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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).
Report from Cairo: Protests Erupt in Egypt as Mubarak’s Ex-PM Secures Spot in Presidential Runoff; Jimmy Carter on Monitoring Egyptian Elections, U.S.-Egypt Relations, Future of Camp David Accords; “Inside Job” Director Charles Ferguson: Wall Street Has Turned the U.S. into a “Predatory Nation.” HeadlinesMay 29, 2012 Obama Oversees “Kill List” of Targets in Secret … Continued
With Control of Drone Strikes, Is Counterterror Chief John Brennan the U.S. “Assassination Czar”?; Senate Advances Expanded, “Orwellian” Gov’t Surveillance With FISA Amendments, CISPA; Egyptian Voters on the Promise, and Limits, of Historic Election: Sharif Kouddous Reports From Cairo. HeadlinesMay 24, 2012 Egyptians Vote in 2nd Day of Presidential Election EU Summit Split on … Continued
Egypt Votes: Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports From Cairo on Historic Post-Mubarak Election; “So Rich, So Poor”: Peter Edelman on Ending US Poverty & Why He Left Clinton Admin over Welfare Law. HeadlinesMay 23, 2012 Egypt Holds Landmark Presidential Elections U.S. Drone Strike Kills 4 in Pakistan IAEA, Iran Approach Deal Ahead of Baghdad Talks … Continued
Should NATO Exist? Phyllis Bennis vs. Ex-CIAer Stan Sloan on Alliance’s Purpose, Afghan War’s Future; Attorney: “NATO 3” Activists Detained on Terror Charges in Chicago Are Victims of Police Entrapment; Sea Shepherd Founder Paul Watson Fights Extradition to Costa Rica for 2002 Shark Defense. HeadlinesMay 22, 2012 NATO Approves Deal for Afghan Transition NATO … Continued
“No NATO, No War”: U.S. Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Return War Medals at NATO Summit; Scott Olsen, U.S. Vet Who Nearly Lost Life at Occupy Protest, Brings Antiwar Message to NATO Summit; U.S. Army Vets Join With Afghans For Peace to Lead Antiwar March at Chicago NATO Summit; Chicago Activists Denounce Massive Security Apparatus … Continued
Journalist, Plaintiff Chris Hedges Hails “Monumental” Ruling Blocking NDAA Indefinite Detention; “End This Depression Now”: Paul Krugman Urges Public Spending, Not Deficit Hysteria, to Save Economy; Krugman: Jamie Dimon Should Resign Over JPMorgan’s $3B Lost Bet and Campaign Against Financial Regs; Paul Krugman on Eurozone: “The Whole Thing Could Fall Apart in a Matter of … Continued
As NATO Meets in Chicago, Bill Ayers & Bernardine Dohrn Condemn “Militarized Arm of the 1 Percent”; “What Have We Been Doing?”: Decorated Veteran Aaron Hughes to Return War Medals at Anti-NATO Protest; FBI Crackdown on Anti-War Groups Targets Chicano, Brown Beret Activist Carlos Montes. HeadlinesMay 16, 2012 DOJ Probes JPMorgan Chase for $2 … Continued
