» Can UAW Unionize the South? Volkswagen Tennessee Vote Could Change U.S. Labor Landscape
04/17/24 12:51 from Democracy Now!
On Wednesday, 4,000 Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, begin voting in a closely watched election on whether to organize with the United Auto Workers in what could be the union’s first big victory as they try to expand i...

» No Tech for Apartheid: Google Workers Arrested for Protesting Company's $1.2B Contract with Israel
04/17/24 12:33 from Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! speaks with two of the Google employees who were arrested staging sit-ins on Tuesday at the company’s offices in New York City and in Sunnyvale, California, to protest the tech giant’s work with the Israeli gov...

» One Year into War, Sudan Wracked by World's Largest Displacement and Hunger Crises
04/17/24 12:11 from Democracy Now!
One year ago this week, a devastating conflict erupted in Sudan when a fragile alliance between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces collapsed. The war initially began around the capital city of Khartoum but quickly spr...

» Headlines for April 17, 2024
04/17/24 12:00 from Democracy Now!
U.N.: Israel Is Still Unlawfully Restricting Aid into Gaza, Report: Israeli Assault on Gaza Has Left 19,000 Children Orphaned, U.K. Tells Israel: Do “As Little as Possible to Escalate” Tensions with Iran, Israel Urged to Stop...

» "I'm Jewish, and I've Covered Wars. I Know War Crimes When I See Them": Reporter Peter Maass on Gaza
04/16/24 12:48 from Democracy Now!
We speak with veteran journalist Peter Maass about the Israeli war on Gaza and his new opinion piece for The Washington Post headlined “I’m Jewish, and I’ve covered wars. I know war crimes when I see them.” Maass,...

» Under Cover of War in Gaza, Assault on West Bank Intensifies: Palestinian Journalist Dalia Hatuqa
04/16/24 12:33 from Democracy Now!
The Western corporate media is failing in its coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza, says Palestinian independent journalist Dalia Hatuqa. “A lot of what’s missing from the bigger portrait … is the Palestinian voice,” ...

» "Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism": Yanis Varoufakis on New Book & Why Assange Should Be Freed
04/16/24 12:24 from Democracy Now!
Former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis, one of the most vocal supporters of Julian Assange, says the United States must drop its espionage case against the jailed WikiLeaks founder. He faults the Australian government for pushing...

» Yanis Varoufakis Banned from Germany as Berlin Police Raid & Shut Down Palestinian Conference
04/16/24 12:10 from Democracy Now!
As Germany intensifies its crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices, we speak with Greek economist and politician Yanis Varoufakis, one of the planned speakers at a conference in Berlin last weekend that was forcibly shut down by police. The ...

» Headlines for April 16, 2024
04/16/24 12:00 from Democracy Now!
Gazans Continue to Lose Children, Parents, Loved Ones as Israeli Attacks Continue with Impunity, Palestinian Doctors Uncover New Mass Grave at Al-Shifa in Wake of Israeli Siege, Sheikh Jarrah: Israeli Court Orders Three Palestinian Famil...

» Trump in the Dock: First Criminal Trial of a Former U.S. President Begins Today in NYC
04/15/24 12:46 from Democracy Now!
Donald Trump is making history today in New York as the first former U.S. president to stand trial for criminal charges. Trump faces 34 criminal charges of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to hide hush money payments he ma...

» Is Regional War at Stake as Israel Weighs Response to Iran? Roundtable from Tehran, Tel Aviv & D.C.
04/15/24 12:11 from Democracy Now!
The Middle East is bracing for the possibility of regional war after Iran responded to Israel’s bombing of the Iranian Consulate in Damascus with a major drone and missile attack Saturday. The attack caused little damage inside Isr...

» Headlines for April 15, 2024
04/15/24 12:00 from Democracy Now!
“The Middle East Is on the Brink”: U.N. Calls for Maximum Restraint After Iran Directly Attacks Israel for First Time, Death Toll from Israel’s War on Gaza Reaches 33,800 as Nuseirat Camp Comes Under Intense Fire, Israe...

» Israeli Scholar Neve Gordon on Israeli Mass Surveillance in Gaza & the Use of AI to Kill Palestinians
04/12/24 12:46 from Democracy Now!
We go to Part 2 of our conversation with Israeli scholar Neve Gordon, professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University of London and chair of the Committee on Academic Freedom for British Society of Middle East St...

» "A Stalemate and Attritional Grind": Journalist Luke Mogelson on 2 Years of Russia's War in Ukraine
04/12/24 12:32 from Democracy Now!
We speak with The New Yorker war correspondent Luke Mogelson about the war in Ukraine, where the government has just passed a controversial bill that expands military conscription and cracks down on draft dodgers in an effort to replenis...

» "Council of War": Walden Bello on Biden's Trilateral Summit with Philippines & Japan to Contain China
04/12/24 12:10 from Democracy Now!
President Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. at the White House on Thursday, the first meeting of its kind, which comes as the U.S. moves to expand its military presence in t...

» Headlines for April 12, 2024
04/12/24 12:00 from Democracy Now!
Gazan Children Play Among Ruins as Israeli Bombs Rain Down on Eid, Samantha Power, Top USAID Official, Admits Northern Gaza Is Experiencing Famine, U.S. Sends Top General to Israel Amid Reports of Iranian Retaliation for Israel’s D...

» As Arizona Reinstates 1864 Abortion Ban, Doctors & Organizers Fight Back to Preserve Access
04/11/24 12:43 from Democracy Now!
In Arizona, Republican lawmakers have blocked efforts by Democrats to repeal an 1864 law — first written before women had the right to vote and recently revived by the state’s Supreme Cour — that bans nearly all abortions under threat of...

» "We're Responsible for This": American Surgeons Return from Gaza, Call for End of U.S. Culpability in Genocide
04/11/24 12:14 from Democracy Now!
We speak with two doctors who’ve just returned after two weeks at the European Hospital in Gaza. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa and Dr. Mark Perlmutter are co-authors of a new piece for Common Dreams titled “As Surgeons, We Have Never See...

» Headlines for April 11, 2024
04/11/24 12:00 from Democracy Now!
Israel Kills Three Sons & Four Grandchildren of Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh, UNICEF Convoy Hit by Israeli Gunfire, Preventing Delivery of Aid to Northern Gaza, U.S. Envoy Admits All of Gaza May Face “Imminent Risk of Starvation...

» Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation
04/10/24 12:43 from Democracy Now!
Democracy Now! speaks with two former Israeli soldiers who are members of Breaking the Silence, an anti-occupation group of Israeli army veterans. The group’s education director, Tal Sagi, describes growing up in a settlement and j...