Martes 30 de Agosto de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Huracán Katrina deja al menos 55 muertos
• Gulfport, Mississippi: daños en tres de cada cuatro edificios
• Fuerza Aérea estadounidense se queda en Irak por tiempo indeterminado
• Periodista de Reuters asesinado por fuerzas estadounidenses es sepultado en Irak
• Reuters exige liberación de segundo periodista detenido por fuerzas estadounidenses
• Miles de sunitas realizan manifestación en Tikrit
• Funcionario de ONU acusa a Bush de perjudicar campaña contra VIH en África
• ACLU: FBI señala a grupos de activistas como terroristas
• Comisión de Derechos Humanos pide investigación de tortura policial en Chicago
• Demócratas solicitan que se investigue destitución de informante del Pentágono
• Crean nueva coalición antirreclutamiento en Los Ángeles
• Comienza audiencia de Luis Posada Carriles en Texas

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Dozens Dead as Hurricane Katrina Slams into Gulf Coast: A Look at Extreme Weather, Oil Development and Who Gets Hit the Hardest

  
  

  Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast with devastating force Monday morning leaving at least 55 people dead and more than a million people in three states without power. We speak with David Helvarg of the Blue Frontier Campaign about extreme weather and Damu Smith about who gets hit the hardest. [includes rush transcript]

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• Environmental Pollution Along the Mississippi: From the Headwater to the Delta

  
  

  We speak with Robert Shimek of the Indigenous Environmental Network about the toxic pollution of the Mississippi River with various industries using it as a "sewer dump" to get rise of dioxins, PCBs and various heavy metals. [includes rush transcript]

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• Environmental Racism: How Minority Communities Are Exposed to "Toxic Soup"

  
  

  We speak with Damu Smith, founder of Black Voices for Peace and executive director of the National Black Environmental Justice Network about environmental racism. Smith says, "People, black and white and Latino, who live in these [heavy industrial] areas are exposed to toxic soup of chemicals regularly released into the air, into the soil, into the water." [includes rush transcript]

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• Katrina Rescue Operations: Are National Guard and Equipment Stretched Thin by Iraq War?

  
  

  With search and rescue operations underway in multiple states and many communities facing massive reconstruction efforts in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina, state governments are relying significantly on aid from the National Guard. But with the occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of Guard members available at home has been slashed. [includes rush transcript]

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• Juan Cole on U.S.-Saudi Relations

  
  

  We play Part 2 of our discussion with Middle East expert Juan Cole looking at U.S.-Saudi relations. Cole is a Professor of History at the University of Michigan and runs a widely-read blog called "Informed Comment." [includes rush transcript]

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