JORDAN

  • Democracy Now! April 3, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. forces close in on Baghdad from two directions: We go to the Iraqi capital to talk with umembedded reporter May Ying Welsh; Kesbeh family arrives in Jordan after being deported from Houston: We talk with them from a refugee camp where the family of nine now lives near penniless in a single…

  • Democracy Now! April 3, 2003

    U.S. forces close in on Baghdad from two directions: We go to the Iraqi capital to talk with umembedded reporter May Ying Welsh; Kesbeh family arrives in Jordan after being deported from Houston: We talk with them from a refugee camp where the family of nine now lives near penniless in a single bedroom; Green…

  • Democracy Now! August 13, 2002

    JORDAN SHUTS DOWN AL JAZEERA |Story: ISRAEL APPROVES FORCED EXPULSIONS OF FAMILIES OF ‘SUSPECTED TERRORISTS’ The expulsions are the first of their kind. Israel says it decided to use this tactic as a deterrent measure. Last month, the Israeli military attempted to expel 19 relatives, apparently intending to send them all to Gaza. But the…

  • Democracy Now! February 5, 1999

    The Passing of King Hussein of Jordan; Amos Wilson: the Impact of the Media on the African Psyche |The Passing of King Hussein of Jordan The Passing of King Hussein of Jordan Moments after a gravely ill King Hussein arrived this morning in Amman, Jordan, doctors pronounced him clinically dead and said he was surviving…

  • Democracy Now! February 8, 1999

    World Leaders Mourn King Hussein of Jordan; Noam Chomsky on the U.S. Policy in Iraq; Sidney Blimenthal Accused of Lying for President |World Leaders Mourn King Hussein of Jordan A look at the funeral of King Hussein of Jordan. President Clinton and former presidents Bush, Carter and Ford attended. GUEST: Walid Kennan, was a student…

  • American Writers Congress.

    A conference on writing, publishing, and censorship. Program moderated by Chris Koch and Richard Elman. |r.1. David Black, Ethelbert Miller, Valerie Minor, Leslie Gorse. Victor Navasky and Michael Ferris on censorship (56 min.). — r.2. Jules Feiffer, Ring Lardner, Jr., Gloria Steinem, Jose Iglesia, June Jordan (85 min.). — r.3. Ishamel Reed (30 min.).

  • The Family secret / produced by Wendy White.

    Panel discussion with a male and female African American who discuss how they were sexually abused as children. |r.1. Reading by June Jordan of her poem about human rights, rape, our male and white dominated society, and the metaphor of penetration in both rape and colonization ; Dr. Harman, who has studies slave cultures, discusses…