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Democracy Now! – October 27, 2011

Iraq War Vet Hospitalized with Fractured Skull After Being Shot by Police at Occupy Oakland Protest; Egyptian Youth Activists: We Are Happy to See Occupy Wall Street Movement Stand Up For Justice; Drug War Profiteers: Book Exposes How Wachovia Bank Laundered Millions For Mexican Cartels. Today’s Headlines     Occupy Wall Street Supporters Nationwide March Following … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 26, 2011

Police Fire Tear Gas, Flash Grenades as Protesters Try to Retake Occupy Oakland After Predawn Raid; Glenn Greenwald on Two-Tiered U.S. Justice System, Obama’s Assassination Program & the Arab Spring; Glenn Greenwald on Occupy Wall Street, Banks Too Big to Jail and the Attack on WikiLeaks. Today’s Headlines     Study: Income of Wealthiest 1 Percent … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 25, 2011

From Tahrir to Wall Street: Egyptian Revolutionary Asmaa Mahfouz Speaks at Occupy Wall Street; Dozens Arrested at Occupy Oakland as Police Raid Encampment, Tear Down Tents; Goldman Sachs v. Occupy Wall Street: A Greg Palast Investigation; “Women, War and Peace” PBS Series Examines Role of Nobel Prize Winner Leymah Gbowee in Liberia. Today’s Headlines     … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 24, 2011

Michael Moore & Cornel West on OWS, Iraq & the Progressive Discontent Obama Faces in ’12 Vote; Occupy Louisville: Voices From Social Justice Encampment in the Hometown of Muhammad Ali; Dr. Cornel West: “We Are in a Magnificent Moment of Democratic Awakening.” Today’s Headlines     Obama: With U.S. Withdrawal, “War in Iraq Will Be Over”    … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 21, 2011

Gaddafi’s Death Sparks Celebrations, Probe Calls, as Libyans Begin New Era Free of Regime; Exclusive: Nobel Laureate Tawakkul Karman on the Struggle for Women’s Rights, Democracy in Yemen. Today’s Headlines     Libyans Celebrate Gaddafi Death; Burial Delayed Amidst Probe Calls    Clinton Warns Pakistan on Militants    Greek Parliament Approves Austerity Package    Guatemala Apologizes to Árbenz Family … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 20, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi Killed in Libya as Interim Government Seizes Last Regime Stronghold; Former Guantánamo Prisoner Speaks Out on Lawsuit Seeking Bush’s Arrest in Canada for Torture; Harsh Immigration Laws Threaten “Humanitarian Crisis” in Alabama, Prompting Latinos to Fight Back; “Lost in Detention”: As Obama Admin Deports Record 400,000, Film Explores What Immigrants Face Behind Bars. … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 19, 2011

Former Financial Regulator William Black: Occupy Wall Street a Counter to White-Collar Fraud; Colleagues of Slain Kansas Abortion Doctor George Tiller Continue His Fight for Reproductive Rights; Amidst Soaring Poverty, New MLK Monument Should Be Seen as “Testament to [His] Unfinished Work.” Today’s Headlines     Clinton Visits Libya; NATO Reduces Sorties    Yemeni Forces Kill 7 … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 18, 2011

Freed U.S. Hikers Speak at Occupy Oakland, Express Support for California Prisoners on Hunger Strike; The New Libya: Exclusive Video on Challenges Facing a Nation Emerging from Gaddafi’s 42-Year Rule; Noam Chomsky on Israel-Palestine Prisoner Exchange, U.S. Assassination Campaign in Yemen. Today’s Headlines     Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit Released in Exchange for Hundreds of Palestinian … Continued


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Democracy Now! – October 17, 2011

Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows;Danny Glover, Cornel West Speak Out at Occupy Protests as MLK Memorial is Dedicated in D.C.; Times Square Taken Over as Occupy Wall Street Enters Second Month, Hundreds Arrested Across Country. Today’s Headlines     Hundreds of Thousands Protest Around the … Continued