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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).
“Deadly Monopolies”: Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself. 12 U.S. Forces Killed in Deadliest Ground Attack on NATO in Afghan War U.S. Ignored Evidence of Afghan Torture; State Dept. Probing Alleged Violations of Leahy Law Report: U.S. to Boost Persian Gulf Military Force After Iraq Withdrawal 36 Killed … Continued
Iraq War Vet Hospitalized with Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest; Egyptian Youth Activists: We Are Happy to See Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Up For Justice; Drug War Profiteers: Book Exposes How Wachovia Bank Laundered Millions For Mexican Cartels. Today’s Headlines Occupy Wall Street Supporters Nationwide March Following … Continued
Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid; Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring; Glenn Greenwald on Occupy Wall Street, Banks Too Big to Jail and the Attack on WikiLeaks. Today’s Headlines Study: Income of Wealthiest 1 Percent … Continued
From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street; Dozens Arrested at Occupy Oakland as Police Raid Encampment, Tear Down Tents; Goldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation; “Women, War and Peace” PBS Series Examines Role of Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee in Liberia. Today’s Headlines … Continued
Michael Moore & Cornel West on OWS, Iraq & the Progressive Discontent Obama Faces in ’12 Vote; Occupy Louisville: Voices From Social Justice Encampment in the Hometown of Muhammad Ali; Dr. Cornel West: “We Are in a Magnificent Moment of Democratic Awakening.” Today’s Headlines Obama: With U.S. Withdrawal, “War in Iraq Will Be Over” … Continued
Gaddafi’s Death Sparks Celebrations, Probe Calls, as Libyans Begin New Era Free of Regime; Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen. Today’s Headlines Libyans Celebrate Gaddafi Death; Burial Delayed Amidst Probe Calls Clinton Warns Pakistan on Militants Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Package Guatemala Apologizes to Árbenz Family … Continued
Muammar Gaddafi Killed in Libya as Interim Government Seizes Last Regime Stronghold; Former Guantánamo Prisoner Speaks Out on Lawsuit Seeking Bush’s Arrest in Canada for Torture; Harsh Immigration Laws Threaten “Humanitarian Crisis” in Alabama, Prompting Latinos to Fight Back; “Lost in Detention”: As Obama Admin Deports Record 400,000, Film Explores What Immigrants Face Behind Bars. … Continued
Former Financial Regulator William Black: Occupy Wall Street a Counter to White-Collar Fraud; Colleagues of Slain Kansas Abortion Doctor George Tiller Continue His Fight for Reproductive Rights; Amidst Soaring Poverty, New MLK Monument Should Be Seen as “Testament to [His] Unfinished Work.” Today’s Headlines Clinton Visits Libya; NATO Reduces Sorties Yemeni Forces Kill 7 … Continued
Freed U.S. Hikers Speak at Occupy Oakland, Express Support for California Prisoners on Hunger Strike; The New Libya: Exclusive Video on Challenges Facing a Nation Emerging from Gaddafi’s 42-Year Rule; Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine Prisoner Exchange, U.S. Assassination Campaign in Yemen. Today’s Headlines Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit Released in Exchange for Hundreds of Palestinian … Continued
