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Thursday, July 17, 2008
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- Bailout for Mortgage Giants, IndyMac Bank Collapse, Dollar Hits New Low, Inflation at 26-Year High, Dow Falls Below 11K…A Look at the Financial Crisis
- Nelson Mandela Turns 90
- Spike Lee to Film Tony Award-Winning Musical “Passing Strange” as Show Comes to a Close on Broadway
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- Headlines
- Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse
- Fmr. Chief Guantanamo Prosecutor Says Military Commissions “Not Justice”
- Singer-Songwriter Simone White Performing Live On Democracy Now!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
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Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO
Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.
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“It’s Not the Man, It’s the Movement”
I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?
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“Funny Man in an Unfunny World”
The world lost one of its great comedians this week with the death at age 71 of George Carlin. Carlin had a career as a stand-up comic that spanned a half-century, in which he continually broke new ground, targeting those in power with his wit and genius.
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“Weather Reports Are Missing the Story”
While the TV meteorologists document “extreme weather” with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming.
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Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
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“This Way to Better Media”
“This way to better media,” read the floor sign directing people through a skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thousands of people gathered there for the fourth National Conference for Media Reform, hosted by freepress.net. They came from all walks of life and all ages to address a central crisis in our society: our broken media system. I was one of the invited speakers.
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Marking 35 Years of Occupation: Israeli Troops Surround Arafat’s Compound As President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to Discuss a New Peace Plan
Israeli tanks, armor, and troops moved into Ramallah before dawn today, surrounding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s compound and arresting more than 20 men. The Israelis placed the whole city under curfew, conducting house-to-house searches. Loudspeakers issued warnings that anyone leaving their homes would be shot.
The latest Israeli incursion came just hours before Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was to meet President Bush at the White House. But Sharon has already rejected the peace plan drawn up this weekend by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and President Bush. The plan calls for Israel to withdraw to the borders it held before the 1967 Middle East War.
Today’s military action came a day after Arafat juggled his cabinet, cutting the ministries of the Palestinian Authority by a third. Arafat appointed a new interior minister and chose a former World Bank official to oversee the authority’s murky finances. Palestinian police arrested a senior Islamic Jihad leader in the Gaza Strip today. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing last Wednesday that killed 17 Israelis.
But this weekend, peace activists marked the 35th anniversary of the 1967 Six-Day War, and the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza with peace rallies across Israel.
Guests:
- Adam Keller, Israeli peace activist, and spokesperson for Gush-Shalom.
- Robert Fisk, reporter for the Independent of London, speaking from Beirut.
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Music:
- Not In My Name–Saul Williams, (EXCLUSIVE TO DN!).
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