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- US Activist Detained in Israeli Jail Condemns Blockade of Gaza
- South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu on the Election of Barack Obama, the Israeli Blockade of Gaza, US Foreign Policy under President Bush and More
- As New York Renames the Triborough Bridge for Robert F. Kennedy, We Speak with RFK’s Daughter Kerry Kennedy on Her Father’s Legacy, Her Human Rights Activism and the 2008 Election
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
- Headlines
- Agents of Change or Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons? A Discussion about Barack Obama’s Advisers and Transition Team
- Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales Indicted in Private Prison Case in Texas
- Vatican Threatens to Excommunicate Catholic Priest for Supporting Ordination of Women into Priesthood
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
- Headlines
- Cornel West on the Election of Barack Obama: “I Hope He Is a Progressive Lincoln, I Aspire to Be the Frederick Douglass to Put Pressure on Him”
- Steve Fainaru on “Big Boy Rules: America’s Mercenaries Fighting in Iraq”
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “A View From the South”
Evo Morales knows about “change you can believe in.” He also knows what happens when a powerful elite is forced to make changes it doesn’t want.
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“President Obama Can Redeem the White House”
Alice Walker is the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. But Monday, I called her to talk about a true story. The Obamas had just visited the White House. The first African-American elected president of the United States had visited his soon-to-be residence, a house built by slaves.
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Amy Goodman on CNN Newsroom, November 10, 2008
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Anjali Kamat’s New Column: “Change We Can Believe In?”
Democracy Now! producer Anjali Kamat writes, “To all those for whom America has represented generations of racial injustice, the election of America’s first Black president marks the beginning of a new era…But unless the inspired millions who brought him to power continue to believe their demands matter and insist on holding him accountable each step of the way, it will be Obama’s corporate and hawkish friends who determine the domestic and foreign policies of the coming administration and our collective future.”
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“Organizer in Chief”
You could almost hear the world’s collective sigh of relief. This year’s U.S. presidential election was a global event in every sense. Barack Hussein Obama, the son of a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother, who grew up in Indonesia and Hawaii, represents to so many a living bridge—between continents and cultures.
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Studs Terkel, 1912-2008
The legendary radio broadcaster, writer and oral historian Studs Terkel has died at the age of 96 in Chicago. Over the years Terkel has been a regular guest on Democracy Now!In 2005, Studs Terkel appeared on Democracy Now! shortly after undergoing open heart surgery. He told Amy Goodman, “My curiosity is what saw me through. What would the world be like, or will there be a world? And so, that’s my epitaph. I have it all set. Curiosity did not kill this cat. And it’s curiosity, I think, that has saved me thus far.”
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“Election Protection”
Election Day approaches, and with it a test of our election system’s integrity. Who will be allowed to vote; who will be barred? Who will get paper ballots; who will use electronic voting machines? Will polls be open long enough to accommodate what is expected to be a historic turnout?
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“Change Big Donors Can Believe In”
The candidates’ coffers are swelling with larger and larger bundles of cash, but don’t hold your breath waiting for the extended television discussions of this, because it’s the broadcasters who profit the most.
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May 2008 Archive
Friday, May 30, 2008
- Headlines for May 30, 2008
- Alleging War Crimes, British Activist, Writer George Monbiot Attempts Citizen’s Arrest on Former UN Ambassador John Bolton
- IndieBound: Independent Booksellers Join Forces to Promote Localism, Independence in Book Trade
- Three Former Gitmo Prisoners to Address US Audience in Historic Event
- Veteran Journalist Robert Scheer on “The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America”
Thursday, May 29, 2008
- Headlines for May 29, 2008
- Israel Bars One of its Most Prominent Critics, Norman Finkelstein, for Ten Years
- Gore Vidal on the Kennedys and His 1960s Battle with the New York Times
- 1968, Forty Years Later: Tariq Ali Looks Back on a Pivotal Year in the Global Struggle for Social Justice
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
- Headlines for May 28, 2008
- Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
- Headlines for May 27, 2008
- The “Golden Voice of the Great Southwest”: Legendary Folk Musician, Activist Utah Phillips, 1935-2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
- Headlines for May 26, 2008
- Memorial Day Special…Winter Soldier on the Hill: War Vets Testify Before Congress
Friday, May 23, 2008
- Headlines for May 23, 2008
- Johns Hopkins University Responds to Allegations Toxic Sludge Tested as Lead Poisoning Fix in Poor Black Neighborhoods
- Juan Gonzalez on the Puerto Rico Primaries and a NYC Middle School’s Student Uprising Against Standardized Testing
- “War, Inc.”: John Cusack’s New Film Satirizes the Corruption, Profiteering and Hubris Behind the Iraq War
Thursday, May 22, 2008
- Headlines for May 22, 2008
- Mary Tillman, Mother of Slain Army Ranger and former NFL Star Pat Tillman, on Her Four-Year Quest to Expose the Military Cover-Up of Her Son’s Death by Members of His Own Unit
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
- Headlines for May 21, 2008
- Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq, the Threat of an Attack on Iran, and the Need for a Global Nuclear Ban to Avoid Further Catastrophe
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
- Headlines for May 20, 2008
- US Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs
- As US Threatens Iran Over Enriching Uranium, Bush Promises to Give Enriched Uranium to Saudi Arabia
- “A Jihad for Love”: New Film Explores Challenges Facing Gay Muslims Worldwide
- “Meet Gus Puryear: Bush’s Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship”
Monday, May 19, 2008
- Headlines for May 19, 2008
- Spies for Hire: Carlyle Group to Become Owner of “One of America’s Largest Private Intelligence Armies”
- Clive Stafford Smith: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons; Transporting Prisoners to Iraqi Jails to Avoid Media & Legal Scrutiny
- Malcolm X, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965
Friday, May 16, 2008
- Headlines for May 16, 2008
- Israeli Writer-Activist Tikva Honig-Parnass, Who Fought for Israel’s Founding in 1948, on 60 Years of Palestinian Dispossession and Occupation
- As Israelis Celebrate Independence and Palestinians Mark the “Nakba,” a Debate with Benny Morris, Saree Makdisi and Norman Finkelstein
Thursday, May 15, 2008
- Headlines for May 15, 2008
- As Palestinians Mark 60th Anniversary of Their Dispossession, a Conversation with Palestinian Writer and Doctor Ghada Karmi
- Palestinian Rap Group DAM Use Hip-Hop to Convey the Frustrations, Hopes of a Dispossessed People
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
- Headlines for May 14, 2008
- 1968, 40 Years Later: Student, Worker Protests Sweep France, Leaving Indelible Mark on the Country and the World
- Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the “United States of Amnesia”
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
- Headlines for May 13, 2008
- DEMOCRACY NOW! EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Sgt. Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003
Monday, May 12, 2008
- Headlines for May 12, 2008
- World Renowned Philosopher Slavoj Zizek on the Iraq War, the Bush Presidency, the War on Terror & More
- 81 Dead in Lebanon as Hezbollah Clashes with US-Backed Pro-Government Forces
Friday, May 09, 2008
- Headlines for May 09, 2008
- 14 Killed in Sudanese Government Bombing of Darfur Village
- Free from Nigerian Military Custody, “Sweet Crude” Director Sandy Cioffi on Oil Politics in the Niger Delta
- Author, Blogger Arianna Huffington on How John McCain Has Changed Since Telling Her He Didn’t Vote for Bush in 2000
Thursday, May 08, 2008
- Headlines for May 08, 2008
- 200 Arrested in Massive Show of Civil Disobedience Over Police Acquittals in Killing of Sean Bell
- As Aid Delivery Arrives in Cyclone-Ravaged Burma, Fears Death Toll Could Top 100,000
- Former Senator George McGovern Switches Support from Clinton to Obama
- “Torture Team”: British Attorney Philippe Sands on the White House Role in Sanctioning Torture
- “Economic Hit Man” John Perkins Recounts US Efforts to Block Nationalization of Panama Canal
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
- Headlines for May 07, 2008
- Clinton Vows to Stay in the Race as North Carolina, Indiana Primaries Extend Obama’s Lead
- Broadcasting Legend Bill Moyers on the 2008 Elections, the Rev. Wright Controversy, the Media, Vietnam and More
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
- Headlines for May 06, 2008
- Report from Burmese-Thai Border on the Devastating Cyclone that Has Killed Over 15,000 People in Burma
- Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear
- “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism”
- Democracy Now! Bids Farewell to Denis Moynihan, DN!’s Longtime Outreach Director, Now CEO of Free Speech TV
Monday, May 05, 2008
- Headlines for May 05, 2008
- 10 Arrested at General Dynamics Protest in Vermont
- Thousands of Somalis Protest Deadly US Air Strike
- Autonomy Vote Threatens to Pull Bolivia Apart
- Iran: Elections Under Threat
- “Guantanamo’s Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr”
Friday, May 02, 2008
- Headlines for May 02, 2008
- After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Haj Released from Guantanamo Bay
- Southern California Residents Gear Up for New Fight to Stop Secretive Expansion by Military Firm Blackwater
- 25,000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports in Historic Antiwar Protest
- Secretaries of State Debra Bowen of California and Robin Carnahan of Missouri on Voting Issues in a Year of Soaring Turnout
Thursday, May 01, 2008
- Headlines for May 01, 2008
- US Citizens, Lawful Residents Sue Government for Illegal Detention in LA Immigration Raid
- May Day: Tens of Thousands Prepare to March Across the Country as Labor Struggle Linked to Immigrants Rights
- Defying Employers, Antiwar Dockworkers Plan to Shut Down West Coast Ports
- Back from Haiti, Rev. Jesse Jackson Calls for Emergency Food Aid to a Starving Nation Devastated by Longtime US-Led Interference, Subversion
