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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…

  • Fast Track Trade; The Criminalization of Immigration; Bart Strike

    (14 Minutes) Fast Track Trade President Clinton yesterday opened up a campaign to win special Congressional authority to negotiate new trade deals including the expansion of NAFTA. GUEST: Lori Wallach, dir. of Public Citizen’s Globla Trade Watch. (19 Minutes) The Criminalization of Immigration Discussion on the affects of anti-immigration legislation passed by Congress and signed…

  • 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! August 18, 1997

    TV News; Russian Intelligentsia; Canned Hunting |(9 Minutes) TV News Research statistics regarding the media’s increasing number of crime stories juxtaposed with decreasing crime figures. GUEST: Dan Anunsdon, research dir. of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. (19 Minutes) Russian Intelligentsia Background on official and public perception of Russian Intelligentsia. Author of BOOK: DEAD…

  • Democracy Now! January 19, 1999

    Y2K and Nuclear Weapons; Massacre in Kosovo; Clinton’s Defense Team |Y2K and Nuclear Weapons Millenium approaches and anit-nuckear activists around the world are sounding alarms at the possibility that computer malfunctions caused by Y2K could jeopardize public safety. The Defense Department announced that all its computer systems deemed critical to national defense are safe. Activists…

  • Democracy Now! January 21, 1999

    Tabacco Lawsuits; Gun Lawsuits; President Clinton’s Defense |(14 Minutes) Tobacco Lawsuits We look at how tobacco lawsuits were argued by states, and how they have become a blueprint for cities now suing gun manufacturers. GUEST: Richard Daynard, Prof. of law and chairperson of the Tobacco Products Liability Project, a public interest group that encourages lawsuits…

  • 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…