AFGHANISTAN
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Democracy Now! Ju;y 02, 2002
NEW YORK JUDGE DECLARES THE FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY UNCONSTITUTIONAL /US BOMBS A WEDDING PARTY IN AFGHANISTAN |Today we’ll hear from Masuda Sultan, an Afghan-American woman who lost 19 members of her family during US military strikes on Afghanistan. The US bombs a wedding party in Afghanistan. The death toll: estimates range between 40 and 250.…
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Democracy Now! Ju;y 03, 2002
INTERVIEW WITH AN ANONYMOUS JUROR IN THE ORIGINAL ABNER LOUIMA CONSPIRACY TRIAL/CLAIMS THAT A US GUNSHIP ATTACKED AN AFGHAN WEDDING PARTY |Was Officer Charles Schwarz in the bathroom when Justin Volpe assaulted Abner Louima? Today we replay excerpts of an exclusive interview with an anonymous juror in the original Abner Louima conspiracy trial as the…
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Democracy Now! June 11 , 2002
TRIBAL LEADERS POUR INTO KABULTO BEGIN THE LOYA JIRGA PROCESS THAT WILL DETERMINE AFGHANISTANS FUTURE |Date: June 11, 2002 CO-HOST: JUAN GONZALEZ 9:00-9:01 Billboard: Delegates at Afghanistan’s Loya Jirga threaten to walk out in fury after the former king Mohammed Zahir Shah announces he will not be a candidate for head of state. The US…
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Democracy Now! June 14 , 2002
AS HAMID KARZAI IS ELECTED HEAD OF STATE AND THE LOYA JIRGA COMES TO A CLOSE, AFGHAN WOMEN SEEK A VOICE |9:00-9:01 Billboard: The Human Rights Watch Film Festival opens in New York: we’ll talk to two filmmakers. The director of “Missing Young Woman” discusses the terrible secret of a small Mexican town hundreds of…
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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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Democracy Now! January 4, 2002
MICHAEL MOORE HAILS GEORGE W BUSH THE ‘CONQUEROR OF EVILDOERS’ ; LEAD ACTOR OF THE MOVIE KANDAHAR . |Democracy NOW! in Exile SECOND HOUR NEWS HEADLINES Story: MICHAEL MOORE HAILS GEORGE W BUSH THE ‘CONQUEROR OF EVILDOERS’ Film-maker Michael Moore recently wrote a letter to President George W Bush about his first year as President.…
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Democracy Now! April 17, 2002
Marwan Barghouti, is captured by the Israeli military; portions of a rare interview with him. Occupied Territories ;the war in Afghanistan rages on ; Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan in Pakistan, Human Rights Watch, Paying for the Talibans Crimes; : Abuses Against Ethnic Pashtuns in Northern Afghanistan. interview with an Afghan man bombed…
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Democracy Now! March 15, 2002
Interview with RALPH NADER about fuel efficiency, anthrax, Afghanistan, healthcare, and the corporate elite: Robert Mugabes victory in Zimbabwes presidential elections |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES MILOSEVIC CROSS-EXAMINES NATO LEADER AT HAGUE GUEST: LJILJANA SMAJLOVIC, is a leading Serbian journalist with the weekly magazine NIN. She joins us by phone from Belgrade. 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 ROBERT…
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Democracy Now! March 18, 2002
World-renowned founder of peace studies, JOHAN GALTUNG on the lessons of war. As Vice President Dick Cheney tours Arab nations to drum up support for a US attack on Iraq, he meets rebuff after rebuff |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES STORY: More Than 300,000 Protest Against EU Summit Hundreds of thousands of people marched through the streets of…