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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 Democracy Now 6am – November 13, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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. Voters Are Sick of Foreign Wars; Can Trump Strike a Grand Bargain in Middle East? 7 States Vote to Protect Abortion Rights in Busy Year for Ballot Initiatives   The post Democracy Now! Two-Hour Election Special appeared first on KPFA.

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 Democracy Now 6am – November 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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 KPFA.

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 – October 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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 KPFA.

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.

On today’s show: “The Gaza Playbook”: Israel Brings Displacement, Death, and Destruction to Lebanon Ex-State Department Official: Israel Is Starving Gaza Now; We Can’t Wait Another 30 Days to Take Action “Itching for a War”: Biden Deploys U.S. Troops to Israel, as Netanyahu Threatens Escalation with Iran   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Israel Is Routinely Shooting Children in the Head in Gaza: U.S. Surgeon & Palestinian Nurse Uncommitted Co-Founder Abbas Alawieh on U.S. Election & Family in Lebanon Fleeing Israeli Bombs “Deportation First”: Trump and Harris Compete for Latinx Votes While Pushing Anti-Immigrant Policies Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – October 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Ex-U.S. Army Major Who Resigned over Gaza Warns Against Biden Sending 100 U.S. Troops to Israel “Stop Profiting Off Genocide”: 200 Arrested at Jewish Voice for Peace Protest at New York Stock Exchange “Union”: New Film Looks at Worker Organizers Who Took On Jeff Bezos and Unionized First Amazon Warehouse   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Death Is Everywhere”: Doctor Who Volunteered in Gaza and Lebanon Condemns Israeli Attacks on Hospitals Atomic Bomb Survivors Win Nobel Peace Prize, Say Gaza Today Is Like Japan 80 Years Ago “The Apprentice”: New Film Opens Despite Trump’s Attempts to Block Anyone from Seeing It   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: 3.5 Million Left Without Power After Florida Hit by Second Climate-Fueled Deadly Hurricane in Weeks Trump and GOP Push Misinformation on Hurricanes, as Climate Crisis Intensifies Across Globe “Complete Neglect”: Thousands Were Not Evacuated from Florida Jails and Prisons Ahead of Hurricane Milton Radio Conciencia: Florida Community Station Aims to Keep Immigrant Farmworkers Safe During Hurricanes   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “The First Live-Streamed Genocide”: Al Jazeera Exposes War Crimes Filmed by Israeli Troops Themselves Motaz Azaiza, Acclaimed Journalist from Gaza, on Photographing War and Making “Art from the Pain” “Catastrophic Category 5”: Report from West Florida on Hurricane Milton, as Millions Evacuate   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “The Message”: Ta-Nehisi Coates on the Power of Writing and Visiting Senegal, South Carolina, Palestine Ta-Nehisi Coates: I Was Told Palestine Was Complicated; Visiting Revealed a Simple, Brutal Truth   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 8, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Israeli Peace Activist Maoz Inon Lost His Parents on October 7; He’s Calling for an End to War & Occupation. “The Path Forward”: Palestinian and Israeli Activists Working Toward Peace Featured in New Film Palestinian Poet Mosab Abu Toha: One Year After October 7, U.S. Is Still Arming Israel’s Slaughter in Gaza Report from Beirut: Israel Intensifies Bombardment of Lebanon, Displacing 1.2 Million   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 7, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: What Is Israel’s Endgame in Lebanon? Airstrikes Intensify, Hospitals Overwhelmed, 1.2 Million Displaced War in Lebanon “Giving More Space” for Israel to Continue Slaughter in Gaza: Journalist Akram al-Satarri “Separated”: Film Shows How Trump Tore Immigrant Families Apart, with 1,300 Kids Still Alone   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Don’t Do It”: Lebanese Lawyer Warns Israel Against Using War to Create a “New Middle East” “Starving Gaza”: Al Jazeera Film Shows U.S. Keeps Arming Israel, even as It Uses Hunger as a Weapon of War Six Factory Workers Feared Dead In Tennessee After Being Swept Away During Hurricane Helene   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Regional War Feared, as