Today’s Show
- Headlines
- 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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Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Headlines
- UN Official: Gitmo Tribunals Flawed and Unfair
- Bush Signs $162 Billion War Funding Bill
- Pentagon to Keep 140,000 Troops in Iraq Until 2009
- U.S. Raid Kills Cousin of Iraqi PM Maliki
- Iraq Opens Oil Fields to Foreign Firms
- Four Iraqis Sue U.S. Contractors Over Torture
- Federal Court Dismisses Maher Arar Lawsuit
- Ex-CIA Operative Accuses Agency of Suppressing Intel on Iran
- June Death Toll For Int’l Troops in Afghanistan Tops Iraq
- Report: McCain Tax Cuts to Save Corporations $175 Billion/Year
- Protesters At DNC In Denver To Be Fenced In
- 13 Arrested At Coal Plant Protest in Virginia
- Maryland Prisoner Strangled to Death in County Jail
- More Headlines…
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Pakistan Military Offensive in Khyber Region Enters Fourth Day
Pakistani paramilitary forces have begun a fourth day of assaults on suspected Taliban sites in the northwest region of the country. The offensive marks the first major Pakistani offensive against Taliban fighters in the Khyber region and the first major military operation since Pakistan’s new government came to power in March. We speak with journalist and author, David Barsamian.
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Oil and Gas Drilling on Public Lands Reaches New High
While offshore drilling has drawn national attention, less has been made of oil and gas drilling on public land within the continental United States. This despite figures showing the amount of oil and gas drilling on public land has reached a new high. The Wilderness Society recently reported more than forty-four million acres of public lands are leased for oil and gas development.
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Dozens of Minutemen Confront Day-Laborers Gathered For Work in Aurora, CO
The city council of Aurora, Colorado is considering two ordinances that would regulate how day laborers seek out work. The city is proposing to restrict the locations of offices set up to help the day laborers, and limit how they gather to meet prospective employers. Last week, local tensions escalated when members of the anti-immigrant group the Minuteman Project held a day-long protest directly in front of a busy intersection where day-laborers often gather.
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Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at JFK
Senator John McCain heads to Colombia today where he is expected to receive a lavish welcome from Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. We speak with Colombia Senator, Piedad Córdoba, who received a far different reception when she came to the United States–she was detained and questioned by immigration authorities at JFK airport. Córdoba has played a leading role in mediation efforts with the Colombian rebel group FARC and has been an outspoken critic of the Uribe government as well as a leading voice in Colombia’s Afro-Colombian community.
