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- As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide
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- 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
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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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September 2002 Archive
Monday, September 30, 2002
- Headlines for September 30, 2002
- Is President Bush Lying?: From Baghdad Congressman Jim Mcdermott (D-Wash.) Questions Bush’s War Rhetoric and Urges the Return of Weapons Inspectors
- Thousands March to Dick Cheney’s Mansion in Washington Calling for Peace
- 20,000 Peacefully Protest Against Corporate Globalization: D.C. Police Arrests 650 On Friday As IMF/World Bank Meetings Begin
- Over 500,000 Take to the Streets in Europe: Major Protests in London and Rome Condemn War in Iraq
Friday, September 27, 2002
- Headlines for September 27, 2002
- Global Dominance: Vice President Dick Cheney’s Vision of a New World Order
- The Silenced Majority: Voters Across the Nation Are Flooding Their Elected Officials with Calls Demanding No Military Action in Iraq
- Democracy Now! Listeners Share Their Comments On the War
- From Seattle to Minneapolis to Chicago to Death Row: We Hear From Anti-War Activists Around the Country
- “Hunger for War”: Death Row Political Prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal Condemns U.S. War Plans
Thursday, September 26, 2002
- Headlines for September 26, 2002
- Designing War: A Conversation with Harper’s Publisher John Macarthur, Author of “Second Front, Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War”, Part II
- Democracy Now! Listeners Speak Out Against the War On Iraq
- From Boston to Santa Cruz, Peace Activists Organize Against War
- Taking Peace Home . . . to Cheney’s Home
- Dctv Launches Speakup New York “Cybercar” Tour Leading Up to 2002 New York Gubernatorial Election
Wednesday, September 25, 2002
- Headlines for September 25, 2002
- Zacarias Moussaoui: Has the Justice Department Mishandled the Case Against Him?
- Kesbeh Family Reunited: Ins Releases Father and Son From Detention & Postpones Family’s Deportation to Jordan
- Arafat’s Compound Remains Under Siege: A Talk with Israeli Peace Activist Jeff Halper
Tuesday, September 24, 2002
- Headlines for September 24, 2002
- A Texas Republican Comes Out Against the War in Iraq: A Talk with U.S. Rep. Ron Paul
- Corporate Welfare: How Enron, Halliburton, and Other Companies Use Taxpayers Millions to Support Their Exports Abroad
- Congressmember Cynthia Mckinney On Why She Opposes War in Iraq
- A Discussion with John Macarthur, Author of Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War
Monday, September 23, 2002
- Headlines for September 23, 2002
- Four Young Jewish Activists Interrupt a Speech By Former Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Barak at the Pierre Hotel in New York, While in Ramallah the Israeli Military Has Destroyed Every Building in Arafat
- Florida Police Apologize for Detaining Three Muslim Medical Students. We’ll Speak to the Young Men About Their Ordeal
- In Houston a Palestinian Family of Nine Faces Deportation Yet Again
- Anti-Corporate Globalization Activists From South Africa and Fiji Debate the World Bank Leading Up to This Weekend’s Anti-World Bank and International Monetary Fund Protests in Washington D.C.
Friday, September 20, 2002
- Headlines for September 20, 2002
- The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Asks for More Time to Investigate the Famous Central Park Jogger Case: A Roundtable Discussion On Forced Confessions
- Kesbeh Family Receives Six-Month Stay of Deportation
- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, House Protestors Pay a Visit to His Home
- Was It a Coup, a Selection Or An Election? We Hear a Documentary By Two Los Angeles Indymedia Filmmakers
Thursday, September 19, 2002
- Headlines for September 19, 2002
- “We Need Weapons Inspections, Not War”: Protesters Interrupt Donald Rumsfeld at a Congressional Briefing On Iraq
- Another Rodney King?: Seven Months Ago California Cops Were Caught On Tape Shooting Down An Unarmed Latino Man Who Had His Hands in the Air. We Examine the Case and Look at Why It Is Only Now Getting
- Was It a Coup, a Selection Or An Election? As Florida Plunges Once Again Into Electoral Chaos and Tens of Thousands of African-Americans Remain Purged From the Voter Rolls, We Go Back in Time with Two
- Move Puts Up the Barricades: Philadelphia Group Prepares for Confrontation As Child Custody Cases Intensifies
Wednesday, September 18, 2002
- Headlines for September 18, 2002
- Population Transfer: Is Israel Considering Expelling Palestinians to Jordan Under Cover of Iraq War?
- Sabra and Shatila: We Look Back to the Sept. 18, 1982 Massacre That Left 2,000 Unarmed Palestinians Dead in the Sabra and Shatila Refugee Camps Outside Beirut
- The “Palestinian Cleavers” Face Deportation: A Family of Nine in Houston Fights to Stop An Ins Deportation On Friday
Tuesday, September 17, 2002
- Headlines for September 17, 2002
- Iraq Says Yes. Iraq Allows Unconditional Return of Weapons Inspectors, But White House Dismisses the Offer: An Interview with British Mp George Galloway in Baghdad, Former Senator James Abourezk (D-S.
- Art & War: The Music of Resistance: Political Folk Singers Jim Page and Dana Lyons Perform and Talk About Their Music
Monday, September 16, 2002
- Headlines for September 16, 2002
- U.S. Politicians and Media Critic Norman Solomon Meet with Iraqi Officials in Baghdad
- Just One Person Can Make a Difference: Part Two of Our Interview with Julia Butterfly Hill
- Activists Protest Former Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson at His Home in Long Island
Friday, September 13, 2002
- Headlines for September 13, 2002
- President Bush Addresses the United Nations, Warning That If the UN Fails to Enforce Resolutions Demanding Iraq’s Disarmament, the US Will Take Action On Its Own: A Roundtable Discussion with Former U
Thursday, September 12, 2002
- Headlines for September 12, 2002
- “Earth to Bush: No Iraq War!”
