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After nearly two decades of obstruction by the U.S. military, The New Yorker has obtained and published 10 photos of the aftermath of the 2005 Haditha massacre, when U.S. marines killed 24 Iraqi civilians in revenge for an IED bombing that killed a service member. The graphic images show dead Iraqi men, women and children, many of them shot in the head at close range. The victims ranged in age from 3 to 76. Release of the photos came only after producers of the investigative podcast In the Dark sued the Navy, the Marine Corps and U.S. Central Command to force them to turn over the photos and other records. “What the photos clearly show is that these were innocent people who do not appear to be doing anything threatening at the time of their deaths,” says Madeleine Baran, host and lead reporter of the podcast. Four marines were charged for the killings, but the charges were dismissed in three cases, and the last ended with a plea deal that did not result in a single day in prison. Baran says the survivors of the massacre, who cooperated with producers to get the photos released, are still waiting for justice. “What they want is the world to know what happened to their family, to know that their family were good people, not insurgents, and they want justice,” she says.
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About 10,000 hotel workers with the union UNITE HERE went on strike across the United States over the Labor Day long weekend to fight for raises, fair workloads and respect in the workplace. The multiday strike affects Hilton, Hyatt and Marriott hotels in several major cities, including Boston, San Francisco and Seattle. We speak with striking worker Rebeca Laroque, who has worked as a room attendant for over 12 years at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich, Connecticut, and UNITE HERE Local 2 President Lizzy Tapia in San Francisco. “We’re working hard, and then the money they pay, you cannot afford nothing with this, because everything is going up,” says Laroque. “That’s why we ask for a better wage, health insurance and pension, because we cannot afford nothing.”
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Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested this weekend to demand a ceasefire following the deaths of six more hostages in Gaza, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to reject the terms of a deal that would remove Israeli troops from southern Gaza. This comes after nearly 11 months of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 40,000 Palestinians in the territory, according to local health authorities. “Our politicians won’t listen to anything, because they’re driven out of self-interest,” says Israeli peace activist Yonatan Zeigen, whose mother Vivian Silver was killed in the October 7 Hamas attack on Kibbutz Be’eri. Despite the feeling of solidarity on the streets, Zeigen says there is a sense of “hopelessness” in the mass protests in Israel. We also speak with Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, who says the outrage in Israel is still mostly confined to critics of Netanyahu and has not yet penetrated his base of support, and that the United States has a major role in the continued violence and Netanyahu’s refusal to agree to a ceasefire. “If President Biden would have really liked to put an end to this war, he could have done it within days by stopping or at least conditioning … the supply of arms and ammunition to Israel. He didn’t do it,” Levy notes.
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Headlines for September 03, 2024; Mass Israeli Protests as 6 More Hostages Killed, But Netanyahu Refuses Ceasefire Terms, U.S. Sends Arms; 10,000 Hotel Workers Strike at Marriott, Hyatt, Hilton for Raises, Fair Workloads & Respect; The New Yorker Publishes 2005 Haditha, Iraq Massacre Photos Marines “Didn’t Want the World to See”
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- Israeli Attack on U.N.-Operated Shelter in Gaza Kills 8 Palestinians in Bread Line
- Polio Mass Vaccination Campaign Begins in Gaza Despite Ongoing Israeli Attacks
- Israeli Military Returns Body of 58-Year-Old Palestinian Man with Signs of Torture and Abuse
- Israeli Military Attacks Journalists Covering West Bank Raids, Kills Gaza TikTok Star
- Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Protest After Army Recovers Bodies of 6 Hostages
- U.K. Suspends Some Weapons Shipments to Israel
- CENTCOM Says 7 U.S. Military Personnel Are Injured in Raid on ISIS in Iraq
- The New Yorker Publishes Images from U.S. Marines' 2005 Massacre of Iraqi Civilians
- Attacks by Russia and Ukraine Leave Civilians Dead and Wounded
- Venezuela Accuses U.S. of "Piracy" After President Maduro's Plane Is Seized
- 10,000 U.S. Hotel Workers Go on Strike to Demand Higher Pay and Increased Staffing
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Tuesday Democracy Now! show for rebroadcast – HD
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We end our Labor Day special with Shawn Fein, the president of the United Auto Workers. In August, he addressed the Democratic National Convention. Midway through his speech, Fain took off his jacket to show that he was wearing a T-shirt that read “Trump is a scab.”
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As part of our Labor Day special, we remember the longtime labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey, who died in July at the age of 59. She dedicated her life to empowering rank-and-file workers, training tens of thousands around the world to effectively strengthen their unions. She gave one of her last interviews to Democracy Now! in April after she announced she was entering hospice. “We like to win,” says McAlevey, “and we like to teach workers how to win. What are the methods? What is it we can do?”
