DN!: Jena 6 Protest//The Bottled Water Lie//El Salvador Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 15:24:58 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST August 1, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs volunteers to staff our booth at SolFest, the ³Greenest Show on Earth!² Volunteers will be responsible for outreach, merchandise sales and promotion of Amyıs appearance at the festival. Volunteers should be energetic, friendly, environmentally conscientious fans of the show, willing to talk to people about DN! and media issues. Volunteers will get a free t-shirt and a pass to the festival for the day they volunteer. Please contact emily@democracynow.org if you are available for a half-day shift on either Sat or Sun. Where: Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA When: Half-day shifts on Saturday, Aug 18 and Sunday, Aug 19 What: SolFest is the worldıs premier two-day celebration of renewable energy and sustainable living. Since SolFest was born in 1996 over 100,000 people have learned how to change the world while having fun. Each summer SolFest transforms the rural hamlet of Hopland, California, into the global epicenter of green living. Our main stage, family stage, and six workshop tents are filled with world-renowned speakers, musicians and artists, offering keynotes, panels, performances, and over fifty one-hour workshops. The leading developers and distributors of green products and services are here too, sponsoring and exhibiting in hundreds of booths and displays that fill our beautifully landscaped grounds for these two magical days. = = = = = = = = = LOOKING FOR APPLE MAC MINI DONATIONS Visit http://www.democracynow.org/macbookpro.shtml for a list of specific models. Thanks in advance for your support! = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Hundreds March in Jena, Louisiana in Support of the Jena Six * A movement is growing in support of the Jena Six -- the black Louisana high school students charged with attempted murder for a school fight in which a white student was beaten up. The fight broke out after white students hung three nooses from a tree where the black students had sat. School board officials cut down the tree last week. Hundreds of people from all over the country gathered Tuesday for a march through Jenaıs streets. Independent reporter Jordan Flaherty reports. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435233 * The Bottled Water Lie: As Soft Drink Giant Admits Product is Tap Water, New Scrutiny Falls on the Economic and Environmental Costs of a Billion Dollar Industry * The soft drink giant Pepsi has been forced to make an embarrassing admission ­ its best-selling Aquafina bottled water is nothing more than tap water. Pepsi has agreed to change its label under pressure from the advocacy group Corporate Accountability International (CAI) which has been leading an increasingly successful campaign against bottled water. We look at the economic and environmental costs of the bottled water industry with CAIıs Gigi Kellett and freelance journalist Michael Blanding. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435240 * Salvadorans Face Terror Charges for Opposing Water Privatization * A protest against water privatization in El Salvador last month resulted in 13 demonstrators charged with committing acts of terrorism. If found guilty they could face up to 60 years of prison time under laws modeled on the USA Patriot Act. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435246 * Stockton, California City Council Reverses Water Privatization It Passed Over Widespread Local Opposition * We end with a major victory for the opponents of water privatization. In 2003, the City Council of Stockton, California ignored overwhelming public opposition to approve a $600 million dollar, 20-year water privatization agreement. The deal gave a multinational consortium full control over the cityıs water, sewage, and stormwater systems. But two weeks the council reversed the position and voted unanimously to resume control of its water utilities. We speak with Alan Snitow, co-director of an award-winning PBS documentary on water privatization and co-author of ³Thirst: Fighting the Corporate Theft of our Water.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435253 * Headlines for August 1, 2007 * - Murdoch Wins Wall Street Journal Takeover Bid - Intel Director: Surveillance Goes Beyond Disclosed Program - Rice Defends Mideast Military Aid - UN Approves Hybrid Force for Darfur - South Korean Hostage Killed as Deadline Passes - General Censured in Tillman Case - U.S. Sees Highest July Toll Since Invasion - Iraqi Oil Ministry Bars Talks With Unions - Study: Iraq, Afghan Deployments Linked to Rising Child Abuse Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/01/1435223 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, August 1, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Thursday, August 2, 2007: * Rupert Murdoch's media empire has grown even larger. On Tuesday he won his $5 billion bid to take over the Wall Street Journal and its parent company Dow Jones & Co. * Picture New York: Opposition is growing in NYC to a city proposal that will require many photographers and camera operators to obtain permits and insurance before taking photos or shooting video in the city. = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Children's Healthcare Is a No-Brainer" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070724_childrens_health_care_is_a_no_b rainer/ Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = DN! AT 10! TOUR DATES Amy and David Goodman and the DN! team are on tour. 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