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Democracy Now! 2024-06-06 Thursday

• Headlines for June 06, 2024
• "Apocalyptic": 40 Killed in Israeli Airstrike on U.N. School Sheltering Displaced Palestinians in Gaza
• "Where Olive Trees Weep": Dr. Gabor Maté & Ashira Darwish on New Film Exploring Trauma in Palestine
• "Propaganda Machine": NY Congressmember Jamaal Bowman on AIPAC's $25 Million Campaign to Unseat Him

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Arizona-based journalist John Washington talks about his new book The Case for Open Borders as President Biden signs a new executive order temporarily closing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Democracy Now! 2024-06-05 Wednesday

• Headlines for June 05, 2024
• "My Journey of Loss": Gaza Twin on Death of Mom, 14 Relatives & Continuing to Flee Israeli Bombs
• "Toward Nakba as a Legal Concept": Meet the Palestinian Lawyer Censored by Columbia and Harvard
• Biden Limits Asylum & Shuts Down Border for Migrants Ahead of Debate with Trump

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-04 Tuesday

• Headlines for June 04, 2024
• A Setback for the "Cult of Modi"? Indian Opposition Faring Surprisingly Well in Early Election Count
• El Salvador's "Cool Dictator" Bukele Begins Controversial Second Term with Backing from Biden & Trump
• "More Than a Symbolic Victory": Mexican Women's Movement Paved Way for Election of Claudia Sheinbaum
• "The Trauma Is Unimaginable": Save the Children CEO Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza, More Focus on Congo

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Watch Part 2 of our interview about the election in South Africa, where the African National Congress has lost its majority after last week’s election. The ANC, which has been in power since the end of apartheid, won just 40% of the vote, marking the first time the party that was once led by Nelson Mandela will not hold outright power in 30 years. We speak with Trevor Ngwane, a Soweto-based activist and chair of the United Front, and Louis Freedberg, veteran South African journalist, about what the ANC had to overcome by 1994, where the party took South Africa, key players then and now, conditions in the country now, and the response to taking up a genocide case against Israel before the International Criminal Court.

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-30 Thursday

• Headlines for May 30, 2024
• "This Is a Crime": Ken Roth on Israel's Secret War Targeting the ICC to Derail War Crimes Charges
• Univ. of Toronto Protesters Vow to Continue Gaza Encampment as Admin Demands Police Clear It
• PFAS Cover-Up: How 3M Hid Risks of Forever Chemicals & "Gaslit" Scientist Who Tried to Sound Alarm

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-29 Wednesday

• Headlines for May 29, 2024
• "A Narrative of Trump Criminality": Jury Begins Deliberations in Hush Money Case
• "The North Needs to Learn from the South": Mexico Poised to Elect First Woman President
• "America's Monster": How a U.S. Ally Kidnapped, Killed & Tortured Hundreds in Afghanistan

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-28 Tuesday

• Headlines for May 28, 2024
• People Burned Alive, Child Decapitated: Report from Rafah on Israeli Strike That Killed 45 in Camp
• Latest Israeli Rafah Attack Kills 45, Injures 110+; How Can World Enforce ICJ's Ruling to End Assault?
• "Corky Lee's Asian America": Chinese American Legend Spent 50 Years Seeking "Photographic Justice"

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-24 Friday

• Headlines for May 24, 2024
• Northwestern Professor Steven Thrasher: You Are Being Lied to About Pro-Palestine Protests on Campus
• 1,000 Harvard Students Walk Out of Commencement to Support 13 Seniors Barred from Graduation over Gaza
• "Why Do Israel's Bidding?": Human Rights Advocate Hossam Bahgat Blasts Egypt Policy at Rafah Crossing

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The International Court of Justice has ordered Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah. The court ruled on Friday that Israel must immediately cease its military actions and other operations in the area, citing the “immediate risk” to the Palestinian people. South Africa sought additional measures from the court following Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city. Following a case brought by South Africa accusing the country of genocide, the court issued provisional measures in January which stopped short of ordering a ceasefire. We speak with Egyptian human rights activist Hossam Bahgat, founder and executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, and Reed Brody, war crimes prosecutor and human rights attorney.

Democracy Now! 2024-05-23 Thursday

• Headlines for May 23, 2024
• Irish Lawmaker: Recognizing Palestine as a State Is Rooted in Our History of Colonization & Famine
• Dr. Adam Hamawy Describes Desperate Conditions at Gaza Hospitals Amid Attacks & Lack of Supplies
• "Power": Yance Ford on His New Documentary & Why "Violence Is Part and Parcel" of U.S. Policing

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Democracy Now! Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Human Rights Watch is hailing a “monumental victory” after a Swiss court convicted former Gambian Interior Minister Ousman Sonko for crimes against humanity committed under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh. Sonko was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in torture, illegal detentions and unlawful killings between 2000 and 2016. He is the second ex-Gambian official convicted in Europe for international crimes committed in Gambia, after a former death squad member received a life sentence in Germany last year. In Part 2 of our discussion with by Reed Brody, a war crimes prosecutor and author of To Catch a Dictator: The Pursuit and Trial of Hissène Habré, he discusses these developments in detail. We also speak with Reed about the International Criminal Court and Gaza.

Democracy Now! Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Democracy Now! 2024-05-20 Monday

• Headlines for May 20, 2024
• Trita Parsi on Future of Iran After President & Foreign Minister Die in Helicopter Crash
• Int'l Criminal Court Seeks Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant & Hamas Leaders for War Crimes
• British High Court Grants WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange the Right to Appeal U.S. Extradition
• Meet Two Morehouse Professors Who Protested Biden over Gaza and Congo During Commencement Speech

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-17 Friday

• Headlines for May 17, 2024
• "Resist the Normalization of Evil": Israeli Reporter Amira Hass on Palestine & the Role of Journalism

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Democracy Now! 2024-05-16 Thursday

• Headlines for May 16, 2024
• Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Attacked While Documenting Settler Raid on Gaza Aid Convoy
• Human Rights Watch: Israeli Forces Attack Known Aid Worker Locations in Gaza
• "In Cold Blood": Russian Forces Executing Surrendering Ukrainian Soldiers
• "Rampage of Killings, Looting, Torture, Rape": Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan's Darfur Region

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