Political science.

  • Democracy Now! August 13, 1997

    CIA Documents; Domestic Violence; Moon and the Republican Right |(14 Minutes) CIA Documents CIA coming under fire re: stonewalling the release of decades-old documents. It is making an official US diplomatic history the target of ridicule and scorn. GUEST: Warren F. Kimball, prof. of American diplomatic history of Rutgers University. He is the head of…

  • Democracy Now! August 14, 1997

    Chemical Weapons Incineration; NY Torture; US Policy and Africa |(14 Minutes) Chemical Weapons Incineration The Pentagon is preparing to dispose of 60 million pounds of lethal chemical weapons. Army engineers want to burn the chemicals and have been testing incinerator tech. at a prototype facility at Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. GUEST: Graig Williams,…

  • 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…

  • Democracy Now! December 30, 1998

    Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty; Colombian Paramilitary Chief Suspected Killed |(28 Minutes) A Conversation with Former Irish Political Prisoner Joe Doherty. Joe Doherty, one of the most visible political prisoners in the US became the face of the Irish Republican movement in North America. He was released from prison as part of…

  • Israel / Palestine

    Israel / Palestine GUEST: Nicholas Guyatt, in England, is author of BOOK: THE ABSENCE OF PEACE: ISRAEL, PALESTINE AND THE FAILURE OF THE OSLO ACCORD and a researcher at Princeton University. GUEST: Parris Kadrone is a long time Jerusalem correspondent for Pacifica Radio. GUEST: Naomi Chazan is a professor of Political Science, amember of the…