On today’s show: Climate Scientist Peter Kalmus Fled L.A. Fearing Wildfires; His Old Neighborhood Is Now a Hellscape “Sabotaged by His Own Democratic Party”: Ralph Nader on Jimmy Carter’s Legacy Camp David’s Failures: Why Jimmy Carter’s Opposition to Israeli Apartheid Wasn’t Enough to Secure Peace Jimmy Carter Championed Human Rights But Also Funded and Armed Indonesia’s Genocide in East Timor Biden Urged to Pardon Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir, Who Could Soon Be Deported The post Democrac...
Jan 10, 2025•10 min
On today’s show: Zuckerberg Goes “Full MAGA,” as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. and Paves Way for More Hate Speech L.A. Fires Should Be a Climate Wake-Up Call: 5 Dead, 130K+ Evacuated in Uncontained “Apocalypse” The post Democracy Now 6am – January 9, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr
On today’s show: “Outrageous”: Representative Jim McGovern Slams Trump’s Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland, Canada Will Biden Exonerate Ethel Rosenberg Posthumously? Declassified Docs Show FBI Knew She Was Innocent Will Biden Pardon Steven Donziger, Who Faced Retaliation for Suing Chevron over Oil Spill in Amazon? With Trudeau Out and Conservatives Set to Win, Canada Needs a Real Resistance to Trump: Avi Lewis 11 Men Freed After 20+ Years of “Extreme Deprivation”; Will Biden Close Guantánamo ...
Jan 08, 2025•16 min
On today’s show: The Militia and the Mole: Reporter Josh Kaplan on How a Freelance Vigilante Infiltrated U.S. Militias “Requiem for a Refugee Camp”: Mosab Abu Toha on Destruction of Jabaliya, Abduction of Doctors, and More Jimmy Carter’s “Decency & Humanity” Came with Deadly U.S. Policies in Latin America: Greg Grandin The post Democracy Now 6am – January 7, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr
On today’s show: American Historical Association Votes Overwhelmingly to Support Resolution to Oppose Scholasticide in Gaza Crack-Up Capitalism: How Billionaire Elon Musk’s Extremism Is Shaping Trump Admin and Global Politics The post Democracy Now 6am – January 6, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr
On today’s show: New Year’s Attacks by Green Beret and Army Veteran: Does U.S. Militarism Abroad Fuel Violence at Home? “From Ground Zero”: Oscar-Shortlisted Film Features Stories from Palestinian Filmmakers in Gaza U.S./Israeli Yemen Strikes Won’t End Houthi Resistance; Ending Gaza Genocide Will: Shireen Al-Adeimi The post Democracy Now 6am – January 3, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 03, 2025•1 hr
On today’s show: “Exhausted”: Palestinian Journalist Shrouq Aila on Life and Death in Gaza, and “Duty” to Report on Genocide “Dead Calm”: BBC Film on Greek Coast Guard Abandoning Asylum Seekers at Sea Amid European Crackdown The post Democracy Now 6am – January 2, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 02, 2025•3 min
On today’s show: A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in New Film “Surveilled” “Surveilled”: Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone Trump Escalates War on Press; Some Outlets Are “Capitulating Preemptively” to Pressure The post Democracy Now 6am – January 1, 2025 appeared first on KPFA.
