DEMONSTRATIONS & RIOTS

  • 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! April 23, 2003

    Hour 1: Precarious situation in Baghdad: As protests against a U.S. occupation in Iraq continue, we speak to Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness who just left Baghdad; Mines and unexploded munitions in Iraq continue to maim and kill: Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group reports from Northern Iraq; Animals in the military:…

  • Democracy Now! April 23, 2003

    Precarious situation in Baghdad: As protests against a U.S. occupation in Iraq continue, we speak to Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness who just left Baghdad; Mines and unexploded munitions in Iraq continue to maim and kill: Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group reports from Northern Iraq; Animals in the military: A look…

  • Democracy Now! October 25, 2002

    Tens of thousands to protest war: This Saturday is an international day of action with demonstrations from Washington DC and San Francisco, to Baghdad, Berlin, Madrid and Mexico City; Police Brutality in Brooklyn, a Democracy Now exclusive: High school counselors witness police brutality and become victims themselves; Police arrest sniper suspects: A conversation with filmmaker…

  • Democracy Now! October 28, 2002

    Lula Wins!: Worker s Party candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wins in a landslide to become Brazil s first working class leader; Sen. Paul Wellstone, 1944-2002: Less than two weeks before election day, the populist Democrat from Minnesota dies with seven others in a plane crash; Iraq Journal: US activists take to the streets…

  • Democracy Now! April 15, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. sets its eyes on Syria: Washington diplomatically and economically threatens Iraq s neighbor as the region s newest rogue state; Columbia University professor Edward Said and Syrian expert Patrick Seale discuss the state of the Middle East after the invasion of Iraq Hour 2: Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot…

  • Democracy Now! April 15, 2003

    Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot Iraq s historical artifacts themselves? International outrage continues at U.S. failure to protect the famous National Museum or Baghdad s National Library and Archives; Congressman Jerrold Nadler on the endless war: Is Iran & Syria next?; International attorneys announce plans to investigate war crimes in Iraq: Alleged…

  • Democracy Now! April 8, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV offices in Baghdad killing one: We talk to Jihad Ballout from Al Jazeera; A president, viceroy, governor or sheriff? A look at Jay Garner, the U.S. general and defense contractor who is slated to versee post-war Iraq. Hour 2: Over 1,000 protest in Northern Ireland…

  • Democracy Now! October 1, 2002

    400,000 Protesters demonstrate in Britain: Labor MP George Galloway, filmmaker John Pilger, Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, London mayor and others address crowd; Dockworkers locked out at thirty west coast ports from Seattle to San Diego; Is Venezuela on verge of another attempted coup? As a general strike looms, we speak with the first…