 2, 2001

Download Audio GAZA EYES THE ISRAELI ELECTIONS Israelis will go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a Prime Minister. Incumbent Ehud Barak called the early elections, but polls suggest that he will lose...

January 26, 2001

Download Audio GEORGE W. INAUGURATED WITH MASS PROTEST An estimated 300,000 people poured into Washington, DC for the inauguration of the 43rd president, George W. Bush on January 20th. Protesters from all over the...

January 19, 2001

Download Audio D.C. ON INAUGURATION EVE In Washington, DC this week, many groups have been working hard to set the stage for the Bush administration. For the White House, there have been hurried inaugural...

January 5, 2001

Download Audio GIANT RALLY FOR FREE TV IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA On Wednesday, 100,000 demonstrators gathered in front of the Czech television station which has become a symbol of the struggle to keep that country’s media...