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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).
Where is Edward Snowden? Glenn Greenwald on Asylum Request, Espionage Charge; More Leaks to Come; WikiLeaks Attorney Praises Ecuador For Considering Snowden Asylum Request Despite U.S. Pressure. HeadlinesJune 24, 2013 Edward Snowden Flees Hong Kong for Russia; U.S. Files Espionage Charges Ecuador Considers Asylum Bid from Snowden Hong Kong Allows Snowden’s Departure, Seeks Info … Continued
The FBI’s License to Kill: Agents Have Been Deemed “Justified” in Every Shooting Since 1993; FBI’s Use of Drones for U.S. Surveillance Raises Fears over Privacy, Widening Corporate-Gov’t Ties; The Other James Gandolfini: “Sopranos” Actor Remembered For Support of Injured Vets, Community Media. HeadlinesJune 21, 2013 Leaked Docs Detail Broad Guidelines for NSA Retention … Continued
Did U.S. Gov’t Lie about TWA Flight 800 Crash? Ex-Investigators Seek Probe as New Evidence Emerges; In Historic Victory for Community Radio, FCC Puts 1,000 Low-Power FM Frequencies Up For Grabs. HeadlinesJune 20, 2013 Taliban-U.S. Talks Stalled After Afghan Gov’t Protests Obama Proposes Nuclear Arsenal Reduction in Berlin Speech Obama to Limit Carbon Emissions … Continued
Michael Hastings Dies at 33; Fearless Journalist Challenged Power & Exposed Myths of Afghan War; Defiant Turkish Demonstrators “Finding New Ways to Protest” in Face of Relentless State Crackdown; Mass Protests Sweep Brazil in Uproar over Public Services Cuts & High Costs of World Cup, Olympics; Sister Helen Prejean & Bill Pelke on Freeing the … Continued
A Medical Ethics-free Zone? Guantánamo Doctors Urged to Stop Force-Feeding Hunger-Striking Prisoners; Glenn Greenwald: As Obama Makes “False” Surveillance Claims, Snowden Risks Life to Spark NSA Debate. HeadlinesJune 18, 2013 Edward Snowden: NSA Leaks Motivated by “Litany of Lies” from U.S. Officials Obama Claims Domestic Spy Programs are “Transparent” China Demands Explanation for U.S. … Continued
Iran Elects Moderate President Hassan Rouhani — Will U.S. Respond by Easing Crippling Sanctions? As World Awaits U.S. Reaction to NSA Leaks, Movement Emerges to Support Edward Snowden in Hong Kong; Long Before Helping Expose NSA Spying, Journalist Laura Poitras Faced Harassment from U.S. Agents; Turkish Unions Hold National Strike as Protesters Face Worst Crackdown … Continued
Patrick Cockburn on U.S. Plans to Arm Syrian Rebels: Where is the Skepticism About Chemical Weapons? James Bamford on NSA Secrets, Keith Alexander’s Influence & Massive Growth of Surveillance, Cyberwar; Breast Cancer Patients Declare Victory as Supreme Court Bars Patenting of Human Genes. HeadlinesJune 14, 2013 FBI Director: NSA Leaks Caused “Significant Harm” Report: … Continued
Juan Gonzalez: Failures in NYC’s New Billion-Dollar 911 System Could Be Costing Lives; Chris Pyle, Whistleblower on Domestic Spying in 70s, Says Be Wary of Attacks on NSA’s Critics; A Mexican Migrant’s Death Portends Dangers of Harsh “Border Security” in Senate Immigration Bill; As Judge Weighs Legality of NYPD’s Stop and Frisk, Justice Dept. Calls … Continued
More Intrusive Than Eavesdropping? NSA Collection of Metadata Hands Gov’t Sweeping Personal Info; Is Edward Snowden a Hero? A Debate With Journalist Chris Hedges & Law Scholar Geoffrey Stone; Medgar Evers’ Murder, 50 Years Later: Widow Myrlie Evers-Williams Remembers “A Man for All Time.” HeadlinesJune 12, 2013 Admin Probes NSA Leaks as Surveillance Challenges … Continued
Digital Blackwater: How the NSA Gives Private Contractors Control of the Surveillance State; Striking Workers, Bangladeshi Activist Challenge Walmart on Labor Conditions at Stores & Factories. HeadlinesJune 11, 2013 U.S. Prepares to Charge Edward Snowden for NSA Leak Supporters Rally for Edward Snowden in NYC; 43,000 Sign Petition for Pardon Appeals Court Dismisses Domestic … Continued
