United Nations.

  • Democracy Now! March 17, 2003

    Hour 1: Three men on an island prepare to declare war despite oceans of protest around them: President Bush gives the U.N. Security Council 24 hours to support a US invasion of Iraq as over a million protest around the world; The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Clash of Barbarisms : part 2 of our…

  • Democracy Now! March 17, 2003

    Three men on an island prepare to declare war despite oceans of protest around them: President Bush gives the U.N. Security Council 24 hours to support a US invasion of Iraq as over a million protest around the world; The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Clash of Barbarisms : part 2 of our discussion with…

  • Democracy Now! March 19, 2003

    Hour 1: Will Iraqi-Americans be detained? Round-ups may be part of the government s Operation Liberty Shield; Hundreds of Pakistanis try to flee to Canada as new registration deadline looms: border cities have been transformed into unlikely refugee camps; As US names 30 countries supposedly supporting war, protests intensify: a cross-continental discussion; Talk-back to war:…

  • Democracy Now! March 19, 2003

    Will Iraqi-Americans be detained? Round-ups may be part of the government s Operation Liberty Shield; Hundreds of Pakistanis try to flee to Canada as new registration deadline looms: border cities have been transformed into unlikely refugee camps; As US names 30 countries supposedly supporting war, protests intensify: a cross-continental discussion; Talk-back to war: more listeners…

  • Democracy Now! March 13, 2003

    Hour 1: Prime Minister Tony Blair says Britain will deploy troops with or without UN backing: we talk to a Conservative Party MP who opposes war and former Labour Party Chair Tony Benn; Uniting For Peace : can the UN General Assembly trump the Security Council by invoking a little-known resolution, and stop the war?;…

  • Democracy Now! March 10, 2003

    Thousands Protest at Code Pink Protest in Washington: We Hear Speeches From Gloria Johnson, Nancy Lessin and Hafsat Abiola; British woman arrested for violating the Official Secrets Act & the United Nations launches inquiry into U.S. spying ofnUN diplomats. We talk to Observer reporter Marin Bright who broke the story; Is MSNBC trying to out-fox…

  • 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…

  • Democracy Now! March 3, 2003

    U.S. is tapping the phones of U.N. Security Council members and reading their e-mail: the story makes headlines around the world but is not reported here; Top Iraqi defector says Iraq destroyed its WMDs, but Bush and Blair continue to cite him to drum up support for war, and the US media buries the story:…

  • Democracy Now! March 5, 2003

    Networks ignore explosive story revealing U.S. is spying on U.N. Security Council members: Behind the scenes U.N. diplomats are furious at the dirty tricks; FBI plane spies on Bloomington, Indiana: peace groups, Muslims and international students likely targeted; Books not bombs! We need weapons of mass instruction! : Students walk out of classes around the…

  • Democracy Now! March 7, 2003

    pResident Bush: US will call for U.N. Security Council vote whether or not US has votes lined up; News conference scripted and reporters silenced: a report on the President s first primetime press conference in 1 and 1/2 years; Air Force admits at least 54 cases of rape and sexual assault at Air Force Academy…