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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).
In New Book, Chilean Ambassador to the UN Details Bush Admin’s Pre-War Efforts to Coerce Allies into Supporting Iraq Invasion; British Correspondent Patrick Cockburn on Iraq’s Growing Sectarian Divide and the Myth of "Success" in the US "Surge." Headlines * Up to 60 Iraqis Killed in US Attack on Hilla * Oil Rises to … Continued
A Century in Iraq, Replacing UN with "League of Democracies," Rogue State Rollback? A Look at John McCain’s Foreign Policy Vision; "The Man Who Pushed America to War" – Aram Roston on "The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi"; Homeowners Plan Demonstration at NYC Offices of Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase to Protest Government … Continued
Body of War: New Doc Tells the Story of a Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran Coming to Terms with Disability and Speaking Out Against War; Paralyzed Iraq Vet Responds to Cheney: "We Didn’t Volunteer Where You Sent Us to Go." Headlines * Bush to Keep 140,000 Troops in Iraq * Bush: Outcome of War Will … Continued
Anti-Epileptics, Sex Hormones, Mood Stabilizers, Antibiotics Among Array of Pharmaceuticals in US Water Supply; So Wrong for So Long: Greg Mitchell on How the Press, the Pundits — and the President — Failed on Iraq. Today’s Headlines * US Deaths in Iraq Reach 4,000 * 58 Iraqis Killed; Green Zone Shelled * Report: US … Continued
Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Winter Soldier Hearings. Today’s Headlines * Antiwar Events Nationwide Mark 5th Anniversary of Iraq Invasion * In Gaffe, McCain Says Iran Backing al-Qaeda * Obama Criticizes Ex-Pastor’s Political Comments * Murtha Backs Clinton Ahead of Pennsylvania Primary * Dalai Lama Threatens … Continued
Winter Soldier CONT’D: US Vets, Active-Duty Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan Testify About the Horrors of War. Today’s Headlines * Feds Criticized for Wall Street Bailout While Failing to Aid Homeowners * Fear Grows Over Other Bank Collapses * Carlyle Capital Private Equity Firm Collapses * Greenspan: Economic Crisis Could Be Worst Since WWII … Continued
Winter Soldier: US Vets, Active-Duty Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan Testify About the Horrors of War; 1968, Forty Years Later: My Lai Massacre Remembered by Survivors, Victims’ Families and US War Vets. Headlines * Global Economy Shaken by Fall of Bear Stearns * Bush on the Economy: I Am an “Optimistic Fellow” * Food … Continued
David Paterson to Become First African American Gov in NY History, First Blind Gov in US History; David Paterson Invokes Paul Robeson, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X in Remembrance of Jazz Legend Max Roach; Defeat: British Journalist Jonathan Steele on Why America and Britain Lost Iraq.Today’s Headlines * Iraqi Girl Slain By US Troops * … Continued
Spitzer Resigns Over Prostitution Scandal; As Spitzer Prostitution Scandal Dominates Headlines, a Look at the Plight of Sex Workers; Torture and Democracy: Scholar Darius Rejali Details the History and Scope of Modern Torture. * Headlines * David Paterson to Become First African American Gov in NY History, First Blind Gov in US History * … Continued
