Democracy Now : May 16 : Bob Dole Steps Down From Senate. Anti-dioxin Movement. Anti-corporate Movement

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Democracy Now : May 16 : Bob Dole Steps Down From Senate. Anti-dioxin Movement. Anti-corporate Movement
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PZ0287.64
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DEMOCRACY NOW : MAY 16 / BOB DOLE STEPS DOWN FROM SENATE. ANTI-DIOXIN MOVEMENT. ANTI-CORPORATE MOVEMENT / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Amy Goodman and Larry Bensky| hosted by Amy Goodman. - A daily election year program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations, who challenge the status quo. - CONTENT: pt.1. Guests James Johnston, Wichita Attorney and President of Americans United for Separation of Church and State in Kansas, runs the JackAss Luncheon Club for liberal democrats. Pat Lehman, President of the Central Labor Council representing 7 counties in Kansas, and is Secretary /Treasurer for the Machinist Union, District Office| discussion about Bob Dole's vacating Senate seat in order to make a bid for the White House. (19:00) -- pt.2. Rebroadcast of two speeches from a conference on Dioxin| Peter Montague, editor of Rachel's Environment and Health Weekly, an on-line newsletter leading fact sheet of the anti-dioxin movement| Guest Damu Smith, Associate Director of Greenpeace in Atlanta, and an organizer of the original People of Color Environmental conference.(19:00) -- pt.3. Guests Carolyn Chute, writer and founder of the organization The 2nd Maine Militia focused on the corporate domination in the U.S. Richard Grossman, founder of the Program for Corprations, Law and Democracy| Discussion about the anti-corporate movement.(17:00) - Satellite, May 16, 1996.

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