Democracy Now! Wednesday, November 26, 2008

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

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  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].

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  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.”