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Montreal Considers Cutting Ties To Israel As Outrage Grows In Canada Over Israeli Impunity: Avi Lewis
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 4:45 pm | Democracy Now
Avi Lewis, a leading Jewish Canadian politician and head of the progressive New Democratic Party, says it’s a reflection of widespread outrage among Canadians over Israel’s actions across the Middle East. More >>
“Most Stupid Trade Fight In History”: U.S. & Canadian Workers Stand To Lose In Trump’s New Tariff War
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 4:37 pm | Democracy Now
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the Trump administration of issuing demands that would compromise Canada’s sovereignty and undermine key industries. More >>
As Pressure Grows, Israel Finally Opens Probe Into 2024 Killing Of 5-Year-Old Hind Rajab In Gaza
Tuesday, 25 August 2026, 2:15 pm | Democracy Now
“Israel’s internal investigations into the criminal conduct of its own soldiers … can’t be regarded as credible mechanisms for accountability,” says Sharif Abdel Kouddous, the Middle East and North Africa editor at Drop Site News. More >>
5 Years After Taliban Takeover, Women & Girls In Afghanistan Have Disappeared From Public Life
Friday, 21 August 2026, 3:49 pm | Democracy Now
Afghan women are banned from attending schools and gyms, books written by women are removed from libraries, doctors and nurses are unable to practice, and child marriage rates have increased. More >>
Exclusive: Palestine Action Lawyer Rajiv Menon Breaks Silence On Facing Contempt Charges In U.K.
Friday, 21 August 2026, 3:26 pm | Democracy Now
The charges against Rajiv Menon are similarly unprecedented in British legal history. He is accused of encouraging a jury to acquit Head according to their conscience. More >>
“Love Machines”: James Muldoon On How AI Is Changing Relationships & The Global Workers Fueling AI
Friday, 21 August 2026, 3:16 pm | Democracy Now
Love Machines: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Our Relationships investigates how people form emotional attachments with large language models, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Claude. More >>
“The Nightmare Is Repeating Itself”: Filmmaker Julia Steers On Sudan War From El Fasher To El Obeid
Friday, 10 July 2026, 4:24 pm | Democracy Now
While both sides are accused of war crimes, the RSF drew global condemnation after its fighters carried out atrocities in the city of El Fasher in October of 2025, with the United Nations describing them as “acts of genocide.” More >>
Report From Tehran: Millions Attend Ali Khamenei’s Funeral Amid Widespread Sense Of Victory In War
Friday, 10 July 2026, 4:14 pm | Democracy Now
After ruling the Islamic Republic of Iran for over three dozen years, Khamenei was killed by a joint Israeli-U.S. airstrike on February 28. More >>
Calls Grow For Israel To Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; U.S. Doctor Says “Nobody Is Safe” In Gaza
Friday, 10 July 2026, 4:08 pm | Democracy Now
The group has filed an appeal in the Israeli courts requesting the release of Abu Safiya and 13 other Palestinian doctors who were captured in Gaza and imprisoned by the Israeli military. More >>
Hamas Renouncing Rule Over Gaza Signals Commitment To Ceasefire Despite Israeli Attacks: Amjad Iraqi
Friday, 10 July 2026, 3:59 pm | Democracy Now
Hamas, which has controlled the territory for nearly two decades, has said that its ministries and staff will stay in place, and that it will still oversee security and policing in parts of Gaza left under its control. More >>
“A Disastrous Development”: Trita Parsi On Breakdown Of U.S.-Iran Ceasefire
Friday, 10 July 2026, 3:50 pm | Democracy Now
Parsi says the renewal of fighting is “a disastrous development” for chances of a long-term peace and a reset in the U.S.-Iran relationship. “Both countries are in dire need of an end to this war.” More >>
Report From Beirut: Israel-Lebanon Ceasefire Met With “Cautious Optimism”
Saturday, 18 April 2026, 8:09 pm | Democracy Now
Many in the country are questioning whether Israel will abide by the ceasefire, says Beirut-based journalist Kareem Chehayeb. More >>
As Iran Reopens Strait Of Hormuz, Are U.S. & Iran Near Deal Or Renewed Fighting?
Saturday, 18 April 2026, 5:37 pm | Democracy Now
The stakes could not be higher, as the fragile ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has not yet led to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the economically vital waterway for economies all over the world. More >>
10 Minutes, 100 Airstrikes: Israel Rejects Ceasefire For Lebanon, Kills 250+ In Massive Attack
Sunday, 12 April 2026, 10:06 pm | Democracy Now
“The response from the international community has been limited by words of condemnation, but no effective action has been taken yet in order to stop these atrocities from happening,” says Beirut-based Human Rights Watch researcher Ramzi Kaiss. More >>
Noam Chomsky: Why Netanyahu Seeks to Prevent Peace with Iran
Tuesday, 3 March 2015, 9:30 am | Democracy Now
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in the United States as part of his bid to stop a nuclear deal with Iran during a controversial speech before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday. Dozens of Democrats are threatening to boycott the ... More >>
Democracy Now Report: Trapped in Gaza
Monday, 13 June 2011, 2:57 pm | Democracy Now
Trapped in Gaza: Rafah Crossing Closed to Palestinians Soon After Egyptian Pledge to Reopen It (DN!) More >>
Day After Attack, Witnesses Describe US Killings
Saturday, 10 April 2010, 11:54 am | Democracy Now
As the US Central Command says it has no plans to reopen an investigation into the July 2007 helicopter attack that killed a dozen people in Baghdad, including two Reuters news staff, we play never-before-seen eyewitness interviews filmed the day ... More >>
Democracy Now: Matt Taibbi On Goldman Sachs
Thursday, 16 July 2009, 12:53 pm | Democracy Now
Goldman Sachs, the nation’s most powerful financial company, has reported the richest quarterly profit in its 140-year history: $3.44 billion between April and June. Goldman’s record profits come just one month after it repaid $10 billion of TARP money to the ... More >>
Interrogators Destroyed the Mind of Jose Padilla
Monday, 20 August 2007, 11:22 pm | Democracy Now
On Thursday, the jury in the Jose Padilla terror trial has found the American citizen guilty of conspiracy to support Islamic terrorism overseas. His sentencing is set for December 5 and he faces possible life in prison. The FBI initially arrested him ... More >>
Palast Goodman & RFK: The Firing Of David Iglesias
Tuesday, 15 May 2007, 9:56 am | Democracy Now
On a single day, December 7, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales demanded the resignations of 8 United States Attorneys. What was really the purpose of the firings - and who was behind it? Investigative journalist Greg Palast reports. More >>
