DN!: Michael Mukasey Confirmation Hearings // "Meeting Resistance" Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:18:23 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST October 18, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs volunteers to spread the word about Democracy Now! at Amy Goodman's upcoming appearance at the CKUT Conference in Montreal: Redefining Media: Media Democracy and Community Radio -- A CKUT 20th Anniversary Event. Volunteers should be energetic, friendly, conscientious fans of the show, willing to talk to people about DN! and media issues. Volunteers will get a free t-shirt. Please contact silky@democracynow.org if you are available. When: Friday, October 19th at 7pm Where: McGill University, Montreal, Quebec = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Attorney General Nominee Michael Mukasey Defends Bush Admin on Post-9/11 Measures, But Vows Independence * The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee appears set to back Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey, following his first day of confirmation hearings. On Wednesday, Mukasey defended many of President Bush's most controversial post-9/11 policies, including holding prisoners without charge and denying them habeus corpus. We get reaction from Michael Ratner, President of the Center for Constitutional Rights. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1418244 * ³They Protect Peopleıs Lives² -- One Month After Baghdad Killings, Bush Defends Blackwater USA * One month after the Baghdad mass shooting that killed 17 Iraqi civilians, President Bush has defended Blackwater USA, saying they provide ³a valuable service² and ³protect people's lives.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1418252 * Meeting Resistance: New Doc Follows Iraqis Fighting U.S. Occupation of Their Country * What would you do if your country was invaded? ³Meeting Resistance² is a new documentary on the Iraq war from a perspective that few in the West ever see. It turns the spotlight on Iraqi men and women who choose to resist the military occupation of their country. We speak with the filmıs co-directors, Molly Bingham and Steve Connors. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1419205 * Headlines for October 18, 2007 * - Senate Leaders Agree to Telecom Immunity for Domestic Spying - Bush Warns of ³World War III² in Iran Standoff - FCC Chair Proposes to Undo Media Ownership Rules - Turkish Parliament Approves Iraq Incursion - Officials: State Wonıt Renew Blackwater Contract - UN Suspends Food Aid in Mogadishu - Burmese Victims Speak Out on Junta Crackdown - Bolivia Marks Black October Anniversary With Extradition Calls - Study: Remittances Dwarf Foreign Aid From Rich Donors Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1418225 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Wednesday, October 18, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/18/1835241 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Friday, October 19, 2007: * No More Victims: A 10-year-old Iraqi girl comes to the United States for surgery a year after she lost both her legs in a U.S. air strike. * "Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies A People": Jack Sheehan on his new documentary examining how Arabs have been portrayed in U.S. movies. = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Imagine Peace -- A Ray of Light in Dark Times" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/10/17/4644/ 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! = = = = = = = = = Now in Paperback! 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Please email admin@democracynow.org for information on the positions and how to apply. = = = = = = = = = * New stations broadcasting Democracy Now! * CKUT, 90.3 FM in Montreal, Canada is airing the Democracy Now! headlines at 8 a.m., M-F = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! offers high-quality MPEG-4 video files for download through the BitTorrent protocol. To learn more, see http://www.democracynow.org/bittorrent_help.shtml or get started at http://ewheel.democracynow.org/ = = = = = = = = = Also available as a "podcast"! Get the Democracy Now! daily show and/or the Spanish Headlines automatically downloaded to your computer or portable audio player. Visit http://www.democracynow.org/podcast_help.shtml to see how. = = = = = = = = = * ATTENTION EDUCATORS * Are you a professor, teacher, student, community organizer or home educator who uses the Democracy Now! (DN!) program as a teaching tool? Do you use the on line DN! search engine for content about a specific subject? 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