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Democracy Now! June 13, 2003

Democracy Now! Airs Excerpts from the The Panama Deception an Academy Award-Winning Documentary Which Tells the Story of the December 1989 U.S. Invasion of Panama. The documentary uncovers the hidden reasons for this internationally condemned attack and provides a devastating critique of the mainstream media and its complicity with the official government line.
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:05 Headlines 8:05-8:58: Today, on Democracy Now! we air the academy award-winning documentary: The Panama Deception. On December 19, 1989, U.S. troops invaded Panama with the stated purpose of ousting the man the media loved to hate, General Manuel Noriega. After 1986, Noriega s relationship with Washington took a turn for the worse.

Democracy Now! June 12, 2003

Myrlie Evers-Williams on the Murder of Her Husband Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers Who Died 40 Years Ago Today It was 40 years ago today that a gunshot in the night took the life of Medgar Evers, the Civil Rights leader. His assassination concluded a seminal day in the Civil Rights movement; Should corporate criminals face jail time for white collar crime?
9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20: Earlier that day, Alabama Segregationist Governor George Wallace stood on the steps of the state s all white University and tried to block the admission of two black students. That night, President Kennedy delivered an impassioned speech defending the Federal Government s intervention on behalf of the students.

Democracy Now! June 12, 2003

Hour 1:Road Map to Peace or Road Map to War? Just one week after President Bush met with the Israeli and Palestinian Prime ministers, 25 Israelis and Palestinians were killed in suicide bombings and Israeli military attacks in one of the bloodiest days in the region in years; Pentagon Advisor Richard Perle on North Korea: "We Should Always be Prepared to go it Alone, if Necessary.
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Israeli army radio is reporting the Israeli army has been ordered to use whatever means necessary to completely wipe out the militant Palestinian group Hamas. Every member is a legitimate target, from the top leadership to the lowest member. This comes after one of the bloodiest days in the region in years.

Democracy Now! June 11, 2003

As Attacks on US Soldiers Continue in Iraq We Talk to Robert Fisk who Just Returned from Fallujah. Britain Independent s chief foreign correspondent discusses the growing revolt among Iraqis, the so-called road map to peace in the Middle East and on his meeting with Hamas leader Abdul Aziz Rantissi; Shock Radio/TV Host Michael Savage Sues Online Critics.
9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20: An article in the Independent of London on June 6 begins like this: From high over Iraq yesterday, President George Bush cast his Olympian eye over ancient Mesopotamia after praising the Americans in Qatar who had "managed" the war against Saddam Hussein.

Democracy Now! June 11, 2003

US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules for Press Censorship of Iraqi Media. Officials say the code is not intended to censor the media, only to stifle intemperate speech, but Iraqi journalists who endured censorship under Saddam Hussein are protesting the decision; The U.S. and U.N. Refuse to Provide Protection for Witnesses of Massacres: Dr.
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20 US Occupation Forces Draw up New Rules for Press Censorship of Iraq Media Freedom s untidy. These are the words Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld uttered when faced with increasingly difficult questions at a Pentagon Press briefing on April 11. Rampant looting had broken out across Baghdad.

Democracy Now! June 10, 2003

On both sides of the Atlantic criticism mounts over Bush & Blair s claims of weapons of mass destruction: As weapons inspectors scale back their search in Iraq we talk to reporters from the Washington Post and the London Independent and hear White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer defend the administration s claims; Worse than Watergate?
9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:40: U.S. military units assigned to hunt for Iraq s alleged weapons of mass destruction are receiving time off and are being assigned to other duties. Why? According to the Associated Press, they have run out of places to look. Over the past week, several U.S.

Democracy Now! June 10, 2003

Attn. Gen. John Ashcroft Bans Gay Pride from the Justice Department; President Bush Refuses to Declare June Gay Pride month, Proclaiming June Home-Owner s Month; The Battle for the Courts: Three Supreme Court Justices May Resign, and Hearings for Federal Judge Nominee William Pryor Begin Tomorrow
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: June is Gay Pride month. Every year, hundreds of thousands of lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people participate in marches, parades, and other events around the world. Gay Pride harkens back over thirty years to June, 1969. It was the height of the civil rights era.

Democracy Now! June 19, 2003

More than 300 Police Officers Take to the Streets in Benton Harbor Michigan to Control Rioting; The Rosenberg Execution 50 Years Later
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines In Benton Harbor Michigan yesterday more than 300 police officers took to the streets following two nights of riots. A state of emergency and curfew has been declared in the city after violence erupted following the death of 27 year-old African American, Terrence Sturm, who was killed in a police chase.

Democracy Now! June 18, 2003

Senate Commerce Committee Decides Tomorrow Whether to Roll Back FCC Decisions Allowing Massive Media Consolidation; Federal Court OKs Post-9/11 Secret Arrests; Bush Taps Lobbyist Enron and Viacom Lobbyist to Head Republican National Committee; As U.S. Kills Two Iraqi Demonstrators in Baghdad, Human Rights Watch Demands Full Investigation of U.S. Killings in Falluja
8:00- 8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:30: A bipartisan group of U.S. senators plan to push the legislation that would bar a company from owning a television station, a newspaper and radio outlets in a single market.

Democracy Now! June 17, 2003

Former Green Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Gives his First Major Address on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.
8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:09 Headlines Judge Frees 12 Residents of Tulia, Texas Who Served Years in Prison Based on the Testimony of a Narcotics Agent Who Has Since Been Indicted 12 people arrested in the controversial drug sting in Tulia Texas in 1999 were set free yesterday.
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