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Naomi Klein: Democracy Now 2009 09 14

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Naomi Klein: Democracy Now 2009 09 14 439 mb/ 59:05 mins/mp4 [IMG]http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/7650/naomiklein.jpg[/IMG] 1. Naomi Klein interview: No Celebration of Occupation: 1,500 Artists and Writers Sign Letter Protesting Toronto Film Festival Decision to Spotlight Tel Aviv A protest at the Toronto International Film Festival has taken center stage after a group of artists and writers signed a letter of protest against the festival’s decision to spotlight the city of Tel Aviv. Activists say the TIFF spotlight plays into Israel’s attempt to improve its global image in the wake of the assault on the Gaza Strip and the ongoing occupation of Palestinian land. Over 1,500 people have signed the letter, called “The Toronto Declaration: No Celebration of Occupation,” including Jane Fonda, Viggo Mortensen, Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte. We speak with journalist and author Naomi Klein, who helped draft the letter. 2. Naomi Klein on "Minority Death Match: Jews, Blacks and the 'Post-Racial' Presidency" We speak with journalist Naomi Klein about her latest article for Harper’s Magazine, “Minority Death Match: Jews, Blacks and the ‘Post-Racial’ Presidency.” The piece examines the World Conference Against Racism that was held in Geneva this past April, a follow-up to the first racism conference in Durban, South Africa in 2001. There was a major boycott with the Obama administration refusing to attend, claiming the conference would unfairly target Israel. Critics say the controversy over Israel could have been an excuse to avoid dealing with the conference’s key issues, including addressing the legacy of slavery Interviews start at 10:00mins Online :http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/14/no_celebration_of_occupation_1_500 Support www.DemocracyNow.org with website purchases and/or donations. View, listen, download: The Peace and Freedom Report weekdays at the website. Other shunster posts at:http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=11
Seeders: 68
Leeches: 15

Democracy Now! Monday, August 17, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Obama Admin May Drop Public Option from Health Plan Zelaya Plane Stopped at Base with US Troops Indian Movie Star Detained at Newark Airport Warlord Dostum Returns to Afghanistan Ahead of Election New Afghan Law Allows Men to Starve Wives If They Refuse Sex Gay Iraqs Targeted in Murder and Torture Campaign Sen. Webb Visits Burma, Secures Release of American British Politicians Defend UK Health System Memos: Brazil Conspired with US to Overthrow Allende Obama Adviser Heckled at Netroots Nation Convention BusinessWeek: "The Health Insurers Have Already Won" In a cover story for BusinessWeek earlier this month, reporters Chad Terhune and Keith Epstein argue UnitedHealth and other insurers maneuvered to shape healthcare reform for their own benefit. The story is titled “The Health Insurers Have Already Won,” and the authors argue that the insurers have “succeeded in redefining the terms of the reform debate to such a degree that no matter what specifics emerge in the voluminous bill Congress may send to President Obama this fall, the insurance industry will emerge more profitable.” We speak with Chad Terhune, senior writer at BusinessWeek, where he’s covered healthcare for several years. [includes rush transcript] Human Rights Watch Calls on Israel to Investigate "White Flag" Shootings of Gaza Civilians Human Rights Watch released a report last week detailing new evidence of possible Israeli war crimes committed during last winter’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza that left over 1,400 Palestinians dead. The report says Israeli soldiers unlawfully shot and killed at least eleven Palestinian civilians, including five women and four children, who were in groups waving white flags to make clear that they were civilians and not combatants. We speak to HRW’s Fred Abrahams and air exclusive video from Gaza from Democracy Now!‘s Anjali Kamat and Big Noise Film’s Jacquie Soohen. Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi A new documentary premiering tonight on HBO provides a harrowing look at today’s Afghanistan, where violence and corruption continue to ravage the country. It’s called Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi. It tells the story of Ajmal, a young Afghan journalist, translator and coordinator working for American journalist Christian Parenti. In 2007, Ajmal was kidnapped by Taliban forces, along with Italian reporter Daniele Mastrogiacomo and an Afghan driver, who was immediately beheaded. After weeks in captivity, Mastrogiacomo was eventually released, but weeks later the Taliban killed Ajmal. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 71
Leeches: 27

