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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien asked both conventions if he could address them. The Republican National Convention said yes. This is what Sean O’Brien had to say. SEAN O’BRIEN: And here’s another fact: Against gigantic multinational corporations, an individual worker has […]

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. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues, with 36 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Among those killed on Tuesday were […]

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, with Juan González. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued a joint statement Monday endorsing the latest push by […]

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, with Juan González. We turn now to Venezuela, where the United States is reportedly escalating its efforts to remove President Nicolás Maduro following July’s contested election, where […]

The company behind former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social has launched a new “uncancellable” streaming service called Truth+. Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) announced that it is in the beginning stages of rolling out Truth+ to deliver news, political commentary, lifestyle and entertainment programming. This was confirmed by TMTG CEO Devin Nunes in an […]

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. The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris held its closing ceremony Sunday with actor Tom Cruise jumping from the stadium roof and passing the baton to Los Angeles, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Dave, introduce our next guest to us, because you wrote a wonderful piece in The Nation about Fadi Deeb representing Palestine as shot putter in the 2024 Paralympics. DAVE ZIRIN: Well, you’re giving me chills just by asking me the […]

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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Massive rallies against racism and Islamophobia filled the streets of cities across the United Kingdom Wednesday as communities united to counter a recent surge in far-right violence. In recent days, British police have arrested 400 far-right rioters for carrying out […]

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been sworn in as head of Bangladesh’s caretaker government just days after the ouster of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina following weeks of student-led protests. Yunus, a longtime critic of Hasina, took the oath during a ceremony at the presidential palace in the capital Dhaka Thursday. Over a […]