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Thursday, November 19, 2009
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- Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate
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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:
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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
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April 2002 Archive
Tuesday, April 30, 2002
- Headlines for April 30, 2002
- On the Tenth Anniversary of the Rodney King Uprising in Los Angeles, a Look Back at One of the Largest Uprisings in Modern U.S. History
- “Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World’s Water:” An Interview with Anti Corporate Globalization Activist Maude Barlow
Monday, April 29, 2002
- Headlines for April 29, 2002
- In Bethlehem, International Activists Force Their Way Into Manger Square to Try to Bring Food to Palestinians Trapped in the Church of the Nativity
- Israeli Forces Invade Hebron, Killing at Least Eight Palestinians, After Palestinian Gunmen Dressed As Israelis Kill Four Israelis in a Nearby Jewish Settlement; in Tel Aviv, Thousands of Jews and Ara
- A Palestinian Activist Is Detained By Undercover Officers in New York
- “The Indian Enron”? Hundreds of Boxes of Documents Destroyed, Charges of Contempt of Court, Billions of Dollars at Stake, Millions Paid to Arthur Anderson: Native Americans Sue the U.S. Government in
Friday, April 26, 2002
- Headlines for April 26, 2002
- A Massive Pressure Campaign Forces Cigna Health Insurance Company to Grant a Bone Marrow Transplant to a Legal Aid Attorney Whose Life Hangs in the Balance
- From the Coffers of Congress to the Hands of Coup Leaders: The Money Trail That Ties the U.S. to the Recent Coup in Venezuela
- From the Coup in Venezuela to the Coup in the United Nations: Bush Administration Ousts Leaders of Three U.N. Organizations
- Has Fascism Returned to Europe? A Look at the Rise of French Ultra-Nationalist Jean-Marie Le Pen and the Recent Rash of Anti-Jewish Violence
Thursday, April 25, 2002
- Headlines for April 25, 2002
- What Really Happened in Jenin? The Independent Newspaper of Britain Has Published the First Comprehensive Investigation
- Israeli Soldiers Kill Three Young Palestinian Teenagers Trying to Infiltrate the Jewish Settlement of Netzarim: A First Hand Account From Reporter Robert Fisk
- At An Unprecedented Vatican Summit, U.S. Cardinals Back Away From An Anticipated Zero-Tolerance Policy in Dealing with Sexually Abusive Priests
Wednesday, April 24, 2002
- Headlines for April 24, 2002
- A Legal Aid Attorney Is Dying of Multiple Myeloma. Cigna Insurance Has Denied Him a Bone Marrow Transplant, Calling the Procedure Experimental
- From One Death Row to Another: Today Is the Birthday of Mumia Abu-Jamal: He Has Been On Death Row for Twenty Years
Tuesday, April 23, 2002
- Headlines for April 23, 2002
- “Clear Skies,” Or No Skies? The Bush Administration and Earth Day
- In Ramallah, More International Activists Slip Into Yasser Arafat’s Compound; in Bethlehem, Talks Between the Israeli Army and Palestinian Negotiators; Microsoft Thanks Israeli Tanks
- Ariel Sharon Plans to Annex Half of the West Bank: A Debate On the History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Zionism
Monday, April 22, 2002
- Headlines for April 22, 2002
- France Reels As Far-Right, Anti-Immigrant Candidate Upsets Socialist Prime Minister in Round One of France S Presidential Elections
- One Hundred Thousand People Take to the Streets of the Nation’s Capital, Rallying Against the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, the War Against Afghanistan, U.S. Military Aid to Colombia, and the Polic
Friday, April 19, 2002
- Headlines for April 19, 2002
- A Live Report From the Third Ground Zero: A Massacre Revealed As Palestinians Search for Their Loved Ones Amidst the Wreckage of Jenin Refugee Camp
- As Israel Moves Its Troops Towards Gaza and East Jerusalem, We Speak to Mother Agapia, a Nun Under Siege in Her Convent Outside Jerusalem. She Is the Sister of TV Commentator and Former Clinton Aide,
- A Coalition of Activists From Throughout the Country Gathers in D.C. to Say No to War, No to the Occupation, No to Injustice in Colombia, and Yes to Peace, Freedom, and Equality. A Roundtable Discussi
Thursday, April 18, 2002
- Headlines for April 18, 2002
- As Israeli Troops Refuse to Help Rescue Survivors Buried Alive in Jenin Refugee Camp, the Commissioner General of the UN’s Main Body in the Occupied Territories Describes "Worse Destruction Than He Ha
- Was the White House Behind the Failed Military Coup in Venezuela? The White House Says No, But Recent Revelations Suggest That the Administration Knew a Lot More Than It First Let On
- Dr. Helen Caldicott On the New Nuclear Danger: George W. Bush’s Military-Industrial Complex
Wednesday, April 17, 2002
- Headlines for April 17, 2002
- Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem
- Marwan Barghouti, the “Leader of the Second Intifada,” Is Captured By the Israeli Military
- The War On Afghanistan Rages On: With All Eyes Trained On the Occupied Territories, the U.S. and Britain Launch a Major Ground Offensive in the East, the Warlords Return to Power, and Attacks Rise Aga
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
- Headlines for April 16, 2002
- Is Criticizing Israel Anti-Semitic? A Debate
