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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).
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man: How the U.S. Uses Globalization to Cheat Poor Countries Out of Trillions We spend the hour with John Perkins, a former respected member of the international banking community. In his book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man he describes how as a highly paid professional, he helped the U.S. … Continued
Democracy Now!’s 2004 Year-In-Review We look back at 2004 including the presidential race, the continuing war in Iraq, the U.S.-backed coup in Haiti, the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the deaths of Ronald Reagan and Yasser Arafat, the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami and much more.
Aceh: A Victim of Tsunami & Occupation; Will the Indonesian Army Use the Tsunami As A Cover to Continue Its Slaughter of the People of Aceh? Of 67,000 Tsunami Victims, At Least 1/3 Are Children Susan Sontag, 1933-2004
Tsunami Death Toll Tops 40,000; UN Launches Biggest Relief Effort Ever Island Nation of Tuvalu Threatened By Rising Waters Caused By Global Warming U.S. Delegation Goes to Middle East With $600,000 in Aid For Fallujah Refugees
Massive Earthquake Kills Over 23,000 Across Indian Ocean Region Ukraine Opposition Leader Claims Victory in Election Rerun Invisible Soldiers: Iraq War Veterans Go Homeless Months After Returning From War
Bill Moyers: "Our Democracy is in Danger of Being Paralyzed" Bill Moyers has retired from his weekly public affairs show "Now" on PBS. Over the past three decades, he became an icon of American journalism. He recently gave the keynote address before 2,000 people at the first ever National Conference on Media Reform where he … Continued
A New Poverty Draft: Military Contractors Target Latin America For New Recruits Ohio Voting Rights Activists Call Electoral Fight The "Biggest Deal Since Selma" Military Families & 9/11 Families Raise $500,000 for Falluja Refugees Homeless Veterans: Soldiers Go From Fighting in Iraq to Fighting A New War At Home
Attack on U.S. Base in Mosul: Deadliest Incident for U.S. in Iraq Since Start of Occupation Can the FDA Protect the Public? Agency Accused Of Approving Unsafe Drugs Under Pressure From Pharmaceutical Industry Guinea Pig Kids: How New York City is Using Children to Test Experimental AIDS Drugs
With Rumsfeld Under Fire New Questions Emerge About His Role in Prisoner Torture Attorney General Nominee Gonzalez Advised CIA on "Acceptable" Torture Techniques Paul Krugman on Social Security, the Decline of the Dollar and Healthcare
Freed Haitian Priest Gerard Jean-Juste: Aristide Supporters "Are Not Only Targeted, We Are Being Chased" Sudanese Liberation Army Rebel Asks the World For Help Against Government Campaign of "Genocide"
