ACTIVISM
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Democracy Now! August 9, 2002
ACTIVISTS DISRUPT CHENEY S SPEECH ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY/IMF ANNOUNCES IT WILL LEND BRAZIL $30 BILLION |The International Monetary Fund Will Lend Brazil $30 Billion: as Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill ends his Latin America tour, the IMF will lend debt-laden Brazil more than it has ever provided any other country. The Bush Administration s Plans…
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Democracy Now! August 20, 2002
WITCHHUNT AGAINST AIDS ACTIVIST GROUPS/FBI IS SUED/ THOUSANDS RALLY IN DC FOR REPARATIONS |9:00-9:01 Billboard: The Health Department launches a witchhunt against AIDS activists: groups that protested against Health Secretary Tommy Thompson at the AIDS conference in Barcelona are targeted. FBI is sued for hundreds of millions of dollars for shielding The Animal mobster and…
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Helen Caldicott And Michael Parenti In Dialogue (episode 3 of 12)
This recording is the first time that these two progressive movement activists have met in person. The conversation speaks to many of the important issues of the day: the Media Monopoly, the atrocities in Afghanistan and the Middle East, the Enron scandal, Bush’s good ol’ boy network, the potential for resistance and change thru activism.…
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April 20th [2002] March On Washington Highlights
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Democracy Now! April 19, 2002
Massacre in Jenin Refugee Camp ; MOTHER AGAPIA, a nun outside Jerusalem and sister of George Stephanopoulos ; coalition of activists in DC; discussion with leaders A20 Mobilization. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:15 A LIVE REPORT FROM THE THIRD GROUND ZERO: A MASSACRE REVEALED AS PALESTINIANS SEARCH FOR THEIR LOVED ONES AMIDST…
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Democracy Now! April 22, 2002
Demonstrations in Washington DC this weekend against the Israeli occupation, the war against Afghanistan, us military aid to Colombia, and the policies of the World Bank and the IMF. anti immigrant politician beats socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin in the first round of Frances presidential elections. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: STORY: FRANCE REELS AS FAR-RIGHT, ANTI-IMMIGRANT CANDIDATE…
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Democracy Now! April 23, 2002
Activists slip nto Yasser Arafats compound, Siege around Church of Nativity in Bethlehem, Activists mount a campaign against Microsoft, Debate on the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: CLEAR SKIES, OR NO SKIES? THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND EARTH DAY Yesterday was Earth Day. To mark the occasion, Former oil executive President Bush spent the…
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Democracy Now! February 26, 2002
An hour with activist-comedian DICK GREGORY, live from our firehouse studio. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 DICK GREGORY LIVE FROM DEMOCRACY NOW! He was jailed and beaten by Birmingham police for parading without a permit in 1963. He took a bullet in the knee while trying to calm a crowd during the Watts…
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Democracy Now! February 27, 2002
Crackdown on civil liberties continues with more than a thousand Arab and south-Asian nationals detained indefinitely without trial, charge, or legal rights : look at one of the disappeared: A Muslim religious leader who has been held in solitary confinement for more than two months : should the government play matchmaker? A day after Bush…
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Democracy Now! February 28, 2002
AUDIO TOUR THROUGH 50 YEARS OF PACIFICA HISTORY : Bush administration to spend millions on new computer systems to keep tabs on foreign students and visitors : a history of intelligence and security culture in the activist community from the co-author of the Cointelpro papers. [Network Tranmitter Fund Drive Day] |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES STORY: ISRAELI KNESSET…