INDONESIA
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Democracy Now! May 19, 2003
Hour 1: The U.S. faces wave of media mergers and unprecedented consolidation if FCC relaxes media ownership rules; Dissident FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein speaks out against media ownership deregulation; Indonesian military launches a massive attack on separatist movement in Aceh. Hour 2: Harlem Woman Dies After Botched Police Drug Raid; The Ballot or the…
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Democracy Now! May 19, 2003
The U.S. faces wave of media mergers and unprecedented consolidation if FCC relaxes media ownership rules; Dissident FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein speaks out against media ownership deregulation; Indonesian military launches a massive attack on separatist movement in Aceh. |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:25: The Indonesian army has launched a…
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Democracy Now! May 5, 2003
Patriot Raid: Citing homeland security & Patriot Act, INS raids NYC restaurant, questions staff at gunpoint and detains patrons; Operation Homeland Resistance: As immigration detainees complain about mistreatment in jail, a coalition of activists plan new campaign to oppose the war at home; As the US considers normalizing relation with the Indonesian army, we talk…
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Democracy Now! May 5, 2003
Hour 1: Israeli troops shoot dead another journalist in the Occupied Territories, according to witnesses: James Miller was an award-winning documentary filmmaker who was famous for his piece on Afghanistan, Beneath the Veil; 33 years ago this weekend, US National Guardsmen fired into a crowd of people at Kent State University who were protesting the…
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Democracy Now! October 14, 2002
Iraq Journal: Democracy Now correspondent Jeremy Scahill talks with British MP George Galloway on the streets of Baghdad; Bali bombing: After 200 are killed in Indonesia car bombing, Bush calls for expansion of the war on terror. Professor Jeff Winters of Northwestern University talks about the Indonesian military and its involvement with terrorist groups; Indigenous…
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Democracy Now! August 9, 2002
ACTIVISTS DISRUPT CHENEY S SPEECH ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY/IMF ANNOUNCES IT WILL LEND BRAZIL $30 BILLION |The International Monetary Fund Will Lend Brazil $30 Billion: as Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill ends his Latin America tour, the IMF will lend debt-laden Brazil more than it has ever provided any other country. The Bush Administration s Plans…
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Democracy Now!
FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, HEAT-WAVES AND TOXIC CLOUDS/A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT FROM A TIMORESE HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER |9:00-9:01 Billboard: Toxic clouds, floods, heat-waves and landslides, plagues from god or god awful corporations?: We ll look at the (un)natural disasters from Bangladesh to Nepal to Prague. An Indonesian court acquits 6 military and police officers from the carnage during…
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Democracy Now! May 17, 2002
CO-HOST: ALLAN NAIRN, speaking from EAST TIMOR, to Dili for Independence Day; ED MCWILLIAMS, a state department official who refused to go along. |9:01-9:06 Headlines: ISRAEL DEPORTS U.S. PEACE ACTIVIST KRISTEN SCHURR AS ISRAELI FORCES SWEEP THROUGH JENIN AGAIN Israeli tanks swept through the Jenin refugee camp again this morning amid heavy gunfire. The armys…
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Democracy Now! March 27, 2002
Part 2 of “Did the 74th Annual Academy Awards really open any doors?” US pressure Indonesia crack down on terrorists : UNs role in the annexation of West Papua New Guinea by Indonesia nearly four decades ago : Arab summit lies in ruins as Arafat is fenced in : report from journalist ROBERT FISK |9:01-9:06…
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Democracy Now! March 3, 1999
Colombia; Xanana Gusmao |Colombia Three U.S. citizens were kidnapped last week in Colombia’s remote northeastern border with Venezuela. According to friends and co-workers, the three were on amission to help preserve the cultural identity of an indigenous group under the auspices of the Hawaii based Pacific Cultural Conservancy International. No group has yet claimed responsibility.…