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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).
Iowa Town Turned into "Open-Air Prison" as Wives of Men Arrested in Largest Immigration Raid in US History Forbidden to Work…or Leave; And The Limits of Power: Andrew Bacevich on the End of American Exceptionalism. Headlines * Report: US to Send up to 15,000 More Troops to Afghanistan * Taliban Launches Most Serious Attacks … Continued
"The Bishop of the Poor": Paraguay’s New President Fernando Lugo Ends 62 Years of Conservative Rule; Cancer-Stricken 34-Year-Old Chinese Computer Engineer Dies After Being Denied Care in Private US Immigration Prison. Headlines * 10 French Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan * Judge Rules Aceh Villagers Can Sue Exxon for Human Rights Abuses * Algerian Bombing … Continued
Facing Impeachment, Musharraf Resigns as President of Pakistan; Obama, McCain Discuss Views on Christianity and Supreme Court Justices at Religious Forum; Referendum on Torture: Debate Over Role of Psychologists in Military Interrogations Comes to a Head at APA Annual Convention.Today’s Headlines * Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf Resigns * Justice Dept Proposes New Domestic Spying … Continued
Facing Years in US Prison, Iraq War Resister Jeremy Hinzman Ordered Deported from Canada; Alfred Zappala, Peace Activist Who Lost Son in Iraq, Dies at 68; Russia-Georgia Conflict Fueled by Rush to Control Caspian Energy Resources; Naomi Klein and Christian Parenti on How Beijing Olympics Highlight Globalization of Police State, Inequality. Headlines * 19 … Continued
After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe. Today’s Headlines * Russian-Georgian Fighting Continues in Gori * US Sends Aid to Georgia * Adviser Briefed McCain on Georgia After Inking Lobbying Deal * McCain: “Nations Don’t Invade Other Nations” * Palestinians Honor Mahmoud Darwish * … Continued
The Way of the World: Ron Suskind on How the Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection and Undermined Diplomacy, Democracy in Pakistan and Iran. Headlines * Georgia Accuses Russia of Violating Ceasefire, Ethnic Cleansing * Report: US Rejects Israeli Aid Request for Iran Attack * Darwish Honored with Palestinian State Funeral * 12 … Continued
Bolivian President Evo Morales Wins Critical Referendum on His Presidency; Federal Judge Rules US Government Owes Group of Native Americans $455 Million for Unpaid Royalties on Drilling for Oil and Gas; China Deports 28 Members of Students for a Free Tibet for Staging Protests in Beijing; Chinese American Writer & Activist Helen Zia on the … Continued
Mahmoud Darwish, Poet Laureate of the Palestinians, 1941-2008; Up to 2,000 Killed as Russia-Georgia Fighting Enters Fourth Day. Headlines * Russia-Georgia Fighting Enters Fourth Day * Fighting Occurs One Month After US Military Exercise in Georgia * Iraqi FM: “Very Clear Timeline” of US Troop Withdrawal Needed * Clinton Adviser Urged Attacks on Obama … Continued
Summer Olympic Games Open in Beijing, Pro-Tibet Protester Deported to US; "This is the Olympics the West Wanted" – Dave Zirin on US Corporations Entering China, Athletes Speaking Out and the Games from ’68 to Today; The Wrecking Crew: Thomas Frank on How Conservatives Rule. Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Given Lenient Sentence * … Continued
Salim Hamdan Found Guilty in First US War Crimes Tribunal since WWII; Rwanda Accuses Top French Officials in 1994 Genocide; South Korea Commission Probes Civilian Massacres by US in Korean War; South Koreans Fill Streets of Seoul to Continue Protest Against US Beef Imports. Today’s Headlines * Bin Laden Driver Convicted in Gitmo War … Continued
