INDUSTRY AND LABOR

  • Democracy Now! September 9, 1998

    The Looting of Nigeria; Abubakar’s Transition Program; Resisting the Nigerian Regime |(14 Minutes) The Looting of Nigeria As Nigeria’s new military ruler, Abdulsalam Abubakar, closes the door on registering political parties, the president of Nigeria’s oldest legal rights organization chronicles the history of looting, corruption and repression in Africa’s most populous nation. GUEST: Ayo Obe,…

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1998

    Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…

  • Corporate America

    Can we really have democracy in light of corporate America’s 100 year agenda of making money, consolidating power, and dominating the political forum? GUEST: Richard Grossman of the Program on Corporations, Law and Democracy.

  • Democracy Now! September 23, 1997

    Smithsonian Controversy; Nike and Human Rights Abuses; Korea |(14 Minutes) Smithsonian Controversy 46 members of Congress last wek wrote to teh Smithsonian Institution in support of an exhibition on sweatshops at the National Museum of American History. The show is called Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops 1820- to…

  • Democracy Now! September 23, 1998

    Sugar – Fanjul; Sudan |(23 Minutes) Sugar Growers’ Sweet Deal – The Fanjul Family and Flo-Sun, Inc. A look at money and influence in the sugar industry. The focus is on the Fanjul family and their connection to President Clinton. GUEST: Jane Franklin, author of BOOK: CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES: A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY. GUEST:…

  • Democracy Now! August 26, 1997

    Teamster Trouble; Sacco & Vanzetti |(32 Minutes) Teamster Trouble A Federal overseer refused to certify last December’s Teamster’s election due to campaign finance irregularities. Senate and House members say they will begin their own investigations into alleged illegal fundraising ties between the Democratic Party and the Teamsters. GUEST: Greg Tarpinian, exec. dir. of Labor Research…

  • Democracy Now! September 1, 1997

    Barbecues and Beef; Women, Unions and Work |(14 Minutes) Barbecues and Beef Agricultrual Secretary Dan Glickman proposed legislation that would broadly strengthen his department’s powers over companies found to have produced tainted meat and poultry. GUEST: Mary Heersink, Author of BOOK: E. COLI 0157; THE TRUE STORY OF A MOTHER’S BATTLE WITH A KILLER MICROBE…

  • Fast Track Trade; The Criminalization of Immigration; Bart Strike

    (14 Minutes) Fast Track Trade President Clinton yesterday opened up a campaign to win special Congressional authority to negotiate new trade deals including the expansion of NAFTA. GUEST: Lori Wallach, dir. of Public Citizen’s Globla Trade Watch. (19 Minutes) The Criminalization of Immigration Discussion on the affects of anti-immigration legislation passed by Congress and signed…

  • Democracy Now! August 5, 1997

    UPS Strike; Scientology Debate; Music Legend Fela Kuti Dies |UPS Strike Discussion of UPS strike that began yesterday, which crippled the country’s largest package-delivery company. Also the media’s confusion. GUEST: Anne Marie O’Neill, part-time UPS worker Eastern Long Island, NY. GUEST: Dave Pratt, a former UPS loader and an organizer for Teamster’s for a Democratic…