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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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May 2006 Archive
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
- Headlines for May 31, 2006
- Electronic Voting Machine Study Exposes Most Serious Security Flaws Ever Documented
- Citizen Journalism: A Look at How Blogging is Changing the Media Landscape from the Congo to Korea
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
- Headlines for May 30, 2006
- Haditha Massacre: Was it an Isolated Event and Did the Military Try to Cover it Up?
- East Timor Declares State Of Emergency As Violence Spreads
- Earthquake Death Toll Tops 5,400 in Indonesia; 200,000 Left Homeless
Monday, May 29, 2006
- Headlines for May 29, 2006
- Ex-British Navy Spokesperson Steve Tatham on “Losing Arab Hearts and Minds: The Coalition, Al Jazeera and Muslim Public Opinion”
Friday, May 26, 2006
- Headlines for May 26, 2006
- Enron Execs Found Guilty on Multiple Conspiracy, Fraud Charges
- Enron: The Bush Connection
- Enron Played Central Role in California Energy Crisis
- Enron–The Smartest Guys in the Room
Thursday, May 25, 2006
- Headlines for May 25, 2006
- Afghanistan in Turmoil: 330+ Killed in One Week, U.S. Bombing Raids Continue, Taliban Seizing Control in Southern Region
- While Some See Compromise, Critics Say Senate Immigration Bill Punishes Undocumented Immigrants
- U.S. Court Rules Wrongfully-Held Detainee Khaled El-Masri Can’t Sue CIA For Kidnapping Him
- Special Memorial Day Preview…Fmr. British Navy Spokesman Lieutenant Commander Steve Tatham on Losing Arab Hearts and Minds
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
- Headlines for May 24, 2006
- President Bush Embraces “Bold” Israeli Plan To Annex West Bank Settlements
- House Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act: A Debate
- Study Alleging Dominant Influence of Israeli Lobby Sparks Heated Fallout
- Retired Army Col. Charged With Sedition For Handing Flyer on Anti-War Vietnam Vets
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
- Headlines for May 22, 2006
- UN Panel Calls for Bush Administration to Close Guantanamo Bay Military Prison
- Ex-Guantanamo Chaplain James Yee on Faith and Patriotism Under Fire
Friday, May 19, 2006
- Headlines for May 19, 2006
- Hayden Defends Domestic Spy Program At Confirmation Hearing
- “Voices of Time”: Legendary Uruguayan Writer Eduardo Galeano on Immigration, Latin America, Iraq, Writing – and Soccer
Thursday, May 18, 2006
- Headlines for May 18, 2006
- Confirmation Hearing Opens for CIA Nominee and Former NSA-Head Michael Hayden
- New Internet Legislation Would Force ISPs To Track Customers’ Online Activities
- Will the Public Lose its Right to Know About Toxic Releases by Industry?
- Is the U.S. Government Fueling Civil War in Somalia?
