Pacifica National Programming
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Democracy Now! June 18, 2003
Senate Commerce Committee Decides Tomorrow Whether to Roll Back FCC Decisions Allowing Massive Media Consolidation; Federal Court OKs Post-9/11 Secret Arrests; Bush Taps Lobbyist Enron and Viacom Lobbyist to Head Republican National Committee; As U.S. Kills Two Iraqi Demonstrators in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch Demands Full Investigation of U.S. Killings in Falluja |8:00- 8:01 Billboard…
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Democracy Now! June 19, 2003
More than 300 Police Officers Take to the Streets in Benton Harbor Michigan to Control Rioting; The Rosenberg Execution 50 Years Later |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines In Benton Harbor Michigan yesterday more than 300 police officers took to the streets following two nights of riots. A state of emergency and curfew has been declared in…
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Democracy Now! June 10, 2003
Attn. Gen. John Ashcroft Bans Gay Pride from the Justice Department; President Bush Refuses to Declare June Gay Pride month, Proclaiming June Home-Owner s Month; The Battle for the Courts: Three Supreme Court Justices May Resign, and Hearings for Federal Judge Nominee William Pryor Begin Tomorrow |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break…
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Democracy Now! June 10, 2003
On both sides of the Atlantic criticism mounts over Bush & Blair s claims of weapons of mass destruction: As weapons inspectors scale back their search in Iraq we talk to reporters from the Washington Post and the London Independent and hear White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer defend the administration s claims; Worse than…
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Democracy Now! June 11, 2003
US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules for Press Censorship of Iraqi Media. Officials say the code is not intended to censor the media, only to stifle intemperate speech, but Iraqi journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein are protesting the decision; The U.S. and U.N. Refuse to Provide Protection for Witnesses of Massacres: Dr.…
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Democracy Now! June 11, 2003
As Attacks on US Soldiers Continue in Iraq We Talk to Robert Fisk who Just Returned from Fallujah. Britain Independent s chief foreign correspondent discusses the growing revolt among Iraqis, the so-called road map to peace in the Middle East and on his meeting with Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantissi; Shock Radio/TV Host Michael Savage…
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Democracy Now! June 12, 2003
Hour 1:Road Map to Peace or Road Map to War? Just one week after President Bush met with the Israeli and Palestinian Prime ministers, 25 Israelis and Palestinians were killed in suicide bombings and Israeli military attacks in one of the bloodiest days in the region in years; Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle on North Korea:…
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Democracy Now! June 12, 2003
Myrlie Evers-Williams on the Murder of Her Husband Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Who Died 40 Years Ago Today It was 40 years ago today that a gunshot in the night took the life of Medgar Evers, the Civil Rights leader. His assassination concluded a seminal day in the Civil Rights movement; Should corporate criminals…
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Democracy Now! June 13, 2003
Democracy Now! Airs Excerpts from the The Panama Deception an Academy Award-Winning Documentary Which Tells the Story of the December 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama. The documentary uncovers the hidden reasons for this internationally condemned attack and provides a devastating critique of the mainstream media and its complicity with the official government line. |8:00-8:01 Billboard…
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Democracy Now! June 13, 2003
Senate Finance Committee OKs Senior Prescription Drug Bill. Senior groups say the bill aids pharmaceutical industry without adequately covering seniors; Is Depleted Uranium Creating a New Nuclear Danger in Iraq? A debate on DU between Nuclear Policy Research Institute President Helen Caldicott, radiation physicist Geoffrey Sea and Dr. Thomas Fasy; Former Puerto Rican Political Prisoner…