RUSSIA AND POLAND

  • Democracy Now! September 2, 1998

    Headwaters; Russia & the Press; Colombia |(21 Minutes) Headwaters The CA state legislature has approved a deal to purchase the headwaters forest. The bill will transform the world’s largest privately owned stand of ancient redwood trees into a public preserve. Environmentalists say the settlement will only save a portion of the land. The deal will…

  • Democracy Now! August 18, 1997

    TV News; Russian Intelligentsia; Canned Hunting |(9 Minutes) TV News Research statistics regarding the media’s increasing number of crime stories juxtaposed with decreasing crime figures. GUEST: Dan Anunsdon, research dir. of the Center for Media and Public Affairs. (19 Minutes) Russian Intelligentsia Background on official and public perception of Russian Intelligentsia. Author of BOOK: DEAD…

  • Democracy Now! December 24, 1998

    Impact of Iraq Bombings on U.S. – Europe Relations; Nike/Soccer Coach |(14 Minutes) Impact of Iraq Bombings on U.S. – Europe Relations The U.S. led bombing of Iraq last week was criticized heavily by a number of Eropean powers, who saw the 4-day barage as a unilateral act that ignored the position of the world…

  • Russia: Collapsing economy, conflicted leadership, and the nuclear legacy

    Russia: Collapsing Economy, Conflicted Leadership, and the Nuclear Legacy GUEST: Mark Weisbrot is the director of research at the Preamble Center for Public Policy and a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute and author of Globalization for whom? and The Phony Crisis of Social Security. GUEST: David Johnson is an associate director of the…