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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).
State Dept. Renews Blackwater Contract in Iraq Despite Pentagon Labeling Sept. Baghdad Killing of 17 Civilians "A Criminal Event"; Chilean Writer Isabel Allende on Her Memoir, Her Family, Michelle Bachelet, Torture and Immigration. Today’s Headlines * Report: US No Closer to Achieving Its Goals in Iraq * Clinton’s Top Strategist Steps Down After Trade … Continued
Democracy Now! Special: Martin Luther King’s Life and Legacy 40 Years After His Assassination. Headlines * NATO Backs US Missile System in Eastern Europe * Iraqi PM Halts Raids on Shia Forces * Official: 1,000 Iraqis Deserted Anti-Shia Crackdown * KBR Faces New Rape Allegations in Iraq * Zimbabwe Police Raid Opposition Party, Journalists … Continued
The Green Light: Attorney Philippe Sands Follows the Bush Administration Torture Trail; 1968, Forty Years Later: A Look Back at the Orangeburg Massacre When SC Police Opened Fire on Black Students Protesting Segregation; 1968, Forty Years Later: President Lyndon Johnson Announces No Second Term Amid Low Support for Vietnam War in Aftermath of Tet Offensive. … Continued
"Iraq Has Really Become Somalia…A Collection of Different Militias", Back from Baghdad, Journalist Nir Rosen Paints a Picture of a Broken Iraq; EXCLUSIVE…Bush’s Law: Eric Lichtblau on Exposing the NSA’s Warrantless Wiretapping Program and How the White House Pressured the New York Times to Kill the Story. Today’s Headlines * Death Toll in Iraq … Continued
"Exodus: Where Will Iraq Go Next?" Deborah Campbell on the Iraq Refugee Crisis; Cesar Chavez Day: United Farm Workers Co-Founder Dolores Huerta Reflects on the Life and Legacy of the Legendary Labor Activist; Loretta Napoleoni on "Rogue Economics: Capitalism’s New Reality." Headlines * Sadr Orders Mahdi Army to Stop Fighting * Iraq Gov’t Controls … Continued
Amy Goodman Questions Sen. Obama on Heeding Iraqis’ Call for Full US Withdrawal; "From the Frontlines of Humanity": Former UN Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland on World Crises — Congo, Darfur, Iraq, Colombia and Palestine; Following Mixed Court Ruling, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Lead Attorney Maintains Hope for Overturning Conviction. Headlines * Despite Bush Claims, US Forces … Continued
In New Book, Chilean Ambassador to the UN Details Bush Admin’s Pre-War Efforts to Coerce Allies into Supporting Iraq Invasion; British Correspondent Patrick Cockburn on Iraq’s Growing Sectarian Divide and the Myth of "Success" in the US "Surge." Headlines * Up to 60 Iraqis Killed in US Attack on Hilla * Oil Rises to … Continued
A Century in Iraq, Replacing UN with "League of Democracies," Rogue State Rollback? A Look at John McCain’s Foreign Policy Vision; "The Man Who Pushed America to War" – Aram Roston on "The Extraordinary Life, Adventures and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi"; Homeowners Plan Demonstration at NYC Offices of Bear Stearns, JPMorgan Chase to Protest Government … Continued
Body of War: New Doc Tells the Story of a Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran Coming to Terms with Disability and Speaking Out Against War; Paralyzed Iraq Vet Responds to Cheney: "We Didn’t Volunteer Where You Sent Us to Go." Headlines * Bush to Keep 140,000 Troops in Iraq * Bush: Outcome of War Will … Continued
