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Headlines & Highlights for the week ending 11/16/00
Nov. 18, 2000, 12:15 p.m.
Lots of headlines this week. Musician, Dianne Patterson and Kelley discuss Big Mountain. Plus, UCSF political science professor, Stephen Zunes discussing non-violent revolution in Yugoslavia
Nov. 17, 2000, 5:38 a.m.
An audio documentary looking back at the events of Nov 30, 1999.
Totalverweigerer freigesprochen
Nov. 16, 2000, 11:40 a.m.
Der Wehrpflichtverweigerer (totaler Kriegsdienstverweigerer) Jan Reher wurde vom Amtsgericht Hamburg-Harburg freigesprochen.
Detlev Beutner äußert sich zum Prozess und zur Situation der Totalverweigerer in der BRD.
Three PSAs for Pro-Democracy Rallies on 11-18-00
Nov. 16, 2000, 10:33 a.m.
Three public service announcements giving times and places and explaining the purpose of this Saturday's count-the-vote rallies. Alternative styles and lengths. Local info at end (SF Bay) can be replaced as desired.
Politics, Technology and Climate Change
Nov. 16, 2000, 2:21 a.m.
Ron Bailey doesn't believe climate change is a big deal, and thinks capitalism and technology will fix most problems.
Between The Lines Week Ending Nov. 24, 2000
Nov. 15, 2000, 8:30 a.m.
Ralph Nader looks ahead to his role with the Green Party; Jamin Raskin professor of law on the Electoral College; William Greider considers how the current election crisis can mobilize citizens into challenging the major party political orthodoxy
Nov. 15, 2000, 5:02 a.m.
Parenti analyzes the issues of class struggle in ancient Rome, which closely parellel modern America history. Historians, because of their class biases, have turned the facts surrounding the assasination of Julius Caesar on theri heads.
Unchecked Power of Global Corporations
Nov. 14, 2000, 8:56 a.m.
When the Supreme Court recently declared unconstitutional a Massachusetts law restricting trade with Burma, they affirmed that democracy no longer exists in the US, says Richard Grossman. A public, constitutionalized entity, such as a state, may no longer
Stopping the Global Financial Casino
Nov. 14, 2000, 8:43 a.m.
Martin Khor's organization, the Third World Network, inMalaysia, coined the term: Robin the Hood Economy. One instrument of the transfer of wealth are the deregulated global financial markets. How does currency speculation destabilize Third World eco
Nov. 14, 2000, 2:08 a.m.
Pacifica Radio's authorities have coercively transformed a people's network into a nearly mainstream structure. The latest attack has been upon Democracy Now! Includes a talk given by Democracy Now! host, Amy Goodman, in Vermont Oct.13, 2000.
Nov. 13, 2000, 11:12 a.m.
Zahlreiche Unregelmässigkeiten bei den Wahlen in den USA decken auch den Rassismus in den Staaten auf. Die Linke in den USA hält weder viel von Al Gore noch von Bush. Das Interview mit Ludmilla Swoboda führte Michael Liebler
Democracy Now! from East Timor to the United States
Nov. 13, 2000, 10:30 a.m.
Speaking primarily on Nigeria and East Timor, Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! reviews why we need an independent media more than ever.
Nov. 12, 2000, 4:55 a.m.
Poverty and Empire - Michael Parenti speaks on "A Republic Against Caesar" a comparative history between ancient Rome and the modern US - Galen Tyler of the KWRU on organizing the poor and the Poor People's World Summit
Nov. 12, 2000, 4:48 a.m.
Nader Rally in Boston with Howard, Zinn, Michael Moore more
Nov. 11, 2000, 11:56 a.m.
A series of parody PSA's on the mainstreaming of community radio
KWRU's Galen Tyler on a Poor People's movement
Nov. 11, 2000, 5:25 a.m.
Tyler speaks with Ithaca activists on the work of the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, and the upcoming Poor People's World Summit
Interview wg. Hausdurchsuchungen in Berlin und Kaiserslautern
Nov. 10, 2000, 8:57 a.m.
Mo den 29.10.00 durchsuchte die Polizei die Wohnung des Journalisten Peter Nowak, mit der Begründung er würde die Verbotene Gruppe DHKP-C unterstützen. Informationen über Ablauf und Hintergründe dieser Aktion
Headlines & Highlights for the week ending 11/09/00
Nov. 10, 2000, 8:36 a.m.
Free Radio Austin 97.1 fm shut down for the second time in as many months. FCC Agent Lloyd Perry commits hit and run felony.
Nov. 9, 2000, 8:21 a.m.
Skidmark Bob talks with Leslie Scales and John Hernandez about the death of their 5 year old son, Forrest, and the continuing legal battle to get justice.
Between The Lines Week Ending 11/17/00
Nov. 8, 2000, 5:25 a.m.
Record $3 Billion Buys Corporate America Unprecedented Influence in 2000 Election; Corporate Media Devotes Less Coverage to Election Campaign While Raking in Record Profits; Former Independent Presidential Candidate Advocates Overhaul of Political System
Nov. 5, 2000, 11:01 a.m.
Situation der Flüchtlinge im Nordrhein-Westfälischen Wanderkirchenasyl im Hinblick auf die erfolgte Abschiebung von Hüseyin Calhan (Sprecher des WKA)
Interview mit A. Kranz, Aktivistin des WKA in Aachen
Nov. 5, 2000, 2:46 a.m.
A group of panelists speak about the Nader campaign and where it's going.
Weltklimagipfel vom 13. -24. November in Den Haag
Nov. 4, 2000, 8:59 a.m.
Interview mit Christoph Bals von Germanwatch zur Internationalen Klimapolitik im Blick auf die Konferenz in Den Haag
Corporate Underwriting of the United Nations
Nov. 4, 2000, 1:19 a.m.
While the United Nations is entering corporate sponsorship agreements with known human rights violators such as Shell, Rio Tinto, Chevron, Disney and Nike and allows them to display the UN logo, the Third World is fighting those same companies.
Headlines & Highlights for the week ending Nov. 2
Nov. 3, 2000, 8:28 a.m.
Danny Dolinger on the connection between activism & music; Jeremiah Pluker on the police shooting of a 17 year old Russian immigrant; Winona LaDuke on some of the issues facing American women in the upcoming election
Mumia Abu-Jamal on Police Brutality and State Repression
Nov. 3, 2000, 5:48 a.m.
Recent commentary from Mumia Abu-Jamal
Between The Lines Week Ending 11/10/00
Nov. 1, 2000, 4:18 a.m.
Is a Vote for Nader a Vote for Bush?: A debate on the merits of Ralph Nader's Green Party candidacy; Nader's influence on progressive politics in the years ahead
Oct. 31, 2000, 8:39 a.m.
a razor tape of political ads and other found sound
Kriegsverbrechen die tödlichen Lügen der Bundesregierung und ihre Opfer im Kosovokrieg
Oct. 31, 2000, 5:11 a.m.
Der Konkret Autor Jürgen Elsässer, stellt sein neues Buch 'Kriegsverbrechen die tödlichen Lügen der ...' vor. In dem Buch geht es um die Manipulationen, Verdrehungen und Lügen des Westens und vor allem der Bunderegierun
Tufts University's LGBT non-discrimination policy
Oct. 28, 2000, 11:54 a.m.
Several hundred people marched at Tufts U. in Medford, MA in support of the school's non-discrimination policy. Protests stemmed from the school's Christian organization's refusal to permit a bisexual female student from holding a leaders