BUSH, G. W. ADMINISTRATION

  • Democracy Now! April 29, 2003

    The Bush administration binds and gags environmental regulators: We discuss Operation End Extremism, rocket fuel contaminated lettuce and gag-orders on the EPA; Democratic elections in Nigeria?: The voting ended a week ago but the results are still in dispute. We talk with Nigerian student leader Sowore Omoyele; Native American who denies US or Canadian citizenship…

  • Democracy Now! April 21, 2003

    Hour 1: Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts: A report from Baghdad by Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson; A look at how the CIA backed and financed Saddam Hussein 40 years in an effort to assassinate Iraq s then prime minster: UPI reporter Richard Sale discloses the CIA-Hussein connection; Bush nominates Islamophobe Daniel Pipes to…

  • Democracy Now! April 21, 2003

    Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts: A report from Baghdad by Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson; A look at how the CIA backed and financed Saddam Hussein 40 years in an effort to assassinate Iraq s then prime minster: UPI reporter Richard Sale discloses the CIA-Hussein connection; Bush nominates Islamophobe Daniel Pipes to the United…

  • Democracy Now! April 24, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. and North Korea talks begin in Beijing: University of Chicago professor Bruce Cumings discusses North Korea; The role of poets in a time of war: Grace Paley, Vermont s official state poet, talks about the peace movement. Hour 2: San Francisco Chronicle reporter fired for protesting: Henry Norr discusses his dismissal after…

  • Democracy Now! April 24, 2003

    U.S. and North Korea talks begin in Beijing: University of Chicago professor Bruce Cumings discusses North Korea; The role of poets in a time of war: Grace Paley, Vermont s official state poet, talks about the peace movement. |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:30: Envoys from the US and North Korea…

  • Democracy Now! April 11, 2003

    Democracy Now! v. The New York Post: DN! Host Amy Goodman debates Post Columnist John Podhoretz on C-SPAN in a live simulcast with Pacifica. They discuss war, the peace movement and what comes next in Iraq. And they take questions from callers. |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Welcome to Democracy…

  • Democracy Now! April 11, 2003

    Kurds pull out of Kirkuk after Turkey threatened to send in troops: We go to northern Iraq for a report; Congress considers bill to grant automatic citizenship to some immigrant soldiers fighting in Iraq: But there is a catch, the law would only apply to soldiers who die in combat; Saying no to war by…

  • Democracy Now! April 2, 2003

    “Until this administration it had been possible to believe that by upholding the policies of my president I was also upholding the interests of the American people and the world. I believe it no longer:” Former U.S. diplomat John Brady Kiesling on why he resigned from the State Department; Civilian casualties mount in Iraq: We…

  • Democracy Now! April 2, 2003

    Yesterday the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in two landmark cases that may decide the future of affirmative action: We’ll have our own debate today between Attorney Kirk Kolbo, who argued against affirmative action before the high court, and Miranda Massie a lead attorney for the University of Michigan students who backs the preservation of…

  • Democracy Now! April 15, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. sets its eyes on Syria: Washington diplomatically and economically threatens Iraq s neighbor as the region s newest rogue state; Columbia University professor Edward Said and Syrian expert Patrick Seale discuss the state of the Middle East after the invasion of Iraq Hour 2: Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot…