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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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Friday, April 18, 2008
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Headlines
- Report: 300,000 Iraq & Afghan Vets Suffer PTSD & Depression
- Suicide Bomber Kills 50 Iraqis at Funeral
- US Builds Wall Around Sadr City
- Pentagon Report: Iraq War Is a “Major Debacle”
- US to Release Iraqi Prisoners, Teach Them About Islam
- Kenya Swears in Power-Sharing Government
- Pope Meets with Sex Abuse Victims
- Amnesty Calls for Probe into Civilian Deaths in Gaza
- Carter Heads to Syria to Meet with Hamas Leader
- Merrill Lynch to Eliminate 4,000 Jobs
- Bank of America Ends Private Student Loan Business
- Barrick Gold Threatens Canadian Book Publisher
- Rep. Frank Introduces Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
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Executions to Resume Following Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Lethal Injections
Several states have announced plans to resume carrying out executions by lethal injection after a major Supreme Court ruling on Wednesday. In a seven-to-two decision, the Court upheld Kentucky’s method of execution by lethal injection. We speak with the founder of the Texas Coalition Against the Death Penalty, David Atwood. [includes rush transcript]
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Great American Hypocrites: Glenn Greenwald on the Corporate Media's Failures in the 2008 Race
ABC News is coming under intense criticism for its handling of Wednesday night’s Democratic debate in Pennsylvania. During the first forty-five minutes of the debate, the moderators Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos focused on Obama’s comments that some voters in Pennsylvania were bitter, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, Clinton’s Bosnia “sniper fire” story, flag pins and the Weather Underground. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, author of Great American Hypocrites: Toppling the Big Myths of Republican Politics. [includes rush transcript]
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No Bases for Empire: International Activists Organize Against US Foreign Bases in Their Backyards
The United States maintains over 700 military bases in dozens of countries across the globe. We speak with two international activists who are in the US for a speaking tour as part of a campaign called “No Bases for Empire.” Jan Tamas, from the Czech Republic, is the founder of the No Bases Initiative, a coalition against the proposed US missile system in Eastern Europe. Olivier Bancoult is with the Chagos Refugee Group. He was expelled from his native Diego Garcia when he was four years old. The US has operated a military base there since British forces expelled native islanders in the early 1970s. [includes rush transcript]
