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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
- 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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October 2002 Archive
Thursday, October 31, 2002
- Headlines for October 31, 2002
- Who Do You Believe, the New York Times, Or the New York Times? An Update
- Private Education Corporation Sells Students’ Textbooks for Cash As Its Stock Plunges: What’s Next at Edison Schools in Philadelphia? Possibly Child Labor
- Juror Speaks Out Against Convictions in the Central Park Jogger Case: A Meeting Between the Juror and the Mother of One of the Young Men Who Was Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison
Wednesday, October 30, 2002
- Headlines for October 30, 2002
- Who Do You Believe the New York Times Or the New York Times?: As the Nation’s Paper of Record Changes Its Story On This Weekend’s Anti-War Protests, We Look at How the Times and National
- The Pr Industry Unspun: How Public Relations Helped Mold Opinion Leading Up to the Gulf War a Decade Ago. We Look at An Excerpt From the Documentary “Toxic Sludge Is Good for You”
- Sen. Paul Wellstone Remembered: 20,000 Turn Out in Minneapolis to Celebrate the Life of the Late Senator, His Family, Staff and the Pilots Who Died in a Plane Crash Last Week. We Hear a Speech From Hi
Tuesday, October 29, 2002
- Headlines for October 29, 2002
- Iraq Journal: General Director of Iraq’s Oil Ministry: U.S. Will Send His Country Into Armageddon for Iraqi Oil Fields
- Russia Refuses to Identify the Narcotic Gas Which Killed 117 in Moscow; Meanwhile Scientists Say the U.S. Is Developing An Arsenal of Chemical and Biological Weapons in Violation of International Chem
- Terrorism Against Cuba? Attorney Leonard Weinglass Calls for the Release of Five Cuban Men Who Tried to Investigate a Series of Terrorist Bombings in Cuba
- Saying “No” to War: From Boston to Washington, D.C. to Madison, Wisconsin, We Hear From Howard Zinn, Medea Benjamin and Others
Monday, October 28, 2002
- Headlines for October 28, 2002
- Lula Wins!: Worker’s Party Candidate Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Wins in a Landslide to Become Brazil’s First Working Class Leader
- Sen. Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002: Less Than Two Weeks Before Election Day, the Populist Democrat From Minnesota Dies with Seven Others in a Plane Crash
- Iraq Journal: U.S. Activists Take to the Streets of Baghdad to Protest the Bush Administration’s Plans for War
- Hundreds of Thousands Protest War From Coast to Coast: From D.C. to San Francisco to Seattle, to the Twin Cities and Dozens of Other Cities; We Hear From Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Congress
Friday, October 25, 2002
- Headlines for October 25, 2002
- Tens of Thousands to Protest War: This Saturday Is An International Day of Action with Demonstrations From Washington, DC and San Francisco, to Baghdad, Berlin, Madrid and Mexico City
- Police Brutality in Brooklyn, a Democracy Now! Exclusive: High School Counselors Witness Police Brutality and Become Victims Themselves
- Police Arrest Sniper Suspects: A Conversation with Filmmaker Michael Moore About Ballistic Fingerprinting, Militarism and US Gun Culture
Thursday, October 24, 2002
- Headlines for October 24, 2002
- From Death Row: Mumia Abu-Jamal Conducts His First Interview in 22 Years, with Indicted Human Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart
- Professor Noam Chomsky Explores the Current Rhetoric of “Terror” and “Terrorism”
Wednesday, October 23, 2002
- Headlines for October 23, 2002
- Iraq Journal: The Trail of Gifts From Ronald Reagan and Other US Officials to Saddam Hussein
