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Thursday, July 17, 2008
- Headlines
- Bailout for Mortgage Giants, IndyMac Bank Collapse, Dollar Hits New Low, Inflation at 26-Year High, Dow Falls Below 11K…A Look at the Financial Crisis
- Nelson Mandela Turns 90
- Spike Lee to Film Tony Award-Winning Musical “Passing Strange” as Show Comes to a Close on Broadway
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
- Headlines
- Amory Lovins: Expanding Nuclear Power Makes Climate Change Worse
- Fmr. Chief Guantanamo Prosecutor Says Military Commissions “Not Justice”
- Singer-Songwriter Simone White Performing Live On Democracy Now!
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
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Democracy Now!–live from Aspen, CO
Democracy Now! and Free Speech TV team up with Aspen Public Access Channel, Grassroots TV, for historic national broadcast.
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“It’s Not the Man, It’s the Movement”
I was on a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado this week when Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter asked me, “Is Obama a sellout?” The question isn’t whether he is a sellout or not—it’s about what demands are made by grass-roots social movements of those who would represent them. The question is, who are these candidates responding to, answering to?
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“Funny Man in an Unfunny World”
The world lost one of its great comedians this week with the death at age 71 of George Carlin. Carlin had a career as a stand-up comic that spanned a half-century, in which he continually broke new ground, targeting those in power with his wit and genius.
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“Weather Reports Are Missing the Story”
While the TV meteorologists document “extreme weather” with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming.
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Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews
Amy Goodman on MSNBC’s Hardball, discussing the women’s vote in the 2008 election.
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“This Way to Better Media”
“This way to better media,” read the floor sign directing people through a skyway to the Minneapolis Convention Center. Thousands of people gathered there for the fourth National Conference for Media Reform, hosted by freepress.net. They came from all walks of life and all ages to address a central crisis in our society: our broken media system. I was one of the invited speakers.
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Headlines
- Burma Cyclone Toll Could Top 100,000
- Sadr City Residents Told to Flee Homes
- Report: 10M Children Die Yearly from Preventable Causes
- Vowing to Press On, Clinton Loans Campaign $6.5M
- McCain to Yield $7M at New York Fundraiser
- Independent Whistleblower Agency Targeted in FBI Raid
- FBI Withdraws National Security Letter Issued to Internet Archive
- Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Denying Benefits to Gay Couples
- Philadelphia Police Caught Beating Unarmed Victims
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200 Arrested in Massive Show of Civil Disobedience Over Police Acquittals in Killing of Sean Bell
More than 200 people have been arrested in a day of protest over acquittal of three police officers in the killing of Sean Bell. The twenty-three-year-old Bell died in a hail of fifty police bullets on the morning of what would have been his wedding day in November 2006. He was unarmed. On Wednesday, demonstrators halted traffic at six busy intersections in Manhattan and Brooklyn. [includes rush transcript]
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As Aid Delivery Arrives in Cyclone-Ravaged Burma, Fears Death Toll Could Top 100,000
The first major international delivery of aid has finally landed in Burma amidst new fears the death toll from this week’s cyclone could top 100,000. We speak to Jeremy Woodrum, co-founder of the US Campaign for Burma. [includes rush transcript]
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Former Senator George McGovern Switches Support from Clinton to Obama
Many political analysts say Tuesday’s primary results in North Carolina and Indiana make Senator Barack Obama the all-but-certain nominee. But Senator Hillary Clinton is vowing to press on with her presidential bid. We speak to former senator, Senator George McGovern, who has dropped his support of Clinton to endorse Obama. Senator McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and ran against Richard Nixon. [includes rush transcript]
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"Torture Team": British Attorney Philippe Sands on the White House Role in Sanctioning Torture
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to hold a series of hearings examining the Bush administration’s role in authorizing the illegal torture of prisoners in US custody at Guantanamo and elsewhere. We speak to British attorney and author, Philippe Sands, author of the new book Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values. On Tuesday, Sands testified before the House Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [includes rush transcript]
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"Economic Hit Man" John Perkins Recounts US Efforts to Block Nationalization of Panama Canal
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos was in Washington earlier this week to discuss a pending free trade agreement with the United States, where he drew praise from President Bush on winning national approval for the $5.2 billion expansion plan for the Panama Canal. But three decades ago the moves to nationalize the Panama Canal by President Torrijos’s father, General Omar Torrijos, met with enormous resistance in this country. [includes rush transcript]
