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Democracy Now! March 27, 2003
In New York City scores are being arrested this morning in direct action protests against the war.; U.S. bombs Iraqi Television again: International Federation of Journalists condemns attack as a violation of the Geneva conventions; Is the world watching two different versions of the invasion of Iraq? A comparison of the Arab-language and western media;…
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Democracy Now! March 11, 2003
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 threat; A bigger…
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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…
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Democracy Now! February 27, 2003
Democracy Now! has learned the Pentagon is asking humanitarian groups for global positioning coordinates of civilian sites in Iraq, such as water treatment facilities and power plants: is it to bomb them or save them?; The press will once again serve primarily as the mouthpiece for the government as journalists prepare to embed with US…
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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 30, 2002
We are celebrating our second liberation : Kenya s people elect opposition leader Mwai Kibaki. It is the first time an opposition party has won the presidency since Kenya became independent from Britain four decades ago; 75 people protest in front of the Pentagon: some throw blood on the Pentagon and are arrested; Saddam did…
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Democracy Now! January 14, 2003
The Pentagon trains journalists to report on war and promises access to the battlefield, but is it access or a new PR strategy? A debate with the Pentagon, two war correspondents and Harper s Magazine publisher Rick MacArthur.; Activists train reporters to cover the peace movement: days before the next march on Washington, Democracy Now!…
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Democracy Now! February 5, 2003
Secretary of State Powell today tries to persuade the U.N. Security Council to authorize an American first-strike attack on Iraq; we hear excerpts of an exclusive interview with Saddam Hussein by former British MP Tony Benn; Democracy now! obtains top secret U.N. documents revealing the U.N. s plans for a post-war Iraq: Jeremy Scahill reports…
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Democracy Now! August 27, 2002
US ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMSEY CLARK DEBATES THE PENTAGON/IMMIGRANT AIRPORT WORKERS DETAINED IN GOVERNMENT RAIDS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA |9:00-9:01 Billboard: US Attorney General Ramsey Clark visits the Iraqi hospital where casualties from a recent US bombing raid were taken and debates the Pentagon: a discussion on bombing in so-called no-fly zones, civilian deaths, international law, sanctions,…
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Democracy Now! July 19, 2002
NIGERIAN WOMEN END THEIR UNPRECEDENTED PEACEFUL PROTEST AGAINST CHEVRON/PENTAGON’S PLANS FOR A PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL ARSENAL FOR USE IN THE US |New documents reveal a Pentagon program’s shocking plans to promote using psychopharmacological weapons and mind-altering drugs including Valium sprays, chemical cocktails, hallucinogens, fast- acting anti-depressants, and animal traquilizers. Then, the Justice Department secretly charters an airlift…