Democracy Now! 6-29 South African poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!
With Amy Goodman

* In Landmark Ruling, Supreme Court Strikes Down Voluntary Desegregation in Public Schools *

The narrow 5-4 ruling rejected using race as a criteria for assigning students for different schools, rejecting integration plans for school districts in Seattle, Washington and Louisville, Kentucky. We speak with NAACP Legal Defense Fund Director Ted Shaw.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1419252

* ³Another World Is Possible, Another U.S. Is Necessary²: Thousands of Activists Gather in Atlanta for the First-Ever U.S. Social Forum *

Inspired by previous World Social Forums in Brazil, India and Kenya, over 10,000 grassroots activists have gathered in Atlanta this week fo the first United States Social Forum. We begin our Atlanta coverage with Alice Lovelace, the national lead staff organizer for the U.S. Social Forum.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420200

* South African Poet and Anti-Apartheid Activist Dennis Brutus on Atlanta Social Forum and South Africa¹s Changing Political Landscape *

A veteran of several World Social Forums, the South African poet and anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus talks about why he's come to Atlanta and addresses growing upheaval in South Africa where the ruling ANC government is being criticized for continuing apartheid¹s economic legacy.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420206

* Senate Votes Down White House-Backed Immigration Bill *

Immigrant rights has also been a central theme of the U.S. Social Forum, and
many immigrant rights activists in Atlanta have been closely monitoring
proposals on Capitol Hill to overhaul the nation's immigration laws. On
Thursday, the Senate's immigration bill collapsed after supporters failed to
get enough votes to end debate. We get reaction from Catherine Tactaquin,
Director of the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420213

* Nearly Two Years After Katrina, Gulf Coast Residents Fighting
Environmental Neglect, Privatization *

Twenty-two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf region of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, residents are still fighting to save
their communities. We speak with Monique Harden, co-director of the New
Orleans-based Advocates for Environmental Human Rights, and organizer of a
caravan of Katrina activists to the U.S. Social Forum this week.

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1420221

* Headlines for June 29, 2007 *

- Supreme Court Limits Affirmative Action in School Integration
- Immigration Bill Fails to Advance in Senate
- Admin Rejects Subpoenas on Attorney Firings
- Five U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq
- EU, US Reach Deal on Financial Spying
- Israel Expands Assault into West Bank
- Tutu Criticizes ANC Economic Policies
- FARC: 11 Hostages Killed in Military Crossfire

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http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/29/1419245