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Democracy Now! 2025-10-16 Thursday

• Headlines for October 16, 2025
• Report from Gaza: Despite Ceasefire, Humanitarian Crisis Continues as Israel Severely Restricts Aid
• "Taken Hostage by the Israeli Military": Freed Palestinian Prisoners Describe Widespread Torture
• Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina's President Milei While Firing Thousands of Workers in U.S.?
• Will Supreme Court Gut Voting Rights Act & Weaken Electoral Power of Black Americans?
• Walkout: Top U.S. Media, Including Conservative Outlets, Reject New Pentagon Press Restrictions

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In 2011, Emel Mathlouthi stood among the crowd of protesters in Tunis and began singing her song “Kelmti Horra,” which means “My Word Is Free.” Overnight, an anthem of the Arab Spring was born. Emel became known as “the voice of the Tunisian Revolution” and went on to perform all over the world, including at the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Concert, where she sang “Kelmti Horra.” Singing in Arabic, English and Spanish, Emel does not shy away from talking about social issues — from dedicating her songs to Mahsa Amini in Iran to calling for justice in Palestine. She recently came by the Democracy Now! studio to perform and talk about her music.

Democracy Now! 2025-10-15 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 15, 2025
• Anti-Fascism Scholar Flees U.S. Fearing for His Family's Safety Amid Trump's "Antifa" Fearmongering
• Historian Joel Beinin on Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, His Israeli Niece's Captivity in Gaza & More
• Lindsey Boylan, Ex-Cuomo Aide Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment, on Why She Supports Mamdani

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-14 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 14, 2025
• "Recognize Palestine": Israeli Knesset Member Ofer Cassif on Protesting Trump, Netanyahu Speeches
• Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers
• Will Gaza Ceasefire Last? Trump's Plan "Short on Details" Beyond Release of Captives
• Juan González on Chicago's Grassroots Movement to Protect Immigrants from ICE

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-13 Monday

• Headlines for October 13, 2025
• "We Lost Everything": Palestinian Writer Ahmed Abu Artema on Gaza Ceasefire, Hostage Exchange & More
• Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé: Despite Ceasefire, Palestinians Still Face "Elimination, Genocide"
• "We Survived the Night": Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History

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Watch Part 2 of our interview with award-winning writer, journalist and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat as he discusses his debut book, We Survived the Night, and much more. The book weaves together his family’s stories of survival with personal memories, Indigenous oral histories and legends, and on-the-ground reporting that lay bare the resilience of Indigenous peoples across the continent in the face of centuries of colonial genocide. We spoke on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, and NoiseCat also discusses the importance of having “our legacy, our history recognized on our land.” He also responds to Defense Secretary Hegseth’s announcement that 20 Medal of Honor recipients from the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee massacre will keep their awards. “This is a really tragic moment in United States history,” NoiceCat says. “I think that everybody would recognize that killing 300 men women, and children is not something to be celebrated.”

Watch Part 2 of our interview with Cory Doctorow, writer and tech activist, whose new book, Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, is out this week. “Enshittification” is now in Webster’s Dictionary, and Doctorow relates the term he coined to the concept of technofeudalism as a way of understanding what went wrong for tech workers, and how platforms and apps like Uber are regulated. He also describes apps that are part of a “bottom-up resistance,” and his work with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for over 20 years, and how it is the first organization to have filed a lawsuit that names Elon Musk and DOGE by name.

