Friday, March 28, 2003

• We Go to a Houston Immigration Detention Center As a Palestinian Family Prepares to Be Deported to Jordan

  
  

  They have been described as the "Palestinian Cleavers." They were a generous and patriotic family that gave away hundreds of free American flags in Houston after Sept. 11. They have been publicly supported by their U.S. Congresswoman.

• A Muslim Man in Indiana Is Attacked and Set On Fire: Hate Crimes Against Muslim Americans On the Rise Again

  
  

  The Council on American-Islamic Relations, (CAIR) the largest Islamic civil liberties group in the US, is reporting that hate-crimes against Muslim Americans are on the rise again. A number of anti-Muslim incidents have been reported recently across the United States.

• A U.S. B-2 Stealth Bomber Drops Two Bunker Busters On Baghdad: We Go to the Iraqi Capital for a Report From May Ying Welsh

  
  

  A B-2 stealth bomber dropped two 5,000-pound bunker buster bombs on a major public communications center in Baghdad last night. They were the biggest bombs dropped on Baghdad so far.

• International Black Coalition for Peace and Justice Rally Calls for Major Anti-War Protest in Los Angeles: We Talk to Organizer Maulana Karenga

  
  

  Two of the first US casualties in the invasion of Iraq were soldiers of color. African-American Marine Sergeant Kendall Damon Waters-Bey of Baltimore and Jose Angel Garibay, of Orange County California.

• Nypd Arrests 215 As Protesters Shut Down Traffic On Fifth Avenue: News Media Targeted at Demonstration for Biased Iraq Coverage

  
  

  Some 215 people were arrested yesterday in New York after a major act of civil disobedience that shut down traffic on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center.

• "Time’s Up!": Academy Award Winning Director Michael Moore Tells the White House Comment Line with Thousands of Cheering Supporters

  
  

  Michael Moore, documentary filmmaker, television producer and author, produced his first feature-length documentary Roger and Me, in 1989. The film is a study of the devastating effect that the loss of the General Motors factory had on the citizens of Flint, Michigan. According to the LA Times, it remains the highest-grossing narrative documentary in the history of American film.

• "This Has Been One Long Orwellian Week": Michael Moore On the Corporate Media War Coverage

  
  

  Michael Moore joins Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez for a live interview.