Democracy Now – October 27, 2016
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
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Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
This hour rebroadcasts the 6am hour. For daily episode descriptions, see Democracy Now! (6am).
Surviving Members of Angola 3 on Black Panther Legacy & Need to Free Remaining Imprisoned Panthers; Exclusive: Freed Panther Sekou Odinga on Joining the Panthers, COINTELPRO & Assata Shakur’s Escape; Political Prisoner Eddie Conway on Joining the Black Panthers & How He Was Set Up By COINTELPRO; Our Own Mandelas: Former Black Panthers Call for … Continued
Tom Hayden (1939-2016) on Vietnam War: We Must Challenge the Pentagon on the Battlefield of Memory; “Just Another Version of You”: The Life, Art and Activism of Legendary TV Producer Norman Lear; TV Legend Norman Lear on the Black Panthers, Nixon’s Enemies List & What Gives Him Hope.
Standing Rock: Police Arrest 120+ Water Protectors as Dakota Access Speeds Up Pipeline Construction; North Dakota: Water Protectors Erect New Frontline Camp Directly in Path of Dakota Access Pipeline; Actor Shailene Woodley On Her Arrest, Strip Search and Dakota Access Pipeline Resistance; Meet the Journalist Facing 45 Years in Jail for Filming Tar Sands Pipeline … Continued
Chicago Cops Who Broke “Code of Silence” to Report Police Drug Gang Face Deadly Retaliation; New York Mayor Apologizes for Police Killing of Mentally Ill Woman, But Will Accountability Follow? Shaun King: Black Lives Matter is Not a Carbon Copy of Black Panther Party, Our Time is Different; Shaun King on Colin Kaepernick: He is … Continued
“I’ll Keep You in Suspense”: Trump Refuses to Say He Will Accept Election Results; Chris Hedges vs. Eddie Glaude: Should Progressives Vote for Hillary Clinton or Jill Stein?
Democracy Now! Special: Final Presidential Debate; “Ramshackle” Battle to Retake Mosul from ISIS Led by U.S. Despite Obama Vow Against Boots on Ground; The Real Vote Rigging: Republicans Make It Harder for Millions to Vote in 2016 Election; “The Police Killings No One Is Talking About”: Native Americans Most Likely to be Killed by Cops.
Judge Rejects “Riot” Charges Against Amy Goodman in North Dakota; “We’re Going to Call That a Win”: Water Protectors Promise More Protests as Felony Charges Dropped; Standing Rock Sioux Pediatrician: Threat from Fracking Chemicals is “Environmental Genocide”; Why Is North Dakota Strip Searching Dakota Access Pipeline Protesters Charged With Misdemeanors?; Press Freedom Victory: Riot Charges … Continued
Amy Goodman Broadcasts from North Dakota Across from Court Where She Faces Riot Charge Today; Report from Standing Rock: 100+ Militarized Police Deployed Against Native American Water Protectors; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Chair: Obama’s Legacy Rests on Whether He Stops Dakota Access Pipeline; Dakota Excess Pipeline? Standing Rock Protectors Strip-Searched, Jailed for Days on Minor … Continued
Central Park Five’s Yusef Salaam: Donald Trump Needs to Be Fired from Running for President; MEDIA ADVISORY: Journalist Amy Goodman to Turn Herself in to North Dakota Authorities; ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use & Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds; Is Trump’s Rise a Result of America Declaring War on Institutions … Continued