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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).
“We Can’t Survive on $7.25”: Fast-Food Workers Kick Off National Day of Action for Higher Pay; As Workers Strike Against Low Wages, Fast-Food CEOs Fatten Pockets with Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay; Jeremy Scahill: Oscar Nod for “Dirty Wars” Could Raise Awareness of Ongoing U.S. Drone Strikes; “There is a War on Journalism”: Jeremy Scahill on NSA Leaks … Continued
Detroit Bankruptcy: Wall Street, Lost Revenues Forced Decline, But City Pensioners to Pay the Cost; Vandana Shiva & Jane Goodall on Serving the Earth & How Women Can Address Climate Crisis. HeadlinesDecember 4, 2013 EU Fines 6 Banks $2.3 Billion for Global Rate Fixing Clearing Detroit Bankruptcy, Judge OKs Cuts to Retiree Pensions Illinois … Continued
Animating Noam Chomsky: French Director Michel Gondry on New Film “Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?”; Noam Chomsky on Education & How “Manufacturing Consent” Brought Attention to East Timor Massacres. HeadlinesDecember 3, 2013 Thailand: Police Remove Barricades in Bid to Ease Mass Protests U.N. Implicates Assad in War Crimes Report: Aid Worker Deaths … Continued
Watching the Watch List: Landmark Case Goes to Trial over Massive U.S. Terrorism “No-Fly” Database; Pardoning Turkeys, Not People? Obama Urged to Reverse Lowest Clemency Rate of Modern Presidency; Over 110 Arrested as Record Black Friday Protests Challenge Wal-Mart, Major Retailers on Low Wages. HeadlinesDecember 2, 2013 4 Killed, Dozens Wounded in NY Train … Continued
Three More NYC Contractors Found Guilty in Massive CityTime Scandal to Modernize Payroll System; “My Family Has Been Separated For 19 Months Now”: Immigrant Activist Interrupts Obama Speech; The Pope Slams “Tyranny” of Capitalism and “Idolatry of Money,” But Opposes Shift on Women, Abortion; Religious Rights for Corporations? Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Contraception … Continued
As Wal-Mart Workers Plan Record Black Friday Protests, Study Says Retail Giant Can Afford Higher Pay; Reverend Billy Faces Year in Prison for Protesting JPMorgan Chase’s Financing of Fossil Fuels; “Hannah Arendt” Revisits Fiery Debate over German-American Theorist’s Coverage of Eichmann Trial. HeadlinesNovember 26, 2013 U.N. Sets Syria Peace Talks for January Obama on … Continued
Historic Deal Curbs Iran’s Nuclear Program While Easing U.S.-Led Devastating Economic Sanctions; Honduras Presidential Elections in Dispute as Activists Defy Violence to Back Ousted Leader’s Wife; Spooky Business: U.S. Corporations Enlist Ex-Intelligence Agents to Spy on Nonprofit Groups. HeadlinesNovember 25, 2013 Secret U.S.-Iran Talks in Oman Paved Way for Nuclear Deal Warsaw Climate Summit … Continued
As Environmentalists Walk Out of UN Talks, Top US Envoy Says No to Reparations for Climate Damage; “You’ve Made a Wager of Our Future”: Somali Youth Activist Pleads to U.N. Summit for Climate Action; Climate Activists: Carbon Trading a “False Solution” Pushed by Bankers and Bureaucrats; “We Can’t Take Crumbs from the High Table”: Global … Continued
