Lunes 8 de Agosto de 2005

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Murieron 39 personas en Irak mientras continúa el debate en torno a la constitución
• Aprobación al presidente Bush en su nivel más bajo
• Familia de Saddam Hussein despide a su equipo jurídico
• Madre de soldado muerto en Irak protesta cerca del rancho de Bush
• Ex agente de la CIA afirma que el Pentágono arruinó la oportunidad de atrapar a Bin Laden
• Bush considera nombrar a un amigo suyo para un alto cargo en el Departamento de Justicia
• Netanyahu renuncia al gabinete israelí en protesta a la retirada de Gaza
• Subcomandante Marcos reaparece para hacer declaraciones públicas
• Muere periodista de ABC News
• Decenas de miles marchan para renovar la Ley de Derecho al Voto de 1965
• Tens of Thousands March to Renew the 1965 Voting Rights Act
• 15,000 Protest in Hawaii to Preserve Native Hawaiian Schools
• Cuban Singer Ibrahim Ferrer of the Buena Vista Social Club Dies
• Valley Free Radio Launches in Northampton Massachusetts

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Harry Belafonte, Stevie Wonder Speak/Sing Out for Voting Rights

  
  

  World renowned performers Harry Belefonte and Stevie Wonder speak at the Keep the Vote Alive march commemorating the 40th anniversary for the Voting Rights Act. [includes rush transcript]

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• 40th Anniversary of the 1965 Voting Rights Act: Thousands March to Keep the Vote Alive

  
  

  Tens of thousands gathered in Atlanta, Georgia this past weekend for the Keep the Vote Alive March. The march commemorated the 40th anniversary of the historic 1965 signing of the Voting Rights act and called for the Congress and the President to extend key provisions of the law which expire in 2007. [includes rush transcript]

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• NAACP Legal Defense Fund Responds to Supreme Court Nominee Roberts Push to Limit Voting Rights Act

  
  

  Newly released documents show that Supreme Court nominee John Roberts argued strongly against strengthening the Act in 1982 when he served as an aide in Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department. We speak with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund about the history and future of voting rights. [includes rush transcript]

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• SNCC Activist Ekwueme Michael Thelwell: "People Fought, Died And Bled for the Right to Vote"

  
  

  Former field secretary of SNCC, professor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell speaks on the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at the Grassroots Radio Conference in Northampton, Massachusetts. He discusses today’s struggle around strengthening provisions to the act and the role of grassroots media. [includes rush transcript]

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