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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Democracy Now! Special: Martin Luther King’s Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination. Headlines * NATO Backs US Missile System in Eastern Europe * Iraqi PM Halts Raids on Shia Forces * Official: 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Anti-Shia Crackdown * KBR Faces New Rape Allegations in Iraq * Zimbabwe Police Raid Opposition Party, Journalists … Continued
The Green Light: Attorney Philippe Sands Follows the Bush Administration Torture Trail; 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation; 1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive. … Continued
"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued
"Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?" Deborah Campbell on the Iraq Refugee Crisis; Cesar Chavez Day: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Reflects on the Life and Legacy of the Legendary Labor Activist; Loretta Napoleoni on "Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality." Headlines * Sadr Orders Mahdi Army to Stop Fighting * Iraq Gov’t Controls … Continued
Amy Goodman Questions Sen. Obama on Heeding Iraqis’ Call for Full US Withdrawal; "From the Frontlines of Humanity": Former UN Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland on World Crises — Congo, Darfur, Iraq, Colombia and Palestine; Following Mixed Court Ruling, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Lead Attorney Maintains Hope for Overturning Conviction. Headlines * Despite Bush Claims, US Forces … Continued
In New Book, Chilean Ambassador to the UN Details Bush Admin’s Pre-War Efforts to Coerce Allies into Supporting Iraq Invasion; British Correspondent Patrick Cockburn on Iraq’s Growing Sectarian Divide and the Myth of "Success" in the US "Surge." Headlines * Up to 60 Iraqis Killed in US Attack on Hilla * Oil Rises to … Continued
A Century in Iraq, Replacing UN with "League of Democracies," Rogue State Rollback? A Look at John McCain’s Foreign Policy Vision; "The Man Who Pushed America to War" – Aram Roston on "The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi"; Homeowners Plan Demonstration at NYC Offices of Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase to Protest Government … Continued
Body of War: New Doc Tells the Story of a Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran Coming to Terms with Disability and Speaking Out Against War; Paralyzed Iraq Vet Responds to Cheney: "We Didn’t Volunteer Where You Sent Us to Go." Headlines * Bush to Keep 140,000 Troops in Iraq * Bush: Outcome of War Will … Continued
Anti-Epileptics, Sex Hormones, Mood Stabilizers, Antibiotics Among Array of Pharmaceuticals in US Water Supply; So Wrong for So Long: Greg Mitchell on How the Press, the Pundits — and the President — Failed on Iraq. Today’s Headlines * US Deaths in Iraq Reach 4,000 * 58 Iraqis Killed; Green Zone Shelled * Report: US … Continued
