Democracy Now! Monday, May 12, 2008 :: Slavoy Zizek

Today's Headlines

• Oxfam: Burma on Brink of Massive Public Health Catastrophe
• Junta Blocks & Delays Aid Supplies to Burma
• Climate Change Group: Cyclone Is a Sign of Things to Come
• GOP Convention Coordinator Resigns Over Ties to Burma’s Junta
• Obama Gains Support of 21 Superdelegates
• After 1,000 Killed, a Ceasefire Is Reached in Sadr City
• US-Backed Iraqi Troops Launch Attack in Mosul
• Report: Blackwater Won’t Face Criminal Charges for Civilian Deaths
• Price of Oil Reaches New High: $126 Per Barrel
• Environmental Activist Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison
• NYPD Disciplines White Officer Who Stopped Black Commander

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  World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, the War on Terror & More

  Part two of our wide-ranging discussion with Slavoj Zizek, the philosopher, psychoanalyst and cultural theorist. He has been called the “Elvis of cultural theory” and is widely considered to be one of Europe’s leading intellectuals. He has written more than fifty books and speaks to sold-out audiences around the world.

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  81 Dead in Lebanon as Hezbollah Clashes with US-Backed Pro-Government Forces

  “This is very much similar to what is happening in Sudan, in Palestine, in Iraq, in Afghanistan and Somalia, [where] the United States is basically instigating and funding civil wars,” says professor As’ad Abu Khalil.