Democracy Now! Audio

Interviews and speeches from the historic Youth Climate Strike; Longtime journalist and climate activist Bill McKibben on the race to avoid climate disaster.

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/23

Gambian beauty queen Fatou “Toufah” Jallow talks about why she plans to testify before Gambia’s ongoing public truth and reconciliation commission.

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/09/20/breaking_the_silence_gambian_beaty_queen

A roundtable discussion with youth activists in New York, Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis who are organizing actions as part of the Global Climate Strike; We also speak with an Afghan teen clim...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/20

Ahead of the mass climate strike, the secretary general of Amnesty International calls for global action against the climate crisis; We speak to former Gambian beauty queen Fatou "Toufah" Jallow,...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/19

We speak with longtime labor reporter Steven Greenhouse, author of the new book “Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present, and Future of American Labor,” on the history of American unions, t...

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/09/18/how_decades_of_union_organizing_last

After Israel's second election of the year, Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Benny Gantz appear to be tied; Members of United Auto Workers enter their third day of nationwide strikes for bet...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/18

Renowned activist and author Naomi Klein evaluates the 2020 Democratic presidential field and how the candidates are addressing the climate crisis.

http://www.democracynow.org/2019/09/17/naomi_klein_2020_sanders_warren

We spend the hour with renowned climate activist and journalist Naomi Klein, author of the new book "On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal."

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/17

Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for Saturday's attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities; 250 media outlets have banded together to improve climate coverage; Trump finalizes plans to open the A...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/16

We host a roundtable discussion about Thursday night's Democratic debate, the third of the primary season with the 10 leading 2020 candidates, at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/13

Trump ousts national security adviser John Bolton, hawk with long history of militarization abroad; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to annex nearly a third of the occupied West Ban...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/12

We speak with 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who launched a school strike for the climate that went global. She will address the U.N. Climate Action Summit before a Sept. 20...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/11

A Florida lawmaker calls for the U.S. to allow entry to survivors of Hurricane Dorian; African asylum seekers are trapped in Mexico due to new restrictive migration policies; A Palestinian studen...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/10

President Trump publicly canceled secret peace negotiations with the Taliban; an ICE agent opened fire on an undocumented immigrant in Nashville during a traffic stop; corporate media is ignoring...

http://www.democracynow.org/shows/2019/09/09