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Democracy Now! 2024-07-01 Monday

• Headlines for July 01, 2024
• 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

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-28 Friday

• Headlines for June 28, 2024
• "Step Aside Joe": After First Pres. Debate, Democrats Reeling from Biden Missteps & Trump Lies
• "Taking Black Jobs"? Economists Darrick Hamilton & Dean Baker on Inflation & Taxes in Pres. Debate
• 2024 Debate: Trump Lies About Abortions After Birth as Biden Fails to Defend Reproductive Rights
• Biden-Trump Debate: Silky Shah on How Both Candidates Scapegoat Immigrants, Promote Xenophobic Myths
• Biden Boasts of Israel Support in Gaza Assault as Trump Uses "Palestinian" as Slur Against Biden

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In Bolivia, an attempted military coup against President Luis Arce was quickly thwarted soon after it began Wednesday night. Arce, part of the left-wing Movement for Socialism (MAS) party, has already named a replacement for the coup’s leader, General Juan José Zúñiga, who called for “democracy” during the attempt. Arce was elected in 2020 after the third reelection of Bolivia’s previous president, Evo Morales, one of the founders of MAS, for an unconstitutional fourth term was overturned by pressure from the military and police. Although Bolivia is “a fragile democracy,” there is “very little popular support for the military,” while popular civilian support remains with Morales and MAS, explains our guest Kathryn Ledebur, executive director of the Andean Information Network in Cochabamba.

Democracy Now! 2024-06-27 Thursday

• Headlines for June 27, 2024
• Kenya Protests: Police Abduct Activists as Pres. Ruto Rejects Tax Bill Linked to Foreign Debt Crisis
• The Gaza Project: Investigation Details Israel's "Unprecedented" Targeting of Palestinian Journalists
• Gaza Journalist Shrouq Aila on Continuing to Report After Journalist Husband Killed in Israeli Airstrike

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-25 Tuesday

• Headlines for June 25, 2024
• Julian Assange Is Free: WikiLeaks Founder's Brother Gabriel Shipton on End of Decadelong Legal Saga
• Press Freedom Advocates Celebrate Julian Assange's Release, But Warn of Impact of Plea Deal
• Journalist Antony Loewenstein on Assange's Release, WikiLeaks & Israeli Drones Killing Gaza Reporters
• NYC Congestion Pricing: Advocates Slam NY Gov for Halting Plan to Reduce Emissions, Fund Mass Transit

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In Part 2 of our interview with acclaimed Polish filmmaker and screenwriter Agnieszka Holland, she discusses her new film, “Green Border” and how she began her long career making movies that are based on true stories during the Holocaust, including “Mr Jones,” “Europa, Europa” and “In Darkness” are based on true stories during the Holocaust. “Green Border” takes as its subject the present-day treatment of millions of migrants seeking refuge in Europe and opens nationwide in theaters this week. Holland addresses the film’s title and depiction of violence.

Democracy Now! 2024-06-24 Monday

• Headlines for June 24, 2024
• AIPAC vs. Jamaal Bowman: Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Pro-Israel Lobby Push to Defeat Pro-Ceasefire Lawmaker
• "These Are Not Just Threats": Rep. Ayanna Pressley on Project 2025 & Dangers of a Second Trump Term
• Will Israel Expand Its War into Lebanon? Rami Khouri on Netanyahu's Latest Threats
• Meet Maha Hussaini, Gaza Journalist Whose Courage Award Was Rescinded After Pro-Israel Smear Campaign

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-21 Friday

• Headlines for June 21, 2024
• "The Night Won't End": New Film Investigates Civilian Killings in Gaza and U.S. Backing of Israeli Assault
• "Green Border": Agnieszka Holland's New Film Shows "Impossible Choices" Facing Refugees in Europe

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-18 Tuesday

• Headlines for June 18, 2024
• Ahead of Juneteenth, Maryland Pardons 175K Pot Convictions, Seeking to Remedy Harms of War on Drugs
• Holocaust Scholar Raz Segal Loses Univ. of Minnesota Job Offer for Saying Israel Is Committing Genocide

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-14 Friday

• Headlines for June 14, 2024
• Supreme Court Protects Access to Mifepristone, But War on Abortion Rights Continues to Escalate
• Birding While Black: Christian Cooper on NYC Audubon Society's New Name & Racist Central Park Incident
• "Better Living Through Birding": Christian Cooper on Being a Queer Black Man in the Natural World

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-13 Thursday

• Headlines for June 13, 2024
• Secret Recording of SCOTUS Justice Samuel Alito Offers "Window" into His Conservative Ideology
• ProPublica Reporter Defends Work After Samuel Alito Accuses Outlet of Politically Motivated Coverage
• From Gaza to Sudan, Number of Global Armed Conflicts Reach New Post-WWII High
• Palestinian Diplomat: Gaza Ceasefire Only Possible Once Israel Commits to Ending the War

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-12 Wednesday

• Headlines for June 12, 2024
• Sarah Leah Whitson: U.S. Ceasefire Push in Gaza Is Welcome, But "40,000 Dead Palestinians Too Late"
• Hunter Biden: President's Son Convicted in Federal Gun Case, Faces Tax Evasion Trial Next
• Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads

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Democracy Now! 2024-06-11 Tuesday

• Headlines for June 11, 2024
• "Clear Shift" Toward the Far Right: Anti-Immigrant Nationalists Gain Ground Across Europe
• Doctor Just Back from Gaza: The Health System Has Totally Collapsed Due to Israel's Genocidal War
• U.S. Jewish Army Intel Officer Quits over Gaza, Says "Impossible" Not to See Echoes of Holocaust

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Democracy Now! Monday, June 10, 2024

The Grammy-nominated poet & activist aja monet recites her poem “Castaway” in the Democracy Now! studio. She is the artistic creative director of V-Day’s Voices Campaign and the developer of the new audio play VOICES: a sacred sisterscape.

Democracy Now! Friday, June 7, 2024