DN!: US Skips Conf to Ban Cluster Bombs//Bush Promises Enriched Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 13:57:27 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 20, 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." The "Standing Up to the Madness" tour continues. Upcoming events: Fri, 5/23 Ashville, NC WHEN: 7:30pm WHERE: Ferguson Auditorium, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalist Amy Goodman. TICKETS: $10 admission. Advance purchase at Malaprops Bookstore, WPVM and MAIN. Sat, 5/24 Atlanta, GA WHEN: 2pm-10pm, 5pm speech by Amy Goodman WHERE: The B-Complex, 1272 Murphy Avenue, Atlanta GA 30310 DESCRIPTION: 40th Anniversary of the underground newspaper, the Great Speckled Bird. TICKETS: $7 Tue, 5/27 New York, NY WHEN: 6:30pm WHERE: 333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017 DESCRIPTION: Japan Society Event: Reflections on Citizen Movements: Peace and Politics in the U.S & Japan. Amy Goodman will moderate a panel with Tom Hayden and James Orr. TICKETS: $20/$18 Japan Society members, $15 seniors & students Fri, 5/30 Grass Valley, CA WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Grass Valley Veteran's Memorial Hall (Vet's Hall), 255 South Auburn Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945 DESCRIPTION: A talk and booksigning with journalist Amy Goodman. TICKETS: $10 KVMR Members, $15 General Sat, 5/31 Davis, CA WHEN: 8pm WHERE: Sciences Lecture Hall, University of California, Davis, CA, 95616. DESCRIPTION: Amy Goodman will interview a group of former Guantanamo prisoners live before a large Davis audience. The interview will be carried out through video conference (the former prisoners will be in their native Sudan). The event is a benefit for the Guantanamo Testimonials Project. TICKETS: $10 tickets can be purchased online (tickets.com), by phone (753 752 1915) or in person (UC Davis Freeborn Hall or the Davis Farmers Market). Fri, 6/6 Minneapolis, MN 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!: * US Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs * Representatives of more than 100 governments are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for two weeks of talks aimed at finalizing a global treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. But the United States, historically the world's largest producer, stockpiler, and user of cluster bombs, won't be at the negotiations. Other major producers of cluster bombs‹Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan‹also stayed away from the talks. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/20/us_skips_international_conference * As US Threatens Iran Over Enriching Uranium, Bush Promises to Give Enriched Uranium to Saudi Arabia * The Bush administration has pledged to support Saudi Arabia's nuclear power program, including supplying enriched uranium for nuclear reactors. The agreement came out of President Bush's visit to the Saudi kingdom last week, during which Bush also pledged new US assistance in guarding Saudi oil reserves. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/20/as_us_threatens_iran_over_enriching * "A Jihad for Love": New Film Explores Challenges Facing Gay Muslims Worldwide * Muslim gay filmmaker Parvez Sharma spent five-and-a-half years documenting the lives of gay and lesbian Muslims in twelve countries. His subjects include a gay imam in South Africa, an Egyptian who fled to France after his imprisonment and torture, and a lesbian couple in Turkey. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/20/a_jihad_for_love_new_film * "Meet Gus Puryear: Bush's Latest Villainous Nominee for a Lifetime Judgeship" * In 2004, Estelle Richardson's lifeless and battered body was found on the floor of a Corrections Corp. of America prison cell. Four years later, that unsolved homicide has come back to haunt Republican stalwart "Gus" Puryear, the nation's top private prison litigator and Bush nominee for US District Court. We talk to journalist Silja Talvi. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/20/meet_gus_puryear_bushs_latest * Headlines for May 20, 2008 * Sen. Obama Projected to Win Majority of Pledged Delegates Clinton Fundraiser Accused of Trying to Buy Support of Superdelegates Pentagon Announces Deployment of 42,000 Troops Probe Called for in 2003 US Shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Iraq Feith Admits "Terrible Mistakes" Made Ahead of Iraq War UNICEF: 6 Million Children in Ethiopia at Risk of Malnutrition Death Toll from Chinese Earthquake Tops 40,000 US Accused of Violating Venezuelan Airspace Cuba Accuses US Diplomat of Passing Funds to Opposition Groups Hundreds Protest Iowa Immigration Raid NY Post Reporter Fired After Suing NYPD Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/20/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, May 20, 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! Wednesday, May 21, 2008: * Former chief UN weapons inspector Hans Blix on the invasion of Iraq, WMD's and his new book, "Why Nuclear Disarmament Matters" = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Whistle-Blower Points to Target List in U.S. Attack on Hotel" http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/15/8968/ 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! = = = = = = = = = Amy and David Goodman's new book, STANDING UP TO THE MADNESS, has hit #29 on the New York Times bestseller list!! If it hits #15 or above, it appears in the pages of the New York Times! It also hit the Booksense bestseller list -- the list of independent bookstores nationwide, booksense.com! 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