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Democracy Now! September 3, 2001
Its Labor Day. Well talk to John Sweeney, President of the AFL-CIO about the state of the labor movement under the Bush Administration. Well go to Canada, where tens of thousands of workers are taking to the streets of Toronto today; and well continue our coverage of the UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban,…
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Democracy Now! August 31, 2001
The United Nations opens its historic World Conference Against Racism as thousands take to the streets of Durban demanding action from world governments; a Dutch court rejects Milosevics appeal to declare the International War Crimes tribunal against him illegal; and the home of Palestinian leader Abu Leilah is partially destroyed in Ramullah |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES A…
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Democracy Now! September 4, 2001
REPARATIONS FOR THE PALESTINIANS, FOR NATIVE AMERICANS , FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS [Replay DN! Dec. 21, 1999] |NEWS HEADLINES Story: REPARATIONS FOR THE PALESTINIANS German, U.S. and east European officials sealed a historic agreement on Friday to compensate Nazi era slave workers 54 years after World War Two, offering 5 billion dollars to the former workers…
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Henry Louis Gates
Dr. Henry Louis Gates has transformed Harvard’s Afro-American Studies Department into a thriving and respected center by adding such scholars as William Julius Wilson and Cornell West to the program. In his spare time, he is author and editor of numerous publications. His critical studies of African-American oral and literary traditions have had a broad…