Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Their reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.

Democracy Now! is broadcast daily in countries around the world. The program is broadcast in Helsingborg by Radio Kärnan.

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September 18th, 2024

Headlines for September 17, 2024

  • U.N. Experts Accuse Israel of “Starvation Campaign” in Gaza & Demand End to Western Complicity
  • “Erasing History”: Yale Prof. Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education & Critical Inquiry
  • “Borderland: The Line Within”: New Film on Who Profits from Deportations & Border-Industrial Complex

The program was broadcast september 18th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 17th, 2024

Headlines for September 17, 2024

  • U.N. Experts Accuse Israel of “Starvation Campaign” in Gaza & Demand End to Western Complicity
  • “Erasing History”: Yale Prof. Jason Stanley on Why Fascists Attack Education & Critical Inquiry
  • “Borderland: The Line Within”: New Film on Who Profits from Deportations & Border-Industrial Complex

The program was broadcast september 17th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 16th, 2024

Headlines for September 16, 2024

  • “People Are Afraid”: Haitians in U.S. Face Hate, Threats as Trump and Vance Spread Racist Lies
  • “Netanyahu Wants Open-Ended War”: Palestinian Journalist & Fmr. Israeli Negotiator on Gaza Ceasefire

The program was broadcast september 16th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 13th, 2024

Headlines for September 13, 2024

  • War in Sudan: Both Sides Accused of Crimes Against Humanity as UAE, Russia, China, 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 program was broadcast september 13th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 12th, 2024

Headlines for September 12, 2024

  • “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 & Jail Terms
  • “By the Fire We Carry”: Cherokee Author Rebecca Nagle on the Ongoing Fight for Tribal Sovereignty

The program was broadcast september 12th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 11th, 2024

Headlines for September 11, 2024

  • “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 & Racist Fearmongering
  • Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader & Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump’s Tariffs & More
  • Kamala Harris Highlights “Trump Abortion Bans” Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade

The program was broadcast september 11th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 10th, 2024

Headlines for September 10, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast september 10th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 9th, 2024

Headlines for September 09, 2024

  • Justice for Ayşenur Eygi: As Israel Kills Another American in West Bank, Will 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 program was broadcast september 9th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 6th, 2024

Headlines for September 06, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast september 6th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 5th, 2024

Headlines for September 05, 2024

  • 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 Prof. Franke Faces Firing After DN Interview on Gaza
  • How U.S. College Administrators Are “Dreaming Up Ways to Squash Gaza Protests”

The program was broadcast september 5th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 4th, 2024

Headlines for September 04, 2024

  • Dire: Aid Workers Vaccinate Gaza Children During Pauses in Israeli Attacks, Urge Permanent Ceasefire
  • Fmr. 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 program was broadcast september 4th, 2024 at 17:00.

September 3rd, 2024

Headlines for September 03, 2024

  • Mass Israeli Protests as 6 More Hostages Killed, But Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms
  • 10,000 Hotel Workers Strike at Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton for Raises, Fair Workloads & Respect
  • The New Yorker Publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq Massacre Photos Marines “Didn’t Want the World to See”

The program was broadcast september 3rd, 2024 at 17:00.

September 2nd, 2024

Labor Day Special Featuring Howard Zinn & Voices of a People’s History of the United States

  • Legendary Labor Organizer Jane McAlevey: One of Her Last Interviews on Strategies for Workers to Win
  • “Donald Trump Is a Scab”: UAW President Shawn Fain Hails Kamala Harris & Attacks Corporate Greed

The program was broadcast september 2nd, 2024 at 17:00.

August 30th, 2024

Headlines for August 30, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast augusti 30th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 29th, 2024

Headlines for August 29, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast augusti 29th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 28th, 2024

Headlines for August 28, 2024

  • “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 DOJ to Investigate TX Attorney General for Raiding Homes of LULAC Leaders

The program was broadcast augusti 28th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 27th, 2024

Headlines for August 27, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast augusti 27th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 26th, 2024

Headlines for August 26, 2024

  • “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 & Fight to Defeat Trump

The program was broadcast augusti 26th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 23rd, 2024

Democracy Now! Friday, August 23, 2024

  • “Historic Moment”: Barbara Ransby on the Symbolism & 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 & Fannie Lou Hamer Paved the Way for Kamala Harris
  • “Two Faces of American Capitalism”: Juan González on What the RNC & DNC Reveal About U.S. Politics
  • “A Generational Fight”: Political Organizers on Kamala Harris, Defeating Authoritarianism & More
  • “A Testament to Our Power”: Chicago’s Little Palestine Resists Racism, Disenfranchisement & War
  • “We Have to Push”: Congressmember Greg Casar on Bringing Progressivism Back to Immigration Policy

The program was broadcast augusti 23rd, 2024 at 17:00.

August 22nd, 2024

Democracy Now! Thursday, August 22, 2024

  • 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 & Election Roundtable: From Tim Walz’s Record to Project 2025 to Israel

The program was broadcast augusti 22nd, 2024 at 17:00.

August 21st, 2024

Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 21, 2024

  • As Gaza War Is Largely Ignored on DNC Stage, Doubts Grow over Blinken’s Claims on Ceasefire Talks
  • Trump & Harris Each Vow Border Crackdowns as Immigrant Communities Demand Positive Change
  • At DNC, Michelle & 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 program was broadcast augusti 21st, 2024 at 17:00.

August 20th, 2024

Democracy Now! Tuesday, August 20, 2024

  • Thousands March on DNC 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”: UAW President Shawn Fain Hails Kamala Harris & Attacks Corporate Greed
  • Chicago Is a Labor Town: Teachers Union President and In These Times Editor on Organizing for Change
  • Muslim, Immigrant & Jewish Delegates Unfurl “Stop Arming Israel” Banner During Biden DNC Speech

The program was broadcast augusti 20th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 19th, 2024

Democracy Now! Monday, August 19, 2024

  • “It’s the Democratic Party’s War”: Gaza Protests Planned Throughout Week as DNC Begins in Chicago
  • Vietnam Then, Gaza Now: Bill Ayers & Juan González on 1968 and 2024 Antiwar Protests at Chicago DNC
  • Rev. Al Sharpton: Jesse Jackson Helped Reshape Democratic Party & Paved Way for Kamala Harris
  • Voices from the Streets of Chicago: DNC Protesters Call for Gaza Ceasefire & 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 & More
  • Phil Donahue, Legendary Talk Show Host Fired by MSNBC for Airing Antiwar Views, Dies at 88

The program was broadcast augusti 19th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 16th, 2024

Headlines for August 16, 2024

  • 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 program was broadcast augusti 16th, 2024 at 17:00.

August 15th, 2024

Headlines for August 15, 2024

  • “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 program was broadcast augusti 15th, 2024 at 17:00.

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