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Democracy Now 6am – October 2, 2023

On Today’s Show: Far-Right Republicans Look to Oust Speaker McCarthy After He Averts Government Shutdown Gavin Newsom Taps Laphonza Butler to Fill Sen. Feinstein’s Seat, Rejecting Calls to Pick Barbara Lee Survived & Punished: Meet Tracy McCarter, a Nurse Jailed, Then Cleared, for Stabbing Abusive Husband Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – October 2, 2023 appeared first o...

Oct 02, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 29, 2023

On Today’s Show: Fearing Ethnic Cleansing, 90,000 Armenians Flee Nagorno-Karabakh After Azerbaijan Military Blitz Nazi Veteran Honored in Canada Was Part of Wave of Collaborators Harbored in West: Lev Golinkin Top Cuban Diplomat Seeks Probe of D.C. Embassy Attack & End to “Unbearable” U.S. Sanctions Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 29, 2023 appeared first on K...

Sep 29, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 28, 2023

On Today’s Show: “Donald Duck” & “Missing in Action”: GOP Rivals Criticize Trump for Skipping Another Debate Ralph Nader: Why Is GOP Not Debating Corporate Crime Wave & the Weakening of Our Democratic Society? David Dayen: Amazon & Google Antitrust Cases Highlight “Newfound Vigor” in D.C. to Fight Monopolies Breaking the Menendez Cycle? Senator Pleads Not Guilty to Corruption, But Calls Grow for Resignation Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, ho...

Sep 28, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 27, 2023

On Today’s Show: “Breaking Point”: Cities Struggle with Rise in Asylum Seekers; U.S. Foreign Policy Linked to Increase Hispanic Heritage Month: Rep. Chuy García Remembers Pioneering Activists Rudy Lozano & Bert Corona Making History, Biden Joins UAW Picket Line & Calls on Big 3 to Give Autoworkers “Significant Raise” Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 27, 20...

Sep 27, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 26, 2023

On Today’s Show: Assassination on U.S. Soil: Orlando Letelier’s Son Seeks Justice for 1976 Bombing by Pinochet Regime Red Scare at the Smithsonian? Battle Brews over Portrayal of Latino History in Planned New Museum Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 26, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 26, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 25, 2023

On Today’s Show: Striking Hollywood Writers Reach Tentative Deal with Studios After 146 Days on Picket Line Clarence Thomas & the Koch Network: ProPublica Reveals SCOTUS Justice Attended Fundraising Events Sen. Bob Menendez Indicted in Case Revealing How Egypt Tried to Keep U.S. Military Aid Flowing Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 25, 2023 appeared first on K...

Sep 25, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 22, 2023

On Today’s Show: As Rupert Murdoch Resigns from His Right-Wing Media Empire, Will His Son Lachlan Be Even More Extreme? Despite “Symbolic Rebukes” of Israel & Netanyahu, Will Biden’s Legacy Be Apartheid? Rep. Ro Khanna on “Chaos” in House as Shutdown Nears, UAW Strike & Murder of Canadian Sikh Leader Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 22, 2023 appeared first...

Sep 22, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 21, 2023

On Today’s Show: Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Ukraine, Palestine & Why Latin America Rejects Western Hypocrisy World Must Decarbonize Before “Point of No Return” on Climate Crisis: Colombian President Gustavo Petro Lift the Blockade on Venezuela & Cuba: Colombian President Petro Warns U.S. Sanctions Are Driving Migration Colombian President Gustavo Petro Denounces U.S. Intervention in Americas, from Chilean Coup to Drug War Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-win...

Sep 21, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 20, 2023

On Today’s Show: Assassination of Sikh Leader in Canada Highlights Modi’s Embrace of Authoritarianism in India & Abroad Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Charges Against Julian Assange Are “Mockery of Freedom of Press” Australian Senator Peter Whish-Wilson Calls on U.S. to End the “Totalitarian” Prosecution of Julian Assange “I’m Not a Criminal… Enbridge Is”: Charges Tossed Against Winona LaDuke & Others for Pipeline Action Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning ne...

Sep 20, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 19, 2023

On Today’s Show: U.S. & Iran Complete Prisoner Swap; Iranian Protesters Mark One Year Since Death of Mahsa Amini Bombs for Bailouts: Pakistan Supplied Weapons to Ukraine in Return for U.S.-Brokered IMF Loan Shutdown Showdown: Far-Right Lawmakers Battle with House Speaker McCarthy, Risking Gov’t Shutdown “Stop Financing Fossil Fuels”: 149 Climate Activists Arrested Blocking NY Federal Reserve, Hit Banks Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy...

