Pacifica National Programming

Democracy Now! May 12, 2003

There are two ways that Empire spreads its tentacles one is with cruise missiles and daisy cutters the other is with the IMF checkbook. : Today, on Democracy Now! we spend the hour with acclaimed Indian author Arundhati Roy

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:10 Headlines 9:10-9:11 One Minute Music Break 9:11-9:20: She was born in 1959 in Shillong, India. She studied architecture in New Delhi, where she now lives, and has worked as a film designer, actor, and screenplay writer in India. She is the author of the novel The God of Small Things, for which she received the 1997 Booker Prize.

Democracy Now! May 12, 2003

Israel raids ISM headquarters & bars peace activists from Gaza and Palestine; The Right Reverend Paul Moore 1919-2003; Bombing in Philippines kills 10: We hear from Filipino journalist Luis Francia

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: On Friday, Israel forces raided the West Bank offices of the International Solidarity Movement, an non-violent organization that often organizes international volunteers to act as human shields between Palestinians and Israeli forces.

Democracy Now! May 12, 2003

Hour 1: Israel raids ISM headquarters & bars peace activists from Gaza and Palestine; The Right Reverend Paul Moore 1919-2003; Bombing in Philippines kills 10: We hear from Filipino journalist Luis Francia Hour 2: There are two ways that Empire spreads its tentacles one is with cruise missiles and daisy cutters the other is with the IMF checkbook. : Today, on Democracy Now!

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: On Friday, Israel forces raided the West Bank offices of the International Solidarity Movement, an non-violent organization that often organizes international volunteers to act as human shields between Palestinians and Israeli forces.

Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

Is it to protect mothers, or undermine Roe v. Wade?

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20: Sunday is Mother s Day. Most people don t know this, but the holiday is ancient, dating back millennia. The earliest Mother's Day celebrations in Western History can be traced back to the spring celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of the Rhea, the Mother of the Gods.

Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded Knee II, 30 years later: American Indian Movement ended its occupation of the vil

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One-minute music break 8:07-8:20: The time was 1:30 in the morning. It was in a small town in Vermont. A local police officer was snapping photographs. Collecting evidence. This hardly makes for an interesting story. Except the uniformed officer was in room 211 of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont.

Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

Hour 1: Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded Knee II, 30 years later: American Indian Movement ended its occupation of

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One-minute music break 8:07-8:20: The time was 1:30 in the morning. It was in a small town in Vermont. A local police officer was snapping photographs. Collecting evidence. This hardly makes for an interesting story. Except the uniformed officer was in room 211 of Spaulding High School in Barre, Vermont.

Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz secretly create new Pentagon-based intelligence unit: Seymour Hersh examines the role the Office of Special Plans in the lead-up to invading Iraq; Harsh New York Rockefeller drug laws turn 30: Hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons & Anthony Papa who served 12 years for a first-time offense call for repeal of the laws; A look at how a single officer in Tulia Texas arreste

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:25: U.S. soldiers have uncovered a trailer in the northern Iraq town of Tall Kayf, which they believe could be a mobile weapons laboratory. But officials said more tests are needed before any conclusions could be reached.

Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

Looks like news, sounds like news but paid for by drug companies: Morley Safer of 60 Minutes introduced hundreds of fake news breaks broadcast on public television; CNN s Aaron Brown and CBS Walter Cronkite may back out after a news expose revealed the scheme; Global AIDS, TB and Malaria Fund facing massive shortfall in funding: the US has given $200 million out of a requested $3.5 billion per

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: We re going to play you a video piece which has appeared on public television around the country.

Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

Hour 1: Looks like news, sounds like news but paid for by drug companies: Morley Safer of 60 Minutes introduced hundreds of fake news breaks broadcast on public television; CNN s Aaron Brown and CBS Walter Cronkite may back out after a news expose revealed the scheme; Global AIDS, TB and Malaria Fund facing massive shortfall in funding: the US has given $200 million out of a requested $3.5 bil

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: We re going to play you a video piece which has appeared on public television around the country.

Democracy Now! May 7, 2003

Governments across Latin America have launched investigations after it has been revealed that a US company is obtaining personal information on millions of citizens in the region and selling it to the Bush administration. The company?

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20: U.S. is Buying Data on foreign citizens and Choicepoint is selling it. Governments across Latin America have launched investigations after it has been revealed that a US company is obtaining personal information on millions of citizens in the region and selling it to the Bush administration.

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