On today’s show: “Forest of Noise”: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on New Book, Relatives Killed in Gaza, and More Indigenous Leader Nemonte Nenquimo on Fight to Defend Ecuador’s Ban on Future Amazon Oil Extraction The post Democracy Now 6am – November 29, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Fragile” Ceasefire Begins in Lebanon After Israel Launched More Devastating Attacks “Israel Wants Wars”: Gideon Levy on Lebanon Ceasefire, Gaza & Gov’t Sanctions Against Haaretz Amid Anti-Trans Wave, Chase Strangio to Make History as First Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court Pakistani Forces in Islamabad Crush Protesters Demanding Freedom for Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Jua...
On today’s show: War Crimes in Lebanon: Human Rights Watch Says Israel Used U.S. Arms to Kill 3 Journalists Leonard Peltier: Amnesty International Calls on Biden to Free Indigenous Leader “Before It’s Too Late” Amnesty: Before Trump’s Term, Biden Must Change Policies on Asylum, Gitmo, Death Penalty, Gaza, and More “I Am Ready, Warden”: New Film on Texas Death Row Prisoner John Ramirez Examines Redemption and Vengeance The post Democracy Now 6am – November 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: U.N. Climate Summit Ends with a “Bad Deal” as Rich, Polluting Nations Refuse $1 Trillion Finance Plan After 2023 Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, Why Did Azerbaijan Get to Host COP29? Trump Taps Project 2025 Architect Russ Vought for OMB: Wants to Fire Civil Servants and Deploy Military The post Democracy Now 6am – November 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Trillions, Not Billions”: Climate Activists Protest as COP29 Closes in on a “Bad Deal” “A Great Swindle”: Activists Slam Draft Climate Plan Reducing How Much Rich Polluting Countries Owe “A Great Day for Justice”: Palestinian Lawyer Raji Sourani on ICC Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant House Approves “Nonprofit Killer” Bill: Most Dangerous Domestic Anti-Terrorism Bill Since PATRIOT Act Who Is Pam Bondi? Trump Loyalist Tapped for Attorney General Dropped Probe into Trump...
On today’s show: Wanted for War Crimes: ICC Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant over Gaza Despite White House Pressure, 19 U.S. Senators Back Bernie Sanders’s Bills to Block Arms Sales to Israel “Pay Up!”: At COP29, Poor Countries Demand $1 Trillion a Year in Climate Finance “They’re Expanding Fossil Fuels”: Indian Activist Harjeet Singh on Rich Countries’ Hypocrisy at COP29 Defund Genocide: Activists at COP29 Link Climate Fight to Militarism, Gaza, Lebanon, and Sudan The post Democ...
On today’s show: Colombian Environment Minister Susana Muhamad on Trump, Banning Coal to Israel, and Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Democracy Now! Asks Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister: When Will Jailed Reporters and Activists Be Freed? Azerbaijani Journalist Speaks from Exile After Six Colleagues Jailed Ahead of Climate Talks Trump Nominates Wrestling CEO Linda McMahon as Education Secretary Amid Push to Abolish Dept. of Education Dr. Mehmet Oz Wants to Privatize Medicare; Trump Just Picked the TV...
On today’s show: Daughter of Political Prisoner in Azerbaijan: Government Is Using COP29 as Chance to “Enrich the Regime” Massive Energy Needs of AI and Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google, and Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power Nuclear Revival? Diné Activist Warns Against New Uranium Mining as AI and Bitcoin Energy Needs Soar The post Democracy Now 6am – November 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Live from COP29: Climate Justice Activists Demand Action, as Trump’s Return Looms Over U.N. Summit “The Finance COP”: Activists at U.N. Climate Talks Push Rich Countries to Pay for Green Transition Crackdown in Azerbaijan: COP29 Host Country Arrests Climate Activists and Journalists Ahead of Talks Trump Picks as Energy Secretary Climate-Denying Oil and Gas Magnate Who Once Drank Fracking Fluid on Live TV The post Democracy Now 6am – November 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “He Will Make America Sick”: Trump Picks Vaccine Skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head Department of Health & Human Services A New Crusade? Trump Taps Christian Nationalists Pete Hegseth and Mike Huckabee to Top Posts Historian Enzo Traverso: Israel Is Using the Memory of the Holocaust to Justify Genocide in Gaza The post Democracy Now 6am – November 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Trump Picks Far-Right Loyalist Matt Gaetz to Be Attorney General as He Moves to Weaponize the Department of Justice Against “Enemies” Report from Gaza: Palestinians Feel They Are Being “Slowly Exterminated” in Israel’s Genocide Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against U.S. Military Contractor CACI The post Democracy Now 6am – November 14, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: ACLU Attorney Lee Gelernt on How Rights Groups Are Preparing to Fight Trump’s Mass Deportations Immigrant Activist to Biden: Close Deportation Cases Now to Take a Weapon Away from Trump Trump Taps Fossil Fuel Ally Lee Zeldin to Head EPA, Push “Anti-Environmental Agenda” Head of U.N. Climate Summit in Azerbaijan Caught on Tape Pushing Oil & Gas Deals Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post ...
