Friday, May 28, 2004
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Questionable Prison Fires in Honduras, As Bush Prepares to Sign CAFTA
Tom Hayden reports from Honduras on the connections between the signing of the Central America Free Trade Agreement, a prison fire that left 100 alleged gang members dead and Rudy Giuliani. [includes rush transcript]
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Toni Morrison & Cornel West: A Historic Discussion on the State of the World, the 50th anniversary of the Brown Decision and Condoleezza Rice
Today we spend the hour with two of the leading African American thinkers of our time: Cornel West and Toni Morrison in a public talk hosted by the Nation Institute. [includes rush transcript]
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Cornel West on the Death of Emmett Till, 9/11, Preemptive Wars and Race in America
We hear an excerpt from a major addressed delivered by Cornel West at the Lannan Foundation. [includes rush transcript]
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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]