- Bush to Address United Nations: Take Action On Iraq Or U.S. Will
- Another 9-11 Anniversary: September 11, 1973, When US-Backed Troops Took Power in the Pinochet Coup in Chile
- Peace Vigil in New York On the Eve of September 11: Manning Marable and Kathy Kelly Speak Out
- No War for Oil: Famous Tree-Sitter Julia Butterfly Hill Speaks Out
Wednesday, September 11, 2002
- Headlines for September 11, 2002
- Martin Luther King III, Odetta, and Greg Palast On Terror Here at Home, Civil Rights, Patriotism, and the Stolen Election
- Rita Lasar Lost Her Brother in the World Trade Center: She Remembers September 11 and Callsfor Peace
- Rita Lasar Lost Her Brother in the World Trade Center: She Remembers September 11 and Callsfor Peace
- Rita Lasar Lost Her Brother in the World Trade Center: She Remembers September 11 and Callsfor Peace
- Rita Lasar Lost Her Brother in the World Trade Center: She Remembers September 11 and Callsfor Peace
- Sounds of September 11
- Odetta Sings to Mark the Time United Airlines Flight 175 From Boston Crashed Into the Southtower of the Wtc One Year Ago
- Voices of Peace From Ground Zero, Democracy Now! and WBAI Broadcast Around the World On Pacifica Radio, Community Radio Stations, Public Access Cable Television, Dishnetwork Channel 9415 , Free Speech
- Rita Lasar Meets Masuda Sultan, An Afghan-American Who Lost 19 Members of Her Family in Theus Bombing of Afghanistan
- Democracy Now! Asks the New York Times and CNN Why They Don’t Cover the Anti-War Movement
- Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Independent Filmmaker Jon Alpert Discuss Iraq
- Human Rights Lawyer Lynne Stewart Discusses Her Arrest
- Democracy Now! Archival Audio
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
- Headlines for September 10, 2002
- Bush Administration Escalates Propaganda for An Attack On Iraq: Former Head of the House Foreign Relations Committee Lee Hamilton Discusses Past and Present Tactics
- Miami-Dade County Votes Today On Whether to Repeal Gay Anti-Discrimination Laws, Days After Three Gay Men Are Brutally Attacked in West Hollywood
Monday, September 09, 2002
- Headlines for September 09, 2002
- 20,000 People Gather in San Francisco to Call for Peace: An Interview with Hip Hop Artist and Activist Michael Franti
- Jello Biafra Speaks at Peace Rally in San Francisco
- Two Dozen People Go to Prison Tomorrow for Protesting What They Call a U.S.-Operated Terrorist Training Camp
- “Sustainable Development Is Dead”: Earth Summit Draws to a Close in Johannesburg
Friday, September 06, 2002
- Headlines for September 06, 2002
- Congress Holds Joint Session in New York for First Time in 200 Years
- Central Park Jogger Case Is Reopened After New Dna Evidence Shows Five African-American and Latino Youths Who Were Imprisoned for Years Did Not Commit the Rape
- NAACP Settles with the State of Florida and the Private Company Choicepoint, But Thousands of Voters Illegally Purged From the Rolls Still Can’t Vote
Thursday, September 05, 2002
- Headlines for September 05, 2002
- Are Unions a Threat to National Security? Government Workers Mobilize Against Bush’s Attempts to Bust Unions in New Homeland Security Department
- Troops for Trade: Bush Administration Threatens to Bring in Troops to Squash Possible Longshoreman Strike, Federal Mediators Intervene in Boeing Strike Vote
- Ben and Jerry’s Co-Founder Ben Cohen Protests Pentagon Budget
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
- Headlines for September 04, 2002
- As Colin Powell Is Heckled at the Earth Summit, We’ll Hear Voices From Around the World Speaking Back: A Canadian Farmer Tells How He Was Sued By Biotech Giant Monsanto
- “Africa Is Not for Sale!”; Speaking Out Against the So-Called ‘New Partnership for Africa’s Development’
- Blue Gold: The Battle to Stop Corporate Theft of the World’s Water
- Oscar Olivera On His Battle to Stop the Privatization of Water in Bolivia, and Vandana Shiva: Is This An Earth Summit Or a Trade Summit?
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
- Headlines for September 03, 2002
- U.S. Blocks All Action On Renewable Energy at Earth Summit in Johannesburg
- Best-Selling Author Paul Hawken On Renewable Energy, Sustainable Living, and Reigning in Multinational Corporations
- Alternatives to Global Warming: Vegetable-Based ‘Biodiesel’ Fuel, and Actor Ed Begley Jr., On Electric Cars
Monday, September 02, 2002
- Headlines for September 02, 2002
- Labor Day Special: As Dockworkers Negotiations Break Down and a Work Slow-Down Looms, Bush Threatens to Bring in Troops
- Labor Day Special, Part 2, Immigrant Workers: 100 Airport Workers Are Arrested in Los Angeles; Hundreds of Thousands Flee Malaysian Crackdown
- Labor Day Special, Part 3, ‘Unjust Rewards’: Washington Rewards Workplace Safety Violators with Millions of Dollars in Contracts
