Democracy Now! September 23, 1997

Program Title:
Democracy Now! September 23, 1997
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PRA Archive #: 
PZ0287.416
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Smithsonian Controversy; Nike and Human Rights Abuses; Korea

(14 Minutes) Smithsonian Controversy 46 members of Congress last wek wrote to teh Smithsonian Institution in support of an exhibition on sweatshops at the National Museum of American History. The show is called Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops 1820- to the present. GUEST: Rep. George Miller (D-CA). GUEST: Jack Morgan, spokesperson for the American Aparel Manufacturer's Association who oppose the show. (19 Minutes) Nike and Human Rights Abuses Nike shareholders met in Oregon yesterday amid more charges by human rights and labor activists that factories exploit and mistreat workers. GUEST: Medea Benjamin, co-director of Global Exchange. GUEST: Vada Manager, senior spokesperson for Nike. (17 Minutes) Korea Focus on Korea's famine and the lack of response to the crisis. Four party talks between the US, China, North and South Korea are now underway hoping to establish some kind of formal peace treaty to the Korean War. GUEST: Bruce Cumings, author of BOOK: KOREA'S PLACE IN TEH SUN.

Date Recorded on: 
September 23, 1997
Date Broadcast on: 
September 23, 1997
Item duration: 
59:00
Distributor: 
WPFW; Julie Drizin, Amy Goodman; September 23, 1997
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