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Democracy Now! 2024-01-11 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2024-01-11 Thursday
- Headlines for January 11, 2024
- "Nowhere Is Safe in Gaza": South Africa Lays Out Genocide Case vs. Israel at World Court in The Hague
- Palestinian Genocide Scholar & South African Lawyer on "Extreme Urgency" of World Court Case
- Gaza War Fuels Climate Crisis: "Massive" Carbon Emissions from Israeli Bombing
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Democracy Now! 2024-01-09 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2024-01-09 Tuesday
- Headlines for January 09, 2024
- Profit Over Safety: Boeing Supplier Ignored Safety Warnings Before Jet Door Blowout, The Lever Reports
- "Complete Hypocrisy": Activist Bree Newsome Bass on Biden Fighting Racism While Funding Gaza Genocide
- "The Cost of Inheritance": Meet the Descendants of Enslavers and Enslaved Fighting for Reparations
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737 MAX 9 Blowout Foretold: Ralph Nader on Grandniece’s 2019 Death & Boeing’s Negligence
The Federal Aviation Administration is grounding more than 170 Boeing 737 Max 9s after an Alaska Airlines panel blew out late Friday near Portland, Oregon, leaving a gaping hole. The plane was able to land safely and no passengers were seriously injured. Earlier on Friday, we spoke with legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader about “Boeing’s criminal design of the Boeing 737 MAX,” and how his grandniece was killed in a 2019 airplane crash over Ethiopia.
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Ralph Nader on "The Rebellious CEO," His Upcoming 90th Birthday & Remembering Dr. Sidney Wolfe
Part two of our conversation with Ralph Nader, legendary consumer advocate, corporate critic and four-time former presidential candidate. He talks about his new book, “The Rebellious CEO: 12 Leaders Who Did It Right” and the death of his longtime colleague Dr. Sidney Wolfe who spent decades fighting the Food and Drug Administration and pharmaceutical industry and is credited with helping to force 28 dangerous medications off the market.
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Democracy Now! 2024-01-04 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2024-01-04 Thursday
- Headlines for January 04, 2024
- Deadly Bombing in Iran Could Exacerbate "Shadow War" with U.S. & Israel: Historian Arash Azizi
- Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine"
- AMC Theater Tosses Bishop William Barber for Bringing Disability Chair to See "The Color Purple"
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Democracy Now! 2024-01-03 Wednesday
Democracy Now! 2024-01-03 Wednesday
- Headlines for January 03, 2024
- From Plagiarism to Gaza: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on How a GOP Campaign Ousted Harvard's Claudine Gay
- "This Is the Republican Party": Khalil Gibran Muhammad Says Nikki Haley's Slavery Flub Was No Accident
- Assassination of Hamas Official in Lebanon Raises Risk of Israel's War on Gaza Expanding Across Region
- "Voluntary Migration" or Ethnic Cleansing? Mouin Rabbani on Israel's Push to Expel Residents of Gaza
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Democracy Now! 2023-12-29 Friday
Democracy Now! 2023-12-29 Friday
- Headlines for December 29, 2023
- U.S. Complicit in "On-Air Genocide": Palestinian Amb. Husam Zomlot Slams 12-Week Gaza Assault
- "Utterly Illegal": U.N. Special Rapporteur Slams Netanyahu's "Voluntary Migration" Plan for Gazans
- Maine Joins Colorado Barring Trump from Ballot for Violating Constitution's Insurrection Clause
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Democracy Now! 2023-12-28 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2023-12-28 Thursday
- Headlines for December 28, 2023
- Meet Aida Touma-Sliman, Palestinian Knesset Member Suspended for Criticizing War on Gaza
- "Absolutely Unimaginable": Children in Gaza Face Amputations Without Anesthesia, Death & Disease
- As Biden Pushes Trump-Like Border Policies, Blinken Meets with AMLO, Who Has Criticized U.S. Sanctions
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Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza
Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more.
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Democracy Now! 2023-12-26 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2023-12-26 Tuesday
- Headlines for December 26, 2023
- "Christ in the Rubble": Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem
- Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War
- Labor Demands a Ceasefire: UAW, Electrical & Postal Workers Call for Israel's Assault on Gaza to End
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