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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. The Gaza solidarity encampments on college campuses, that have now spread worldwide, are calling for schools to divest from companies profiting from Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism, […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: I also spoke to Gillian Slovo this week about her new play, which runs through Sunday in Brooklyn, New York, at St. Ann’s Warehouse. It recalls how in 2017 a devastating apartment fire in London’s Grenfell Tower killed 72 residents. […]

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 Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: President Biden has said for the first time he would not supply certain weapons to Israel to be used for an all-out […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Millions of voters in India are casting their ballots in the third phase of the country’s mammoth general election. Voting began on April 19th in a seven-phase election which is taking place over a month and a half. Nearly a […]

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. More than 60 journalism professors around the United States have written to The New York Times calling on the paper to commission an independent review of its […]

Israeli invasion of Rafah under way following evacuation order on 100,000 residents The anticipated Israeli invasion of Rafah is now under way after Israeli forces dropped leaflets on the eastern part of the city, ordering an evacuation to a so-called “safe zone” and warning that “extreme force” will be used against all who remain in […]

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 Virginia, a historic case against the U.S. military contractor CACI — used to be called CACI — brought by three Iraqi survivors of torture at the notorious […]

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. As the Israeli military strikes Rafah in southern Gaza after Hamas agreed Monday to a ceasefire proposal, we go now to Rafah for 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, with Juan González. We look now at how Gaza solidarity encampments are continuing on college campuses across the U.S. despite brutal police crackdowns. In the latest roundup, […]

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 continue to look at the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza as the head of the World Food Programme warns northern Gaza is experiencing a “full-blown famine,” with […]