Democracy NOW! Friday, August 14, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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* Gates: Afghan Occupation to Take “A Few Years” * 30 Killed in Iraq Violence * Honduras Rejects OAS Delegation; 5,000 March in Capital * Morales Warns of Militant Activity Following Letter Bombs * HRW: Israel Killed 11 Palestinian Civilians Waving White Flags in Gaza Assault * Dozens Killed, Thousands Displaced in Yemen Clashes * Sen. Webb in Burma for Junta Talks * US Immigration Detains Pakistani Journalist Fleeing Threats * Leaked Memo Details White House, Drug Industry Secret Deal * Single-Payer Advocates Call for Boycott of Whole Foods * Michigan Prison Evaluated as Potential Gitmo Site * Jazz Drummer Rashied Ali Dies at 76; Guitar Pioneer Les Paul Dies at 94 # Exclusive: Youssef Megahed Speaks Out from Prison; Florida Student Was Acquitted in Jury Trial But Now Faces Deportation on Same Charges Florida student Youssef Megahed was arrested by federal immigration agents in April just three days after a jury acquitted him on federal explosives charges. He now faces deportation on the same charges. But this time, he won’t be tried by a jury of his peers, but by an immigration judge. Youssef Megahed speaks to us from prison in a Democracy Now! exclusive. [includes rush transcript] # Juror-new-web Juror in Megahed's Federal Trial Joins Voices Speaking Out for His Release Three days before Youssef Megahed’s immigration trial, his father, mother, sister and two brothers are being granted US citizenship. We speak to Youssef’s father, Samir Megahed; his immigration lawyer, Charles Kuck; and Gary Meringer, a juror in the criminal trial against Megahed who is speaking out in his support. After Megahed’s re-arrest, Meringer and three other jurors issued a statement saying, “It strikes us as fundamentally wrong that the government has put Mr. Megahed back in jail for suspicion of the same activities that he was acquitted of in the criminal case.” [includes rush transcript] # Obama-pills-web "You Do Not Cut Deals with the System that Has to Be Replaced": Ralph Nader on Secret White House Agreements with the Drug Industry The Obama administration admitted last week it promised to oppose proposals to let the government negotiate drug prices and extract additional savings from drug companies. In return, drug companies reportedly pledged to reduce costs by up to $80 billion. The White House has tried to back off the reported agreements, but the drug industry says it expects the White House to uphold its pledge. We speak to former presidential candidate and longtime consumer advocate Ralph Nader. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 61
Leeches: 6

Blackwater Murder Allegations 2009 08 05 Democracy Now

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Blackwater Murder Allegations 2009 08 05 Democracy Now 220 mgs/14mns In Explosive Allegations, Ex-Employees Link Blackwater Founder to Murder, Threats Blackwater In sworn statements, two ex-employees claim Blackwater’s owner, Erik Prince, murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company. One also charged Prince “views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe.” We speak with investigative journalist and bestselling author Jeremy Scahill, who broke the story for The Nation magazine. [includes rush transcript] His latest article is online at TheNation.com. (http://www.thenation.com/doc/20090817/scahill) Guest Jeremy Scahill, award-winning investigative journalist and author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. His writing and reporting is available at RebelReports.com. Video Stream: http://www.democracynow.org/2009/8/5/in_explosive_allegations_ex_employees_link Entire Program Torrent at: https://onebigtorrent.org/torrents/5888/Democracy-Now-Wednesday-August-5-2009 Support www.DemocracyNow.org with website purchases and/or donations. Other shunster posts at:http://www.bt-chat.com/browse.php?category=11
Seeders: 3
Leeches: 0

Democracy Now! Thursday, July 30, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Conservative Dems Win Limits on Public Health Option US to Release Young Gitmo Prisoner Freed Gitmo Prisoners Found Advocacy, Support Group Clinton Threatened to Cut UK Intel in Gitmo Case Honduran Coup Leader: No Zelaya Return Without Elite Backing Search Ends for Missing Haitian Migrants House Panel OKs Measure to End Drug Sentencing Disparity Quaker Files Suit over Conscientious Objector Recognition Obama Urged to Address Human Rights in Arroyo Meeting Obama to Host Scholar, Arresting Officer at White House EXCLUSIVE: Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya Speaks from Nicaraguan Border on Who's Behind the Coup, His Attempts to Return Home, the Role of the United States and More In a Democracy Now! national broadcast exclusive, ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya joins us from the Nicaragua-Honduras border for a wide-ranging interview on his attempts to return home, who’s behind the coup, the role of the United States, and much more. “I think the United States is going to lose a great deal of influence in Latin America if it does not turn the coup d’état around,” Zeleya says. “It will not be able to put forth its idea about democracy. It won’t be credible before anyone.” On his message to the Honduran people, Zelaya says they should “maintain their resistance against those who want to take their rights away…so that no one will be able to disrespect them, which is what the coup regime is doing today.” [includes rush transcript] The Hell of War Comes Home: Newspaper Series Documents Murder, Suicide, Kidnappings by Iraq Vets A startling two-part series published in the Gazette newspaper of Colorado Springs titled “Casualties of War” examines a part of war seldom discussed by the media or government officials: the difficulty of returning to civilian life after being trained to be a killer. The story focuses on a single battalion based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. Soldiers from the brigade have have been involved in brawls, beatings, rapes, drunk driving, drug deals, domestic violence, shootings, stabbings, kidnapping and suicides. The Army unit’s murder rate is 114 times the rate for Colorado Springs. We speak with the reporter who broke the story and get the Army’s response. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 86
Leeches: 11

