SURVEILLANCE OF CITIZENS BY GOVERNMENT

  • Government surveillance and the control of women: Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

    This recording contains of excerpts (not complete) of the panel “Government Surveillance and the Control of Women” at the Fifth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. The conference was held ca. June 16-18, 1981 at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY.  Speakers and talks were the following: Blanche Wiesen Cook of John Jay College on…

  • Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

    Right wing media strives to have Danny Glover Dropped as MCI spokesperson; Michael Franti: On government surveillance and the role of artists in a time of war; A House Committee unanimously approves a modified Bush Bioshield : is it to protect the American people, or the pharmaceutical industry? |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:07 Headlines 9:07-9:08 One Minute…

  • Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

    Hour 1: Radiation is 1,000 Times the Normal Levels Where US Troops Used Depleted Uranium Shells in Baghdad INTRO: a discussion with the Christian Science Monitor s Scott Peterson, who visited four randomly chosen sites in Baghdad and reports that while women and children haven t been warned, US troops have orders to avoid the…

  • Democracy Now! October 2, 2002

    Bush’s single-bullet theory assassinate Saddam Hussein: international human rights attorneys Michael Ratner and Reed Brody respond to Bush s press secretary Ari Fleischer s call to kill; Police spying: New York police seeks court approval to monitor political activists; Denver opens hundreds of spy files collected from illegal monitoring of citizens; Police crack down on…

  • Democracy Now! March 27, 2003

    Hour 1: Live from Baghdad: 14 killed in a Baghdad market, as Iraqi clerics call for jihad against US invasion forces; The Pentagon knows large percentages of smart bombs malfunction and civilian deaths are a certainty: a discussion on how smart the bombs really are; Live from the streets of NYC: hundreds die in and…

  • Democracy Now! March 27, 2003

    In New York City scores are being arrested this morning in direct action protests against the war.; U.S. bombs Iraqi Television again: International Federation of Journalists condemns attack as a violation of the Geneva conventions; Is the world watching two different versions of the invasion of Iraq? A comparison of the Arab-language and western media;…

  • Democracy Now! August 9, 2001

    A SURVIVOR OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI SPEAKS OF HER EXPERIENCES 56 YEARS AGO TODAY ; FEDERAL JUDGES IN SAN FRANCISCO RESIST ATTEMPTS TO SURVEIL THEM AND THEIR CO-WORKERS. |NEWS HEADLINES A SURVIVOR OF THE ATOMIC BOMBING OF NAGASAKI SPEAKS OF HER EXPERIENCES 56 YEARS AGO TODAY 56 years ago this week the US…

  • Democracy Now! August 29, 2001

    SNITCH CULTURE, HOW CITIZENS ARE TURNED INTO THE EYES AND EARS OF THE STATE [Replay of DN! February 16, 2001] |SNITCH CULTURE, HOW CITIZENS ARE TURNED INTO THE EYES AND EARS OF THE STATE Wednesday afternoon. The offices of The Stony Brook Press, an alternative campus publication in a sleepy town in New York. Two…

  • Democracy Now! August 12, 1997

    Big Rigs; Northern Ireland; Police Surveillance |(14 Minutes) Big Rigs Debate on trucking industry and need for opening more highways. Debate is part of of a massive $175 billion transoportation bill making its way though Congress. GUEST: Michael Scippa, exec. dir. of Citizens for Responsible and Safe Highways. GUEST: Warren Hoemann, VP for policy of…