DEMONSTRATIONS & RIOTS

  • Democracy Now! June 18, 2003

    Senate Commerce Committee Decides Tomorrow Whether to Roll Back FCC Decisions Allowing Massive Media Consolidation; Federal Court OKs Post-9/11 Secret Arrests; Bush Taps Lobbyist Enron and Viacom Lobbyist to Head Republican National Committee; As U.S. Kills Two Iraqi Demonstrators in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch Demands Full Investigation of U.S. Killings in Falluja |8:00- 8:01 Billboard…

  • Democracy Now! June 23, 2003

    Protesting the War on Women and the War on Terror. As President Bush and Karl Rove launch the largest political fundraising campaign in history, women s rights advocates join forces with the peace movement to protest today s fundraiser in NYC; USDA opens $3 million dollar biotech conference in Sacramento; agriculture ministers from over 100…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2003

    Over the Chants of Protesters The FCC Votes to Unleash the Largest Wave of Media Consolidation in U.S. History; Nurse Emily Lyons, victim of a 1998 abortion clinic bombing, speaks about the capture of Eric Rudolph. I lost my left eye, damaged my right eye, broke the right side of my face, first, second and…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2003

    Justice Department Report Finds Immigrants with no Ties to Terror Suffered Pattern of Physical and Verbal Abuse in Detention Facilities. The report does not recommend bringing criminal charges; Swiss Police Cut Rope Holding British Activist Hanging From Bridge, Sending Him Falling Dozens of Feet , and Raid the Independent Media Center, Beating Journalists; Leaders of…

  • Democracy Now! June 3, 2003

    Hour 1: Justice Department Report Finds Immigrants with no Ties to Terror Suffered Pattern of Physical and Verbal Abuse in Detention Facilities. The report does not recommend bringing criminal charges; Swiss Police Cut Rope Holding British Activist Hanging From Bridge, Sending Him Falling Dozens of Feet , and Raid the Independent Media Center, Beating Journalists;…

  • Democracy Now! May 20, 2003

    Hour 1: This is not American troops going after Saddam s folks. This is violence in the streets and it s out of control. : John Alpert and Sharif Abdel Kouddous join us in our studio to discuss their recent visit to Baghdad; In an Exclusive U.S. Interview, Democracy Now! Talks with the Widow of…

  • Democracy Now! May 20, 2003

    This is not American troops going after Saddam s folks. This is violence in the streets and it s out of control. : John Alpert and Sharif Abdel Kouddous join us in our studio to discuss their recent visit to Baghdad; In an Exclusive U.S. Interview, Democracy Now! Talks with the Widow of the Al…

  • Democracy Now! May 21, 2003

    Hour 1: Rupert Murdoch’s Digital Death Star : As FCC prepares to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Rupert Murdoch s News Corp is already moving in on DirecTV; Is the Jayson Blair Affair the Low Point in New York Times 150-Year History?; Cuba: The Next Regime Change? Florida Governor Jeb…

  • Democracy Now! May 21, 2003

    St. Louis Police Stage a Pre-emptive Strike and Arrest 27 Activists Prior to Demonstration; New York Times reporter, Chris Hedges was booed off the stage and had his mic cut twice as he delivered a graduation speech on war and empire at Rockford College in Illinois |9:00-9:01 Billboard: 9:01-9:06: The activist community in St. Louis…

  • Democracy Now! May 5, 2003

    Patriot Raid: Citing homeland security & Patriot Act, INS raids NYC restaurant, questions staff at gunpoint and detains patrons; Operation Homeland Resistance: As immigration detainees complain about mistreatment in jail, a coalition of activists plan new campaign to oppose the war at home; As the US considers normalizing relation with the Indonesian army, we talk…