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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).
FCC Launches Probe of Alabama TV Station Accused of Censoring a 60 Minutes Expose on the GOP’s Prosecution of Alabama’s Imprisoned Former Gov. Don Siegelman; The FCC & Censorship: Legendary Media Activist Everett Parker on the Revocation of WLBT’s TV License in the 1960s for Shutting Out Voices of the Civil Rights Movement; Retired Military … Continued
As Clinton Stages Comeback, Democracy Now! Hosts Debate Between Vermont’s Former Governor Madeleine Kunin and Obama Superdelegate Chuck Ross; Democrats Prepare to Grant Telecoms Immunity for Illegal Spying; Iran Contra 2.0: How the Bush Admin Lied to Congress and Armed Fatah to Provoke Palestinian Civil War Aiming to Overthrow Hamas. Today’s Headlines * Clinton … Continued
With US Assistance, Colombian Troops Attack and Kill 20 FARC Rebels Inside Ecuador; Super Tuesday II: Today’s Primaries and Caucuses Could Decide the Democratic Nominee; We Get Reports from Texas, Ohio and Vermont. Today’s Headlines * Voters Head to Polls in Texas, Ohio, Vermont & Rhode Island * McCain Could Secure GOP Nomination … Continued
Over 112 Palestinians Killed in Five-Day Israeli Attack, Mohammed Omer Reports from Gaza; Stephen Kinzer on US-Iranian Relations, the 1953 CIA Coup in Iran and the Roots of Middle East Terror. Today’s Headlines * 112 Palestinians Killed in Five-Day Israel Attack * Mahmoud Abbas Suspends Contacts with Israel * Israeli Peace Activists Protest Gaza … Continued
EXCLUSIVE – The Three Trillion Dollar War: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Economist Linda Bilmes on the True Cost of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq. Headlines * Israeli Minister Threatens Gaza “Holocaust” * Iraqis Protest US Raids * Funeral Held for Slain Iraqi Journalist * US Deploys Warships Off Lebanon Coast … Continued
Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come; Ex-Speechwriter, Confidante Dr. Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King’s Courageous -and Overlooked – Antiwar and Economic Justice Activism; William F. Buckley Dies at 82; A Look Back at his 1969 Debate with Noam Chomsky on Vietnam. … Continued
Clinton, Obama Hold Final Debate Before Pivotal Votes Next Week; Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties; Blue Covenant: Maude Barlow on the Global Movement for Water Justice. Today’s Headlines * Obama, Clinton Hold Final Debate Before Key Primaries * Senate Votes to Debate Iraq Withdrawal * … Continued
"Taxi to the Dark Side": Exposé on US Abuses in "War on Terror" Wins Oscar for Best Documentary; Noam Chomsky: Why is Iraq Missing from 2008 Presidential Race? Today’s Headlines * Turkish PM Briefed Bush Prior to Iraq Attack * Palestinians Form Human Chain to Protest Gaza Siege * In Indonesia, Gates Promotes Increased … Continued
U.S.-Backed Turkish Invasion of Northern Iraq Continues; Barack Obama’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama’s Call to Increase the Pentagon’s Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan; Samantha Power on “Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World" Pt. II Today’s Headlines * … Continued
