RECENT SHOWS
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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July 2006 Archive
Monday, July 31, 2006
- Headlines for July 31, 2006
- Robert Fisk Reports From Lebanon on the Israeli Bombing of Qana That Killed 57, Including 37 Children
- Enemy Combatant: Moazzam Begg on his Imprisonment at Guantanamo, Bagram, and Kandahar
Friday, July 28, 2006
- Headlines for July 28, 2006
- NATIONAL EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah Talks With Former US Diplomats on Israel, Prisoners and Hezbollah’s Founding
- After 2+ Years in Prison, Hunger Striking Former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune is Freed
- Chicago Approves Living Wage Over Objections of Mayor, Wal Mart
Thursday, July 27, 2006
- Headlines for July 27, 2006
- Ahead of New Confirmation Hearings, UN Ambassador Bolton Blocks Measure Condemning Lethal Israeli Attack on UN
- As Fighting Continues, Lebanese Author Says New Poll Shows Overwhelming Support For Hezbollah
- CodePink Founder Interrupts Iraqi PM’s Speech To Congress in Protest Against Iraq War
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
- Headlines for July 26, 2006
- American Bar Association: President Bush is “Undermining Rule of Law” By Ignoring Laws Passed by Congress
- Kofi Annan Says Israel’s Fatal Attack on UN Force in Lebanon was “Apparently Deliberate”; Longtime UN Official Says Israel Knew Site Was UN Base
- Mustafa Barghouti Calls for Ceasefire With Israel
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich Introduces House Resolution Calling for Immediate Ceasefire in Lebanon
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
- Headlines for July 25, 2006
- Human Rights Watch: Israel Dropping Cluster Bombs on Lebanese Civilians
- Lebanese President Accuses Israel of Using White Phosphorus Bombs in Lebanon
- U.S. Broadcast Exclusive: Star Wars in Iraq: Is the U.S. Using New Experimental Tactical High Energy Laser Weapons in Iraq?
- Prominent Iranian Dissident and Former Political Prisoner Akbar Ganji on Why He Refused to Meet President Bush and the Dangers of a US Invasion of Iran
Monday, July 24, 2006
- Headlines for July 24, 2006
- Lebanon Under Siege: Dahr Jamail Reports from Beirut on How Israel Air Strikes Have Caused a Humanitarian Crisis for Hundreds of Thousands of Refugees
- 60 Die in Iraq Car Bombings; Iraqi Parliament Speaker Accuses U.S. of “Butchery”
- Combatants For Peace: Former Israeli and Palestinian Fighters Talk About Why Dialogue, Not War, Will Solve the Middle East Crisis
Friday, July 21, 2006
- Headlines for July 21, 2006
- Israel Warns 300,000 Lebanese To Flee Homes as Ground Invasion Nears
- U.S. Arming of Israel: How U.S. Weapons Manufacturers Profit From Middle East Conflict
- U.S. Citizen Evacuating Beirut Fears For Lebanese Friends Left Behind
- Israeli Refusenik vs. Israeli Peace Party Member: A Debate on Israel’s Assault on Lebanon
Thursday, July 20, 2006
- Headlines for July 20, 2006
- Over 70 Killed in Lebanon in Deadliest Day of Israeli Assault
- Ralph Nader: U.S. Carries “Inescapable Responsibility” for “Israeli Government’s Escalating War Crimes”
- Tony Snow to Helen Thomas: “Thank You for the Hezbollah View”
- Israeli Professor in Haifa Blasts “Reckless” Assault on Lebanon
- Over 100 Palestinians Killed in Three Week Israeli Offensive
- Report Confirms Chicago Police Tortured Black Prisoners
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
- Headlines for July 19, 2006
- Robert Fisk in Beirut: Israeli Assault on Lebanon Inflicting “Mass Punishment on a Whole People”
- Protests Across U.S. and Around the World Call for End to Israel Bombardment of Lebanon
- One Bright Shining Moment: The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
- Headlines for July 18, 2006
- World Health Organization: Lebanese Residents Displaced by Israeli Bombardment Expected to Top 900,000