On today’s show: “Hatemonger”: Stephen Miller to Hold Key Post as Trump Pushes Mass Detention and Deportation As Private Prison Stocks Soar, Immigrant Rights Activists Vow to Fight Trump’s Mass Deportation Plans “American Coup: Wilmington 1898”: PBS Film Examines Massacre When Racists Overthrew Multiracial Government The post Democracy Now 6am – November 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Hate Has No Place Here”: Black Americans Slam Racist Texts Promoting Slavery After Trump’s Election “A Campaign of Genocide”: Noura Erakat Speaks to Ta-Nehisi Coates About Israel’s War on Gaza “Complete Charade”: Qatar Withdraws from Ceasefire Talks; Middle East Prepares for Trump Presidency Mouin Rabbani on What Really Happened in Amsterdam Between Israeli Soccer Fans and Local Residents The post Democracy Now 6am – November 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Democrats Deserted Working Poor: Bishop William Barber on Healthcare, Living Wages, Voting Rights “Open Celebration of the Oligarchy”: Both Democrats and GOP Sucked Up to Billionaires in 2024 Election End the Arms: Humanitarian Chief Jan Egeland Urges U.S. to Stop Arming Israel Before Trump Takes Office The post Democracy Now 6am – November 8, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Robin D. G. Kelley on Trump’s Election Win: “We Can’t Keep Relying on the Democratic Party” Fatima Bhutto: Kamala Harris’s Support for Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Is a Betrayal of True Feminism “Communities Were Destroyed”: Mass Deportations of 1930s and 1950s Show Harm of Trump Plan, If Implemented The post Democracy Now 6am – November 7, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “The Confederacy Won”: Why Donald Trump’s Reelection Is a Win for White Supremacy, Xenophobia, and Hate “This Is a Collapse of the Democratic Party”: Ralph Nader on Roots of Trump’s Win Over Harris “A Devastating Result”: John Nichols on GOP Taking White House and the Senate Linda Sarsour: Harris’s Embrace of Pro-Israel Policies at Odds with Democratic Base Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor: Democrats Demobilized Their Base; A Movement Is Now Needed to Oppose Trump Rami Khouri: U.S. Voter...
On today’s show: Juan González: Sitting Out This Election Would Be a Mistake, Just as It Was in 1968 2020 Redux? Army of MAGA Election Officials Prepare to Challenge Results If Trump Loses Trump Tried to Steal the Vote in Georgia in 2020; Now Election Deniers Run Georgia’s Election System Ari Berman on Racist Roots of Electoral College and How Ballot Measures Can Help Preserve Democracy “The Misinformation Web”: Maria Hinojosa on the Pro-Trump Propaganda Targeting Latinos in 2024 The post Democr...
