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Today’s Show
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- As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike, Students, Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide
- On 20th Anniversary of Killings of 6 Jesuit Priests by US-Backed Salvadoran Forces, Thousands to Protest “School of the Assassins” at Ft. Benning
- Israel Under Widespread International Criticism for Settlement Expansion Plan
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Thursday, November 19, 2009
- Headlines
- Shunning Dissidents, Obama Leaves China Without Firm Pledges on Trade, Climate
- Iraq Vote in Limbo with Veto of Election Law
- As Wall Street Posts Record Profits and US Hunger Rate Grows, Robert Scheer Asks: “Where Is the Community Organizer We Elected?”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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- EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Responds to Court Ruling Upholding Conviction and Ordering Her to Prison
- Amidst California Fiscal Crisis and Political Gridlock, Scholar and Activist George Lakoff Proposes Ballot Measure to End 2/3 Rule in State Legislature
- “The Card Game”–New Doc Investigates History of Credit Card Industry and Proposals for Reform
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
- Headlines
- Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to Protest Cuts
- Obama Nominates Pesticide Executive to Be Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the US Trade Representative
- Raj Patel on America’s Growing Hunger Crisis and the UN Summit to Fight Hunger in Rome
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Hungering for a True Thanksgiving
“Over 1 billion people are chronically hungry,” says the U.N., yet it would take only $44 billion per year to end hunger globally.
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Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNN
The controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. Past Democracy Now! Coverage of Lou Dobbs:
- Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s 2007 interview with Lou Dobbs
- Amy Goodman’s column ‘The Dubious Mr. Dobbs’
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The Man Who Put the Rainbow in ‘The Wizard of Oz’
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during the Great Depression by Oscar-winning lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg.
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The Tortured Logic Continues
“Extraordinary rendition” is White House-speak for kidnapping. Just ask Maher Arar. He’s a Canadian citizen who was “rendered” by the U.S. to Syria, where he was tortured for almost a year.
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The War Condolences Obama Hasn’t Sent
U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Chancellor Keesling died in Iraq on June 19, 2009, from “a non-combat related incident,” according to the Pentagon. Keesling had killed himself.
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Trick or Treat for Climate Change
Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are stepping up the pressure by staging elaborate stunts.
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Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military.
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Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales
Journalist Christian Parenti responds to our interview with Kevin Bales, founder of Free The Slaves
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June 2006 Archive
Friday, June 30, 2006
- Headlines for June 30, 2006
- Guantanamo Attorney: The Supreme Court Ruling on Tribunals Proves “The Entire Structure of the War on Terror is Unlawful”
- Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror
Thursday, June 29, 2006
- Headlines for June 29, 2006
- Israel Arrests Dozens of Hamas Lawmakers and Ministers as Assault on Gaza Widens
- AIPAC v. Norman Finkelstein: A Debate on Israel’s Assault on Gaza
- Pentagon Spying on Gay, Antiwar Groups More Widespread than Previously Acknowledged
- Study: All Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable to Software Attacks
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
- Headlines for June 28, 2006
- Fmr. Israeli Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami: “It Was Wrong” For Israel to Invade Gaza
- Rice Praises “Democratic Future of Afghanistan” As Fierce Fighting Continues in one of Bloodiest Months Since 2001 U.S. Invasion
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
- Headlines for June 27, 2006
- Supreme Court Overturns Vermont Campaign Finance Law
- Is Bush Administration’s Bank Spy Program One Part of a Resurgent Total Information Awareness?
- Former Bush Spokesman Urges Newspapers to Run Pro-War Stories by Former Vets With GOP Ties
- Lawmakers, Regulators Face Key Decisions on Future of Media Ownership, Internet, Public Access, Low Power Radio
Monday, June 26, 2006
- Headlines for June 26, 2006
- “Aspirational Rather than Operational”–7 Arrested in Miami Terror Plot
- Nativo Lopez on Immigration Legislation and the Future of the Immigrant Rights Movement
- The World Cup: War, Peace and Racism in the Biggest Sporting Event on the Planet
Friday, June 23, 2006
- Headlines for June 23, 2006
- Army Lies to Mother of Slain Guardsman for Two Years, Says Killed by Insurgents Instead of Allied Iraqi Soldiers
- Tennessee Schedules Five Executions for June 28
- Julia Wright, Daughter of Famed Writer Richard Wright, on Mumia Abu-Jamal
Thursday, June 22, 2006
- Headlines for June 22, 2006
- Kidnapped in Iraq, Shot by U.S. Forces: Italian Journalist Giuliana Sgrena Says U.S. Army Destroyed Incident Logs; Wants to Meet Soldier Who Killed the Secret Service Agent Who Saved Her
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
- Headlines for June 21, 2006
- Stopping Violence Against Women: Eve Ensler and Kimberle Crenshaw on V-Day, Women in Prisons and Breaking the Silence
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
- Headlines for June 20, 2006
- Bloodshed in Afghanistan as U.S. Launches Largest Military Offensive Since 2001
- All New Orleans Public School Teachers Fired, Millions in Federal Aid Channeled to Private Charter Schools
- Thousands of New Orleans Public Housing Units to be Destroyed as 200,000+ Low-Income Residents Remain Displaced
Monday, June 19, 2006
- Headlines for June 19, 2006
- Did the Pentagon Lie About Why it Barred Journalists from Guantanamo Bay Soon After Prisoner Suicides?
