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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
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- 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
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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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September 2001 Archive
Friday, September 28, 2001
- Headlines for September 28, 2001
- Out of the Ashes: New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani Tries to Ride Rubble to Re-Election
- Security in the Skies: Bush Tries to Federalize Airport Security--Is It Strict Enough?
- Will Judges Soften Their Attitudes Towards Racial Profiling?
- White Cincinnati Police Officer Acquitted After Killing An Unarmed Black Man
- Navy Bombs Vieques, But Democrats Back Away From Their Call for Immediate Halt to Thebombing, As Washington Mobilizes for War
- Activists Rev Up for Peace Protests in Washington, D.C.
- Forum: Attacks On Arab, Asian and Muslim-Americans Double
Thursday, September 27, 2001
- Headlines for September 27, 2001
- Guerrilla Performance Against the War in Times Square
- The Women of Afghanistan: Terror’s First Victims
- A Grieving Family Tells Bush “Not in Our Son’s Name”
- Thich Nat Hanh, Part 2
- Women and Afghanistan Continued
- Scapegoating: The Wartime Pattern? Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson Attack Gays, Feminists,and Progressives
- Attacks Against the Asian American Community Continue Unabated Across the Country: The South Ssian Community Speaks Out
Wednesday, September 26, 2001
- Headlines for September 26, 2001
- Bush Administration Pushes Free Trade Agenda to Shore Up Alliances in the Middle East
- “Unholy Wars: Afghanistan, America, and International Terrorism”: Correspondent John Cooleydiscusses the Investigation in Germany, Osama Bin Laden’s Financial Assets, and His Book, the Mostdetailed Ac
- Warfare Over Welfare: How the Bush Administration’s War Preparation Hurts the Poor
- Should the US Fund the Northern Alliance, the Opposition to the Taliban?: A Debate
- Thousands Gather to Hear Vietnamese Monk and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Speak On"Embracing Anger" and Working for Peace
Tuesday, September 25, 2001
- Headlines for September 25, 2001
- Lawmakers Confront Ashcroft Over Administration’s Proposed “Anti-Terrorism” Laws
- As Israel Intensifies Its Occupation in Palestinian Territories, a Conversation with Edwardsaid
- Bush Administration Tries to Lift All Restrictions On Arms Sales, Undo Decades of Work Byarms Control and Human Rights Groups
- U.N. Warns of a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Afghanistan: Up to One Million Afghanis Could Face Starvation in the Face of US Preparations for War
- Brooklyn Community Thwarts Guiliani Administration Attempt to Shut Down a Fire Station After12 of Its Firefighters Were Killed in the World Trade Center
Monday, September 24, 2001
- Headlines for September 24, 2001
- Thousands Take to the Streets of New York Chanting “Bush Wants War, New York Wants Peace!”;Denver Activists Face Felony Charges for An Anti-War Action
- Thousands of Peace Protestors March in Cities Across Europe
- Environmentalists Raise Concerns About Pollution From Fiberglass and Asbestos in the Rubbleof the World Trade Center
- CIA Pushes to Scrap Ban On Assassinations and Work with Human Rights Abusers
- Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikstan and Russia: A Teach-in On the Military, Civil Unrest,Refugees, and Oil
- Religious Communities Mobilize for Peace
Friday, September 21, 2001
- Headlines for September 21, 2001
- British Prime Minister Tony Blair Visits the US and Pledges Assistance in Coming War:Interview with John Pilger
- As President Bush Warns of An Imminent Military Attack On Afghanistan, Families Who Lost Loved Ones in the World Trade Center Attacks Say “Not in My Name”
- Organizing for Peace: New York Police Revoke Permit for Muslim Peace Vigil; a Round Robin Of Students Around the Country Who Are Mourning and Mobilizing
- Noam Chomsky On Terrorism in Practice and in Propaganda
- The View From Yugoslavia On Terrorism, War and the U.S.
Thursday, September 20, 2001
- Headlines for September 20, 2001
- US Pressures Japan to Change Its Pacifist Constitution to Support Military Action Againstafghanistan
- Bush Administration Presses for Authority to Detain Immigrants Indefinitely and Deport Themwithout Hearing
- Days Before the Bombing, the U.S. Pulled Out of the U.N. Conference Against Racism: Aninterview with the Speaker of the South African Assembly On the South African Reaction to the Attacksand the Bush
- As the U.S. Sends Aircraft and Troops to the Middle East, An Interview with Ambassador Farhadi, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the U.N.
- A High Ranking Palestinian Official Who Once Engaged in Hijacking Condemns the Attack On Newyork and Washington, Describes Israel’s Crackdown On the Occupied Territories in the Aftermath
Wednesday, September 19, 2001
- Headlines for September 19, 2001
- The First Reporter to Interview the Head of the Taliban, and the Last to Interview Osama Bin Laden (Cont.)
