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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Expert: President Trump Calling His Accusers “Liars” Confirms Women’s Fears of Not Being Believed; Rebecca Solnit: Ending Sexual Harassment Means Changing Masculinity & Undermining Misogynist Culture; Haitians Denied Protected Status Face Deportation to “Nation in Turmoil” After Earthquake, Hurricane.
Iraqi Civilian Describes U.S. Airstrike on His Home That Killed His Wife, Daughter, Brother & Nephew; Damning New Report Shows U.S. Airstrikes in Iraq Killing Civilians are 31 Times the Pentagon’s Count.
As Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Refuses to Resign, Advocates Say Coup “Is Not the Answer” for Meaningful Reform; Trump Cited Pittsburgh in Pulling Out of Paris Deal—But Mayor Says City Will Implement Accord Anyway; Virginia Governor Defies Trump on Paris Climate Deal, Pushes Investments in Solar & Wind.
“Keep It in the Ground”: As COP23 Ends, Activists Protest at Europe’s Largest Open-Pit Coal Mine; Activists Condemn Failure of COP23 to Address Interrelated Crises of Climate, Energy & Inequality; Tom Goldtooth: Carbon Trading is “Fraudulent” Scheme to Privatize Air & Forests to Permit Pollution.
Zimbabwe in Limbo As Military Seizes Control & Places President Mugabe Under House Arrest; African Activist Slams Trump for Reversing Ban on Elephant Trophies from Hunts in Zimbabwe & Zambia; Nigerian Environmental Activist: Displacement from Climate Change Contributed to Rise of Boko Haram; Activists at COP23 Decry Companies & Corporate Sponsors Pushing Fossil Fuel as … Continued
Pacific Climate Warriors Roll Out Anti-Coal “Red Carpet” for Angela Merkel at U.N. Climate Talks;’ Special Report from the Occupied Forest: Meet Activists Fighting Europe’s Largest Open-Pit Coal Mine; Trump Climate Adviser Tells Democracy Now! Coal Needs a “Level Playing Field” at U.N. Climate Talks; Scientists Issue Dire Warning on Climate Change & Key Researcher … Continued
Kumi Naidoo: United Nations Shouldn’t “Pander to Madness That Comes Out of the Trump Administration”; Special Report: Revolt at Trump’s Pro-Coal, Pro-Nuclear & Pro-Gas Panel Rocks U.N. Climate Summit; 1st Female President of the Marshall Islands & Her Poet Daughter: We Need Climate & Nuclear Justice; “Climate Apartheid”: South African Climate Activist Kumi Naidoo Slams … Continued
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Tells Indigenous Activists Protesting Fracking He’ll Put Them “In the Ground”; COP23: Activists from Puerto Rico to Island Nations Demand Climate Reparations, End to Fossil Fuels; Thousands Protest in Manila as Trump Hails “Great Relationship” with Philippines President Duterte; Amid Sea Level Rise & Devastating Storm, Island Nations Call for “Real … Continued
On Asia Trip, Trump Met by Protests Calling on U.S. to Open Diplomatic Relations with North Korea; Will Trump Challenge Philippines President Duterte’s Deadly Drug War When They Meet in Manila? Bill McKibben on Future of the Paris Climate Accord & U.S. Role at COP23 Climate Talks in Germany.
In China, Trump Talks Trade & North Korea, Ignoring Climate Change & Crackdown on Human Rights; Yemeni Journalist: Saudi Arabia’s Total Blockade on Yemen is “Death Sentence” for All; Saudi Prince Mohammad bin Salman Consolidates Power & Purges Rivals Under “Anti-Corruption” Pretense.
