Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 24, 2013

Beyond Plan Colombia: Covert CIA Program Reveals Critical U.S. Role in Killings of Rebel Leaders; Did Covert U.S. Program Targeting Rebel Leaders Help Undermine Colombia’s Peace Process? Ex-Rebel Leader Faces Ouster as Bogota Mayor After Longtime Advocacy of Reconciliation; Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor of Eponymous Assault Rifle That Shaped Modern Warfare, Dead at 94. HeadlinesDecember 24, … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 23, 2013

Time for Compassion? Aging Political Prisoners Suffer From Illness, Decades in Solitary Confinement; “If the Risk Is Low, Let Them Go”: Elderly Prison Population Skyrockets Despite Low Risk to Society. HeadlinesDecember 23, 2013     Report: CIA Helped Kill Rebels in Colombia Through Secret Program    South Sudan: U.S. Evacuates Hundreds amid Fears of Civil War    Pussy … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 20, 2013

Arctic 30 Members Welcome Russian Amnesty, But Refuse to Apologize For Trying to Stop Oil Drilling; Indigenous Groups Win Right to Seize Chevron’s Canadian Assets over $18 Billion in Amazon Pollution; Obama Commutes 8 “Unfair” Crack Cocaine Sentences as the ACLU Calls For More Reforms to Drug Law; Live from Prison: Jason Hernandez Thanks Obama … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 19, 2013

Vindication for Snowden? Obama Panel Backs Major Curbs on NSA Surveillance, Phone Record Data Mining; NSA Whistleblower Kirk Wiebe Details Gov’t Retaliation After Helping Expose “Gross Mismanagement; Morsi Charged With Terrorism As Egyptian Military Widens Crackdown on Journalists, Activists. HeadlinesDecember 19, 2013     White House Panel Calls for Reform of NSA Surveillance    Greenwald: NSA Seeks … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 18, 2013

Geneva Talks “Already Dead” as Syria Faces Unprecedented Humanitarian Crisis, Imploding Opposition; Patrick Cockburn: U.S. Turns Blind Eye as Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict; Patrick Cockburn: U.S. Turns Blind Eye as Saudis Fund Jihadists in Syrian Conflict; Debate: Is Academic Group’s Boycott of Israel a Victory or Setback for Justice in Middle East? HeadlinesDecember … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 17, 2013

As Judge Rules NSA Surveillance “Almost Orwellian,” Obama Prepares to Leave Spying Program Intact; The Selling of ADHD: Diagnoses, Prescriptions Soar After 20-Year Marketing Effort by Big Pharma. HeadlinesDecember 17, 2013     Judge Deals Major Blow to NSA Phone Spying    Iraq: More Than 70 Killed in Wave of Attacks    Yemeni Parliament Backs Ban on U.S. … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 13, 2013

President Obama: Nelson Mandela “Freed Not Just the Prisoner, But the Jailer As Well”; Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff: Mandela Gave World “An Unmatched Example of Humanism”; Cuba’s Raúl Castro Praises Nelson Mandela’s “Unwavering Dedication to the Revolutionary Struggle”; Desmond Tutu’s Lively Tribute to Nelson Mandela: “He Gave Us An Incredible Gift”; “A Pan-Africanist Hero”: Nelson … Continued