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On today’s show: “Unspeakable”: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll “Much Higher,” Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire Meet the Journalist Who Lost Her Leg in Israeli Strike and Carried Olympic Torch for Slain Colleagues Paris Olympics Slammed for “Social Cleansing,” Mass Displacement, Militarization and Greenwashing The post Democracy Now 6am – July 26, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Over 100 Lawmakers Skip Netanyahu’s Address to Congress Amid Protests over U.S. Support for War in Gaza Noura Erakat: During Netanyahu Speech, U.S. Lawmakers Cheered “What Is Essentially a War on Children” “The Only Answer Is Peace”: Israeli and Palestinian Activists Share Vision of Coexistence The post Democracy Now 6am – July 25, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today show: “Terrible Mistake”: Leading Israelis Say Netanyahu’s Invite to Address Congress Rewards Bad Behavior Not Welcome: Jewish and Palestinian Activists Protest Netanyahu’s Address to Congress; 400 Arrested “Tragic Beyond Proportions”: Attorney Ben Crump on Sonya Massey’s Killing and Police Cover-Up “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”: Video Shows Hotel Guards Kill D’Vontaye Mitchell, Yet No Arrests The post Democracy Now 6am – July 24, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Uncommitted Movement Welcomes Biden’s Decision to Step Aside Hoping Harris Will Change Course on Gaza Ex-Biden Staffer Who Quit over Gaza Says Kamala Harris Must “Chart a New Path” on Israel-Palestine “The Prescription Is Ceasefire”: Israeli Public Health Leaders Sound Alarm over Polio in Gaza Bangladesh: 174 Killed, 2,500 Arrests in Student-Led Protests over Jobs, Inequality, and Corruption The post Democracy Now 6am – July 23, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza, and More How to Pick Biden’s Replacement? James Zogby and LaTosha Brown Debate Wisdom of an Open Convention Representative Sheila Jackson Lee Remembered: Opposed Iraq War, Advocated for Juneteenth, Reparations, and More International Court of Justice (ICJ) Rules Israel’s Occupation of West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza Is Illegal: Attorney Diana Buttu Explains The post Democracy Now 6am – July 22, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: In “Unity” Speech, Trump Demonizes Migrants, Spreads Lies and Embraces Authoritarianism Milwaukee Protesters Demand Justice for Samuel Sharpe and D’Vontaye Mitchell Bishop William Barber: Trump and Republicans Did Not Offer “Unity” at RNC, Only More Lies and Hate The GOP Is Waging a War on Abortion Rights, But You Wouldn’t Know It If You Watched the RNC “Justice for My Brother”: Sister of Samuel Sharpe Speaks Out After Police Killing During RNC The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 19, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Trump’s VP Pick J.D. Vance Espouses Economic Populism, But Will He Actually Be a Working-Class Ally? J.D. Vance Criticizes Biden’s Support for Iraq War in 2003 But Pushes Hawkish Policy on China and Iran “More Radical Than MAGA”? Politico’s Ian Ward on J.D. Vance and the Future of the Republican Party “White Trash” Historian Nancy Isenberg on J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy,” and Class in America COVID Forces Biden Off Campaign Trail as Pressure Grows for Him to Step Aside The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 18, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “Politics of Hate”: Writer Jean Guerrero on Anti-Immigrant Lies and Fearmongering at RNC Trump Is Trying to “Gaslight the Black Community” About His Racist Record: Clarence Lusane Jury Convicts New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez of Taking Bribes from Egypt and Qatar Samuel Sharpe Shooting: Ohio Cops in Wisconsin for RNC Kill Unhoused Black Veteran J.D. Vance Praised 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones as Truth-Teller in Private 2021 Speech Milwaukee Immigrant Rights Advocate Slams “Sickening” Rhetoric at RNC as Trump Vows Mass Deportations DNC Makes Moves to Lock In Biden as Nominee Early, Despite Growing Discontent Among Democrats The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 17, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: J.D. Vance, “Hillbilly Elegy” and Appalachia’s Shift to the Right: Arlie Russell Hochschild Trump-Appointed Judge Dismisses Classified Documents Case Against Ex-President on First Day of RNC “Genocidal Man” versus “Fascist Man”: RNC Protesters Decry 2024 Choices, Call for Justice “He’s a Fake”: Robert Kuttner on How J.D. Vance Disguises His Anti-Worker