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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).
Jailed Bahraini Activists Get Appeal, But U.S.-Backed Regime’s Abuses Continue Unabated; “Booker’s Place”: Documentary Tells Story of Black Mississippi Waiter Who Lost Life By Speaking Out; Ahead of May Day, David Harvey Details Urban Uprisings From Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune. HeadlinesApril 30, 2012 Labor, Occupy Prepare for May Day Protests Report: … Continued
CISPA Critics Warn Cybersecurity Bill Will Increase Domestic Surveillance and Violate Privacy Rights; Targeted Hacker Jacob Appelbaum on CISPA, Surveillance and the “Militarization of Cyberspace”; Obama Admin Challenges Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law While Overseeing Unprecedented Mass Deportations. HeadlinesApril 26, 2012 U.S. Approves Expansive Drone Strikes in Yemen Military Judge Rejects Dismissal of Manning Charges, Sets … Continued
Hundreds Protest at DOJ to Demand Federal Probe of Alleged Racism in Mumia Abu-Jamal Conviction; 1-T Day: As U.S. Student Debt Hits $1 Trillion, Occupy Protests Planned for Campuses Nationwide; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks from Prison on Life After Death Row and His Quest for Freedom; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal and Danny Glover Speak for First … Continued
Death on the Border: Shocking Video Shows Mexican Immigrant Beaten and Tased by Border Patrol Agents; “War is the Enemy of the Poor”: Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty, MLK, Election 2012. HeadlinesApril 24, 2012 Sudan Accused of Declaring War Against Southern Neighbor DOJ Probing Wal-Mart for Reported Bribes in Mexico New U.S. … Continued
Gulf Oil Spill: BP Execs Escape Punishment as Fallout from Disaster Continues to Impact Sea Life; More Secrets on Growing State Surveillance: Exclusive Part 2 With NSA Whistleblower, Targeted Hacker. HeadlinesApril 23, 2012 George Zimmerman Released From Jail on $150,000 Bail U.S. To Impose Sanctions For Technology-Aided Human Rights Abuses U.N. Security Council Agrees … Continued
Photos of Soldiers Posing with Afghan Corpses the Latest Outrage of U.S. Occupation of Afghanistan; Back from Syria, Journalist Anand Gopal Warns Protesters “Face Slaughter” by Assad Regime; Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on “The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.” HeadlinesApril 19, 2012 CIA Seeks Widened Authority for Yemen Drone … Continued
ALEC Drops Push for Voter ID, Stand Your Ground Laws After Public Outcry Sparks Corporate Exodus; Kony 2012: Ugandans Criticize Popular Video for Backing U.S. Military Intervention in Central Africa. HeadlinesApril 18, 2012 Thousands Protest Income Inequality in Occupy Tax Day Protests Citigroup Shareholders Reject Massive Pay Package for CEO Obama Unveils Oil Market … Continued
AP Wins Pulitzer for Exposing NYPD’s CIA-Linked Intel Program, Leading Widespread Spying on Muslims; 40 Years in Solitary Confinement: Two Members of Angola 3 Remain in Isolation in Louisiana Prison; Norway’s Johan Galtung, Peace & Conflict Pioneer, Reflects on Norwegian Massacre, Afghan War. HeadlinesApril 17, 2012 Increased Shelling by Syrian Gov’t Threatens Ceasefire Australia … Continued
