September 2011 Archive
Friday, September 30, 2011
- Headlines for September 30, 2011
- With Death of Anwar al-Awlaki, Has U.S. Launched New Era of Killing U.S. Citizens Without Charge?
- "American Teacher": New Film Rebuts Vilification of Underpaid, Dedicated Public School Teachers
- Inside Occupy Wall Street: A Tour of Activist Encampment at the Heart of Growing Protest
Thursday, September 29, 2011
- Headlines for September 29, 2011
- Michael Moore: Man Interviewed by Democracy Now! on Troy Davis Execution Inspired My Georgia Boycott
- Michael Moore: Health Insurers Use Costlier Premiums to Fund Campaigns Against Critics Like Me
- Michael Moore Backs Call to Reopen Investigation of 9/11 Attacks
- Nobel Peace Prize, Right Livelihood Winner Wangari Maathai (1940-2011)
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
- Headlines for September 28, 2011
- "Something Has Started": Michael Moore on the Occupy Wall St. Protests that Could Spark a Movement
- "Here Comes Trouble": Michael Moore Tells the Formative Tales Behind His Filmmaking, Rabble-Rousing
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
- Headlines for September 27, 2011
- U.S. Continues to Back Afghan Warlord Linked to 2006 Massacre and Torture of Prisoners
- Shock Doctrine at U.S. Postal Service: Is a Manufactured Crisis Behind Push Toward Privatization?
- Video Report from Libya: "I Never Expected We Would Be Free"
Monday, September 26, 2011
- Headlines for September 26, 2011
- Freed U.S. Hiker Shane Bauer: Iranian Guards Cited Guantánamo, CIA Prisons to Justify Mistreatment
- Occupy Wall Street Protest Enters Second Week; 80 Arrested at Peaceful March
- Martina Correia on Execution of Troy Davis: "My Brother’s Fight Will Continue"
Friday, September 23, 2011
- Headlines for September 23, 2011
- Debate: Does U.N. Statehood Bid Advance or Undermine Palestinian Struggle?
- "Confidence Men" Author Ron Suskind Responds to Obama Admin’s Fiery Denials about Financial Crisis
Thursday, September 22, 2011
- Headlines for September 22, 2011
- Democracy Now! Special Report from Troy Davis Execution: Did Georgia Kill an Innocent Man?
- Freed in Iran: U.S. Hikers Urge Freedom for All Political Prisoners
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
- Headlines for September 21, 2011
- Fate of Troy Anthony Davis Hangs in the Balance as Supporters Seek Last-Minute Halt to Execution
- Grandson of Murdered Detective/Father of Slain Daughter Speaks Out for Troy Davis, Against Execution
- "Troy Davis, I Have Been Where You Are": Ex-Death Rowers Fight System that Nearly Took Their Lives
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- Headlines for September 20, 2011
- Troy Davis Set To Be Executed on Wednesday After Georgia Pardons Board Denies Clemency
- Rev. Jesse Jackson on Taxing the Rich, Occupy Wall Street Protest and Palestinian Statehood
- "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell" Ban on Gay and Lesbians in the U.S. Military is Lifted
- Court Ruling Backs Ecuadorian Effort to Hold Chevron Accountable for Amazon Pollution
Monday, September 19, 2011
- Headlines for September 19, 2011
- "Occupy Wall Street": Thousands March in NYC Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment
- David Graeber: The Debt of the American Poor Should Be Forgiven
- "They Just Started Shooting Us from Everywhere": Scores of Protesters Killed in Yemen
- Noam Chomsky on the Legality of NATO’s Bombing of Libya and the Scramble for Oil
- Noam Chomsky: The U.S. & Israel Strongly Oppose "Rise of Any Meaningful Democracy" in Middle East
- Noam Chomsky: 2012 GOP Candidates Views are "Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior"
Friday, September 16, 2011
- Headlines for September 16, 2011
- Obama Admin Faces Controversy over Rushed $535 Million Backing of Failed Solar Power Firm, Solyndra
- Over 500,000 Sign Petition to Stop Georgia Execution of Troy Davis
- Troy Davis’s Sister: "The Fight for Troy Has Brought Us a Whole New Family All Over the World"
- 40 Years After Attica Rebellion, New Tapes Reveal Nixon, Rockefeller Praised Deadly Crackdown
Thursday, September 15, 2011
- Headlines for September 15, 2011
- Former Senator Bob Graham Urges Obama to Reopen Investigation into Saudi Role in 9/11 Attacks
- Genocide-Linked General Otto Pérez Molina Poised to Become Guatemala’s Next President
- "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator": New Film Tracks Struggle for Justice After Guatemalan Genocide
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
- Headlines for September 14, 2011
- After Gaddafi’s Fall, A Revitalized Libya Tackles Militarization, Reconciliation & NATO’s Presence
- Mahmood Mamdani on Libya, an African Union in "Crisis" & the Outlook for South Sudan
- GOP Candidate Ron Paul: "We’re Under Great Threat Because We Occupy So Many Countries"
- U.S. Census Reports Reveals One in Six Americans Are Poor, One in Five Children Live in Poverty
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
- Headlines for September 13, 2011
- Noam Chomsky on the 9/11 Decade and the Assassination of Osama bin Laden: Was There an Alternative?
