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Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Category: Documentary
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Today's Headlines US to Fund Afghan Militias Government Accused of Entrapment in Fort Dix Terror Case Bailed-Out Banks Can’t Account for Gov’t Funds Iraq Delays Vote on Allowing Non-US Troops to Stay in Iraq Lawyer: Journalist Will Not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing Incident Europeans May Take Guantanamo Prisoners Military Seizes Power in Guinea After Death of President Doctors Without Borders Lists World’s Worst Humanitarian Crises Groups Sue EPA Over Mountaintop Mining Rules No Charges Yet Against Student Who Disrupted Gas & Oil Auction in Utah Chico Mendes Honored on 20th Anniversary of His Murder Pope: Homosexuality Could Lead to Self-Destruction of Human Race Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) Calls for Independent Counsel to Investigate Cheney and Rumsfeld for Violating Torture Laws Democratic Congressman Jerrold Nadler of New York has urged Attorney General Michael Mukasey to appoint an independent counsel to investigate Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and other senior Bush administration officials for violations of the law relating to the torture of prisoners in US custody. Nadler is the chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [includes rush transcript] Max Blumenthal on "Rick Warren's Double Life" President-elect Barack Obama is drawing criticism from many supporters for his choice to deliver the invocation at next month’s inauguration. Obama has selected the Reverend Rick Warren, a leading evangelical opponent of abortion and same-sex marriage. Warren supported California’s recent gay marriage ban and has compared abortion to the Nazi Holocaust. In a recent interview with the website BeliefNet.com, Warren said he thinks gay marriage is comparable to incest, polygamy and child abuse. We speak to investigative journalist Max Blumenthal. [includes rush transcript] 25 Years of the Harper's Index Harper’s Magazine is marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of its popular monthly feature, the Harper’s Index. The Index reports sometimes funny, often sobering political realities through statistics and unusual figures. Turn to this month’s edition, and you’ll find out things like how much the Bush campaign paid Enron and Halliburton for use of corporate jets during the 2000 recount, or the estimated total calories members of Congress burned giving President Bush’s 2002 State of the Union standing ovations.
Seeders: 107
Leeches: 32

Democracy Now! Friday, December 19, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines US Accused of New Civilian Killings in Afghanistan Obama to Name Labor, Trade Selections Obama’s Intel Chief Pick Backed Indonesian Occupation of East Timor Pentagon Prepares to Shut Gitmo Rwandan Sentenced to Life in Prison in Genocide Trial US Opposes UN Declaration Affirming Gay Rights Castro Offers to Release Dissidents for Freedom of “Cuban 5” Coleman Lead Falls to 5 Votes in Minn. Recount New School Students Win Demands in Protest Cheney Declares Right to Withhold Records Chicago Activist, Journalist Beauty Turner Dies at 51 Mark Felt, “Deep Throat” in Watergate Scandal, Dies at 95 US Auto Giants, Workers Face Uncertain Future as Bush Admin Mulls "Orderly" Bankruptcy The future of auto giants General Motors and Chrysler remains up in the air one week after Senate Republicans rejected a deal to grant the automakers $14 billion in emergency loans. Chrysler is closing all of its plants today. The White House says it is considering allowing the companies to go bankrupt in what it describes as an “orderly way.” We speak to union activist and writer Gregg Shotwell, a thirty-year General Motors retiree. [includes rush transcript] Katrina's Hidden Race War: In Aftermath of Storm, White Vigilante Groups Shot 11 African Americans in New Orelans In a shocking new report, The Nation magazine exposes how white vigilante groups patrolled the streets of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, shooting at least eleven African American men. Local police have never conducted investigations into the shootings. We speak to reporter A.C. Thompson and New Orleans resident Donnell Herrington, who nearly died after being shot by a white vigilante. Take Back the Land: Miami Grassroots Group Moves Struggling Families into Vacant Homes The Miami grassroots group Take Back the Land has launched a campaign to help some of the victims of the foreclosure crisis. The group has been helping homeless families illegally move into vacant homes that have been foreclosed. We speak to Take Back the Land founder Max Rameau.
Seeders: 90
Leeches: 43

