DN!: Iraq Refugee Crisis//Cesar Chavez Day//Rogue Economics Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:20:16 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST March 31, 2008 = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * ³Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?" Deborah Campbell on the Iraq Refugee Crisis * Refugees International estimates that up to five million Iraqis have been displaced since 2003. That¹s one-in-five Iraqis who have had to flee their homes since the US-led invasion of their country. Two-and-a-half million Iraqis have been internally displaced, and an equal number have managed to leave the country to Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Turkey, the Gulf States and, most of all, Syria, which hosts 1.5 million Iraqis. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/31/exodus_where_will_iraq_go_next * Cesar Chavez Day: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Reflects on the Life and Legacy of the Legendary Labor Activist * Cesar Estrada Chavez, legendary labor activist, civil rights leader and founder of the first successful farm workers union, would have been eighty-one years old today. Events are planned across the country to honor his life and legacy. Thousands marched in his memory over the weekend, and nine states recognize March 31st as an official holiday. We speak with Dolores Huerta. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/31/cesar_chavez_day_united_farm_workers * Loretta Napoleoni on "Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality" * Italian economist, journalist and author Loretta Napoleoni argues that recent events on Wall Street indicate a much larger upheaval and could ³signal the end of the ŒRoaring Nineties,¹ nearly two decades of easy money, cheap credit, and soaring global debt.² It's an argument Napoleoni develops in her latest book called Rogue Economics: Capitalism's New Reality. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/31/loretta_napoleoni_on_rogue_economics * Headlines for March 31, 2008 * Sadr Orders Mahdi Army to Stop Fighting Iraq Gov¹t Controls Only 1/4th of Basra Report: US Air Strike Kills Eight Civilians in Basra Sen. Clinton Pledges to Continue Campaign Until Convention Record Number of Food Stamp Recipients Projected Military Drops Another Haditha Prosecution Siegelman Links Karl Rove to His Prosecution Zimbabwe Opposition Claims Victory Against Mugabe Pro-Tibet Protesters Attempt to Disrupt Olympics Ceremony Bush Jeered at Baseball Game 80-Year-Old Deacon Arrested at Mall for Antiwar T-Shirt Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/3/31/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, March 31, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es 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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