Biden Backs Israel’s Threat to Retaliate After Iranian Missile Attack In Vice Presidential Debate, JD Vance Downplays January 6 Insurrection and Refuses to Admit Trump Lost 2020 Election As Hurricane Helene Death Toll Tops 166, Vance Casts Doubt on Climate Science and Carbon Emissions Walz Decries Demonizing Immigrants After Trump and Vance Spread Lies About Haitians in Springfield, OH JD Vance Tries to Hide His Hard-Line Anti-Abortion Record by Co-opting Democratic Talking Points   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Fears Grow over Israeli Ground Invasion, as Israel Orders Residents in 25 Lebanese Villages to Flee Homes Ports Shut Down from Maine to Texas, as 45,000 Dockworkers Launch Strike over Pay and Automation “I Pled Guilty to Journalism”: WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange Speaks Publicly for First Time Since Prison Release “A Historic Moment”: A Look at AMLO’s Legacy, as Claudia Sheinbaum Becomes Mexico’s First Female President   The post Democracy Now 6am – October 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Israeli Assassination of Hezbollah Chief Hassan Nasrallah “Shocked All of Lebanon”; What Happens Next? Gideon Levy: “Israel’s Barbaric Glee over Nasrallah’s Assassination Is a New Low for Israeli Society” Trita Parsi on Israel’s Nasrallah Assassination and Why Netanyahu Still Wants War with Iran Scientist Peter Kalmus: Fossil-Fueled Climate Change Left Out of Media Coverage of Hurricane Helene   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Crisis of Faith”: Calls Grow for New York City Mayor Adams to Resign After Historic Indictment Report from Beirut: Israel Is “Targeting Everyone” in Bombing Campaign, Killing 700+ in Just Days How CNN, Anti-Defamation League, and Others Amplified Smear Against Representative Rashida Tlaib for Criticizing Campus Prosecutions   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: New York City Mayor Eric Adams Indicted, as Calls Grow for Him to Resign Amid Multiple Federal Corruption Probes “Hell Is Breaking Loose in Lebanon”: Israel Rejects Ceasefire Proposal as U.N. Chief Calls for Peace U.S. Government Agencies Found Israel Was Blocking Gaza Aid; Blinken Ignored Them to Keep Weapons Flowing   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Lebanese Civilians Are Paying the Price”: Israeli Strikes Kill Nearly 600 and Displace Tens of Thousands Green Presidential and Vice Presidential Candidates Jill Stein and Butch Ware on Gaza and Fighting “Two Zombie Political Parties” “Fuerza Mexicana”: Juan González on Chicago’s Mexican Community and How It Saved the City from Decline   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Absolutely Terrifying”: Israel’s War Comes to Lebanon, Setting Record-Breaking Single-Day Death Toll Climate Activists Shut Down Citibank HQ in New York City, Demanding Halt to Fossil Fuel Investments NYC Climate Week: Climate Activist Kumi Naidoo on the Need for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Marcellus Williams Execution in Hands of Supreme Court; Victim’s Family, Prosecutor Don’t Want Him to Die   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Israel Bombs Lebanon After Blowing Up Pagers in “Act of Mass Mutilation.” Is Ground Invasion Next? “Israel Has No Right”: Al Jazeera Managing Editor Slams Israel’s Raid and Closing of West Bank Bureau. MAGA-Allied Georgia Election Board Votes to Hand-Count Ballots: Move Could Throw National Election.   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Declaration of War”: Hezbollah Girds for Israeli Invasion of Lebanon After Mobile Device Attacks No Endorsement: Uncommitted Movement Won’t Back Harris, Trump, or Third Party, as U.S. Keeps Arming Israel “Homegrown”: Film Embeds with Proud Boys, Trump Supporters, Before, During, and After Insurrection   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 20, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Lebanon: 37 Dead, 3,400+ Injured in Wave of Explosions in Electronic Devices Booby-Trapped by Israel Arab-American Leader Responds After GOP Senator Says at Hearing, “You Should Hide Your Head in a Bag” Standing at Gaza Border Felt Like Visiting Auschwitz: Burmese Genocide Scholar Maung Zarni   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 19, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Israel Blamed as Pager Explosions in Lebanon Kill 12 and Injure 2,800; Hezbollah Vows to Respond Georgia’s Deadly Abortion Ban: The Tragic Deaths of Two Black Women, Candi Miller and Amber Thurman   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: U.N. Experts Accuse Israel of “Starvation Campaign” in Gaza and Demand End to Western Complicity “Erasing History”: Yale