Democracy Now! (6 am) – December 31, 2003
A Review of 2003 With Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Katha Pollitt, Martin Espada, Michael Parenti, and Aarti Shahani.
A Review of 2003 With Noam Chomsky, John Pilger, Katha Pollitt, Martin Espada, Michael Parenti, and Aarti Shahani.
7:00 amThe Tenth Anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), with Morning Show Labor Editor David Bacon, Martha Ojeda, director of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, Sarah Anderson, with the Institute for Policy Studies. 8:00 am200th Anniversary of the Haitian Revolution. Guests Pierre Leboissier, Haiti Action Committee, Jean Yvan Kernizan, Radio … Continued
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We talk with Phyllis Bennis about President Obama's announced troop withdrawal from Iraq: is it too little, too late? PLUS: a report from POwerShift 09, 10,000 young leaders in DC; and women and girls making films in Central America. guests: Phyllis Bennis, fellow, Institute for Policy Studies Thalia Drori, filmmaker (Little Miss Potentiality, etc.); … Continued
In a surprise move Attorney General John Ashcroft recuses himself from the investigation of the Bush Administration’s leak of the identity of a CIA agent – but there will not be an outside independent special prosecutor – the probe will be headed by a Justice Department career federal attorney in Chicago The Agriculture Department announces … Continued
An Overview of the Bush Administrations Assault on First Amendment Rights and Free Expression. A Young African-American Activist is Now Serving a Year in the Federal Pen on Trumped Up Political Charges of Terrorism 10 Years After the Zapatista Uprising, Well Take a Look at the Role of Women in the Movement The Knight Report
A countdown of the most over-looked news stories of 2003.
Cover to Cover is pre-empted today for a KPFA Station Board Election Forum. Featuring Andrea Turner, Howard Beeman, Jack Lee Chernos, and Brad Beltane.
Orange Alert Curbs Civil Rights Guatemalan Presidential Elections Pakistan Shuffles Political Powers Vietnams Economy Senegalese Farmers Ignite Corn Revolution
The Top 10 science stories of 2003. Guests: Author Ross Gelbspan on Global warming, Astronomer Ken Crogwell on exploration of Mars, Biologist Michael West on the aging process, and Physicist J. Richard Gott on the possibility of time travel.
The US occupation of Iraq got some people wondering whether old-style colonialism is back. But many residents of Guam and the other Mariana islands aren’t wondering; they’ve considered themselves colonial subjects for decades. Documentary filmmakers Amy Robinson and Cinta Kaipat describe efforts at self- determination and sustainability.