Promo for the 14th Annual Bryan Awards - Week Of (July 28-August 4, 2014)

Bob Fitrakis interviews Connie Hammond of the local Progressive Peace Coalition about her trip to Israel and the West Bank and they discuss the current bombing of civilians in Gaza by Israel.

Tonight on the show, songs from holiday movies.

SONGS:
"A Christmas Carol" - Scrooge (1970)
"Happy Holiday" - Holiday Inn (1942); Bing Crosby
"The Polar Express" - The Polar Express (2004)
"December the 25th" - Scrooge (1970)
"Christmas Is All Around" - Love Actually (2003)
"I've Got Plenty To Be Thankful For" - Holiday Inn (1942); Bing Crosby
"The Nutcracker Suite" - Elf (2004); Brian Setzer and His Orchestra
"White Christmas" - Holiday Inn (1942); Bing Crosby
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" - Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Judy Garland
"It Feels Like Christmas" - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Elf (2004); Zooey Deschanel & Leon Redbone, song originally from Neptune's Daughter (1949)
"Scrooge" - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"Silver Bells" - from The Lemon Drop Kid; Mitch Miller and His Gang (1961)
"Father Christmas" - Scrooge (1970)
"One More Sleep Til Christmas" - The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"Glorious, Beautiful Christmas" - A Christmas Story (1983)

"After more than two weeks the Israeli siege of Gaza has caused immeasurable damage and claimed hundreds of lives of Palestinian civilians - many of them women and children. The United Nations is investigating charges of war crimes. Meanwhile the U.S. senate has voted unanimously to step up U.S. aid for Israel. But hundreds of thousands of people around the world are demonstrating for a just peace in the region, and you can, too. There will be a protest for peace in Palestine on Friday, August 1 at 4 pm at Broad and High. The theme of the march will be a peaceful call for justice, ceasing the seige and ending the occupation. Again, that's
Friday, August 1 at 4 pm at Broad and High."

"After more than two weeks the Israeli siege of Gaza has caused immeasurable damage and claimed hundreds of lives of Palestinian civilians - many of them women and children. The United Nations is investigating charges of war crimes. Meanwhile the U.S. senate has voted unanimously to step up U.S. aid for Israel. But hundreds of thousands of people around the world are demonstrating for a just peace in the region, and you can, too. There will be a protest for peace in Palestine on Friday, August 1 at 4 pm at Broad St. and High St., Columbus, Ohio. The theme of the march will be a peaceful call for justice, ceasing the seige and ending the occupation. Again, that's Friday, August 1 at 4 pm at Broad St. and High St., Columbus, Ohio."

On the third weekend in July there was a rally in Columbus which drew an estimated 3,000 people demanding an end to Israel's assault on Gaza and to the occupation. It was one of many such rallies around the world and in the U.S., yet all of those rallies received scant coverage in the Western media. In this edition we have an interview with Reema Al-Waridat, a Palestinian American who organized last week's rally and is co-organizing another, scheduled for Friday, August 1 at 4 pm at Broad and High. We also have 3 reports sourced from Russia Today discussing the current siege and the history behind it. With musical bridges from Ghalia Benali and Rim Bana