Democracy NOW! DN! Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck the Yemeni cities of Aden and Ibb early today despite a claim by Riyadh that it had ended the military operation known as Operation Decisive Storm. Saudi Arabia and nine Arab allies began bombing Yemen on March 25. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Is this the brave new world? How will advances in artificial intelligence, smart sensors and social technology change our lives? This session was developed in partnership with NHK. Speakers are Hiroko Kuniya, Kenneth Roth, Rodney Brooks, Hiroaki Nakanishi, Anthony Goldbloom, Stuart Russell. Provided to you under World Economic Forum 2015 creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! On January 3, the Islamist militant group Boko Haram attacked the northern town of Baga and surrounding areas. Over the next several days, hundreds, possibly thousands, of civilians were killed. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! An estimated 3.7 million people rallied across France on Sunday in response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings and ensuing attacks that left 17 people dead. Jeremy Scahill says "every single one of those heads of state or representatives of governments there have waged their own wars against journalists". Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news hour with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh, Aaron Mate and guests. An independent non-commercial viewer funded media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Democracy NOW is a U.S. registered non-profit news reporting broadcast. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
When the UK officials were asked if they knew about CIA renditions and the use of torture centers, the plain answer was negative. Press TV interviews Chris Bambery, political commentator from London and Maxine Dovere, New York-based reporter, to discuss the United Kingdom's role in US rendition and torture operations.
The relations between Russia and the West seem to be stuck at dead-end, so is there hope common ground will emerge between the two? We ask these questions to the man who prides himself on ending the Cold War, the last leader of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Provided to you, with permission, from Russia Today global news network with studios in Washington and Moscow.
Democracy NOW! DN! Graphic new details of the post-9/11 U.S. torture program came to light Tuesday when the Senate Intelligence Committee released a 500-page summary of its investigation into the CIA with key parts redacted. The report concludes that the intelligence agency failed to disrupt a single plot despite torturing al-Qaeda and other captives in secret prisons worldwide between 2002 and 2006. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news hour with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh, Aaron Mate and guests. An independent non-commercial viewer funded media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Broadcasting from climate conference in Peru this week. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
New Rules or a Game without Rules. Its been called the most important speech President Vladimir Putin has ever delivered. He targets American exceptionalism, revolution building and asks if it is the US that has abandoned the global rule book? Provided to you, with permission, from Russia Today global news network with studios in Washington and Moscow.
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert are joined by Liam Halligan of Business New Europe to discuss Martin Wolf’s analytical article in the Financial Times about the radical measures needed to combat our unusual economic ills. They also discuss Max’s response, published as the lead Letters item in the FT. Max interviews Chris Powell of GATA about the failed Swiss Gold Initiative, the successful Dutch repatriation of 122 tons of gold and about the negative GOFO rates in the gold market. Provided to you, with permission, from Russia Today global news network with studios in Washington and Moscow.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news hour with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh, Aaron Mate and guests. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Ukraine’s Poroshenko says he wants voters to decide on NATO membership and soon. Is this a diversion, from the real topic at hand, like Ukraine’s collapsing institutions and economy? The West helped him into power, but will the West save Ukraine? Cross Talking with Sherle Schwenninger, John Quigley and John Laughland. Provided to you, with permission, from Russia Today global news network with studios in Washington and Moscow.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news hour with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news hour with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! An Ohio man has been freed from prison after spending 39 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit. Ricky Jackson, a 59-year old African-American man, had been jailed since 1975 on a murder conviction. The prosecution’s case was based on the testimony of a 13-year-old witness. After a 2011 investigation, the witness recanted his testimony, saying he had implicated Jackson and two others under police coercion. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A grand jury in St. Louis, Missouri has chosen not to indict Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson for the fatal shooting of teenage Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! President Obama has secretly extended the U.S. role in Afghanistan despite earlier promises to wind down America’s longest war. According to the New York Times, Obama has signed a classified order that ensures U.S. troops will have a direct role in fighting. In addition, the order reportedly enables American jets, bombers and drones to bolster Afghan troops on combat missions. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert discuss David Cameron doubling down on failure as global recession looms. With a fair and balanced view at Cameron’s claims of paying down government debt, Max and Stacy concede that national debt growing from £580 billion in 2007 to £1,400 billion today. Max interviews Reggie Middleton of BoomBustBlogcom and Ultra-Coincom about the block chain and more. Provided to you, with permission, from Russia Today global news network with studios in Washington and Moscow.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A new analysis of corporate TV news has found there was almost no debate about whether the United States should go to war in Iraq and Syria. The group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting found that of the more than 200 guests who appeared on network shows to discuss the issue, just six voiced opposition to military action. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! House lawmakers passed legislation Friday to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline to bring carbon-intensive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Texas Gulf Coast. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Lt. Gen. Daniel P. Bolger, a retired three-star U.S. general who helped command troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, joins us to discuss his new book, Why We Lost: A General’s Inside Account of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Bolger writes: I am a United States Army general, and I lost the Global War on Terrorism. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Today we speak to JPMorgan Chase whistle-blower Alayne Fleischmann in her first televised interview discussing how she witnessed massive criminal securities fraud in the bank’s mortgage operations. She is profiled in Matt Taibbi’s new Rolling Stone investigation, The $9 Billion Witness: Meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! A historic number of marijuana legalization measures were on the ballot Tuesday, and most of them passed. Voters in Oregon and Alaska joined Colorado and Washington to make pot available for adults to buy in retail shops. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! Creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Ballot initiatives to require labeling of foods with genetically modified ingredients, or GMOs, failed to pass Tuesday in Colorado and Oregon, after agribusiness giants Monsanto, PepsiCo and Kraft spent millions to help defeat the measures. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! What is the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)? We get analysis from Lori Wallach of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, who notes that while some analysts say GOP gains will accelerate the passage of fast-track legislation in Congress to enable an agreement on the TPP. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
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This public event that occurred in New York. A group of panelists and activists assembled at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in New York City. The Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP, contains many non-trade topics. Canada, Australia and the United States with other countries have signed this secretive agreement.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Democracy NOW! DN! Global news headlines with Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Sharikh and Aaron Mate. An independent non-profit viewer funded global news media, recognized and broadcast world wide. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.
Statement by His Excellency Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Held in New York, 24-30 September 2014.
Address by Her Excellency Maxine Pamela Ometa McClean, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Statement by Her Excellency Natalia Gherman, Deputy Prime Minister at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Statement by Her Excellency Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Prime Minister of Denmark at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Statement by Her Excellency Erna Solberg, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Statement by Her Excellency Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Session 69. Held in New York, 24-30 September 2014.
Address by Statement by His Excellency Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister and Minister of State of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Session 69. Held in New York, 24-30 September 2014.
Address by His Excellency Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Session 69. Held in New York, 24-30 September 2014.
Address by His Excellency Ivo Josipović, President of the Republic of Croatia at the general debate of the 69th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Session 69. Held in New York, 24-30 September 2014.
Perhaps the most Vidalian assertion that one can cite is a statement Gore Vidal made in a 1972 magazine interview. "There is not one human problem that could not be solved," said Vidal, "if people would simply do as I advise." He has advised us about politics, history, culture and the importance of separating the public from the private, leaving to Caesar what is Caesar's and to freedom what is rightfully ours. Quote from University of Pittsburgh.
Democracy NOW! DN! Arrests were made While the air missile strikes were raging in the middle east. Peaceful protestors in New York City were pepper sprayed due to their caring for planet Earth. Provided to you under Democracy NOW! creative commons license.