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This Saturday, November 24th, Chuck Mertz's guests on This is Hell (http://www.thisishell.net/) will be;
* Fatima Bhutto, a writer and poet. She is the daughter of Mir Murtaza Bhutto, who was killed in 1996 in Karachi when his sister, and Fatima's aunt, Benazir, was prime minister. Fatima recently wrote the piece, "The Dismantling of Pakistani Democracy" (http://counterpunch.org/bhutto11142007.html)

* John Brown, a former US Foreign Service officer who resigned from the State Department over the planned war in Iraq. He writes near-daily at The University of Southern California's Public Diplomacy Press and Blog Review (http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/index.php/newsroom/johnbrown_main). Last week, he wrote the TomDispatch.com article, "Too Parochial for Empire: The Bush Administration Conquers Washington" (http://tomdispatch.com/post/174864/john_brown_invading_washington).

And Kevan Harris, "The Radical Pessimist," (http://www.kevekev.com/) will give a piece of his mind.

On upcoming shows, Chuck's guests will be;
* on Saturday, December 1st
John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," will be on to discuss his new book, "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"
* on Saturday, December 8th
Robert Lipsyte who recently wrote the TomDispatch.com piece, "Corruption 101, Gladiators and Beer: Why Bowl Games Are the Real Final Exams." (http://tomdispatch.com/post/174865/robert_lipsyte_the_quagmire_of_colleg...)

Last week’s show is now available for download (http://www.wnur.org/thisishell/archive/pods/20071117.mp3). With an interview with live from Pakistan, with Graham Usher, contributing editor of Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org). Graham is the author of "Dispatches from Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process" (Pluto Press http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=115162). He recently wrote the articles, "Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan" (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071203/usher), "Musharraf's Emergency" (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071126/usher) and "Benazir Bhutto's Defining Moment" http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071112/usher). And Jeff Dorchen (http://www.mejeffdorchen.oblivio.com/) presents another Moment of Truth.

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This Saturday, November 17th, Chuck Mertz’s guests on This is Hell (http://www.thisishell.net/) will be, live from Pakistan, Graham Usher a contributing editor for Middle East Report (http://www.merip.org). Graham is the author of "Dispatches from Palestine: The Rise and Fall of the Oslo Peace Process" (Pluto Press http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=115162). He recently wrote the articles, "Trappings of Democracy in Pakistan," (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071203/usher) "Musharraf's Emergency" (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071126/usher) and "Benazir Bhutto's Defining Moment" (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071112/usher)
And Jeff Dorchen (http://www.mejeffdorchen.oblivio.com/) will deliver a Moment of Truth.

On upcoming shows, Chuck will be interviewing;
* Saturday, December 1st
John Perkins, author of "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man," will be on to discuss his new book, "The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global Corruption"

Last week’s show is now available for download (http://live.wnur.org:8092/content/thisishell/20071110.pls).
The guests were Gregory Levey (http://www.gregorylevey.com/), former communications coordinator and speechwriter for Ariel Sharon and Ehud Olmert, and Israeli delegate to the United Nations. He is now writing warnings about a new further right wing trend within the Israeli government. And Jeff Dorchen (http://www.mejeffdorchen.oblivio.com/) presents another Moment of Truth.

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