Professor Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education and Critical Inquiry “Borderland: The Line Within”: New Film on Who Profits from Deportations and the Border-Industrial Complex   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 17, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “People Are Afraid”: Haitians in U.S. Face Hate, Threats, as Trump and Vance Spread Racist Lies “Netanyahu Wants Open-Ended War”: Palestinian Journalist and Former Israeli Negotiator on Gaza Ceasefire   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: War in Sudan: Both Sides Accused of Crimes Against Humanity, as UAE, Russia, China, and Serbia Send Arms Imprisoned for 50 Years: Amnesty Calls for Leonard Peltier’s Freedom, as He Turns 80 Behind Bars Uhuru 3 Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Acquitted of Foreign Agents Charge in Landmark Trial “How We Do Freedom”: V (Eve Ensler) on Fighting Fascism Through Community   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 13, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Another Appalling Year” of Violence Against Land Defenders, as Nearly 200 Killed Worldwide in 2023 “On Thin Ice”: Western Nations Crack Down on Climate Activists with Arrests and Jail Terms “By the Fire We Carry”: Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “They’re Eating the Dogs”: Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris “Dystopian Vision”: Carol Anderson on Trump’s Election Denial and Racist Fearmongering Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader and Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump’s Tariffs, and More Kamala Harris Highlights “Trump Abortion Bans” Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Tariq Ali on U.S. & U.K. Arming Israel’s War on Gaza, Pakistan Protests, Macron’s Embrace of the Right “A Horrifying Undercount”: Ralph Nader Says True Gaza Death Toll Could Be Many Times Higher RIP James Earl Jones: Watch Him Read Frederick Douglass’s “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: As Israel Kills Another American in West Bank, Will the U.S. Demand Accountability? Rachel Corrie’s Parents Mourn Death of Ayşenur Eygi, Warn of Israeli Military Cover-Up “The Brutality Is Truly Unprecedented” in West Bank: Mariam Barghouti on Israel’s Deadly Incursions   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Russia Intensifies Strikes on Ukraine, as U.S. Pledges $250 Million More for Kyiv Amid Deepening War “Beyond Catastrophic”: U.N. Issues Dire Warning on Gaza as Israel Hinders Polio Vaccination Drive Fred Trump III Denounces His Uncle Donald Trump for Saying Disabled People “Should Just Die”   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 6, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Lax Gun Laws a “Death Sentence”: Georgia Teen Kills 4 in Deadliest School Shooting of 2024 EXCLUSIVE: Northwestern Suspends Journalism Professor Steven Thrasher After Gaza Solidarity Protest “Campus Has Become Unrecognizable”: Columbia Professor Franke Faces Firing After Democracy Now Interview on Gaza How U.S. College Administrators Are “Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests”   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Dire: Aid Workers Vaccinate Gaza Children During Pauses in Israeli Attacks, Urge Permanent Ceasefire Former Israeli Hostage Negotiator Gershon Baskin Slams Netanyahu for Blocking Ceasefire Deal “Dynamite Nashville” Book Reveals KKK Behind Unsolved Civil Rights-Era Attacks, Prompts New Probe   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Mass Israeli Protests, as 6 More Hostages Killed, But Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, and U.S. Sends Arms 10,000 Hotel Workers Strike at Marriott, Hyatt, and Hilton for Raises, Fair Workloads and Respect The New Yorker Publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq Massacre Photos that Marines “Didn’t Want the World to See”   The post Democracy Now 6am – September 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today’s show: From Decriminalization to Border Crackdown, Harris Defends Hard-Line Shift in 1st Interview as Nominee No Policy Change: In CNN Interview, Harris Refuses to Condition U.S. Military Support for Israel “Opportunity Economy”: Kamala Harris Promotes Expanded Child Tax Credit, Regulating Price Gouging No Ban on Fracking: Kamala Harris Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels in Shift from 2019 “Master Plan”: New Lever Podcast Series Traces How Oligarchs “Legalized Corruption” in U.S.   