Human rights.
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Democracy Now! February 8, 2002
Bush administration kicks off a multimillion dollar campaign linking illegal drug use to terrorism : GUESTS author LUIS RODRIQUEZ, about creating community in violent times : reporters on the front lines — Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl remains missing in Pakistan, journalist Robert Fisk makes a plea to Osama bin Laden to release his…
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Democracy Now! January 9, 2002
Examples of the New McCarthyism: Radical, African-American cartoonist Aaron McGruder sees his comic strip pulled from newspapers across the country : An educator at the U.S. Institute for Peace suggests that the US should do some soul-searching and not retaliate with military force. She is forced to resign. A guide at a small museum in…
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Democracy Now! January 29, 2002
Coming home from one ground zero to another: families who lost loved ones on September 11 return from Afghanistan, where they met with innocent victims of the U.S. bombing in Afghanistan. They are demanding justice for grieving Afghans. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES [See comments] 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 COMING HOME FROM ONE GROUND ZERO TO ANOTHER…
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Democracy Now! January 30, 2002
President Bush delivers his first State of the Union Address and Democracy Now! convenes its own shadow congress to respond: Howard Zinn, Blanche Wiesen Cook, Ralph Nader, Sonali Kolhathar, and Adolph Reed. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE-MINUTE MUSIC BREAK 9:07-9:20 WAR ON TERRORISM, WAR ON THE RECESSION: BUSH DELIVERS HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS…
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Democracy Now! January 31, 2002
The rival realities of the World Economic Forum and the World Social Forum: Guests: two Swiss activists who have been mobilizing against the World Economic Forum in Davos for several years; in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Nigerian human rights lawyer, Oronto Douglas, and Filipino anti-globalization activist, Walden Bello; in New York, Starhawk and Seydina Senghor, two…
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Democracy Now! February 1, 2002
Porto Alegre Brazil : World Social Forum kicks off. Their message: is Another world is possible? And, is the World Economic Forum bad for business in New York? Midtown Manhattan is locked down, and the city is filled . Guests: Van Jones, who is being given an award by the World Economic Forum, Canadian activist…
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Democracy Now! February 4, 2002
Ken Lay refuses to testify before Congress today as allegations of criminal activity mount. Protests continue in the streets of New York today, in front of Enrons accounting firm, Arthur Anderson. Its the last day of the World Economic Forum. Well have a debate on corporate globalization. And Jose Bove from Porto Alegre. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES…
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Democracy Now! January 16, 2002
Accounting giant Arthur Anderson fires a partner it says led the shredding of Enron documents. Money and connections bought Enron power. Can they buy it innocence as well? : A Nigerian woman is sentenced to death for adultery; if she loses her appeal, she will be buried up to her waist in sand and stoned…
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Ray Choto : Speech May 30, 2001
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The Cry For Justice: A Teach-in On The Prison Industrial Complex With Mike Farrell, Richard Polanco And Others.