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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Defense Sec'y Gates says maybe more troops is what Afghanistan needs; our guests have another idea—get out. PLUS: historic Berkeley grocery Monterey Market is threatened with boycott when long-time manager is forced out. With host Kris Welch, noon to one. guests: Norman Solomon, exec. dir. Institute for Public Accuracy; author (War Made Easy: How Presidents … Continued
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With economist and author, Michel Chossudovsky. The administration's 2010 budget will entail the most drastic curtailment in public spending in American history, leading to social havoc and the potential impoverishment of millions of people. Defense spending and bank bailouts will consume all government revenue resulting in fiscal collapse that will lead to the privatization of … Continued
We continue reporting on Bush and torture as the Washington Post comes out four-square pro-torture; also, Israeli occupation forces inside a sniper tower in an illegal settlement shoot and kill a 15 year old Palestinian boy in the West Bank, we'll have a report from Palestine; and Ahmed Habib talks about the unraveling humanitarian disaster … Continued
U.C. Santa Barbara sociologist Avery Gordon discusses the value of utopianism to leftist projects.
