DN!: Tariq Ali on Blair Resignation//Jeremy Scahill Testifies in House Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 14:12:37 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 11, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Check out C-Span's Book TV this Sunday night, at 7 pm Eastern Time, for Amy Goodman and Greg Palast at the LA Times Book Festival, taped on Sat. April 28th, for more information see http://snipurl.com/1k44u = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Democracy Now Seeks Full-time Outreach Organizer We're looking to add an experienced organizer to our outreach team who is committed to making Democracy Now! a household name and bringing the program to new stations. visit http://democracynow.org/jobs.shtml for more information. TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * "Hey, Ken Burns, Why Shun Latinos?" - Juan Gonzalez on PBS WWII Doc * A coalition of Latino organizations have reached an agreement with the filmmaker Ken Burns on a forthcoming World War II documentary that had been criticized for ignoring the role of Latino soldiers. The 14-hour film, ³The War,² initially included no interviews with any Latino veterans even though over 500,000 Latinos served in the war. Democracy Now! co-host and New York Daily News columnist, Juan Gonzalez discusses the controversy. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1719227 * British Author Tariq Ali on the Resignation of Tony Blair: ³The Fact That Heıs Leaving is Because Heıs So Hated² * British Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced his plans to resign next month after more than a decade in power. British author Tariq Ali talks about Blairıs legacy, his fatal decision to follow the Bush administration into Iraq, and his likely successor, finance minister Gordon Brown. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1531215 * Pair Convicted for Leaking Infamous British Memo Detailing Bushıs Desire to Bomb Al Jazeera * A pair of British men were sentenced to jail on Thursday for leaking a classified memo that revealed President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony Blair in April 2004 that he wanted to bomb the Doha headquarters of the Arabic television network Al Jazeera. They were convicted after a highly secretive trial. Davide Simonetti of the website Blairwatch joins us in London. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1531223 * Author and DN! Correspondent Jeremy Scahill Testifies in Landmark House Hearing on Defense Contracting * There are over 120,000 private contractors currently deployed in Iraq and yesterday, a House panel put some of the harshest criticisms of this privatization of war into the congressional record for the first time. Democracy Now! correspondent and The Nation magazine investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill testified before a House Appropriations hearing on defense contracting. Scahill is author of the book ³Blackwater: The Rise of the Worldıs Most Powerful Mercenary Army.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1531232 * Harvard Students Stage Hunger Strike to Improve Pay, Working Conditions for Campus Security Guards * A group of students at Harvard University have entered their ninth day of a hunger strike as part of a campaign to demand a pay raise and improved working conditions for campus security guards. The students want the university to intervene in salary negotiations between the security guards and their employer Allied Barton. Two of the hunger striking students join us from Boston. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1531244 * Motherıs Day for Peace: A Dramatic Reading of Julia War Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation * We end today's show with a Mother's Day special. Filmmaker Robert Greenwald has just produced a short film titled Mother's Day For Peace. It features a dramatic reading of Julia War Howe's Mother's Day Proclamation by Felicity Huffman, Christine Lahti, Fatma Saleh, Ashraf Salimian, Vanessa Williams and Alfre Woodard. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1531255 * Headlines for May 11, 2007 * - Toll in U.S. Bombing of Afghan Village Could Reach 80 - Iraqi Lawmakers Back Draft Bill for Withdrawal Timetable - Bush Vows Veto for New House Iraq Funding Measure - Russian Military Head: U.S. Missile Shield Akin to Berlin Wall - Haitian Refugees: Capsized Boat Deliberately Overturned - Ramos-Horta Wins East Timor Vote - LAPD Sued for Crackdown on May Day Protest - Bush Admin Withholds Emails on Rove Role in Arkansas Hiring - Latino Groups Reach Deal on PBS WWII Doc Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1530253 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, May 11, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/11/1659236 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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