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KPFA - Democracy Now! episodes

April 02, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 2, 2025
On today’s show:
Elon Musk Fails in Attempt to Buy Wisconsin Supreme Court, as Judge Susan Crawford Beats Brad Schimel
A “Coup” at Columbia? Former Law Professor Katherine Franke on School’s Capitulation to Trump
Trump Sends Hundreds of Immigrants to Brutal Salvadoran Prison, as Mass Deportations Expand

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1 hr
April 01, 2025Democracy Now 6am – April 1, 2025
On today’s show:
Workers vs. Musk: Federal Unions Resist Attacks on Bargaining Rights and Cuts to Essential Services
A Blueprint for Resisting Trump Education Cuts? Chicago Teachers Reach “Powerful” Tentative Contract
“The Darkest Hour of Need”: Burmese Junta Continues Bombing in Aftermath of Devastating Earthquake
“We Are Killing the Essence of What the University Is”: Dr. Joanne Liu on NYU Canceling Her Talk

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1 hr
March 31, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 31, 2025
On today’s show:
“Obsessed”: Elon Musk Pours $20 Million into Wisconsin Supreme Court Race as Voter Anger Builds
“Taking Down Everything Black”: Fired Kennedy Center Vice President Marc Bamuthi Joseph on Trump’s Takeover
Remembering Robert McChesney, Prescient Critic of Media Consolidation and Big Tech

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1 hr
March 28, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 28, 2025
On today’s show:
Hip-Hop Star Macklemore on New Film “The Encampments” and Why He Speaks Out Against Israel’s War on Gaza
“The Encampments”: New Film on Mahmoud Khalil and Columbia Students Who Sparked Gaza Campus Protests

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1 hr
March 27, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 27, 2025
On today’s show:
Fired Kennedy Center VP Marc Bamuthi Joseph Speaks Out After Trump Guts Social Impact Team
“Kidnapped”: 1,000+ Protest After Masked ICE Agents Abduct Tufts Ph.D. Student Rumeysa Ozturk
Can Elon Musk Buy Wisconsin? Ari Berman on Billionaire-Funded Attempt to Flip State Supreme Court
Elon Musk’s Family History in South Africa Reveals Ties to Apartheid and Neo-Nazi Movements

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1 hr
March 26, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 26, 2025
On today’s show:
Hands Off Social Security: Drastic DOGE-Backed Changes Put Benefits for Millions at Risk
10 Years of War on Yemen: Leaked War Plan Chats Overshadow U.S. Deadly History Targeting Yemen
1,400+ Arrested in Turkey as Erdoğan Jails Istanbul Mayor and Intensifies Authoritarian Crackdown

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1 hr
March 25, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 25, 2025
On today’s show:
Oscar-Winning Palestinian Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Brutally Beaten in Mob Attack by Israeli Settlers
Remembering Hossam Shabat: Gaza Journalist Killed by Israel Was Placed on “Hit List” Before His Death
“Much Worse Than Ever Before”: Abubaker Abed Reports from Gaza as Israel Weighs Broader Invasion

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1 hr
March 24, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 24, 2025
On today’s show:
Pro-Palestinian Cornell Student Momodou Taal Ordered to Surrender to ICE, Faces Possible Deportation
Georgetown Scholar Badar Khan Suri Remains in Immigration Jail After Masked Agents Snatched Him in D.C.
Law Professor Katherine Franke Accuses Columbia of Empowering Trump by Agreeing to $400M “Ransom Note”

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20 min
March 21, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 21, 2025
On today’s show:
Trump vs. Public Schools: Executive Order Aims to Dismantle Department of Education
Mahmoud Khalil Update: From ICE Jail, Khalil Warns of Trump’s War on Dissent and Targeting Palestinians
“Catch and Revoke”: AI-Driven State Department Program Targets Pro-Palestinian Students and Visa Holders
Declassified JFK Assassination Files Expose Covert CIA Operations from the Vatican to Latin America

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46 min
March 20, 2025Democracy Now 6am – March 20, 2025
On today’s show:
Criminalizing Dissent: Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $667M to Dakota Access Pipeline Firm over Protests
“Murder the Truth”: David Enrich on Right-Wing Campaign to Silence Journalists and Protect the Powerful
Disappeared: U.S. Sends Venezuelan LGBTQ Asylum Seeker to El Salvador’s Version of Guantánamo

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1 hr