MILITARY ROLE IN POLITICS

  • Democracy Now! June 18, 2003

    Senate Commerce Committee Decides Tomorrow Whether to Roll Back FCC Decisions Allowing Massive Media Consolidation; Federal Court OKs Post-9/11 Secret Arrests; Bush Taps Lobbyist Enron and Viacom Lobbyist to Head Republican National Committee; As U.S. Kills Two Iraqi Demonstrators in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch Demands Full Investigation of U.S. Killings in Falluja |8:00- 8:01 Billboard…

  • Democracy Now! June 11, 2003

    US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules for Press Censorship of Iraqi Media. Officials say the code is not intended to censor the media, only to stifle intemperate speech, but Iraqi journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein are protesting the decision; The U.S. and U.N. Refuse to Provide Protection for Witnesses of Massacres: Dr.…

  • Democracy Now! April 8, 2003

    U.S. bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV offices in Baghdad killing one: We talk to Jihad Ballout from Al Jazeera; A president, viceroy, governor or sheriff? A look at Jay Garner, the U.S. general and defense contractor who is slated to versee post-war Iraq. |Story: A PRESIDENT, VICEROY, GOVERNOR OR SHERIFF? A LOOK AT…

  • Democracy Now! June 11, 2003

    Hour 1: US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules for Press Censorship of Iraqi Media. Officials say the code is not intended to censor the media, only to stifle intemperate speech, but Iraqi journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein are protesting the decision; The U.S. and U.N. Refuse to Provide Protection for Witnesses of…

  • Democracy Now! April 22, 2003

    Hour 1: My feeling is that there will be a war it may already have begun against the Americans by the Iraqis : British journalist Robert Fisk discusses looting, the U.S. targeting of journalists, the possibility of civil war in Iraq and why he feels the U.S. will not attack Syria Hour 2: Nina Simone…

  • Democracy Now! April 22, 2003

    Nina Simone 1933-2003: The High Priestess of Soul dies at age 70; Dennis Kucinich on war, abortion, corporate-financed campaigns & the Democratic Party: The presidential candidate and chair of the Progressive caucus joins us in our Firehouse studios; Publisher of Harper s magazine calls a story in yesterday s New York Times the closest thing…

  • Democracy Now! April 8, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S. bombs Al Jazeera and Abu Dhabi TV offices in Baghdad killing one: We talk to Jihad Ballout from Al Jazeera; A president, viceroy, governor or sheriff? A look at Jay Garner, the U.S. general and defense contractor who is slated to versee post-war Iraq. Hour 2: Over 1,000 protest in Northern Ireland…

  • Democracy Now! October 16, 2002

    Iraq Journal: A rare visit to the birthplace of Saddam Hussein. Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports from Takrit; Sniper politics: Does the technology exist to find the D.C. sniper? The Bush Administration and the NRA are opposing ballistic fingerprinting legislation that would trace the bullet to the gun; The militarization of the police: The…

  • 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…

  • Democracy Now! March 14, 2003

    U.S. military seeks freedom to dump spent munitions, pollute the air and poison endangered species without risk of liability: Pentagon quietly seeks major exemptions from environmental laws; Easter Bunny-dressed protester arrested at Kmart at demonstration against Easter baskets containing toy soldiers; in other protest news 11 arrested at Boeing HQ in Chicago; University of New…