Democracy Now! 2015-04-29 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2015-04-29 Wednesday

  • Headlines for April 29, 2015
  • "You Can Replace Property, You Can't Replace a Life": Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Marks 100th Anniversary as War Rages on Worldwide
  • Japan Agrees to New Military Cooperation Plan with United States Despite Its Pacifist Constitution
  • From Police Violence to Boko Haram, African Activist Says Fundamentalism Must Be Addressed Globally
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04/29/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-04-27 Monday

Democracy Now! 2015-04-27 Monday

  • Headlines for April 27, 2015
  • No to Violence, Yes to Dialogue: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire on Path to Peace Today
  • Liberian Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee: How a Sex Strike Propelled Men to Refuse War
  • Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Launches Campaign to Stop Killer Robots After Winning Ban on Landmines
  • Nobel Laureates Call on "Militaristic" United States to Renew Pledge to Protect Human Rights
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04/27/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-04-24 Friday

Democracy Now! 2015-04-24 Friday

  • Headlines for April 24, 2015
  • As Obama Apologizes for Deaths of Hostages in Drone Strike, Does the U.S. Know Who It Is Killing?
  • Pentagon Speeds Efforts to Resettle Guantanamo Prisoners Ahead of Vote on Two-Year Transfer Ban
  • Watch: Explosive Footage from Inside Rikers Jail Shows Guard Beating Teen Accused of Backpack Theft
  • A People Expunged: Marking the 100th Anniversary of Armenian Genocide amid Ongoing Turkish Denials
Published: 
04/24/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-04-22 Wednesday

Democracy Now! 2015-04-22 Wednesday

  • Headlines for April 22, 2015
  • "It Was Worth Risking My Life, My Freedom": Campaign Reform Activist on Flying Gyrocopter to Capitol
  • Kenyan Mother Wins Goldman Prize for Anti-Lead Protest After Her Own Breast Milk Made Baby Sick
  • Earth Day Special: Goldman Prize Awarded to Burmese Photographer Who Fought Dam Project
  • How Many More? 116 Environmental Defenders Were Murdered Last Year, Mostly in Latin America
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04/22/2015 - 8:00am
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PART 2: Nelson Denis on the U.S. Persecution of Puerto Rican Independence Leader Pedro Albizu Campos

Watch our extended interview with Nelson Denis, author of "War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony," and see excerpts of Pedro Albizu Campos' 1950 speech made shortly before he was arrested. We also speak with Rep. José Serrano, Democratic congressman from New York. He successfully pushed the FBI to declassify records regarding the Bureau's activities targeting independence activists. He was born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

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04/21/2015 - 2:15pm

LISTEN: Extended interview with Khalifah al-Akili from Federal Prison; Says FBI Tried to Entrap Him

Listen to our extended interview with Khalifah al-Akili, a Muslim American from Pittsburgh area who was arrested just days after he emailed civil rights groups to say he believed he was the target of an FBI "entrapment" sting. His story is told in the new film "(T)ERROR." He is now serving eight years in federal prison for illegally possessing a gun after having previous felony convictions for selling drugs. He spoke from prison on April 19, 2015, in a phone call with Democracy Now! producer Renée Feltz.

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04/20/2015 - 11:59am

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