Amy Goodman talks to Jan Tamas, from the Czech Republic, founder of the No Bases Initiative, a coalition against the proposed US missile system in Eastern Europe, and Olivier Bancoult of the Chagos Refugee Group, expelled at the age of four from his native Diego Garcia, the site of a US military base since British forces expelled native islanders in the early 1970s.

A controversy is brewing at the University of California in Berkeley where petroleum giant BP, formerly British Petroleum, is planning to give $500 million in funds to the university for research. The deal would fund the development of “sustainable, commercially viable, and environmentally friendly” sources of energy. The newly created Energy Biosciences Institute claims to promote research into biofuels, as well as bacteria that would increase energy production from oil and coal.

Democracy Now! on the late Anita Roddick.

Amy Goodman interviews Tariq Ali on recent violence on the Afghan-Pakistan border, and the continuing role of the US and UK in the regional turmoil.

An interview with British human rights attorney, Gareth Peirce.

Interview with David Morris and Helen Steel.