Arnie Gundersen
Democracy Now! Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Syrian police reportedly opened fire and used tear gas today on thousands of anti-government protesters who occupied a key square in the Syrian city of Homs. More than 10,000 protesters gathered there Monday after funerals for an estimated 25 activists killed over the weekend. We speak with Bassam Haddad, director of the Middle East Studies Program at George Mason University. NATO intervention in Libya has been ongoing for four weeks, and the country appears locked in a military stalemate. We are joined by Ibrahim Dabbashi, the Libyan deputy ambassador to the United Nations who defected after Gaddafi’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and now represents the Transitional National Council of Libya. Great Britain announced today it will send military officers to advise rebels fighters. “This is exactly the kind of escalation that many of us warned against on the evening that the U.N. first passed its no-fly zone resolution,” says Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, who opposes U.N. intervention in Libya. Workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility in Japan have started to pump radioactive water from a leaking reactor into a makeshift storage area—an effort they say is a crucial step toward easing the nuclear crisis. We speak with longtime nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen. Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour.
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In a historic vote, Vermont is poised to shut down its lone nuclear reactor. We speak to nuclear engineer and former industry executive Arnie Gundersen, who first sounded the bell on the Vermont Yankee. Anti-nuclear activists mobilize to oppose the Obama-funded construction of Georgia nuclear plants. We speak to Nuclear Watch South coordinator Glenn Carroll, who has been leading efforts against the construction of the new plants. An investigation exposes many undisclosed corporate ties of network political pundits. We speak to journalist Sebastian Jones, who carried out the investigation for the Nation magazine. "Democracy Now!" co-host and Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez received the 2010 Justice in Action Award from the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund last week. We play an excerpt of his acceptance speech. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
