Democracy Now! - Season 2011

First aired: 1/3/2011 260 episodes
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Episodes

169. Thursday, August 25, 2011

Aired: 8/25/2011

2011/08/25 Headlines: NATO Aiding Libyan Rebels in Search for Gaddafi, Bounty Placed on Libyan Leader; Arab League Recognizes Libyan Rebel Council; U.S. Requests U.N. Unfreeze $1.5 Billion in Assets; Four Italian Journalists Held by Gaddafi Loyalists Freed; Secret U.S. Diplomatic Cable Reveals McCain Promised to Provide Gaddafi with Weapons; U.S. Investigates Allegations Murdoch’s News Corp. Hacked Phones of September 11 Victims; Cheney Admits Urging Attack on Syrian Nuclear Site; Rick Perry Takes Lead in Republican Presidential Candidate Polls; Report: Changing Climate Will Lead to Rise in Warfare; Historic Washington D.C. Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Protest Results in 56 More Arrests; India Prime Minster Appeals to Anti-Corruption Activist to End Hunger Strike; Egypt: Human Rights Groups Appeal to U.N. over Military Junta Crackdown; Report Reveals Systematic Targeted Killing of Egyptian Prisoners; Detained Egyptian Blogger Launches Hunger Strike; Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza Kill Four; Nine-Month-Old Israeli Baby Wounded by Rocket; Glenn Beck Holds Rally in Israel Denouncing United Nations, Human Rights Organizations; Chile Enters Second Day of Nationwide Strike; Peru to Consult with Indigenous Communities Before Mining, Drilling; Report: U.S. Security Aid in Colombia Supported Targeting of Politicians, Civil Society Groups; Conservative Website, Brooklyn Rabbi Blame Earthquake on Declining Morals, Same-Sex Marriage; Apple CEO Steve Jobs Resigns

252. Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Aired: 12/20/2011

2011/12/20 Headlines: Military Prosecutors Claim Link Between Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks; As U.S. Troops Leave Iraq, Iraqi Gov't Issues Arrest Warrant for VP; Egypt: Military, Police Continue Violent Crackdown on Tahrir Square Protesters; At Least 100 People Killed Monday in Ongoing Syrian Crackdown; Russia Demands NATO Respond to Reports of Civilian Casualties in Libya; North Korea Enters Mourning Period Following Kim Jong-il’s Death; Panetta Warns Iran Could Build Nuclear Bomb in One Year's Time; Mitt Romney Received Millions from Private Equity Firm Each Year Despite Leaving Company; Eight Occupy Des Moines Demonstrators Arrested at Iowa Democratic Party Headquarters; Occupy Denver Protesters Clash with Police; Two Arrested on Arson Charges; Report: Seven Largest Banks on Track for Record-Breaking $156 Billion in Compensation; Study Finds 1.6 Million Children Homeless in 2010; Study: One-Third of Young People Will Be Arrested Before Age 23; AT&T Abandons T-Mobile Merger Plans amid Intense Scrutiny; Philippines Typhoon Death Toll Approaches 1,000; Hundreds Protest in Kazakhstan Following Fatal Police Crackdowns; Belarus: Police Detain Dozens After Candle-Lit Vigil to Protest Lukashenko Reelection; Army Veteran Detained by Arizona Sheriff's Deputies Now on Life Support, Body Bears Signs of Tasing; Justice Department Investigates Connecticut Police Department Accused of Targeting Latinos; Peru Allows Once-Imprisoned U.S. Activist Lori Berenson to Visit Family for Holidays