GOVERNMENT
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Democracy Now! April 9, 2003
Looting breaks out near Baghdad as the presence of the Iraqi government diminishes: We talk to AFP reporter Ezzadin Said in the Palestine Hotel; 80 dissidents arrested in Cuba in most widespread political crackdown since the 1960s: A debate between the Cuban embassy and the wife of a jailed journalist. Hour 2: CIA reports INC…
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Democracy Now! April 9, 2003
CIA reports INC leader Ahmad Chalabi would be ineffective leader to replace Saddam Hussein: A discussion with Lamis Andoni; US/UK military forces risk committing war crimes by depriving civilians of safe water: A look at humanitarian aid demands in post-invasion Iraq. |Story: CIA REPORTS INC LEADER AHMAD CHALABI WOULD BE INEFFECTIVE LEADER TO REPLACE SADDAM…
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Democracy Now! May 30, 2003
Exclusive: Democracy Now! Broadcasts for the First Time a Recording of a Police Sergeant Interrogating a Man Moments After Police Shoot him 5 Times, Paralyzing and Blinding Him. Farmworker Oliverio Martinez wails for help, says he is choking and dying, and pleads with the sergeant to stop. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that his…
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Democracy Now! February 13, 2003
Renowned historian Howard Zinn on the history of government and media lies in time of war: from the Mexican-American war to the Spanish-American war, the Philippines to Panama, Vietnam to the Gulf War to the present.; Over a hundred thousand people are expected to protest in Manhattan this Saturday despite the banning of a march:…
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The Future of Participatory Democracy in the U. S.
The Future of Participatory Democracy in the U.S. Igniting the passion for justice in the next generation. GUEST: Pete McClosky, attorney, was a Congressional representative for the Palo Alto area for eight terms (1967-83), during which time he was the first republican to challenge Nixon on his Vietnam War policies. During the Korean War, he…
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Reproductive Rights
Reproductive Rights What are Republicans and the Christian right doing to a woman’s right to chose? GUEST: Vicki Supporta is the executive director of National Abortion Federation, the trade organization for abourtion providers in Washington, D.C. GUEST: Janet Benshaw, head of the Center of Reproductive Law and Policy in New York, NY, is the author…
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Impeachment Hearings
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Impeachment Hearings