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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).
From Al Jazeera on Trial to Bloggers Behind Bars, Army-Run Egypt Sees Growing “Silencing of Dissent”; Sharif Abdel Kouddous: 3 Years After Revolution, Egypt Faces Deadly Polarization & Growing Militancy; Debate: Is Ukraine’s Opposition a Democratic Movement or a Force of Right-Wing Extremism? HeadlinesJanuary 30, 2014 House OKs Farm Bill With $8.6 Billion in … Continued
In SOTU, Obama Tells Divided Congress to Expect Executive Action in Face of Continued Obstructio; “A Silent Coup”: Jeremy Scahill & Bob Herbert on Corporate, Military Interests Shaping Obama’s SOTU; Five Years of the “Same Rhetoric”: Immigration Activist Faults Obama’s SOTU, Deportation Policy; “Dirty Wars” Filmmaker Jeremy Scahill on the “Drone President” & Obama’s Whitewashing … Continued
We Shall Overcome”: Remembering Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs. HeadlinesJanuary 28, 2014 Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger Dies at 94 Ukraine’s Parliament Repeals Anti-Protest Laws; PM Offers to Resign Syria Talks Still Deadlocked over Assad’s Role; U.S. Says People Starving in Homs Egypt’s Generals Back Army Chief for … Continued
State of Conflict: Bill Moyers on North Carolina’s Right-Wing Takeover & the Citizens Fighting Back; Bill Moyers on Dark Money, the Attack on Voting Rights & How Racism Stills Drives Our Politics. HeadlinesJanuary 27, 2014 60 Killed in Clashes Marking 3rd Anniversary of Egyptian Revolution Syrian Gov’t Pledges Safe Passage for Homs Civilians Assad … Continued
South Sudan Reaches Ceasefire, But Will Nascent State Survive Oil-Fueled Neo-Colonialism? We Are the Giant: Bahrain’s Top Family of Activists Pays Heavy Price for Challenging US-Backed Gov’t; Romantic Comedy “Obvious Child” Offers Groundbreaking Cinematic Take on Abortion. HeadlinesJanuary 24, 2014 Congressional Panel: Bulk Collection of Phone Records Illegal Holder Rules Out Snowden Clemency, Open … Continued
“Cesar’s Last Fast”: How Cesar Chavez Risked Death to Protect the Lives of Farmworkers He Championed; Freedom Summer: How Civil Rights Activists Braved Violence to Challenge Racism in 1964 Mississippi; Through A Lens Darkly: How African Americans Use Photography to Shape Their Cultural Representat. HeadlinesJanuary 23, 2014 Freedom Industries Discloses 2nd Chemical in West … Continued
Private Violence: Survivors & Advocates Confront Victim-Blaming & the Epidemic of Domestic Abuse; Alive Inside: How the Magic of Music Proves Therapeutic for Patients With Alzheimer’s and Dementia. HeadlinesJanuary 22, 2014 Divisions over Assad’s Role Mark Opening of Syria Peace Talks Iran Criticizes U.N. for Withdrawing Invite at U.S. Behest Gruesome Images Show “Industrial” … Continued
The Internet’s Own Boy: Film on Aaron Swartz Captures Late Activist’s Struggle for Online Freedom. HeadlinesJanuary 21, 2014 Obama Preserves Bulk Collection of Metadata, Curbs Foreign Spying in Surveillance Reforms Obama Rejects Panel on National Security Letters, Software Hacking House Intel Chair: Snowden Spied for Russia; Gov’t Officials Call for Snowden’s Murder West Virginia … Continued
“We Want To Fight For This Cause”: Nuclear Refugees From Fukushima Join Anti-Nuke Protests; Mayor of Town That Hosted Fukushima Nuclear Plant Says He Was Told: “No Accident Could Ever Happen”; Protests Grow in Japan: “We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants”; Volunteers Crowdsource Radiation Monitoring to Map … Continued
