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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).
Hiroshima Mayor Calls on All Countries "Including U.S." to Abolish Nuclear Weapons A large anti-nuclear rally in New York calls for global nuclear disarmament ahead of a United Nations meeting to review the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. We speak with the mayor of Hiroshima – where 60 years ago the U.S. dropped one of two atomic … Continued
Bush Social Security Plan Cuts Future Benefits In a prime-time news conference, President Bush for the first time proposes to cut Social Security benefits as part of his plan to overhaul the retirement system. We get reaction from Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) Latin America in Revolt: Rice on Four-Country Tour As Leftist Victories Sweep Region … Continued
UN Human Rights Investigator in Afghanistan Ousted Under U.S. Pressure We speak with Cherif Bassiouni, a top human rights investigator in Afghanistan who was recently forced out of the United Nations under pressure from the U.S. just days after he released a report criticizing the US for committing human rights abuses. He says, "The U.S. … Continued
Giuliana Sgrena Blasts U.S. Cover Up, Calls for U.S. and Italy to Leave Iraq In her most extended interview to date in the U.S., Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena blasts a Pentagon report that clears the U.S. soldiers who opened fire on her car, wounding her and killing one of Italy’s highest ranking intelligence officials. Sgrena … Continued
God’s Politics: Frist Fights Filibuster on Judicial Nominees in "Justice Sunday" Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist delivered a taped speech Sunday at an event called "Justice Sunday: Stopping the Filibuster Against People of Faith," in which he again threatened to ban Democrats from filibustering Bush’s judicial nominees. We speak with preacher activist Jim Wallis, author … Continued
Getting Away with Torture? Human Rights Watch Calls for Accountability Into U.S. Abuse of Detainees Human Rights Watch is demanding that a special prosecutor be named to investigate Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, former CIA director George Tenet and other top officials for possible war crimes related to the torture and abuse of prisoners. We speak … Continued
Report: ExxonMobil Spends Millions Funding Global Warming Skeptics A new investigation by Mother Jones magazine has revealed that ExxonMobil has spent at least $8 million dollars funding a network of groups to challenge the existence of global warming. We speak with the author of the report, a member of one the organizations that receives money … Continued
Remembering Humanitarian Aid Worker & Activist Marla Ruzicka On Saturday 28-year-old Marla Ruzicka was killed in a car bombing. She was the founder of the Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict. Since the launch of the so-called war on terror, Marla spent most of her time in Iraq and Afghanistan documenting and recording the casualties … Continued
Pope Benedict XVI: Anti-War, Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice, Anti-Reform Conservative German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is chosen Pope. We get reaction from the editor of a journal of theology that Ratzinger founded, a woman theologian who helped launch an open conclave and wants more involvement of women in the church, Rabbi Michael Lerner, and a reporter with the … Continued
The Oklahoma City Bombing Ten Years Later Bud Welch joins us from Oklahoma City to talk about the April 19, 1995 bombing that killed 168 including his 23-year-old daughter Julie. Welch made headlines for opposing the execution of Timothy McVeigh. Colin Powell’s Former Chief Of Staff Calls John Bolton An "Abysmal" Pick To Be UN … Continued
