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Democracy Now! August 12, 1997

Program Title:
Democracy Now! August 12, 1997
Series Title:
DEMOCRACY NOW!
PRA Archive #: 
PZ0287.386
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Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1997-08-12
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Asset Date (YYYY-MM-DD ONLY): 
1997-08-12
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Date Recorded on: 
August 12, 1997
Date Broadcast on: 
August 12, 1997
Station: 
Pacifica National Programming
Item duration: 
59:00
Keywords: 
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CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE HIGHWAYS
CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION
SCIPPA, MICHAEL
HOEMANN, WARREN
LEWTON, QUENTIN
ADAMS, GERRY
WATZ, MITZI
WILKINSON, FRANK
TRUCKS & TRUCKING INDUSTRY
TRANSPORTATION
SURVEILLANCE OF CITIZENS BY GOVERNMENT
Ireland
POLICE
POLITICAL PARTIES (INTL)
SINN FEIN
LAW & LEGISLATION
CONSTITUTION
INDUSTRY AND LABOR
ECONOMICS
GENERAL HISTORY
LAW
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Description: 

Big Rigs; Northern Ireland; Police Surveillance

(14 Minutes) Big Rigs Debate on trucking industry and need for opening more highways. Debate is part of of a massive $175 billion transoportation bill making its way though Congress. GUEST: Michael Scippa, exec. dir. of Citizens for Responsible and Safe Highways. GUEST: Warren Hoemann, VP for policy of the California Trucking Assoc. GUEST: Quentin Lewton, a truck driver. (19 Minutes) Northern Ireland Background on Northern Ireland political history. Extended interview with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams. GUEST: Gerry Adams (17 Minutes) Police Surveillance Comeback of police departments spying and harassing political activists. GUEST: Mitzi Watz, journalist in Portland, OR., author of BOOK: POLICING ACTIVISTS: THINK GLOBAL, SPY LOCAL. GUEST: Frank Wilkinson, exec. dir. of the National Committee Against Repressive Legislation

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CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE HIGHWAYS|CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION|NATIONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST REPRESSIVE LEGISLATION|SCIPPA, MICHAEL|HOEMANN, WARREN|LEWTON, QUENTIN|ADAMS, GERRY|WATZ, MITZI|WILKINSON, FRANK|TRUCKS & TRUCKING INDUSTRY|TRANSPORTATION|SURVEILLANCE OF CITIZENS BY GOVERNMENT|IRELAND|POLICE|POLITICAL PARTIES (INTL)|SINN FEIN|LAW & LEGISLATION|CONSTITUTION|INDUSTRY AND LABOR|ECONOMICS|GENERAL HISTORY|LAW|POLITICAL SCIENCE
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21120_P01
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1/4 inch audio tape
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PRA Vault Shelves
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59:00
Distributor: 
WPFW; Julie Drizin, Amy Goodman; August 12, 997
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