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Thursday, October 09, 2008
- Headlines
- Greg Palast on Vote Rigging and Suppression Ahead of the 2008 Election
- Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner on Voter Rights, Faulty Electronic Voting Machines, Voter Fraud and GOP Voter Challenges
- Report: Voter Purging Process Is Shrouded in Secrecy, Prone to Error and Vulnerable to Manipulation
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
- Headlines
- Faltering Economy Takes Center Stage in McCain-Obama Debate
- European, Asian Markets Plunge as Recession Fears Spread Worldwide
- McCain-Obama Debate Highlights Similar Stances on Foreign Policy
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
- Headlines
- Can Coal Be Clean? A Debate Between Michael Brune of Rainforest Action Network and Joe Lucas of American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
- The Tyranny of Oil: Antonia Juhasz on “The World’s Most Powerful Industry—What We Must Do to Stop It”
- Is Posse Comitatus Dead? US Troops on US Streets
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Amy Goodman’s Latest Column: “Open the Debates”
The reviews are in, and the latest U.S. presidential debate, the “town hall” from Nashville, Tenn., was a snore. One problem is that in a debate it is important for the debaters to actually disagree. Yet Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain substantively agree on many issues. That is one major reason that the debates should be open, and that major third-party or independent candidates should be included.
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Press Coverage of the Right Livelihood Award
Amy Goodman, first journalist to win the “Alternative Nobel”
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“Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs”
A little-noticed story surfaced a couple of weeks ago in the Army Times newspaper about the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. “Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months,” reported Army Times staff writer Gina Cavallaro, “the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.” Disturbingly, she writes that “they may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control” as well.
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Amy Goodman First Journalist to Win “Alternative Nobel”
New York City, NY – Award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely recognized as the world’s premier award for personal courage and social transformation. The annual prize, also known as the Alternative Nobel, will be awarded in the Swedish Parliament on December 8, 2008.
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“Incarceration Now!”: NPR’s On The Media Interviews Amy Goodman
Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.
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“Troy Davis and the Supreme Decision”
Troy Anthony Davis was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. Two hours before the state of Georgia was to execute him, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay until Monday. It had earlier agreed to hear Davis’ case on Sept. 29, but Georgia set his execution date six days before the hearing.
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Charges Dropped Against DN! Journalists–Investigation Needed
The St. Paul City Attorney’s office announced Friday it will not prosecute Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman also issued a statement Friday that “the city will decline to prosecute misdemeanor charges for presence at an unlawful assembly for journalists arrested during the Republican National Convention.”
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Associated Press: “Reporters arrested at GOP convention: No charges”
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during the Republican National Convention protests and cited with unlawful assembly.
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August 2003 Archive
Friday, August 29, 2003
- Headlines for August 29, 2003
- The Terminator As Predator? A Look at Arnold on Sex, Abuse, Drugs, & Women
- North Korea Threatens To Test Nuclear Weapons Citing U.S. Hostility
- Nigerian Woman Faces Stoning For Committing Adultery
- Iraq Mosque Bombing in Najaf Kills Up To 20 Including Top Shiite Cleric
Thursday, August 28, 2003
- Headlines for August 28, 2003
- Sen. Clinton & Rep. Nadler Call For Investigation on White House & EPA Lies Over Health Impact Of 9/11
- As Dean Takes Major Lead in NH Poll Over Kerry, A Debate on Dean’s Candidacy
- The Forgotten Ones: A Look at the Life & Work of Photographer Milton Rogovin
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
- Headlines for August 27, 2003
- NASA Pushes Ahead With Nukes In Space While New Report Predicts More Space Shuttle Accidents Could Occur
- Protesters Greet Cheney On His Trip to Rumsfeld’s Home In Taos, New Mexico
- U.S. Rounds Up Immigrants For Another Mass Deportation, a DN! Debate Between Immigrant Advocates & the INS
- Former Jerusalem Post Columnist Discusses Why He Was Forced Out of the Paper & the Israeli Media’s Shift to the Right
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
- Headlines for August 26, 2003
- EPA Report: White House Lied to New Yorkers About Health Hazards Near Ground Zero
- New Bush Administration Rule Exempts Thousands of Industrial Plants and Refineries from Part of Clean Air Act
- Last-Ditch Lawsuit Filed to Prevent Removal of Ten Commandments Monument
- A Look at Schwarzenegger’s Father’s Ties to the Nazis and Arnold’s Connection to Racist Hate Groups
Monday, August 25, 2003
- Headlines for August 25, 2003
- Texas Governor Pardons All 35 Convicted in Tulia Drug Case
- 50 Years After the CIA’s First Overthrow of a Democratically Elected Foreign Government We Take a Look at the 1953 US Backed Coup in Iran
- “Life of Dr. Mossadegh”—A Look at the Iranian Leader Overthrown By the U.S.
