Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now – October 27, 2015

Despite Military Crackdown in Papua & Other Rights Abuses, Obama Hosts Indonesian President in D.C.; Massive Indonesian Plantation Fires Create Environmental Catastrophe Spewing Haze & Carbon Emissions; With Military Backing, TV Comedian Wins in Guatemala in First Vote Since Jailing of Ex-President; Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on “Rewriting the Rules of the American Economy”; In … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Ignoring U.S. Destabilization of Libya, GOP Benghazi Hearing Asks Clinton All the Wrong Questions

Ignoring U.S. Destabilization of Libya, GOP Benghazi Hearing Asks Clinton All the Wrong Questions; “Seeking Asylum is Not a Crime”: European Rights Chief on Refugee Crisis & “Shameful” U.S. Response; Victims of U.S. Rendition & Torture Starting to Reclaim Rights Says Council of Europe Rights Chief; “Everybody is a Suspect”: European Rights Chief on Edward … Continued


“Domestic Terrorism”: Spate of Black Church Burnings Near Ferguson Raise New Hate Crime Fears; Shaker Aamer: After 5,000 Days of Torment, Last British Prisoner at Guantanamo is Set for Release; U.S. Ally Saudi Arabia Prepares to Behead, Crucify Pro-Democracy Protester Ali Mohammed al-Nimr; “Where Does This End?”: After Drone Papers Leaks, U.K. Gov’t Has a … Continued


Prison for Exxon Execs? Lawmakers Seek Probe of Oil Giant for Hiding Knowledge of Climate Change; Bill McKibben: Climate Activists Celebrate Obama’s Arctic Drilling Freeze & Harper’s Canadian Defeat; U.S. Sells New Warships to Saudi Arabia Despite Warnings of War Crimes & Civilian Deaths in Yemen; How a $100M Facebook Donation for Neoliberal School Reform … Continued


A New Snowden? Whistleblower Leaks Trove of Documents on Drones & Obama’s Assassination Program; Breaking Silence, Wife of Jailed CIA Whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling Seeks Presidential Pardon; Norman Solomon: Clinton’s Debate Comments on Snowden “Give Hypocrisy a Bad Name”; Is This the Third Intifada? Violent Unrest Grows as Palestinians Seek End to Military Occupationl; Gideon Levy: … Continued