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Democracy Now! 2019-12-10 T...

12.10.2019

Rich countries like the U.S. are stalling COP25 climate talks; The Washington Post's exposé on the war in Afghanistan; Voices of indigenous organizers outside COP25; Indigenous resistance in Canada and the U.S.; Eriel Deranger on Teck's tar sands mine.

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12.10.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-10 Tuesday Rich countries like the U.S. are stalling COP25 climate talks; The Washington Post's exposé on the war in Afghanistan; Voices of indigenous organizers outside COP25; Indigenous resistance in Canada and the U.S.; Eriel Deranger on Teck's tar sands mine.
12.10.2019 Eriel Deranger on the Negative Impact of Resource Extraction on Indigenous Communities in Canada Indigenous leaders in Madrid, Spain, are demanding action on the climate crisis, an end to resource extraction destroying their territories, and justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
12.09.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-09 Monday Outside COP25, hundreds of thousands of people march through Madrid to demand climate justice; Police shut down an activist-led "toxic tour" of Spain's dirtiest companies; Oil giants are found liable for the climate crisis in the Philippines.
12.06.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-06 Friday In Madrid, organizers of the alternative climate summit shine a light on issues ignored at COP25; Two young organizers of Fridays for Future, from Uganda and Chile, talk about their work; A look at corporate influence at the U.N. climate ...
12.05.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-05 Thursday We speak with Edward Snowden about unlawful U.S. mass surveillance; Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar speaks about resisting the Moroccan occupation of Western Sahara for more than three decades; A look at Sweden's social welfare system.
12.04.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-04 Wednesday The Right Livelihood Awards celebrate their 40th anniversary; Indigenous Yanomami leader Davi Kopenawa has dedicated his life to protecting the Amazon; A U.N. report says 7 million children worldwide are deprived of their liberty.
12.03.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-03 Tuesday We broadcast live from Stockholm, Sweden, where Greta Thunberg will be honored with the Right Livelihood Award this week; Today is International Day of Persons With Disabilities; Violence against Indigenous forest protectors is mounting in the Amazon.
12.02.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-12-02 Monday Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi tenders his resignation after security forces killed at least 44 people taking part in anti-government protests; Historian Tariq Ali gives his analysis of the U.K. election.
11.29.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-29 Friday An hour with David Byrne, the celebrated musician, artist, writer, cycling enthusiast, filmmaker and now Broadway star. He has a new hit Broadway show called "American Utopia."
11.28.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-28 Thursday Lakota historian Nick Estes talks about Thanksgiving and his book “Our History Is the Future." Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy discusses the crisis in Kashmir and rising authoritarianism in India.
11.27.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-27 Wednesday This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests, one of the largest anti-globalization mobilizations ever; The protests also gave birth to a global citizen journalist movement.
11.26.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-26 Tuesday Israel deports the Human Rights Watch’s Israel & Palestine Director Omar Shakir in its latest crackdown on dissent; Over 340 have been killed in Iraq since October in nationwide anti-government protests; Oprah honors Toni Morrison in NYC memorial.
11.25.2019 Daniel Ellsberg on Pardoning War Criminals, Impeachment, Whistleblowing, Julian Assange & More We continue our conversation with Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about President Trump recent pardons of soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes. He also talks about the Trump impeachment inquiry and more.
11.25.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-25 Monday Security forces in Egypt raid the office of the country's last independent media outlet; Pope Francis calls for a world without nuclear weapons; U.S. Navy Secretary Richard Spencer is ousted following President Trump's pardoning of three soldiers.
11.22.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-22 Friday Hundreds of thousands in Colombia take to the streets in the largest national strike the country has seen in years; The fight to block Julian Assange's extradition to the U.S. continues, as Sweden drops an investigation into sexual assault allegations.
11.21.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-21 Thursday During Wednesday's impeachment hearing, U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland tells lawmakers that he was ordered by President Trump to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate the Bidens; we host a roundtable on the Democratic debate.
