GENERAL HISTORY

  • Democracy Now! August 26, 1997

    Teamster Trouble; Sacco & Vanzetti |(32 Minutes) Teamster Trouble A Federal overseer refused to certify last December’s Teamster’s election due to campaign finance irregularities. Senate and House members say they will begin their own investigations into alleged illegal fundraising ties between the Democratic Party and the Teamsters. GUEST: Greg Tarpinian, exec. dir. of Labor Research…

  • Democracy Now! September 1, 1997

    Barbecues and Beef; Women, Unions and Work |(14 Minutes) Barbecues and Beef Agricultrual Secretary Dan Glickman proposed legislation that would broadly strengthen his department’s powers over companies found to have produced tainted meat and poultry. GUEST: Mary Heersink, Author of BOOK: E. COLI 0157; THE TRUE STORY OF A MOTHER’S BATTLE WITH A KILLER MICROBE…

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1997

    Landmines; Music Business |(14 Minutes) Landmines Story on delegation in Oslo, Norway to begin talks on a treaty for a global ban on anti-personnel land mines. GUEST: Mary Wareham, coordinator of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines. GUEST: Noel Stott, from South African campaign to ban landmines. (38 Minutes) Music Business Discussion on the state…

  • Democracy Now! September 9, 1997

    Albright Isreal Visit; Cassini Launch Revisited; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Albright Israel Visit US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Israel to focus on Israeli – Palestinian relations. GUEST: Robert Fisk, Lebanon correspondent for NEWSPAPER: THE INDEPENDENT (9 Minutes) Cassini Launch Revisited An update of yesterday’s conversation opposing NASA’s Cassini space…

  • Democracy Now! September 10, 1997

    Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…

  • Democracy Now! August 12, 1997

    Big Rigs; Northern Ireland; Police Surveillance |(14 Minutes) Big Rigs Debate on trucking industry and need for opening more highways. Debate is part of of a massive $175 billion transoportation bill making its way though Congress. GUEST: Michael Scippa, exec. dir. of Citizens for Responsible and Safe Highways. GUEST: Warren Hoemann, VP for policy of…

  • Democracy Now! August 13, 1997

    CIA Documents; Domestic Violence; Moon and the Republican Right |(14 Minutes) CIA Documents CIA coming under fire re: stonewalling the release of decades-old documents. It is making an official US diplomatic history the target of ridicule and scorn. GUEST: Warren F. Kimball, prof. of American diplomatic history of Rutgers University. He is the head of…