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  • Democracy Now! June 6, 2003

    Hour 1: Rachel Corrie was Crushed by an Israeli Military Bulldozer, Tom Hurndall was Shot in the Head by an Israeli Soldier. Today on the 36th Anniversary of the Occupied Territories, we Speak with the Parents of these Two International Peace Activists. Corrie s family is supporting resolution HCR111 which calls for an independent investigation…

  • Democracy Now! June 6, 2003

    The Two Top Editors of The New York Times Resign. Yes – The New York Times is at a 152-year low but is it thanks to Jayson Blair? Or is it because the paper has become the Pentagon s most effective mouthpiece?; Latino Lawmakers Demand the Resignation of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Phoenix, Charging…

  • Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

    Hour 1: Looks like news, sounds like news but paid for by drug companies: Morley Safer of 60 Minutes introduced hundreds of fake news breaks broadcast on public television; CNN s Aaron Brown and CBS Walter Cronkite may back out after a news expose revealed the scheme; Global AIDS, TB and Malaria Fund facing massive…

  • Democracy Now! May 8, 2003

    Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz secretly create new Pentagon-based intelligence unit: Seymour Hersh examines the role the Office of Special Plans in the lead-up to invading Iraq; Harsh New York Rockefeller drug laws turn 30: Hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons & Anthony Papa who served 12 years for a first-time offense call for repeal of the laws;…

  • Democracy Now! April 30, 2003

    Hour 1: Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Danny Glover, James Earl Jones and others read from Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States : Part one of two-hour special commemorating the millionth copy of the classic book sold. Hour 2: Nuclear non-proliferation conference opens to discuss nuclear issues in the age of…

  • Democracy Now! April 30, 2003

    Nuclear non-proliferation conference opens to discuss nuclear issues in the age of preemptive attacks: Rebecca Johnson of the journal Disarmament Diplomacy joins us from Geneva; Brutal crackdown on Iraqi protesters by US occupation forces is continuing: U.S. troops kill three more Iraqis in Fallujah bringing the total this week to 18. We go to Fallujah…

  • Democracy Now! April 17, 2003

    U.S. forces kill at least a dozen civilians in Mosul: Independent journalist May Ying Welsh looks at what the city looked like before the invasion; Did U.S. antiquities dealers plan to loot Iraq themselves?: A debate between the American Council for Cultural Policy and the Cambrian Archaeological Association; The Pentagon, Propaganda & PR: A look…

  • 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! October 23, 2002

    Iraq Journal: the trail of gifts from Ronald Reagan and other US officials to Saddam Hussein ; The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm : the illegal arming of Saddam Hussein, the Pentagon s use of depleted uranium, and the US government s lies about the massive Iraqi military build-up on the Saudi Arabian border |9:00-9:01…