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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).
Obama Flip-Flop: FCC Vote Could End Net Neutrality; Local Community Radio Act Passes in Congress; As Dems Work to Ratify START Treaty, Jonathan Schell Says U.S.-Russia “Nuclear Standoff” Defies “Rational Explanation”; Part II…Feminists Debate Sexual Allegations against Julian Assange. Today’s Headlines * U.S. Seeks to Expand Military Raids Inside Pakistan * 700 Foreign Troops … Continued
In Historic Move, Senate Votes to Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; Chris Hedges: Obama is a “Poster Child for the Death of the Liberal Class”; Naomi Wolf vs. Jaclyn Friedman: Feminists Debate on the Sexual Allegations Against Julian Assange. Today’s Headlines * S. Korea Conducts Live-Fire Military Drill * Senate Strikes Down “Don’t Ask, … Continued
Judge with GOP Ties Strikes Down Key Healthcare Provision on Insurance Mandates; “The Worse Off You Are, Your Taxes Increase”: Journalist David Cay Johnston Slams Obama-GOP Tax Deal; Prisoner Advocate Elaine Brown on Georgia Prison Strike: “Repression Breeds Resistance.” Today’s Headlines * Assange Seeks Bail in London Court * Federal Court Strikes Down Healthcare … Continued
Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa on WikiLeaks, the September Coup, U.S. Denial of Climate Funding, and Controversial Forest Scheme REDD; Is REDD the New Green? Indigenous Groups Resist Carbon Market-Based Forestry Scheme to Offset Emissions; After Touting Sustainability, Walmart Chair Rob Walton Refuses to Answer on Company’s Record in Local Communities; Prominent Indigenous Environmental Leader Tom … Continued
Glenn Greenwald on the Arrest of Julian Assange and the U.S. “War on WikiLeaks”; Democracy Now! Questions Chief E.U. Climate Negotiator about WikiLeaks Cables; U.S. Climate Envoy Refuses to Answer Democracy Now!’s Questions on WikiLeaks Cables’ Account of Summit Manipulation; Guardian Environment Editor John Vidal on WikiLeaks Cables and U.S. Manipulation of Climate Talks; and … Continued
