As the Occupy Wall Street movement expands across the United States, drawing inspiration from the Arab Spring in Egypt and the protests in Spain, Democracy Now! speaks with former French Resistance fighter, Stéphane Hessel, whose pamphlet-length book, Time for Outrage, helped inspire some of these uprisings. His book has sold more than 3.5 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 10 languages, with several more planned.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-10 Monday

• Headlines for October 10, 2011
• "Chaos and Bloodshed": 25 Die in Cairo as Egyptian Military Attacks Coptic Christian Protesters
• Occupy Wall Street Spreads: 32 Arrested in Iowa; Right-Wing Editor Infiltrates D.C. Anti-Drone Protest
• Occupy Wall Street Emerges as "First Populist Movement" on the Left Since the 1930s
• America’s Longest War: New Study Examines Demographics of U.S. Casualties in Afghanistan
• Nobel Peace Winner Tawakkul Karman on Yemen and the U.S. War on Terror

After a nostalgic visit to her old school house in Miami, Billie leads guest creator Gail to a memory of creative mentors - the people who inspired us and helped us find the magic in us.

Cast: Billie Bivins

10/7/11 - Sound of Erin. Irish and Celtic Music

8/17/11 - Part 1 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring The John Baboian Quartet.

8/17/11 - Part 2 of the Payson Park Music Festival, featuring The John Baboian Quartet

Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum in September 2010 about state violence, targeted killings, and human rights abuses enabled by the so-called “War on Terror.” Democracy Now! was there and we bring you her address. Karman notes that by cooperating with the Yemeni government’s repression of its opponents, the United States "has transitioned from being the leader of the free world to a watch dog for tyrant regimes."