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
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- 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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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Headlines
- Castro Steps Down as Cuban Leader
- Musharraf’s Party Loses Seats in Pakistani Elections
- U.S. Recognizes Independent Kosovo
- 36 Die in Afghan Suicide Bombing
- Wisconsin, Hawaii Hold Primaries
- Bush: No Link Between Economy, Iraq War
- “Dossier” Author: Britain Was “Wrong” on Iraq
- U.S. to Keep AFRICOM in Germany
- St. Paul Orders Taser Weapons Ahead of RNC
- U.S. Court Shuts Down Whistleblower Site
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Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuban President
Fidel Castro announced today he is resigning as Cuban president, ending forty-nine years in office. In a statement, the eighty-one-year-old Castro wrote, “It would betray my conscience to take up a responsibility that requires mobility and total devotion, that I am not in a physical condition to offer.” We speak to Peter Kornbluh, director of the Cuba Documentation Project at the National Security Archive. [includes rush transcript]
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Democratic Race Heats Up as Wisconsin Holds Deadlocked Primary
John Nichols of The Nation magazine joins us from Wisconsin, where voters go to polls today in possibly the tightest contest in the Democratic race since Super Tuesday. Sen. Hillary Clinton is hoping to end Sen. Barack Obama’s string of eight straight victories over the past two weeks. [includes rush transcript]
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Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt's Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections
In Pakistan, voters have handed President General Pervez Musharraf’s ruling party an overwhelming defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections. We go to Pakistan to speak to columnist Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Fatima has been critical both of Bhutto’s party, which she says committed fraud in Monday’s vote, and of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. [includes rush transcript]
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Kosovo's Independence: Genuine Liberation or Front for US-NATO Expansion?
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Monday. The move was welcomed by the United States, Turkey and some European Union countries Monday, even as it was sharply condemned by Serbia, Russia, China and Spain. While supporters have welcomed the decree as an act of liberation, critics call the move a front for advancing US-NATO aims. We host a debate between George Szamuely, a New York-based writer and longtime commentator on the Balkans, and Isa Blumi, professor of Middle East and Balkan history and a former member of the Kosovar provisional government. [includes rush transcript]
