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  • Democracy Now! May 29, 2003

    Hour 1: No more Clear Channel! Stop the FCC Media Giveaway – Despite a national call for a delay, the FCC is poised to vote on media consolidation rules on June 2nd. Clear Channel has become the symbol of media consolidation, growing from a small-time operator of 40 stations to the nation’s largest radio station…

  • Democracy Now! May 29, 2003

    Part I of Democracy Now! s Special: Legendary Civil Rights Singers, Sweet Honey in the Rock. In the civil rights movement, in jails, in rallies, the sound was a way of announcing a community and anybody who walked toward you, including the police, would be walking into your sound, and they would get to you…

  • Democracy Now! September 19, 2001

    RAMSEY CLARK ON US WAR CRIMES [Replay of DN! October 16, 1998] |RAMSEY CLARK ON US WAR CRIMES [Replay of DN! October 16, 1998]

  • Democracy Now! October 21, 1998

    Paul Wellstone Goes Back to the Basics; Pinochet-Interview with Attorney Juan Garces |(33 Minutes) Paul Wellstone Goes Back to the Basics As one of the last progressives in a conservative Congress, Paul Wellstone (D-MN) recently addressed the bread and butter issues at a conference in Chicago entitled Back to the Basics. Sponsored by The Nation,…

  • Iraq Update; Sister Helen Prejean Speech

    (4 Minutes) Iraq Update An update from Baghdad on hunger and suffering among the Iraqi population. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now’s producer in Baghdad. (46 Minutes) Sister Helen Prejean Speech Sister Helen Prejean’s speech on the experiences of the people on death row. This speech was delivered on November 16, 1998 at the New York…

  • Democracy Now! October 16, 1998

    Ramsey Clark on US War Crimes |(50 Minutes) Ramsey Clark on US War Crimes Ramsey Clark, the former US Attorney General blasts the US for its real war crimes. At a news conference yesterday sponsored by Amnesty International, 13-year-old Cyrus Peltier, grandson of Native American political prosoner Leonard Peltier, pleaded with the Clinton administration to…

  • Democracy Now! October 6, 1998

    Amnesty Report on US Human Rights Abuses |(50 Minutes) Amnesty Report on US Human Rights Torture, electoshock, and chain-gangs. Sadaam Hussein’s Iraq? No, the United States of America. While the US boasts of being the freest, most democratic country in teh world, the Secretary General of Amnesty International paints a picture of the other America,…

  • Democracy Now! September 16, 1997

    Amnesty International and the UN; Black Legislative Caucus Weekend; Campaign Fundraising Hearings |(14 Minutes) Amnesty International and the UN For the first time, Amnesty International made a direct presentation to the UN Security Council. GUEST: Pierre San, Secretary General of Amnesty International. (19 Minutes) Black Legislative Caucus Weekend Focus on issue of police brutality. A…

  • Democracy Now!

    Teamsters and James Hoffa; Hurricane Carter and the Death Penalty; Clinton Impeachment |(18 Minutes) Teamsters and James Hoffa Forty-one years after his famous father was elected to the same post, James P. Hoffa this weekend won the presidency of the Teamsters Union. GUEST: Stanley Aronowitz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the City University of NY…

  • Democracy Now! November 25, 1998

    Pinochet Decision |Pinochet Decision — Expected at 9:05 AM The British House of Lords handed down its decision on the fate of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet today. They ruled that Pinochet is not protected by diplomatic immunity, and can be held in custody while Britain considers an extradition request from Spain. We hear from those…