Viernes 28 de Abril de 2006

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Human Rights Watch advierte que civiles de Darfur están en creciente peligro
• Senador Obama insta a intervención en Darfur
• Crecen las especulaciones sobre posible acusación de Rove en caso de filtración de la CIA
• CIA advierte a ex empleados que no hablen con los medios
• El costo de la guerra en Irak se acerca a los 320.000 millones de dólares
• Exxon informa ganancias trimestrales de 8.400 millones de dólares
• Demanda acusa a gobierno de Bush de no cumplir con beneficiarios de Medicare
• Specter advierte sobre recorte de fondos a la NSA en escándalo de programa de espionaje
• 57 personas arrestadas en protesta de estudiantes graduados de la Universidad de Nueva York
• Estados demandan a EPA por no regular niveles de contaminación
• Congreso mexicano apoya boicot a Estados Unidos por derechos de los inmigrantes
• Dieciocho familias estadounidenses ricas financian campaña para derogar impuesto a las transmisiones patrimoniales
• Sobreviviente de mina de Sago dice que las bolsas de oxígeno fallaron
• Roger Toussaint liberado de prisión

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity? A Debate on Peak Oil

  
  

  With the price of oil soaring to record highs and oil companies reporting record profits, many are asking whether the world has reached peak oil production. Peak oil occurs when half of all existing oil has been pulled from the ground. Some experts believe we are at peak now while others disagree. We host a debate on the issue with Julian Darley of the Post Carbon Institute and Michael Lynch of the Strategic Energy & Economic Research. [includes rush transcript]

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• Jesse Jackson on Race Comments by New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow: "An Attempt to Make the Quest for Racial Justice Illegitimate"

  
  

  We get response from the Rev. Jesse Jackson about comments made by incoming White Press Secretary–former Fox News commentator Tony Snow. Last week, Snow said on his radio program, "People like Jesse Jackson who have committed themselves to a view that blacks are constantly victims have succeeded in creating...an underclass that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere." [includes rush transcript]

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• March for Peace, Justice and Democracy Scheduled in New York

  
  

  On Saturday, United For Peace and Justice is organizing a March for Peace, Justice, and Democracy in New York City. We speak with an organizing coordinator of UFPJ and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition that is co-sponsoring the march. [includes rush transcript]

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• Immigrant Rights Groups Call for Massive Nationwide General Work Strike and Economic Boycott

  
  

  Hundreds of thousands–if not millions–of immigrants are expected to stage a work strike and take part in a one-day economic boycott on Monday to protest anti-immigrant legislation being considered by Congress. We speak with Nativo Lopez, one of the organizers and president of the Mexican American Political Association. [includes rush transcript]

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• Tens of Thousands Expected for DC Demonstration Against Darfur Genocide

  
  

  On Sunday, tens of thousands are expected to gather in Washington for a demonstration against the ongoing genocide in Sudan. We speak with Joe Madison president of the Sudan Campaign. [includes rush transcript]

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• Raging Grannies Acquitted in New York

  
  

  On Thursday, 18 peace activists were acquitted in New York on charges of blocking the entrance to a military recruitment center in Times Square. All 18 of them were grandmothers–part of the Raging Grannies. We speak with 91-year-old Marie Runyon outside Manhattan Criminal Court. [includes rush transcript]

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