BUSH, G. W. ADMINISTRATION

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible threat; A bigger…

  • Democracy Now! March 12, 2003

    “Throughout the globe, the United States is becoming associated with the unjustified use of force : Diplomat John Brown explains why he resigned from the State Department to protest U.S. war plans in Iraq; Halliburton, Bechtel and other U.S. firms set to profit from the rebuilding of postwar Iraq: Meanwhile the Guardian reports Halliburton is…

  • Democracy Now! February 19, 2003

    War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refuses to rule out unleashing nuclear weapons on Iraq, the CIA warns of a nuclear arms race, & the Bush administration lowers the threshold for nuclear attacks: We spend the hour with leading anti-nuclear expert Dr. Helen Caldicott |War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is refusing to rule out the use of nuclear…

  • Democracy Now! February 24, 2003

    As Spanish Prime Minister Aznar and President Bush strategize at Bush s ranch in Crawford, Texas, 94% of Spaniards oppose war: we go to Madrid for a live report; World-renowned Irish civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is turned away at the border and deported: we go live to McAliskey in Northern Ireland; Come September…

  • Democracy Now! February 25, 2003

    A People s History of the United States, 1,000,000 copies and counting: This book delivered our history to us said actress Alfre Woodard who joins Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Kurt Vonnegut, Marisa Tomei and others in celebrating Howard Zinn s classic; Historian Howard Zinn talks about bombs, terrorism, the anti-war movement and the Bush administration…

  • Democracy Now! February 27, 2003

    Democracy Now! has learned the Pentagon is asking humanitarian groups for global positioning coordinates of civilian sites in Iraq, such as water treatment facilities and power plants: is it to bomb them or save them?; The press will once again serve primarily as the mouthpiece for the government as journalists prepare to embed with US…

  • Democracy Now! February 28, 2003

    Investigative reporter Greg Palast on how Bush killed the FBI’s investigation into Saudi Arabia s financing of terrorist organizations; he also discusses the head of the Pentagon s Total Information Awareness Program John Poindexter s ties to a data-mining corporation; New Orleans mother appeals to the Pope to help prevent the execution of her son:…

  • Democracy Now! March 3, 2003

    U.S. is tapping the phones of U.N. Security Council members and reading their e-mail: the story makes headlines around the world but is not reported here; Top Iraqi defector says Iraq destroyed its WMDs, but Bush and Blair continue to cite him to drum up support for war, and the US media buries the story:…

  • Democracy Now! March 7, 2003

    pResident Bush: US will call for U.N. Security Council vote whether or not US has votes lined up; News conference scripted and reporters silenced: a report on the President s first primetime press conference in 1 and 1/2 years; Air Force admits at least 54 cases of rape and sexual assault at Air Force Academy…

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Medea Benjamin & 20 other women are arrested outside the White House: Thousands gather in Washington for Code Pink peace demonstration; Should President Bush be impeached? Progressive Congressional Democrats consider introducing articles of impeachment if the U.S. attacks Iraq; US & UK relied on forged document in making the case…