Democracy Now 6am – January 1, 2024
On today’s show: “Free the Truth”: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange & Defending Press Freedom
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Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
On today’s show: “Free the Truth”: The Belmarsh Tribunal on Julian Assange & Defending Press Freedom
On today’s show: U.S. Complicit in “On-Air Genocide”: Palestinian Amb. Husam Zomlot Slams 12-Week Gaza Assault “Utterly Illegal”: U.N. Special Rapporteur Slams Netanyahu’s “Voluntary Migration” Plan for Gazans Maine Joins Colorado Barring Trump from Ballot for Violating Constitution’s Insurrection Clause
On today’s show: Meet Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Knesset Member Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza “Absolutely Unimaginable”: Children in Gaza Face Death and Disease, and also Amputations Without Anesthesia As Biden Pushes Trump-Like Border Policies, Blinken Meets with AMLO, Who Has Criticized U.S. Sanctions
On today’s show: “Axis of Resistance”: Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis Challenge U.S. & Israeli Power Amid Middle East Tension Who Funds Canary Mission? James Bamford on Group That Doxxes Students & Profs for Palestine Activism As Phone Line Breaks Up, Palestinian Journalist Akram al-Satarri Describes “Dire” Conditions in Gaza Palestine Exception: U.S. Colleges Suppress Free Speech, … Continued
On today’s show: “Christ in the Rubble”: Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War Labor Demands a Ceasefire: UAW, Electrical & Postal Workers Call for Israel’s Assault on Gaza to End
On today’s show, we pay tribute to blacklisted lyricist Yip Harburg. Harburg wrote for both Hollywood and Broadway and, among other achievements, received an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song for his lyrics to the beloved Wizard of Oz ballad, “Over the Rainbow.”
On today’s show: Christmas Canceled in Bethlehem as Churches Mourn 20,000+ Palestinians Killed in Gaza Gazan Attorney Who Has Lost 60 Relatives in Israeli Attacks Says U.S. Is “Complicit in Genocide” Sônia Guajajara, Brazil’s First Indigenous Peoples Minister, on Climate Crisis & Protecting the Amazon
On today’s show: “The Hostages Weren’t Our Top Priority”: Israel’s “Bombing Frenzy” Endangered Hostages Held in Gaza “The U.S. and Israel Stand Alone”: World Demands Ceasefire as Gaza Death Toll Tops 20,000 Colorado Disqualifies Trump from Ballot, Triggering Battle over Constitution’s Insurrection Clause “Fascism Out Loud”: Trump’s Escalating Racist Rhetoric & the Far Right’s Plan … Continued
On today’s show: “This Is a Colonial War”: Historian Rashid Khalidi on Israel, Gaza & the Future of Palestine Pope Condemns Israeli Killings of Palestinian Christians; Relative of 84-Year-Old Victim Mourns Her Death “Under Attack”: TX Law Targets Immigrants as Trump Cites Hitler, GOP Pushes Biden for Border Crackdown
On today’s show: “Beyond Our Imagination”: Journalist Describes Total Destruction, with Fellow Gazans Buried Alive Palestinian American Woman Tries to Save Family in Gaza After Her Mom Dies Awaiting Evacuation Israel’s War on Children: Fadi Abu Shammalah on Horrific Ordeal Facing Kids in Gaza, Including His Own Starvation as a Weapon of War: Human Rights … Continued