Category: Talk - Political A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 1,000 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States.
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Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 Friday Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 Friday Headlines for May 17, 2013 "Astoundingly Disturbing": Obama Administration Claims Power to Wage Endless War Across the Globe Obama Worse Than Nixon? Pentagon Papers Attorney Decries AP Phone Probe, Julian Assange Persecution Released from Prison, Climate Activist Tim DeChristopher on Civil Disobedience & Building Movements Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-16 Thursday Thu, 16 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-16 Thursday Headlines for May 16, 2013 "The Other IRS Scandal": David Cay Johnston on Dark Money Political Groups Seeking Tax Exemption AP Monitoring Raises Fears of Government Overreach: How Far Will Obama Go to Crack Down on Leaks? Debate: What Caused Cooper Union's Fiscal Woes and Is Ending Free Tuition the Answer? Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-15 Wednesday Wed, 15 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-15 Wednesday Headlines for May 15, 2013 Chris Hedges: Monitoring of AP Phones a "Terrifying" Step in State Assault on Press Freedom Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Hails Genocide Conviction of Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt Allan Nairn: After Ríos Montt Verdict, Time for U.S. to Account for Its Role in Guatemalan Genocide Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-14 Tuesday Tue, 14 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-14 Tuesday Headlines for May 14, 2013 Jailed Civil Rights Attorney Lynne Stewart Seeks Compassionate Release over Worsening Cancer Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark Decries Government's "Big Brother" Seizure of AP Phone Records Dr. Paul Farmer on Rwanda's Health Leap, Haiti's Struggles & How Communities Can Repair the World Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-13 Monday Mon, 13 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-13 Monday Headlines for May 13, 2013 Ríos Montt Guilty of Genocide: Are Guatemalan President Pérez Molina, U.S. Officials Next? Climate Tipping Point? Concentration of Carbon Dioxide Tops 400 ppm for First Time in Human History Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-10 Friday Fri, 10 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-10 Friday Headlines for May 10, 2013 Despite Evidence of Massacres, Former Guatemalan Dictator Proclaims Innocence at Genocide Trial With Father and Sister Imprisoned, Exiled Bahraini Activist Maryam Alkhawaja Condemns Ongoing Abuses Are the FBI and IRS Secretly Reading Your Email Without a Warrant? Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-09 Thursday Thu, 09 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-09 Thursday Headlines for May 09, 2013 Did Police Negligence & Suspect Ariel Castro's Unpunished Domestic Abuse Prolong Victims' Captivity? Behind the Cleveland Kidnappings, A Culture of "Toxic Masculinity" & Gender-Based Violence Chicago Workers Open New Cooperatively Owned Factory Five Years After Republic Windows Occupation Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-08 Wednesday Wed, 08 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-08 Wednesday Headlines for May 08, 2013 Pentagon Study Finds 26,000 Military Sexual Assaults Last Year, Over 70 Sex Crimes Per Day Eduardo Galeano, Chronicler of Latin America's "Open Veins," on His New Book "Children of the Days" Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-07 Tuesday Tue, 07 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-07 Tuesday Headlines for May 07, 2013 Robert Fisk on Syria's Civil War, Chemical Weapons "Theater" & Obama's Backing of Israeli Strikes Mississippi to Execute Willie Manning Tonight After Rejecting DNA Tests & FBI's Admission of Error "Over the Line": U.S. Agents Shooting Dead Innocent Mexicans Across the Border With Impunity Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-06 Monday Mon, 06 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-06 Monday Headlines for May 06, 2013 Michael Pollan on How Reclaiming Cooking Can Save Our Food System, Make Us Healthy & Grow Democracy Download this show
Democracy Now! 2013-05-03 Friday Fri, 03 May 2013 08:00:00 -0400
(28.4 Mb) Democracy Now! 2013-05-03 Friday Headlines for May 03, 2013 Assata Shakur in Her Own Words: Rare Recording of Activist Named to FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List Angela Davis and Assata Shakur's Lawyer Denounce FBI's Adding of Exiled Activist to Terrorists List As Migrant Toll Mounts, Mexicans Urge Obama to Put Human Rights at Center of Immigration Reform Download this show
VIDEO: From Boston to Pakistan, Pentagon Officials Claim Entire World is a Battlefield Thu, 16 May 2013 16:19:00 -0400
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Pentagon officials today claimed President Obama and future presidents have the power to send troops anywhere in the world to fight groups linked to al-Qaeda, based in part on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed by Congress days after the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Speaking at the first Senate hearing on rewriting the AUMF, Pentagon officials specifically said troops could be sent to Syria, Yemen and the Congo without new congressional authorization. Michael Sheehan, the assistant secretary of defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict, predicted the war against al-Qaeda would last at least 10 to 20 more years. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) challenged the Pentagon's interpretation of the Constitution and that the entire world is a battlefield. "This is the most astounding and most astoundingly disturbing hearing I've been to since I've been here. You guys have essentially rewritten the Constitution here today," King said. "You guys have invented this term 'associated forces' that's nowhere in this document. ... It's the justification for everything, and it renders the war powers of Congress null and void." This excerpt of the hea...
Democracy Now! AudioRatings and Comments
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A pushback to the rapidly developing plutonomy in the US. A counter to our militaristic society & its pursuit of hegemony on the planet. Nov 26, 2010 5:11 AM by paul@jpjfla.us
Don't let all the one-star ratings deceive you. There are a lot of close-minded people in this country brainwashed by the right. This allows evil corruption to fester at the top. Open your eyes and ears to one of the uncorrupted sources of news - "Democra Mar 16, 2007 10:10 AM by MikeBear
A welcome change from the global capitalism outlook of so much mainstream media. Articulate broadcasting for grown-ups. Jun 14, 2007 10:38 PM by mago
Best news show covering the nation and the world. In depth analysis.
Jul 27, 2006 1:46 AM by annakondaliza@yahoo.com