Today’s Show
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- As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide
- On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning
- Israel Under Widespread International Criticism for Settlement Expansion Plan
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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- Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate
- Iraq Vote in Limbo with Veto of Election Law
- As Wall Street Posts Record Profits and US Hunger Rate Grows, Robert Scheer Asks: “Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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- EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Conviction and Ordering Her to Prison
- Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature
- “The Card Game”–New Doc Investigates History of Credit Card Industry and Proposals for Reform
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- Headlines
- Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to Protest Cuts
- Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
- Raj Patel on America’s Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome
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Hungering for a True Thanksgiving
“Over 1 billion people are chronically hungry,” says the U.N., yet it would take only $44 billion per year to end hunger globally.
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Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNN
The controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. Past Democracy Now! Coverage of Lou Dobbs:
- Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s 2007 interview with Lou Dobbs
- Amy Goodman’s column ‘The Dubious Mr. Dobbs’
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The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during the Great Depression by Oscar-winning lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg.
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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March 2001 Archive
Friday, March 30, 2001
- Headlines for March 30, 2001
- Thousands of Palestinians Protest Israel’s Bombing of the Occupied Territories: Aconversation with Independent Correspondent Robert Fisk
- Indonesian General Charged in a U.S. Court for Human Rights Abuses During the Independencevote in East Timor
Thursday, March 29, 2001
- Headlines for March 29, 2001
- Israel Bombs the Palestinian Authority
- Zapatistas Address Mexican Congress
- Mumia Abu-Jamal Fires Defense Lawyers
Wednesday, March 28, 2001
- Headlines for March 28, 2001
- Mental Health Patients May Undergo Surgery for Profit
- Campaign Finance Reform
Tuesday, March 27, 2001
- Headlines for March 27, 2001
- Claremont College Protest
- CIA Manufacturing News, Jeopardizing Journalism
- Arctic Drilling: Bush Administration Rewrites the Present
Monday, March 26, 2001
- Headlines for March 26, 2001
- Today As Part of Women’s History Month, We Interview a Woman Who Is Making History: Authorand Activist Alice Walker
Friday, March 23, 2001
- Headlines for March 23, 2001
- Privatizing America’s School: Who Will Profit?
- Colombian Activists On the Receiving End of “Plan Colombia”
Thursday, March 22, 2001
- Headlines for March 22, 2001
- Environmental Rollbacks: Arsenic and Old Growth
- Usda, Using Controversial Tests, Sounds Mad Cow Alarm in Vermont
- The Globalization of Health Crises: Foot and Mouth
Wednesday, March 21, 2001
- Headlines for March 21, 2001
- Macedonian Government Gives Albanian Rebels a 24-Hour Ultimatum
- Senate Passes Amendment to Boost Millionaires to the Level of Billionaires
- Mexican President Asks Rebels to Stay in Capitol
- Activists Turned Away From Canadian Border Weeks Before Anti-Ftaa Protests
Tuesday, March 20, 2001
- Headlines for March 20, 2001
- Gospel Music of the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir
- Today Is Boycott Starbucks Day: Activists Stage Protests in Over 100 Cities
Monday, March 19, 2001
- Headlines for March 19, 2001
- Albanian Extremists Step Up Their Attacks in Macedonia As the Balkans Once Again Appear to Be Headed Towards War
- Hundreds Rally to Mark the First Anniversary of Patrick Dorismond’s Death
- Former Black Panther Members Assert That the Black Liberation Army Curbed Police Brutality, and Call On Youth to Take Their Place
Friday, March 16, 2001
- Headlines for March 16, 2001
- Inside the Pacifica Struggle: A Debate Between Pacifica Boardmember John Murdock and Former Democracy Now! Co-Host Juan Gonzalez
Thursday, March 15, 2001
- Headlines for March 15, 2001
- Bush Bows to Energy Lobby, Reverses Campaign Vow to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions
- New Electromagnetic Crowd Control Weapon Heats Up Dissenters
- Census 2000: Latino and Asian Populations Surge, But Will This Result in New Political Power?
- Coalition-Building Or Competition? Brown Vs. Black Power in Providence, Ri
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
- Headlines for March 13, 2001
- Taliban Destroy Buddhas in Afghanistan
- An Afghani Woman Speaks Out Against Continuing Attacks On Afghani Women
- Behind the Afghan Devastation: The U.S., Oil and the Mujahidin
Monday, March 12, 2001
- Headlines for March 12, 2001
- Zapatistas March Into Mexico City: Marcos, Bove Speak
- Resisting the Prison Industrial Complex: Angela Davis, Assata Shakur and Others
Friday, March 09, 2001
- Headlines for March 09, 2001
- “Shareholders for Justice” Campaign Launched and Activist Tells Nike “To Just Do It”
- Porkbarrel Politics: The Bush Administration Overrides Another Democratic Vote: This Time Hog Farmers Fightingagribusiness
- Bush Nominates Key Hospital Industry Lobbyist and the Health of America’s Medical System
Thursday, March 08, 2001
Wednesday, March 07, 2001
- Headlines for March 07, 2001
- Violence in the Schools
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Vs. Nelson Mandela: The Global AIDS Drug Industry Takes Southafrica to Court
Tuesday, March 06, 2001
- Headlines for March 06, 2001
- Carlyle Group Spins the Revolving Door: How Bush and Other Ex-Politos Profit From Connections and Access
- Tobacco Smuggling: Tobacco Industry, International Crime Syndicates and Drug Dealers Light Up
- Submarine Accident Liked to Inattention, Error
- On the Ground with the Zapatista March
Monday, March 05, 2001
- Headlines for March 05, 2001
- On the March with the Zapatistas
- Recent Revelations About Clinton’s Dispensation of Pardons to Wealthy Contributors Bringshome Yet Again That Old Political Truism: You May Not Be Able to Fight City Hall, But You Sure Can Buy a Piece
- Navy Bombing of Vieques Suspended
Friday, March 02, 2001
Thursday, March 01, 2001
- Headlines for March 01, 2001
- FBI Arrests Seven Iranians
- Randall Robinson On African-American History Month
