On today show: “Terrible Mistake”: Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu’s Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior Not Welcome: Jewish and Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu’s Address to Congress; 400 Arrested “Tragic Beyond Proportions”: Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests The post Democracy Now 6am – July 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden’s Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must “Chart a New Path” on Israel-Palestine “The Prescription Is Ceasefire”: Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality, and Corruption The post Democracy Now 6am – July 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza, and More How to Pick Biden’s Replacement? James Zogby and LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention Representative Sheila Jackson Lee Remembered: Opposed Iraq War, Advocated for Juneteenth, Reparations, and More International Court of Justice (ICJ) Rules Israel’s Occupation of West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza Is Illegal: Attorney Diana Buttu Explains The post Democracy Now 6am – Ju...
Jul 22, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: In “Unity” Speech, Trump Demonizes Migrants, Spreads Lies and Embraces Authoritarianism Milwaukee Protesters Demand Justice for Samuel Sharpe and D’Vontaye Mitchell Bishop William Barber: Trump and Republicans Did Not Offer “Unity” at RNC, Only More Lies and Hate The GOP Is Waging a War on Abortion Rights, But You Wouldn’t Know It If You Watched the RNC “Justice for My Brother”: Sister of Samuel Sharpe Speaks Out After Police Killing During RNC The second hour of today’s special...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Trump’s VP Pick J.D. Vance Espouses Economic Populism, But Will He Actually Be a Working-Class Ally? J.D. Vance Criticizes Biden’s Support for Iraq War in 2003 But Pushes Hawkish Policy on China and Iran “More Radical Than MAGA”? Politico’s Ian Ward on J.D. Vance and the Future of the Republican Party “White Trash” Historian Nancy Isenberg on J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and Class in America COVID Forces Biden Off Campaign Trail as Pressure Grows for Him to Step Aside The seco...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Politics of Hate”: Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC Trump Is Trying to “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record: Clarence Lusane Jury Convicts New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt and Qatar Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran J.D. Vance Praised 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones as Truth-Teller in Private 2021 Speech Milwaukee Immigrant Rights Advocate Slams ...
Jul 17, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” and Appalachia’s Shift to the Right: Arlie Russell Hochschild Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Ex-President on First Day of RNC “Genocidal Man” versus “Fascist Man”: RNC Protesters Decry 2024 Choices, Call for Justice “He’s a Fake”: Robert Kuttner on How J.D. Vance Disguises His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism Trump’s VP Pick, J.D. Vance, Pushed for Police to Track & Criminalize Abortions “Blank Check” for...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Long Legacy of U.S. Political Violence: RNC Begins in Milwaukee in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt “An America Awash in Guns”: Brady President Kris Brown on Trump Shooting and the Need for Gun Control Mawasi Massacre: Over 90 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Tent Camp in Gaza “Safe Zone” Jeff Sharlet on Trump Assassination Attempt, Authoritarian Violence, and Project 2025 Voices of the Unhoused: Poor People’s Army Sets Up Encampment Near RNC to Protest GOP Policies “The Fall ...
Jul 15, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: In Rare News Conference, Biden Vows to Stay in Race, Defending Record on Ukraine, NATO and More: A Roundtable “I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will The post Democracy Now 6am – July 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 12, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Should Biden Step Aside? Wajahat Ali and Norman Solomon Debate Democratic Options for 2024 Race Former Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Is “Trying to Do Everything to Prevent a Deal” The post Democracy Now 6am – July 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Report from Gaza: Israel Attacks Schools & Orders Palestinians to Leave Gaza City Amid Ceasefire Talks Their Goal Is Total Ethnic Cleansing: Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s Expulsion Order for Gaza City “Peace, Not NATO”: As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO’s 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 10, 2024 appeared ...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force; He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza “On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About October 7, Ceasefire Talks, and Israel Drop Site News: Jeremy Scahill on Launching Investigative News Outlet with Ryan Grim The post Democracy Now 6am – July 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 09, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: As Labour Wins in U.K., Party’s Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy “Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground “The Whole Country of France Has Won”: Far Right Blocked from Power as Left Surges Iran’s New Reformist President Promises More Freedom, Better Relations with the West The post Democracy Now 6am – July 8, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 08, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Birding While Black and the Central Park Incident The post Democracy Now 6am – July 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 05, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century The post Democracy Now 6am – July 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 04, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis “This Must End”: Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA....
