9:00 AM Pacific Time: MONDAYS - FRIDAYS
Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
“A Political Implosion”: Anti-Austerity Parties Win Historic French and Greek Elections; ExxonMobil’s Dirty Secrets From Indonesia to Nigeria to Washington: Steve Coll on “Private Empire”; On Strike: Quebec Students Boycott Classes For 12 Weeks To Protest Proposed Tuition Hikes. HeadlinesMay 7, 2012 Anti-Austerity Parties Win in France, Greece U.S. Drones Hit Yemen, Pakistan Report: … Continued
Egyptian Military Rulers Face Growing Unrest as 11 Killed in Pre-Election Clashes; Rupert Murdoch in “Unprecedented Firestorm” as U.K. Panel Finds Him Unfit to Run Global Media Empire; U.S. Media Giants Reel as FCC Orders Disclosure of Rates for Billion-Dollar TV Campaign Advertising; Free Press Co-Founder Robert McChesney: Murdoch Hacking Scandal a “Moment of Truth” … Continued
Obama Touts War’s End in Afghanistan, But Critics See Election-Year Guise for Prolonged Occupation; May Day Protests Span the Globe With Calls for Economic Justice, International Solidarity; May Day Legacy of Labor, Immigrant Rights Joined by New Generation of Occupy for Historic Protests; As Students Revolt Over Cutbacks and Debt, NYC Occupy Stages May Day … Continued
“No Work, No Shopping, Occupy Everywhere”: May Day Special on OWS, Immigration, Labor Protests. HeadlinesMay 1, 2012 British Parliament: Rupert Murdoch Not Fit to Run Media Company Obama Adviser John Brennan Confirms Targeted Drone Killings Overseas Activist Medea Benjamin Disrupts Brennan Drone Speech Brennan, Romney Defend Bin Laden Killing on 1st Anniversary Massive Global … Continued
Jailed Bahraini Activists Get Appeal, But U.S.-Backed Regime’s Abuses Continue Unabated; “Booker’s Place”: Documentary Tells Story of Black Mississippi Waiter Who Lost Life By Speaking Out; Ahead of May Day, David Harvey Details Urban Uprisings From Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune. HeadlinesApril 30, 2012 Labor, Occupy Prepare for May Day Protests Report: … Continued
CISPA Critics Warn Cybersecurity Bill Will Increase Domestic Surveillance and Violate Privacy Rights; Targeted Hacker Jacob Appelbaum on CISPA, Surveillance and the “Militarization of Cyberspace”; Obama Admin Challenges Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law While Overseeing Unprecedented Mass Deportations. HeadlinesApril 26, 2012 U.S. Approves Expansive Drone Strikes in Yemen Military Judge Rejects Dismissal of Manning Charges, Sets … Continued
Hundreds Protest at DOJ to Demand Federal Probe of Alleged Racism in Mumia Abu-Jamal Conviction; 1-T Day: As U.S. Student Debt Hits $1 Trillion, Occupy Protests Planned for Campuses Nationwide; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks from Prison on Life After Death Row and His Quest for Freedom; Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal and Danny Glover Speak for First … Continued
Death on the Border: Shocking Video Shows Mexican Immigrant Beaten and Tased by Border Patrol Agents; “War is the Enemy of the Poor”: Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty, MLK, Election 2012. HeadlinesApril 24, 2012 Sudan Accused of Declaring War Against Southern Neighbor DOJ Probing Wal-Mart for Reported Bribes in Mexico New U.S. … Continued
