DN!: Winter Soldier Testimony//My Lai Massacre Remembered, 40 Years Later Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:16:40 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST March 17, 2008 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Winter Soldier: US Vets, Active-Duty Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan Testify About the Horrors of War * US veterans gathered in Maryland this past weekend to testify at Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners. While the corporate media ignored the story, we broadcast their voices. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/17/winter_soldier_us_vets_active_duty * 1968, Forty Years Later: My Lai Massacre Remembered by Survivors, Victims' Families and US War Vets * This weekend marked the fortieth anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, when US troops killed more than 500 men, women and children in Vietnam. We speak with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the killings and the cover-up. 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