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Democracy Now!: Nov. 19, 2009: Obama China Trip
President Barack Obama’s first official trip to China resulted in no firm agreements and has been criticized as being tightly scripted by Beijing. British journalist Martin Jacques, author of “When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order,” discusses Obama’s visit and the future of US–Chinese relations. Iraqi political analyst Raed Jarrar talks about plans for Iraq to hold elections in January which are now up in the air after Iraq’s vice president vetoed part of an election law over the allocation of seats to Iraqis displaced by the U.S. invasion and occupation. And as Wall Street posts record profits and U.S. hunger rate grows, Robert Scheer asks: "Where is the community organizer we elected?" "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
Email this pageDemocracy Now!: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has topped 10,000 for the first time in a year; meanwhile on Main Street, foreclosures are also at record levels, and the official unemployment rate is expected to top ten percent. We speak to former bank regulator William Black, author of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank Is to Own One." Dubbed as “the Elvis of cultural theory,” Slovenian philosopher and public intellectual Slavoj Zizek analyzes how the United States has moved from the tragedy of 9/11 to what he calls the farce of the financial meltdown. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.