Democracy Now! Monday, December 15, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Iraqi Journalist Throws Shoes at President Bush Senate GOP Rejection of Auto Loans Seen as “First Shot Against Organized Labor” State Unemployment Funds Run Low Loophole Prevents Congress from Limiting Executive Pay Report: CIA Shot Down 15 Civilian Aircraft in Peru Portugal Offers to Take Guantanamo Prisoners Climate Talks End Without New Goals to Cut Emissions Internal Gov’t Report Criticizes US Reconstruction in Iraq Domestic Spying Whistleblower Speaks Out Workers at Smithfield Hog Plant in NC Vote to Unionize Tanzanian Mine Shut Down after Thousands Raid Mine Sarah Palin’s Home Church Set on Fire Jimmy Carter Urges Hamas and Fatah to Come Together Ecuadorean Immigrant Dies After Brutal Beating Arundhati Roy: 9 Is Not 11 (And November Isn't September) As comparisons between the attacks in Mumbai and the September 11th attacks continue to be made, Indian officials unveiled a massive revamp of the country’s security and anti-terror infrastructure last week. I am joined now by someone who warns of the dangers of comparing the attacks in Mumbai to the attacks in New York: award-winning novelist, essayist and activist, Arundhati Roy. Her latest article is called “9 Is Not 11 (And November Isn’t September).” It was published in India’s Outlook magazine, Britain’s Guardian newspaper, and on TomDispatch.com here in the United States. [includes rush transcript] Filmmaker Ron Howard on His New Film "Frost/Nixon" Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard’s new film is about the only American president who was forced to resign from office, Richard Nixon. The film is called Frost/Nixon and is set in 1977, three years after Nixon’s resignation. It recreates a famous set of televised interviews where Nixon broke his silence for the first time since leaving office. He was interviewed by British talk show host David Frost for more than twenty-eight hours. The interview ended with Nixon making a tacit admission of guilt regarding his role in the Watergate scandal. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 123
Leeches: 19

Democracy Now! Friday, December 12, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Senate Panel Faults Rumsfeld, Bush Admin for Torture at Gitmo, Foreign Jails 57 Dead in Iraq Bombing Gates: Thousands More US Troops in Afghanistan by Spring 6 Killed in US Strike in Pakistan Auto Bailout Collapses in Senate Obama Chooses Daschle for Top Health Post Bank of America Announces Mass Layoffs Jobless Claims at 26-Year High Developing Nations Agree to Emissions Cuts Chavez Renews Effort to End Term Limits Antiwar Vet Plans Civil Suit over Hempstead Protest Injuries EXCLUSIVE...AWOL US Soldier Seeks Asylum in Germany Over Returning to "Illegal" War in Iraq A US soldier who went absent without leave a year and a half ago to avoid returning to Iraq has applied for asylum in Germany. Specialist Andre Shepherd served in Iraq between September 2004 and February 2005 as an Apache helicopter mechanic. When his unit was called up to return to Iraq in early 2007, he went AWOL to avoid redeployment, calling the war “illegal.” He lived underground in Germany for a year and a half before applying for asylum two weeks ago. We speak with Shepherd in his first international broadcast interview. [includes rush transcript–partial] US Use of Bases in Germany for Iraq War Goes Against German Constitution that Forbids Launching Wars from German Soil, Says Activist Germany is home to tens of thousands of US troops and the largest number of US bases in the world outside of America. We speak with US activist Elsa Rassbach. She moved to Berlin, where she is part of the American Voices Abroad Military Project. Senate Report Finds Rumsfeld Directly Responsible For U.S. Torture of Prisoners A bipartisan Senate report has accused former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and other top Bush administration officials of being directly responsible for the abuse and torture of prisoners at Guantanamo and other U.S. prisons. We speak with the man who sued Donald Rumsfeld in Berlin, German attorney Wolfgang Kaleck.
Seeders: 59
Leeches: 77

Democracy Now! Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines * Illinois Gov. Arrested in Elaborate Corruption Scandal * White House, Dems Agree on Auto Bailout * UN: Israeli Occupation a “Crime Against Humanity” * 6 Afghan Officers Die in US Bombing * UN: Rising Food Prices Pushing More into Hunger * Dem House Intel Chair Calls for Continuity of Bush Policies, Appointees * Pentagon: Roadside Bombing Deaths Were Preventable * AIG Continues Multi-Million-Dollar Payouts * 3 NYPD Officers Charged in Subway Assault Case Illinois Governor Arrested on Corruption Charges Including Scheme to Sell Obama’s Senate Seat Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested yesterday on staggering corruption charges, including allegations that he tried to sell the Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat, President-elect Barack Obama. In recorded conversations with his advisers, Governor Blagojevich laid bare a “pay to play” culture that, according to prosecutors, began shortly after he took office in 2002 and continued until yesterday morning, when FBI agents arrested him and his chief of staff, John Harris. Blagoevich was also accused of trying to extort the Chicago Tribune into firing editorial writers who were critical of him. [includes rush transcript] Workers Win Offer from BofA in Chicago Factory Sit-In For the past six days, hundreds of laid-off union workers have refused to leave the Republic Windows & Doors plant, staging a factory sit-in seldom seen in this country since the 1930s. The factory was closed last week after the factory owners said Bank of America cut off the company’s line of credit. On Tuesday, the workers won a victory: Bank of America offered loans to the firm to resolve the pay dispute. We speak with a factory worker and a union organizer. Unsteady Calm Following Settler Violence Against Palestinian Residents in Hebron We take a look at the troubled West Bank city of Hebron where the city’s Palestinian residents have been at the receiving end of a new wave of attacks from hardline Jewish settlers. Violence flared last week after Israeli riot police forcibly evicted some 250 settlers from a disputed Palestinian-owned home that the settlers had occupied last year. Tensions have been high ever since an Israeli High Court ruling last month that ordered the settlers to vacate the building. We go to Hebron to get the latest. "This Agreement Has Incredible Importance for Our Movement" Immokalee Workers Win Agreement with Subway Over Tomato Prices in Florida The Coalition of Immokalee Workers reached an agreement last week with Subway, the third largest fast-food chain in the world and the biggest fast-food buyer of Florida tomatoes. Subway now joins other fastfood giants McDonalds, Taco Bell, and Burger King, that have all agreed to pay farm workers at least another penny per pound of tomatoes they harvest and improve working conditions.
Seeders: 87
Leeches: 55

Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Illinois Cuts Ties to Bank of America Over Plant Closing Five Blackwater Guards Charged on 34 Counts in Iraq Killings Washington Could Take Stake in Auto Firms Tribune Company Declares Bankruptcy Sony to Cut 8,000 Jobs; Dow Chemical Cuts 5,000 Guantanamo Prisoners Ask to Plead Guilty Unrest Continues in Greece Following Police Killing Olmert “Ashamed” by “Pogrom” in Hebron Rights Group: Israel’s West Bank System Like Apartheid 50 Arrested at UK Airport Climate Protest Haitian Children Face Malnourishment Jet Fighter Crashes in San Diego, 3 Killed Bush Buys Home in Former All-White Neighborhood The History of the Nobel Prize: A Look at Alfred Nobel, the Man Who Invented Dynamite We broadcast from Sweden, where the Nobel Prize will be handed out at ceremonies here in Stockholm and in Oslo. The prize is awarded in the categories of Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics. They’re handed out every year on the anniversary of the death of the Nobel Prize’s founder, the Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite. We speak with Peter Zander, the curator of the Nobel Museum. [includes rush transcript] Bush, Rove Tied to Effort to Dismantle Sweden's Social Welfare Program Sweden’s three main left-leaning opposition parties have just announced plans to build a coalition for next year’s parliamentary elections. The Social Democrats, the Green Party and the Left Party say collectively they’ll try to wrest power from the Moderate Party, which leads a coalition of center-right groups. We speak with social anthropology professor Brian Palmer. [includes rush transcript] Sweden Ranks Second in the World in Per Capita Weapons Exports Institutions like the Nobel Prize have helped link Sweden’s international reputation to peace and reconciliation, but few people know Sweden is also one of the world’s top exporters of weapons. Sweden is among the world’s top arms exporters in per capita terms. Its clients include the United States and Britain, with shipments more than doubling since 2000. We speak with two activists in Sweden. [includes rush transcript] Blackwater Guards Indicted for Role in Nisoor Square Massacre Five Blackwater security guards were charged on Monday for their role in the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre in Baghdad that left seventeen Iraqis dead and more than twenty wounded. The federal prosecutors accused the Blackwater guards of opening machine gun fire on innocent Iraqis and launching a grenade into a girls’ school. We speak with Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army. [includes rush transcript] Sweden Opens Doors for Iraqi and Afghan Refugees Sweden is home to more Iraqi refugees than other European countries. The nation has also let in many Afghan refugees. We speak to Faisal Enayat Khan. He is a reporter for the Swedish newspaper The Local. Originally from Afghanistan, he is in Sweden after being granted asylum. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 183
Leeches: 27

