Political science.
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Democracy Now! September 15, 1997
Black Caucus Legislative Weekend; Weld Hearing; Zapatistas |(14 Minutes) Black Caucus Legislative Weekend Report on the opening of the 27th annual legislative conference of the Congressional Black Caucus chaired by Maxine Waters (D-CA) and the many issues it has with the Clinton administration. TAPE OF: Alfred McCoy, prof. of history and author of BOOK: POLITICS…
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Democracy Now! September 16, 1997
Amnesty International and the UN; Black Legislative Caucus Weekend; Campaign Fundraising Hearings |(14 Minutes) Amnesty International and the UN For the first time, Amnesty International made a direct presentation to the UN Security Council. GUEST: Pierre San, Secretary General of Amnesty International. (19 Minutes) Black Legislative Caucus Weekend Focus on issue of police brutality. A…
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Democracy Now! September 18, 1997
CIA at 50 |(50 Minutes) CIA at 50 Focus on the history and impact of the CIA. GUEST: Low Wolf, publisher of Covert Action Quarterly. GUEST: Martin Lee, journalist and author of BOOK: THE BEAST REAWAKENS. GUEST: Phillip Agee, former CIA officer. GUEST: Diane Kuntz, former CIA employee. GUEST: Verne Lyon, former CIA officer.
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Democracy Now! September 23, 1997
Smithsonian Controversy; Nike and Human Rights Abuses; Korea |(14 Minutes) Smithsonian Controversy 46 members of Congress last wek wrote to teh Smithsonian Institution in support of an exhibition on sweatshops at the National Museum of American History. The show is called Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops 1820- to…
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Democracy Now! September 15, 1998
Overlooked Legislation; Clinton and Nixon; What Clinton Should Really be Impeached for; Cuba Arrests |(4 Minutes) Overlooked Legislation Focus on the 22 separate anti-environmental provisions that are attached to the Sentate Interior Appropriations bill due to be voted on in the next few weeks. GUEST: Anna Aurillio, researcher with the USPIRG (US Public Interest Research…
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Democracy Now! September 23, 1998
Sugar – Fanjul; Sudan |(23 Minutes) Sugar Growers’ Sweet Deal – The Fanjul Family and Flo-Sun, Inc. A look at money and influence in the sugar industry. The focus is on the Fanjul family and their connection to President Clinton. GUEST: Jane Franklin, author of BOOK: CUBA AND THE UNITED STATES: A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY. GUEST:…
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Democracy Now! September 2, 1997
Landmines; Music Business |(14 Minutes) Landmines Story on delegation in Oslo, Norway to begin talks on a treaty for a global ban on anti-personnel land mines. GUEST: Mary Wareham, coordinator of the US Campaign to Ban Landmines. GUEST: Noel Stott, from South African campaign to ban landmines. (38 Minutes) Music Business Discussion on the state…