Jul 03, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “A King Above the Law”: Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Broad Immunity from Prosecution Lula Visits Chomsky Recovering from Stroke: “You Are One of the Most Influential People in My Life” Vijay Prashad: Resource-Rich Congo Still Fighting for Its Own Wealth 64 Years After Independence The post Democracy Now 6am – July 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Far Right in France “On the Doorstep of Power” as National Rally Surges in Snap Election “Power Grab”: SCOTUS Overturns 4 Decades of Federal Regulatory Control, Hands Power to Courts Phone Hacking, Stolen Info: New Washington Post Publisher’s Ties to Murdoch Papers Raise Alarm “Uncharted Territory”: Biden Vows to Stay in the Race Despite Public’s Doubts About His Health The post Democracy Now 6am – July 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jul 01, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Step Aside Joe”: After First Pres. Debate, Democrats Reeling from Biden Missteps & Trump Lies “Taking Black Jobs”? Economists Darrick Hamilton & Dean Baker on Inflation & Taxes in Presidential Debate 2024 Debate: Trump Lies About Abortions After Birth as Biden Fails to Defend Reproductive Rights Biden-Trump Debate: Silky Shah on How Both Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Promote Xenophobic Myths Biden Boasts of Israel Support in Gaza Assault as Trump Uses “Palestinia...
Jun 28, 2024•1 hr 7 min
On today’s show: Kenya Protests: Police Abduct Activists as Pres. Ruto Rejects Tax Bill Linked to Foreign Debt Crisis The Gaza Project: Investigation Details Israel’s “Unprecedented” Targeting of Palestinian Journalists Gaza Journalist Shrouq Aila on Continuing to Report After Journalist Husband Killed in Israeli Airstrike Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – June 27, 2024 appeared first...
Jun 27, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Julian Is Free”: Assange Back Home in Australia After Taking U.S. Plea Deal in “Espionage” Case “A Big Deal”: Julian Assange’s Release Welcomed by Australian Senator After Grassroots Campaign Julian Assange’s Release “Averted a Press Freedom Catastrophe” But Still Set Bad Precedent: Jameel Jaffer Auma Obama, Sister of Pres. Obama, on Kenyan Police Attacks on Youth-Led Tax Protests, 22+ Killed Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists...
Jun 26, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder’s Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange’s Release But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal Journalist Antony Loewenstein on Assange’s Release, WikiLeaks, and Israeli Drones Killing Gaza Reporters New York City Congestion Pricing: Advocates Slam NY Governor for Halting Plan to Reduce Emissions and Fund Mass Transit The post Democracy Now 6am – June 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA....
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: AIPAC vs. Jamaal Bowman: Representative Ayanna Pressley on Pro-Israel Lobby Push to Defeat Pro-Ceasefire Lawmaker “These Are Not Just Threats”: Representative Ayanna Pressley on Project 2025 and Dangers of a Second Trump Term Will Israel Expand Its War into Lebanon? Rami Khouri on Netanyahu’s Latest Threats Meet Maha Hussaini, Gaza Journalist Whose Courage Award Was Rescinded After Pro-Israel Smear Campaign The post Democracy Now 6am – June 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 24, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “The Night Won’t End”: New Documentary Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault “Green Border”: Agnieszka Holland’s New Film Shows “Impossible Choices” Facing Refugees in Europe The post Democracy Now 6am – June 21, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Meet Nadia Milleron: Her Daughter Was Killed in 2019 Boeing Crash, Now She’s Running for Congress Reuters: Pentagon Ran a Secret Anti-Vax Campaign to Undermine China at the Height of the Pandemic First Illinois Latina Representative Praises Biden’s New Immigration Executive Order But Slams Border Shutdown “Congress Is Not for Sale”: Representative Ramirez Slams AIPAC-Led Campaign Against Jamaal Bowman in NY Primary The post Democracy Now 6am – June 20, 2024 appeared first on KPF...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Juneteenth Special: Historian Clint Smith on Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America Rhiannon Giddens on Pulitzer-Winning Opera “Omar” About Enslaved Muslim Scholar Omar ibn Said “Another Wasted Life”: Rhiannon Giddens on How Death of Kalief Browder Inspired New Song The post Democracy Now 6am – June 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 19, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Ahead of Juneteenth, Maryland Pardons 175K Pot Convictions, Seeking to Remedy Harms of the War on Drugs Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses University of Minnesota Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide The post Democracy Now 6am – June 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Report from Rafah: UNICEF Decries Israel’s “War on Children” as Starvation & Deaths Mount in Gaza Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump’s First Return to Capitol Hill Since Jan. 6 Cements His GOP “Stranglehold” Rep. Jamie Raskin: Only a Two-State Solution Can End “Nightmare” of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Arundhati Roy Faces Anti-Terror Prosecution in India as Modi Expands Crackdown on Critics The post Democracy Now 6am – June 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 17, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Supreme Court Protects Access to Mifepristone, But War on Abortion Rights Continues to Escalate Birding While Black: Christian Cooper on NYC Audubon Society’s New Name & Racist Central Park Incident “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Being a Queer Black Man in the Natural World The post Democracy Now 6am – June 14, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 14, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Secret Recording of SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito Offers “Window” into His Conservative Ideology ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage From Gaza to Sudan, Number of Global Armed Conflicts Reach New Post-WWII High Palestinian Diplomat: Gaza Ceasefire Only Possible Once Israel Commits to Ending the War The post Democracy Now 6am – June 13, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr
