COMMUNITY CONCERNS – Page 3 – Pacifica Radio Archives

Democracy Now! September 24, 1997

Congressional Pay and Ethics; Thalidomide; Wellstone |(14 Minutes) Congressional Pay and Ethics The House of Representatives moved to win a pay increase and also to change the way ethics violations are investigated. GUEST: Gary Ruskin, head of Congressional Accountability Project. (19 Minutes) Thalidomide Food and Drug Administration looks set to approve Thalidomide, the drug that…

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Democracy Now! September 15, 1998

Overlooked Legislation; Clinton and Nixon; What Clinton Should Really be Impeached for; Cuba Arrests |(4 Minutes) Overlooked Legislation Focus on the 22 separate anti-environmental provisions that are attached to the Sentate Interior Appropriations bill due to be voted on in the next few weeks. GUEST: Anna Aurillio, researcher with the USPIRG (US Public Interest Research…

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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…

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Democracy Now! September 24, 1998

Racist Float; Government Pries into Women’s Sex Lives |(14 minutes) Racist Float The murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas earlier this year remains a graphic reminder of the race-based crimes that continue to be committed in this country. The murder was reenacted this past labor day, by white men in blackface in a…

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Democracy Now! September 28, 1998

Critical Resistance |(Entire program) Critical Resistance Beyond the prison-industrial complex. Excerpts of speeches from the national conference taking place at the UC-Berkeley this weekend. And a discussion on a high school student walkout around the theme: education vs. incarceration. GUEST: Bill Tate, father of Preston Tate who was killed by a guard. GUEST: Asha Bendele,…

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Democracy Now! August 27, 1997

Nurse; Breast Implant; De Klerk Resignation |(14 Minutes) Nurse Story of nurse Magalie Laurent who first reported the torture of Abner Louima. Louima was allegedly beaten and sodomized by NYPD officer. GUEST: Magalie Laurent, RN at Coney Island Hospital. (19 Minutes) Breast Implant Discussion of Dow Corning’s $2.4 billion settlement offer to 400,000 claims resulting…

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Democracy Now! August 29, 1997

Police and Racism; David Bradley |(33 Minutes) Police and Racism Update on Abner Louima police brutality case. Thousands expected to march in New York to protest the police beating. Discussion on racism within the NYPD. GUEST: David Sears, reporter Pacifica Radio-WBAI. GUEST: Stephen M. Zanowic, US Marshall’s Service Deputy. GUEST: Mathew Fogg, Supervisory Inspector with…

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Democracy Now! September 1, 1997

Barbecues and Beef; Women, Unions and Work |(14 Minutes) Barbecues and Beef Agricultrual Secretary Dan Glickman proposed legislation that would broadly strengthen his department’s powers over companies found to have produced tainted meat and poultry. GUEST: Mary Heersink, Author of BOOK: E. COLI 0157; THE TRUE STORY OF A MOTHER’S BATTLE WITH A KILLER MICROBE…

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Democracy Now! September 4, 1997

Good Samaritan Law; Washington D.C. Control Board; Civil Rights Leader Kunstler Remembered; Safari Subsidy |Good Samaritan Law Among the charges that the six phographers and a motorcyclist held in connection with the death of Princess Diana face failure to obey the French Good Samaritan law. What are strangers obligated to do when faced with humanitarian…

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Democracy Now! September 5, 1997

Campaign Finance Abuse Hearings; Bounty Hunters; Wall Street and Public Education |(4 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Hearings Hearings resumed yesterday. Testimony from 3 Buddhist nuns, invonved in teh Sdi Lai Temple findraiser. GUEST: Don Rush, Pacifica Network News reporter. (19 Minutes) Bounty Hunters Recent case of bounty hunters raiding a house and held family at…

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