Jan 01, 2025•1 hr
On today’s show: Ukraine Faces a “Cold, Dark Winter,” as Russia Strikes Energy Infrastructure; Biden to Send New Aid Veteran Israeli Negotiator Gershon Baskin: Netanyahu Remains Obstacle to Ceasefire Deal Gaza: Doctors Warn Thousands of Palestinians Could Die This Winter from Cold, Hunger, Disease The post Democracy Now 6am – December 31, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 31, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “A Genocidal Project”: Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah on Israel’s Destruction of Gaza’s Health System “Total Moral, Ethical Failure”: Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Israel’s Genocide in Gaza Jimmy Carter Dead at 100: Former President Urged “Peace Not Apartheid” in 2007 DemocracyNow! Interview on Palestine The post Democracy Now 6am – December 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Gideon Levy on Israel’s “Moral Blindness”: Gaza Babies Freeze; Strikes Kill Medical Workers, Reporters “We’re Not for Sale”: Greenlandic Member of Danish Parliament Responds to Trump’s Vow to Buy Island Imperialist Fantasy: Historian Greg Grandin on Trump Threat to Retake Panama Canal, Invade Mexico Tech Investor Roger McNamee: Big Tech Backs Trump to Cut Taxes, Boost Crypto, Replace Workers with AI The post Democracy Now 6am – December 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 27, 2024•34 min
On today’s show: Meet State Department Official Michael Casey, Who Resigned over Gaza After U.S. Ignored Israeli Abuses Back in Syria After Exile, BBC Reporter Lina Sinjab on “Joy” and Calls for Prosecution, Reconciliation WaPo Native American Journalist Dana Hedgpeth: 3,100+ Indigenous Students Died at U.S. “Boarding Schools” The post Democracy Now 6am – December 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 26, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: A Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz The post Democracy Now 6am – December 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 25, 2024•24 min
On today’s show: “Conscience into Action”: Biden Commutes 37 Federal Death Row Sentences Ahead of Trump’s Second Term Gaetz-Gate: House Ethics Report on Former Florida Representative Details Statutory Rape, Drug Use, Corruption Kurds Under Threat in Syria, as Turkey Launches Attacks and Kills Journalists, After Assad Regime Falls The post Democracy Now 6am – December 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 24, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Elon Musk’s Opposition to Government Spending Bill a “Smokescreen” for His Business Interests: Robert Kuttner Landmark Rape Case of Gisèle Pelicot: As Ex-Husband and 50 Men Are Sentenced, Will French Laws Change? “Christ Is Still in the Rubble”: Bethlehem Reverend Isaac Calls on U.S. to Stop Funding Gaza Genocide The post Democracy Now 6am – December 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 23, 2024•45 min
On today’s show: Amazon Workers Launch Historic Strike to Demand New Contracts and End Unsafe Labor Practices UnitedHealth vs. Patients: NYC Man’s Battle to Get Lifesaving Drug Highlights Broken Health System How to Appeal Insurance Denials, Abolish Medical Debt, and Fight for Medicare for All “Do Not Obey in Advance”: Timothy Snyder on How Corporate America Is Bending to Trump The post Democracy Now 6am – December 20, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 20, 2024•20 min
On today’s show: Mass Graves Discovered, as Syrian Families Seek Answers to Loved Ones’ Disappearances Under Assad Regime “Extermination and Acts of Genocide”: Human Rights Watch on Israel Deliberately Depriving Gaza of Water “Rape Club” Prison in California: U.S. Government to Pay Record $116M to 103 Women Who Sued over Abuse The post Democracy Now 6am – December 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Obey the Law”: Palestinians Sue State Department, Saying Arms Sales to Israel Violate U.S. Human Rights Law Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: Family of U.S. Citizen Killed by Israel Meets with Blinken Demanding Probe Trump Escalates War on Press by Suing Des Moines Register Days After ABC Agreed to $15M Settlement The post Democracy Now 6am – December 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 18, 2024•38 min
