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Democracy Now! Monday, June 22, 2009

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Today's Headlines Iran’s Guardian Council Admits to Vote Irregularities Mousavi Calls for More Street Protests Iran’s Web Spying Aided by European Firms Siemens and Nokia Israel to Allocate $250 Million for West Bank Settlements US Admits Afghan Air Strike Killed At Least 26 Civilians Pakistan Faces Humanitarian Crisis Report: One Billion People Go Hungry Every Day Obama Admin Wants to Bring Spy Training Program to Colleges ACLU Files Suit over Communication Management Units Federal Authorities Approve Gun Sales to People on Terrorist Watch List Poll: 72% of Americans back Creation of Public Healthcare Plan Obama Jokes about Plight of Uyghurs Indian Musician Ali Akbar Khan, 87, Dies After a Day of Deadly Protests, Iran's Guardian Council Admits Voting Irregularities Took Place in Presidential Election Iran’s powerful Guardian Council has admitted that voting irregularities took place in at least fifty cities and that the number of votes cast exceeded the number of voters by a difference of as many as three million ballots. This comes as reformist presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi has called for another round of big street protests after a brutal crackdown this weekend. We speak to Iranian American independent filmmaker and journalist Kouross Esmaeli. [includes rush transcript] Report: Goldman Sachs on Pace to Pay Out Record Bonuses this Year The Guardian newspaper reports staff at Goldman Sachs can look forward to the biggest bonus payouts in the firm’s 140-year history after a spectacular first half of the year, sparking concern that the big investment banks which survived the credit crunch will derail financial regulation reforms. We speak to Nomi Prins, a former managing director for Goldman Sachs in New York, about the possible record bonuses, President Obama’s proposed reforms of the financial regulatory system and the “The Big Bank Bailout Payback Bamboozle.” [includes rush transcript] Somalia Declares State of Emergency After Intense Fighting In Somalia, thousands have fled the capital of Mogadishu as government forces continue to fight opposition Islamist fighters. Fierce street fighting over the past month has claimed hundreds of lives. Just last week, bombs killed two lawmakers, the country’s security minister, the police commander of Mogadishu and nearly two dozen civilians. We speak to Somali American writer and human rights activist Sadia Ali Aden. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 113
Leeches: 23

Democracy Now! Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Category: Documentary
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Today's Headlines US to Open Preliminary Talks with Syria Clinton Silent on Israeli Settlements, Gaza Blockade Obama Downplays Report of Missile Program Offer ICC to Issue Bashir Arrest Warrant Countrywide Execs Form New Firm to Profit Off Mortgages, Bank Failures Merrill Lynch Paid $10M Bonuses to Top Execs Senate to Consider Bush Admin Abuses Probe Obama Restores Endangered Species Act Protections Obama Backs Employee Free Choice Act Gay, Lesbian Couples Sue for Marriage Benefits Obama Picks Net Neutrality Backer for FCC Helm Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really Ordered an End to US Occupation of Iraq? President Obama’s plan to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq has both been hailed by some as a signal of the coming end of the war while criticized by others as an extension of the occupation. We host a debate between Lawrence Korb, the former assistant secretary of defense under President Reagan, and Jeremy Scahill, award-winning author and investigative journalist. [includes rush transcript] Blackwater CEO Erik Prince Resigns in Latest Attempt to Rebrand Tarnished Mercenary Firm Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater, has announced his resignation as the company’s CEO. The move comes weeks after the company changed its name to Xe in an attempt to rebrand the firm. Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, assesses the latest developments. [includes rush transcript] "Sold Out": New Report Follows Lobbying Money Trail Behind Deregulation that Helped Cause Financial Crisis In a new report, Robert Weissman of Multinational Monitor points to twelve deregulatory steps that led to the financial meltdown. It also does an analysis of the amount of money Wall Street poured into Washington in campaign contributions and lobbying over the last ten years. Their answer? A staggering $5.1 billion over the past decade. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 120
Leeches: 52

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

Bill Moyers Journal 01-25-08

Category: News & Current Affairs
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JOHN GRISHAM Bill Moyers interviews John Grisham, best-selling author of THE FIRM, THE PELICAN BRIEF, and THE RAINMAKER, in a far-ranging conversation that gives viewers insight into the beliefs and background that influenced Grisham's work and provides an unexpected look at his views about the state of the nation. >Judicial Selection: Find Out Who's Picking Your Judges >Web Exclusive Video: Grisham on writers and writing WINNING THE VOTE A look at another record-breaking cycle in campaign ad spending. THE DOWNTURN ON THE HOMEFRONT Sociologist Katherine Newman on the global markets' effect on kitchen table issues. MOYERS ON THE RHETORIC AND THE REALITY Bill Moyers compares the rhetoric coming out of Washington with the reality on the ground when it comes to some major issues: the economy, the war, prospects for peace in the Middle East.
Seeders: 16
Leeches: 1

Democracy Now! Thursday, November 8, 2007

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Headlines for November 8, 2007 - Over 700 Supporters of Bhutto Detained In Pakistan - Taliban Launches Coup Of Their Own in Western Pakistan - President Bush Defendes WWIII Comments About Iran - AT&T Whistleblower Urges Congress Not To Give Telecoms Immunity - Effort to Impeach Vice President Cheney Continues - FBI Monitored Sales At Middle Eastern Grocery Stores - U.S. Recalls 4 Million Toys With Date Rape Chemical Bush Maneuvers to Stack Commission on Civil Rights with Conservatives The eight-member U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has long been staffed equally with members of both major political parties. Critics say Bush in effect installed a fifth and sixth Republican on the panel in December 2004 after two commissioners, both Republicans when appointed, reregistered as independents. [includes rush transcript] Actor and Activist Danny Glover & TransAfrica Forum's Nicole Lee on the U.S. Militarization of Africa and Africom "With little scrutiny from Democrats in Congress and nary a whimper of protest from the liberal establishment, the United States will soon establish permanent military bases in sub-Saharan Africa," write Glover and Lee in The Nation. "An alarming step forward in the militarization of the African continent, the US Africa Command (Africom) will oversee all US military and security interests throughout the region, excluding Egypt." As Blackwater Is Implicated in Another Deadly Shooting in Iraq, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Urges Passage of the Stop Outsourcing Security (SOS) Act In a Democracy Now! interview, Rep. Jan Schakowsky calls for the withdrawal of all guards with the firms Blackwater, DynCorp and Triple Canopy over the next six months from Iraq and Afghanistan. [includes rush transcript]
Seeders: 0
Leeches: 0

Democracy Now! Thursday, December 29, 2005

Category: News & Current Affairs
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Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour * Headlines for December 29, 2005 * As a Top Enron Exec Pleads Guilty, Journalist Robert Bryce Discusses the Death of Enron and the Firm's Close Ties to President Bush * Crime without Conviction: U.S. Makes Deals With Corporate Criminals Instead of Prosecuting * Reverend Billy Preaches on Shopocolypse Tour of the Country
Seeders: 0
Leeches: 0