Democracy Now! Friday, May 15, 2009

Today's Headlines

• Health Industry Says Obama Overstated Pledge to Cut Costs
• Obama Questioned on Single Payer
• House Dems Propose Government-Run Health Plan
• House Passes $97B War Funding Bill
• Obama to Revive Military Comissions
• Pelosi Accuses CIA of Misleading Congress on Torture
• Insurance Firms to Receive Billions in Taxpayer Aid
• Foreclosure Notices Hit Record in April
• Chrysler, GM to Close Dealerships Nationwide
• Palestinians Mark 61st Anniversary of Al-Nakba
• Suu Kyi Faces Trial, Loss of Home
• Houston Spiritual Leader Freed on Bail
• NH Governor to Sign Gay Marriage Bill

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  Chicago Window Factory Reopens with Occupying Workers Back on the Job

  Workers at Chicago’s Republic Windows and Doors factory occupied their plant in December after the plant’s owners gave workers just three days’ notice of the plant’s closure. They won a settlement, and now the factory has remained open under new management. We speak to Armando Robles, a maintenance worker at the factory and local union president.

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  Fire the Boss: Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis on "The Worker Control Solution from Buenos Aires to Chicago"

  Shock Doctrine author Naomi Klein and Al Jazeera host Avi Lewis discuss the workers who are taking over their factories and plants rather than lose their jobs, some to owners who owe money to bailed-out banks. They also address the latest news in the nation’s global economic collapse amidst the White House and Democratic-led Congress’s rejection of single-payer healthcare. [includes rush transcript]

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  Argentine Journalist Sergio Ciancaglini on "Sin Patron: Stories from Argentina's Worker-Run Factories"

  Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein documented the struggles of Argentine workers occupying their factories in the 2004 film The Take. We play an excerpt of the film and speak to Argentine journalist Sergio Ciancaglini, co-author of Sin Patrón: Stories from Argentina’s Worker-Run Factories.