Democracy Now 6am – August 6, 2024
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.

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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show: Uprising in Bangladesh: Student Protests Force Prime Minister to Resign and Flee to India; 100s Killed As Tension over Venezuelan Election Escalates, the Left Debates Who Won Contested Vote Did Egypt Give Trump a $10 Million Bribe? The FBI Was Investigating, Then Attorney General Barr Closed the Case “I’m So Sad for … Continued
On today’s show: “Simply Lying”: Marc Lamont Hill Slams Trump’s NABJ Interview, Attacks on VP Harris’s Racial Identity Picking Shapiro as Vice President Would Remind Voters Kamala Harris Is Liberal, Not Progressive: Marc Lamont Hill Prisoner Swap with Russia “Offers a Possible Pathway” to Peace in Ukraine, Says Katrina vanden Heuvel
On today’s show: “A Perilous Moment” in Middle East: Iran Vows Revenge, as Israel Expands Assassination Operations Israel’s Torture and Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members, Far-Right Mobs Trump Questions Whether Kamala Harris Is Black in Hate-Filled Interview with Black Journalists at NABJ Money War: How the U.S. Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the … Continued
On today’s show: Will Israel Start a Regional War? Hamas Leader Killed in Iran; Hezbollah Commander Targeted in Beirut “Disarm the War on Woke”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Fighting Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris
On today’s show: Biden Proposes Major SCOTUS Reforms, Including Ending Lifetime Appointments and Enforcing Ethics Code Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States It’s Not Just “Childless Cat Ladies”: JD Vance Once Described Childless People as “Sociopathic” Venezuela: Maduro Claims Victory, Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt Following Disputed Election … Continued
On today’s show: JD Vance Calls Democrats “Childless Cat Ladies”; GOP Opposes Paid Leave, Universal Child Care “He’s a Weirdo”: Reproductive Rights Activist on JD Vance’s History of Sexism and White Nationalism Politico’s Ian Ward on the Thinkers and Groups Who Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview “Militarism Isn’t a Solution”: Rami Khouri on Rocket … Continued
On today’s show: “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike and Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing
On today’s show: Over 100 Lawmakers Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress Amid Protests over U.S. Support for War in Gaza Noura Erakat: During Netanyahu Speech, U.S. Lawmakers Cheered “What Is Essentially a War on Children” “The Only Answer Is Peace”: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Share Vision of Coexistence
On today show: “Terrible Mistake”: Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu’s Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior Not Welcome: Jewish and Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu’s Address to Congress; 400 Arrested “Tragic Beyond Proportions”: Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet … Continued