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Labor Day 2008
1. Rage in Saint Paulice
2. Amy Goodman Arrested

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With Amy Goodman

* "Taxi to the Dark Side": Expos� on US Abuses in "War on Terror" Wins Oscar for Best Documentary *

Alex Gibney joins us to talk about his Academy Award win for his documentary Taxi to the Dark Side. The film investigates some of the most egregious abuses associated with the so-called �war on terror.�

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/26/taxi_to_the_dark_side_

* Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race? *

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With Amy Goodman

* Broadcast Exclusive: Abu Ghraib Whistleblower Samuel Provance Speaks Out on Torture and Cover-Up at U.S. Military Jail *

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With Amy Goodman
* Breaking the Sound Barrier: Democracy Now! Re-Hosts NBC Las Vegas Debate to Include Kucinich After NBC Wins Appeal to Exclude Him *

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich was missing from the stage at last night�s Democratic debate hosted by MSNBC in Las Vegas after he lost a last-minute legal fight with the network over his participation. Last week, NBC told Kucinich that he had met the criteria for the debate. Then, less than two days later, the network changed the criteria and declared that Kucinich was no longer qualified. On Monday, a Nevada judge ordered NBC to include

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With Amy Goodman

* Bush Visits Saudi Arabia as U.S. Plans Sale of 900 Missiles to Kingdom *

The Bush administration has announced plans to sell Saudi Arabia around $120 million in sophisticated bombs. The sale would come as part of the White House�s $20 billion military aid package to its Gulf allies. The announcement came as President Bush began a two-day visit to Saudi Arabia for meetings with Saudi King Abdullah. We speak with Craig Unger, author of �House of Bush, House of Saud.�

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/15/bush_visits_saudi_arabia

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With Amy Goodman

* Gareth Porter: Official Version of U.S.-Iranian Naval Incident Starts to Unravel *

The United States has lodged a formal diplomatic protest against Iran for its �provocation� in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday morning. But new information reveals that the alleged Iranian threat to American naval vessels may have been blown out of proportion. We speak to investigative historian Gareth Porter.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/11/us_backs_off_claim_of_naval

* On its Sixth Anniversary, Calls Resound Worldwide for Closure of
Guantanamo Bay Prison *

With Amy Goodman
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* How Do Front-Loading the Primary Calendar and Record Campaign Spending Affect the 2008 Race? *

As candidates make their last-minute push in New Hampshire in the first primary of the 2008 election, we take a look at the �front-loading� of the primary calendar with the New Hampshire and Iowa contests only five days apart and campaign financing�a staggering $400 million spent by the candidates so far. Where�s the money coming from? We speak with Rob Richie of FairVote and Sheila Krumholz of the Center for Responsive Politics.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/8/how_do_front_loading_the

With Amy Goodman
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* "The Overwhelming Majority of the Pakistani People Feel Dismayed and Disappointed at the Bush Administration's Policy"
Fmr.Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif *

We speak with Nawaz Sharif, the deposed twice-elected Pakistani prime
minister and onetime arch-rival of Benazir Bhutto. Sharif heads the Pakistan Muslim League�Nawaz Party and is now the leading opposition candidate in Pakistan following Bhutto�s assassination. Amy Goodman interviewed Sharif with Reverend Jesse Jackson Sunday on his Keep Hope Alive radio show.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/7/the_overwhelming_majority

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With Amy Goodman

* New Orleans Police Taser, Pepper Spray Residents Seeking to Block Public Housing Demolition *

The New Orleans City Council has unanimously voted to move ahead with the demolition of 4,500 units of public housing. Under the plan, the city�s four largest public housing developments will be razed and replaced with mixed-income housing. Hundreds of people were turned away from the City Council meeting. Police shot protesters with pepper spray and tasers. We go to New Orleans to speak with two local community activists and a former SWAT
commander.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/21/new_orleans_police_taser

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With Amy Goodman
* Guatemala's Indigenous Countryside Drives Election Victory Over
Atrocity-Linked General *

In an upset victory, Alvaro Colom, who ran on an anti-poverty platform, beat the hard-line retired General Otto Perez Molina with close to 53 percent of the vote. We get reaction from Guatemalan American writer Francisco Goldman. His new book �The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop?� implicates the defeated Perez Molina in the 1998 murder of beloved Guatemalan human rights activist Bishop Juan Gerardi.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/11/06/1623225

* Thousands Arrested in Pakistan Defying Musharraf�s Crackdown *