DN!: Seymour Hersh on Intensifying Plans to Attack Iran//Venezuelan Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 14:15:21 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST October 2, 2007 = = = = = = = = = "Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back" by Amy Goodman and David Goodman has hit #3 on the Denver Post Bestseller List http://www.denverpost.com/books/ci_7020538 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs volunteers to staff our booth at the Washington, DC Green Festival. Volunteers will be responsible for outreach, merchandise sales and promotion of Amy¹s 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. /*Show Hours* Oct 6, Saturday 10AM - 8PM Oct 7, Sunday 11AM - 6PM *Venue Name and Address* Washington D.C. Convention Center 801 Mount Vernon Place, NW Washington, DC 20001 //More info: www.greenfestivals.org/ = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Seymour Hersh: White House Intensifying Plans to Attack Iran * In his latest article in the New Yorker magazine, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports there has been a significant increase in the tempo of planning for war with Iran inside the Bush administration. Hersh says the White House recently requested the Joint Chiefs of Staff redraw longstanding plans for a possible attack. Hersh also reports the Bush administration's rationale for bombing Iran has shifted from Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program to Iran's role in Iraq. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/02/1438251 * EXCLUSIVE: Venezuelan Foreign Minister on Iran Ties, Oil Prices, Biofuels and How the U.S. Media "Tries to Manipulate U.S. Opinion" * Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez didn't come to the United Nations this week for the annual General Assembly meeting. Instead, Venezuela's foreign minister, Nicolįs Maduro Moros, traveled to New York where he will address the body this afternoon. In a U.S. national broadcast exclusive, foreign minister Maduro Moros joins us to talk about Venezuela's ties with Iran, oil prices, biofuels and his message to the United Nations this year. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/02/1438255 * Headlines for October 2, 2007 * - Senate OKs $150 Billion More For Wars - International Protests Condemn Burmese Military Junta - FBI to Investigate Blackwater Killings in Iraq - Musharraf Names Ex-Intelligence Chief to Head Military - U.S. Is Top Arms Seller to Developing World - Pentagon Official: "I Hate All Iranians" - Students Stage Walkouts to Support Jena Six Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/02/1438239 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, October 2, 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! Wednesday, October 3, 2007: * Erik Prince, Chairman of private security firm Blackwater USA, testifies before Congress about his company's role in Iraq and Afghanistan. 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