Democracy Now! November 2, 1998

Henry Hyde Scandal; Election Issues That Weren’t; Mumia Abu Jamal; Mumia Commentary
|(14 Minutes) Henry Hyde Scandal Last Monday on DN! we reported that House Judiciary Chariman Henry Hyde had hired a private eye to investigate Tim Anderson , an Illinois-based Independent Banking consultant who had been tracking Hyde’s dubious role as a bank-board member in the failure of Clyde Federal Savings and Loan. Following our broadcast, in which we aired Dennis Bernstein’s interview with Ernie Rizzo–the private investigator hired by Hyde to track Anderson –the Congressional Accountability Project called for a formal ethic investigation into Hyde. GUEST: Dennis Bernstein, host of Flashpoints (19 Minutes) Election Issues That Weren’t a look at some of the issues not being discussed by candidates around the country during election 98. GUEST: John Berg, Dir. of Graduate Studies at the Government Department of Suffolk University. GUEST: Fran Teplitz, Policy Dir. at the Peace Action Education Fund in Washington DC. GUEST: Andrea Durbin, Dir. of the International Program at Friends of the Earth in DC. (17 Minutes) Mumia Abu Jamal Death Row prisoner Jamal’s appeal for a new trial was denied Friday by the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court. Penn. Governor Tom Ridge has said he is ready to sign a new death warrant when that appeal was denied. GUEST: Leonard Weingalss, Jamal’s lawyer. (10 Minutes) Mumia Commentary Commentary is from Mumia Abu Jamal’s essay “A Bright Shining Hell” and is read by renown Perto Rican poet and performer GUEST: Piri Thomas