Tagged: 2000

April 21, 2000

Download Audio Jailed Mexican Environmentalist Wins Prestigious Award A jailed Mexican farmer who led anti-logging protests won the prestigious Goldman environmental prize earlier this month. Although Rodolfo Montiel is gaining an international profile, other...

April 17, 2000

Download Audio The world-wide campaign to fight globalization takes the struggle to Washington D.C. Robin Urevich and Alison Hawkes report from the nation’s capital. Refugees from Kosova, once met with open arms by various...

April 7, 2000

Download Audio Paris Police Beat Pregnant Arab Woman In a scene reminiscent of the 1991 LAPD beating of black motorist Rodney King, a French policeman is captured on video beating a pregnant Arab woman....

March 31, 2000

Download Audio WBAI Reporter Beaten and Arrested at Dorismund Funeral The funeral for 26-year-old Patrick Dorismund, the latest unarmed black man shot dead by New York City Police, turned violent last weekend as police...

March 24, 2000

Download Audio   Wall Street goes to India Leaders of some of America’s biggest corporations headed to India with President Clinton this week. The delegation was met with Protests, and Clinton was burned in...

March 17, 2000

Download Audio WTO: Supreme Court May Curtail Human Rights The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear a case which could have far reaching implications for state and local human rights boycotts around the...

March 10, 2000

Download Audio Amoco builds first oil rig in Arctic Ocean Soaring Prices at the pump have some politicians pressing big oil to open new oil fields in the U.S. B-P Amoco has answered the...

March 3, 2000

Download Audio NYPD sued for brutality Another unarmed civilian is dead at the hands of the New York City police department. Last night a plain-clothed New York City police office shot and killed paroled...

February 25, 2000

Download Audio Kosovo: Report from the Ground February has been a tense month in the Kosovar city of Mitroveetsa, home to both Serbs and ethnic Albanians. Early this month, two Serbians were killed in...