11.20.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-20 Wednesday Top officials describe Trump's pressure on Ukraine as "inappropriate"; Iranian security forces have killed over 100 protesters; Trans Remembrance Day honors the thousands of transgender and gender nonconforming people who have been killed worldwide.
11.19.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-19 Tuesday Anti-indigenous violence continues in Bolivia after President Evo Morales's ouster; the Trump administration announces it no longer views Israeli settlements as an international law violation; why the presidential primary system is racist.
11.18.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-18 Monday An unprecedented leak of Iranian intelligence sheds light on Iran's control of the Iraqi government; At least 23 have died in Bolivia amid escalating violence since the military forced out President Evo Morales; Texas halts the execution of Rodney Reed.
11.15.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-15 Friday The Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on DACA this week; Sen. Cory Booker participates in the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice; Rodney Reed is scheduled to be executed next week despite growing evidence that he is innocent.
11.15.2019 New Report: How International Sanctions on North Korea Harm Women & Prevent Humanitarian Aid A new report shows that international sanctions imposed on North Korea are having adverse consequences on humanitarian aid and economic development in the country, with a disproportionate impact on women. We speak with the report’s authors and Christine Ahn, the ...
11.15.2019 How Investigative Journalism Sparked a Revolution in Puerto Rico & Brought Down Gov. Rosselló As anti-government protests rage across the globe, from Chile to Hong Kong to Iraq, we look back at this year’s historic demonstrations in Puerto Rico that ousted Governor Ricardo Rosselló in July. We speak with members of Puerto Rico’s Center ...
11.14.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-14 Thursday The first public hearing on impeachment reveals new details about Trump's dealings with Ukraine; In Chile, protesters condemn gov't plans to rewrite the Constitution; Activist Medea Benjamin faces threats of arrest after protesting sanctions in Venezuela.
11.13.2019 After Evo: As Right-Wing Senator Declares Herself President, What's Next for Bolivia? We continue our conversation with Pablo Solón and Kevin Young about the political crisis in Bolivia.
11.13.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-13 Wednesday We speak with legendary journalist Bill Moyers, who covered the Nixon and Clinton impeachment hearings, as the House begins televised impeachment hearings into President Trump; A debate on the political crisis in Bolivia and whether it constitutes a coup.
11.12.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-12 Tuesday Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is free after 580 days behind bars; Chesa Boudin is San Francisco's newly elected district attorney; Socialist Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant declares victory in her re-election race.
11.11.2019 The Silence Is the Loudest Sound: Arundhati Roy Condemns Indian Crackdown in Kashmir As India’s crackdown on Kashmir continues, we speak to Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy.
11.11.2019 Should First Primaries Be in Whitest States? Warren Says, "I'm Just a Player in the Game" Amy Goodman asks Senator Elizabeth Warren if Iowa and New Hampshire should hold two of the first votes in the presidential primary season.
11.11.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-11 Monday Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, resigns following what he described as a military coup; A conversation with Senator Elizabeth Warren about the climate crisis at the first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice.
11.09.2019 Photographer Cecil Williams Remembers the Orangeburg Massacre & Documenting Civil Rights Era Civil rights photographer Cecil Williams recalls photographing the aftermath of the 1968 Orangeburg massacre when three unarmed black students were shot dead at South Carolina State University.
11.08.2019 Singer iLe Discusses Music, Activism & Puerto Rico's Struggle for Independence Some of Puerto Rico’s biggest artists were at the forefront of the demonstrations that ousted Ricardo Rosselló, and the song “Afilando los Cuchillos,” “Sharpening the Knives,” became an anthem of the protests. We recently sat down to discuss music, activism ...
11.08.2019 South Carolina Reverend: Faith Leaders Must Be on Frontlines of Fight for Environmental Justice The first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice is being held at South Carolina State University Friday night in Orangeburg. Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman will co-moderate the event with former Environmental Protection Agency official Mustafa Ali. Leaders from frontline communities will ...
11.08.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-08 Friday The first-ever Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice takes place Friday in Orangeburg, South Carolina; in 1968, the Orangeburg massacre killed three unarmed black students when police opened fire at South Carolina State University.
