Political science.

  • Democracy Now! September 9, 1997

    Albright Isreal Visit; Cassini Launch Revisited; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Albright Israel Visit US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright visits Israel to focus on Israeli – Palestinian relations. GUEST: Robert Fisk, Lebanon correspondent for NEWSPAPER: THE INDEPENDENT (9 Minutes) Cassini Launch Revisited An update of yesterday’s conversation opposing NASA’s Cassini space…

  • Democracy Now! September 10, 1997

    Congo Human Rights; Mandatory Minimums; In the Time of the Butterflies |(14 Minutes) Congo Human Rights Congolese President Laurent Kabila sent a letter to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan confirming his commitment to the UN human rights mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. GUEST: Reed Brody, human rights lawyer and one of three leaders…

  • Fast Track Trade; The Criminalization of Immigration; Bart Strike

    (14 Minutes) Fast Track Trade President Clinton yesterday opened up a campaign to win special Congressional authority to negotiate new trade deals including the expansion of NAFTA. GUEST: Lori Wallach, dir. of Public Citizen’s Globla Trade Watch. (19 Minutes) The Criminalization of Immigration Discussion on the affects of anti-immigration legislation passed by Congress and signed…

  • Democracy Now! January 19, 1999

    Y2K and Nuclear Weapons; Massacre in Kosovo; Clinton’s Defense Team |Y2K and Nuclear Weapons Millenium approaches and anit-nuckear activists around the world are sounding alarms at the possibility that computer malfunctions caused by Y2K could jeopardize public safety. The Defense Department announced that all its computer systems deemed critical to national defense are safe. Activists…

  • Democracy Now! January 20, 1999

    Clinton Defense; State of the Union Address and Social Security; State of the Union and Welfare |(14 minutes) Clinton Defense The White House went on the offensive yesterday on the first day of arguments at the president’s impeachment trial, as President Clinton’s lawyer, Charles Ruff, called the charges against him “a witch’s brew” of conjecture…

  • Democracy Now! January 21, 1999

    Tabacco Lawsuits; Gun Lawsuits; President Clinton’s Defense |(14 Minutes) Tobacco Lawsuits We look at how tobacco lawsuits were argued by states, and how they have become a blueprint for cities now suing gun manufacturers. GUEST: Richard Daynard, Prof. of law and chairperson of the Tobacco Products Liability Project, a public interest group that encourages lawsuits…

  • Democracy Now! January 25, 1999

    Clinton’s Anti-Terrorism Proposal; Critical Day for Impeachment Trial; Mexico: Salinas Trial and Human Rights |*Clintons Anti-Terrorism Proposal In announcing new anti-terrorism initiatives, President Clinton last week warned that it was highly likely that a terrorist group will launch a biological, chemical or cybernetic attack on the continental US in the next few years. President Clinton…

  • Democracy Now! July 22, 1997

    Campaign Finance Reform; Peru |(33 Minutes) Campaign Finance Reform Discussion of Campaign Finance Reform movement’s growth and the development of a combative legal wing. Discussion of the legal movement and how it is challenging the present system. GUEST: John Bonifaz, director of National Voting Rights Institute, which aims to bring a series of landmark court…

  • Democracy Now! July 23, 1997

    Campaign Finance Abuses; Commerce Department; Police Brutality |(14 Minutes) Campaign Finance Abuses Democrats on the Senate panel investigating campaign finance abuses are expected to go on the offensive for the first time today. Accusations against Republican Party. GUEST: Dan Morgan, a reporter for the Washington Post. (19 Minutes) Commerce Department In hearings, the Senate Governmental…