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Monday, October 13, 2008
- Headlines
- Max Blumenthal on Sarah Palin’s Radical Right-Wing Pals and Her Ties to the Pro-Secessionist Alaskan Independence Party
- Former McCain Supporter Accuses the Senator of “Deliberately Feeding the Most Unhinged Elements of Our Society the Red Meat of Hate”
- Robert Parry: Why Are McCain Backers So Angry?
Friday, October 10, 2008
- Headlines
- As Stocks Plummet Across the Globe, Bush to Host Emergency Finance Meeting at White House
- US Lifts Ban on Nuclear Trade with India
- APA Approves Measure Banning Psychologists from Interrogations
- “Section 60: Arlington National Cemetery”
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
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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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April 2006 Archive
Friday, April 28, 2006
- Headlines for April 28, 2006
- Has Global Oil Production Reached Maximum Capacity? A Debate on Peak Oil
- Jesse Jackson on Race Comments by New White House Press Secretary Tony Snow: “An Attempt to Make the Quest for Racial Justice Illegitimate”
- March for Peace, Justice and Democracy Scheduled in New York
- Immigrant Rights Groups Call for Massive Nationwide General Work Strike and Economic Boycott
- Tens of Thousands Expected for DC Demonstration Against Darfur Genocide
- Raging Grannies Acquitted in New York
Thursday, April 27, 2006
- Headlines for April 27, 2006
- EXCLUSIVE: Nixon White House Counsel John Dean and Pentagon Papers Leaker Daniel Ellsberg on Watergate and the Abuse of Presidential Power from Nixon to Bush
- The Assassination of Digna Ochoa: A Look at the Life and Death of the Renowned Mexican Human Rights Lawyer
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
- Headlines for April 26, 2006
- Nat Hentoff on the Government Crackdown on Information From Whistleblowers to Journalists
- FBI Seeks to Seize Control of Files of Deceased Investigative Journalist Jack Anderson
- Pentagon Papers Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg to Government Insiders: Risk Prison to Leak Information Exposing Illegal Government Actions
- Chernobyl 20 Years Later: New Report Finds Death Toll From Nuclear Disaster Close to 100,000
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
- Headlines for April 25, 2006
- Nepal King Agrees to Reinstate Parliament Amidst Massive Pro-Democracy Protests
- Antonia Juhasz on The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time
- The Peace Patriots: New Film Documents Dissent in a Time of War
Monday, April 24, 2006
- Headlines for April 24, 2006
- Nagin, Landrieu Face Run-Off in New Orleans Election, Tens of Thousands of Displaced Residents Barred from Voting
- FEMA’s Dirty Little Secret: A Rare Look Inside the Renaissance Village Trailer Park, Home to Over 2,000 Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
- NYC Union Chief Roger Toussaint Remains Defiant Hours Before Heading to Jail for Leading Transit Strike
Friday, April 21, 2006
- Headlines for April 21, 2006
- Immigration Crackdown: 1,200 Undocumented Workers Detained Across U.S.
- Democracy Now! Interviews New Orleans Mayoral Candidates Mitch Landrieu and Ray Nagin
- Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Thursday, April 20, 2006
- Headlines for April 20, 2006
- Blackwater in the Crosshairs: The Families of Four Private Security Contractors Killed in Fallujah File a Ground-Breaking Lawsuit
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
- Headlines for April 19, 2006
- Israel Holds Hamas-Led PA Directly Responsible for Tel Aviv Attack as Occupied Territories Starved of International Aid
- Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka on Oil in the Niger Delta, the Effect of Iraq on Africa and His New Memoir
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
- Headlines for April 18, 2006
- Outrage in Milwaukee Over Acquittal by All-White Jury of Police Officers Charged in Vicious Beating
- Darfur Refugee and Top UN Envoy for Prevention of Genocide Discuss Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan and Role of International Community
- Legendary Nigerian Writer Wole Soyinka: Darfur Crisis “A Blot on the Conscience of the World”
Monday, April 17, 2006
- Headlines for April 17, 2006
- Retired Colonel Sam Gardiner on Iran War Plans: “The Issue is Not Whether the Military Option Would Be Used But Who Approved the Start of Operations Already”
