Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkul Karman, one of three recipients who split the award this year, spoke in New York City at the Brecht Forum in September 2010 about state violence, targeted killings, and human rights abuses enabled by the so-called “War on Terror.” Democracy Now! was there and we bring you her address. Karman notes that by cooperating with the Yemeni government’s repression of its opponents, the United States "has transitioned from being the leader of the free world to a watch dog for tyrant regimes."

10/7/11 - Dolores Vidal interviews Belmont Citizen Herald editor Joanna Tzouvelis and reporter Christine Kenney.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-07 Friday

• Headlines for October 07, 2011
• Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Trio of Women for Championing Gender Equality, Peace-Building
• Yemeni Activist Tawakkul Karman, First Female Arab Nobel Peace Laureate: A Nod for Arab Spring
• Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Activist Leymah Gbowee Honored for Peace, Equality Work
• Ten Years After U.S. Invasion, Afghan War Rages On With No End in Sight
• Rev. Jesse Jackson Honors the Late Civil Rights Stalwarts Fred Shuttlesworth and Derrick Bell

Democracy Now! Thursday, October 6, 2011

10/4/11 - Part 1 of the School Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

10/4/11 - Part of the School Committee meeting in Belmont, MA.

Democracy Now! Wednesday, October 5, 2011

10/3/11 - Board of Selectmen meeting in Belmont, MA.

CUNY professor Frances Fox Piven recently spoke with Democracy Now’s Mike Burke at the Occupy Wall Street protest. "I think we desperately need a popular uprising in the United States," Piven said. "I study movements. None of us know the exact formula for when those movements erupt, but it could be. And if that is true, then these people who are here are really wonderful."