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-08 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 08, 2025
• Rep. Ro Khanna: Republicans Could End Shutdown, Lower Healthcare Costs Today
• "Scary Precedent": GOP Blocks Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva from Taking Seat Amid Epstein Files Fight
• Bari Weiss to Head CBS News as Pro-Trump, Pro-Israel Billionaire Ellison Family Expands Media Empire
• "Stripped for Parts": Secretive Hedge Fund Accused of Plundering U.S. Newspapers

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-07 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 07, 2025
• "Trump's Invasion": Illinois Officials Denounce Troop Deployment to Chicago as ICE Escalates Raids
• Report from Gaza: Israeli Bombardment Enters Third Year Despite Ceasefire Talks in Egypt
• Maoz Inon Lost His Parents in the Oct. 7 Attack. Here's Why He's Still Calling for Peace.
• "Eyes of Gaza": Palestinian Journalist Plestia Alaqad Chronicles Life Under Israeli Bombs

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-03 Friday

• Headlines for October 03, 2025
• Trump's Mideast Envoy Steve Witkoff & Sons Blur Peace & Profit, from Real Estate to Crypto Deals
• "Attack on Free Speech": Journalist Mario Guevara Faces Deportation After Covering Anti-Trump Protest
• "Move Fast": From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father's Free Speech Group
• Israel Detains 440+ Global Flotilla Activists; Italian Unions Strike in Protest

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-02 Thursday

• Headlines for October 02, 2025
• "Shameful": Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+, But More Boats Are Now Heading to Gaza
• "Orwell: 2+2=5": Raoul Peck & Alex Gibney on New Documentary, Authoritarianism, Trump & More
• Will El Salvador's Total Abortion Ban Be a Model for the U.S.? Maria Hinojosa Investigates

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Democracy Now! 2025-10-01 Wednesday

• Headlines for October 01, 2025
• Chicago Mayor on Trump's Threat to Use "Dangerous" Cities as "Training Grounds for Our Military"
• A "Green Light" for War Crimes? What Trump & Hegseth's Lecture to Generals Really Means
• Mahmoud Khalil Hails Judge's Scathing Ruling Against Trump Efforts to Deport Pro-Palestinian Students

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Democracy Now! 2025-09-30 Tuesday

• Headlines for September 30, 2025
• Trump's Gaza Plan Is Mere "Repackaging of Genocide" for Israel's Benefit: Diana Buttu
• "Break the Blockade and End the Siege": Nelson Mandela's Grandson Speaks from Gaza Aid Flotilla
• "The Government Has Been Shut Down" Since Trump Took Office: David Dayen
• "We Do Not Want Federal Troops": Oregon Rejects Trump's Plan to Send Forces to Portland
• Chicago Activist on Organizing Community ICE Patrols as Trump Escalates Immigration Crackdown

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Democracy Now! 2025-09-29 Monday

• Headlines for September 29, 2025
• Zohran Mamdani on Historic NYC Mayoral Run & Trump's Meddling in Election as Eric Adams Drops Out
• "War Criminal": Thousands Call to Arrest Netanyahu, March at U.N. Against Gaza Genocide
• Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur Dies at 78 in Cuba; Hear Her Read 1998 Letter to Pope

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New York Mayor Eric Adams has announced he is dropping out of the race, just over a month before Election Day. In recent weeks, President Trump and New York business leaders pressured Adams to drop out of the race in an effort to help boost the campaign of disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent. We get response from Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Tune in Monday for the full interview.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of New York on Friday in solidarity with Palestinians and to denounce Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Crowds marched from Times Square toward the U.N., chanting slogans demanding Netanyahu’s arrest for war crimes and an end to U.S. support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Meanwhile, inside the U.N., the Israeli leader addressed a largely empty room as many countries’ delegations walked out in protest.

Microsoft says it has barred the Israeli military from using the company’s services to spy on millions of Palestinian civilian phone calls made each day in Gaza and the occupied West Bank and stored in Microsoft’s vast Azure cloud computing platform. It’s an unprecedented victory for No Azure for Apartheid, a group of current and former Microsoft workers demanding an end to Microsoft’s work with the Israeli military. We speak to Hossam Nasr, an organizer with No Azure for Apartheid and a former Microsoft employee who was fired last October after organizing a vigil outside the Microsoft headquarters for Palestinians killed by Israel’s military in Gaza.