WEAPONS

  • Democracy Now! May 1, 2003

    Hour 1: U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan released: A debate between Electronic Intifada and AIPAC; Vieques celebrates the US Navy s withdrawal from the Puerto Rican Island: Concerns grow over environmental cleanup after 50 years of military testing; To mark May Day, protests planned against oil companies, weapons manufacturers and at government buildings: We go…

  • Democracy Now! May 1, 2003

    U.S.-backed Middle East peace plan released: A debate between Electronic Intifada and AIPAC; Vieques celebrates the US Navy s withdrawal from the Puerto Rican Island: Concerns grow over environmental cleanup after 50 years of military testing; To mark May Day, protests planned against oil companies, weapons manufacturers and at government buildings: We go to London…

  • 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…

  • 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! December 19, 2002

    Top secret Iraq weapons report says the U.S. government & corporations helped to illegally arm Iraq, Part Two: We talk again with the German reporter who obtained leaked portions of the unedited report that names Hewlett Packard, Dupont and Bechtel, Kodak & 20 other U.S. companies as well as Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National…

  • Democracy Now! February 9, 1999

    Investigation into New York Police Brutality; Weapons of Mass Distraction |Investigation into New York Police Brutality Demonstrators are gathering today at NY’s City Hall to protest the killing of Ahmed Amadou Diallo, a 22-yr old Guniean immigrant who was killed last Thursday evening by four plainclothes police officers. According to police, the offeicers mistook Diallo…

  • Iraq Update; Sister Helen Prejean Speech

    (4 Minutes) Iraq Update An update from Baghdad on hunger and suffering among the Iraqi population. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now’s producer in Baghdad. (46 Minutes) Sister Helen Prejean Speech Sister Helen Prejean’s speech on the experiences of the people on death row. This speech was delivered on November 16, 1998 at the New York…

  • Democracy Now! September 12, 1997

    Military Budget and Weapons Systems; Biko Anniversary |(14 Minutes) Military Budget and Weapons Systems Update on international summit in Oslo where a treaty is being negotiated outlawing anti-personnel land mines. At the same time, Congress is examining the Pentagon’s budget. GUEST: Gordon Clark, exec. dir. of Peace Action. (19 Minutes) Biko Anniversary A profile of…

  • Democracy Now! November 16, 1998

    U. S. Stern on Iraqi Sanctions; Former Black Panther, SNCC Chari Kwame Ture Dies; California University Workders Hold Hunger Strike |U. S. Stern on Iraqi Sanctions President Clinton yesterday accepted Iraqi’s promise to allow weapons inspections to resume, but warned Baghdad that the u.S. remains poised to attack weapons facilities if Iraq refused to cooperate…

  • Democracy Now! November 30,1998

    Iraq Update-Tariq Aziz; Depleted Uranium |(14 Minutes) Iraq Update – Interview with Tariq Aziz A reporter’s journey through Iraq. As thousands of Iraqi children continue to die every month as a consequence of the UN embargo, a hounting look at Iraq’s refugee camps, hospitals and streets, and his interviews with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq…