Today’s Show
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- Clinton Calls on Supporters to Unite Behind Obama
- Narrowing the Obama-Clinton Divide: A Roundtable Discussion
- 600 Arrested at Mississippi Factory in Largest Immigration Raid in US History
- “Operation First Casualty”: Outside Democratic Convention, Iraq Veterans Against the War Re-Enact Raids on Iraqi Civilians
- Rep. Dennis Kucinich: “Wake Up America!”
- Labor Groups Challenge Retail Giant Wal-Mart on Pressuring Employees to Vote Against Obama
- In Wake of Deadly US Air Strike, Jeremy Scahill Questions Lawmakers About Obama’s Afghanistan Policy
- Tarnished by Sex Scandal, John Edwards’ Absence Reduces Focus on Poverty at Democratic Convention
- When Off the Silver Screen, Actress Daryl Hannah Seen on Frontlines of Environmental Movements
- Amy Goodman Questions Fmr. President Jimmy Carter on Being Sidelined at DNC
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Tuesday, August 26, 2008
- Headlines
- As Democratic Convention Kicks Off, Massive Security Presence Clamps Down on Dissent in Denver
- Denver Police Arrest 91, Fire Pepper Spray & Pepper Balls at Protesters
- Former US Senator Jean Carnahan and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan on the 2008 Race, Their Role as Convention Delegates & Voter Registration
- Iraq Veterans Against the War Descends on Denver to Call on Democrats to Endorse True Antiwar Platform
- Jeremy Scahill Grills Democratic Lawmakers on the War, Obama’s Foreign Policy Team and the Corporate Money Behind the Big Show
- Michelle Obama Delivers Keynote Address on Opening Day of Democratic Convention
Monday, August 25, 2008
- Headlines
- Antiwar Activists Take to the Streets to “Defend Denver”
- AT&T Throws Party to Support Dems Who Voted to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Domestic Wiretapping
- A Debate on Sen. Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Record Between Steve Clemons and Stephen Zunes
- Massive Security Operation Mobilized for DNC
- Rick MacArthur: “You Can’t Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America”
Friday, August 22, 2008
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Amy Goodman’s New Column: “Cheney, Bush and Habbush”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is on a book tour, where she is being hounded by activists and questioned about her pledge that “impeachment is off the table.” She responded on the TV talk show “The View,” “If somebody had a crime that the president had committed, that would be a different story.” Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind may have provided the evidence she doesn’t want to see.
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“Don’t Cage Dissent”
Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S. political parties to the cherished tradition of dissent. Things are not looking good.
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Lawmaker Calls on Pentagon to Explain Promotion of Threat-Wielding Recruiter After Democracy Now! Broadcast
Rep. Gene Green (D–TX) is calling on the Pentagon to explain why a military recruiter was given a promotion despite being found to have illegally threatened a teenage boy with jail time if he decided to go to college instead of joining the military. The recruiter was eventually promoted to head a different recruiting station. Green sent the letter questioning Kelt’s new job after his Wednesday appearance on Democracy Now!
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“Threats, Lies and Audiotape”
With no end in sight in Afghanistan and Iraq, military recruiters must be prevented from using desperate and aggressive measures to lure our nation’s young people—the poorest and most vulnerable—into the line of fire.
Filed under Weekly Column
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‘It’s a Global Election’
Amy Goodman reports from the Baltics: “When I arrived in Estonia last week—a former Soviet republic that lies just south of Finland—everyone had an opinion on Barack Obama’s speech in Berlin.”
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Who’s Paying for the Conventions?”
The nominating conventions have become elaborate, expensive marketing events, but most people don’t know the extent to which major corporations fund them, pouring tens of millions of dollars into a little-known loophole in the campaign-finance system.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Don’t Drink the Nuclear Kool-Aid”
While the presidential candidates trade barbs and accuse each other of flip-flopping, they agree with President Bush on their enthusiastic support for nuclear power.
Filed under Weekly Column
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“Colombia: Celebrate the Release, Not the Regime”
It is fantastic to see Ingrid Betancourt free, but the celebration of her release should not be confused with celebration of the Colombian government.
Filed under Weekly Column
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
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Headlines
- Burma Cyclone Toll Could Top 100,000
- Sadr City Residents Told to Flee Homes
- Report: 10M Children Die Yearly from Preventable Causes
- Vowing to Press On, Clinton Loans Campaign $6.5M
- McCain to Yield $7M at New York Fundraiser
- Independent Whistleblower Agency Targeted in FBI Raid
- FBI Withdraws National Security Letter Issued to Internet Archive
- Michigan Supreme Court Upholds Denying Benefits to Gay Couples
- Philadelphia Police Caught Beating Unarmed Victims
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200 Arrested in Massive Show of Civil Disobedience Over Police Acquittals in Killing of Sean Bell
More than 200 people have been arrested in a day of protest over acquittal of three police officers in the killing of Sean Bell. The twenty-three-year-old Bell died in a hail of fifty police bullets on the morning of what would have been his wedding day in November 2006. He was unarmed. On Wednesday, demonstrators halted traffic at six busy intersections in Manhattan and Brooklyn. [includes rush transcript]
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As Aid Delivery Arrives in Cyclone-Ravaged Burma, Fears Death Toll Could Top 100,000
The first major international delivery of aid has finally landed in Burma amidst new fears the death toll from this week’s cyclone could top 100,000. We speak to Jeremy Woodrum, co-founder of the US Campaign for Burma. [includes rush transcript]
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Former Senator George McGovern Switches Support from Clinton to Obama
Many political analysts say Tuesday’s primary results in North Carolina and Indiana make Senator Barack Obama the all-but-certain nominee. But Senator Hillary Clinton is vowing to press on with her presidential bid. We speak to former senator, Senator George McGovern, who has dropped his support of Clinton to endorse Obama. Senator McGovern won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972 and ran against Richard Nixon. [includes rush transcript]
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"Torture Team": British Attorney Philippe Sands on the White House Role in Sanctioning Torture
The House Judiciary Committee is preparing to hold a series of hearings examining the Bush administration’s role in authorizing the illegal torture of prisoners in US custody at Guantanamo and elsewhere. We speak to British attorney and author, Philippe Sands, author of the new book Torture Team: Rumsfeld’s Memo and the Betrayal of American Values. On Tuesday, Sands testified before the House Judiciary Sub-Committee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [includes rush transcript]
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"Economic Hit Man" John Perkins Recounts US Efforts to Block Nationalization of Panama Canal
Panamanian President Martin Torrijos was in Washington earlier this week to discuss a pending free trade agreement with the United States, where he drew praise from President Bush on winning national approval for the $5.2 billion expansion plan for the Panama Canal. But three decades ago the moves to nationalize the Panama Canal by President Torrijos’s father, General Omar Torrijos, met with enormous resistance in this country. [includes rush transcript]