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Report from Gaza: Israel Kills Dozens More, Increases Forced Evacuations, Attacks Aid Truck “They Want Palestine Empty”: Artist in Jenin Blasts U.S. Support for Israel Amid West Bank Assault “Gender Apartheid”: Taliban Approves Law in Afghanistan Requiring Women Remain Silent in Public Warnings of Nuclear Catastrophe as Power Plants in Russia and Ukraine at Risk Amid Escalating War   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 29, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Trying to Repeat the Nakba”: Israel Launches Largest Military Raids in West Bank in Two Decades “Five-Alarm Fire for Democracy”: New GOP Rules Could Block Election Results in Georgia and Beyond Latino Rights Groups Urge Department of Justice to Investigate Texas Attorney General for Raiding Homes of LULAC Leaders   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 28, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Palestinian Healthcare Workers Chained, Starved, Sexually Abused: New HRW Report on Israeli Prisons What Is RealPage? DOJ Sues Software Firm Using Algorithm Enabling Landlords to Fix High Rents   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 27, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Colonial Process”: How U.S.-Led Ceasefire Talks Are Latest Erasure of Roots of Arab-Israeli Conflict “How Many More?” Attorney Ben Crump on Latest in Breonna Taylor, Tyre Nichols, Roger Fortson Cases Trump Wanted Them Dead: Exonerated Central Park 5 Speak at DNC and Fight to Defeat Trump   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s 2-hour show: “Historic Moment”: Barbara Ransby on the Symbolism and Shortcomings of Kamala Harris’s Nomination Watch: Palestinian-American Lawmaker Gives Speech the DNC Wouldn’t Allow on Stage Thousands March Against U.S. Arming of Israel as Harris Accepts Presidential Nomination How Shirley Chisholm and Fannie Lou Hamer Paved the Way for Kamala Harris “Two Faces of American Capitalism”: Juan González on What the RNC and DNC Reveal About U.S. Politics “A Generational Fight”: Political Organizers on Kamala Harris, Defeating Authoritarianism and More “A Testament to Our Power”: Chicago’s Little Palestine Resists Racism, Disenfranchisement, and War “We Have to Push”: Congressmember Greg Casar on Bringing Progressivism Back to Immigration Policy The first hour of today’s special 2-hour show (available here) began at 5am, preempting Background Briefing.   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 23, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s 2-hour show: Uncommitted Delegates Launch Sit-In After DNC Rejects Request for a Palestinian Speaker at Convention Tim Walz Accepts VP Nomination; A Look at His Record on George Floyd Murder, IVF, Guns and Gaza “Stop Sending Bombs”: Rep. Ilhan Omar Visits Uncommitted Sit-In & Demands Israeli Arms Embargo Uncommitted Delegates Speak Out After Sleeping Outside DNC to Protest Silencing of Palestinian Voices “So Horrific”: Doctor Recounts Treating Patients in Gaza Injured in Massacres Enabled by U.S. Bombs Climate Crisis and Election Roundtable: From Tim Walz’s Record to Project 2025 to Israel The first hour of today’s special 2-hour show (available here) began at 5am, preempting Background Briefing. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 22, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s 2-hour show: As Gaza War Is Largely Ignored on DNC Stage, Doubts Grow over Blinken’s Claims on Ceasefire Talks. Trump and Harris Each Vow Border Crackdowns, as Immigrant Communities Demand Positive Change. At DNC, Michelle and Barack Obama Champion Kamala Harris While Skewering Trump’s “Same Old Con” The Fight over Abortion Rights Is a “Tipping Point for Our Democracy”: Michele Goodwin What I Saw Was “Unfathomable”: Doctor Who Worked in Gaza Speaks Out Against U.S. Arming of Israel Andy Levin, Pushed Out of Congress by AIPAC, Calls for Change in U.S.-Israel Policy The first hour of today’s special 2-hour show (available here) began at 5am, preempting Background Briefing.   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 21, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s 2-hour show: Thousands March on Democratic National Convention in Chicago to Demand End to War on Gaza First-Ever DNC Panel on Palestinian Rights: We Need to “Restore the Soul of the Democratic Party” Remembering TV Icon Phil Donahue: He Brought Antiwar Voices to the Airwaves Until MSNBC Fired Him “Donald Trump Is a Scab”: United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain Hails Kamala Harris and Attacks Corporate Greed Chicago Is a Labor Town: Teachers Union President and In These Times Editor on Organizing for Change “Stop Arming Israel”: Meet the DNC Delegates Who Unfurled Banner During Biden Speech Audio for the first hour of today’s special 2-hour show began at 5:00 am and is available here.   