MEDIA

  • Democracy Now! March 26, 2003

    The Arabic CNN comes under fire for its Iraq coverage: An Al Jazeera producer discusses the broadcast of the POW footage, the network’s banning from the NYSE & NASDAQ and the launching (and hacking) of an English-language site; U.S. escalates Iraq war in Kurdish-controlled area: We go to northern Iraq for a report from Christian…

  • Democracy Now! March 19, 2003

    Is war against Iraq legal or not? A debate between Roger Normand and Ruth Wedgewood; Activists blockade Australian Prime Minister John Howard s house, a Turkish port where US military is unloading equipment, a US naval base in Spain and damage US bombers in Scotland: direct actions around the world to stop the war; Are…

  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Hour 1: Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will deploy troops with or without UN backing: we talk to a Conservative Party MP who opposes war and former Labour Party Chair Tony Benn; Uniting For Peace : can the UN General Assembly trump the Security Council by invoking a little-known resolution, and stop the war?;…

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Thousands Protest at Code Pink Protest in Washington: We Hear Speeches From Gloria Johnson, Nancy Lessin and Hafsat Abiola; British woman arrested for violating the Official Secrets Act & the United Nations launches inquiry into U.S. spying ofnUN diplomats. We talk to Observer reporter Marin Bright who broke the story; Is MSNBC trying to out-fox…

  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Delma Banks lives: U.S. Supreme Court grants emergency stay 15 minutes before Texan man was scheduled to be executed; Elizabeth Smart is found while Alexis Patterson is largely forgotten: We look at the cases of two girls who were abducted last year and why one made headlines and the other didn’t; New York says no…

  • Democracy Now! March 14, 2003

    Hour 1: Will the Pentagon target journalists in Iraq? An interview with veteran BBC war correspondent Kate Adie ; Oakland police beat reporters and young people of color at otherwise peaceful rally: San Francisco Bay View journalist Ra shida Askey says police jumped her, slammed her head to the ground and beat her; San Francisco…

  • Democracy Now! March 19, 2003

    Hour 1: Will Iraqi-Americans be detained? Round-ups may be part of the government s Operation Liberty Shield; Hundreds of Pakistanis try to flee to Canada as new registration deadline looms: border cities have been transformed into unlikely refugee camps; As US names 30 countries supposedly supporting war, protests intensify: a cross-continental discussion; Talk-back to war:…

  • Democracy Now! March 3, 2003

    U.S. is tapping the phones of U.N. Security Council members and reading their e-mail: the story makes headlines around the world but is not reported here; Top Iraqi defector says Iraq destroyed its WMDs, but Bush and Blair continue to cite him to drum up support for war, and the US media buries the story:…

  • Democracy Now! March 7, 2003

    pResident Bush: US will call for U.N. Security Council vote whether or not US has votes lined up; News conference scripted and reporters silenced: a report on the President s first primetime press conference in 1 and 1/2 years; Air Force admits at least 54 cases of rape and sexual assault at Air Force Academy…

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Alice Walker, Maxine Hong Kingston, Medea Benjamin & 20 other women are arrested outside the White House: Thousands gather in Washington for Code Pink peace demonstration; Should President Bush be impeached? Progressive Congressional Democrats consider introducing articles of impeachment if the U.S. attacks Iraq; US & UK relied on forged document in making the case…