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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Allan Nairn: Obama Administration Mulls Ending Training Ban on Atrocity-Linked Indonesian Special Forces Unit
Tune in on Friday for a special report from investigative journalist Allan Nairn on the White House’s proposal to lift a ban on U.S. training of a controversial elite Indonesian military unit known as Kopassus. The special forces unit has been linked to scores of human rights abuses in East Timor, Aceh, Papua, and Java since its formation in the 1950s. We reached Allan in Indonesia on Thursday afternoon. The entire interview can be heard online here.
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NYC’s Jihad Against Debbie Almontaser
Debbie Almontaser has won a victory in her battle against discrimination. She was the founding principal of the first Arabic-language public school in the United States, until a campaign of hate forced her out.
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Rachel Corrie’s (Posthumous) Day in Court
An unusual trial begins in Israel this week, and people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American student named Rachel Corrie. On March 16, 2003, she was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer.
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Midwestern Towns Sue Manufacturer of Atrazine Weedkiller
Sixteen Midwestern towns and cities have sued the manufacturer of a popular weedkiller over drinking water contamination. Atrazine has been banned in the European Union since 2004 but here in the United States about 80 million pounds of Atrazine is used each year. A recent study found that the weedkillers can turn male frogs into females.
See our earlier segment on Atrazine and the EPA
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Part II: Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch on "The Death and Life of the Great American School System"
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez interviewed Diane Ravitch in the Democracy Now! studios last week. You can see Part One of their conversation here. After the broadcast, they continued the conversation.
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WATCH: Is the Medium the Message? Corporatization of the Media
The Huffington Post’s Kimberly Butler interviewed Amy Goodman and others in this two part online video series.
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Domestic Violence: A Pre-Existing Condition?
March is Women’s History Month, recognizing women’s central role in society. Unfortunately, violence against women is epidemic in the United States and around the world.
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Cracking Down on Fracking
Mike Markham of Colorado has an explosive problem: His tap water catches fire.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2001
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Shooting the Messenger: U.S. Missiles Destroy the Kabul Office of Al Jazeera, the “CNN of the Arab World” ­ After the Northern Alliance Began to Take the City
The Kabul office of the Arab satellite channel Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite station that has broadcast two videotapes of Osama bin Laden denouncing America, was obliterated in US bombing early yesterday morning.
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“Short On Patriotism”? Lynne Cheney and Sen. Lieberman’s Organization Targets University Students and Professors for Criticizing U.S. Foreign Policy
Since September 11 teachers, students and people around the country have been targeted for speaking out against theU.S. bombing of Afghanistan in particular and U.S. foreign policy more generally. At the City University of NewYork, for example, the Chancellor issued a statement denouncing students and professors who participated in a teach-in on the attacks and U.S. foreign policy.
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After a Long Night of Negotiations, the World Trade Organization Talks in Qatar Almost Fallthrough, But Activists Outmaneuver Drug Makers
Efforts were under way all through the night last night to break a deadlock in World Trade Organization talks onlaunching a global trade round. Trade ministers from more than 140 countries today ran up against last-minuteobjections by India to plans for trade pact talks aimed at boosting the tottering world economy and lifting millionsfrom poverty. India, a vocal defender of its national interest, had refused to endorse a new series of WTO talks onissues from farming to industrial tariffs that it sees as skewed in favor of rich countries. 20 nations--includingEuropean Union and the US-–met with India last night and to offer them a opt-out. Failure to reach a deal would be abody blow to the world trading system at a time when global economies are teetering on the brink of recession, butdiplomats said they remained confident a deal could be clinched.
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Secret U.S. Military Tribunal to Try Non-Citizens; the Justice Department Asks Law Enforcement Agencies to Pick Up 5,000 Legal Immigrants From the Middle East for Questioning It Calls Voluntary
President Bush signed an order yesterday allowing special military tribunals to try people accused of terrorism. A senior administration official said that any such trials would “not necessarily” be public and that the American tribunals might operate in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Under the order, the president himself is to determine who is an accused terrorist and therefore subject to trial by the tribunal. A senior Justice Department official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said only non citizens would be tried before the military commission.
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Thousands of Germans Protest Nuclear Waste Shipments From France
In a small town in rural Germany a major standoff between activists and police is intensifying as thousands of peopleattempt to stop railroad shipments of highly radioactive waste from France to Germany.
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As U.N. Prepares to Send “Peace-Keeping” Forces, Women Protest the War in Columbus, Ohio
The Northern Alliance has taken Kabul but the war isn’t over.
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Ralph Nader Speaks to Thousands–Part II
Ralph Nader spoke to thousands in Boston on Saturday night about corporate power, the media, human rights, and war.
