Democracy Now : February 28 : Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary. Congressional Redistricting. Mexico And Colombia

Democracy Now : February 28 : Mumia Abu Jamal Commentary. Congressional Redistricting. Mexico And Colombia / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. - CONTENT: pt.1. Political headlines (3:00) -- pt.2. Mumia Abu Jamal commentary| another commentary by Jamal, author John Edgar Wideman introduces this segment (4:00) -- pt.3. Congressional redistricting| a Federal Court this week outlawed a mostly Hispanic district was unconstitutional because race and ethnicity were the dominant factors used to draw it| tape of Representative Nydia M. Velazquez, from the 12th in New York City (12:00) -- pt.4. Mexico and Colombia| Clinton administration critism of the two countries| guest Ken Sharpe, Professor at Swarthmore College and the author of the book, Drug War Politics| The Price of Denial and Marc Chernick, Professor and director of the Andeanand Amazonian Studies Program at Georgetown University and the author of many articles on drug trafficking (19:00) -- pt.5. Christian Soldiers| federal investigators announced this week that were sceptical about the role played by the right wing group in the bombings of family planning clinics and a gay and lesbian nightclubs in Atlanta| guest Fred Carlson, freelance journalist who worked got more than two years as a Planned Parenthood reseracher (17:00) - Broadcast on February 28, 1997.