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-------- Original Message -------- Subject: "Occupy Wall Street": Thousands March in NYC Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment | Democracy Now! Daily Digest for 09/19/11 Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:02:08 -0400 From: Democracy Now! <dig...@democracynow.org> Reply-To: Democracy Now! <dig...@democracynow.org> To: <a...@apfn.org> Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. A daily TV/radio grassroots, global news hour, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States. Democracy Now! Daily News Digest September 19, 2011 "Occupy Wall Street": Thousands March in NYC Financial District, Set Up Protest Encampment Demonstrators are marching on Wall Street today on the third day of a campaign dubbed "Occupy Wall Street," which began on Saturday when thousands gathered in New York City’s Financial District. We play a video report on the protest by Democracy Now!'s Sam Alcoff and get a live update from the streets from Nathan Schneider, editor of the blog "Waging Nonviolence." We also speak with David Graeber, an anthropologist who participated in the activities. Watch/Listen/Read David Graeber: The Debt of the American Poor Should Be Forgiven As President Obama prepares to outline a deficit-reduction plan that includes tax increases, as well as cuts to programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, anthropologist David Graeber proposes a radical solution: cancel the debt of the nation’s poor. Watch/Listen/Read "They Just Started Shooting Us from Everywhere": Scores of Protesters Killed in Yemen In Yemen, the government’s violent crackdown on protesters has intensified, leading to the bloodiest two days in several months. Demonstrators are calling for an end to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 33-year rule as he has repeatedly broken promises to step down. We go to Yemen for an update from Abdul-Ghani al-Iryani, a political analyst based in Sana’a and co-founder of the Democratic Awakening Movement. Watch/Listen/Read Noam Chomsky on the Legality of NATO’s Bombing of Libya and the Scramble for Oil As the manhunt for Col. Muammar Gaddafi continues, MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky questions the legality of the continued NATO bombing campaign. Watch/Listen/Read Noam Chomsky: The U.S. & Israel Strongly Oppose "Rise of Any Meaningful Democracy" in Middle East Earlier this month, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador and other senior diplomats after the release of a United Nations report on Israel’s attack on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla in 2010. We talk to MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky about the relationship between Turkey and Egypt, long key allies for Israel, and how the deterioration of their relations "contributes very substantially to Israel’s isolation in the region." Watch/Listen/Read Noam Chomsky: 2012 GOP Candidates Views are "Off the International Spectrum of Sane Behavior" MIT Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky discusses the position of the Republican presidential candidates on issues such as climate change and calls them "utterly outlandish." Watch/Listen/Read Today's Headlines Obama Proposes New "Buffett Tax" on Millionaires Yemen Intensifies Government Crackdown with Scores Killed in 48 Hours Gaddafi Forces Claim Hundreds Killed in NATO Air Strike, Claim Capture of 17 European Mercenaries U.S. Accuses Pakistani Government of Ties to Taliban-Linked Militants Blamed for Embassy Attack United Nations Requests $350 Million in Flood Relief Aid for Pakistan Former FBI Director Calls for Troy Davis Execution to be Put Off Banking Giant UBS Loses $2.3 Billion in Unauthorized Trades Book: Tim Geithner Ignored Presidential Order to Consider Dissolving Citigroup Report: U.S. Cannot Account for Nearly Three Tons of Nuclear Material Shipped Overseas Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Arrives in New York Vowing to Seek Full U.N. 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