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  • Democracy Now! September 25, 1998

    Critical Resistance; King Leopoldus Ghost; |(14 Minutes) Critical Resistance Focus on the conference; Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison -Industrial Complex. GUEST: Angela Davis, Professor, UC Berkeley, a former member of the Black Panther Party and one of the organizers of the Critical Resistance conference. (19 Minutes) King Leopold’s Ghost The Democratic Republic of the Congo…

  • Democracy Now! August 15, 1997

    NY Torture; India/Pakistan Independence; US Policy and Albania |(9 Minutes) NY Torture Update on NY police department after allegations by Abner Louima that officers beat and sodomized him. GUEST: Abner Louima, alleged victim of beating. GUEST: Dr. Jean Claude Compas, personal physician of Abner Louima. GUEST: Mrs. Vincent, worships at same church as Louima (24…

  • Democracy Now! July 23, 1997

    Campaign Finance Abuses; Commerce Department; Police Brutality |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuses Democrats on the Senate panel investigating campaign finance abuses are expected to go on the offensive for the first time today. Accusations against Republican Party. GUEST: Dan Morgan, a reporter for the Washington Post. (19 Minutes) Commerce Department In hearings, the Senate Governmental…

  • Democracy Now! July 24, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Death Penalty; Cocaine Sentencing Disparity; Abortion Arson |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Democrats accuse Republican party during Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Michael Baroody, president of the National Policy forum. TAPE OF: Benton Becker, Republican and former counsel to President Gerald Ford. (19 Minutes) Death Penalty Despite an international outcry, Virginia state officials…

  • Democracy Now! August 8, 1997

    Police Accountability Conference; Hiroshima/Nagasaki Anniversary |(31 Minutes) Police Accountability Conference Annual conference of the National Coalition on Police Accountability. Speakers this year were Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the chair of the congressional Black Caucus, and Journalist Gary Webb. TAPE OF : Gary Webb, reporter for the San Jose Mercury News. TAPE OF: Representative Maxine Waters (17…

  • Democracy Now! August 14, 1997

    Chemical Weapons Incineration; NY Torture; US Policy and Africa |(14 Minutes) Chemical Weapons Incineration The Pentagon is preparing to dispose of 60 million pounds of lethal chemical weapons. Army engineers want to burn the chemicals and have been testing incinerator tech. at a prototype facility at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. GUEST: Graig Williams,…