Human rights.

  • Democracy Now! March 8, 2002

    Today is INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY Around the world, theres a global womens strike. We’ll go to Israel, Ireland, Argentina, India, and San Francisco. Interview with playwright and V-Day founder EVE ENSLER in Afghanistan for talks with Afghan women leaders. GUEST: MARION LARKIN, Radical Women, New York AUDIO CLIP |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES Today is international womens day.…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2002

    Today, Democracy Now! brings you REFLECTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 11TH AND BEYOND. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 REFLECTIONS ON 9/11 AND BEYOND It is 27 degrees today outside in New York, a chilling reminder of the events of the day six months ago. Today is the six-month anniversary of the September 11th. On that…

  • Democracy Now! February 22, 2002

    U.S. & Middle East prepare for an imminent operation against Iraq, Historian HOWARD ZINN: also, journalist Daniel Pearl is confirmed dead in Karachi. Meanwhile, the Pentagon launches a worldwide propaganda campaign overseas. |9:01-9:10 HEADLINES STORY: JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL IS CONFIRMED DEAD IN KARACHI, AS THE PENTAGON LAUNCHES A WORLDWIDE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN OVERSEAS Wall Street Journal…

  • Democracy Now! February 2, 2002

    DEMOCRACY NOW! SPECIAL: IS ANOTHER WORLD POSSIBLE ? SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2002. Amy Goodman, host. |DEMOCRACY NOW! SPECIAL: IS ANOTHER WORLD POSSIBLE ? POWER AND PROTEST FROM THE STREETS OF NEW YORK TO PORTO ALEGRE, BRAZIL SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2002 Two Parts.Story: In New York, thousands protest the World Economic Forum. In Porto Alegre, thousands…

  • Democracy Now! February 12, 2002

    As the Pentagon fights a public relations battle against the gray areas of the so-called war on terrorism, GUEST NOAM CHOMSKY : the Hague War Crimes Tribunal kicks off its trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. He’s defending himself and says Washingtons the real criminal : to serve or not to serve: as more…

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 2002

    Thomas Miller El death penalty case (to die February 21st) : GUESTS JAMES LIEBMAN; JAVIER CORCUERA (Peru film maker) ,MARIA CARRION, JIM MARCUS. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES A new study to be released today says that death sentences are more likely to be reversed in areas that use the death penalty, have higher African American populations, and…

  • Democracy Now! February 13, 2002

    Scenes from the drug war: From California to Texas to New Yorks Rockefeller drug law. As the Bush administration releases plans for a stepped-up war on drugs, federal drug agents raid medical marijuana clubs across California. And in the tiny town of Tulia, Texas, more than ten percent of the African-American community were arrested in…

  • Democracy Now! February 14, 2002

    A court in Istanbul acquits a Turkish publisher accused of producing propaganda against the Turkish state after he publishes the work of Noam Chomsky. Today, an exclusive Democracy Now! INTERVIEW WITH NOAM CHOMSKY in Istanbul, on his way to Kurdistan. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES HEADLINE: BITTER CHOCOLATE Today is Valentines Day, national Hallmark holiday of love, hearts,…

  • Democracy Now! February 5, 2002

    A top Enron executive charges that Enrons collapse was the result of a “a systemic and pervasive attempt” to inflate profits and hide losses : Interview with investigative reporter Greg Palast about Enron. Outraged Argentinians take to the streets and occupy banks : is another world is possible?- the final day of the World Social…

  • Democracy Now! February 6, 2002

    AMERICAS MOST POPULAR POPULIST, JIM HIGHTOWER. TODAY, ON DEMOCRACY NOW! HE RAISES HELL ABOUT BUSH, ENRON AND CORPORATE POWER THEN DESIGNER BABIES, GENETIC DISCRIMINATION, AND THE PATENTING OF HUMAN LIFE: THE PERILS AMIDST THE PROMISE OF THE BIOTECH REVOLUTION. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 AMERICAS MOST POPULAR POPULIST, JIM HIGHTOWER, RAISES HELL ABOUT…