TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!

* Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Alice Walker, CODEPINK Founder Medea Benjamin in Gaza to Mark International Women's Day *

Millions around the world marked International Women's Day on Sunday by celebrating advances made by women and honoring the ongoing global struggle for gender equality and equal rights. We go to Gaza, where a women's delegation just made it in, to speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker and CODEPINK founder Medea Benjamin.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/9/pulitzer_prize_winning_author_alice

 
* Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Joins Women Leaders at International Women's Conference in Liberia *

As we mark International Women's Day, we speak with world-renowned human rights lawyer and advocate, Mary Robinson. She is the former president of Ireland, the first woman ever to hold the office. She is also the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Robinson speaks about the international women's conference hosted in Liberia by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Africa's first female president; being chosen as one of Nelson Mandela's "Elders"; and the ongoing struggle for women's rights from Afghanistan to Iraq to Iran.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/9/fmr_irish_president_mary_robinson

 
* AT&T Accused of Discriminating Against Local Public Access Channels, Deadline for Public Comment Expires Tonight *

Community media groups are accusing the telecom giant AT&T of discriminating against local public access channels across the nation, and the deadline for public comment is midnight tonight. The dispute centers around how AT&T delivers public television stations to customers. Instead of putting the stations on individual channels, AT&T has bundled community stations onto a generic channel that can only be navigated through a complex and lengthy process. Public television advocates say AT&T is imposing unfair restrictions that will severely restrict audiences.

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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/9/at_t_accused_of_discriminating


* Headlines for March 9, 2009 *

Report: World Faces First Global Recession Since WWII
US Unemployment Rate Jumps to 8.1 Percent
Record 31.8 Million Americans Now on Food Stamps
Obama Admits US Isn't Winning War in Afghanistan; Considers Talks with Taliban
Obama to Overturn Stem Cell Research Ban
US Military Chief Backs Counterinsurgency for Mexico
Mexican Drug Cartels Rely on US Weapons Purchases
Wife of Zimbabwean PM Tsvangirai Killed in Car Crash
Sudan Threatens to Kick Out More Foreign Aid Groups
EU: Israel Is "Actively Pursuing the Illegal Annexation" of East Jerusalem
N. Korea Condemns US-South Korean Military Exercise
UK Probe Urged over British Role in US Rendition Case
Supreme Court Dismisses al-Marri Case
Obama Administration Defends John Yoo in Suit Filed by Jose Padilla
Two British Troops Killed in North Ireland Attack

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http://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/9/headlines

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009:

* Ha-Joon Chang, an economist at the University of Cambridge and author of "Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism."

* Rangina Hamidi, American-Afghan activist speaks to us from Kandahar.

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* Read Amy Goodman's latest column *

"Obama's Coalition of the Unwilling"

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090303_obamas_coalition_of_the_unwilling/?ln

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Date: 9 March 2009
Subject: GRITtv is documenting local movement activities around the world.