Sep 19, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 18, 2023

On Today’s Show: The March to End Fossil Fuels: 75,000 Rally in NYC to Push Biden & World Leaders on Climate Crisis “W​e Will Not Give Up”: AOC, Vanessa Nakate Lead Calls at Massive NY Climate Rally to End Fossil Fuels Labor, Frontline & Youth Voices Call on Biden to Immediately Act to Prevent Climate Catastrophe Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 18, 2023 appeared fi...

Sep 18, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 15, 2023

On Today’s Show: UAW on Strike: In Historic Move, Auto Workers Target All Big Three Automakers at Once 400 Climate Scientists Endorse Call to Halt Fossil Fuels Ahead of Major NYC Climate March Meet Two NYU Sunrise Students Who Helped Push NYU To Divest From Fossil Fuels Hunter Biden Is Indicted on Gun Charges as House GOP Launch Impeachment Inquiry into Joe Biden Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The po...

Sep 15, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 14, 2023

Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 14, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 14, 202323 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 13, 2023

On Today’s Show: “A Calamity of Epic Proportions”: Death Toll from Libyan Floods Tops 6,000 in Latest Climate Disaster “Complicit”: Columbia U. Shielded Predator OB-GYN Robert Hadden for Decades as He Assaulted Hundreds Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 13, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 13, 20237 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 12, 2023

On Today’s Show: The World Is Undergoing “Significant Realignments”: Economist Jayati Ghosh on G20, India, China & More Is Modi Changing India’s Name to Bharat? Jayati Ghosh on What’s Behind the Move 50 Years After Coup in Chile: Peter Kornbluh on How U.S. Continues to Hide Role of Nixon & Kissinger “Capitalism Is an Insecurity Machine”: Astra Taylor on Student Debt & Our Radically Unequal World Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Am...

Sep 12, 20234 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 11, 2023

On Today’s Show: Morocco: Earthquake Death Toll at 2,500; Criticism Grows over King’s Response to Humanitarian Crisis “The Other 9/11”: Ariel Dorfman on 50th Anniversary of U.S.-Backed Coup in Chile That Ousted Allende Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 11, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 11, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 8, 2023

On Today’s Show: Spain: Soccer Head Faces Sexual Assault Charge for World Cup Forced Kiss; Women Players Strike over Pay Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion in Major Step Forward for Reproductive Rights in Latin America Fulton County Jail: Shawndre Delmore Is 10th Person to Die at Notorious Facility So Far in 2023 Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 8, 2023 appeared first...

Sep 08, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 7, 2023

On Today’s Show: Ukrainian & Russian Activists on How Putin’s War Emboldens “Authoritarian Forces” Around the World Democratic Republic of Congo Faces “Worst Hunger Catastrophe” as Mineral Extraction Enriches the Few Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 7, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 07, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – September 6, 2023

On Today’s Show: “A Political Prosecution”: 61 Cop City Opponents Hit with RICO Charges by Georgia’s Republican AG “Alarming”: Biden to Supply Depleted Uranium Shells to Ukraine Despite Contamination Risks Kenyan Activist at Africa Climate Summit: Fund Green Transition on Continent & Phase Out Fossil Fuels Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 6, 2023 appeared first on KPFA....

Sep 06, 202311 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 5, 2023

On Today’s Show: Racist Shootings “Don’t Happen in a Vacuum”: Bishop Barber on DeSantis, Trump & Those Who Spread Hate “Doing Harm”: Roy Eidelson on the American Psychological Association’s Embrace of U.S. Torture Program Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 5, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 05, 20235 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 4, 2023

On Today’s SHow: “The Great Escape”: Saket Soni on Forced Immigrant Labor Used to Clean Up Climate Disasters in U.S. Salvadoran Writer Javier Zamora on Coping with Trauma from Being Detained & Undocumented in U.S. Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – September 4, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Sep 04, 202326 min

Democracy Now 6am – September 1, 2023

On Today’s Show: Jan. 6: Proud Boys Lieutenant Joe Biggs, Who Warned of “Second Civil War,” Sentenced to 17 Years Enbridge Is the Guilty Party, Not Me: Meet the Pipeline Protester Facing 5 Years for Peaceful Action Green New Deal Architect Rhiana Gunn-Wright Warns the Green Transition May Leave Black People Behind Biden Administration Sued as Thousands of Afghan Evacuees Are Detained Overseas Waiting for U.S. Entry Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted...

