Pacifica National Programming

Democracy Now! May 20, 2003

Will changes in the nation s media ownership rules mark "the beginning of the end of our democracy"? A debate between the publisher of the Seattle Times and a Vice President at the Tribune Co. which owns 15 newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Newsday as well as over 25 television stations; Who, What, When, Where, How? Did the U.S.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:30: Sen. Russ Feingold yesterday called on the Federal Communications Commission's chairman to postpone a vote on loosening the rules on media ownership. But FCC Chairman Michael Powell turned down a similar request from the two democratic FCC commissioners last week.

Democracy Now! May 20, 2003

This is not American troops going after Saddam s folks. This is violence in the streets and it s out of control. : John Alpert and Sharif Abdel Kouddous join us in our studio to discuss their recent visit to Baghdad; In an Exclusive U.S. Interview, Democracy Now! Talks with the Widow of the Al Jazeera Journalist Who Died When U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Some 50 electrical workers staged a demonstration today outside the headquarters of US-British coalition forces in a former presidential palace in Baghdad. They were protesting against the appointment of a former Baath party official as the director of the electricity department.

Democracy Now! May 19, 2003

Harlem Woman Dies After Botched Police Drug Raid; The Ballot or the Bullet. It s Liberty or Death. It s Freedom for Everybody or Freedom for Nobody : Malcolm X would have been 78 years old today.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20: Alberta Spruill, 57, became the fifth New Yorker since the fall to be caught in a wrongful "no-knock raid." All are black. We talk with the Rev. Al Sharpton and Lt. Adams from 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care It was 10 minutes passed six on Friday morning.

Democracy Now! May 19, 2003

The U.S. faces wave of media mergers and unprecedented consolidation if FCC relaxes media ownership rules; Dissident FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein speaks out against media ownership deregulation; Indonesian military launches a massive attack on separatist movement in Aceh.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:25: The Indonesian army has launched a massive attack on separatist rebels in Aceh. Fighter jets bombed the Free Aceh Movement rebels and scores of troops began parachuting in. Some 25,000 Indonesian troops are in the region and thousands more are moving in. The military says it has moved 15 warships to the region.

Democracy Now! May 20, 2003

Hour 1: This is not American troops going after Saddam s folks. This is violence in the streets and it s out of control. : John Alpert and Sharif Abdel Kouddous join us in our studio to discuss their recent visit to Baghdad; In an Exclusive U.S. Interview, Democracy Now! Talks with the Widow of the Al Jazeera Journalist Who Died When U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Some 50 electrical workers staged a demonstration today outside the headquarters of US-British coalition forces in a former presidential palace in Baghdad. They were protesting against the appointment of a former Baath party official as the director of the electricity department.

Democracy Now! May 19, 2003

Hour 1: The U.S. faces wave of media mergers and unprecedented consolidation if FCC relaxes media ownership rules; Dissident FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein speaks out against media ownership deregulation; Indonesian military launches a massive attack on separatist movement in Aceh. Hour 2: Harlem Woman Dies After Botched Police Drug Raid; The Ballot or the Bullet.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:25: The Indonesian army has launched a massive attack on separatist rebels in Aceh. Fighter jets bombed the Free Aceh Movement rebels and scores of troops began parachuting in. Some 25,000 Indonesian troops are in the region and thousands more are moving in. The military says it has moved 15 warships to the region.

Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

Right wing media strives to have Danny Glover Dropped as MCI spokesperson; Michael Franti: On government surveillance and the role of artists in a time of war; A House Committee unanimously approves a modified Bush Bioshield : is it to protect the American people, or the pharmaceutical industry?

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:07 Headlines 9:07-9:08 One Minute Music Break: Michael Franti 9:08-9:20: TransAfrica President Bill Fletcher urged that the telecommunications giant hear the message that retaining actor Danny Glover as a spokesperson demonstrates the company s embrace of democratic values that form the bedrock principle of good corporate citizenship.

Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

Radiation is 1,000 Times the Normal Levels Where US Troops Used Depleted Uranium Shells in Baghdad INTRO: a discussion with the Christian Science Monitor s Scott Peterson, who visited four randomly chosen sites in Baghdad and reports that while women and children haven t been warned, US troops have orders to avoid the sites; Chinese-American journalist, author, activist, feminist, and queer p

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: An article in yesterday s Christian Science Monitor begins like this: At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and snap up fresh bunches of parsley, mint leaves, dill, and onion stalks. But Ms.

Democracy Now! May 16, 2003

Hour 1: Radiation is 1,000 Times the Normal Levels Where US Troops Used Depleted Uranium Shells in Baghdad INTRO: a discussion with the Christian Science Monitor s Scott Peterson, who visited four randomly chosen sites in Baghdad and reports that while women and children haven t been warned, US troops have orders to avoid the sites; Chinese-American journalist, author, activist, feminist, and

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: An article in yesterday s Christian Science Monitor begins like this: At a roadside produce stand on the outskirts of Baghdad, business is brisk for Latifa Khalaf Hamid. Iraqi drivers pull up and snap up fresh bunches of parsley, mint leaves, dill, and onion stalks. But Ms.

Democracy Now! December 3, 2002

Israeli military attacks United Nations workers and buildings: soldiers shoot dead a British UN worker, detain Israeli and Palestinian workers, and bomb a World Food Program warehouse; Supreme Court to decide whether affirmative action and gay sex are legal; Manhattan DA set to determine the fate of the Central Park Jogger rape case this week: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sydney Schanber

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:04 Headlines 9:04-9:05 One Minute Music Break 9:05-9:30: As the Bush administration continues to press for an invasion of Iraq, violence is increasing in the Occupied Territories. Israeli troops shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy and injured 22 other stone-throwers during a raid on Jenin yesterday.

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