CRIME & CRIMINALS
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Democracy Now! March 15, 2002
Interview with RALPH NADER about fuel efficiency, anthrax, Afghanistan, healthcare, and the corporate elite: Robert Mugabes victory in Zimbabwes presidential elections |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES MILOSEVIC CROSS-EXAMINES NATO LEADER AT HAGUE GUEST: LJILJANA SMAJLOVIC, is a leading Serbian journalist with the weekly magazine NIN. She joins us by phone from Belgrade. 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 ROBERT…
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Democracy Now! February 1, 1999
An Interview With Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers; Interview with Dr. Dorothy Lewis; |An Interview with Death Row Inmate Shawn Sellers If the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene on his behalf in the next two days, Sean Sellers will become the first person in 40 years to be executed in the United States for…
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Democracy Now! February 16, 1999
American Airlines Sick-out; Violent Crime and Native Americans; Kurdish Rebel Leader Arrested |American Airlines Sick-out Most pilots with American Airlines have returned to work after a 10-day massive sick-out to protest the two-tiered pay scale imposed by the airline after it bought Reno Air, a smaller airline. After canceling 12% of its flights yesterday, American…
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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! 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…
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Democracy Now! September 3, 1997
Car Safety; Shool and Testing; Education and Crime |(14 Minutes) Car Safety Discussion on automobile safety, especially with seat belts and airbags. GUEST: Joan Claybrook, pres. Public Citizen. (14 Minutes) School and Testing The issue of testing remains a contested topic among many educators, parents, and activists. GUEST: Monty Neill, assoc. dir. of National Center…
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Democracy Now! September 10, 1997
Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…