- A Sampling of Arab TV Coverage of the Middle East Crisis
- U.S. EXCLUSIVE: Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad on U.S. Foreign Policy, the Resistance in Iraq, Syrian-Lebanese Relations and More
Monday, July 17, 2006
- Headlines for July 17, 2006
- Israel Bombardment of Lebanon Enters Sixth Day, Hezbollah Strikes Haifa
- Hezbollah, the United States and the Context Behind Israel’s Offensive on Lebanon
- Lopez Obrador Leads Over 1.1 Million Supporters in Mexico City to Call for Presidential Vote Recount
- Putin Dismisses Bush’s Call For Russia to Follow Iraqi Model of “Democracy”
Friday, July 14, 2006
- Headlines for July 14, 2006
- Noam Chomsky: U.S.-Backed Israeli Policies Pursuing “End of Palestine”; Hezbollah Capture of Israeli Soldiers “Very Irresponsible Act” That Could Lead To “Extreme Disaster”
- The One Percent Doctrine: Journalist Ron Suskind on the Deliberate U.S. Bombing of Al Jazeera, Losing Bin Laden and More
Thursday, July 13, 2006
- Headlines for July 13, 2006
- Haitian Death Squad Leader Arrested in US–For Mortgage Fraud
- ‘Meet Me in Fort Lewis’–Protests Planned for Army Specialist Who Went AWOL After Charging Sexual Harassment
- Spy or Risk Green Card: How the Bush Administration ‘Recruits’ Muslim Informants
- Israel Launches Heaviest Bombing of Lebanon in 24 Years; Airport Attacked, Over 40 Civilians Killed
Wednesday, July 12, 2006
- Headlines for July 12, 2006
- Series of Explosions Rip Through Rush-Hour Commuter Trains in Mumbai Killing Over 180, Wounding 700
- Florida Con Salsa: Investigative Reporter Greg Palast Reports on Voter Fraud in Mexico’s Presidential Election
- Widow of Al Jazeera Reporter Tareq Ayyoub Filing Lawsuit Against Bush Administration for Husband’s Death in 2003 U.S. Attack on Baghdad Bureau
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
- Headlines for July 11, 2006
- Italian Probe of CIA Abduction Broadens to Domestic Spying Scandal and “Black Propaganda” Misinformation Campaign by Italy Intel
- Iraqi Journalist Details Family Accounts of Iraq Rape, Killings
- Mother of Sexually Harassed Soldier Recounts Ordeal as Daughter Remains Confined to Base
Monday, July 10, 2006
- Headlines for July 10, 2006
- Troops Home Fast: Nationwide Hunger Strikes Protest Iraq War
- Veteran Journalist Robert Scheer on Playing President: My Close Encounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan and Clinton- and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush
Friday, July 07, 2006
- Headlines for July 07, 2006
- Calderon Declared Victor in Disputed Mexico Race; Lopez Obrador Calls for Mass Rally
- New York, Georgia Courts Reject Gay Marriage
- Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism
- Army Charges Lieutenant With Contempt and Conduct Unbecoming an Officer for Refusing Iraq Deployment and Criticizing Bush, War
Thursday, July 06, 2006
- Headlines for July 06, 2006
- Subcomandante Marcos Says Zapatistas Received Reports of Electoral Fraud in Mexico Presidential Election
- Seymour Hersh: Senior Pentagon Officials Challenging President Bush’s Iran War Plans
- Did Bush Administration Policy on North Korea Help Provoke Ballistic Missile Tests?
- Vietnam-Era Veteran Arrested at VA Medical Center for Wearing Peace T-Shirt
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
- Headlines for July 05, 2006
- Populist Lopez Obrador Demands Full Vote Recount in Mexico’s Closest-Ever Presidential Race
- Hundreds Begin Nationwide Hunger Strike to Protest War as Ex-Soldier Charged in Iraq Rape, Killings
Tuesday, July 04, 2006
- Headlines for July 04, 2006
- StoryCorps: National Social History Project Records Ordinary People Telling Their Stories to Each Other
Monday, July 03, 2006
- Headlines for July 03, 2006
- We Shall Overcome: An Hour With Legendary Folk Singer & Activist Pete Seeger