- Noam Chomsky on the U.S. Economic Crisis: Joblessness, Excessive Military Spending and Healthcare
- Noam Chomsky: U.S. to Veto Palestinian Statehood Bid Despite "Overwhelming International Consensus"
Monday, September 12, 2011
- Headlines for September 12, 2011
- From One Ground Zero to Another: Sister of 9/11 Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost Family in U.S. Bombing
- Ten Years After 9/11, Little-Known Sikh Community Still Target of Violence and Harassment
- Attica Is All of Us: Cornel West on 40th Anniversary of Attica Prison Rebellion
Friday, September 09, 2011
- Headlines for September 09, 2011
- Obama Jobs Plan Bolder than Expected, But Is It Enough?
- Rebuilt Ground Zero Billed as National Symbol, But Costly Construction Projects Outsourced Overseas
- As Study Links 9/11 Debris to Cancer, Details Emerge on How Officials Downplayed Ground Zero Dangers
Thursday, September 08, 2011
- Headlines for September 08, 2011
- Texas Faces Massive Wildfires, Record Drought as Gov. Rick Perry Denies Existence of Global Warming
- Epitaph for Another 9/11: Renown Writer Ariel Dorfman on 1973 U.S.-Backed Coup in Chile
- A Fateful Day: 9/11 Also Marks Important Anniversaries in India, Guatemala, Haiti and Attica, NY
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
- Headlines for September 07, 2011
- Libyan Rebels Try to Stabilize Tripoli as Weapons from Gaddafi Compounds Go Missing
- Discovered Files Show U.S., Britain Had Extensive Ties with Gaddafi Regime on Rendition, Torture
- Smog v. Jobs: Is Obama Admin Endangering U.S. Environment, Public Health with Retreat on Smog Standards?
Tuesday, September 06, 2011
- Headlines for September 06, 2011
- Video of U.N. Peacekeepers’ Sexual Assault of Haitian Prompts Calls to Focus on Post-Quake Rebuilding
- "Fear, Inc." Exposes the So-Called Experts and Donors Behind Islamophobia in the United States
- Saint of 9/11: Remembering NY Fire Chaplain Mychal Judge, Gay Catholic Priest Killed at WTC
Monday, September 05, 2011
- Headlines for September 05, 2011
- British Rocker Billy Bragg on Labor Strikes and Songs, Activism, and the Murdoch Hacking Scandal
Friday, September 02, 2011
- Headlines for September 02, 2011
- U.S. Wasting Billions While Tripling No-Bid Contracts After Decade of War in Iraq, Afghanistan
- As Turkey Freezes Israel Ties, Critics Decry "Whitewashed" U.N. Report on Gaza Flotilla, Blockade
- In Wake of Irene, Rural New Yorkers Turn to Community-Run "Watershed Post" Website as Prime News Hub
Thursday, September 01, 2011
By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]


