Democracy Now! 2011-10-13 Thursday

• Headlines for October 13, 2011
• "News for All the People": Juan González & Joseph Torres on the Epic Story of Race & the U.S. Media

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10/12/11 - State Representative Will Brownsberger and Monica Collins discuss state and local issues, including the pension system, casinos and the senate seat vacancy.

Hundreds of protesters participated in a "Millionaires’ March" Tuesday that wended its way through New York City’s wealthy Upper East Side neighborhood.

10/11/11 - Planning Board meeting in Belmont, MA.

In part two of our interview with 1968 Olympic medalist and international civil rights icon, John Carlos, he talks about the shocked response of the audience in the stadium when he raised his fist in the now iconic Black power salute. He also describes the positive response he received from the Black community in the United States upon his return, even as harassment by federal agents drove his family apart and ultimately helped lead to his wife’s suicide. Peter Norman, the Silver medalist who joined Carlos and his fellow U.S.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 12, 2011
• U.S.-Iran Tensions Grow as Indictment Accuses Iranian Agents of Assassination Plot
• John Carlos, 1968 Olympic U.S. Medalist, on the Revolutionary Sports Moment That Changed The World

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8/24/11 - Part 1 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring "60's Invasion."

8/24/11 - Part 2 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring "60's Invasion."

Democracy Now! 2011-10-11 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 11, 2011
• Occupy Wall Street Organizer: Protest Expands Despite Police Effort to "Silence" Demonstrators
• Hip-Hop Artist Immortal Technique: No More Free Passes for Our Government
• Colombian, Korean and Panamanian Activists Condemn White House Support for New "Free Trade" Deals
• Iraq Veterans at Occupy Wall Street Decry Financial Crisis Soldiers Face Returning Home
• Iraqi-American Musician Stephan Said Performs at Occupy Wall Street