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Peru’s President Pedro Castillo is ousted and jailed after attempting to dissolve Congress; Boris Kagarlitsky in Moscow on how Russians are weary of Putin’s war in Ukraine; The Supreme Court considers “independent state legislature theory” in a North Carolina redistricting case with far-reaching implications for voting rights.

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Democracy Now! 2022-12-07 Wednesday

• Headlines for December 07, 2022
• "The People Have Spoken": Sen. Warnock Wins in Georgia in Victory Over GOP Voter Suppression Efforts
• Futuro Media Probes Deadly U.S. Border Policy & NY Drug Trafficking Trial of Mexico's Former Top Cop

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Democracy Now! co-host Juan González recently spoke at the Columbia School of Journalism in the first of three “farewell” speeches in New York before he moves to Chicago. Juan will also be speaking in New York on Friday, December 9, at the CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies and Monday, December 12, at the CUNY Grad Center. In his speech at the Columbia School of Journalism, Juan talked about his atypical journalism career and his years as a student activist and organizer with the Young Lords. Juan said, “I have been grappling now for more than 50 years — initially as an activist, then for decades as a journalist and a student of history — with the burning issue of how oppressed and marginalized people can best create and disseminate a narrative that truly reflects their lives, not just accepting the simple-minded, stereotypical and often denigrating narratives of them fashioned by those with greater power and wealth.”

Democracy Now! 2022-12-06 Tuesday

• Headlines for December 06, 2022
• Jeffrey Sachs: A Negotiated End to Fighting in Ukraine Is the Only Real Way to End the Bloodshed
• Pegasus Spyware Maker NSO Group Sued in U.S. Court by Central American Journalists
• Publishing Is Not a Crime: NYT, The Guardian & More Urge Biden Admin to Drop Charges Against Assange
• Warnock vs. Walker, Round 2: Georgia Breaks Voting Records in Senate Runoff Election

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A group of current and former Yale students has sued the Ivy League school for discriminating against students with mental health challenges in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act; We look at a fight in Chinatown, New York, against the city’s plans to build the tallest jail in the world.

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A web-only discussion with Angela Davis, the world-renowned abolitionist, author and activist. Davis reflects on her remarkable life and struggles ahead. Davis recently released a new edition of her 1974 autobiography, first published and edited by Toni Morrison nearly 50 years ago. The book details Davis’s early life, from growing up in a section of Birmingham, Alabama, known as Dynamite Hill due to the frequency of bombings by the Ku Klux Klan, to her work with the Black Panther Party and the U.S. Communist Party. It also follows her 16-month incarceration, during which she faced the death penalty and was eventually acquitted on all charges, which influenced Davis’s focus thereafter on transforming the criminal justice system and building a movement for abolition.

A new Al Jazeera documentary investigates “The Killing of Shireen Abu Akleh” six months after the Palestinian American journalist was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank; Civil rights activist Angela Davis on the controversy that erupted when she was deemed “too radical” to speak in Rockland County, New York.

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Democracy Now! 2022-12-01 Thursday

• Headlines for December 01, 2022
• Oath Keepers Founder Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy for Plotting to Violently Overthrow U.S. Gov't
• David Dayen on Rail Contract Bill, Respect for Marriage Act, Debt Ceiling & What a GOP Congress Means
• Rights Advocates to NYC Mayor Adams: You Can't Arrest Your Way Out of Housing & Mental Health Crisis

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Democracy Now! 2022-11-30 Wednesday

• Headlines for November 30, 2022
• "Enough Is Enough": Rail Workers Decry Biden's Push to Impose Strike-Breaking Labor Deal
• Striking Univ. of California Grad Students Speak Out on Nation's Largest-Ever Higher Education Strike
• Meet Puerto Rican Journalist Bianca Graulau, Featured in Viral Bad Bunny Video on Injustices in PR

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Democracy Now! 2022-11-29 Tuesday

• Headlines for November 29, 2022
• Abdullah Al-Arian on First Middle East World Cup & Western Media's "Orientalist Outlook"
• "Sportswashing & Greenwashing": Ex-Soccer Player Jules Boykoff on Qatar Hosting World Cup
• NYC DA Asks Judge to Drop Murder Charges Against Domestic Abuse Survivor Tracy McCarter

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In labor news, President Biden has sided with big business and has urged Congress to intervene to block freight rail workers from going on strike, saying it could devastate the economy. On Monday, Biden asked lawmakers to quickly pass legislation to impose a labor deal that has been opposed by the majority of freight rail workers. Ron Kaminkow, a locomotive engineer and organizer for Railroad Workers United, spoke to Democracy Now! last night. “We could have seen Biden actually opt for telling Congress he would like to see Congress pass legislation that mediates an end to the conflict under which more favorable terms to the workers, which is to say a handful of sick days,” Kaminkow said. “And that’s what this has come down to.”

Democracy Now! 2022-11-28 Monday

• Headlines for November 28, 2022
• From Xinjiang to Shanghai, Protests Grow in China over COVID Restrictions After Fatal Apartment Fire
• Will Missouri Stay Execution of Kevin Johnson, Case Tainted by Racism, or Let Daughter Witness Death?
• "A Forgotten Conflict": Sahrawi Activists Slam Moroccan Greenwashing Amid Western Sahara Occupation

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Democracy Now! 2022-11-23 Wednesday

• Headlines for November 23, 2022
• Defiance in Iran: Despite Crackdown, Anti-Government Protests May Grow into "Nationwide Revolution"
• Noam Chomsky on Legacy of Radical Historian Staughton Lynd, Who Protested Korea, Vietnam & Iraq Wars
• Filipino Climate Activist Yeb Saño on COP27, Climate Reparations & Philippines' New President Marcos

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Democracy Now! 2022-11-21 Monday

• Headlines for November 21, 2022
• U.N. Climate Summit Agrees to Historic Loss and Damage Fund But Rejects Calls to Phase Out Fossil Fuels
• "An Act of Hate": 5 Dead in Shooting at Colorado LGBTQ Club on Eve of Transgender Day of Remembrance
• World Cup in Qatar Is "Deadliest Major Sporting Event" in History, Built on a Decade of Forced Labor

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On the final official day of the U.N. climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, we get an assessment of negotiations on a “loss and damage” fund, and more, from Yeb Saño, Greenpeace Southeast Asia executive director and former Philippines chief climate negotiator. “Establishing this fund is an expression of human solidarity,” from countries in the Global North to those “who did not cause this problem but bear the brunt of its impact,” Saño says.

Democracy Now! 2022-11-18 Friday

• Headlines for November 18, 2022
• "A Near-Death Experience": U.K.-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Almost Dies on Prison Hunger Strike
• "Fossil Fuels Fund Dictatorships": Ukrainian Climate Activist Suspended from COP27 over Russia Protest
• Ukrainian Climate Scientist Says Fossil Fuels Enabled Russian War in Ukraine
• Exiled Russian Environmentalist: Russia's Uranium Sales to U.S. & Europe Help Putin Fund Ukraine War

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Democracy Now! 2022-11-17 Thursday

• Headlines for November 17, 2022
• Indigenous Activists Tom Goldtooth & Eriel Deranger on the Link Between Colonialism & Climate Crisis
• Amazon Leader Welcomes Climate Vow from Brazil's Lula to End Deforestation with Indigenous Help
• Amazon Leader Welcomes Climate Vow from Brazil's Lula to End Deforestation with Indigenous Help

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