Friday, August 22, 2003
- Headlines for August 22, 2003
- 40 Years After Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gave His “I Have a Dream” Speech His Son Leads a Mass Rally to Commemorate the March on Washington
- Investigative Reporter Greg Palast on the Real Reasons for Blackout 2003, Elections Past and Present and Disenfranchised Voters
Thursday, August 21, 2003
- Headlines for August 21, 2003
- Ex-Weather Underground Member Kathy Boudin Granted Parole
- FCC Head Michael Powell Backpedals & Announces Study on Local Media Ownership
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
- Headlines for August 20, 2003
- Car Bomb Destroys UN HQ in Baghdad, 20 Die; We Talk To A Survivor
- Top UN Envoy in Iraq Sergio Vieira de Mello Killed in Blast at UN HQ in Baghdad; We Hear a Democracy Now! Interview With Him from September 2002
- Ex Top UN Official in Iraq Hans Von Sponeck: The Attack Should Come As No Surprise
- Eyewitness Report: 20 Die in Bus Bomb Blast in Jerusalem
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
- Headlines for August 19, 2003
- “The Kleptocrats Have Taken Over” – Author, Columnist and National Radio Commentator Jim Hightower on Taking Back the Country Through Democratic Struggle
- “Don’t Kill the Truth” – Hundreds in Hebron Mourn Palestinian Journalist Mazen Dana Who Was Shot Dead by U.S. Troops in Baghdad
Monday, August 18, 2003
- Headlines for August 18, 2003
- Presidential Candidate Dennis Kucinich on the Blackout of 2003, Deregulation and Howard Dean’s Campaign
- Did Deregulation of the Energy Sector Cause the Blackout of 2003? A Debate Between Greg Palast, the Competitive Enterprise Institute and a Former Utility Executive
- Will Our Reliance on Fossil Fuels & Nuclear Energy Cause Even Bigger Blackouts? A Discussion on Alternative Energy
Friday, August 15, 2003
- Headlines for August 15, 2003
- The Blackout of 2003: Democracy Now! Broadcasts By Candlelight in NYC
- Iraq: Protests Erupt in Basra Over Lack of Electricity
- George Monbiot: Climate Change Threatens the Future of Humanity, but we Refuse to Respond Rationally
- The Democracy Now! Staff Talks About the Blackout of 2003
Thursday, August 14, 2003
- Headlines for August 14, 2003
- Fela Kuti The Black President : An Hour Remembering the Legendary Nigerian Afrobeat Singer, We Speak with his Son Femi and his Biographer Michael Veal
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
- Headlines for August 13, 2003
- Ex-Surgeon General David Satcher & Nearly 8,000 Docs Call For Universal Health Care
- Could the Next Election Be Stolen at the Ballot Box? A Look at the Electronic Voting Machine Controversy
- CIA Warned Bush Administration of Post-War Iraqi Resistance Prior to Invasion
- The Zapatistas Form New Autonomous Governments; Marcos Calls for Civilian Not Military Rule
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
- Headlines for August 12, 2003
- Liberian President Charles Taylor Surrenders Power and Flies Into Exile in Nigeria
- Environmentalists Protest Selection of Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt as EPA Head
- White House Pressured EPA Not To Warn Public About Health Effects of 9/11
- Egyptian Man Married to American Woman and Father of 3 American Children is Deported as Case is Still Under Appeal
- Sikh American Family Attacked in Queens, Police Call it Bias
- NYPD Cop Fired For Refusing to Take Off his Turban and Shave his Beard
Monday, August 11, 2003
- Headlines for August 11, 2003
- Democracy Now! Premieres the Full Interview with Bush Biographer J.H. Hatfield Who Died 2 Years Ago of an Alleged Suicide Amidst Controversy Over his Book Fortunate Son
Friday, August 08, 2003
- Headlines for August 08, 2003
- Ex-Pentagon Official Suggests Bush Administration Should Face War Crimes Tribunal For Misleading World About Iraq
- Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush’s War on Iraq
- Mumia Abu Jamal on the 25th Anniversary of the Arrest of the MOVE 9
- Black August: Erykah Badu joins Talib Kweli & Dead Prez To Raise $$$ For Political Prisoners
Thursday, August 07, 2003
- Headlines for August 07, 2003
- Florida Creates “the Matrix”, a Big Brother-Like Surveillance System with Help From Choicepoint-Related Firm
- The Taliban are Back, the Suppression of Women is Increasing, the Drug Market is Flourishing: A Look at Afghanistan 22 Months After the U.S. Started Bombing
- “Coca and the Congressman” – A New Documentary on Bolivia and the Plight of Coca Growers
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
- Headlines for August 06, 2003
- Democracy Now! Commemorates the 58th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing: An Interview with Hiroshima Survivor Shigeko Sasamori
- A Pacifica Radio Special: Ruby Dee & Others Read John Hersey’s Hiroshima
Tuesday, August 05, 2003
- Headlines for August 05, 2003
- 47 Activists Arrested While Protesting “Apartheid wall;” We Go to an Israeli Police Station to Hear From One of the Palestinian Activists Being Held
- Vote to Confirm Openly Gay Bishop Postponed After Allegations Made in the 11th Hour
- U.S. Marks Hiroshima Anniversary By Holding Top Secret Summit to Discuss Expanding Nation’s Nuclear Arsenal
- Feds OK Evacuation Plan for NYC-area Nuke Plant
- Vote Looms for Financing of Oil Pipeline in Peru
Monday, August 04, 2003
- Headlines for August 04, 2003
- Bush & Blair Launch PR Campaign To Silence Iraq Critics
- Operation Oily Immunity: Bush Quietly Moves to Protect U.S. Oil Interests in Iraq
- “I Did Not Want to Be a Collaborator”–Former Member of the Iraqi Reconstruction Council Explains His Decision to Resign
- Openly Gay Reverend Wins One of Two Votes Required To Be Elected Bishop in Episcopal Church
- West African Troops Land in Liberia, Charles Taylor to Resign, U.S. Troops Still Not Deployed
Friday, August 01, 2003
- Headlines for August 01, 2003
- Ex-CIA Agent Robert Baer: How Washington Sold Its Soul for Saudi Crude
- Treasury Dept. Fines Voices in the Wilderness Thousands for Delivering Medical Supplies to Iraq
- Kathleen Cleaver on the Black Panther Film Fest, Her Life & Activism Today
