DN!: Iraq Oil Workers Union Founder Rejects US-Backed Oil Law//Iraqi Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:10:05 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST July 6, 2007 = = = = = = = = = DONATE APPLE DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO DN It's summer time at Democracy Now! and we've got an influx of new staff, interns and volunteers. Please support our growth by donating Power Mac G4s & G5s, PowerBook G4s, Mac Minis, Power Macs, MacBook Pros and flat screen displays. Visit http://www.democracynow.org/macbookpro.shtml for a list of specific models. Thanks in advance for your support! = = = = = = = = = Are you a graphic designer? If so we need your help! We are designing a new bumper sticker for Democracy Now! and looking for designs from the public. Please email us your designs at: bumper@democracynow.org Make sure the design clearly includes the website www.democracynow.org and the words "Independent TV and Radio News Hour" = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Founder of Iraq Oil Workers Union Rejects U.S.-Backed Oil Law as "Robbery" * As the Iraqi cabinet approves part of a controversial oil law, we speak with Faleh Abood Umara, the general secretary of the Federation of Oil Unions and a founding member of the oil workers union in Iraq. He calls on Iraqi lawmakers to reject the legislation. We also speak with Hashmeya Muhsin Hussein, president of the Electrical Utility Workers Union and the first woman to head a national union in Iraq. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/1359232 * An Iraqi Rhapsody: Poet & Novelist Sinan Antoon on the U.S. Destruction of the Iraqi State, His Latest Novel and the Sad Statement that Iraq Was Better Under Saddam Hussein * Iraqi-born poet and novelist Sinan Antoon joins us in our firehouse studio to discuss the U.S. occupation of Iraq, his latest novel, "I'jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody," poetry, and much more. Antoon says, "Even if there is withdrawal, it's going to be withdrawal Israeli-style: from urban centers to the military bases...that have been built there with millions and millions of dollars. This is the old colonial style: when it's too costly you let the natives kill each other, let the natives police each other." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/1359238 * Headlines for July 6, 2007 * - UN: NATO Strikes Kill More Civilians Than Taliban - US Attacks, Raids Sadr City - Australian Def. Min.: Oil Behind Iraq War - GOP Sen. Domenici Calls for Iraq Withdrawal - Israeli Group Warns of Gaza Collapse - Palestinian Cameraman Loses Legs in Israeli Shooting - Pakistani Students Vow Fight to Death in Mosque Standoff - Argentine Chaplain Tried for ³Dirty-War²-Era Abuses - UN Environment Head Backs Castro on Ethanol Warning - Execution Date Set for Prisoner Despite Witness Coercion, Recanting Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/1359221 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, July 6, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/06/1827249 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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