Democracy Now! 2015-06-16 Tuesday

Democracy Now! 2015-06-16 Tuesday

  • Headlines for June 16, 2015
  • As Yemenis Suffer from Strikes, Conflict and Siege, Will Geneva Peace Talks Offer Any Relief?
  • Bombing the Arctic: US Navy War Games in Gulf of Alaska Threaten One of World's Most Pristine Areas
  • "Battling the Death Star": Seattle "Kayaktivists" Slow Arctic-Bound Shell Oil Rig as Fight Goes On
  • The Yes Men Are Revolting: In New Film, Legendary Pranksters Take On Polluters Behind Climate Change
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06/16/2015 - 8:00am

WATCH: Yes Men Protest Shell Oil Drilling by Sharing Snow Cones from "Last Icebergs of North Pole"

Democracy Now! was there last week in when culture jamming activist group The Yes Men took to the streets of New York City to protest Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic by handing out ancient shaved ice from the "remnants of the last icebergs of the North Pole."

The new film The Yes Men Are Revolting opens today in select theaters.

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06/15/2015 - 12:47pm

From the Vault: People's Historian on How Magna Carta Provisions Are Violated in Guantánamo Bay

Watch Amy Goodman's 2005 interview with people's historian Peter Linebaugh about the Magna Carta's history and how it relates to the U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay.

Then be sure to catch our new interview with Limbaugh on the 800th anniversary of the historic manifesto, when he joins us from Lincoln Castle in Lincolnshire, England, where in a lockstone vault are kept the finest originals of the Magna Carta and the charters of English liberty.

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06/15/2015 - 12:05pm

Democracy Now! 2015-06-15 Monday

Democracy Now! 2015-06-15 Monday

  • Headlines for June 15, 2015
  • As Democrats Walk Out on Obama's TPP Deal, Where Does Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton Stand?
  • Israeli Report Finds 2014 Gaza War "Lawful" and "Legitimate" Ahead of Critical U.N. Investigation
  • What Do 800-Year-Old Magna Carta & Black Lives Matter Have in Common? A People's Historian Explains

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06/15/2015 - 8:00am

Democracy Now! 2015-06-12 Friday

Democracy Now! 2015-06-12 Friday

  • Headlines for June 12, 2015
  • Tamir Rice Killing: Activists Push for Arrests After Judge Finds Probable Cause to Charge Officers
  • From Solitary to the Street: Coping with Freedom After Years in Prison Isolation
  • "A Monster of a Facility": Amid Manhunt for Fugitives, Advocate Urges Reforms at Dannemora Prison
  • The Wanted 18: Israel Blocks Palestinian Filmmaker from Making NYC Film Premiere About Intifada Cows
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06/12/2015 - 8:00am
What are you doing on Wednesday, June 17th from 5pm to 8pm? Come on down to BMC in Waverley Square in Belmont and help us welcome in the summer, meet and greet some awesome video volunteers, enjoy tasty bbq from Lester's and listen to the cool sounds of Aqua in Studio A. Now . . . do you know what...
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Wed, 06/17/2015 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm

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