- Fmr. Top Italian News Anchor Lilli Gruber on the Italy Elections, Media Monopoly and Beating Berlusconi for a Seat in European Parliament
- Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian to Be Deported After Prosecutors Fail to Convict Him on a Single Charge
Friday, April 14, 2006
- Headlines for April 14, 2006
- Thousands of Protesters, Journalists, Lawyers Arrested in Nepal as Mass Pro-Democracy Demonstrations Continue Against King
- Part II: The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Threatened by Cable, Telecom Interests
- Iraqi CBS Cameraman Released After 1 Year Imprisonment by U.S. Forces
Thursday, April 13, 2006
- Headlines for April 13, 2006
- Village Voice Shakeup: Top Investigative Journalist Fired, Prize-Winning Writers Resign Following Merger with New Times Media
- The End of the Internet? Net Neutrality Threatened by Cable, Telecom Interests
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
- Headlines for April 12, 2006
- Seymour Hersh: Bush Administration Planning Possible Major Air Attack on Iran
- French Student Leaders Hail ‘Historic Victory’ After Mass Protests Force Government to Abandon Controversial Youth Job Law
- Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Refuses to Concede Defeat Despite Official Election Results
- Investigative Reporter Greg Palast: U.S. Energy Dept. Concludes Venezuela Could Have Biggest Oil Reserves in OPEC
Tuesday, April 11, 2006
- Headlines for April 11, 2006
- Immigrant Rights Protests Rock the Country: Up to 2 Million Take to the Streets in the Largest Wave of Demonstrations in U.S. History
- Publisher of Texas Spanish-Language Daily on Immigrant Protests: “This is a Personal Issue…A True Political Mobilization”
- Dallas High School Student Describes Organizing Mass Walkout
- Eighth Grader Commits Suicide After Being Threatened by School Official With Jail Time for Organizing Walkouts
- Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Reacts to Unprecedented Immigrant Rights March
- Immigrant Rights Marches Likened to Second Civil Rights Movement
Monday, April 10, 2006
- Headlines for April 10, 2006
- Historic African-American New Orleans Church Reopened After Weeks Of Protests & Rectory Sit-In
- New Orleans Residents and Evacuees Blast State of Schools, Housing, Jobs at Mayoral Forum
- “Poor People, Disabled People, People of Color Are Not Welcomed Back to New Orleans”–Activists Paint Grim Picture of Struggling City
Friday, April 07, 2006
- Headlines for April 07, 2006
- Libby Says Bush Authorized Leaks of Highly Classified Iraq Intel to Bolster Case for War
- Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. Chief Military Spokesman in Iraq About U.S. Killing, Detaining of Journalists and Planting of News Stories in Iraqi Press
- Robert Fisk on Iraq, Palestine and the Failure of the U.S. Corporate Media to Challenge Authority
Thursday, April 06, 2006
- Headlines for April 06, 2006
- Fake TV News: Widespread and Undisclosed… How Corporate-Funded Propaganda Is Airing On Local Newscasts As “News”
- “The Queen of the VNR” Robin Raskin Reveals Why She Appears In Corporate-Sponsored “News Segments” & Why She Feels Stations Need To Disclose Who Is Funding the VNRs
- FCC Commissioner Says Broadcasting VNRs Without Disclosure May Violate Federal Law
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
- Headlines for April 05, 2006
- Military Tribunals Resume at Guantanamo Despite Pending Supreme Court Case on Legality of Hearings
- Inside the Resistance: Leading Arab Journalist Zaki Chehab on the Iraqi Insurgency and the Future of the Middle East
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
- Headlines for April 04, 2006
- The Hammer Leaving Congress: DeLay Announces Resignation Amid Controversy
- Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Immigration is the Civil Rights Issue of Our Time
- Cynthia McKinney Accuses Capitol Police of Racial Profiling
- FBI Whistleblower Colleen Rowley Warns Zacarias Moussaoui Trial May Mark Last Time Bush Administration Use Courts to Try Terror Suspects
- Former Liberian President Charles Taylor Pleads Not Guilty Before UN-backed War Crimes Tribunal In Sierra Leone
- Duke University Rape Case Raises Issues of Race and Class in Durham
Monday, April 03, 2006
- Headlines for April 03, 2006
- Immigration Reform, Big Business, NAFTA and the Impact on the African American Workforce
- “A Silent People Will Never be Heard”–Tens of Thousands March for Immigrant Rights in New York
- Noam Chomsky on Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Haiti, Democracy in Latin America and the Israeli Elections
