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Democracy Now! is a syndicated news and opinion radio and television program that airs on over 400 stations and both satellite television networks in North America. The flagship national program of the Pacifica Radio network, it also broadcasts on community and NPR stations, public access cable television stations, Free Speech TV (channels 9410 and 9415 of the DISH Network), Link TV (channel 375 of the DirecTV satellite network), and over the internet, including as a "podcast". The views of its broadcasters are generally left-wing.
The program was founded in 1996 at WBAI in New York City by journalists Amy Goodman, Larry Bensky, Juan Gonzalez, Salim Muwakkil, and Julie Drizin. Amy Goodman acts as the program's host with Juan Gonzalez acting as co-host. The program is primarily concerned with issues related to war, human rights and U.S. foreign and domestic policy, attempting to provide an alternative to mainstream news coverage.
The program is funded by listeners, viewers, and foundations. Democracy Now! does not accept donations from corporations or any government funding. The staff of the program does not accept grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting because they believe that funding from any government entity limits the independence of their programming.
Democracy Now! and its staff have received dozens of journalism awards, including the George Polk Award for its 1998 radio documentary Drilling and Killing: Chevron and Nigeria's Oil Dictatorship, on the Chevron Corporation and the deaths of two Nigerian villagers protesting an oil spill, the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Prize, and the Pinnacle Award for American Women in Radio & Television.
Staff
- Amy Goodman-Host and Executive Producer
- Juan Gonzalez-Co-host
- Jeremy Scahill-Producer/Correspondent
- Mike Burke-Producer
- Sharif Abdel Kouddous-Producer
- Nell Geiser-Assistant Producer
- Mattie Harper-Assistant Producer
- John Hamilton-Television Producer
- Ana Noguiera-Television Producer
- Elizabeth Press-Television Producer
- Yoruba Richen-Television Producer
Notable guests, interviews, and on-air debates
- Tariq Ali-Trotskyist intellectual, author of Bush in Babylon; Debated Christopher Hitchens in an on-air debate over the War in Iraq.
- Lori Berenson-Interviewed in 1999 in Peru by Amy Goodman; political activist arrested in 1995 for collaborating with the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement a Peruvian leftist guerrilla organization. It was the first time a journalist was able to interview Berenson inside the prison where she was incarcerated.
- Bill Clinton-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; 42nd President of the United States.
- Noam Chomsky-Regular guest; MIT linguistics professor and leftist political activist.
- Robert Fisk-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; prominent and controversial British journalist who currently serves as a Middle East correspondent for The Independent.
- Christopher Hitchens-Ex-Socialist and writer for Vanity Fair, former writer for The Nation, and several other publications; Debated Tariq Ali in an on-air debate over the War in Iraq.
- Bill Moyers-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; former host of the PBS show NOW with Bill Moyers and currently the host of the PBS show Wide Angle.
- Howard Zinn-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; historian and activist; author of several books, including A People's History of the United States.
- Hugo Chávez-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; the President of Venezuela's first interview in the United States.
- Scott Ritter-Interviewed by Amy Goodman; former UN weapons inspector operating in Iraq.
See also
External links
- Democracy Now! official website
- Individual shows DN! audio downloads and DN! video downloads archived on Archive.org.
- Torrents of the last 3 episodes
- Podcast Directory (requires iTunes)
- Audio podcast feed
- Video podcast feed
Articles
- Ratner, Lizzy. Amy Goodman's "Empire". The Nation. May 23, 2005 issue. Retrieved May 6, 2005.