Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 21, 2012

New Report Sheds Light on Bin Laden Murder, As Pakistan Faces Fallout from U.S.-Led Vaccination Plot; As the ANC Votes to Support BDS, A New Film Compares Life in Palestine to Apartheid South Africa; “End of the World”: Apocalypse or Shopocalypse? Reverend Billy on Consumerism and Climate Change. HeadlinesDecember 21, 2012     Victims of Sandy … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 20, 2012

Domestic Abuse Survivor Goldie Taylor on Giving Up Her Gun & the Unseen Plague of National Violence; Louisiana TV Station Fires Black Meteorologist for Responding to Viewer’s Barb About Her Hair; The Bribery Aisle: How Wal-Mart Used Payoffs to Bribe Its Way Through Expansion in Mexico. HeadlinesDecember 20, 2012     6 Massacre Victims Laid to … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 19, 2012

“We Have to Do Something”: Rep. Carolyn McCarthy on the Growing Push for Gun Control After Newtown; Rep. Raúl Grijalva Rejects Obama “Fiscal Cliff” Plan to Cut More from Social Security than Military; Michael Moore’s Poetic Plea to Obama: “Dear Mr. President, Please Let Leonard Peltier Come Home”; Exclusive: Leonard Peltier Speaks Out From Prison … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 17, 2012

“We Can’t Tolerate This Anymore”: Obama Vows Action After Worst Grade School Massacre in U.S. History; Debate: After Newtown, Will Nation’s Worst-Ever Grade School Shooting Spur Tougher Gun Control?; Egypt’s Referendum Clears 1st Round, But Critics Seek Revote After Charges of Rigged Polls. Headlines     First Funerals Held for Victims of Newtown Massacre    Obama Vows … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 13, 2012

Matt Taibbi: After Laundering $800 Million in Drug Money, How Did HSBC Executives Avoid Jail?; Matt Taibbi on the Unfolding Libor Scandal and What Sen. DeMint’s Departure Means for Fractured GOP; Exclusive: Native American Activist Leonard Peltier’s Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency; After Rebuff by Clinton, Actor Peter Coyote Joins New Push to Sway Obama … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 11, 2012

Michigan GOP Push Through Anti-Union, Elite-Backed “Right-to-Work” Law Before House Majority Shrinks; “Protest Here is Vigorous”: Unrest, Polarization Before Egypt’s Referendum; Charles Glass on Syria’s Mutual Destruction and the Unconvincing Fears of Assad’s Chemical Weapons. HeadlinesDecember 11, 2012     HSBC to Pay $1.9B in Money-Laundering Case    Standard Chartered Bank Fined for Allegedly Flouting U.S. Sanctions    … Continued


Democracy Now! (Rebroadcast)

Democracy Now! – December 10, 2012

2012 Nobel Peace Prize Goes to the European Union amid Opposition from Three Former Laureates; Does the EU Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Critics Condemn Role in Brutal Greek AusterityNorwegian Peace Activist: Top Role in Global Arms Trade Makes EU Unworthy of Nobel Prize; A “Radical Idea” Reversed: Author Says Nobel Committee Has Betrayed Founder’s … Continued