Regime Change Is Not the Answer: Rep. Ro Khanna Speaks Out Against U.S.-Backed Coup in Venezuela; “Where’s My Roy Cohn?”: Film Explores How Joseph McCarthy’s Ex-Aide Mentored Trump & Roger Stone.
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How Washington’s Devastating “Economic Blockade” of Venezuela Helped Pave the Way for Coup Attempt; Venezuelan Foreign Minister: The U.S. Interferes in Latin American Politics Every Day, Every Hour; Breaking: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Reaffirms Award for Angela Davis; CodePink’s Medea Benjamin Disrupts Pompeo Speech to Denounce U.S. Regime Change Agenda in Venezuela; Historian: Venezuela Is … Continued
A Coup in Progress? Trump Moves to Oust Maduro & Install Pro-U.S. Leader in Oil-Rich Venezuela; Former U.N. Expert: The U.S. Is Violating International Law by Attempting a Coup in Venezuela; Lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck: Bush, Rumsfeld & Cheney Are a Troika of Tyranny & Should Be in Prison.
“This Was About the Survival of Public Education”: LA Teachers Claim Victory After Week-Long Strike; A Blue State Teacher Rebellion: Denver Teachers Vote to Strike as L.A. Educators Win Big Victory; ACLU: Trump’s Anti-Trans Ban Has No Military Justification, Is Driven by Animus & Discrimination; Laverne Cox: Trump’s Military Ban Is Part of Larger, Years-Long … Continued
“I Was Absolutely Afraid”: Indigenous Elder on “Mob Mentality” of MAGA Hat-Wearing Students in D.C.; Chase Iron Eyes: Trump’s Mocking of Native Americans Gives License to Others to Denigrate My People; “The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee”: David Treuer on Retelling Native American History.
Democracy Now – January 21, 2019
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Rep. Ro Khanna: U.S. Troops Are a “Sitting Target” in Syria; It’s Time to Bring Them Home; A Coup in Progress? Venezuelan Foreign Minister Decries U.S. & Brazil-Backed Effort to Oust Maduro.
Strike! Barbara Ehrenreich Calls on TSA Workers to Walk Off Job in Protest of Government Shutdown; Native American Communities Bear Brunt of Shutdown with Medicine Shortages & Suspended Food Programs; The Fox in Charge of the Henhouse: Activists Decry Trump’s EPA Pick, Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler.
“A Fight for the Soul of Britain”: Theresa May’s Brexit Deal Goes Down in Historic Defeat; Could Trump’s Attorney General Pick William Barr Be “Worse Than Jeff Sessions” on Civil Rights? Judge Blocks Gov’t Plan to Add Citizenship Question to Census, Citing “Smorgasbord” of Broken Rules.
“Public Education Is Not Your Plaything”: L.A. Teachers Strike Against Privatization & Underfunding; Will Trump’s AG Pick William Barr Face Questions over Gitmo, Mass Incarceration & NSA Surveillance?; Arizona Activists Face Jail Time for Providing Life-Saving Aid to Migrants Crossing Sonoran Desert.