- ‘the Hidden Wars of Desert Storm’: The Illegal Arming of Saddam Hussein, the Pentagon’s Use of Depleted Uranium, and the US Government’s Lies About the ‘Massive Iraqi Military Build-Up’ On the Saudi A
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
- Headlines for October 22, 2002
- Iraq Journal: Saddam Hussein Empties the Nation’s Prisons. Jeremy Scahill and Jacquie Soohen Report From Inside Abu Ghraib, Iraq’s Most Notorious Prison
- Power Politics: The Indian Writer Arundhati Roy Speaks Out On Iraq, U.S. Foreign Policy, Palestine & Corporate Globalization
Monday, October 21, 2002
- Headlines for October 21, 2002
- Bush Presses for Quick Inspections to Ensure U.S. Has Time to Attack Iraq Before Heat and Sand Storms Set in: Scott Ritter, Former U.N. Weapons Inspector in Iraq, Speaks On Weapons Inspections & the H
Friday, October 18, 2002
- Headlines for October 18, 2002
- Iraq Journal: As the UN Security Council Continues to Fight the US Resolution for An Invasion of Iraq, Democracy Now’s Jeremy Scahill Interviews Former Iraqi Ambassador Abdul Al-Hashemi
- Michael Moore’s “Bowling for Columbine”: The Filmmaker and TV Producer Talks About Gun Violence and War in the US
Thursday, October 17, 2002
- Headlines for October 17, 2002
- “The World’s Most Dangerous Man”: Those Were the Words of Henry Kissinger to Describe Daniel Ellsberg, the Man Who Risked His Life to Expose the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000 Page Top Secret Study of Decis
Wednesday, October 16, 2002
- Headlines for October 16, 2002
- Iraq Journal: A Rare Visit to the Birthplace of Saddam Hussein. Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Reports From Tikrit
- Sniper Politics: Does the Technology Exist to Find the DC Sniper? The Bush Administration and the Nra Are Opposing Ballistic Fingerprinting Legislation That Would Trace the Bullet to the Gun
- The Militarization of the Police: The Pentagon Is Called in to Track Down the DC Sniper
- Today Marks the 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Filmmaker Estela Bravo Talks About Her New Film “Fidel: The Untold Story” Which Includes Alice Walker, Mohammed Ali, Angela Davis, Nelson
Tuesday, October 15, 2002
- Headlines for October 15, 2002
- Iraq Journal: Millions of Iraqis Vote for Saddam Hussein in the Face of the Bush Administration’s Threat of Invasion
- Come September: Arundhati Roy Speaks Out On Iraq, U.S. Foreign Policy, Palestine & Corporate Globalization
Monday, October 14, 2002
- Headlines for October 14, 2002
- Iraq Journal: Democracy Now! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Talks with British Mp George Galloway On the Streets of Baghdad
- Bali Bombing: After 200 Are Killed in Indonesia Car Bombing, Bush Calls for Expansion of the War On Terror. Professor Jeff Winters of Northwestern University Talks About the Indonesian Military and It
- Indigenous Peoples Day: From Colorado to Chiapas, Tens of Thousands Protest New Era of Corporate Colonialism On the 510th Anniversary of Columbus’s “Discovery” of the Americas
- Compstat: New York’s Giuliani Associates Contracted to Help Mexico City Implement a “Zero-Tolerance for Crime” Policy
- Cherokee Scholar Ward Churchill, Speaks On the Eve of Denver Columbus Day Protests Where More Than 60 Were Arrested
Friday, October 11, 2002
- Headlines for October 11, 2002
- Iraq Journal: An Exclusive Look Inside An Iraqi Factory That the U.S. Claims Is Part of a Covert Nuclear Weapons Program
- Congress Gives Bush Unilateral Power to Invade Iraq Without UN Approval Or Congress Notice: House Members Dennis Kucinich & Barbara Lee Try to Delay the Vote
- Senator Hillary Clinton Just Says Yes . . . to the War Resolution: Students Occupy Her New York Office
- A Voice of Dissent: Senator Robert Byrd Makes a Final Plea to Preserve the Constitution
- Selling War: How the Pr Industry Has Partnered with the Media From World War I to the Gulf War
