Democracy Now
Democracy Now! – August 25, 2011
With CIA Help, New York Police Secretly Monitored Mosques, Muslim Communities Post-9/11; “Terrorists for the FBI:” How the FBI Uses Informants to Surveil and Entrap Americans. Today’s Headlines NATO Aiding Libyan Rebels in Search for Gaddafi, Bounty Placed on Libyan Leader Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cable Reveals McCain Promised to Provide Gaddafi With Weapons U.S. … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 24, 2011
The One Billion Dollar Question: Who Are the Libyan Rebels?; The 9/11 TV News Archive: 3,000 Hours of Video News Coverage of 2001 Attacks Posted Online; Pioneering Internet Archivists Brewster Kahle and Rick Prelinger on Preservation in the Digital Age. Today’s Headlines Gaddafi Vows “Martyrdom” as Battle for Tripoli Persists NY Attorney General Booted … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 23, 2011
As Fighting Continues in Tripoli, A Look at Role of the U.S., NATO and Oil Firms in Libya Uprising; Over 160 Arrested in Ongoing Civil Disobedience Against Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline; Covering Up Wall Street Crimes: Matt Taibbi Exposes How SEC Shredded Thousands of Investigations. Today’s Headlines Defying Reports of Capture, Gaddafi’s … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 22, 2011
Report from Libya: Gaddafi Regime on Brink of Collapse as Rebels Storm Tripoli; “Libya Has Reignited the Flame of Liberty in the Arab World”: Juan Cole, Khaled Mattawa on Uprising; West Memphis Three Freed From Jail 18 Years After Being Convicted Amid “Wave of Satanic Hysteria”. Today’s Headlines Libyan Rebels Enter Capital City as … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 18, 2011
Juan Gonzalez: Verizon Workers’ Strike “Most Important Labor Battle Going on Today”; Undocumented Student Fanny Martinez Arrested Protesting Controversial Secure Communities Program; Should U.S. End Secure Communities? Sheriff Adrian Garcia Debates Immigrant Advocate Chris Newman; As Biden Visits China, Author David Wise on “Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China” Today’s Headlines U.S. … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 17, 2011
Human Rights Watch: Abuses by All Sides Fueling Crisis in Somalia; Rick Perry Stirs Ire for Fed Threat, “Economic Miracle” Claim & Calling Entitlements “Ponzi Scheme”;l Ex-Evangelical Denounces Michele Bachmann & Calls Christian Reconstructionist Politics “Anti-American”. Today’s Headlines Report: Obama to Unveil New Jobs Plan in September Wisconsin Democratic Senators Retain Seats in Recall … Continued
Democracy Now! – August 16, 2011
Bay Area Rapid Transit Accused of Censorship for Blocking Wireless Services to Foil Protests; Disguised Member of Hacktivist Group “Anonymous” Defends Retaliatory Action Against BART; Hacktivism’s Global Reach, From Targeting Scientology to Backing Wikileaks and the Arab Spring. Today’s Headlines 89 Killed in Iraq’s Deadliest Day of 2011 Death Toll From Syrian Assault on … Continued