Headlines Gore: “Something Pretty Basic Has Gone Wrong in Our Country” Rivals Claim Gov’t Favors Halliburton on $1B Iraq Contract California Supreme Court: The Recall Is On Ashcroft To Target Judges Who Hand Down Lenient Sentences Saudi Gov’t Backed Man Linked to 9/11 Hijackers Financing For Peruvian Pipeline Blocked More Headlines…
Ex-Pentagon Official Suggests Bush Administration Should Face War Crimes Tribunal For Misleading World About Iraq “If one is seeking the answers to why peculiar bits of ‘intelligence’ found sanctity in a presidential speech…one need look no further than the process inside the Office of the Secretary of Defense.” We speak with Former senior Pentagon Middle East specialist Air Force Lt Col Karen Kwiatkowski.
Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq Authors John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton discuss how the Bush administration created a “show war” through the use of propaganda, lies, half-truths and Hollywood imaging techniques.
Mumia Abu Jamal on the 25th Anniversary of the Arrest of the MOVE 9 25 years ago today in West Philadelphia hundreds of armed police officers raided the homes of the African-American political group known as MOVE. By the end of the day one police officer was dead and 12 members of MOVE were arrested and jailed. Nine of them would later be convicted in a controversial trial.
Black August: Erykah Badu joins Talib Kweli & Dead Prez To Raise $$$ For Political Prisoners Democracy Now! talks to Erykah Badu and Black August organizer Saki Hall. This Sunday in Brooklyn, the Black August collective will host a major hip hop concert benefit to raise awareness and money for political prisoners.