Democracy Now! Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Baucus Health Plan Omits Public Insurance Option 22 Health Groups Spent Over $1 Million in Lobbying in 2Q Obesity Medical Costs Balloon to $147 Billion Report: Power Shifts in Plan for Shadow Government Gates Discusses Arms Deal in Iraq and Israel Military May Expand Role of Contractors in Afghanistan Efforts to Reduce Foreclosures Falls Short 911 Tapes Released in Henry Louis Gates Case Study Shows Danger of Texting While Driving 85 Haitian Migrants Missing After Boat Capsizes Red Cross: Sexual Violence on the Rise in Congo Watchdog Group Calls on ABC to Include Coverage of Single-Payer Option Democracy Now! Broadcast Exclusive: Declassified Docs Reveal Military Operative Spied on WA Peace Groups, Activist Friends Stunned Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military. The man everyone knew as “John Jacob” was in fact John Towery, a member of the Force Protection Service at Fort Lewis. The military’s role in the spying raises questions about possibly illegal activity. The Posse Comitatus law bars the use of the armed forces for law enforcement inside the United States. The Fort Lewis military base denied our request for an interview. But in a statement to Democracy Now, the base’s Public Affairs office publicly acknowledged for the first time that Towery is a military operative. “This could be one of the key revelations of this era,” said Eileen Clancy, who has closely tracked government spying on activist organizations. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 94
Leeches: 18

Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 15, 2009

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Today's Headlines Sotomayor Answers GOP Sens on Alleged Bias House Dems’ Health Plan Includes Surtax on Wealthy Obama Proposes $12B for Community Colleges Israel to Test Missiles in US Waters Gitmo Prisoners Staged Two-Week Sit-in Burmese Junta Promises Amnesty for Unspecified Prisoners Charges Dropped Against US Troops in Couso Killing Ex-Liberian President Takes Stand at War Crimes Trial Goldman Sachs Posts Record $3.44 Quarterly Profit Ousted GM CEO Rick Wagoner Gets Lucrative Severance Madoff Begins Jail Sentence at N.C. Prison Supreme Court Nominee Sotomayor Answers GOP Critics on Prior Remarks The confirmation hearings for President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor continue on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Democratic senators praised Sotomayor’s seventeen years on the federal bench, while Republicans repeatedly grilled her about statements she has made during a series of speeches over the years. We play excerpts of the hearings. [includes rush transcript] Review of Sotomayor's Record Belies GOP Charges of Biased Judicial Practice An exhaustive review of all 1,994 constitutional cases decided by the Second Circuit during the decade of Judge Sotomayor’s service found that Sotomayor is solidly in the mainstream of her colleagues. The Brennan Center for Justice report found Sotomayor voted with the majority of the court in 98.2 percent of constitutional cases. We speak with the report’s author, attorney Monica Youn, and Democracy Now!‘s Juan Gonzalez, who’s in DC covering the hearings. [includes rush transcript] As Goldman Sachs Posts Record Profits, Matt Taibbi Probes Role of Investment Giant in US Financial Meltdown Goldman Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company, has reported the richest quarterly profit in its 140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and June. Goldman’s record profits come just one month after it repaid $10 billion of TARP money to the US Treasury, freeing itself from restrictions on year-end bonuses. We speak to Matt Taibbi, whose new Rolling Stone article argues that “Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression.” [includes rush transcript] US Lobbyists with Clinton Ties Hired to Defend Honduran Coup Regime Supporters of the coup in Honduras have begun hiring advisers and lobbyists with close ties to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in an attempt to strengthen support in Washington for the coup. A Honduran business group has hired lobbyist Lanny Davis, who served as White House counsel for President Bill Clinton. The coup government has also hired Bennet Ratcliff, a public relations specialist with ties to former President Bill Clinton. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 71
Leeches: 7

