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Democracy Now! October 13, 1998
Activists Plan to Sue Chevron; Africans in America |(33 Minutes) Activists Plan to Sue Chevron Lawyers for Nigerian Himan rights activists are preparing to file a lawsuit in the US afainst Chevron Corporation, alleging that the US oil giant was complicit in the deaths of two protesters who were killed on a Cheron oil barge…
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Henry Louis Gates
Dr. Henry Louis Gates has transformed Harvard’s Afro-American Studies Department into a thriving and respected center by adding such scholars as William Julius Wilson and Cornell West to the program. In his spare time, he is author and editor of numerous publications. His critical studies of African-American oral and literary traditions have had a broad…
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Democracy Now! September 15, 1997
Black Caucus Legislative Weekend; Weld Hearing; Zapatistas |(14 Minutes) Black Caucus Legislative Weekend Report on the opening of the 27th annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus chaired by Maxine Waters (D-CA) and the many issues it has with the Clinton administration. TAPE OF: Alfred McCoy, prof. of history and author of BOOK: POLITICS…
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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…
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Democracy Now! September 19, 1997
Cuba Bombings; University of Texas; Nuclear Waste Dump |(14 Minutes) Cuba Bombing The Cuban government arrested a Salvadoran man in connection with a series of bombings that have rocked Cuba’s tourist trade. The Cuban government has blamed forces in the United States for the attacks. GUEST: Michael O’Heaney, of the human rights group Global Exchange.…