DEMONSTRATIONS & RIOTS

  • Democracy Now! October 7, 2002

    Lula Takes Big Lead in Brazil: Leftist candidate from the Workers Party narrowly misses 50 percent vote forcing presidential run-off; Not In Our Name: More than 20,000 gather in New York s Central Park. We hear from Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), director Mira Nair, actor Tim Robbins, hip-hop poet Saul Williams and Afghan-American Shokriea Yaghi,…

  • Democracy Now! October 8, 2002

    Bush wants war: The President addresses the nation from Cincinnati as thousands protest in the streets outside. A response from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Jay Bookman, Deputy editorial page editor at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Cincinnati protester Sister Alice Gerdeman; Talkback to War: As millions across the globe continue to speak out against war, we hear…

  • Democracy Now! October 10, 2002

    Dissent in the Capitol: As Washington prepares for war with Iraq we hear voices of peace from the floor of Congress; Anti-war protests & arrests continue in Washington & New York; The journey from torture to truth: A discussion on terror with Chilean writer Ariel Dorfman and Sister Dianna Ortiz, an American nun tortured by…

  • Democracy Now! October 14, 2002

    Iraq Journal: Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill talks with British MP George Galloway on the streets of Baghdad; Bali bombing: After 200 are killed in Indonesia car bombing, Bush calls for expansion of the war on terror. Professor Jeff Winters of Northwestern University talks about the Indonesian military and its involvement with terrorist groups; Indigenous…

  • Democracy Now! March 26, 2003

    How oil interests obscured U.S. government focus on Saddam Hussein s dictatorship: A look at the role of Bechtel and Halliburton; UK + US = United to Kill Us All: An ordinary Iraqi citizens speaks out on the war from Baghdad near where U.S. forces bombed a busy market killing 15; Could protesting become a…

  • Democracy Now! March 28, 2003

    Hour 1: We go to a Houston immigration detention center as a Palestinian family prepares to be deported to Jordan; A Muslim man in Indiana is attacked and set on fire: Hate crimes against Muslim Americans on the rise again; A U.S. B-2 stealth bomber drops two bunker busters on Baghdad: We go to the…

  • Democracy Now! March 28, 2003

    We go to a Houston immigration detention center as a Palestinian family prepares to be deported to Jordan; A Muslim man in Indiana is attacked and set on fire: Hate crimes against Muslim Americans on the rise again; A U.S. B-2 stealth bomber drops two bunker busters on Baghdad: We go to the Iraqi capital…

  • Democracy Now! March 28, 2003

    NYPD arrests 215 as protesters shut down traffic on Fifth Avenue: News media targeted at demonstration for its biased Iraq coverage; Time’s Up!: Academy Award winning director Michael Moore tells the White House comment line with thousands of cheering supporters; This has been one long Orwellian week : Michael Moore on the corporate media war…

  • Democracy Now! April 1, 2003

    Hour 1: Thousands of students protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court calling to preserve affirmative action; Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers…

  • Democracy Now! April 1, 2003

    Thousands of students protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court calling to preserve affirmative action; Democrats accuse House Republicans of slashing $15 billion in veterans benefits in favor of tax cuts for the rich: We look at the new House budget; Fragging returns to the frontlines: A U.S. Army Sgt. kills two fellow soldiers in grenade…