Miércoles 25 de Octubre de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Estados Unidos podría enviar más soldados a Irak
• Gran Bretaña podría retirar soldados de Irak al borde de “momento crítico”
• Cien soldados estadounidenses firman solicitud de retirada de Irak
• Mueren cinco personas en ataque aéreo de Estados Unidos en Bagdad
• Número de soldados estadounidenses muertos en Irak este mes llega a 91
• Soldados estadounidenses mataron a cuatro bomberos iraquíes
• Venezuela niega haber abandonado candidatura para Consejo de Seguridad
• Cuba solicita fin de embargo de Estados Unidos
• Niña afgana muerta en ataque de OTAN
• Fotógrafo de AP secuestrado fue liberado en Gaza
• WWF: Se necesitarán dos planetas para satisfacer consumo humano en 2050
• Informe: Diez estados enfrentan problemas de votación
• Estudio: elecciones parlamentarias de 2006 son las más caras de la historia
• Departamento de Educación abre paso a escuelas y salones para alumnos del mismo sexo
• Cifras demuestran desigualdad racial en reclamos de seguro por el Katrina

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Green Politics: Green Party Excluded From Mid-Term Debates

  
  

  We spend the hour on Green politics and how third party candidates are being blocked from taking part in debates. We begin in New York, where the League of Women Voters has withdrawn its sponsorship of three debates in New York because Green Party candidates were excluded from participation. We’re joined by Green Party Senate Candidate Howie Hawkins and League of Women Voters analyst Betsey Swan. [includes rush transcript]

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• Green Politics: Anti-War House Candidate Michael Berg on His Debate Lock-Out in Delaware and How His Son’s Death in Iraq Led to His Candidacy

  
  

  We turn to Delaware and the race for the state’s one House seat. Green Party nominee Michael Berg is the father of Nicholas Berg, the 26-year-old American who was captured and beheaded in Iraq in May 2004. Michael Berg joins us to talk about his exclusion from the debates, and how his son’s murder influenced his decision to run for office. [includes rush transcript]

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• Green Politics: Pennsylvania Greens Take GOP Donations in Ballot Drive

  
  

  Newly released campaign finance documents have revealed the Luzerne County Green Party in Pennsylvania has been receiving money from a most unlikely source — prominent Republicans. We speak with the reporter who helped break the story. [includes rush transcript]

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• Green Politics: Anti-War Washington Senatorial Candidate Says Dems Tried to Bribe Him Not to Run

  
  

  The Green Party nominee for Senate in Washington is Aaron Dixon. Last week, Dixon was arrested at a local television station for entering the lobby and demanding that he be included in a televised debates between his Democratic and Republican opponents. Dixon talks about his arrest, and says Democratic representatives tried to bribe him to drop out of the race. [includes rush transcript]

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