On today’s show: “It Broke Him”: Mother Who Lost Son in “Kids for Cash” Scheme Slams Biden’s Clemency for Corrupt Judge Astra Taylor: “It’s Still Not Too Late for Biden to Deliver Debt Relief” Alex Gibney on “The Bibi Files,” Netanyahu’s Corruption Case, How Endless War Keeps Him in Power The post Democracy Now 6am – December 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 17, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Lawless”: Marwan Bishara on Israel Bombing Syria 800 Times and Expanding Occupation of Golan Heights South Korea Impeaches President, as Demands Grow for Democratic Reforms Reporter Ken Klippenstein on Publishing Luigi Mangione Manifesto and Internal UnitedHealth PR Memos Denied: ProPublica Exposes UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism The post Democracy Now 6am – December 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Report from Damascus: Relief Mixed with Sadness, as Syrians Search for Loved Ones in Prisons and Morgues Fasting for Her Son’s Freedom, Mother of Jailed British Egyptian Activist Demands U.K. Pressure Egypt Uhuru 3: Meet Black Liberation Leader Omali Yeshitela, 83, Who Faces 5 Years in Prison on December 16 The post Democracy Now 6am – December 13, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 13, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: After Fall of Assad, “Struggle from Below” Needed to Build a Free and Democratic Syria Another Winter of War: NRC Head Jan Egeland on Visiting Ukraine and the Latest on Sudan, Gaza and Syria The #MeToo Cabinet: Law Professor Deborah Tuerkheimer on Sexual Abuse Allegations Against Trump and Nominees The post Democracy Now 6am – December 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Representative Delia Ramirez: Trump’s Immigration Plans Are “Un-American, Unconstitutional, and Undemocratic” “Indefensible”: U.S. Continues Deporting Haitians Amid Political Instability, Massacres “We Didn’t Get No Justice”: Jordan Neely’s Uncle Slams Daniel Penny’s Acquittal in NYC Subway Killing Herman Whitfield’s Family Called for Help During a Mental Health Crisis; Cops Killed Him Instead The post Democracy Now 6am – December 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 11, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Politics Is Finally Possible”: After Surprise Fall of Assad in Protracted Civil War, What’s Next? “Unleashed”: Report Details How Israeli Soldiers Brutalize West Bank Palestinians in Hebron Deny, Defend, Depose: UnitedHealth CEO’s Slaying Highlights Widespread Rage at Healthcare Industry The post Democracy Now 6am – December 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: “Assad Is Gone”: Writer Yassin al-Haj Saleh on Syria, His 16 Years in Prison, and His Wife’s Disappearance Syrians Are Celebrating Fall of Assad, Even as “the Bigger Picture Is Grim”: Scholar Bassam Haddad “Remarkable Moment”: After Fleeing Syria, “For Sama” Director Waad Al-Kateab Celebrates End of Assad The post Democracy Now 6am – December 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza, with Full U.S. Support “All That Remains”: As Gaza Faces Child Amputee Crisis, New Film Tells Story of 13-Year-Old Leyan Political Chaos in France: Macron Refuses to Resign After Hand-Picked PM Ousted by Lawmakers The post Democracy Now 6am – December 6, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Chase Strangio, First Out Trans Lawyer to Argue at Supreme Court, on Landmark Trans Healthcare Case “Surveilled”: Ronan Farrow on the Spyware Technology the Trump Admin Could Use to Hack Your Phone The post Democracy Now 6am – December 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 05, 2024•48 min
On today’s show: Mass Protests Force South Korean President to Revoke Shocking Martial Law Declaration After 6 Hours A Spy in Your Pocket? Ronan Farrow Exposes Secrets of High-Tech Spyware in New Film “Surveilled” Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – December 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 04, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Biden in Angola: U.S. Competes with China for Influence in Africa Amid Fight for Key Resources After Hunter Biden Pardon, Campaigners Ask President to “Extend Same Compassion” to Cannabis Prisoners “Acts of Massacre and Ethnic Cleansing”: Haggai Matar on Gaza War, ICC Arrest Warrants, and More Live Report: Activists Occupy Canadian Parliament Building to Protest Gaza War and Arming of Israel The post Democracy Now 6am – December 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr
On today’s show: Mehdi Hasan: Biden’s Pardon for His Son Hunter Makes Him a Hypocrite, But GOP Outrage Is Ridiculous “Instrument of Vengeance”: Mehdi Hasan on How Trump and Kash Patel Could Weaponize FBI Against Critics “Targeted and Assassinated”: Gaza Soup Kitchen Chef Mahmoud Almadhoun Killed by Israeli Drone A New Front in Syria’s Civil War? Rebels Led by Former al-Qaeda Affiliate Take Over Aleppo The post Democracy Now 6am – December 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr
