Democracy Now! Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Today's Headlines

• China Quake Toll Hits 15,000
• Amidst Desperate Recovery Effort, Burma Could Face New Storm
• 60 Killed in India Bombing
• Overnight Clashes Claim 7 Lives in Sadr City
• Bush: Iran “Biggest Threat” to Mideast Peace
• Clinton Wins West Virginia Primary
• Colombia Extradites 14 Paramilitary Leaders to US
• Berlusconi Can Be Called to Testify in CIA Kidnap Case
• Report: US Forcibly Injecting Deportees with Psychotropic Drugs

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  1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country, and the World

  May 1968 was a watershed month for France, when a wave of student and worker protests swept the country and changed French society forever. We speak to George Katsiaficas, author of numerous books including “The Imagination of the New Left: The Global Analysis of 1968.”

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  Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the "United States of Amnesia"

  With a career spanning more than six decades, Gore Vidal is one of America’s most respected writers and thinkers. He’s authored more than twenty novels and five plays. His latest book is Point to Point Navigation: A Memoir. [includes rush transcript–partial]