Democracy Now - 10 may 2011

An alternative daily newschannel. One hour with news as you do not see it elsewhere. http://www.democracynow.org Headlines for May 10, 2011 - NATO Strikes Libya Capital With Heaviest Bombing In Weeks - United Nations Warns Key Supplies Running Short in Libya - Report: U.S., Pakistan Had Long-Standing Deal Permitting Capture of Osama Bin Laden - U.S. Removing 5,000 Troops From Afghanistan By July; 90,000 Left Through Year End - Egypt: Second Former Cabinet Minister Arrested - White House Under Pressure to Criticize Bahrain Amid Crackdown On Peaceful Protesters - Researchers Confirm Link Between Hydraulic Fracking And Flammable Water - Panel: Renewable Energy Could Supply Nearly 80 Percent Of The World’s Energy - FBI Surveillance Dramatically Increases - President Obama Visits Texas; Arizona Calls For Lifting of Injunction On Immigration Law - Memphis Braces For Continued Flooding As Mississippi River Crests at Near-Record Level Special reports - EXCLUSIVE: Playwright Tony Kushner Speaks Out on CUNY Controversy, Academic Freedom and Israel In a global broadcast exclusive, the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner appears on Democracy Now! to announce he will accept an honorary degree at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, following a controversy that sparked national attention. Last week, the Board of Trustees of The City University of New York voted to shelve the degree after one member cited Kushner’s critical views of Israeli government policies. But on Monday night, the CUNY board reversed its decision. Kushner says he is still hoping for an apology: "In lieu of an apology, I would accept what is clearly an admission of error, judgment and lapse of responsibility on the part of the Board on defending open exchange and academic freedom." Kushner, one of the world’s leading playwrights, has long defended the human rights of Palestinians and has publicly criticized Israeli policies. “It is impossible to shape a legitimate and successful path towards peace based on rhetoric and demagoguery and fantasy,” Kushner says. His new play, "The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scripture,” just opened at the Public Theater in New York City. - Historian Adam Hochschild: Lessons For the Antiwar Movement From the Pacifists of World War I As the Obama administration continues to engage in military operations abroad, we turn now to the making—and sustaining—of war from a historical perspective. How do politicians galvanize populations to support wars? Why do people continue fighting in unpopular conflicts even after nationalist fervor has waned? In his new book, the historian Adam Hochschild examines these questions and many others through the prism of one of the world’s bloodiest conflicts, World War I. The book is called, "To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion 1914-1918." http://www.democracynow.org

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