DEMONSTRATIONS & RIOTS

  • Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

    Hour 1: Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded…

  • Democracy Now! May 9, 2003

    Is it to protect mothers, or undermine Roe v. Wade? As Mother’s Day approaches, we’ll hear about one of the latest bills Republicans have introduced; Mothers in Prison: 2 million children in the US have a parent in jail; we’ll hear children reading their Mother’s Day Cards to their moms in prison; Mothers As Activists:…

  • Democracy Now! May 14, 2003

    Hour 1: UN Security Council to discuss US proposal that would lift the sanctions on Iraq and give US forces full control of Iraq s oil; Apartheid Victims Are Still Suffering: Study Finds Blacks are Getting Poorer and Whites are Getting Richer, and an Activist Who Lost Both His Arms in a Government Assassination Attempt…

  • Democracy Now! May 14, 2003

    Operation Strangelove: Stop Cowboy Diplomacy!; As Washington & Seoul prepare for talks on North Korea, Noam Chomsky discusses U.S.-Korean relations |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06: Nearly 40 years after its release, Stanley Kubrick s classic Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is getting a second life, thanks…

  • Democracy Now! April 30, 2003

    Hour 1: Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones and others read from Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States : Part one of two-hour special commemorating the millionth copy of the classic book sold. Hour 2: Nuclear non-proliferation conference opens to discuss nuclear issues in the age of…

  • Democracy Now! April 30, 2003

    Nuclear non-proliferation conference opens to discuss nuclear issues in the age of preemptive attacks: Rebecca Johnson of the journal Disarmament Diplomacy joins us from Geneva; Brutal crackdown on Iraqi protesters by US occupation forces is continuing: U.S. troops kill three more Iraqis in Fallujah bringing the total this week to 18. We go to Fallujah…

  • Democracy Now! May 1, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan released: A debate between Electronic Intifada and AIPAC; Vieques celebrates the US Navy s withdrawal from the Puerto Rican Island: Concerns grow over environmental cleanup after 50 years of military testing; To mark May Day, protests planned against oil companies, weapons manufacturers and at government buildings: We go…

  • Democracy Now! May 1, 2003

    U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan released: A debate between Electronic Intifada and AIPAC; Vieques celebrates the US Navy s withdrawal from the Puerto Rican Island: Concerns grow over environmental cleanup after 50 years of military testing; To mark May Day, protests planned against oil companies, weapons manufacturers and at government buildings: We go to London…

  • Democracy Now! May 6, 2003

    Hour 1: “It’s clear that Islam is on the way to disappearing : the words of Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon, who is set to lobby Christian fundamentalists close to President Bush against the Middle East peace plan; U.S. hires Christian fundamentalists to produce news for Iraqis: the studio runs a news service dedicated to…

  • Democracy Now! May 6, 2003

    “It’s clear that Islam is on the way to disappearing : the words of Israeli Tourism Minister Benny Elon, who is set to lobby Christian fundamentalists close to President Bush against the Middle East peace plan; U.S. hires Christian fundamentalists to produce news for Iraqis: the studio runs a news service dedicated to transmitting the…