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In 1980, historian Howard Zinn published his classic work, A People’s History of the United States. The book would go on to sell over a million copies and change the way many look at history in America. We begin today’s special with highlights from a production of Howard Zinn’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States, where Zinn introduced dramatic readings from history. We hear Alfre Woodard read the words of labor activist Mother Jones and Howard’s son Jeff Zinn read the words of an IWW poet and organizer Arturo Giovannitti.
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Democracy Now! Monday, September 2, 2024
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Investigative journalist David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of The Lever, is the host of a new podcast series exploring how extremist ideologues and wealthy oligarchs have developed a system of legalized corruption in the U.S. Master Plan traces the decadeslong conservative-led plan to increase the role of money in politics. “This was a plan, a specific plan, to deregulate the campaign finance laws,” says Sirota.
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In her first major interview since replacing Joe Biden on the ballot, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was questioned about her shifting statements on fracking, which has been linked to a surge in methane gas emissions over the past decade. Harris, who has previously made comments opposing fracking, vowed not to ban it if elected. The vice president went on to highlight the Biden-Harris administration’s environmental record, which activists have criticized for vastly expanding oil production rather than drawing down the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. “The data is telling us that what Kamala Harris said about fracking — that we can do it without dealing with reducing the supply of fossil fuels — it’s just not borne out by the numbers,” explains The Lever’s David Sirota, who adds, “Ultimately, consequences for that will be on the United States, for the entire world.”
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Vice President Kamala Harris gave her first major interview Thursday since becoming the Democratic nominee, laying out her plans for “an opportunity economy” if she becomes president. Sociologist Nikhil Goyal, author of Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty, says Harris’s support for policies like an expanded child tax credit shows a clear contrast between herself and Republican nominee Donald Trump. “He fights for the billionaire class,” while Harris is “on the side of working people,” says Goyal.
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We turn to Kamala Harris’s position on Israel’s war on Gaza, which many are calling a genocide. After she was asked about calls to condition U.S. arms shipments to Israel by CNN reporter Dana Bash, Harris refused to consider halting the flow of weapons and instead affirmed her support of Israel. This position violates both federal and international law, argues Palestinian American political analyst Yousef Munayyer, and, coupled with her campaign’s denial of a requested Palestinian American speaking spot from “uncommitted” voters at the DNC, he warns that “Harris could be worse than Biden” when it comes to U.S. support for Israel.
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In her first major interview since ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris was questioned by CNN’s Dana Bash about her policy positions and campaign platform. We begin with a look at Harris’s increasingly rightward stance on immigration and border policy with immigration activist Erika Andiola. As she touted her support for hard-line border security and asylum policies, Harris positioned herself as tougher on immigration than Trump. “Republican talking points … now truly have become Democrat talking points,” says Andiola.
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Headlines for August 30, 2024; From Decriminalization to Border Crackdown, Harris Defends Hard-Line Shift in 1st Interview as Nominee; No Policy Change: In CNN Interview, Harris Refuses to Condition U.S. Military Support for Israel; “Opportunity Economy”: Kamala Harris Promotes Expanded Child Tax Credit, Regulating Price Gouging; No Ban on Fracking: Kamala Harris Doubles Down on Fossil Fuels in Shift from 2019; “Master Plan”: New Lever Podcast Series Traces How Oligarchs “Legalized Corruption” in U.S.
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- WHO Readies to Start Gaza Polio Vaccine Drive After Israel Agrees to 3-Day Partial Pause
- Israeli Forces Continue Deadly Assault on West Bank's Jenin, Leave Tulkarm and Tubas in Ruins
- Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Give First TV Interview as Democratic Ticket
- JD Vance Says Kamala Harris "Can Go to Hell" at Pennsylvania Rally
- Arlington Nat'l Cemetery Files Report After Trump Aides Attack an Employee
- South Korea Court Finds Climate Law Violates Rights of Future Generations
- Heavy Flooding Brings Death, Displacement and Disease in Sudan, Yemen and Bangladesh
- Record Wildfires in Brazil Rage Across Amazon, Pantanal Wetlands
- Klamath River Flows Freely Again After Crews Take Down Last Dam
- East Timor Marks 25 Years of Independence
- Immigrant Prisoners in California Are on Labor and Hunger Strike Against Their Inhumane Detention
- 4 Arrested at UMich Gaza Protest; Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia, NYU Face Censorship
- Painters' Union to Divest Pension Fund from Israeli Firms to Protest Gaza Genocide
- Video Game Performers Enter Second Month of Strike, Seeking Protections from AI
- First Arrest Made as New York's Nassau County Bans Face Masks in Public
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