- Manufacturing Consent: How the Mass Media Helps the Government Mobilize for War
- Lone Representative Barbara Lee Resists Bush Administration’s Push for War
- The First Reporter to Interview the Head of the Taliban, and the Last to Interview Osama Bin Laden
- Organizing for Peace and Protest in a Time of Tragedy: A Roundtable Discussion with Peace and Anti-Globalization Activists
Tuesday, September 18, 2001
- Headlines for September 18, 2001
- With All Eyes On Preparations for War, Controversial Death Squad Defender John Negroponte Isnamed U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.
- A Wave of Hate Crimes Against Arab and Asian Americans Seeps the Nation: An Interview Withadam Singh, Whose Cousin Was Murdered, and 3 South Asian Women Activists
Monday, September 17, 2001
- Headlines for September 17, 2001
- Thousands of Civilians Try to Flee Afghanistan, Fearing U.S. Attack
- Sounds of the Street; Activists Mourn the Dead While Denouncing the March to War and Attackson Muslim and Arab Americans
- European Nations Worry About United State’s Headlong March to War
Friday, September 14, 2001
- Headlines for September 14, 2001
- Afghani Americans Mourn the Dead From the Wtc Attacks and Fear the Impact of the Attacks Ontheir Communities
- Osama Bin Laden: How the US Helped Midwife a Terrorist
- A Union Leader Mourns the Loss of Workers From the Restaurant at the Top of the World
- The Sad, Slow Search: Sounds of the Street
- Architect Says Faulty Plans Aided Collapse of World Trade Center
Thursday, September 13, 2001
- Headlines for September 13, 2001
- Manning Marable, Howard Zinn and Grace Paley Speak Out Against the Bush Administration’smarch to War
- Anti Muslim and Arab Attacks and Threats Spread Across US
- Organizing Nonviolently Against War and Racism in the Midst of Militarism
Wednesday, September 12, 2001
- Headlines for September 12, 2001
- World Trade Center Destroyed, Pentagon Damaged By Hijacked Planes; Thousands Feared Dead;Bush Administration and Congress Beat Drums of War
- Muslim and Arab Americans Face Harassment, Threats As Bush Administration and Congress Beatdrums of War
- An Eyewitness Report
- Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
Tuesday, September 11, 2001
- Headlines for September 11, 2001
- Despite Mounting Opposition to US Policy, Secretary of State Powell Heads to Reinforce Support for Militarization of So-Called War on Drugs
- Relatives of Slain Chilean Military Commander Sue Henry Kissinger
- Racism and Gender: Where They Meet in Africa
- Special Coverage of Attack on WTC and Pentagon
Monday, September 10, 2001
- Headlines for September 10, 2001
- UN World Conference Against Racism Ends with Contentious Political Declaration On Slavery and the Middle East
- Women, Racism and Globalization
- Racism and the Plight of Kurds in Turkey and Iraq
Friday, September 07, 2001
- Headlines for September 07, 2001
- South Africa Seeks to Break Deadlocked Negotiations As U.N. Race Conference Enters Final Day; a Leading Member of the ANC Assesses the Results
- An Afro-Colombian Woman and Internally Displaced Person Speaks Out On the Racial Dimensionsof the Colombian Government’s War On Its Own People
Thursday, September 06, 2001
- Headlines for September 06, 2001
- Big Rocks Thrown at Catholic Schoolgirls in Belfast, Ireland Recall Little Rock, Arkansas
- Rev. Jesse Jackson and Actor/Civil Rights Activist Danny Glover Slam U.S. Withdrawal Fromworld Racism Conference
- Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu Holds Audience Breathless As He Addressesracism Around the World
Wednesday, September 05, 2001
- Headlines for September 05, 2001
- BRITISH ATTEMPT TO BLOCK EU APOLOGY FOR SLAVERY
- DELEGATES AT UN CONFERENCE SAY SLAVERY AND REPARATIONS, NOT ISRAEL, REASON FOR US WALKOUT
- INDIAS DALIT, OR UNTOUCHABLE CASTE, DEMAND INCLUSION AT UN CONFERENCE TARGETS OF RACISM
Tuesday, September 04, 2001
- Headlines for September 04, 2001
- U.S. PULLS OUT OF RACISM CONFERENCE; ISRAEL FOLLOWS
- US AND INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES OUTRAGED AT US WTHDRAWAL FROM UN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
- US AND INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES OUTRAGED AT US WTHDRAWAL FROM UN WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, contd
Monday, September 03, 2001
- Headlines for September 03, 2001
- SOUTH AFRICAN WORKERS PROTEST AGAINST PRIVATIZATION
- Conversation with John Sweeney, President of AFL-CIO
- TENS OF THOUSANDS OF WORKERS MARCH ON TORONTO FOR CANADAS LABOR DAY
Monday, September 03, 2001