Views as Economic Populism Trump’s VP Pick, J.D. Vance, Pushed for Police to Track & Criminalize Abortions “Blank Check” for Genocide: Court Dismisses Palestinians’ Case Against Biden Admin over Gaza War The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 16, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Long Legacy of U.S. Political Violence: RNC Begins in Milwaukee in Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt “An America Awash in Guns”: Brady President Kris Brown on Trump Shooting and the Need for Gun Control Mawasi Massacre: Over 90 Killed in Israeli Airstrikes on Tent Camp in Gaza “Safe Zone” Jeff Sharlet on Trump Assassination Attempt, Authoritarian Violence, and Project 2025 Voices of the Unhoused: Poor People’s Army Sets Up Encampment Near RNC to Protest GOP Policies “The Fall of Wisconsin”: How GOP Transformed Once-Progressive State into Union-Busting “Laboratory” The second hour of today’s special 2-hour show continues at 7am, preempting Upfront. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 15, 2024 (2-hour special) appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: In Rare News Conference, Biden Vows to Stay in Race, Defending Record on Ukraine, NATO and More: A Roundtable “I’m Bored, So I Shoot”: How Israeli Troops Are Authorized to Shoot Palestinians Virtually at Will The post Democracy Now 6am – July 12, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Should Biden Step Aside? Wajahat Ali and Norman Solomon Debate Democratic Options for 2024 Race Former Israeli Peace Negotiator Daniel Levy: Netanyahu Is “Trying to Do Everything to Prevent a Deal” The post Democracy Now 6am – July 11, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Report from Gaza: Israel Attacks Schools & Orders Palestinians to Leave Gaza City Amid Ceasefire Talks Their Goal Is Total Ethnic Cleansing: Mustafa Barghouti on Israel’s Expulsion Order for Gaza City “Peace, Not NATO”: As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO’s 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 10, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Mohammed Abu Hashem Spent 22 Years in U.S. Air Force; He Quit After Israel Killed His Aunt in Gaza “On the Record with Hamas”: Jeremy Scahill Speaks with Hamas About October 7, Ceasefire Talks, and Israel Drop Site News: Jeremy Scahill on Launching Investigative News Outlet with Ryan Grim The post Democracy Now 6am – July 9, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: As Labour Wins in U.K., Party’s Ex-Leader Jeremy Corbyn Wins as Independent in Revolt over Gaza Policy “Wide But Thin Mandate”: Why U.K. Labour Party’s Landslide Is on Shaky Ground “The Whole Country of France Has Won”: Far Right Blocked from Power as Left Surges Iran’s New Reformist President Promises More Freedom, Better Relations with the West The post Democracy Now 6am – July 8, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “The Night Won’t End”: New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault “Better Living Through Birding”: Christian Cooper on Birding While Black and the Central Park Incident The post Democracy Now 6am – July 5, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech Hope and Resistance: Voices of a People’s History of the United States in the 21st Century The post Democracy Now 6am – July 4, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Science, Not Scaremongering: St. Vincent & Grenadines PM on Hurricane Beryl & Climate Crisis “This Must End”: Israel Orders New Mass Evacuation, Continuing Attacks on Gaza Health System How to Replace Biden & Beat Trump: Longtime DNC Member Jim Zogby Proposes Process to Pick New Nominee Democracy Now! is a daily independent award-winning news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez. The post Democracy Now 6am – July 3, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: “A King Above the Law”: Supreme Court Rules Presidents Have Broad Immunity from Prosecution Lula Visits Chomsky Recovering from Stroke: “You Are One of the Most Influential People in My Life” Vijay Prashad: Resource-Rich Congo Still Fighting for Its Own Wealth 64 Years After Independence The post Democracy Now 6am – July 2, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.

On today’s show: Far Right in France “On the Doorstep of Power” as National Rally Surges in Snap Election “Power Grab”: SCOTUS Overturns 4 Decades of Federal Regulatory Control, Hands Power to Courts Phone Hacking, Stolen Info: New Washington Post Publisher’s Ties to Murdoch Papers Raise Alarm “Uncharted Territory”: Biden Vows to Stay in the Race Despite Public’s Doubts About His Health The post Democracy Now 6am – July 1, 2024 appeared first on KPFA.