RECENT SHOWS
Friday, October 03, 2008
- Headlines
- Amy Goodman Among 4 Recipients of 2008 Right Livelihood Award, Known as the “Alternative Nobel”
- Third Party VP Candidates Matt Gonzalez and Rosa Clemente Respond to Biden-Palin Debate
- Wary of Public Outcry, Revised $800B Wall St. Bailout Stuffed with Earmarks to Sway Election-Year Incumbents
Thursday, October 02, 2008
- Headlines
- Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz: Bail Out Wall Street Now, Change Terms Later
- No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates
- “The Age of the Warrior”: Robert Fisk on the US Elections, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Israel-Palestine
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
BLOG
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Press Coverage of the Right Livelihood Award
Amy Goodman, first journalist to win the “Alternative Nobel”
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Amy Goodman’s Latest Column: “Invasion of the Sea-Smurfs”
A little-noticed story surfaced a couple of weeks ago in the Army Times newspaper about the 3rd Infantry Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. “Beginning Oct. 1 for 12 months,” reported Army Times staff writer Gina Cavallaro, “the 1st BCT will be under the day-to-day control of U.S. Army North, the Army service component of Northern Command, as an on-call federal response force for natural or manmade emergencies and disasters, including terrorist attacks.” Disturbingly, she writes that “they may be called upon to help with civil unrest and crowd control” as well.
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Amy Goodman First Journalist to Win “Alternative Nobel”
New York City, NY – Award-winning journalist and host of Democracy Now! Amy Goodman is the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely recognized as the world’s premier award for personal courage and social transformation. The annual prize, also known as the Alternative Nobel, will be awarded in the Swedish Parliament on December 8, 2008.
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“Incarceration Now!”: NPR’s On The Media Interviews Amy Goodman
Around 800 people were arrested during the four day Republican National Convention earlier this month. Dozens were reporters, and one was Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman, who argues the arrests have a chilling effect on journalists.
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“Troy Davis and the Supreme Decision”
Troy Anthony Davis was scheduled to die by lethal injection Tuesday. Two hours before the state of Georgia was to execute him, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay until Monday. It had earlier agreed to hear Davis’ case on Sept. 29, but Georgia set his execution date six days before the hearing.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Charges Dropped Against DN! Journalists–Investigation Needed
The St. Paul City Attorney’s office announced Friday it will not prosecute Democracy Now! journalists Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar. St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman also issued a statement Friday that “the city will decline to prosecute misdemeanor charges for presence at an unlawful assembly for journalists arrested during the Republican National Convention.”
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Associated Press: “Reporters arrested at GOP convention: No charges”
ST. PAUL, Minn.–Charges will be dropped against journalists who were arrested during the Republican National Convention protests and cited with unlawful assembly.
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Current (Public TV/Radio Newspaper) reports on the arrests of Democracy Now! producers at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul
Videos of the Sept. 1 arrests of Democracy Now! producers in St. Paul, Minn., spread chilling evidence that police were making no distinction between the protestors outside the Republican National Convention and working journalists covering their activities.
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Thursday, April 17, 2008
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Headlines
- 20 Palestinians & 3 Israelis Killed in Gaza
- Israeli Troops Kill Reuters Cameraman
- US Military Releases AP Photographer Held for Two Years In Iraq
- Supreme Court Upholds Lethal Injections
- Pope Expresses Deep Shame Over Sexual Abuse Scandal
- 400 Detained in Immigration Raids
- Groups Call for Rice to Resign Over Role in Approving Torture
- Mistrial Declared Again in Miami Terror Case
- Report: Netanyahu Says 9/11 Has Been Good for Israel
- Nigeria Releases US Filmmakers
- Tim Robbins Slams State of Broadcasting at NAB Meeting
- More Headlines…
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ABC News Coming Under Criticism for Focus of Obama, Clinton Debate
ABC News is coming under intense criticism for its handling of Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Pennsylvania. During the first forty-five minutes of the debate, the moderators focused on Senator Barack Obama’s comments that some voters in Pennsylvania were bitter, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, Senator Hillary Clinton’s Bosnia “sniper fire” story, flag pins and the Weather Underground, before later turning to the issues. We play highlights of the debate. [includes rush transcript]
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Nader's Running Mate Matt Gonzalez on the Dems, the War and the Strategy for November
We speak with independent vice-presidential candidate, Matt Gonzalez, who is running on Ralph Nader’s ticket in November. Gonzalez is a San Francisco-based attorney and the former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In 2003, he ran for mayor of San Francisco on the Green Party ticket but lost in a close race to Democrat Gavin Newsom. [includes rush transcript]
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Law Professor Lawrence Lessig on Net Neutrality, the Rise of Google and His "Change Congress" Project to Take on Corruption in Washington
Renowned Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig is one of the world’s leading figures in the field of cyberlaw. He joins us for a conversation about today’s FCC hearing on net neutrality; Creative Commons; the rise of Google and its efforts to influence public policy; and Change Congress, his most recent project to take on corruption in Washington. [includes rush transcript]
