On Wednesday morning, Jean Montrevil was attending a regular immigration check-in when he was detained by agents of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, or ICE. He now faces deportation to Haiti for a twenty-year-old drug conviction, for which he has already served eleven years in prison. He has not broken any laws since then. Montrevil is married to an American citizen and is the father of four US citizen children. Montrevil is a longtime community leader in New York City and active in a number of immigrant rights groups, including Families for Freedom, the NYC New Sanctuary Movement, and Detention Watch Network. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Monthly Archives December 2009
“The Era of Tolerance Is Over” – Iran Warns over Opposition Protests 31st
Iran’s police chief has warned anti-government protesters to stay off the streets and threatened, “The era of tolerance is over. Anyone attending such rallies will be crushed.” Hundreds of prominent activists have been arrested since Sunday’s mass street protests, and between eight to thirty-seven people have been killed. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of government supporters turned out Wednesday for state-sponsored rallies in cities across the country. We speak with Iranian-Canadian journalist, Maziar Bahari, and Baruch College professor, Ervand Abrahamian. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
2009 in Perspective: Glenn Greenwald on the Five Wars US Is Fighting in Muslim Countries 31st
As 2009 comes to a close, today we begin by taking a step back and putting this year of war in perspective. Salon.com blogger Glenn Greenwald discusses US foreign policy, including the escalation of the war in Afghanistan, drone strikes on Pakistan, cruise missile attacks on Yemen, operations in Somalia, the ongoing operation in Iraq, and much more. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Headlines for December 31, 2009 31st
Suicide Bomber Hits CIA Base in Afghanistan, 8 Dead, Roadside Bombing Kills Four Canadian Troops and Canadian Journalist, Afghan Investigators Accused Int’l Forces of Killing Schoolboys, Canadian PM Harper Accused of Shutting Down Torture Probe, Dutch Court OKs Nigerian Suit Against Shell, Egyptian Police Beat Protesters from Gaza Freedom March, Treasury Announces Another Bailout of GMAC, Memphis Sues Wells Fargo over Mortgage Lending Practices, Report: Malaria Risk to Increase in Kenya Due to Climate Change, EPA Criticizes New York State Plan for Natural Gas Drilling Read More…
“Christmas Presents for Bankers” 30th
As 2009 comes to a close, we take a look at the state of the US economy with economist Dean Baker and the Reverend Jesse Jackson. “After throwing the economy into the worst downturn since the Great Depression and bringing the whole sector to the edge of collapse, the financial industry has used its political power to succor itself back to life,” Baker writes. “It is now stronger than ever.” [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Flashback: ICRC Spokesman in Gaza Describes Glaring Lack of Medical Access During Israeli Assault 30th
We look back at the glaring lack of access to emergency care for the thousands of people seeking urgent medical help during Israel’s three-week military operation one year ago. Iyad Nasr, the spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross in the bombed-out Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, describes the ICRC’s operations. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
EXCLUSIVE…Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters Speaks Out in Support of Gaza Freedom March, Blasts Israeli-Egyptian “Siege” of Gaza 30th
In a Democracy Now! exclusive interview, British musician Roger Waters of the iconic rock band Pink Floyd speaks out about the Gaza Freedom March. “I actually would be very interested to hear what the President of the United States has to say about this nonviolent, democratic demonstration of ordinary people from forty-two countries all over the world,” says Waters. “They feel solidarity with their brothers and sisters, other human beings who are living in conditions that none of us would stand for, for a single second, in any of our countries.” [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Gaza Freedom March Protests Continue in Cairo, Organizers Say Egypt Offer to Allow 100 into Gaza Not Sufficient 30th
Hundreds of activists with the Gaza Freedom March are staging continued demonstrations and sit-ins in Cairo to protest the Egyptian government’s refusal to allow them to cross the border into Gaza. Organizers say an offer by Egyptian authorities this morning to allow just 100 members of the group to go to Gaza was not sufficient. More than 1,300 people from over forty countries are in Cairo as part of the Gaza Freedom March. We go to Cairo to speak with Ali Abunimah of Electronic Intifada. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Botched Christmas Airline Bombing: A Look at Obama’s Handling of the Case and the Media’s Coverage 30th
President Obama has acknowledged that a “systemic failure” of the nation’s intelligence and security measures paved the way for last week’s aborted bomb attack on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. We take a look at the Obama administration’s handling of the case and the media’s coverage of it all with Spencer Ackerman of the Washington Independent. [includes rush transcript] Read More…
Headlines for December 30, 2009 30th
Report: US Reviewing Targets for Possible Strike in Yemen, Obama: “Systemic Failure” Occurred in Nation’s Security System, 1,500 Reportedly Arrested in Iran, Suicide Bombs Kill 23 in Anbar, Iraq, Israeli Court Rules Palestinians Can Drive on “Apartheid Road”, Mordechai Vanunu Placed Under House Arrest, Morgan Stanley Sued over Mortgage-Related Investments, Penn. Police Officers Resign After Indictments in Immigrant Killing, California Court Issues Major Ruling on Police Use of Tasers, World Urged to Do More to Fight Maternal Mortality, Gay Couple Jailed in Malawi After Holding Marriage Ceremony, Chilean Copper Miners Vote to Go on Strike, Four Anti-Mining Activists Arrested in Virginia Read More…