Supreme Court Orders California to Reduce Prison Population, Tornado Death Toll in Missouri Hits 116, NATO Hits Tripoli with Heaviest Bombing to Date, Libya Campaign Could Violate War Powers Law, Owner of Japanese Nuclear Plant Confirms Additional Meltdowns, Netanyahu Protested at AIPAC Speech, European Union Sanctions Assad over Crackdown, 6 Killed in Yemen Clashes,...
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Headlines for May 24 2011
The Legendary Bob Dylan Turns 70 Democracy Now Airs Rare Interviews and Songs from Pacifica Radio Archives
Today Bob Dylan turns 70 years old, and we air a special program on his life and music. Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941, in Duluth, Minnesota. Raised in Hibbing, Minnesota, he moved to Greenwich Village in January of 1961. Within a couple of years, Dylan would be viewed by...
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The Fight over Coal Mining is a “Fight About Democracy” New Documentary with Robert Kennedy Jr. Chronicles Campaign to Halt Mountaintop Removal
We speak with environmental activist Robert Kennedy, Jr., and filmmaker Bill Haney about the new documentary, _The Last Mountain_, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles the fight against coal mining across Appalachia and Massey Energy’s devastating practice of mountaintop removal to extract layers of coal. “They have to...
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The Fight over Coal Mining is a “Fight About Democracy” New Documentary with Robert Kennedy Jr. Chronicles Campaign to Halt Mountaintop Removal
We speak with environmental activist Robert Kennedy, Jr., and filmmaker Bill Haney about the new documentary, _The Last Mountain_, which premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The film chronicles the fight against coal mining across Appalachia and Massey Energy’s devastating practice of mountaintop removal to extract layers of coal. “They have to...
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Massey Energy Guilty West Virginia Probe Finds Coal Giant Systemically Failed to Comply with Law
An independent state probe in West Virginia concludes that mining giant, Massey Energy, was responsible for the April 2010 explosion that killed 29 underground coal mining workers. It echoes preliminary findings by federal investigators earlier this year that Massey repeatedly violated federal rules on ventilation and minimizing coal dust to reduce the risk of...
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Headlines for May 23 2011
Obama Mirrors Bush Stance on Israeli Control of West Bank, Netanyahu: 1967 Borders “Indefensible” and Israel to Keep Troops in Jordan Valley, Israel Approves New Settlement Construction in East Jerusalem, Thousands Protest U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, Pakistani Forces Retake Naval Base, Obama Visits Europe, G8 Protests Begin, Spanish Governing Party Loses Regional Elections;...
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U.N. Gaza Inquiry Panelist Desmond Travers Challenges Goldstone’s Recantation of Key Finding
Last month Judge Richard Goldstone, the chair of the United Nations’ inquiry into Israel’s 2008-2009 assault on the Gaza Strip, retracted his key finding that Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian civilians in its three-week assault. Israel, with backing of the United States, seized on Goldstone’s comments and called for the United Nations to withdraw the...
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In Historic Visit Queen Elizabeth II Regrets Britain’s quotSad and Regrettablequot Legacy in Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II has become the first British monarch in a century to visit Ireland. In an address to the Irish nation on Wednesday, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II expressed regret at the troubled history of England’s relations with Ireland. We get reaction from retired Irish soldier and peacekeeper Col. Desmond Travers. ...
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