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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
“One of Our Greatest Friends”: Mandela’s Cellmate Thanks Sweden for Helping Anti-Apartheid Struggle; As Neo-Nazis Rally, Sweden Poised for Election-Year Shift of Power Balance from Right to Left; Swedish Left Party Surges in Polls With Focus on Climate Action & Fighting Privatization;How Sweden’s Feminist Initiative Party Became First of its Kind to Win a Seat … Continued
Almedalen Week: At Sweden’s One-of-a-Kind Festival, All Political Parties Gather in One Place; After Breaking Gender Barrier, Sweden’s 1st Female Archbishop Leads Church into Climate Change Fight; Despite Peaceful Reputation, Sweden is a Major Weapons Exporter to Human Rights Abusers. HeadlinesJuly 2, 2014 Israel Threatens Hamas Following Funeral for Slain Settlers Clashes Erupt After … Continued
“It’s a Basic Healthcare Issue”: Planned Parenthood’s Cecile Richards Reacts to Birth Control Ruling; Exclusive: WikiLeaks Editor Sarah Harrison on Helping Edward Snowden, Being Forced to Live in Exile. HeadlinesJuly 1, 2014 Supreme Court Sides with Hobby Lobby in Blow to Birth Control Access Supreme Court Deals Setback to Public Sector Unions U.S. Sending … Continued
Snowden Asylum in Germany? Support Grows for NSA Whistleblower After Merkel Cancels Verizon Contract; Al Jazeera News Director: Prison Terms for Journalists in Egypt Are Chilling Start to Sisi Era; Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef Says His Satire Has Inspired Youth to Reject Military Propaganda. HeadlinesJune 30, 2014 Obama to Seek Congressional Waiver for Speedier … Continued
New York City Approves Municipal ID Cards for Undocumented Immigrants; Journalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate’s Role in Mass Killings; “Counter-Revolution of 1776”: Was U.S. Independence War a Conservative Revolt in Favor of Slavery? HeadlinesJune 27, 2014 Report: ISIS Militants Massacre Up to 190 People Obama Requests $500 Million to Arm, … Continued
Supreme Court Says Warrants Needed to Search Cellphones, But are “Stingrays” a Police Workaround?; Mississippi Burning at 50: Relatives of Civil Rights Workers Look Back at Murders that Shaped an Era; 50 Years After Freedom Summer, U.S. Faces Greatest Curbs on Voting Rights Since Reconstruction. HeadlinesJune 26, 2014 Supreme Court Rules Police Need Warrant … Continued
#FreeAJStaff: Al Jazeera Reporter Sentenced in Absentia Decries Egypt’s Imprisonment of 3 Colleagues; “Trans Healthcare Now!” Lawsuit Seeks End to Healthcare Discrimination for Transgender New Yorkers; 50 Years After U.S. Launched Secret War on Laos, Unexploded Bombs Still Killing Civilians. HeadlinesJune 25, 2014 Maliki Calls Unity Gov’t Calls a “Coup” Against Iraq U.S. Flies … Continued
Should Obama Go to Tehran? How a U.S.-Iran “Grand Bargain” Could Help the Crisis in Iraq; Can the President Strike an American Anywhere in the World?: Drone Memo Raises Troubling Questions; Water is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek U.N. Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands. HeadlinesJune 24, 2014 Court Releases Redacted … Continued
“Journalism in Egypt is a Crime”: Global Outcry After 3 Al Jazeera Reporters Sentenced to 7-10 Years; “Baghdad is a Frightened City”: As ISIS Gains Ground, Iraqi Capital Gripped by Fear & Uncertainty; Pressuring Israel, Presbyterian Church Divests From Firms Tied to Occupation of Palestinian Land. HeadlinesJune 23, 2014 Al Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to … Continued
NYC’s $40M Central Park 5 Settlement Resolves Wrongful Jailing Fueled by Race-Baiting, Police Abuse; Rep. Colleen Hanabusa Proposes Ban on U.S. Military Deployment in Iraq Without Congressional Backing; Iraq’s Next PM? Ahmed Chalabi, Chief Peddler of False WMDs, Meets U.S. Officials as Malaki Falters; A Plan Only Banksters Will Love: WikiLeaks Reveals Trade Deal Pushing … Continued