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 20, 2024 (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s 2-hour show: “It’s the Democratic Party’s War”: Gaza Protests Planned Throughout the Week, as the Democratic National Convention Begins in Chicago Vietnam Then, Gaza Now: Bill Ayers and Juan González on 1968 and 2024 Antiwar Protests at Chicago DNC Reverend Al Sharpton: Jesse Jackson Helped Reshape Democratic Party and Paved the Way for Kamala Harris Voices from the Streets of Chicago: DNC Protesters Call for Gaza Ceasefire and Economic Justice Kamala Harris Is Reaching Out to Arab-American Leaders, But Will There Be Any Change in Gaza Policy? The Exonerated: Meet Two Chicago Men Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades — on Police Torture, Death Row, and More Phil Donahue, Legendary Talk Show Host Fired by MSNBC for Airing Antiwar Views, Dies at 88 Audio for the first hour of today’s special 2-hour show began at 5:00 am and is available here.   The post Democracy Now 6am (hour 2 of 2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Watch Undercover Video: Project 2025 Co-Author Lays Out “Radical Agenda” for Next Trump Term “Decolonize Global Health”: WHO Declares Mpox Public Health Emergency as Africa Awaits Vaccines Has the Mystery of the Nord Stream Pipeline Bombing Been Solved? Ukrainian Suspect Flees Arrest   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 16, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Incomprehensible”: U.S. Approves $20 Billion in New Arms for Israel, as Gaza Death Toll Tops 40,000 Colombia Faces “One of the Largest Humanitarian Crises on Earth,” as Armed Groups Grow Stronger “End the Impunity”: Rohingya Muslims Under Attack by Both Burmese Army and Rebel Group   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 15, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: How Elon Musk Broke with the Democrats to Spend Millions on Donald Trump’s Reelection Campaign. How Amazon “Lied, Spied, Cheated Its Way to the Top”: WSJ Reporter Dana Mattioli. Palestinian Reverend Munther Isaac to Faith Leaders in U.S.: If You Are Silent, You Approve of Genocide. Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – August 14, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Middle East Braces as Iran and Hezbollah Vow Retaliation for Israeli Assassinations Former Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: U.S. Is Part of “Axis of Zionist Extremism” Who Are the Venezuelan Opposition? Leonardo Flores and Alejandro Velasco Debate Election Aftermath   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 13, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Pieces of People”: Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills 100+, with Bodies Destroyed Beyond Recognition Leaked Project 2025 Training Videos Show Former Trump Officials Detailing Plans to Dismember Government 2024 Paris Olympics Highlights and Lowlights: From Hijab Bans to Social Cleansing to Boxing Gold Meet Fadi Deeb, Palestinian Paralympian from Gaza Who Lost 15 Relatives in Israeli Assault   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “New Dawn” in Bangladesh? Nobel Peace Laureate Muhammad Yunus Sworn In as PM After Student Protests “Uncommitted” Co-Chair Layla Elabed on Meeting Kamala Harris, Pressing the Vice President for Arms Embargo on Israel NYC Journalist Faces Hate Crime Charge for Allegedly Filming Gaza Protest Action; Police Raid Home   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Tens of Thousands Rally Against Racism and Islamophobia in U.K., Following Days of Far-Right Rioting Israel Accused of Running “Torture Camps,” as Video Emerges of Soldiers Raping Palestinian Prisoner Famine in Sudan: Activist Marine Alneel Says International Community Must Act   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 8, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: America’s Politics Are Changing: How Tim Walz VP Pick Highlights Support for His Progressive Stances. “Kamala Harris Is Different”: Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Tim Walz Pick, Pushes for Gaza Ceasefire. Jeremy Scahill on New Head of Hamas, Questions About Haniyeh Assassination & Iran Retaliation. Democracy Now! Mourns the Passing of Education Director Simin Farkhondeh at 61.   