HOLIDAYS & SPECIAL OCCASIONS
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Democracy Now! May 26, 2003
Memorial Day Special: We speak with a group of Ploughshares activists. For years these Catholics have tried to raise awareness about the brutality of war and how specific warships, weapons, and bases are complicit in the killing of innocent civilians; Three Dominican nuns await sentencing for damaging nuclear site in Colorado; Five members of the…
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Democracy Now! May 26, 2003
Hour 1: Memorial Day Special: We speak with a group of Ploughshares activists. For years these Catholics have tried to raise awareness about the brutality of war and how specific warships, weapons, and bases are complicit in the killing of innocent civilians; Three Dominican nuns await sentencing for damaging nuclear site in Colorado; Five members…
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Democracy Now! May 9, 2003
Is it to protect mothers, or undermine Roe v. Wade? As Mother’s Day approaches, we’ll hear about one of the latest bills Republicans have introduced; Mothers in Prison: 2 million children in the US have a parent in jail; we’ll hear children reading their Mother’s Day Cards to their moms in prison; Mothers As Activists:…
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Democracy Now! May 9, 2003
Hour 1: Cop takes midnight photos of pacifist teacher s classroom, then Rush Limbaugh posts them on his website; President Bush may invoke executive privilege to keep 911 documents away from Congressional investigators: We ll talk to a man who lost his wife in the attacks and is preparing to sue the White House; Wounded…
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Democracy Now! April 21, 2003
Hour 1: Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts: A report from Baghdad by Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson; A look at how the CIA backed and financed Saddam Hussein 40 years in an effort to assassinate Iraq s then prime minster: UPI reporter Richard Sale discloses the CIA-Hussein connection; Bush nominates Islamophobe Daniel Pipes to…
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Democracy Now! April 21, 2003
IDF shoots and kills Associated Press cameraman in the West Bank: Nazeh Darwazeh is the seventh journalist killed in last two years by Israeli forces. We talk to an eyewitness; White House calls for Iraqi sanctions against Iraq to be lifted in phases: We talk to Dennis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Iraq; Seder…
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Holiday Rituals I
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Democracy Now! January 1, 1999
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary; 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution |Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Monthly Commentary Written by Abu-Jamal but read by Adrienne Rich since Pennsylvania prison officials have banned Mumia from recording commentaries for broadcast. 40th Anniversary of the Cuban Revolution It was forty years ago today that the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista was forced to…
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Holiday Depression