CRIME / DRUGS

  • 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…

  • Democracy Now! September 9, 1997

    Albright Isreal Visit; Cassini Launch Revisited; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Albright Israel Visit US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Israel to focus on Israeli – Palestinian relations. GUEST: Robert Fisk, Lebanon correspondent for NEWSPAPER: THE INDEPENDENT (9 Minutes) Cassini Launch Revisited An update of yesterday’s conversation opposing NASA’s Cassini space…

  • 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…

  • Democracy Now! July 24, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Death Penalty; Cocaine Sentencing Disparity; Abortion Arson |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Democrats accuse Republican party during Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Michael Baroody, president of the National Policy forum. TAPE OF: Benton Becker, Republican and former counsel to President Gerald Ford. (19 Minutes) Death Penalty Despite an international outcry, Virginia state officials…

  • Democracy Now! July 25, 1997

    Campaign Finance Hearings; Inside the FBI; Gay Rights |(14 Minutes) Highlights from yesterday’s Senate Government Affairs hearing on Campaign Finance Abuses. Former GOP Party chairman Haley Barbour’s testimony (19 Minutes) Inside the FBI GUEST: David Burnham, investigative journalist whose explosive reporting is in the August edition of The Nation. (17 Minutes) Gay Rights GUEST: Kerry…

  • Democracy Now! December 30, 1998

    Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty; Colombian Paramilitary Chief Suspected Killed |(28 Minutes) A Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty. Joe Doherty, one of the most visible political prisoners in the US became the face of the Irish Republican movement in North America. He was released from prison as part of…

  • Democracy Now! December 10, 1998

    Pinochet Extradition; UN Declaration on Human Rights |(14 Minutes) Pinochet Extradition Britain rules that the extradition case against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet can proceed. GUEST: Saul Landau, is Senior Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in D.C. and is author of several books. GUEST: Joan Garces, Lawyer in Madrid representing over 3, 000…