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Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Headlines
- As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation with Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi
- Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip-Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
- Headlines
- 1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country and the World
- Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the “United States of Amnesia”
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Whistle-Blower Points to Target List in U.S. Attack on Hotel”
A veteran of Army intelligence has shed new light on the military’s 2003 shelling of the Palestine Hotel, a Baghdad home to many journalists, including two who were killed by that attack.
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“The U.S. War on Journalists”
Sami al-Haj is a free man today, after having been imprisoned by the U.S. military for more than six years. His crime: journalism. Targeting journalists, the Bush administration has engaged in direct assault, intimidation, imprisonment and information blackouts to limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. The principal target these past seven years has been Al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network based in Doha, Qatar.
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Democracy Now! Honored At Webby Awards
Democracy Now! has been selected as an Official Honoree at the 12th Annual Webby Awards in three categories: News, Political and Podcast.
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“Ticker Tape Ain’t Spaghetti”
Food riots are erupting around the world. Behind the hunger, behind the riots, are so-called free-trade agreements, and the brutal emergency-loan agreements imposed on poor countries by financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund.
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Amy Goodman on The Tavis Smiley Show on PBS
Amy Goodman appeared on The Tavis Smiley Show Thursday on PBS discussing her new book. Watch excerpts of the interview.
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“The Single-Payer Solution”
As the media coverage of the Democratic presidential race continues to focus on lapel pins and pastors, America is ailing.
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“The Orangeburg Massacre”
Sen. Barack Obama is clearly a bad bowler. But it was not too long ago that African-Americans were not allowed in some bowling alleys. In Orangeburg, S.C., three young African-American men were killed for protesting against that town’s segregated bowling alley.
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“A Torture Debate Among Healers”
The American Psychological Association is in the midst of its own heated presidential campaign. The central issue is whether APA members should be banned from participating in “harsh interrogations.”
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Podcasting & Torrents
2007 in Review
December 31, 2007: 2007 in Review: Power, Politics and Resistance Pt. 1
Part one of our special look back at 2007, including Saddam Hussein’s execution, the U.S. bombing of Somalia, the Appeal for Redress, Scooter Libby’s convicton, the firing of Don Imus, the Virginia Tech massacre, the rise of Blackwater, the death of Molly Ivins and Kurt Vonnegut, Michael Moore and “Sicko”, Greg Palast and Rep. Conyers on vulture funds, the Hamas-Fatah split in the Palestinian territories, the U.S. Social Forum and more.
Featuring the Voices of:
Joseph Wilson, Alan Johnston, Robert Bailey, Caseptla Bailey, Marcus Jones, Helen Thomas, President Bush, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Ward Churchill, Sen. Barack Obama, Marjorie Cohn, Nydesha Foster, Angela Hegarty, Amira Baraka, Nir Rosen, Camilo Mejia, Grace Paley, Alberto Gonzales, Sen. Larry Craig, Norman Finkelstein, President Jimmy Carter, Sen. Robert Byrd, Gen. David Petraeus, Rev. Al Sharpton, Alan Greenspan, Naomi Klein, Mark Canning, Rep, Danny Davis, Erik Prince, Sen. Ted Kennedy, Jeremy Scahill, Katie Redford, Yoko Ono, Bill McKibben, Maher Arar, John Tanner, Jonathan Paul, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Michael Mukasey, Desiree Anita Ali-Fairooz, Mark Klein, Evo Morales, Asma Jahangir, Wayne Barrett, John Edwards, Noam Chomsky. Desmond Tutu, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Nelson Mandela, Lou Dobbs, Mohamed ElBaradei, Michael Ratner, Mark Benjamin, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rajendra Pachauri, Al Gore, Jon Corzine, Benazir Bhutto, and more. [includes rush transcript] read more…
January 01, 2008: 2007 in Review: Power, Politics and Resistance Pt. 2
Part two of our special look back at 2007, including the Jena Six, the Petraeus report, the trial of Jose Padilla, Alberto Gonzales’s resignation, Alan Greenspan v. Naomi Klein, Michael Mukasey on waterboarding, Blackwater’s Massacre in Baghdad, Jimmy Carter on apartheid in the Palestinian territories, Al Gore and IPCC win the Nobel Peace Prize, the pro-democracy uprising in Burma, the firing of Norman Finkelstein and Ward Churchill, New Jersey abolishes the death penalty, the assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto and more.
Featuring the Voices of:
Nancy Pelosi, Cindy Sheehan President Bush, Sgt. Ronn Cantu, Leslie Cagan, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Zanku Armenian, Molly Ivins, Sami Al-Arian, Laila Al-Arian, Greg Palast, Rep. John Conyers, Salim Lone, Patrick Fitzgerald, Murray Waas
Dennis Kucinich, Jeremy Scahill, Don Imus, Rev. Al Sharpton, Bill McKibben, Louise Melling, Alberto Gonzales, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Seymour Hersh, Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Ernesto Arce, Paul Rusesabegina, Don Cheadle, Sen. Daniel Akaka, General John Batiste, Majid and 9 yr old son Kevan, Ricardo Alarcon, Tony Blair, Joan Baez, Tariq Ali, Studs Terkel, Ted Shaw, Mona El-Farra, Rocky Anderson, Michael Moore, Ali Abinumah, Vanessa Redgrave, Dennis Brutus, and more. [includes rush transcript] read more…