Sep 01, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 31, 2023

On Today’s Show: Military Coup in Gabon Seen as Part of Broader Revolt Against France & Neo-Colonialism in Africa Scientist Peter Kalmus: The Hurricanes, Floods & Fires of 2023 Are Just the Beginning of Climate Emergency U.S. Aquifers Are Running Dry, Posing Major Threat to Drinking Water Supply Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 31, 2023 appeared first on KPFA...

Aug 31, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 30, 2023

On Today’s Show: Biden vs. Big Pharma: Medicare to Begin Negotiations to Lower Price of 10 Costly Drugs & Insulin Progressive Dems Visit Latin America Seeking “New Path” After Decades of U.S. Interference Texas Rep. Greg Casar Condemns Gov. Greg Abbott’s “Dangerous Stunts” at the Border “Modern Form of Slavery”: Haitians at Dominican Sugar Plantations Work Under Inhumane Conditions Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman an...

Aug 30, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 29, 2023

On Today’s Show: As Mark Meadows Pushes for Federal Trial, Activists Say Attack on Voting Rights at Heart of Georgia Case Judge in D.C. Sets Trump Trial for March 4 & Rejects Trump Lawyer’s Citation of Scottsboro Boys Case “Hurricane of Racism”: Racial Terror in Jacksonville, from Recent Shooting to 1960 Ax Handle Saturday Jacksonville Shooting: Rep. Maxwell Frost Blasts DeSantis for Pushing Bigotry & Ignoring Gun Violence Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news...

Aug 29, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 28, 2023

On Today’s Show: Gary Younge on Jacksonville Shooting & Why America’s Gun Problem “Makes Its Racism More Lethal” 60 Years After “I Have a Dream”: Gary Younge on MLK’s March on Washington & the Fight for Racial Justice Family of Kenneth Chamberlain, Black Man Killed in 2011 by Police, Settles with City of White Plains Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 28, 2023 appeared f...

Aug 28, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 25, 2023

On Today’s Show: Inmate P01135809: Trump Surrenders to Jail in Georgia, Booked on 13 Felony Counts Are “Mugshots” Unethical? How Jailhouse Photos Undermine Defendants & Reinforce Systemic Bias “Shameful”: Reelected Tenn. State Rep. Justin Jones on GOP Silencing of Critics on Gun Control Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 25, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Aug 25, 20237 min

Democracy Now 6am – August 24, 2023

On Today’s Show: Two Months After Mutiny in Russia, Wagner Group’s Yevgeny Prigozhin Dies in Plane Crash 6 of 8 GOP Candidates Vow to Back Trump as Party’s Nominee Even If He Is Convicted GOP Candidates Refuse to Say Climate Change Is Caused by Humans; Vivek Ramaswamy Calls It a “Hoax” Should the U.S. Keep Funding War in Ukraine? Debate Reveals Deep Divisions Within Republican Party Democracy Now! is a daily national independent award-winning news program, hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and J...

Aug 24, 20231 hr

Democracy Now 6am – August 23, 2023

On Today’s Show: “They Fired on Us Like Rain”: Saudis Accused of Killing Hundreds of Ethiopian Refugees at Border “It’s Always About Oil”: CIA & MI6 Staged Coup in Iran 70 Years Ago, Destroying Democracy in Iran The post Democracy Now 6am – August 23, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Aug 23, 202320 min

Democracy Now 6am – August 22, 2023

On Today’s Show: “Notorious”: Inside the Fulton County Jail, Where Trump Will Surrender & 15 Prisoners Died Last Year Meet George Chidi, the Journalist Subpoenaed for Uncovering Secret Meeting of Fake Trump Electors Vijay Prashad on BRICS & Why Global South Cooperation Is Key to Dismantling Unjust World Order In Major Win for Indigenous Rights, Ecuador Votes to Ban Oil Drilling in Protected Amazon Lands The post Democracy Now 6am – August 22, 2023 appeared first on KPFA.

Aug 22, 20231 hr
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