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Thursday, August 07, 2008
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- Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide
- Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII
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- South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
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- Army Recruiter Suspended for Threatening High School Student with Jail Time, Sparks Bipartisan Call for Investigation
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
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- American Foreign Policy Brought to You by China: Advisers to Obama, McCain Tied to US Multinationals that Profit from Beijing
- Chevron Lobbies White House to Pressure Ecuador to Stop $12 Billion Amazon Pollution Lawsuit
- Ex-UN AIDS Envoy Slams CDC as Being “Completely Irresponsible” for Withholding Data Showing US Gov’t Had Understated Number of New AIDS Cases by 40%
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Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast
Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Threats, Lies and Audiotape”
With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation’s young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.
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‘It’s a Global Election’
Amy Goodman reports from the Baltics: “When I arrived in Estonia last week—a former Soviet republic that lies just south of Finland—everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.”
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“Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”
The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.
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“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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American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s Hussein Ibish Discusses Civil Liberties During the “War on Terror”
“One of the major features of the so-called war on terror was been a major campaign to reduce civil liberties in the United States to increase the power of the government over the individual.”
Hussein Ibish, spokesperson for the Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, reflects on how civil liberties have been affected by the “war on terror” at a teach-in for the United for Peace and Justice in Washington D.C.
- Hussein Ibish, Communications Director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
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