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
- Headlines for May 17, 2006
- FBI Launches Criminal Civil Rights Investigation of NYPD Over RNC Protests
- Ex-NSA Head Bobby Ray Inman on the National Security Agency’s Domestic Surveillance Program: “This Activity Was Not Authorized”
- Church Committee Counsel Frederick Schwarz on Corporate Involvement in Government Spying
- Baghdad ER: Documentary On US Military Hospital in Iraq Gets Cold Reception From Army
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
- Headlines for May 16, 2006
- Freedom of the Press Under Attack: Government Begins Tracking Phone Calls of Journalists
- Militarizing the Border: Bush Calls For 6,000 National Guard Troops to Deploy to U.S.-Mexican Border
- Hundreds Gather in Duncan Oklahoma to Protest Outside Halliburton Shareholder Meeting
Monday, May 15, 2006
- Headlines for May 15, 2006
- Darfur: Inside the Crisis
- Greg Palast on His New Book “Armed Madhouse : Who’s Afraid of Osama Wolf?, China Floats, Bush Sinks, The Scheme to Steal ’08…”
Friday, May 12, 2006
- Headlines for May 12, 2006
- Three Major Telecom Companies Help US Government Spy on Millions of Americans
- The Yes Men Strike Again: Group Poses As Halliburton Reps At “Catastrophic Loss” Conference
- Mothers Say No To War: Peace Activists Plan Mother’s Day Protest Outside White House
Thursday, May 11, 2006
- Headlines for May 11, 2006
- Georgetown Faculty Object to Appointment of Iraq War Architect Douglas Feith as Professor in School of Foreign Service
- Controversy Brews at New School Over Pick of McCain as Graduation Speaker
- Crackdown in Mexico: 200 Jailed, Women Claim Sexual Abuse by Police
- Empire’s Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
- Headlines for May 10, 2006
- Brandeis University Takes Down Palestinian Youth Art Exhibit Mounted by Israeli Jewish Student
- House of War: James Carroll on the Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power
- Should Boston College Award Condoleezza Rice An Honorary Degree? A Debate
Tuesday, May 09, 2006
- Headlines for May 09, 2006
- Chicago’s Abu Ghraib: UN Committee Against Torture Hears Report on How Police Tortured Over 135 African-American Men Inside Chicago Jails
- LA Times Baghdad Bureau Chief: “More People] Are Dying Violently Now Than At Any Time Since The U.S.-Led Invasion”
- Ken Silverstein on CIA Chief Porter Goss’ Abrupt Resignation & The Duke Cunningham Bribery Scandal
Monday, May 08, 2006
- Headlines for May 08, 2006
- Fmr. NSA Chief General Michael Hayden Nominated to Replace Porter Goss as CIA Director
- COPE Telecom Bill Affects Net Neutrality, Local Cable Franchises and Funding for Public Access
- Part II…Overthrow: America’s Century of Regime Change from Hawaii to Iraq
Friday, May 05, 2006
- Headlines for May 05, 2006
- Damu Smith 1952-2006: Legendary Peace Activist Dies After Battle with Colon Cancer
- Retired CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Takes on Rumsfeld Over Justification for Iraq Invasion
- FBI Counterterrorism Unit Spies on Peace Group School of the Americas Watch
- FBI Targeted Freelance Journalist Covering FTAA Miami Talks
- Evo Morales Nationalizes Gas Resources in Bolivia
- Bullets in the Hood: Bed-Stuy Documentary Goes on Tour to Raise Awareness About Gun Violence
Thursday, May 04, 2006
- Headlines for May 04, 2006
- Jury Rejects Death Penalty for Moussaoui in Major Defeat for Bush Administration
- Two Immigrants Who Followed the Path to Citizenship Tell Stories of Detention and Deportation
- A Look Inside U.S. Immigration Prisons
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
- Headlines for May 03, 2006
- Daughter of Sami Al-Arian Says Family “Devastated” by Father’s Continued Imprisonment, Blasts Media Coverage
- Sami Al-Arian Co-Defendant Sameeh Hammoudeh Remains in Jail Four Months After Being Acquitted of All Charges
- Stephen Colbert’s Blistering Performance Mocking Bush and the Press Goes Ignored by the Media
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
- Headlines for May 02, 2006
- Over 1.5 Million March for Immigrant Rights in One of Largest Days of Protest in U.S. History
- Juan Gonzalez: On Streets of New York, Solidarity Reigns
- The Meaning of the May Day Marches and the Future of the Immigrant Rights Movement
- Are U.S. Trade Policies & NAFTA Causing An Influx of Undocumented Workers in U.S.?
- Puerto Rico Imposes Partial Government Shutdown Amid Financial Crisis
Monday, May 01, 2006
- Headlines for May 01, 2006
- Thousands of Protesters Demand End to Darfur Genocide in Largest Public U.S. Outcry Since Conflict Began
- Up To 350,000 March in New York for Peace, Justice and Democracy
- A Day Without Immigrants: Millions Expected to Boycott Work, Not Consume to Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill
- The Origins of May Day: A Story of Chicago, the First Labor Movement and the Bombing That Divided Gilded Age America
