ACTIVISM

  • Democracy Now! December 4, 2002

    Renowned anti-war icon Philip Berrigan is quietly dying at home surrounded by family and friends from the Jonah House resistance community in Baltimore: we talk with his son and daughter who are by his bedside and rebroadcast a 1998 Democracy Now! interview w/ the militant Catholic peace activist in federal prison |9:00-9:01 9:01-9:05 Headlines 9:05-9:06…

  • Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

    Hour 1: Radiation is 1,000 Times the Normal Levels Where US Troops Used Depleted Uranium Shells in Baghdad INTRO: a discussion with the Christian Science Monitor s Scott Peterson, who visited four randomly chosen sites in Baghdad and reports that while women and children haven t been warned, US troops have orders to avoid the…

  • Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

    Right wing media strives to have Danny Glover Dropped as MCI spokesperson; Michael Franti: On government surveillance and the role of artists in a time of war; A House Committee unanimously approves a modified Bush Bioshield : is it to protect the American people, or the pharmaceutical industry? |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:07 Headlines 9:07-9:08 One Minute…

  • Democracy Now! May 21, 2003

    Hour 1: Rupert Murdoch’s Digital Death Star : As FCC prepares to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Rupert Murdoch s News Corp is already moving in on DirecTV; Is the Jayson Blair Affair the Low Point in New York Times 150-Year History?; Cuba: The Next Regime Change? Florida Governor Jeb…

  • Democracy Now! May 21, 2003

    St. Louis Police Stage a Pre-emptive Strike and Arrest 27 Activists Prior to Demonstration; New York Times reporter, Chris Hedges was booed off the stage and had his mic cut twice as he delivered a graduation speech on war and empire at Rockford College in Illinois |9:00-9:01 Billboard: 9:01-9:06: The activist community in St. Louis…

  • Democracy Now! May 26, 2003

    Hour 1: Memorial Day Special: We speak with a group of Ploughshares activists. For years these Catholics have tried to raise awareness about the brutality of war and how specific warships, weapons, and bases are complicit in the killing of innocent civilians; Three Dominican nuns await sentencing for damaging nuclear site in Colorado; Five members…

  • Democracy Now! May 5, 2003

    Patriot Raid: Citing homeland security & Patriot Act, INS raids NYC restaurant, questions staff at gunpoint and detains patrons; Operation Homeland Resistance: As immigration detainees complain about mistreatment in jail, a coalition of activists plan new campaign to oppose the war at home; As the US considers normalizing relation with the Indonesian army, we talk…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

    Is it to protect mothers, or undermine Roe v. Wade? As Mother’s Day approaches, we’ll hear about one of the latest bills Republicans have introduced; Mothers in Prison: 2 million children in the US have a parent in jail; we’ll hear children reading their Mother’s Day Cards to their moms in prison; Mothers As Activists:…