Posts tagged “democracy now”
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Greg Palast reports: In Ohio, African-American Turnout Threatened by Reduced Early Voting and Faulty Ballots
November 6, 2012
“Ohio will probably pick our president today” says investigative reporter and author of the NYT bestseller Billionaires & Ballot Bandits Greg Palast who is reporting now from Ohio.
As in all recent elections, Ohio again is a crucial state to win for either presidential candidate. And once again, Ohio is at the center of charges of systematic suppression of the African-American vote. In a report for Democracy Now!, investigative reporter Greg Palast discovers that some early voters in the Buckeye State have received the wrong ballots.
Greg reveals that some early voters in Dayton, OH, who have stood in line for hours, have received “applications for absentee ballots” and were told that early voting = absentee ballots. This is not always the case, as between 1 and 3 million absentee ballots will be discarded. As Greg says, is this early voting or early voting suppression?
Watch Greg’s report for Democracy Now here.
Tags: Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, democracy now, Greg Palast
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Greg Palast breaks news in The Nation and Democracy Now that Mitt Romney made at least $15 million in the auto bailout
October 18, 2012
Read the entire article at The Nation and see Greg interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!
Because Mitt Romney refuses to divulge his 2009 tax returns, journalist Greg Palast cannot prove just how many millions of dollars Romney made off of the auto bailout. But it is at least $15.3 million and likely more than $100 million. In today’s Nation cover story, Palast, who first broke the “hanging chad” story, and in 2000 revealed how Katherine Harris removed thousands of innocent Black citizens from voter rolls as “felons,” exposes that while Romney was saying “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” (New York Times OpEd, 2008), he was plotting a 3000% return on his investment in its resuscitation.
Adapted from a chapter in Greg Palast’s current New York Times bestseller, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps (Seven Stories Press), which has an introduction by Robert F.
Tags: amy goodman, Auto bailout, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits, democracy now, Greg Palast, Mitt Romney, the nation
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George Farah on Democracy Now!
October 16, 2012
George Farah, author of No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control Presidential Debate , was on Democracy Now! this afternoon. With two presidential debates left before the election, hear what Farah had to say about the secret debate contract.
Watch it here!
Broadcast to tens of millions of Americans, the presidential debates are the Super Bowl of politics. A good performance before the cameras can vault a contender to the front of the pack, while a gaffe spells national embarrassment and can savage a candidacy. The slim margin for error has led the two major parties to seek—and achieve, under the aegis of the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates—tight control through scripting, severe time limits, and the exclusion of third-party candidates. In No Debate, author and lobbyist George Farah argues that these staged recitations make a mockery of free and fair presidential elections.
To learn more about Farah and the truth behind the debate, read this article by CBS featured Farah.
Tags: cbs, debate, democracy now, election 2012, george farah
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Subhanker Banerjee on Democracy Now
July 24, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0nWO2GYCYADemocracy Now hosts Subhanker Banerjee, renowned photographer, writer, and activist who has spent the past decade working to conserve the Arctic and raise awareness about human rights and climate change.
“Arctic Alaska has become the most contested land in recent U.S. history. But in addition to oil, natural gas and coal, the arctic is rich in biodiversity, and has been home to generations of indigenous people for thousands of years.” —Democracy Now
Banerjee is editor of the newly published book, Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point (Seven Stories Press), and has just won the 2012 Lannan Foundation Cultural Freedom Award.
Watch footage of Banerjee’s talk here
Tags: arctic voices, democracy now, Subhanker Banerjee
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Subhankar Banerjee on Democracy Now “Shell is not prepared for Arctic drilling this summer”
July 20, 2012
Shell has not received the final drilling permits to begin explorator
y drilling off the coast of Alaska, which they hope to start next month. Subhankar Banerjee, editor of the new collection of essays, Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point, talks with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez on Democracy Now about why the oil company is unprepared to drill in harsh weather conditions and looks at the history of their past false assurances. Environmental groups are challenging Shell’s plans and protests are taking place around the world. Subhankar argues that now is the perfect time to pressure the administration to consider the huge implications that these drilling operations would have on the people, the animals, and the land.See the entire interview below:
Subhankar Banerjee: Looming Deadline Creates Window for Protests to Stop Shell’s Arctic Drilling
Tags: Arctic Drilling, arctic voices, democracy now, Shell, subhankar banerjee
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Mumia Abu-Jamal phone in to Democracy Now! to discuss DOJ protests
April 25, 2012
Tags: amy goodman, danny glover, democracy now, department of justice, DOJ, mumia abu-jamal, occupy wall street, ows, prison radio, protest
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Ina May Gaskin on Democracy Now! talks about midwives and the rising U.S. mortality rate
March 19, 2012
“As the controversy over women’s access to contraception continues, we look at women’s access to safe, affordable and comfortable birthing options.” — Democracy Now!
Tags: birth matters, democracy now, ina may gaskin, ina may's guide to childbirth, midwifery, safe motherhood quilt project, united states mortality
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Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now!, speaking about the US economic crisis
September 13, 2011
Tags: democracy now, interview, noam chomsky, video
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Tom Dispatch serializes “9-11: Was There an Alternative?”
September 8, 2011
There has never been any reason to doubt what the FBI believed in mid-2002, but that leaves us far from the proof of guilt required in civilized societies — and whatever the evidence might be, it does not warrant murdering a suspect who could, it seems, have been easily apprehended and brought to trial. Much the same is true of evidence provided since.
Tags: 9-11, 9-11 anniversary, all voices, alternet, asia times, cbs, counter currents, democracy now, digg, history news network, international movement for a just world, naked capitalism, noam chomsky, outlook india, samoa news, santa fe reporter, straight goods exchange, tomdispatch, war in context, was there an alternative
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Eva Gabrielsson discusses aftermath of Norway attacks on Democracy Now!
July 28, 2011
“In the aftermath of the Norway attacks, we look at the work of Stieg Larsson, an author known less for his extensive research into right-wing extremism in Scandavia and Europe than for his international blockbuster books, published after his death and known as the Millennium Trilogy: “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played with Fire,” and “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest.” As part of his passion to “counteract the growth of the extreme right and the white power-culture in schools and among young people,” Larsson founded the Swedish Expo Foundation and edited its magazine, Expo. We go to Stockholm, Sweden, to speak with Larsson’s lifelong partner, Eva Gabrielsson, about the research they did together before his death.” — From the Democracy Now! website
Tags: amy goodman, democracy now, eva gabrielsson, stieg larsson, there are things i want you to know, video