Democracy Now är ett progressivt amerikanskt nyhetsprogram som led av Amy Goodman och som sänds fem dagar i veckan.

Orsaken till att jag sänder det här på bloggen är att det ger en inblick i den kritiska inställning som miljoner amerikaner har till sin egen regering.

Det här är ett tecken på att USA fortfarande åtnjuter yttrandefrihet men också att det faktiskt finns en frän debatt om de flesta in- och utrikespolitiska frågor här i landet.

Här är dagens löpsedlar: Här är löpsedlarna för den 10/10/2007

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- Supreme Court Rejects Hearing for CIA Torture Victim
- Judge Blocks Extradition of Gitmo Prisoner
- Burmese Opposition Rejects Junta’s Conditions on Talks
- Israel Seizes More Palestinian Land to Expand Settlements
- Junta-Era Argentine Priest Sentenced to Life Term
- LAPD Faults Commanders for May Day Protest

Amy Goodman har ocksÃ¥ ett inlägg om hur amerikanska progressiva grupper nu försöker hjälpa de anhöriga till de irakier som mördats av Blackwaterstyrkorna i den senaste massakren: EXCLUSIVE – Family Members of Slain Iraqis Sue Blackwater USA for Deadly Baghdad Shooting

AMY GOODMAN: We begin our show with a Democracy Now! exclusive. A lawsuit is being filed today against the private military firm Blackwater USA over last month’s shooting in Baghdad, when Blackwater guards shot dead seventeen Iraqis and injured many more. Earlier this week, the Iraqi government called on the Bush administration to sever its ties with Blackwater in Iraq and for the company to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the Iraqi families.

Now, Blackwater is being sued in US courts over the company’s actions in Iraq. The Center for Constitutional Rights is filing a lawsuit today under the Alien Tort Claims Act on behalf of the families of three of the Iraqis killed last month, as well as another Iraqi who was injured in the shooting.

Susan Burke joins us now in Washington, D.C., attorney in Philadelphia who’s working with the Center for Constitutional Rights on the suit. Jeremy Scahill also joins us, Democracy Now! correspondent, author of the New York Times bestselling book Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.

Susan, explain this lawsuit.

SUSAN BURKE: We were approached by the families of three gentlemen who were shot and killed, as well as a gentleman who was very seriously injured. They came to us because they know of our work representing the torture victims at Abu Ghraib, and they asked us whether it would be possible to try to get some form of justice, some form of accountability, against this rogue corporation.

So we put together a lawsuit that is being filed this morning in federal court in the District of Columbia on behalf of the families of three gentlemen who were killed: Mr. Atban, Mr. Abbass and Mr. Ibraheem The three gentlemen, amongst them, had fourteen children, including one, Mr. Atban, had a newborn baby daughter. So, needless to say, we are very interested in holding this company accountable and in pursuing the lawsuit vigorously.