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The new documentary film Union, premiering this week, follows Amazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island as they formed the first-ever U.S. Amazon union in 2022. Co-directed by Stephen Maing and Brett Story, the film follows “the invisible working class” as they face an uphill battle against the notoriously anti-labor corporation, says Maing, who joins Democracy Now! to discuss the film. We also speak with Amazon Labor […]

Whatifalthist, a young commentator (younger than me!) is one of the best geopolitics commentators out there today. He has publicly said he thinks this election cycle will result in a US Civil War, most likely this year… But very likely in the fallout years, same way the election of Abraham Lincoln in Nov 1860 took until April of 1861 for Fort Sumter to be fired upon. (Article republished from Anarchonomicon.com) I’m […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Gaza, where Israeli warplanes bombed a tent encampment on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Deir al-Balah earlier this morning. At least four Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, as the bombing set off a massive fire in an area packed with tents housing displaced people who had sought safety […]

“We f—-d it up:” Biden admits Obama failed when he didn’t prevent Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 Veteran investigative journalist Bob Woodward has recently reported that President Joe Biden is blaming former President Barack Obama over the current conflict in Ukraine, claiming that Obama's administration did nothing to prevent Russia from annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Woodward wrote about this and other experiences in his upcoming book […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. As Israel is intensifying its siege on northern Gaza, Doctors Without Borders said in a statement Friday five of its staff members were trapped in Jabaliya. One of its members reported about 20 people were killed in an airstrike on Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital. […]

Whistleblower tells Sen. Josh Hawley that Secret Service is attempting to conceal lapses in Trump protection Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has sent letters to the United States Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security, informing them of new allegations by a whistleblower who claimed that the Secret Service deliberately restricted access for auditors to certain events hosted by former President Donald Trump. The inability of auditors to review how […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. Israel’s intensifying attacks and siege on northern Gaza comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering implementing a “surrender or starve” policy in the area. We’re joined now by the Israeli journalist Meron Rapoport, recently wrote an article for +972 headlined “A plan to liquidate northern Gaza […]

Vice President Kamala Harris has encountered another setback when it comes to winning the support of union and working-class Americans, as the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) decided not to endorse a presidential candidate for the 2024 elections. Earlier this October, the IAFF's leaders – who represent over 350,000 firefighters, emergency medical personnel, rescue workers and other related emergency services workers across the United States and Canada – narrowly voted […]

Israel is facing international condemnation after repeatedly attacking U.N. peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon. At least five members of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, have been injured in recent days. The U.N. also accused Israel of forcibly entering and destroying part of a UNIFIL base near the Israeli border after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called to remove the peacekeeping forces from the region. “The message of Israel […]