11.07.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-07 Thursday Algerian elections are scheduled for next month as demonstrators proceed with sustained protests; Two former Twitter employees are charged with helping Saudi Arabia spy on critics; "The Pollinators" looks at the dangers of a decline in bee colonies.
11.06.2019 "DREAM 9" Activist Who Once Infiltrated ICE Detention Center Faces Possible Deportation Longtime immigration activist Marco Saavedra faces his final asylum hearing in New York on Thursday.
11.06.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-06 Wednesday In Texas, calls are mounting to halt the upcoming execution of Rodney Reed, a black man convicted of a rape and murder he says he didn't commit; Tuesday's local elections see major victories for Democrats nationwide.
11.06.2019 WATCH: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice WATCH: 2019 Presidential Forum on Environmental Justice
11.05.2019 Greensboro Massacre Survivor: We Must Remember the 1979 KKK Shooting That Killed 5 Anti-Racists It’s been 40 years since Ku Klux Klansmen and American Nazis opened fire on an anti-Klan demonstration in Greensboro, North Carolina, killing five anti-racist activists. The killing spree took 88 seconds. No one was convicted for the massacre. We speak ...
11.05.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-05 Tuesday Trump begins to formally pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate agreement; A Honduran immigrant with DACA status fights his mother's deportation as she recovers from stage IV cancer; Voters head to the polls in statewide elections across the ...
11.04.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-04 Monday Indigenous forest protector Paulo Paulino Guajajara is shot dead in the Amazon; Special report on homelessness in San Francisco; The Greensboro massacre, 40 years later: when the KKK & American Nazis killed five anti-racist protesters in broad daylight.
11.01.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-11-01 Friday Chicago teachers head back to school, marking the end of a historic 11-day strike; A former Gambian beauty queen testifies against the country's former dictator, accusing him of rape; In Colombia, five indigenous leaders have been massacred.
10.31.2019 Rep. Ro Khanna: The Time Is Right to Impeach President Donald Trump The House of Representatives voted Thursday to formalize the impeachment process against President Trump. The probe centers on whether Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Trump’s political rival Joe Biden and his ...
10.31.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-31 Thursday As a major study warns 300 million people are at risk from rising sea levels as mass protests cause Chile to pull out as host of the U.N. climate summit; Climate-fueled fires erupt across California; The House votes to formalize ...
10.30.2019 How Policymakers Tried to Clear the Bronx of Its Original Residents By Letting It Burn We continue our discussion with Vivian Vázquez Irizarry and Gretchen Hildebran, co-producers and co-directors of the PBS film “Decade of Fire,” which re-examines the devastating fires that swept the South Bronx throughout the 1970s.
10.30.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-30 Wednesday Lebanon's prime minister resigns after nearly two weeks of nationwide protests; Bernie Sanders endorses public defender Chesa Boudin for San Francisco district attorney; The film "Decade of Fire" looks at how fires ravaged the Bronx in the 1970s.
10.29.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-29 Tuesday California declares a state of emergency as wildfires torch land from Los Angeles to north of San Francisco; In Iraq, 18 protesters were shot dead overnight in the latest crackdown on nationwide protests; Mass demonstrations continue in Chile.
10.28.2019 A Fight Against Neoliberalism: Over A Million Chileans Protest Amid Violent Crackdown The protests in Chile began in response to a subway fare hike and have grown into a mass uprising against the government.
10.28.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-28 Monday ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the world's most wanted man, died during a raid by U.S. special forces; At least 18 people have died in Chile since massive protests began over economic inequality.
10.25.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-25 Friday Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by lawmakers over the company's policy allowing politicians to lie in political advertisements; We report from the Bay Area, where housing insecurity is leaving a record number of people out on the street.
10.24.2019 Democracy Now! 2019-10-24 Thursday President Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey after a Turkish invasion of northern Syria earlier this month displaced hundreds of thousands of people; Republican lawmakers storm a closed hearing room, disrupting the impeachment inquiry.

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