Democracy Now - 24 jun 2010

An alternative daily newschannel. One hour with news as you do not see it elsewhere. http://www.democracynow.org Headlines for June 24, 2010 - Obama Taps Petraeus as Afghan Commander After Firing McChrystal - June is Deadliest Month for NATO Occupation in Afghan War - Oil Spill Worsens After Containment Cap Damaged - "Despondent" Gulf Boat Captain Commits Suicide - Report: Iranian Officers Seized US Hikers in Iraq - 5 US Citizens Sentenced to 10 Years in Pakistan - CIA Awards Blackwater Another Contract in Afghanistan - Poll: Most Palestinians Support Peace Deal with Israel - Israel Accused of Unlawfully Treating Jailed Nuclear Whistleblower - Swedish Dockworkers Launch Week-Long Boycott of Israeli Ships - Study Ranks U.S. Last on Health Care - Witnesses Recant Testimony at Hearing for Georgia Death Row Prisoner Troy Anthony Davis Special reports - 3 U.S. Soldiers Speak Out on McChrystal’s Firing, Petraeus’ Replacement and the Unending War in Afghanistan President Obama says the Afghan war will continue as planned despite his firing of General Stanley McChrystal over disparaging comments made by McChrystal and his aides about top U.S. officials. Obama has named General David Petraeus, head of the U.S. Central Command and architect of the surge in Iraq, as a successor. The firing of McChrystal comes at a perilous moment in the Afghan war, with June now the deadliest month for the NATO force since the 2001 invasion. We speak to three soldiers: Brock McIntosh, is an Afghan war vet who has filed for conscientious objector status; Victor Agosto, who was jailed after refusing to deploy to Afghanistan after serving in Iraq; and Camilo Mejia, the first GI who served in Iraq to have publicly resisted the war. - Detroit Urban Agriculture Movement Looks to Reclaim Motor City In Detroit, demolition crews are planning to tear down 10,000 residential buildings over the next four years that the city has deemed dangerous. But as old structures are coming down, the city is redefining itself in other ways. An estimated 20 to 30 percent of the city’s lots are vacant and there is a growing urban agriculture movement that community groups are using to reclaim the city. Malik Yakini, chairman of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, gives us a tour of D-Town Farm, one of the biggest urban farms in Detroit. - Detroit Summer: The Youth Program That Inspired Many Activists to Make Detroit a Movement City To many longtime Detroit-based activists, urban farming and other community-based programs are a prime example of why they see Detroit not as Ground Zero for the recession but as a movement city–a place that uses crisis as an opportunity to nurture sustainability and community-building. When many of the Detroit-based activists and organizers are asked how they first got involved in their communities, they often mention Detroit Summer, a youth program started in 1992. We speak with Michelle Brown, who is sometimes called 'the mother of ’Detroit Summer,' and a member of the Detroit Summer mural project. - Detroit Hip-Hop Artist and Activist Invincible: Another Detroit Is Happening Invincible performs an acapella version of her new "Detroit Summer" and talks about how youth organizing is transforming Detroit. She is releasing the song this summer on her own label Emergence, which is based on cooperative economics. The website TheTop13.com recently named Invincible the fifth best female MC ever behind Jean Grae, MC Lyte, Lauryn Hill and Queen Latifah. http://www.democracynow.org

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