ACTIVISM

  • Democracy Now! April 16, 2003

    Hour 1: The unexploded bombs of Baghdad: Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson reveals how cluster bombs are still killing Iraqis; When you add up the corruption, moral, and human costs (of war) they far out weigh the dollar costs, and the dollar costs are astronomical : former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney speaks out on…

  • Democracy Now! April 16, 2003

    U.S. Marines raid the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad: We go to the Iraqi capital to speak with a reporter inside the hotel; We believe your very public criticism of President Bush at this important — and sensitive — time in our nation’s history helps undermine the U.S. position, which ultimately could put our troops in…

  • Democracy Now! October 3, 2002

    Seven-time Emmy Award winner and former Screen Actor s Guild President Ed Asner talks about his life of political activism and his opposition to war; Musician/playwright Oscar Brown Jr., Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad and Miles Solay of Refuse and Resist, join Ed Asner for a roundtable discussion on the Not In Our Name movement |9:00-9:01…

  • Democracy Now! October 7, 2002

    Lula Takes Big Lead in Brazil: Leftist candidate from the Workers Party narrowly misses 50 percent vote forcing presidential run-off; Not In Our Name: More than 20,000 gather in New York s Central Park. We hear from Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), director Mira Nair, actor Tim Robbins, hip-hop poet Saul Williams and Afghan-American Shokriea Yaghi,…

  • Democracy Now! October 8, 2002

    Bush wants war: The President addresses the nation from Cincinnati as thousands protest in the streets outside. A response from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Jay Bookman, Deputy editorial page editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Cincinnati protester Sister Alice Gerdeman; Talkback to War: As millions across the globe continue to speak out against war, we hear…

  • Democracy Now! October 17, 2002

    The World s Most Dangerous Man : Those were the words of Henry Kissinger to describe Daniel Ellsberg, the man who risked his life to expose the Pentagon Papers, a 7,000 page top secret study of decision-making in Vietnam. We talk to him for an hour on how he went from being a Pentagon official…

  • Democracy Now! April 8, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV offices in Baghdad killing one: We talk to Jihad Ballout from Al Jazeera; A president, viceroy, governor or sheriff? A look at Jay Garner, the U.S. general and defense contractor who is slated to versee post-war Iraq. Hour 2: Over 1,000 protest in Northern Ireland…

  • Democracy Now! April 9, 2003

    Looting breaks out near Baghdad as the presence of the Iraqi government diminishes: We talk to AFP reporter Ezzadin Said in the Palestine Hotel; 80 dissidents arrested in Cuba in most widespread political crackdown since the 1960s: A debate between the Cuban embassy and the wife of a jailed journalist. |Story: LOOTING BREAKS OUT NEAR…

  • Democracy Now! October 2, 2002

    Bush’s single-bullet theory assassinate Saddam Hussein: international human rights attorneys Michael Ratner and Reed Brody respond to Bush s press secretary Ari Fleischer s call to kill; Police spying: New York police seeks court approval to monitor political activists; Denver opens hundreds of spy files collected from illegal monitoring of citizens; Police crack down on…

  • Democracy Now! August 7, 2002

    POSTAL WORKERS SAY NO TO OPERATION TIPS/ THE HOLLYWOOD HACKING BILL |US Postal Workers Say No To Operation TIPS: The Justice Department will recruit 1 million Americans in 10 pilot cities to create a citizen spy network. The Hollywood Hacking Bill: A proposal in Congress to give corporations the right to hack into personal computers.…