Human rights.

  • Democracy Now! August 27, 2001

    DRILLING AND KILLING: CHEVRON AND NIGERIA’S OIL DICTATORSHIP: A ONE HOUR DOCUMENTARY [Replay of DN! September 30, 1998] |Almost as regularly as the US bombs oil-rich Iraq, an oil pipeline of one multinational or other bursts somewhere in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. President Clinton has just returned from Africa’s most populous country. He went…

  • Inside Attica (Episode 3 of 5)

    We are Attica / produced by Bruce Soloway March 30, 1972| interview by Bruce Soloway;| technical production by David Rapkin.| Interviews with former Attica prison inmates involved in the Attica State Prison rebellion. The rebellion was September, 1971. These prisoners were in maximum security afterwards and interviewed in February, 1972.| Excerpts from interviews with seven…

  • Democracy Now! March 1, 1999

    U.S. Role in Genocide in Guatemala; Civil Rights Leaders Condemn Police Brutality |U.S. Role in Genocide in Guatemala In a much anticipated report released last week, Guatemala’s independent Historical Clarification Commission concluded that the U.S. gave money and training to a Guatemalan military that committed “acts of genocide” against the country’s Mayan population during the…

  • Democracy Now! March 4, 1999

    Lori Berenson: MIT Graduate in Peruvian Prison; Nigerian Elections; Police Brutality in the U.K.; Mumia Town Meeting; Geronimo Pratt Interview |Lori Berenson: MIT Graduate in Peruvian Prison As Attorney General Janet Reno yesterday wrapped up an international conference of Latin American justice ministers in Lima, Peru, Amy Goodman was able to conduct the first ever…

  • Democracy Now! February 4, 1999

    Voices in the Wilderness-The Human Toll of 8 Years of Sanctions in Iraq; The CIA’s Role in the War on Drugs |Voices in the Wilderness – Human Toll of 8 Years of Sanctions in Iraq The united Nations ordered its remaining American staff members in Iraq to leave this week after Baghdad warned that it…

  • Democracy Now! February 11, 1999

    Chevron Under Fire; Sweatshop Reports |(23 Minutes) Chevron Under Fire The recent wave of repression and violence by the Nigerian military in the Niger Delta that has left scores of villagers dead has sparked worldwide attention. So has the role of oil companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and the US multinational Chevron in the…

  • Democracy Now! October 27, 1998

    Pinochet Haunted by Ghsts of Past; Former Students Convicted of Espionage Conspiracy; Update on Congressional Races |(14 Minutes) Pinochet Haunted by Ghosts of Past A British High Court is set to decide whether former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is protected by diplomatic immunity, as prosecutors in Switzerland and human rights groups in France and Sweden…

  • Iraq Update; Sister Helen Prejean Speech

    (4 Minutes) Iraq Update An update from Baghdad on hunger and suffering among the Iraqi population. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now’s producer in Baghdad. (46 Minutes) Sister Helen Prejean Speech Sister Helen Prejean’s speech on the experiences of the people on death row. This speech was delivered on November 16, 1998 at the New York…

  • Democracy Now! January 27, 1999

    Impeachment-Studs Terkel; Multinational Monitor’s 10 Worst Corporations of 1998; Chevron and Nigeria |(14 Minutes) Impeachment – Studs Terkel GUEST: Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer-winning author talks about impeachment. (20 Minutes) Multinational Monitor’s 10 Worst Corporations of 1998 Multinational Monitor magazine reports that 1998 was a record year for corporate crime and abuse that includes death without…

  • Urvashi Vaid

    Urvashi Vaid, one-time attorney with the ACLU National Prisoners Project, former director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, co-founder of the Boston Lesbian/Gay Political Alliance and the author of Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation, is considered one of the leading voices in the progressive LGBT movement. In this hour-long…