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NPR and the Fallow Triumph of Public Radio |
by Norman Solomon
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15 Apr 2002
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"Independent producers who approach PBS and NPR for airtime get a much warmer reception when they have an underwriting package in hand. Overwhelmingly, programs that will attract and please corporate underwriters and, crucially, won't rock the ideological boat, get access to the airwaves." |
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NPR Greenwashes for the Coal Industry |
by Looking for a real media alternative
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15 Apr 2002
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Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC) is a nonprofit group funded by railroads, coal producers and users, and electric utilities. It sponsors include Southern, the leading U.S. coal burner and the American Association of Railroads, whose members transport coal |
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Gov. Ryan's Panel: Death Penalty Fundamentally Flawed |
by Joe Futrelle
futrelle (nospam) shout.net (unverified) |
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14 Apr 2002
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A panel assembled by IL Governor George Ryan to review the application of the death penalty in Illinois has concluded that extensive and far-reaching change is required to prevent innocent people from being executed. |
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May 16, 2002: 1st Annual National Workers' Compensation Protest Day |
by Sherri Jankowski, RN, CRNAC, LNC
rnlncoh (nospam) aol.com (unverified) |
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14 Apr 2002
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Workers' Compensation: The company is the patient, not the injured party, in Illinois and many other states.
May 16, 2002 has been set as the 1st Annual National Workers' Compensation Protest Day. Carle Clinic and Christie Clinic make large profits from sending injured workers back to work based on the demands of workers' sompensation insurance companies like the notorious Liberty Mutual. LM is a regular advertiser on NPR, but don't let that fool you. If you have a horror story about workers' compensation, the IMC is a great place to post it. ML |
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Labor Headlines 4-13-02 |
by Peter Miller
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14 Apr 2002
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Headlines as broadcast during the Illinois Labor Hour, Saturdays at 11 a.m. on WEFT 90.1 FM, Champaign. Levi Strauss Lays Off 3600, US Prison Population Rises Again, Home- and Day-Care Workers Rally for Raises, Madigan Defends EIU Talks Role, NAACP, City Deadlocked on Retesting Firefighter Applicants, AFSCME: Prison Closings Will Jeopardize Guards, Inmates; 132 Corrections Workers Face Layoffs; OSHA Is Investigating Ailments at Alton Call Center |
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'Chavez to return to power' |
by AFP
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14 Apr 2002
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14 April 2002. Venezuelan acting president says Chavez to return to power; Chavez leaves Orchila island in helicopter. |
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Palestinians and the American People |
by Sam Bahour
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14 Apr 2002
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The Palestinian people have no grudge against the American public. We never did. As a matter of fact, if one resists the media spin and takes a closer look at what the Palestinians have been struggling for during the last two weeks--let alone the last thirty-five years--it will be revealed that the Palestinian Intifada is a very American struggle. After all, it is a struggle for national independence, civil liberties, human rights, as well as a struggle to establish an open market in an independent economy, free to market forces and free from Israeli domination. |
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