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Wednesday, July 02, 2008
- Headlines
- Forty Years After Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, US Tops World in Nuke Arsenal
- Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War
- Obama Pledges to Expand Bush Program to Funnel Federal Money to Religious Groups
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
- Headlines
- Pakistan Military Offensive in Khyber Region Enters Fourth Day
- Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands Reaches New High
- Dozens of Minutemen Confront Day-Laborers Gathered For Work in Aurora, CO
- Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at JFK
Monday, June 30, 2008
- Headlines
- Hersh: Congress Agreed to Bush Request to Fund Major Escalation in Secret Operations Against Iran
- Affirmative Action on Ballot in Three States: A Debate
- Police, Firefighters, Utility Workers Among Hundreds Trained as “Terrorism Liaison Officers”
- ACLU Sues Denver for Security Equipment Details Ahead of DNC
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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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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “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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“Obama Strikes a Chord With a Disaffected Republican”
David Iglesias is an evangelical, Hispanic Republican—yes, that one, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico—and he has positive things to say about Barack Obama.
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“Utah Phillips Has Left the Stage”
“Utah” Phillips died this week at the age of 73. He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler, playing guitar and singing almost forgotten songs of the dispossessed and the downtrodden, and keeping alive the memory of labor heroes like Emma Goldman, Joe Hill and the Industrial Workers of the World, “the Wobblies,” in a society that too soon forgets.
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Friday, March 7, 2008
Headlines
- Palestinian Gunman Kills Eight Israeli Seminary Students
- Libya Blocks UN Resolution for Not Citing Gaza Deaths
- 68 Die in Twin Bombing in Baghdad
- Bush: Congress Has No Say in Long-Term Security Deal with Iraq
- Price of Oil Reaches New High; Dollar Sinks to New Low
- Credit Card Debt Approaches $800 Billion
- 40,000 March in Colombia Against Victims of State Crimes
- War Contractor KBR Dodges Taxes
- Victor “The "Merchant of Death” Bout Arrested on Arms Trafficking Charges
- Report: Women Earn 16% Less than Male Counterparts
- Congress Bars Gov’t Funds for Native American Abortions
- Danticat & Washington Win National Book Award
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Could Michigan and Florida Decide the Democratic Presidential Race?
Florida and Michigan could go from having no voice in the Democratic presidential primary to providing the deciding votes. Both states have already held their nominating contests, but the Democratic National Committee refuses to seat their delegates after they moved up their primary dates. Now calls are increasing for the two states to hold a re-vote. On Thursday, Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean called for a do-over but said the DNC would not foot the bill. We speak with John Nichols of The Nation. [includes rush transcript]
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McCain Embraces Endorsement from Anti-Catholic, Anti-Gay, Anti-Muslim Televangelist John Hagee
Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain has openly embraced the endorsement of controversial televangelist John Hagee, the founder of Christians United for Israel and the senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas. Hagee has come under criticism for his views on homosexuality, Islam, the Catholic Church and even the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We speak with Sarah Posner, author of God’s Profits: Faith Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters. [includes rush transcript]
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Irish Activist Deirdre McAliskey on International Women's Day & Role of Women in Irish Peace Process
Saturday is International Women’s Day, held on March 8th every year since 1975. Origins date back to the early twentieth century. On February 28, 1909, the Socialist Party of America held the first National Women’s Day in honor of the 1908 garment workers’ strike here in New York. On Saturday, women are expected to lead gatherings and demonstrations worldwide. Today, we speak with Irish activist Deirdre McAliskey. [includes rush transcript]
