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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).
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
Eyewitnesses to a Massacre: Reports from Inside Tahrir Square as Pro-Mubarak Forces Open Fire on Protesters; A Battle for Democracy: Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports on How Anti-Government Protesters Are Resisting the Mubarak’s Regime Crackdown; California Professor Beaten By Pro-Mubarak Forces Minutes After Interview on Democracy Now!Journalists and Human Rights Activists Arrested and Beaten In Cairo … Continued
Millions Against Mubarak: Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Reports Live from Tahrir Amid Massive Protest; “Mubarak is Our Berlin Wall”: Egyptian Columnist Mona Eltahawy on How the Youth Drove the Uprising in Cairo and Implications for Democracy in the Region; Media Blackout in Egypt and the U.S.: Al Jazeera Forced Off the Air by Mubarak, … Continued
Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous Live from Egypt: The Rebellion Grows Stronger; Repression and Poverty Underpin the Uprising in Egypt; Made in the USA: Tear Gas, Tanks, Helicopters, Rifles, and Fighter Planes in Egypt Funded and Built Largely by US Defense Department and American Corporations; Leading Egyptian Feminist, Nawal El Saadawi: “Women and girls are, … Continued
Guardian Journalist Arrested and Beaten Alongside Protesters in Egypt, Secretly Records Ordeal; Guardian Reporter Jack Shenker on Egypt Protests: “Fear Barrier Seems to Have Been Broken;” Egyptian American Activist: Hillary Clinton Forgets to Mention Tear Gas, Tanks, Concussion Grenades Used Against Egyptian Protesters Are Made in the U.S.; From Tucson to Virginia Tech: Shooting Survivor … Continued
Obama Calls for Spending Freeze Lowering Corporate Taxes in State of the Union; Consumer Advocate Joan Claybrook and Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson Respond to State of the Union; Dr. Atul Gawande Compares Obama’s “Frustrating” Record on Healthcare Reform and LBJ’s Leadership in Passing Medicare; Harry Belafonte on Obama: “He Plays the Game … Continued
