Democracy Now!

Democracy Now: Economic Hitman - Destabilizing Countries Legally

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John Perkins talks about his former life as an economic hitman for the U.S., to cheat poor countries out of trillions of dollars by lending them more money than they could repay and then taking over their economies. (46 min in 5 segments)

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The Real Deal on GM Going Bankrupt

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On Democracy Now!, Ralph Nader and Labor Professor Harley Shaiken discuss future of auto giant General Motors in one of the largest bankruptcy cases in US history. (21 min, 2 segments)

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Democracy Now!: Sweet Crude - Oil in Nigeria

Sandy Cioffi, director of the the upcoming documentary Sweet Crude, speaks about Oil Politics in the Niger Delta. Segment 1 (18:50 min, 2 segments)

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Democracy Now! - John Pilger on Empire

John Pilger made 52 documentaries, many about the American empire and the resistance it has met. He joins Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! to speak of the struggles he has covered with excerpts from his recent documentaries. (35 min in 4 segments)

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