DEMONSTRATIONS & RIOTS

  • Democracy Now! February 6, 2003

    Colin Powell addresses the UN Security Council to argue for a first-strike attack on Iraq; most of his claims can t be verified; Powell claims Iraq is harboring Al Qaeda terrorists, but leaves out evidence implicating US allies; we hear responses from Baghdad, France and Cameroon; United for Peace and Justice sues the NYPD for…

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 2003

    It makes me think back to the awful days when we were struggling against Apartheid in South Africa : Desmond Tutu condemns a federal court ban on the Feb. 15th anti-war march in New York; From Hawaii to Maine, over 70 city councils and state legislatures have passed resolutions saying no to war: We hear…

  • Democracy Now! February 10, 1999

    The Africa Trade Bill: Reading the Small Print; Christopher Hitchens on Iraq; New York Rallies Against Police Brutality |The Africa Trade Bill: Reading the Small Print The Africa Trade Bill is due to be marked up this week by the House International Affairs Committee. Opponents to the bill charge that it will only imporve the…

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 1999

    Chevron Under Fire; Sweatshop Reports |(23 Minutes) Chevron Under Fire The recent wave of repression and violence by the Nigerian military in the Niger Delta that has left scores of villagers dead has sparked worldwide attention. So has the role of oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and the US multinational Chevron in the…

  • Democracy Now! September 21, 1998

    Death of Environmentalist in California; White Releases Report on Race Relations |(14 Minutes) Death of Evironmentalist in California David Chain, 24, a member of the radical environmental group Earth First was killed by a fallen tree Thursday in the grizzly Creek Forest during a protest against logging in private land. GUEST: Kerry was with David…

  • Democracy Now! January 11, 1999

    Essay on Impeachment , the Sentate and the Supreme Court; The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day; Cruelty and Neglect in Russian Orphanages |(6 Minutes) Essay on Impeachment, the Senate and the Supreme Court, Amy Goodman (8 Minutes)The Klan Rallies on Martin Luther King Day A federal judge ruled that the Ku Klux Klan…

  • A Night in Chicago / produced by Elsa Knight Thompson.

    A NIGHT IN CHICAGO / reported by Dale Minor, Phil Watson and Bob Fass. Produced by Elsa Knight Thompson. Documentary report on the demonstrations at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Includes ctuality of Bobby Seale, Black Panther Party co-founder outside the Convention Center at a Black Panther rally; Dick Gregory at President Lyndon…