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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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Headlines
- Iraq FM: US Accepts Lifting Contractor Immunity
- Pentagon Spying on Iraqi Military
- Gitmo Trainers Based Interrogations on Chinese Techniques
- Pentagon Criticized for Plan to Move Chemical Weapons
- 4 Killed, Dozens Injured in Israel Bulldozer Attack
- Peru, Bolivia Spar Over Alleged US Military Base
- Mexico Police Video Shows Alleged Torture Practice
- Unattended NY Psychiatric Patient Dies in Emergency Room
- Obama Backs Government Funding of Faith-Based Initiatives
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Forty Years After Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, US Tops World in Nuke Arsenal
This week marks the fortieth anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, when nuclear powers agreed to eventually eliminate their nuclear weapons, and non-nuclear states agreed not to seek to develop nuclear weapons capabilities. Forty years later, there are 189 signatories to the treaty and nine nuclear armed states in the world. The United States and Russia still have the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons. We speak with Joseph Cirincione, president of the Ploughshares Fund and author of Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons. [includes rush transcript]
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Acclaimed Actor and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith on Art in a Time of War
Anna Deavere Smith has been hailed as the most exciting individual in American theater. She has won numerous awards, including two Obies, several Tony nominations and a MacArthur genius grant. She is best known for two plays examining race relations: Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities and Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. Her latest solo show is called Let Me Down Easy. [includes rush transcript]
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Obama Pledges to Expand Bush Program to Funnel Federal Money to Religious Groups
Barack Obama has pledged to expand a controversial White House program that funnels federal money to religious charities. Many Democrats are reportedly saying it’s the most aggressive outreach to religious voters ever by the party’s presidential nominee. We speak with the Reverend Jim Wallis, founder and president of Sojourners, the largest network of progressive Christians in the United States. [includes rush transcript]
