9/13/11 - Part 1 of the School Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

9/13/11 - Part 2 of the School Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

9/12/11 - Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! 2011-09-14 Wednesday

• Headlines for September 14, 2011
• After Gaddafi's Fall, A Revitalized Libya Tackles Militarization, Reconciliation & NATO's Presence
• Mahmood Mamdani on Libya, an African Union in "Crisis" & the Outlook for South Sudan
• GOP Candidate Ron Paul: "We’re Under Great Threat Because We Occupy So Many Countries"
• U.S. Census Reports Reveals One in Six Americans Are Poor, One in Five Children Live in Poverty

In our extended interview with Noam Chomsky, he argues that in Libya, "you could have made a case for a no-fly zone and protection of civilians, but I think it’s much harder to make a case for direct participation in a civil war and undercutting of possible options that were supported by almost the entire world." Meanwhile, in the Middle East, Chomsky notes that Turkey and Egypt have been key allies for Israel and that the deterioration of their relations "contributes very substantially to Israel’s isolation in the region." Back in the United States, Chomsky says that while he is no fan of

9/13/11 - Pat Lawrence interviews Steven Bryne, a member of Waverley Place, on mental health advocacy and how to eliminate stigma in mental illness.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Democracy Now! 2011-09-12 Monday

• Headlines for September 12, 2011
• From One Ground Zero to Another: Sister of 9/11 Victim Meets Afghan Who Lost Family in U.S. Bombing
• Ten Years After 9/11, Little-Known Sikh Community Still Target of Violence and Harassment
• Attica Is All of Us: Cornel West on 40th Anniversary of Attica Prison Rebellion

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