Iraqi Civilian Describes U.S. Airstrike on His Home That Killed His Wife, Daughter, Brother & Nephew; Damning New Report Shows U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Killing Civilians are 31 Times the Pentagon’s Count.
Democracy Now 9am (rebroadcast)
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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As Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Refuses to Resign, Advocates Say Coup “Is Not the Answer” for Meaningful Reform
As Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Refuses to Resign, Advocates Say Coup “Is Not the Answer” for Meaningful Reform; Trump Cited Pittsburgh in Pulling Out of Paris Deal—But Mayor Says City Will Implement Accord Anyway; Virginia Governor Defies Trump on Paris Climate Deal, Pushes Investments in Solar & Wind.
“Keep It in the Ground”: As COP23 Ends, Activists Protest at Europe’s Largest Open-Pit Coal Mine; Activists Condemn Failure of COP23 to Address Interrelated Crises of Climate, Energy & Inequality; Tom Goldtooth: Carbon Trading is “Fraudulent” Scheme to Privatize Air & Forests to Permit Pollution.
Zimbabwe in Limbo As Military Seizes Control & Places President Mugabe Under House Arrest; African Activist Slams Trump for Reversing Ban on Elephant Trophies from Hunts in Zimbabwe & Zambia; Nigerian Environmental Activist: Displacement from Climate Change Contributed to Rise of Boko Haram; Activists at COP23 Decry Companies & Corporate Sponsors Pushing Fossil Fuel as … Continued
Pacific Climate Warriors Roll Out Anti-Coal “Red Carpet” for Angela Merkel at U.N. Climate Talks;’ Special Report from the Occupied Forest: Meet Activists Fighting Europe’s Largest Open-Pit Coal Mine; Trump Climate Adviser Tells Democracy Now! Coal Needs a “Level Playing Field” at U.N. Climate Talks; Scientists Issue Dire Warning on Climate Change & Key Researcher … Continued
Revolt at Trump’s Pro-Coal, Pro-Nuclear & Pro-Gas Panel Rocks U.N. Climate Summit
Kumi Naidoo: United Nations Shouldn’t “Pander to Madness That Comes Out of the Trump Administration”; Special Report: Revolt at Trump’s Pro-Coal, Pro-Nuclear & Pro-Gas Panel Rocks U.N. Climate Summit; 1st Female President of the Marshall Islands & Her Poet Daughter: We Need Climate & Nuclear Justice; “Climate Apartheid”: South African Climate Activist Kumi Naidoo Slams … Continued
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Tells Indigenous Activists Protesting Fracking He’ll Put Them “In the Ground”; COP23: Activists from Puerto Rico to Island Nations Demand Climate Reparations, End to Fossil Fuels; Thousands Protest in Manila as Trump Hails “Great Relationship” with Philippines President Duterte; Amid Sea Level Rise & Devastating Storm, Island Nations Call for “Real … Continued
On Asia Trip, Trump Met by Protests Calling on U.S. to Open Diplomatic Relations with North Korea; Will Trump Challenge Philippines President Duterte’s Deadly Drug War When They Meet in Manila? Bill McKibben on Future of the Paris Climate Accord & U.S. Role at COP23 Climate Talks in Germany.
In China, Trump Talks Trade & North Korea, Ignoring Climate Change & Crackdown on Human Rights; Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia’s Total Blockade on Yemen is “Death Sentence” for All; Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman Consolidates Power & Purges Rivals Under “Anti-Corruption” Pretense.
Voters Reject Republican Candidates as New “Autopsy” Report Finds the Democratic Party in Crisis; Billionaire GOP Backer Robert Mercer Used Offshore Profits to Fund Breitbart & Attacks on Clinton; Trump’s Commerce Secretary Owns Stake in Russian Companies While He Oversees Potential Sanctions; Paradise Papers Expose “Cleverest Ways of Exploiting” Offshore Tax Havens by GOP & … Continued