GENERAL HISTORY
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Democracy Now! July 30, 1997
Campaign Finance Abuses; Colombia; Landmines |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Report on yesterday’s Campaign Finance Hearings. TAPE OF: Hearings. FBI agent Jerry Campane, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Bob Smith (R-NH), Yue Chu and Xiping Wang. (19 Minutes) Colombia Right-wing paramilitary group forced a human rights commission, to leave a region of northwest Colombia under threat of…
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Democracy Now! July 31, 1997
Tobacco Deal; Tobacco; Campaign Finance Abuse; Suicide Bombing; Cambodia |Tobacco Deal The Institute for Policy Studies and the Stakeholder Alliance have released a new study regarding the tobacco industry’s proposed settlement prior to Senate hearings. GUEST: Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies. Tobacco A new scientific study regarding hazards ammonia and nicotine have…
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Democracy Now! July 28, 1997
Goodbye to Justice Brennan; Goodbye to Grandmother Goodman; Campaign Finance |Goodbye to Justice Brennan Look at life and career of Supreme Court justice William Brennan who died last week at the age of 91. GUEST: Joshua Rosencrantz, co-editor of Reason and Passion, Justice Brennan’s Enduring Influence. Goodbye to Grandmother Goodman Amy Goodman remembers her grandmother,…
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Democracy Now! August 5, 1997
UPS Strike; Scientology Debate; Music Legend Fela Kuti Dies |UPS Strike Discussion of UPS strike that began yesterday, which crippled the country’s largest package-delivery company. Also the media’s confusion. GUEST: Anne Marie O’Neill, part-time UPS worker Eastern Long Island, NY. GUEST: Dave Pratt, a former UPS loader and an organizer for Teamster’s for a Democratic…
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Democracy Now! August 6, 1997
HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY |Hiroshima Anniversay GUEST: Dr. Michio Kaku, professor of theoretical physics at the City University of NY. TAPE OF: Excerpts from a radio documentary on Hiroshima produced by Kaku in 1995, the 50th anniversary of the A-bomb attack on Japan. TAPE OF: ibid. – includes interviews with Manhattan project scientists Dr. Philip Morrison and…
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Democracy Now! August 8, 1997
Police Accountability Conference; Hiroshima/Nagasaki Anniversary |(31 Minutes) Police Accountability Conference Annual conference of the National Coalition on Police Accountability. Speakers this year were Congresswoman Maxine Waters, the chair of the congressional Black Caucus, and Journalist Gary Webb. TAPE OF : Gary Webb, reporter for the San Jose Mercury News. TAPE OF: Representative Maxine Waters (17…