Shahid Buttar, a recording artist and lawyer
 

   
 
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My most recent coverage is available at the Bill of Rights Defense Committee's website.

  • On March 8, 2010, I did a fun interview on the Alyona Show about Senator Lieberman's preposterous proposal to revoke the citizenship of anyone (merely) accused of a national security offense.

  • On October 7, 2009, GRITtv aired a recorded video commentary summarizing my analysis of torture accountability, drawn largely from my article, Losing Wars We Already Won (Part I): Torture v. WWII.

  • On August 1, 2009, I did an extended studio interview with WMUA, the student-run radio station at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.  Part 1 focused on art & culture as a vehicle for social organizing and building political power, and included We Watch RealityPart 2 riffed on my personal history, recommendations for student activists, and reflections on the first year of the Obama administration.  Part 3 includes some historical context for civil liberties issues, as well as further reflections on the Obama administration and the landscape it confronts in DC.  Part 4 includes a discussion about the state of our democracy and opportunities to recover political ground lost during the Bush years, as well as Bumpin in My SUV. Part 5 discusses the electronic dance underground and its transformative social potential.  And Part 6 includes me rhyming live over a Daft Punk track from the Homework album.

  • On July 11, 2009, I did a short interview by phone with al-Jazeera English reflecting on implications of the Inspectors' General report on warrantless domestic spying released the day before.

  • On June 29, 2009, I spoke at a press conference at the National Press Club about grassroots efforts to ensure executive accountability for torture.  Video of my remarks are available (I start around 1:30), and CNN ran a story quoting me.



  • On June 11, 2009, I did an interview on KPFA in San Francisco, CA about the secrecy pervading our national security establishment.

  • On May 22, 2009, I did an interview on WMNF in Tampa, FL about executive accountability for torture.

  • On election night, November 4, 2008, I was part of a panel interviewed by Avi Lewis on al-Jazeera discussing policy issues largely overlooked during the presidential campaign.  I also did election commentary for NaanSense radio, a student radio station at the University of Maryland.

  • I did an interview on NPR's Here & Now relating to profiling at the nation's borders & airports (randomly following an interview with a dear friend whose appearance was a total surprise) on August 6, 2008.

  • On November 8, 2007, I did a 10-minute interview about the crisis in Pakistan with Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting's Counterspin program, which is syndicated by over 125 radio stations across the country.  Another 10-minute interview aired on January 4, 2008 on The Young Turks, the morning drive-time program of Air America.

  • Streaming video of me embarrassing FOX News propagandists on the Hannity & Colmes Show in a 16-minute live segment that aired on January 21, 2005, the day after President Bush's second inauguration. The video's embedded below in two parts, and is available as a RealPlayer stream, or on YouTube (part I and Part II). In addition, a transcript is also available, as is a download-able version of the video.  This interview was probably my most widely viewed appearance in mass media, and was fortunately among my most effective, as well.






   


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