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Democracy Now! September 7, 2001
UN World Conference Against Racism in Durban draws to a close as delegates try to salvage a workable agreement in the face of opposition from the US and Europe over the occupied territories and slavery : Interview with a leading member African National Congress; and an Afro-Colombian woman speaks out on the racial dimensions of…
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Democracy Now! September 10, 2001
UN World Conference Against Racism ends with a contentious political declaration on slavery and the Israeli occupation of Palestine, while the conversation continues at the grassroots. Well talk to women activists from Uganda, and Kurdistan about racism, sexism and globalization. All that and more on Democracy Now! in exile. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE MINUTE MUSIC…
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Democracy Now! September 6, 2001
South Africa attempts to forge a compromise over language on Israel and Palestine at the UN World Racism Conference as fallout continues over the US withdrawal from the conference. Well talk to Reverend Jesse Jackson and Actor and civil rights activist Danny Glover; and a speech by South African Bishop Desmond Tutu on religion, racism,…
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Democracy Now! September 5, 2001
AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM, GREAT BRITAIN BLOCKS A EUROPEAN UNION APOLOGY FOR CENTURUES OF SLAVERY; SENIOR DIPLOMATS CHARGE THAT SLAVERY AND REPARATIONS, NOT ISRAEL, IS THE REAL REASON FOR THE U.S. WITHDRAWAL; AND WELL LOOK AT THE STRUGGLE OF INDIAS DALIT, OR UNTOUCHABLE CASTE, FOR AN END TO WHAT THEY SAY IS SYSTEM…
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Democracy Now! September 4, 2001
The U.S. withdraws, sort of, from the UN World Conference Against Racism in protest of criticism over Israels treatment of the Palestinians. We go live to Durban, South Africa, with reactions from Jesse Jackson, Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu, and human rights groups from around the world. |9:01-9:06 HEADLINES 9:06-9:07 ONE MINUTE MUSIC BREAK…
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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! February 25, 1999
Jasper Trial; U.N. Seeks Retrial of American in Peruvian Prison; L.A. Eight Face Deportation; Levi Strauss Moves Plant Overseas |Jasper Trial An update on the sentencing phase of the murder trial of John William King, a white supremacist convicted of the capital murder of an African-American man (James Byrd, Jr.). GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, reporter for…
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Democracy Now! February 4, 1999