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 7, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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On today’s show: Uprising in Bangladesh: Student Protests Force Prime Minister to Resign and Flee to India; 100s Killed As Tension over Venezuelan Election Escalates, the Left Debates Who Won Contested Vote Did Egypt Give Trump a $10 Million Bribe? The FBI Was Investigating, Then Attorney General Barr Closed the Case “I’m So Sad for Our Country”: 9/11 Victim’s Sister Responds to Defense Secretary Austin Revoking Plea Deal   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Simply Lying”: Marc Lamont Hill Slams Trump’s NABJ Interview, Attacks on VP Harris’s Racial Identity Picking Shapiro as Vice President Would Remind Voters Kamala Harris Is Liberal, Not Progressive: Marc Lamont Hill Prisoner Swap with Russia “Offers a Possible Pathway” to Peace in Ukraine, Says Katrina vanden Heuvel   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “A Perilous Moment” in Middle East: Iran Vows Revenge, as Israel Expands Assassination Operations Israel’s Torture and Rape of Palestinian Prisoners Defended by Knesset Members, Far-Right Mobs Trump Questions Whether Kamala Harris Is Black in Hate-Filled Interview with Black Journalists at NABJ Money War: How the U.S. Unleashed Economic Warfare Across the Globe, from Venezuela to Iran   The post Democracy Now 6am – August 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Will Israel Start a Regional War? Hamas Leader Killed in Iran; Hezbollah Commander Targeted in Beirut “Disarm the War on Woke”: Kimberlé Crenshaw on Fighting Racist, Sexist Attacks on Kamala Harris   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 31, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Biden Proposes Major SCOTUS Reforms, Including Ending Lifetime Appointments and Enforcing Ethics Code Ziklag Exposed: Secretive Christian Nationalist Network Tries to Purge Voters in Battleground States It’s Not Just “Childless Cat Ladies”: JD Vance Once Described Childless People as “Sociopathic” Venezuela: Maduro Claims Victory, Accuses Opposition of Coup Attempt Following Disputed Election   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: JD Vance Calls Democrats “Childless Cat Ladies”; GOP Opposes Paid Leave, Universal Child Care “He’s a Weirdo”: Reproductive Rights Activist on JD Vance’s History of Sexism and White Nationalism Politico’s Ian Ward on the Thinkers and Groups Who Have Shaped JD Vance’s Unusual Worldview “Militarism Isn’t a Solution”: Rami Khouri on Rocket Attack in Golan Heights and Israeli Vow of Revenge   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 29, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike and Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Over 100 Lawmakers Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress Amid Protests over U.S. Support for War in Gaza Noura Erakat: During Netanyahu Speech, U.S. Lawmakers Cheered “What Is Essentially a War on Children” “The Only Answer Is Peace”: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Share Vision of Coexistence   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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.

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.

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 – July 22, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

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 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront.   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 19, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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 second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront.   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 18, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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 “Sickening” Rhetoric at RNC as Trump Vows Mass Deportations DNC Makes Moves to Lock In Biden as Nominee Early, Despite Growing Discontent Among Democrats The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront.   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 17, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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 Genocide: Court Dismisses Palestinians’ Case Against Biden Admin over Gaza War The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront.   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 16, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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 of Wisconsin”: How GOP Transformed Once-Progressive State into Union-Busting “Laboratory” The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront.   The post Democracy Now 6am – July 15, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

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.

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.

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 first on KPFA.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.