Democracy Now 6am

Democracy Now! (6 am) – July 19, 2005

Seymour Hersh: Bush Authorized Covert Plan to Manipulate Iraqi Elections Pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports that President Bush authorized covert plans last year to support the election campaigns of Iraqi candidates and political parties with close ties to the White House. Hersh cites unidentified former military and intelligence officials who said the administration … Continued


Pushing Limits

Pushing Limits – July 17, 2005

Hosts Adrienne Lauby and Leroy Moore will address psychiatric disabilities. "Mad Pride Is Human Pride" . In honor of Mad Pride Month, celebrated this year in four nations, Pushing Limits will feature the extraordinary story of Catherine Penny, who recovered from severe psychosis without the use of psychiatric drugs. The hosts will interview Dr. Daniel … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – July 6, 2005

The Bay Area avoids a traffic nightmare as BART and its unions reach an agreement on a tentative labor contract in the wee hours of the morning averting a strike…….the pact reportedly contains pay hikes of seven percent over four years while tripling the employees’ payments for health insurance Governor Schwarzenegger calls the new state … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – July 4, 2005

We re-broadcast a special investigation into the autism-mercury link with Robert Kennedy Jr., he’ll explain the massive coverup by US Congressmen, the CDC and the FDA, intimidated and paid off by big pharmeceutical companies, to inject our children with high levels of mercury in childhood vaccines; also, we’ll hear from a psychologist and a mother … Continued


Pushing Limits

Pushing Limits – July 3, 2005

Hosts Leah Gardener and Doyle Saylor discuss disabled athletes in a variety of contexts. The hosts will cover The Sidney Gay Games in 2002 and will interview Paralympics Judo silver medalist Lorie Pierce. The energy these athletes express about their sport and accomplishments is dynamic and exciting.


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – June 29, 2005

Today on Flashpoints, An expose on task force 121, the Pentagon’s top secret kidnapping and assassination team–funded by drug money?:also Bush Ag. Secretary continues to cover-up the multiple dangers posed by Mad-Cow Disease:Noted political performance artist and playwright, Sherry Glazer talks about tomorrow’s Breasts not Bombs protest in San Francisco; and from exile, the Knight … Continued


Flashpoints

Flashpoints – June 28, 2005

Could the explosive rise in childhood autism be linked to mercury in vaccines and a subsequent, massive cover-up by the US Government with ties to the Big Pharmaceuticals? We’ll investigate the mercury-autism link and the cover-up with legendary environmental warrior Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; plus, we’ll speak with a neurologist and mother of an autistic … Continued


The Morning Show

The Morning Show – June 24, 2005

7:00 Sweatshop Free. San Francisco Ordinance to be introduced Tuesday. Valerie Orth, Campaign Organizer, Global Exchange; Nikki Bas, Executive Director, Sweatshop Watch. 7:20 Hawaiian Sovereignty and the Akaka Bill. Clyde Namuo, adminstrator with the Office of Hawaiian Affairs; Ann Keala Kelly, journalist, filmmaker. 7:52 A victory over Comcast: Peter Franck, chair of Media Action Marin, … Continued