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 6/30
On the Eve of President Bush’s First Trip to
Africa, Democracy Now! Looks at Two Flashpoints on the Continent
- Liberia and Congo. A discussion with Jacob Massaquoi, political
and human rights activist in Liberia, Director of Africa Action
Salih Booker and founder of the Patrice Lumumba Coalition
Elombe Brath. Today is the 43rd anniversary of Congolese independence;
Sen. Robert Byrd: The Road of Cover-Up on Iraq is a Road to
Ruin. The Senate’s eldest member accuses the White House
of “revising history” regarding Iraq’s threat
to the world and calls for a full-scale investigation into
U.S. intelligence failures;
6/27
Supreme Court Strikes Down All Bans on Sodomy and Gay
Sex: Largest Victory Ever for Gay And Lesbian Civil Rights
in the U.S. The ruling takes away the legal tool courts have
used to justify anti-gay discrimination in everything from
custody cases to employment. We talk to a lesbian mother who
lost custody of her daughter under Alabama’s anti-sodomy
law. For five years, her partner has been banned from seeing
her daughter; Remembering Stonewall: A look back on that June
night in 1969 when the NYPD raided a gay bar in Greenwich
Village leading to the Stonewell Rebellion and a new movement;
6/25
The Two Georges, Orwell and Bush: A Dramatic Reading
of George Orwell's Classic Work 1984 Interspersed With Recent
News Clips From President Bush and Others. 100 years ago today,
author and journalist George Orwell was born. We'll spend
the hour hearing excerpts from his classic work 1984. The
book introduced the terms "Big Brother," "thought
police," "newspeak" and "doublethink."
We'll also hear clips from President Bush, Attorney General
John Ashcroft, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Fox New's
Bill O'Relly, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, Sen. Robert
Byrd and broadcast footage of Donald Rumsfeld meeting with
Saddam Hussein in 1983.
6/24
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action, Part I: landmark
rulings hailed as sweeping victory for University of Michigan
and colleges across the country; The Ghost of Republicanism
Past Triumphed over the Conservativism of Republicans Today":
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action, Part II;
6/23
Protesting the War on Women and the "War on Terror";
USDA opens $3 million dollar biotech conference in Sacramento;
agriculture ministers from over 100 countries are attending;
1000 people march in protest; Food First's Anuradha Mittal,
who co-edited a new report called: "Voices from the South:
The Third World Debunks Corporate Myths on Genetically Engineered
Crops," and Luke Anderson, author of "Genetic Engineering:
Food and Our Environment"; Benton Harbor: where does it go
from here? A week after an African-American motorcyclist died
in police crash, the Rev. Russell Baker of Benton Harbor examines
the impact of the recent protests and riots on Michigan's
poorest city
6/20
Senate Commerce Committee Votes to Prevent Nation’s
Largest Media Conglomerates from Growing Even Larger - The
Senate has begun to reverse the FCC’s vote to relax
media concentration rules, but the legislation faces an uphill
battle in the House; Zimbabwe’s Top Court Orders Opposition
Leader Morgan Tsvangirai Freed After Spending Two Weeks in
Prison - The Zimbabwean ambassador to the U.S. debates critic
Patrick Bond on Mugabe’s rule, free speech and land
reform; White House orders EPA to Remove Global Warming Conclusions
from State of the Environment Report - Original draft concluded
that global warming is caused in part by rising concentrations
of smokestack and automobile emissions. The final study does
not;
6/12
Hour 1:
Road Map to Peace or Road Map to War? Just one week after
President Bush met with the Israeli and Palestinian Prime
ministers, 25 Israelis and Palestinians were killed in suicide
bombings and Israeli military attacks in one of the bloodiest
days in the region in years; Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle
on North Korea: "We Should Always be Prepared to Go it
Alone, if Necessary”. Perle says the U.S. should be
prepared to unilaterally and preemptively attack North Korea
to destroy its nuclear facilities; The House Votes on Whether
to Include Some of the Nation’s Poorest Working Families
in President Bush’s Tax Cut. A debate between freelance
reporter Aaron Schatz and Chief Economist for the Americans
for Tax Reform, Dan Clifton;
Hour 2:
Myrlie Evers-Williams on the Murder of Her Husband Civil Rights
Leader Medgar Evers Who Died 40 Years Ago Today. It was 40
years ago today that a gunshot in the night took the life
of Medgar Evers, the Civil Rights leader. His assassination
concluded a seminal day in the Civil Rights movement; Should
Corporate Criminals Face Jail Time for White Collar Crime?
As Martha Stewart might face jail time, former imprisoned
insider trader Foster Winans debates Russell Mokhiber, editor
of the Corporate Crime Reporter; The Red & The Blacklist.
A look at Hollywood during the McCarthy Era with blacklisted
screenwriter Norma Barzman;
6/11
Hour 1:
The U.S. and U.N. Refuse to Provide Protection for Witnesses
of Massacres: Dr. Sima Samar, Chair of the Afghanistan Independent
Human Rights Commission. “We keep asking the [UN] Human
Rights Commission for an inquiry and investigation into [the
mass graves]…I don’t know why it’s delayed…because
we do believe in peace with justice…but there is a lot
of argument that they don’t want to exchange stability
for justice.”; US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules
for Press Censorship of Iraqi Media. Officials say the code
is not intended to censor the media, only to “stifle
intemperate speech,” but Iraqi journalists who endured
censorship under Saddam Hussein are protesting the decision;
Former Congressmember Cynthia McKinney Speaks about the War
Abroad and the War at Home. “All Americans are being
asked to sacrifice so that a few can get butter while the
masses get guns.”
Hour 2:
As Attacks on US Soldiers Continue in Iraq We Talk to Robert
Fisk who Just Returned from Fallujah. Britain Independent’s
chief foreign correspondent discusses the growing revolt among
Iraqis, the so-called road map to peace in the Middle East
and on his meeting with Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantissi;
Shock Radio/TV Host Michael Savage Sues Online Critics. Websites
savagestupidity.com, www.michaelsavagesucks.com and www.takebackthemedia.com
face $500,000 for backing a boycott organized by GLAAD;
6/6
Hour 1:
Rachel Corrie was Crushed by an Israeli Military Bulldozer,
Tom Hurndall was Shot in the Head by an Israeli Soldier. Today
on the 36th Anniversary of the Occupied Territories, we Speak
with the Parents of these Two International Peace Activists.
Corrie’s family is supporting resolution HCR111 which
calls for an independent investigation into Rachel’s
death and for the U.S. to work with the Israeli government
to ensure the safety of activists in the Occupied Territories;
Rafeef Ziadah, who Lost her Parents in the 1982 Massacre at
the Shatilla Refugee Camp, Speaks About Life as a Palestinian
Refugee. Rafeef hid under a bed while the massacre went on
around her. She was four years old. She now works for SUSTAIN
- Stop U.S. Tax-Funded Aid to Israel Now;
Hour 2:
The Two Top Editors of The New York Times Resign. Yes - The
New York Times is at a 152-year low – but is it thanks
to Jayson Blair? Or is it because the paper has become the
Pentagon’s most effective mouthpiece?; Latino Lawmakers
Demand the Resignation of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Phoenix,
Charging he Transferred Sexually Abusive Priests to Latino
Neighborhoods. “The sinister part of this is that church
officials know that many in the Hispanic community don't question
the church. Many… are undocumented immigrants who don't
speak English.";
6/4
Hour 1:
An Army Reservist is Kicked Out of the Service for Refusing
to Take the Controversial Anthrax Vaccine A military panel
took 40 minutes to return a guilty verdict against Private
Kamila Iwanowska; “Direct Order”: an award-winning
documentary tells the story of members of the military who
were ordered against their will to take the controversial
anthrax vaccine. “I’d rather have caught a bullet
from an A 47 than gotten injected with this stuff. At least
I would have known what my fate would have been;”
Hour 2:
Former Head of the American Jewish Congress Says There Will
Never be an Independent Palestinian State as Long as Sharon
is in Power. As President Bush Meets with the Palestinian
and Israeli Prime Ministers for the first time, a debate on
U.S. involvement on the Middle East. Henry Siegman calls Sharon
a “destructive force” and recalls Sharon is the
“granddaddy” of the settlement movement, which
was designed to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state;
Arab Anti-Discrimination Communications Director, Hussein
Ibish Discusses Civil Liberties During the “War on Terror”.
“One of the major features of the so-called war on terror
was been a major campaign to reduce civil liberties in the
United States to increase the power of the government over
the individual;”
6/2
Hour 1:
“Social security, medicare, Medicaid, schools, these
all have very serious defects. They are based on a principle
that is evil as George Bush hears from his direct line to
God”: Renowned author, linguistics professor and one
of the leading dissident voices in the U.S., Noam Chomsky
speaks at the University of the District of Columbia;
Hour 2:
“The whole thing reeks of conflict of interest. To begin
the catalog of corruption here, you would have to do a 24-hour
marathon.”: Robert McChesney, author of eight books
on media and politics, discusses the the inner-workings of
the FCC and the importance of media diversity; Diverse Organizations
from Around the Country Testify Against Media Consolidation:
From the United Church of Christ to the National Association
of Black Journalists to Children Now, organizations around
the country are speaking out against media consolidation;
FCC Hearing Broadcast Live on Democracy Now!" We go live
to Washington D.C. to hear FCC staff discuss their views on
media consolidation as a prelude to the vote;
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