DN!: Sami al-Haj Released from Guantanamo//Blackwater and the Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:17:21 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 2, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! Standing Up to the Madness Tour * Amy Goodman has written her third book with her brother David, titled "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" Upcoming events: Sat, 5/3 Burlington, VT WHEN: 2pm WHERE: Borders Book Store located at 29 Church St. in Burlington, VT DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman. TICKETS: FREE Sat, 5/3 Barre, VT WHEN: 7pm, 5:30 reception WHERE: Old Labor Hall, 46 Granite St. Barre, Vermont DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman to benefit WGDR and Democracy Now! with a pre-event reception. TICKETS: $10 for 7pm event. Tickets for the 5:30pm reception at the Old Labor Hall, Barre are $100 for one person (includes reception and signed copy of a book) or $150 per couple (includes 2 books). To reserve reception tickets, contact Christine Farren at 802-454-7367, ext 4; christine.farren(at)goddard.edu Sun, 5/4 Manchester, VT WHEN: 2pm WHERE: Northshire Books, 4869 Main Street Manchester Center, Vermont 05255 DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman. TICKETS: Free Sun, 5/4 Albany, NY WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: Christ Church, 35 State Street (5th & State) in Troy, NY. Directions DESCRIPTION: 6:30 PM premiere screening of the Hudson Mohawk Indymedia documentary "Art Not Terrorism" followed at 7 PM by a talk and booksigning with journalists Amy Goodman and David Goodman, to benefit The Sanctuary for Independent Media. TICKETS: By donation ($10 suggested, $5 student/low income) Wed, 5/7 New York, NY Fri, 5/9 Detroit, MI Sat, 5/10 Lansing, MI Sat, 5/10 Grand Rapids, MI Sat, 5/10 Ann Arbor, MI Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! is hiring a full-time Outreach Director For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Haj Released from Guantanamo Bay * Arrested in Pakistan in December 2001, Sami al-Haj spent nearly six-and-a-half years at Guantanamo without charge or trial. He had been on a more than a year-long hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. We hear al-Haj¹s first public remarks from his hospital bed in Sudan and speak to his brother, Asim al-Haj. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/after_more_than_6_years_al * Southern California Residents Gear Up for New Fight to Stop Secretive Expansion by Military Firm Blackwater * Just two months after local opposition thwarted its effort to build a massive outdoor training facility near San Diego, the private military company Blackwater USA is being accused of secretly trying to build a new one just blocks from the US-Mexico border. Blackwater received approval for the 61,000 square-foot indoor facility in Otay Mesa, California, by filing for permits using the names of two subsidiaries. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/southern_california_residents_gear * 25,000 Dockworkers Shut Down West Coast Ports in Historic Antiwar Protest * In the largest labor strike since the invasion of Iraq, ports along the West Coast -- all twenty-nine of them -- were shut down as some 25,000 dockworkers went on a one-day strike to protest the war. We speak to Jack Heyman of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/25_000_dockworkers_shut_down_west * Secretaries of State Debra Bowen of California and Robin Carnahan of Missouri on Voting Issues in a Year of Soaring Turnout * We speak to the top election officials from two states -- California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan -- about some of the contentious issues facing the American electorate ahead of the November presidential election. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court upheld an Indiana law requiring voters to show photo identification. Many Democrats and civil rights groups have opposed the law, saying it is a thinly veiled effort to suppress elderly, poor and minority voters, those most likely to lack proper ID and who tend to vote for Democrats. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/california_secretary_of_state * Headlines for May 2, 2008 * Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Haj Freed From Guantanamo 36 Killed, 65 Wounded in Baghdad Suicide Bombing Turkey Resumes Attacks in Northern Iraq Protests Mark 5 Years Since "Mission Accomplished" Tens of Thousands Rally for Immigrant Rights Dockworkers Shut Down Ports in Antiwar Protest Bush Admin Forces Out EPA Regulator Who Sought Regulation of Dow Bush Proposes Additional Food Aid Exxon Posts $10.89B Quarterly Profit Nicaraguan President Accuses US of Destabilization New Zealand Activists Damage US-Linked Spy Base Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/2/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, May 2, 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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