Thursday, October 10, 2002
- Headlines for October 10, 2002
- Dissent in the Capitol: As Washington Prepares for War with Iraq We Hear Voices of Peace From the Floor of Congress
- Protests & Arrests Continue Against War in Washington & New York
- Talk Back to War: Democracy Now! Listeners Share Their Comments
- The Journey From Torture to Truth: A Discussion On Terror with Chilean Writer Ariel Dorfman and Sister Dianna Ortiz, An American Nun Tortured By U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Security Forces
Wednesday, October 09, 2002
- Headlines for October 09, 2002
- Iraq Journal: Democracy Now’s Exclusive Reports From Baghdad with Jeremy Scahill and Jacquie Soohen
- From the Floor: Congressmembers Dana Rohrbacher (R-Ca), David Bonior (D-Mi) and Barbara Lee (D-Ca) Debate War Part 1
- Oil and Gas: Iraq’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammed Aldouri Says Bush Wants Iraq’s Oil and Admits Iraq Used Nerve Gas Against the Iranians
- From the Floor: Congressmembers Dana Rohrbacher (R-Ca), David Bonior (D-Mi) and Barbara Lee(D-Ca) Debate War Part 2
- The Washington Post and War: Post Ombudsman Michael Getler & Fair’s Steve Rendall On Coverage of the Anti-War Movement
Tuesday, October 08, 2002
- Headlines for October 08, 2002
- Bush Speech in Cincinnati
- Talkback to War: As Millions Around the Globe Continue to Speak Out Against War, We Hear From Actors Gabriel Byrne and Susan Sarandon, and Colleen Kelly Who Lost Her Brother On 9/11
Monday, October 07, 2002
- Headlines for October 07, 2002
- Lula Takes Big Lead in Brazil: Leftist Candidate From the Workers Party Narrowly Misses 50 Percent Vote Forcing Presidential Run-Off
- Not in Our Name: More Than 20,000 Gather in New York’s Central Park. We Hear From Congresswoman Cynthia Mckinney (D-Ga), Director Mira Nair, Actor Tim Robbins, Hip-Hop Poet Saul Williams and Afghan-Am
- Democracy Now! Listeners Share Their Comments On the War
- Fannie Lou Hamer: A Memorial Broadcast to Celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Leader’s Birth
Friday, October 04, 2002
- Headlines for October 04, 2002
- U.S. Preemptive Strike & Assassination Plans From Cuba to Iraq: JFK’s Legal Counsel Ted Sorensen Debates Cuba Historian Jane Franklin
- Will Lula Win? The Barons of International Finance Hold Their Breath As Brazilians Go to the Polls
Thursday, October 03, 2002
- Headlines for October 03, 2002
- Seven-Time Emmy Award Winner and Former Screen Actor’s Guild President Ed Asner Talks About His Life of Political Activism and His Opposition to War
- Musician and Playwright Oscar Brown Jr., Palestinian-American Poet Suheir Hammad and Miles Solay of Refuse and Resist Join Ed Asner for a Round Table Discussion On the Not in Our Name Movement
Wednesday, October 02, 2002
- Headlines for October 02, 2002
- Bush’s Single-Bullet Theory ­ Assassinate Saddam Hussein: International Human Rights Attorneys Michael Ratner and Reed Brody Respond to Bush’s Press Secretary Ari Fleischer’s Call to Kill
- Police Spying: New York Police Seeks Court Approval to Monitor Political Activists; Denver Opens Hundreds of Spy Files Collected From Illegal Monitoring of Citizens
- Police Crack Down On Activists Across the Country From Washington to Colorado to Maine to California
Tuesday, October 01, 2002
- Headlines for October 01, 2002
- 400,000 Protestors Demonstrate in Britain: Labor Mp George Galloway, Filmmaker John Pilger, Former UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter, London Mayor and Others Address Crowd
- Dockworkers Locked Out at Thirty West Coast Ports From Seattle to San Diego
- Is Venezuela On Verge of Another Attempted Coup? As a General Strike Looms, We Speak with the First Indigenous Woman Vice President of the National Assembly and An Independent Reporter