- Breaking Report From Nablus: Israeli Soldiers Beat a Group of Palestinian Ambulance Drivers, Doctors and Other Medical Relief Workers Along with Several Dozen International Activists Who Escorted Them
Monday, April 15, 2002
- Headlines for April 15, 2002
- Hugo Chavez Is Once Again Declared President of Venezuela After a One-Day Old Military Government Collapses Amidst Nationwide Protest
- Massacre in Jenin: An American Activist Gives the First Unaccompanied Eyewitness Account From Inside the Camp; Unlike Reporters, He Was Not Led By the Israeli Military
- A Report From Inside Yasser Arafat’s Compound:International Solidarity Movement Activists Protest Colin Powell’s Visit
Friday, April 12, 2002
- Headlines for April 12, 2002
- The World Begins to Witness the Massacre in Jenin Refugee Camp
- Military Coup Ousts Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez
- Governments Welcome the Historic International Criminal Court, But the United States Is Absent From the Celebrations
- Are the Israeli Military Invasions in the Occupied Territories About Rooting Out “Terrorism,” Or About Destroying the Palestinian Authority? A Democracy Now! Debate
Thursday, April 11, 2002
- Headlines for April 11, 2002
- Massacre in Jenin; Israel Steps Up Palestinian Arrests
- Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Is Indicted for “Supporting Terrorism” By Attorney General John Ashcroft
- The Few Reports Seeping Out of Jenin Refugee Camp Describe a Scene of Carnage; the International Red Cross Says Israeli Authorities Are Refusing to Allow Ambulances to Treat the Wounded All Over the W
- As Colin Powell Travels to Jerusalem, Rabbi Michael Lerner and African-American Scholar and Activist Cornell West Lead a Demonstration in Front of the U.S. State Department
Wednesday, April 10, 2002
- Headlines for April 10, 2002
- The Jenin Massacre: The Sabra & Shatilla of the Second Intifada?
- A Palestinian Journalist Reports From Jerusalem That Israeli Authorities Have Revoked His Press Pass, Calling Him a “Security Threat”; the Israeli Military Threatens to Shoot Foreigners Accompanying A
- Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Is Indicted for “Supporting Terrorism” By Attorney General John Ashcroft
Tuesday, April 09, 2002
- Headlines for April 09, 2002
- Israeli Military Kills at Least 100 in Jenin Refugee Camp
- Reporters Under Attack in the Occupied Territories: Israeli Soldiers Raid the Office of News Organizations in Ramallah; CNN and the Associated Press Say Their Reports Are Being Submitted to Censors; t
- A Pakistani Immigrant Sues the City of New York for $45 Million: He Says Police Officers Beat Him Up On the Six-Month Anniversary of the September 11th Attacks
- Earth First! Organizers Take On the FBI
- A Tribute to the Great Paul Robeson: Actor, Singer, Activist, and Scholar
Monday, April 08, 2002
- Headlines for April 08, 2002
- The State of Siege in Jenin and Nablus
- Tens of Thousands Jews and Arabs March Together in Tel Aviv; Human Rights Lawyers and Activists Accuse Israel of Human Rights Abuses Against Palestinians
- An Interview with Zacarias Moussaoui’s Mother As the Justice Department Announces It Will Seek the Death Penalty for the Accused Hijacker
Friday, April 05, 2002
- Headlines for April 05, 2002
- Under Siege: A Report From Inside and Outside the Church of the Nativity. Israelis Shoot a French TV Reporter Outside One of Bethlehem’s Holiest Sites As He Tries to Film Israeli Assaults On the Churc
- U.S. Envoy Anthony Zinni Meets with Yasser Arafat in His Besieged Compound; Journalists Are Attacked As They Try to Enter the Building
- The Great Equivocator: President Bush Changes Course—Or Doesn’t He?
Thursday, April 04, 2002
- Headlines for April 04, 2002
- A 21 Year Old Palestinian-American Is Shot and Killed By Israeli Soldiers in Ramallah: Her Family Speaks Out
- Israelis and Palestinians Make a Human Chain Across the Ramullah Border to Bring Food and Medicine to the Occupied Territories
- Bush Administration Spurns Peace Process But Sends Billions in Military Aid to Israel Every Year: A Roundtable Discussion On Protesting U.S. Military, Corporate, and University Support to Israel
Wednesday, April 03, 2002
- Headlines for April 03, 2002
- Exclusive: A 21-Year-Old US Citizen, Suraida Saleh, Is Gunned Down By Israeli Soldiers in Ramullah; the State Department Knows, But Does Nothing; Her Father Buries Her in the Hospital Parking Lot Beca
- What We Don’t Hear in the U.S. Media About the Bush Family, the Saudi Family, and Oil: An Interview with Investigative Reporter Greg Palast
Tuesday, April 02, 2002
- Headlines for April 02, 2002
- Israel Ignores Calls From Around the World to Halt Its Attacks On the Occupied Territories, and Invades Bethlehem; the Bodies of 5 Palestinian Policemen Are Discovered in Ramallah, Shot in the Head at
- Israeli Reservists Refuse to Serve in the Occupied Territories and Hold a “Refusnik Seder Vigil”
- Seder Sisters: Jewish Women Observe Passover By Taking On Patriarchy, Militarism, and Occupation
Monday, April 01, 2002
- Headlines for April 01, 2002
- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Declares War On the Occupied Territories As Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat’s Headquarters, Round Up Hundreds in the Refugee Camps, Raid Hosp
- What We Don’t Hear From the U.S. Media: An Interview with Investigatve Reporter Greg Palast
