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Monday, February 08, 2010
Friday, February 05, 2010
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- Pro-Choice Advocates Criticize CBS for Accepting Anti-Abortion Super Bowl Ad
- Dave Zirin on Super Bowl Fever in New Orleans and the Militarization of Sport’s Biggest Spectacle
- How to Get Our Democracy Back: Lawrence Lessig Says “If We Want to Change, We Have to Change Congress”
- Yemeni Journalist Nasser Arrabyee: US Involvement Undermines Sound Response to Yemen-Based Militants
Thursday, February 04, 2010
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Catch Amy Goodman with Naomi Klein and Raj Patel on C-SPAN’s Book TV this Sunday and Monday
Tune in to C-SPAN’s Book TV on Sunday, February 7th at 3pm ET and Monday, February 8th at 5am ET for a discussion on the economy, the earthquake in Haiti, and other topics.
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Democracy Now! Makes Lily Tomlin’s Short List
Lily Tomlin gave Democracy Now! a shout out in Time Magazine’s “Short List of Things To Do.”
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Oscar Nominees Include Docs on China Earthquake, Burma and Pentagon Papers
Nominations have been announced for the 82nd annual Academy Awards. In the documentary category, three films featured on Democracy Now! in the past year received nods:
* The Most Dangerous Man in America
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Howard Zinn: The People’s Historian
Howard Zinn, legendary historian, author and activist, died last week at the age of 87. His most famous book is “A People’s History of the United States.”
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Let the Haitians In
The devastating toll of the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti continues to mount. Most efforts to rescue people from the rubble have ended. More than 150,000 people have been buried, some in makeshift graves near the ruins of the homes where they died, but many in unmarked, mass graves at Titanyen, the site of massacres during previous dictatorships and coups.
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Amy Goodman on Riz Khan: “The Role of Media in the USA”
Has the mainstream media in the US replaced serious coverage with “junk news” and tabloidism? Especially in foreign affairs, are Americans less informed than ever? Who is shaping their perceptions of the rest of the world? And who is policing US foreign policy?
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Tè Tremblé—The Haitian Earth Trembled
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Tè tremblé is Haitian Creole for “earthquake.” Its literal translation: “The earth trembled.” After the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, the stench of death is everywhere.
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Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! Reporting From Haiti
Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Elizabeth Press from Democracy Now are in Haiti reporting on the devastating earthquake. Tune in Tuesday for a report from Amy. For the latest updates visit the Democracy Now! Twitter page and Sharif’s Twitter page.
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Thursday, October 26, 2006
Headlines
- NATO Accused of Killing At Least 60 Afghan Civilians
- Iraqi PM Denies US Claims on Timetable Agreement
- Bush: Withdrawal Supporters Swayed by “Sophisticated Enemy Propaganda”
- 5 US Troops Killed in Iraq; Month’s Toll at 96
- NJ Supreme Court Affirms Legal Rights for Same-Sex Couples
- Cheney Appears to Confirm US Practices Waterboarding
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In Echoes of Past Intervention, Bush Administration Opposes Nicaraguan Frontrunner Daniel Ortega
Election monitors from the Organization of American States have warned the Bush administration not to interfere in the upcoming presidential election in Nicaragua. The Bush administration has openly opposed the front-runner Daniel Ortega. The Sandinista leader is trying to regain power for the first time since 1990. We speak with veteran Nicaraguan human rights defender Vilma Nunez. [includes rush transcript]
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Veteran Investigative Journalist Bob Parry on the Iran-Contra Scandal and the Perils of Reporting It
Investigative journalist Robert Parry helped expose the Iran-Contra scandal in the 1980s while working as a reporter for the Associated Press and Newsweek. He joins us from Washington. [includes rush transcript]
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New York Judge Awards $19 Million to Victims of CIA-Backed Haitian Death Squad Leader Toto Constant
A former Haitian death squad leader living in New York City has been ordered to pay $19 million in damages to three women who survived rape and other abuses committed by troops under his command. Emmanuel “Toto” Constant led the paramilitary group the Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haiti, or FRAPH, which killed thousands of supporters of former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide in the early 1990s. [includes rush transcript]
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Hip Hop Artist M-1 of Dead Prez: “The Media in This Country is an Organ of the State… It Controls What We Are Hearing and Seeing”
Last week in New York, hundreds of citizens gathered for a town hall meeting on the future of diversity in the nation’s media. Speakers included several artists and activists from the hip hop community. We play a speech from M-1 of the rap group dead prez. [includes rush transcript]