On today’s show: “You’re Being Lied To”: Pennsylvania County Elections Chair Debunks Claims of Voter Fraud Former FEC Counsel Speaks Out on Big Money, Citizens United, and Elon Musk’s Illegal Moves to Help Trump Save the Children in Gaza: Israel Bombs Polio Vax Site and Bans UNRWA in Attacks on Humanitarian Aid Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud on Refusing Meeting with Trump and Not Endorsing Harris The post Democracy Now 6am – November 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Will Abortion Rights Decide 2024 Election? Amy Littlefield on Trump’s Misogyny and 10 Ballot Measures Report from Wisconsin: John Nichols on Harris’s Madison Roots and Key Senate/House Races Nationwide “Little Secret”? Elie Mystal on Trump’s Likely Plan to Steal Election with GOP House Speaker Johnson The post Democracy Now 6am – November 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese on Israel’s “Intent to Destroy” Gaza Bishop William Barber Endorses Harris and Says Faith Leaders Must Oppose Trump’s Hate “The Racism of MAGA is as American as Apple Pie”: Nina Turner on Trump and 2024 Election The post Democracy Now 6am – October 31, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Report from Pennsylvania: Marc Lamont Hill on Harris’s Closing Speech & Dangers of a Trump Victory Imara Jones: Transphobia Is “Key Pillar” of Trump’s Push for a “Patriarchal Fascist Regime” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – October 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Puerto Rico Is an “Island of Garbage”: Outrage Grows over Trump’s Racist and Xenophobic New York City Rally Ruth Ben-Ghiat: Trump’s Dehumanizing Rhetoric Is Adopting Franco’s Language of Fascism and Violence Trump’s Night at the Garden: Racist Campaign Rally Evokes Infamous 1939 Nazi Gathering in NYC Editorial Writers at L.A. Times and Washington Post Resign After Billionaire Owners Block Endorsements of Kamala Harris The post Democracy Now 6am – October 29, 2024 appeared first ...
On today’s show: “This Carnage Needs to Stop”: Israel Bans Aid Groups from Gaza, Kills Over 1,000 in North Gaza Siege “Save Us from Ourselves”: 3,000+ Israelis Call for International Help to Pressure Israel to Back Ceasefire “We Are in an Escalatory Cycle”: Trita Parsi on Latest Israeli Attack on Iran, and Risk of Wider War Biden Apologizes for Native American Boarding Schools That Aimed to Exterminate Indigenous Culture The post Democracy Now 6am – October 28, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Worse and Worse”: Hospital Director in North Gaza Says Israeli Assault on Jabaliya Is Bloodiest Yet “Forest of Noise”: Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha on New Book, Relatives Killed in Gaza, and More BRICS Breakthrough? Economists Richard Wolff and Patrick Bond on Growing Alliance and How it Challenges the U.S. The post Democracy Now 6am – October 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “This Is Just Terrorism”: Israel Bombs World Heritage Site in Lebanon, Threatens Major Hospital “Ethnic Cleansing”: Israeli Group B’Tselem Calls for World to Stop Israel’s Siege of Northern Gaza Head of CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) Condemns Israel’s Deadly War on Journalists in Gaza, as IDF (Israel Defense Forces) Threaten Al Jazeera Reporters Prominent Muslim Democrat Demands Answers After Being Kicked Out of Harris Rally in Michigan The post Democracy Now 6am – Octob...
On today’s show: “We Have Lost All Credibility”: Hala Rharrit on Quitting State Dept. & Ending U.S. Complicity in Gaza “Historic Opportunity”: New Pro-Decolonization Alliance Aims to Shake Up Puerto Rico Politics Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani Enters NYC Race as Indicted Mayor Eric Adams Refuses to Resign Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – October 23, 2024 appeared first on KP...
On today’s show: “The Gaza I Know Is Gone”: Israel’s Rampage Continues, as Survivors Struggle for Food, Water, Safety Naomi Klein: Israel Has Weaponized October 7 Trauma to Justify Its Genocide in Gaza Naomi Klein on 2024 Election, Trump/Musk Misinformation and the “Real Conspiracy” of Money & Power The post Democracy Now 6am – October 22, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: “Collateral Damage”: Hundreds of Patients Trapped in North Gaza as Israel Intensifies Siege Report from Beirut: Israel Bombs Banks, Attacks UNIFIL in Expanding War of Aggression Will Netanyahu Incite a War with Iran? Leaked U.S. Docs Detail Israel’s Attack Plans Facing Numerous Federal Probes, Elon Musk Spends Millions to Help Elect Trump and Gut Government Regulations The post Democracy Now 6am – October 21, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
On today’s show: Tareq Baconi on Death of Hamas Chief Sinwar and Why Killing Palestinian Leaders Won’t Pacify Resistance Gideon Levy: Death of Sinwar Won’t End Israel’s War While U.S. Gives Netanyahu Free Rein in Gaza “I Could Be the Next Sha’ban”: 21-Year-Old Journalist from Gaza Reports on Teenager Burned Alive The post Democracy Now 6am – October 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
