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Democracy Now! – November 10, 2011
Italian Financial Crisis Prompts Berlusconi’s Exit, Escalates Fears of Europe’s Next Massive Bailout; Latino Voters Help Dethrone Anti-Immigrant Champion in Historic Arizona State Senate Recall Election; Report: Thousands of U.S.-Born Kids Languish in Foster Care As Immigrant Parents Detained, Deported; Legendary Folk Duo Crosby & Nash on Soundtracking Movements From the 1960s to Occupy Wall … Continued
Democracy Now! – November 9, 2011
Election Day 2011: In State After State, “Remarkable Wins for Progressive Politics”; Mississippi Rejects Bill to Grant Pre-Embryonic “Personhood,” Outlaw Fertility Aid, Birth Control; As Cain Denies Mounting Allegations, Supporters Malign Female Accusers, Sexual Harassment Victims; Bank Transfer Day Kristen Christian on How She Inspired Mass Exodus From Big Banks to Credit Unions; “Corporations Are … Continued
Democracy Now! – November 8, 2011
Israel Deports Democracy Now! Correspondent Jihan Hafiz; Most Gaza Flotilla Activists Still Detained; Exclusive: 5,000 Haitian Cholera Victims Sue U.N. After Deadly Epidemic Kills 6,000, Sickens 450,000; The Koch-Cain Connection: IRS Urged To Probe Ties Between Cain Campaign and Billionaire Koch Brothers. Today’s Headlines Syrian Troops Launch Bloody Assault in Third Largest City Italy’s … Continued
Democracy Now! – November 7, 2011
Israel Intercepts Gaza-Bound Flotilla; Dozens Detained Including Democracy Now! Correspondent; U.S. Drone Kills 16-Year-Old Pakistani Boy Days After He Attends Anti-Drone Organizing Meeting; Egypt’s Military Widens Crackdown as Prominent Blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah Remains Imprisoned; 10,000 Surround White House to Protest Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline. Today’s Headlines Greek Prime Minister Seals Deal … Continued
Democracy Now – November 3, 2011
EXCLUSIVE: Video Report from Gaza-Bound Flotilla Attempting to Break Israeli Blockade, Wall Street v. Greece: G20 Opens as Greek PM Pushes For Referendum on Bailout and Austerity Measures; Jon Corzine’s MF Global Firm Collapses in Biggest Wall Street Failure Since Lehman Brothers; Video Report From Streets of Oakland: First General Strike in City Since 1946 … Continued
Democracy Now! – November 2, 2011
Occupy Oakland Prepares for General Strike as War Veterans Organize Day of Action at Occupy Camps; WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Loses Appeal to Stop His Extradition to Sweden; Exclusive: Gaza-Bound “Freedom Waves” Flotilla Sets Sail From an Eastern Mediterranean Port. Today’s Headlines U.K. Court Rules WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Can Be Extradited to Sweden … Continued
Democracy Now! – November 1, 2011
U.S. Pulls All Funding for UNESCO After Sweeping Vote to Support Palestinian Membership; As NATO Ends Libyan Bombing Campaign, Is the U.S. Seeking Greater Military Control of Africa?; Jonathan Steele on Afghanistan: “The War is Unwinnable: It is a Stalemate. There is No Victory”; Move Your Money: Campaign Grows to Divest From “Too Big to … Continued
Democracy Now! – October 31, 2011
“Deadly Monopolies”: Medical Ethicist Harriet Washington on How Firms are Taking Over Life Itself. 12 U.S. Forces Killed in Deadliest Ground Attack on NATO in Afghan War U.S. Ignored Evidence of Afghan Torture; State Dept. Probing Alleged Violations of Leahy Law Report: U.S. to Boost Persian Gulf Military Force After Iraq Withdrawal 36 Killed … Continued