- Paul Krugman on the New Class War in America
Friday, June 16, 2006
- Headlines for June 16, 2006
- Federal Judge Rules U.S. Can Detain Non-Citizens Indefinitely on Basis of Religion, Race or National Origin
- Calls Grow Within American Psychological Association for Ban on Participation in Military Interrogations: A Debate
Thursday, June 15, 2006
- Headlines for June 15, 2006
- Sexually Harassed Soldier is Arrested After Refusing to Redeploy to Iraq
- Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No To Iraq
- Mexican Police Accused of Killing 11 Striking Teachers in Oaxaca
- In Iraq, Three Groups Struggle For Control Over Oil-Rich Kirkuk
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
- Headlines for June 14, 2006
- Another Cover-Up? U.S. Troops Kill Two Iraqi Women, One of Them Pregnant, in Samarra
- The Front Lines of the Class War from 1927 to Today
- Police Forcibly Shut Down South Central L.A. Urban Farm, 40+ Protesters Arrested
- British Muslim Shot and Arrested With Brother by London Police Released After One Week Without Charge
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
- Headlines for June 13, 2006
- Federal Prosecutors Decide Not to Indict Karl Rove in CIA Leak Case
- Gaza Physician, British Journalist Refute Reported Israeli Military Investigation that Clears IDF, Blames Hamas for Deadly Beach Attack
- “Confronting Confinement”: Bi-Partisan Commission Criticizes Size, Conditions and Racial Make-Up of U.S. Prison System
Monday, June 12, 2006
- Headlines for June 12, 2006
- Guantanamo Attorneys Say Suicides Reveal Desperation, Hopelessness at U.S.-Run Prison Camp
- Dr. Robert Jay Lifton: American Psychological Association Should “Prohibit Any Involvement” of Psychologists in Interrogations
Friday, June 09, 2006
- Headlines for June 09, 2006
- Zarqawi’s Death “Another Step in the Endless Cycle of Violence”–Father of Beheaded Iraq Hostage
- In Death, Zarqawi’s Influence Remains A Matter of Debate
- Student Takes on McCain Over Iraq War Support at New School Graduation
- House Passes Controversial COPE Telecom Bill, Rejects Amendment to Protect Net Neutrality
- A Mother Under Occupation: Palestinian Journalist Laila El-Haddad on Life in the Occupied Territories
Thursday, June 08, 2006
- Headlines for June 08, 2006
- Will Al-Zarqawi’s Death Fuel the Insurgency or Diminish It?
- Army Lieutenant Becomes First Commissioned Officer to Refuse Deployment to Iraq
- Holy Outlaw: Lifelong Peace Activist Father Daniel Berrigan Turns 85
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
- Headlines for June 07, 2006
- Family of Unarmed Iraqi Killed by U.S. Forces Says Marines Had Asked Him to be Informant
- Time Magazine: Military Investigators Place Officer in Charge During Haditha Massacre in 2 of the Houses Where Killings Took Place
- How the Press Rolled Over for Bush: Media Critic Eric Boehlert Takes on the Corporate Media
- Thomas Friedman on “Petropolitics”, Iraq, Israel-Palestine and the “Excuse Makers”
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
- Headlines for June 06, 2006
- Antiwar Candidates Challenge Incumbent Democrats in House and Senate Races
- “The United States is Terrified”–Noam Chomsky on Latin America’s Move Towards “Independence and Integration”
Monday, June 05, 2006
- Headlines for June 05, 2006
- “No Good Science Goes Unpunished”–Environmental Journalist David Helvarg on the Bush Administration, Climate Change and Hurricanes
- Activists, Celebs Stage Encampment For South Central Farm
- British Antiwar Activist Salma Yaqoob on Iraq, Muslim Discrimination and Being the First Hijab-Wearing Woman Elected to City Council in Birmingham
Friday, June 02, 2006
- Headlines for June 02, 2006
- Why is the U.S. Hampering a Swiss Investigation into A.Q. Khan’s International Nuclear Arms Smuggling Ring?
- Fmr. Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix Calls for Permanent Worldwide Ban on WMDs
- How One of New York City’s Biggest Landlords is Systematically Driving Out Thousands of Low-Income Residents
Thursday, June 01, 2006
- Headlines for June 01, 2006
- Is U.S. AIDS Policy Undermining the Global Fight Against the Disease?
- Pills Profits Protest: A Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement
- A Debate on the Role of Pharmaceutical Companies and Access to HIV Treatment in the Developing World
- Colombia Re-Elects Bush Ally Alvaro Uribe