Democracy Now! Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Category: Talks, Debates, Interviews
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Today's Headlines Obama Taps Clinton To Be Secretary Of State As Recession is Declared, Dow Falls 680 Points California Declares Fiscal Emergency; Philadelphia Plans Massive Cuts Bush: “I Think I Was Unprepared For War” Thai Court Orders Dissolution of Ruling Party Report: U.S. Warned India About Attack on Mumbai Jury Clears Chevron in Suit Over 1998 Killings In Nigeria 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day Marked UN Climate Conference in Poland Opens U.S. Senate Runoff Election Held in Georgia Charges Dropped Against Iraq Veterans Against the War Texas Judge Dismisses Indictments Against Cheney & Gonzales GM & Ford CEOs To Drive Hybrids To Washington Change or More of the Same? Obama Introduces National Security Team President-elect Barack Obama named former rival Senator Hillary Clinton as secretary of state on Monday and said Robert Gates would remain defense secretary. Other nominees included retired General James Jones to be National Security Adviser and Susan Rice as ambassador to the United Nations. Is that change or more of the same? We speak with investigative journalist Robert Dreyfuss of The Nation magazine and Steven Clemons of the New America Foundation. Israeli Reporter Amira Hass Forced Out of Gaza by Hamas, Detained by Israeli Police For Entering Gaza Without Permit Israel has imposed a tightened blockade over its million and a half residents for nearly a month. Last month, award-winning Israeli journalist Amira Hass defied the blockade and entered Gaza on a boat with international peace activists. But on Sunday, Hamas officials told Hass they could no longer guarantee her security and forced her to leave. Hass was briefly detained by Israeli security officials upon re-entering Israel Monday because she did not have a permit for Gaza. Amira Hass joins us on the phone from Ramallah. Chevron Cleared in 1998 Shooting Deaths of Protesters in Niger Delta A federal jury in San Francisco has just cleared oil giant Chevron of any responsibility for the May 1998 shooting and killing of protesters in the oil-rich Niger Delta. A decade ago over 100 protesters had occupied a Chevron-owned oil platform to demand compensation and jobs for the environmental damage caused by Chevron’s drilling. The Nigerian military shot and killed two unarmed protesters and wounded several others. Survivors had argued that Chevron should be held accountable because it paid the Nigerian military and transported them by helicopter to the oil platform. We speak with the lead plaintiff and the attorney in the case.
Seeders: 118
Leeches: 38

Democracy Now! Friday, November 28, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Winter Soldier on the Hill: War Vets Testify Before Congress War veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan came to Capitol Hill earlier this year to testify before Congress and give an eyewitness account about the horrors of war. Like the Winter Soldier hearings in March, when more than 200 service members gathered for four days in Silver Spring, Maryland to give their eyewitness accounts of the injustices occurring in Iraq and Afghanistan, “Winter Soldier on the Hill” was designed to drive home the human cost of the war and occupation—this time, to the very people in charge of doing something about it. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 106
Leeches: 17

Democracy Now! Thursday, November 27, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Studs Terkel 1912 - 2008: A Democracy Now! Special Tribute to the Beloved Oral Historian and Broadcaster The legendary radio broadcaster, writer, oral historian, raconteur and chronicler of our times, Studs Terkel, died last month at the age of ninety-six in his home town of Chicago. Today, a Democracy special tribute: we spend the hour on Studs Terkel. Over the years, Terkel has been a regular guest on Democracy Now! We play a wide-ranging interview we did with him in 2005. We also feature a rare recording of Terkel interviewing the Rev. Martin Luther King at the bedside of the gospel singer Mahalia Jackson. “My curiosity is what saw me through,” Terkel said in 2005. "What would the world be like, or will there be a world? And so, that’s my epitaph. I have it all set. Curiosity did not kill this cat. And it’s curiosity, I think, that has saved me thus far.”
Seeders: 107
Leeches: 3

Democracy Now! Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Federal Reserve & Treasury Announce New $800 Billion Plan FDIC: 171 Banks Face Possible Failure Obama Pledges Gov’t Spending Cuts Report: Gates to Remain As Defense Secretary John Brennan Withdraws Name From Consideration As CIA Director Karzai Calls on Timeline To End War in Afghanistan Top UN Official: Apartheid by Israel Thai Protesters Seize Airport Ex-Georgian Diplomat: U.S. OK’d Georgian Attack Judge Strikes Down Florida’s Gay Adoption Ban Judge Orders Release of Albert Woodfox of Angola 3 Number of Americans on Food Stamps Set To Top 30 Million National Day Of Mourning Protest Set For Thanksgiving Activists Prepare For Buy Nothing Day As Obama Considers Napolitano For Homeland Security Chief, A Look at Her Immigration Policies as Arizona Governor President-elect Barack Obama is on track to name Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano as homeland security secretary. Napolitano is a two-term governor, as well as a former U.S. attorney and state attorney general for Arizona. She was the first governor to call for National Guard troops to secure the US-Mexico border. We take a look at her immigration policies with Aarti Shahani, a researcher with Justice Strategies [includes rush transcript]. A Conversation With South African Poet and Anti-Apartheid Activist Breyten Breytenbach on His Own Imprisonment, South Africa's "Failed Revolution," Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama We speak with exiled South African poet, writer, painter, and outspoken activist for justice, Breyten Breytenbach. He was jailed for more than seven years under the apartheid regime, during which he wrote perhaps his most famous book, “The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist.” His brother was the head of the special forces in South Africa. Breytenbach has written a new article for Harper’s Maggazine titled, “Mandela’s Smile: Notes on South Africa’s Failed Revolution.”
Seeders: 113
Leeches: 36