Peace movement.
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Democracy Now! March 18, 2003
President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: Democracy Now talks to response Dennis Halliday, Ralph Nader, Leslie Cagan and Jeremy Scahill; With 300,000 troops set to invade Iraq, Gulf War veterans are concerned the safety of US forces may be compromised: We talk to Steve Robinson of…
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Democracy Now! March 6, 2003
Iraq Journal: The ghosts of Safwan, A report from the Iraq/Kuwait border; Over 100,000 students walk out and protest war around the nation and the globe: we ll hear from students Los Angeles, New York, Madison, Wisconsin, Buffalo, Stanford, as well as in Australia, Canada and Ireland; International human shields prepare for war in Iraq:…
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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…
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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…
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Democracy Now! March 11, 2003
Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…
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Democracy Now! December 10, 2002
Today on International Human Rights Day, hundreds of church leaders are marching on the United Nations to call for peace: we talk to Martin Luther King s mentor and civil rights leader, Rev. James Lawson about the role of Christian teaching and the Church in a non-violent peace movement.; Talk-back to war: people call in…
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Democracy Now! February 19, 2003
War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld refuses to rule out unleashing nuclear weapons on Iraq, the CIA warns of a nuclear arms race, & the Bush administration lowers the threshold for nuclear attacks: We spend the hour with leading anti-nuclear expert Dr. Helen Caldicott |War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is refusing to rule out the use of nuclear…
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Democracy Now! February 20, 2003
Michigan High School student is sent home for wearing a T-shirt with a picture of President Bush and the caption International Terrorist : he ll give us his first nationally broadcast interview; The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm : as the Pentagon prepares to deploy journalists with troops preparing to invade Iraq, as part of…
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Democracy Now! February 24, 2003
As Spanish Prime Minister Aznar and President Bush strategize at Bush s ranch in Crawford, Texas, 94% of Spaniards oppose war: we go to Madrid for a live report; World-renowned Irish civil rights leader Bernadette Devlin McAliskey is turned away at the border and deported: we go live to McAliskey in Northern Ireland; Come September…
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Democracy Now! February 25, 2003
A People s History of the United States, 1,000,000 copies and counting: This book delivered our history to us said actress Alfre Woodard who joins Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Kurt Vonnegut, Marisa Tomei and others in celebrating Howard Zinn s classic; Historian Howard Zinn talks about bombs, terrorism, the anti-war movement and the Bush administration…

