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TODAY'S SHOW: MONDAY, JUNE 23

*** Protesting the War on Women and the "War on Terror" ***
As President Bush and Karl Rove launch the largest political fundraising campaign in history, women's rights advocates from Planned Parenthood join forces with the peace movement to protest today's fundraiser in NYC.
Listen/Watch:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1428237

*** USDA Opens $3 Million Biotech Conference in Sacramento; Agriculture Ministers From Over 100 Countries Are Attending; 1000 March in Protest ***
A debate between the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture Counsel David Hegwood, Food First's Anuradha Mittal, who co-edited a new report called: "Voices from the South: The Third World Debunks Corporate Myths on Genetically Engineered Crops," and Luke Anderson, author of Genetic Engineering: Food and Our Environment.
Listen/Watch:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1431228

*** Benton Harbor: Where Does it Go From Here? ***
A week after an African-American motorcyclist died in a police crash, the Rev. Russell Baker of Benton Harbor examines the impact of the recent protests and riots on Michigan's poorest city. Benton Harbor is also one of the nation's most segregated cities in the country
Listen/Watch:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1435218

*** Democracy Now! headlines for June 23 ***
Read/Listen Headlines:
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/23/1425224

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COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW!

Tuesday, June 24: The Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action in Landmark Ruling.

Wednesday, June 25: Democracy Now! celebrates the 100th birthday of George Orwell, the author of 1984 and Animal Farm

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RECENT DEMOCRACY NOW! HIGHLIGHTS

* Senate Commerce Committee Votes to Prevent Nation's Largest Media Conglomerates from Growing Even Larger
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/1418203

* White House orders EPA to Remove Global Warming Conclusions from State of the Environment Report
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/20/1424233

* The Rosenberg Execution 50 Years Later. Democracy Now! talks to the sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and their co-defendant Morton Sobell.
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/19/1425208

* Judge Frees 12 Residents of Tulia, Texas Who Served Years in Prison Based on the Testimony of a Narcotics Agent Who Has Since Been Indicted
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/143248

* Former Green Party Presidential Candidate Ralph Nader Gives his First Major Address on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/17/1359238

* Cindy Corrie Speaks at Evergreen State College Commencement to the Classmates of her Slain Daughter Rachel Corrie
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/06/16/1439222

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