Democracy Now! Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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Today's Headlines Costa Rica to Broker Talks Between Ousted Honduran President and Coup Regime Thousands of Chinese Forces Enter Restive City Gitmo Prisoners Could Remain Incarcerated Even If Found Innocent Admin Officials Give Diverging Stance on Admissibility of Coerced Testimony Obama Rejects Biden Comments on Backing Israeli Attack Nobel Laureates Call for Release of Iranian Prisoners Franken Joins U.S. Senate, Co-Sponsors EFCA Obama Defends Commitment to Public Health Option Health Industry Wins Concessions in Health Care Reform Deals South Carolina GOP Censures Sanford D.C. Gay Marriage Measure Takes Effect Study: Despite Federal Aid, Banks Ignoring Struggling Homeowners Churchill Denied Bid to Return to University of Colorado World Leaders, Protesters Gather in Italy for G-8; Global Financial Crisis & Climate Change Top Agenda President Obama arrived in Italy from Moscow this morning where leaders from eight of the world’s richest nations are gathering in the town of L’Aquila, for the annual Group of Eight summit. The three-day meeting is expected see high-level talks on the global economic crisis, climate change, food security and Iran. Protesters are also gathering for the G-8. We speak with Loretta Napoleoni, author of “Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality.” [includes rush transcript] Declassified Docs Implicate Indonesian President Yudhoyono in Coverup of 2002 Murders of American Teachers in West Papua In Indonesia, exit polls show incumbent president Yudhoyono, has a clear lead in the country’s second direct presidential election since the fall of the Suharto dictatorship over a decade ago. Newly declassified documents implicate Yudhoyono in the cover-up of the Indonesian military’s role in the 2002 murders of two Americans and an Indonesian in West Papua. We speak a Papuan human rights activist who worked with the Indonesian police and FBI to investigate the murders. She now lives in exile in Australia and in a Democracy Now! exclusive is speaking out on the investigations for the first time. We also speak with cultural anthropologist, Eben Kirksey, and with John Miller of the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network. Fmr. Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Back in U.S. After Being Detained and Deported from Israel Former Congressmember Cynthia McKinney arrived back in the United States Tuesday following her deportation from Israel. McKinney was one of 21 activists seized by the Israeli military in international waters last week as they tried to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. We speak with McKiney and with filmmaker Adam Shapiro who was detained and deported as well.[includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 70
Leeches: 42

Democracy Now! Thursday, June 25, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines 72 Killed in Baghdad Bombing Iran Breaks Up Opposition Protests Probe: Insurers Force Consumers to Overpay Billions in Health Costs Ex-Cigna Exec: Insurance Companies “Dump the Sick” Obama Signs War Funding Bill Ex-Bagram Prisoners Report Gunpoint Threats UN Human Rights Chief: Prosecute Bush Admin Officials who OKed Torture Arab League: Peace Offer Conditioned on Israeli Withdrawal Report: US Sends Arms Shipment to Somalia US, Venezuela to Restore Expelled Ambassadors Poll: 75% Back Regulating Greenhouse Gases Report: “Jena 6” Teens Reach Plea Deal EXCLUSIVE: Animal Rights Activist Jailed at Secretive Prison Gives First Account of Life Inside a "CMU" In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, we speak with Andrew Stepanian, an animal rights activist who was jailed at a secretive prison known as a Communication Management Unit, or CMU. Stepanian is believed to be the first prisoner released from a CMU and will talk about his experience there for the first time. He was sentenced to three years along with six other activists for violating a controversial law known as the Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The ACLU has filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of CMUs. We also speak with Stepanian’s lawyer and a reporter covering the story. [includes rush transcript] Rite Aid Workers Fight for a Union Ahead of congressional debates on the Employee Free Choice Act, or EFCA, we take a look at a long struggle of over 600 Rite Aid workers in California to form a union. The workers are based in Lancaster, California, at the Southwest distribution center for the nation’s third largest drugstore. After a two-year struggle, a majority of Rite Aid workers at the site voted to join the International Longshore Workers Local 26. The story has gained national attention and focused attention in the fight over the Employee Free Choice Act. We speak with a Rite Aid worker and with Ken Silverstein about his article in Harper’s Magazine, “Labor’s Last Stand: The Corporate Campaign to Kill the Employee Free Choice Act.”
Seeders: 86
Leeches: 16

Real History

Category: Talks, Debates, Interviews
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Ward ChurchillVandana ShivaArundhati RoyMichael ParentiJeremy ScahillHoward ZinnJohn Taylor GattoJohn TrudellBill McKibbenBill MoyersChalmers JohnsonChris Hedges Noam ChomskyRichard HeinbergRobert FiskRobert McChesneyScott RitterTariq AliP. SainathZia Mian911 InquiryAmy GoodmanAlan WattsAnthony ArnoveAlexander CockburnAzmi BisharaBertolt BrechtGreg PalastGary WebbHelen CaldicottDerick JensenColonel Fletcher ProutyCynthia McKinneyDavid Ray GriffinDowning Street MemoEdward SaidNaomi KleinMichael RuppertPNACWTORalph NaderRamsey ClarkNative NationsHome SchoolingHistory of FascismEnvironmental IssuesFood and water issuesNeo-conUnwelcome Guests.orgTUCRADIO.orgAlternativeRadio.org
Seeders: 11
Leeches: 9