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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. In this Labor Day special, we turn now to remember the longtime labor organizer and scholar Jane McAlevey. She died in July at the age of 59 of multiple myeloma. McAlevey dedicated her life’s work to empowering rank-and-file workers, training tens of thousands […]

Hundreds of doctors resign from British Medical Association for its support of LGBT child mutilations The British Medical Association (BMA) recently came out to oppose an existing ban on puberty blockers for children in Great Britain, prompting hundreds of doctors in the United Kingdom to resign in protest and disgust. The physicians who called it quits from the BMA say the union is ignoring evidence-based medicine by continuing to […]

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. We end this Labor Day special with Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers. In August, he addressed the Democratic National Convention. SHAWN FAIN: Good evening, America. And good evening to the people that make this world move: the working class. On […]

Ukrainian military shoots down its own F-16 fighter jet provided by U.S. earlier this year Ukraine's Patriot anti-aircraft missile system took down one of Ukraine's own F-16 fighter jets this week in what the media is calling a "friendly fire incident." It has not even been a full year since Ukraine's Western backers sent the F-16 as a gift and Kiev has already destroyed the plane, which was being […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.JUAN GONZÁLEZ: The Democratic National Convention opened on Monday with speeches by top officials of the Democratic Party, including an unscheduled appearance on stage by Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden wrapping up the night with a 50-minute address. Earlier in the day, thousands of protesters took to the streets to voice their opposition to Israel’s […]

The state of North Carolina has declined a request by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) to be taken off the state's 2024 ballot. The independent presidential candidate and nephew of the late President John F. Kennedy suspended his campaign on Aug. 23 during a press conference in Phoenix. He later joined former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, during the latter's campaign rally in the city. RFK Jr. […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, “War, Peace and the Presidency: Breaking with Convention.” I’m Amy Goodman, here in Chicago with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, the opening day of the Democratic convention on Monday featured the first-ever panel on Palestinian human rights at the DNC. The panel was announced just a day earlier and came after […]

United Kingdom only has 83 JAILS OPEN after arresting protesters who oppose the INVASION of their own country The United Kingdom only has 83 spaces left in its male prisons after the mass arrests of rioters protesting against unchecked migration. According to the National Pulse, the overall prison population in facilities under His Majesty's Prison Service (HMPS) surged to a record 88,945 on Aug. 27. This reflected an occupancy […]

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Nom; Obamas, Bernie Sanders Take to the DNC Stage on Night TwoChicago PD Arrests Protesters at Israeli Consulate; 16 Activists from U.K.'s Palestine Action in PrisonU.S. Doctors Share Horrors They Witnessed in Gaza at DNC Press ConferenceIsrael Continues Its Genocidal War, Attacking Another Gaza School and Pushing Gazans Out of Deir al-BalahReleased Palestinian Describes Detention at Ofer Prison, Site of "Systematic Torture and Humiliation"Israeli Strikes in […]