Tuesday, April 29, 2003
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Is a Better World Possible? As Wall Street Brokers Face Record Fines, John Cavanagh, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Martin Khor Examine Alternatives to Economic Globalization
Prosecutors yesterday announced a $1.4 billion settlement with the nation’s largest investment firms.
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A Preventive or Preemptive Attack? Stanford Professor David Palumbo-Liu Discusses U.S. Military Policy
Stanford University professor David Palumbo-Liu spoke on April 23 at New York University. He discussed the difference between preventive and preemptive military policies.
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Democratic Elections in Nigeria?: The Voting Ended a Week Ago But the Results Are Still in Dispute. We Will Examine Why with Nigerian Student Leader Sowore Omoyele
This news just in from Nigeria: Nearly 100 foreign oil workers–including 21 Americans and 35 Britons–were being held hostage by striking Nigerian workers aboard offshore installations. This according to company officials and union workers said Tuesday.
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Native American Who Denies U.S. Or Canadian Citizenship Faces Deportation: Charlie "Wolf" Smoke Is Set to Be Deported to the United States Today After Months of Battling Canadian Immigration Authoriti
Canadian immigration officials are attempting again to deport Charlie Wolf Smoke to the U.S.
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The Bush Administration Binds and Gags Environmental Regulators: We Discuss "Operation End Extremism," Rocket Fuel Contaminated Lettuce and Gag-Orders On the EPA
"Operation End Extremism" This is the name of the campaign started by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to combat what it sees as a new threat to the US military: environmental regulations.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]





