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Turkey Seeks Answers After A Week Where Bombings Killed Over
50
Mayhem in Miami: Amidst Tear Gas and Rubber Bullets Democracy
Now! Reports From the Streets of the FTAA Protests
The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on Berkeley in the
1960s
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:20 Turkey Seeks Answers After A Week Where
Bombings Killed Over 50
INTRO: Days after 25 people were killed in two synagogue
bombings in Istanbul, twin bombs in the capital city hit the
British consulate and the headquarters of the British bank
HSBC. We go to Turkey to hear from the Christian Science Monitor’s
Bureau Chief in Istanbul.
In Turkey, the death toll of yesterday’s twin bombings
against British targets has risen to 27. More than 450 people
were injured. Among those killed was Roger Short, Britain's
top diplomat in Istanbul. Today British and Turkish officials
vowed to join together to fight those who carried out the
attacks that hit the British consulate and the headquarters
of the British bank HSBC. A Turkish news agency reported that
an anonymous caller said the attack was a joint effort between
al Qaeda and a Turkish group called the Islamic Front of the
Raiders of the Great Orient. Police have reportedly arrested
seven Turkish citizens in connection to the bombings.
- Ilene Prusher, Istanbul Bureau Chief for the Christian
Science Monitor. She joins us on the phone from Istanbul.
Link: www.csmonitor.com
8:20-8:21 One Minute Music Break
8:21-8:40 Mayhem in Miami: Amidst Tear Gas and Rubber
Bullets Democracy Now! Reports From the Streets of the FTAA
Protests
INTRO: Up to 70 people were arrested and dozens more were
injured as Miami police used concussion grenades and stun
guns as well as rubber bullets and tear gas on people demonstrating
against the talks. We hear a report from the streets of Miami
produced by Jeremy Scahill, Ana Nogueira and John Hamilton.
Free Trade Area of the Americas talks ended early yesterday
evening in Miami after ministers from 34 countries accepted
a watered-down proposal in order to save the talks from total
collapse. All that was agreed was to scale back the FTAA’s
scope in a deal that is being described as “FTAA-Lite.”
Up to 70 people were arrested and dozens injured at large-scale
demonstrations staged against the FTAA summit.
More than ten thousand union members from across the country
marched through downtown Miami to protest the meeting where
some 2,500 police officers from more than two-dozen law enforcement
agencies had converged.
While that demonstration passed without incident, the day
was marked by extraordinary police brutality against demonstrators.
Repeatedly throughout the day, security forces deployed on
the streets of Miami fired rubber bullets and tear gas at
demonstrators. Scores of people were injured as police used
both concussion grenades and stun guns outside the hotel where
the FTAA summit was taking place.
Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill was shot twice
with rubber bullets, as was independent filmmaker John Hamilton
who was working with Democracy Now! in Miami. We turn now
to a report produced by Democracy Now!’s Jeremy Scahill,
Ana Nogueria and John Hamilton of the Workers Independent
News Service. The piece is narrated by Jeremy Scahill.
8:40-8:41 One Minute Music Break
8:41-8:58 The Free Speech Movement: Reflections on
Berkeley in the 1960s
INTRO: The University of California at Berkeley erupted
in 1964 into protests over freedom of speech and set the stage
for campus unrest in the turbulent 1960s. We hear an excerpt
of one the Free Speech Movement’s leading voices, the
late Mario Savio speaking in 1964, and talk to his widow Lynne
Hollander as well as Michael Rossman.
- Mario Savio, recorded on December 3, 1964 at the University
of California Berkeley shortly before Free Speech Movement
demonstrators entered Sproul Hall to begin their sit-in.
- Lynne Hollander, Mario Savio’s widow speaking from
Pacifica Radio’s KPFA studio with Amy Goodman.
- Michael Rossman, one of the members of the Free Speech
Movement (FSM) speaking from Pacifica Radio’s KPFA
studio with Amy Goodman.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
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Democracy Now! is produced by Mike Burke, Sharif Abdel Kouddous,
Ana Nogueira, Elizabeth Press, Jeremy Scahill and Parvez Sharma.
Mike Di Filippo is our engineer.
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