The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Russian-Chechen History, Part Two
Wednesday, December 11, 2002
When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, "captive nations" like Lithuania and Armenia obtained their long-sought independence. But many minorities remained within Russia, none more secession-minded than the Chechens. Chechnya fought two wars for independence in the 1990s, the second of which continues to drag on with no end in sight. Today, a catalog of missed opportunities. Also on the show, what religious leaders have to say about a holy war by the rivers of Babylon, what Ed Koch has to say about the transit workers, and Bloomberg on housing.
House of Pain
Commissioner Jerilyn Perine of Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the mayor's housing policy
Ghosts of Transit Strikes Past
Listeners' memories on past transit strikes and taxi and limo drivers show their solidarity with transit workers
"Don't Let These Bastards Bring the City to Its Knees"
Former New York mayor Ed Koch wants the transit workers to back down
The Caucasian Chalk Circle: Chechen-Russian History, Part II
Miriam Lanskoy, a doctoral candidate at Boston University and a researcher at the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology and Policy, on the beginnings of the conflict between Russia and Chechnya.
Onward Christian Soldier
James Skillen, president for the Center for Public Justice www.cpjustice.org and Sister Mary Elizabeth Clark, a lobbyist with Network, a National Catholic Social Justice Lobby and Sister of St. Joseph disagree on whether the war on Iraq is justified according to Christian teaching.
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