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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).
Uprising in Wisconsin: Tens of Thousands Protest Anti-Union Bill, as Wisconsin Lawmakers Leave State to Stall Vote; “A Celebration, Not a Protest”: Massive Crowd Packs Cairo’s Tahrir Square to Mark One Week Since Mubarak’s Ouster; “It’s Time to Push the Borders of Freedom”: Egyptian Students Defiantly Publish Newspaper Without Government Permission; Egyptian Uprising Fueled by … Continued
Defiant Student Protesters Force Withdrawal of Puerto Rican Police from Restive Campus; “People Are Bleeding in the Streets:” Bahrain Police Wage Brutal Overnight Attack on Hundreds of Pro-Democracy Protesters; “The Genie Is Out of the Bottle”: Assessing a Changing Arab World with Noam Chomsky and Al Jazeera’s Marwan Bishara; “Democracy Uprising” in the U.S.A.?: Noam … Continued
“A War on Women”: GOP Bills Target Abortion, Family Planning, Sexual and Reproductive Health Services; As Mideast “Rolling Revolution” Grows, U.S. Denounces Iranian Crackdown — But Stays Silent on Key Ally Bahrain; “The Regime is Running Scared:” Algerian Forces Crack Down on Pro-Democracy Protests; Defying Government Repression, Yemeni Protests Continue for 6th Day. Today’s Headlines … Continued
Obama’s $3.7 Trillion Budget Calls for Military Spending Increases and Deep Cuts to Social Service Programs; Wisconsin Governor Launches Attack on Public Sector Employees and Unions; Threatens to Deploy National Guard to Quell Labor Protests; Ecuadorian Court Orders Chevron to Pay $17 Billion for Oil Pollution in Amazon; EXCLUSIVE: Authorities Search and Copy U.S. Journalist’s … Continued
Striking Egyptian Workers Fuel the Uprising After 10 Years of Labor Organizing; Defying Regime Threats, Thousands of Workers Join Protesters in Tahrir Square; Bush’s Shrinking World: George W. Bush Cancels Europe Trip as Human Rights Lawyers Threaten Legal Action over Torture; Human Rights Attorney Bill Quigley on the U.S. Deportation Death Sentence and the Undermining … Continued
