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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Juan González: New York City Poised to Elect Its Most Progressive Government in 50 Years; Snowden Documents Reveal NSA Gave Israeli Spies Raw Emails, Texts, Calls of Innocent Americans; In Historic Move, AFL-CIO Expands Ranks With Vote to Include Non-Union, Immigrant, Low-Wage Workers; The American Way of Poverty: As Inequality Hits Record High, Sasha Abramsky … Continued
Chomsky: Instead of “Illegal” Threat to Syria, U.S. Should Back Chemical Weapons Ban in All Nations; Chomsky on 9/11, Syria’s “Bloody Partition” and Why U.S. Role Ensures Failure of Mideast Talks. HeadlinesSeptember 11, 2013 Obama Delays Congressional Vote on Syria After Russian Proposal Syria Admits to Chemical Stockpile, Backs Russian Plan Talks on U.N. … Continued
As Assad Regime Accepts Russian Plan on Chemical Weapons, A Debate on Syria’s Path Forward; 40 Years After Chilean Coup, Allende Aide Juan Garcés on How He Brought Pinochet to Justice; “Make the Economy Scream”: Secret Documents Show Nixon, Kissinger Role Backing 1973 Chile Coup. HeadlinesSeptember 10, 2013 Syria Accepts Russian Proposal to Surrender … Continued
40 Years After Chile Coup, Family of Slain Singer Víctor Jara Sues Alleged Killer in U.S. Court; Was U.S. Journalist Charles Horman Killed by Chile’s Coup Regime With Aid of His Own Government? HeadlinesSeptember 9, 2013 Congressional Debate Begins on Authorization for Syria Strike Kerry: U.S. Could Seek New U.N. Vote; Assad Could Avoid … Continued
The End of Internet Privacy? Glenn Greenwald on Secret NSA Program to Crack Online Encryption; “Undermining the Very Fabric of the Internet”: Bruce Schneier on NSA’s Secret Online Spying; Iran-Contra Redux? Prince Bandar Heads Secret Saudi-CIA Effort to Aid Syrian Rebels, Topple Assad. HeadlinesSeptember 6, 2013 U.S. Push to Bomb Syria Overshadows G-20 Summit … Continued
Rep. Alan Grayson on Syria: Congress Should Reject “Warmongering” and Focus on Problems at Home; Debate: Will a U.S. Attack Help the Syrian Opposition’s Struggle Against Assad? HeadlinesSeptember 5, 2013 Senate Panel Advances Syria Strike Measure Obama Rejects Link Between Syria and Faulty Iraq Intel Syrian Rights Group: 502 Killed in Ghouta Chemical Attack … Continued
With Focus on U.S.-Led Strikes, Global Failure to Meet Syria’s Humanitarian Crisis Goes Unnoticed; As U.S. Pushes For Syria Strike, Questions Loom over Obama Claims in Chemical Attack. HeadlinesSeptember 4, 2013 Obama Picks Up Key Congressional Support as Debate Begins on Syria Strike Kerry Won’t Rule Out “Boots on the Ground” in Syria Ban: … Continued
Could U.S. Military Action Turn Syrian Civil War into a “Widespread Regional War”? In Secret AT&T Deal, U.S. Drug Agents Given Access to 26 Years of Americans’ Phone Records; David Frost, 74, Remembered by Director Ron Howard For Historic Interview with Richard Nixon. HeadlinesSeptember 3, 2013 Obama Pushes for Congressional Approval to Attack Syria; … Continued
Juan González: Growing Charter School Chain Suspends Special Needs Kids in Bid to Raise Test Scores; U.S. Prepares to Strike Syria Over Alleged Chemical Weapons as British Vote Not to Back Int’l Action; NFL Reaches Settlement With Former Players Who Suffer From Brain Injuries, Alzheimer’s, Depression; Feds Say They Won’t Try to Reverse State Laws … Continued
