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Democracy Now! September 24, 1998

Racist Float; Government Pries into Women’s Sex Lives |(14 minutes) Racist Float The murder of James Byrd Jr. in Jasper, Texas earlier this year remains a graphic reminder of the race-based crimes that continue to be committed in this country. The murder was reenacted this past labor day, by white men in blackface in a…

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Democracy Now!

Fast Track Legislation; Juvenile Justice; Chicago Juvenile Cases |(14 Minutes) Fast Track Legislation A look at the fast track bill that is going through Congress. fast track legislation would allow the president to put forward trade agreements and treaties which Congress could not ammend. GUEST: Dan Seligman, dir. of the Sierra Club’s Responsible Trade Campaign.…

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Democracy Now! September 28, 1998

Critical Resistance |(Entire program) Critical Resistance Beyond the prison-industrial complex. Excerpts of speeches from the national conference taking place at the UC-Berkeley this weekend. And a discussion on a high school student walkout around the theme: education vs. incarceration. GUEST: Bill Tate, father of Preston Tate who was killed by a guard. GUEST: Asha Bendele,…

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Democracy Now! August 29, 1997

Police and Racism; David Bradley |(33 Minutes) Police and Racism Update on Abner Louima police brutality case. Thousands expected to march in New York to protest the police beating. Discussion on racism within the NYPD. GUEST: David Sears, reporter Pacifica Radio-WBAI. GUEST: Stephen M. Zanowic, US Marshall’s Service Deputy. GUEST: Mathew Fogg, Supervisory Inspector with…

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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…

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Democracy Now! September 4, 1997

Good Samaritan Law; Washington D.C. Control Board; Civil Rights Leader Kunstler Remembered; Safari Subsidy |Good Samaritan Law Among the charges that the six phographers and a motorcyclist held in connection with the death of Princess Diana face failure to obey the French Good Samaritan law. What are strangers obligated to do when faced with humanitarian…

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Democracy Now! September 5, 1997

Campaign Finance Abuse Hearings; Bounty Hunters; Wall Street and Public Education |(4 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuse Hearings Hearings resumed yesterday. Testimony from 3 Buddhist nuns, invonved in teh Sdi Lai Temple findraiser. GUEST: Don Rush, Pacifica Network News reporter. (19 Minutes) Bounty Hunters Recent case of bounty hunters raiding a house and held family at…

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Democracy Now! September 10, 1997

Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…

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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…

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Democracy Now! August 15, 1997

NY Torture; India/Pakistan Independence; US Policy and Albania |(9 Minutes) NY Torture Update on NY police department after allegations by Abner Louima that officers beat and sodomized him. GUEST: Abner Louima, alleged victim of beating. GUEST: Dr. Jean Claude Compas, personal physician of Abner Louima. GUEST: Mrs. Vincent, worships at same church as Louima (24…

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