On today’s show:

Meet USC Valedictorian Asna Tabassum: School Cancels Commencement Speech by Pro-Palestinian Student
The New McCarthyism: Congress Grills Columbia Univ. President Amid Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Speech
Columbia Students Risk Arrest, Suspension to Maintain Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Campus
Israel Considers Attacking Iran and Invading Rafah as Netanyahu Seeks Lifelines to Stay in Power

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – April 18, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now 6am – April 18, 2024

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On today’s show:

“This Militaristic Approach Has Been a Failure”: Meet Hala Rharrit, First U.S. Diplomat to Quit over Gaza
“Dead on Arrival”: Doctors Back from Gaza Describe Horrific Hospital Scenes, Decimated Health System

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – May 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now 6am – May 3, 2024

On today’s show:

“People Could Have Died”: Police Raid UCLA Gaza Protest, Waited as Pro-Israel Mob Attacked Encampment
Former Brandeis President on Gaza Protests: Schools Must Protect Free Expression on Campus
Amnesty International: Biden Must Halt Weapon Sales to Israel After U.S. Arms Used to Kill Civilians in Gaza
“Workers Have Power”: Thousands Rally in NYC for May Day, Call for Solidarity with Palestine

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – May 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now 6am – May 2, 2024

On today’s show:

Campus Crackdown: 300+ Arrested in Police Raids on Columbia & CCNY to Clear Gaza Encampments
Juan González, Veteran of ’68 Columbia Strike, Condemns University Leaders’ Silence on Gaza Slaughter
USC Grad Student Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge Against University over Arrests
Reed Brody: U.S. Hypocrisy Laid Bare as Biden Admin Claims ICC Can’t Prosecute Israel for War Crimes

 
The post Democracy Now 6am – May 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now 6am – May 1, 2024

On today’s show:

“We Don’t Want to Trade in the Blood of Palestinians”: Voices of Students & Profs at Columbia Protest
In Gaza Protest, Columbia Students Occupy Hamilton Hall, Site of Historic 1968 Takeover
Israeli Holocaust Scholar Omer Bartov on Campus Protests, Weaponizing Antisemitism & Silencing Dissent
Months After Israel Killed Gaza Poet Refaat Alareer, His Daughter & Infant Grandson Die in Airstrike

 
 
The post Democracy Now 6am – April 30, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

Democracy Now 6am – April 30, 2024

On today’s show:

Gaza Freedom Flotilla: Activists Blocked from Sailing to Gaza But Vow to Keep Trying to Break Siege
Rabbi Alissa Wise & Israeli-Born Novelist Ayelet Waldman Arrested Trying to Bring Food to Gaza
“Lyd”: Palestinian & Jewish Directors of New Sci-Fi Doc on How 1948 Nakba Devastated Palestinian City

 
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Democracy Now 6am – April 18, 2024

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