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Democracy Now! 2025-02-18 Tuesday
Democracy Now! 2025-02-18 Tuesday
- Headlines for February 18, 2025
- "A Victory for Putin"? Jeffrey Sachs & Matt Duss Debate U.S.-Russia Talks to End Ukraine War
- Palestinian Director Basel Adra: As "No Other Land" Gets Oscar Nod, Israel Ramps Up West Bank Attacks
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Full Interview - Congo, Jazz & the CIA: Oscar-Nominated “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” Revisits Lumumba Assassination
Watch our full, in-depth interview with Belgian director Johan Grimonprez about his Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, featuring clips from the film, which recounts the events leading up to Black American jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach’s 1961 protest at the United Nations of the CIA-backed killing of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.
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