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Democracy Now! February 25, 2003
A People s History of the United States, 1,000,000 copies and counting: This book delivered our history to us said actress Alfre Woodard who joins Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Kurt Vonnegut, Marisa Tomei and others in celebrating Howard Zinn s classic; Historian Howard Zinn talks about bombs, terrorism, the anti-war movement and the Bush administration…
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Democracy Now! February 28, 2003
Investigative reporter Greg Palast on how Bush killed the FBI’s investigation into Saudi Arabia s financing of terrorist organizations; he also discusses the head of the Pentagon s Total Information Awareness Program John Poindexter s ties to a data-mining corporation; New Orleans mother appeals to the Pope to help prevent the execution of her son:…
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Democracy Now! February 10, 2003
Chief U.N. inspectors cite an encouraging Iraqi change of heart ; Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill confronts chief inspector Hans Blix over U.S.-imposed no-fly zones; Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation” is this about Iraq, or Britain? Britain admits its latest intelligence report was plagiarized from a post-doc s thesis; Justice Department secretly drafts legislation…
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Democracy Now! February 12, 2003
Indian philosopher and physicist Vandana Shiva: if terrorism is the systematic use of terror as a means of coercion, then the WTO rules are terrorist; she also calls for the peace and global justice movements to unite; NATO s plans to defend Turkey in case of war with Iraq are deadlocked as France, Germany and…
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Democracy Now! January 10, 2003
Renowned defense attorney Michael Tigar files motion to dismiss John Ashcroft s charges that lawyer Lynne Stewart is supporting terrorists: we talk with the man whose clients have included Angela Davis, Abbie Hoffman and Terry Nichols (of Oklahoma City bombing-fame); Today, on the deadline for all males over 16 from a dozen Muslim countries to…
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Democracy Now! August 13, 2002
JORDAN SHUTS DOWN AL JAZEERA |Story: ISRAEL APPROVES FORCED EXPULSIONS OF FAMILIES OF ‘SUSPECTED TERRORISTS’ The expulsions are the first of their kind. Israel says it decided to use this tactic as a deterrent measure. Last month, the Israeli military attempted to expel 19 relatives, apparently intending to send them all to Gaza. But the…
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Democracy Now! August 22, 2002
A LOOK AT THE INCREASINGLY HOSTILE U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP |Story: SAUDIS PULL SOME $200 BILLION OUT OF THE U.S., FAMILY MEMBERS OF 9-11 VICTIMS ARE SUING SAUDI NATIONALS, AND SAUDI NATIONALS ARE SUING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: A LOOK AT THE INCREASINGLY HOSTILE U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP The Financial Times reported yesterday that disgruntled Saudis have pulled tens of…
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Democracy Now! August 14, 2002
BIN LADEN: THE FORBIDDEN TRUTH |9:00-9:01 Billboard: we ll spend a conversation with once banned by the bin Laden family. And, Israel s first lady of human rights: a conversation with Shulamit Aloni, former Knesset member who headed the Meretz Party. All that and more coming up on Pacifica Radio s Democracy Now! 9:01-9:06 Headlines…
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Democracy Now! August 2, 2002
100 ISRAELI TANKS INVADE NABLUS |I00 Israeli Tanks Invade Nablus: After a bombing kills seven people, including five Americans, Israel invades the West Bank city in the middle of the night. Bush admits tax havens are a problem: But he claims he can t remember his own firm, Harken Energy, setting up an offshore subsidiary…