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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! – September 26, 2013
Protest or Piracy? Greenpeace Activists Remain Jailed in Russia After Boarding Arctic Oil Rigl; As IPCC Warns of Climate Disaster, Will Scientific Consensus Spark Action on Global Warming? Matt Taibbi on How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Looting the Pension Funds of Public Workers. HeadlinesSeptember 26, 2013 U.S. Signs 1st Global Arms Treaty; Over … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 25, 2013
Obama and Rouhani Welcome New Talks, Offering Hope to Iranians Suffering Under U.S.-Led Sanctions; Jeremy Scahill: Al-Shabab’s Nairobi Mall Rampage Tied to “Disastrous” U.S. Meddling in Somalia; The Empire President: Jeremy Scahill on Obama’s “Neo-Con” Doctrine of Military Force in U.N. Speech. HeadlinesSeptember 25, 2013 U.S.-Iran to Hold New Talks; Rouhani Blasts “Violent” Sanctions … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 24, 2013
Ecuador Takes on Chevron, Global Indifference in Controversial Fights to Protect Rainforest; Ecuadorean Foreign Minister on Latin American Resistance to NSA Spying & the Castro-Chávez Legacy; Corroding Our Democracy: Canada Silences Scientists, Targets Environmentalists in Tar Sands Push. HeadlinesSeptember 24, 2013 Kenya: Conflicting Reports Emerge About Standoff at Nairobi Mall Report: U.S. Has Restarted … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 23, 2013
Spilling the NSA’s Secrets: Guardian Editor Alan Rusbridger on the Inside Story of Snowden Leaks. HeadlinesSeptember 23, 2013 68 Killed in Militant Attack on Nairobi Mall 78 Killed in Bombing of Pakistani Church; Militants Blame Drone War Over 120 Killed in Iraq Violence Russian Foreign Minister Accuses U.S. of “Blackmail” on Authorizing Strikes … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 20, 2013
“I Am Troy Davis”: Supporters, Family of Georgian Man Executed in 2011 Push to End Death Penalty; Benjamin Jealous on Why He Is Leaving the NAACP, Future Plans. HeadlinesSeptember 20, 2013 Syrian Deputy PM: Neither Side Can Win Syrian Civil War Report: Obama Letter Prompts Iran to Pursue Agreement House to Vote on Defunding … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 19, 2013
“What Kind of Society Are We Going To Be?”: Ex-NRA Member on the Failure to Address Gun Violence; “This is Genocide in America”: Mother of Slain Chicago Teenager Condemns Gun Violence Epidemic; Two Years After Occupy Wall Street, a Network of Offshoots Continue Activism for the 99%. HeadlinesSeptember 19, 2013 Iranian President Welcomes “Positive” … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 18, 2013
The 1,000 Year Flood: Did Global Warming Worsen Colorado’s Unprecedented Rainfall? Bill McKibben: Obama Can Salvage His Climate Legacy by Rejecting Keystone XL Oil Pipeline; How the U.S. Narrowly Avoided a Nuclear Holocaust 33 Years Ago, and Still Risks Catastrophe Today. HeadlinesSeptember 18, 2013 Obama Urges Congressional Response After Latest Mass Shooting Aaron Alexis … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 17, 2013
How Did D.C. Navy Yard Gunman Get Security Clearance While Being Treated by VA For Mental Illness? From Mosques to Soccer Leagues: Inside the NYPD’s Secret Spy Unit Targeting Muslims, Activists; “The Fifth Little Girl”: Birmingham Church Bombing Survivor Still Seeks Compensation 50 Years On. HeadlinesSeptember 17, 2013 13 Dead, Including Shooter, in Rampage … Continued
Democracy Now! – September 16, 2013
Could Russia-U.S. Deal on Syria Chemical Weapons Lead To a Non-Imperial, New Internationalism? Andrew Bacevich on “Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country”; “Terrorism is Part of Our History”: Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing up in “Bombingham.” HeadlinesSeptember 16, 2013 U.S., Russia Reach Deal to Destroy Syria’s Chemical … Continued