DN!: US Role in Haiti Food Riots//Indigenous Voices on Climate Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:24:23 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 24, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "The Single-Payer Solution" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080423_the_single_payer_solution/ 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! = = = = = = = = = Thur, 4/24 Bloomfield, NJ WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Temple Ner Tamid, 936 Broad St DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman. 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Nowhere is this more clear than in Haiti, where hungry people are rioting in the streets because they cannot afford to buy rice. Haiti imports most of its rice from the United States, which in turn remains heavily subsidized. We speak with human rights lawyer, Bill Quigley. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/the_us_role_in_haitis_food * Thousands of Delegates Tackle Climate Change Issues at UN Forum on Indigenous Issues * Representatives of the world's 370 million indigenous people are gathered at the United Nations this week to demand that their voices be included in future talks on climate change. Over 3,000 delegates are attending the seventh session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. We speak with Casey Camp-Horinek, a member of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/thousands_of_delegates_tackle * "Welcome to the Axis of Evil" -- Bolivian President Evo Morales to Paraguayan President-Elect Fernando Lugo * Bolivian President Evo Morales came to New York this week to deliver the keynote address at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Morales became Bolivia's first indigenous president when he was elected in 2005 with more popular support than any Bolivian leader in decades. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez had a chance to sit down with President Morales at the Bolivian mission in New York for an interview. Morales discusses issues of world hunger, biofuels and climate change, relations with Paraguayan President-Elect Fernando Lugo, his push to introduce a new constitution in Bolivia, his accusations that the US ambassador is leading a conspiracy against his government, his thoughts on the US presidential elections, and more. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/welcome_to_the_axis_of_evil * Up the Yangtze: Documentary Takes on Social Impact of Three Gorges Dam in China * The Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River is the world's largest hydroelectric project and is due to be completed in 2009. Widely touted as a feat of modern engineering, the dam was supposed to stop flooding along the river and provide clean energy to fuel China's economic boom. But it has also gained notoriety as an environmental and human catastrophe. Up the Yangtze is a critically acclaimed new documentary about the social impact of the Three Gorges Dam. We speak with Chinese Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/up_the_yangtze_documentary_takes * Headlines for April 24, 2008 * Clinton, Obama Set Sights on Indiana Senate GOPers Block Pay Discrimination Bill House Votes to Block Admin Cuts of Medicaid Top Iraq Generals Get Promoted Israeli Blockade Could Halt UN Shipments to Gaza Israel: Bush Secretly Endorsed Settlement Expansion Syria Says Israel Has Offered to Return Golan Slain Palestinian Journalist Remembered in Gaza ALBA Leaders Launch Joint Food Effort US Food Chains to Ration Rice Sales Survey: 60% of EPA Scientists Witness Political Interference CIA Holds 7,000 Docs on Secret Prisons, Interrogations Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/24/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, April 24, 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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