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Amy Goodman’s New Column, “Tutu, Obama and the Middle East”
As President-elect Barack Obama focuses on the meltdown of the U.S. economy, another fire is burning: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. You may not have heard much lately about the disaster in the Gaza Strip. That silence is intentional: The Israeli government has barred international journalists from entering the occupied territory.
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“A View From the South”
Evo Morales knows about “change you can believe in.” He also knows what happens when a powerful elite is forced to make changes it doesn’t want.
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“President Obama Can Redeem the White House”
Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States had visited his soon-to-be residence, a house built by slaves.
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Amy Goodman on CNN Newsroom, November 10, 2008
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Anjali Kamat’s New Column: “Change We Can Believe In?”
Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat writes, “To all those for whom America has represented generations of racial injustice, the election of America’s first Black president marks the beginning of a new era…But unless the inspired millions who brought him to power continue to believe their demands matter and insist on holding him accountable each step of the way, it will be Obama’s corporate and hawkish friends who determine the domestic and foreign policies of the coming administration and our collective future.”
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“Organizer in Chief”
You could almost hear the world’s collective sigh of relief. This year’s U.S. presidential election was a global event in every sense. Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, represents to so many a living bridge—between continents and cultures.
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
The legendary radio broadcaster, writer and oral historian Studs Terkel has died at the age of 96 in Chicago. Over the years Terkel has been a regular guest on Democracy Now!In 2005, Studs Terkel appeared on Democracy Now! shortly after undergoing open heart surgery. He told Amy Goodman, “My curiosity is what saw me through. What would the world be like, or will there be a world? And so, that’s my epitaph. I have it all set. Curiosity did not kill this cat. And it’s curiosity, I think, that has saved me thus far.”
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“Election Protection”
Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system’s integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Who will get paper ballots; who will use electronic voting machines? Will polls be open long enough to accommodate what is expected to be a historic turnout?
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Friday, August 18, 2006
Headlines
- NSA Wiretapping Ruled Unconstitutional
- UN Launches $60M Appeal For Lebanon Oil Spill
- UN Force Draws Pledges of 3,500 Troops
- Poll: 52% of Americans Favor Neutral US Stance on Lebanon War
- Probe: Marines Concealed Haditha Evidence
- 10 Afghan Police Officers Die in Accidental Coalition Bombing
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"There Are No Hereditary Kings in America" - Judge Rules NSA Warrantless Spy Program Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Detroit has ruled that the Bush administration’s warrantless surveillance program is unconstitutional and must be halted. In her 43-page ruling, U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor wrote “There are no hereditary kings in America and no powers not created by the Constitution.” We speak with constitutional law attorney Glenn Greenwald. [includes rush transcript]
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Can Journalists Be Prosecuted for Receiving Classified Information?
A federal judge ruled last week that private citizens could be prosecuted if the government decides they have received or disclosed information harmful to national security. We take a look at the significance of the ruling and its implication for investigative journalists. [includes rush transcript]
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"More Propaganda Than Plot" - Former British Ambassador on Alleged UK Terror Plot
Questions have been raised over whether British authorities were pressured by the United States to make the arrests last week in the alleged terror plot to blow up transatlantic airliners. We speak with former British ambassador Craig Murray who says, “The one thing of which I am certain is that the timing is deeply political. This is more propaganda than plot.” [includes rush transcript]
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Arrest Warrants Issued for Over 50 Grassroots Leaders in Oaxaca, Mexico
We go to Oaxaca in southern Mexico where over 50 arrest warrants have been issued for grassroots leaders who have mobilized to demand that the state governor be removed. In June, Oaxaca’s governor, Ulises Ruiz, ordered a police crackdown on more than 70,000 teachers on strike, who had staged an encampment in the city center. [includes rush transcript]
