Democracy Now! Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Democracy Now! 2015-11-17 Tuesday

• Headlines for November 17, 2015
• There is No Military Solution: Could ISIL Be Strengthened by U.S., French, Russian Bombing?
• Abdel Bari Atwan: Inside How the U.S. & Saudi Arabia Aided Growth of the Islamic State
• Lydia Wilson: What I Discovered from Interviewing Imprisoned Islamic State Fighters
• We are Angry over Death of My Cousin in Paris, As Well As the Deaths of Children in Iraq & Syria
• "It is Very Un-American": 27 U.S. Governors Refuse to Accept Refugees Fleeing Violence in Syria

Democracy Now! 2015-11-16 Monday

• Headlines for November 16, 2015
• Voices from a City in Mourning: Paris Reels After 129 Killed in Deadliest Attacks in Decades
• Report from Paris: With Manhunt on for Eighth Attacker, France Remains in State of Emergency
• "We Shouldn't Play into the Hands of ISIS": Vijay Prashad on Danger of Military Escalation in Syria
• Sanders Criticizes Clinton Iraq Vote: 2003 Invasion Unraveled Region & Led to Rise of ISIS

As President Obama deploys special operation forces to Syria, breaking his pledge not to put U.S. troops on the ground, we continue our conversation with journalist Nick Turse, who has been tracking the expansion of global U.S. militarism for the website TomDispatch and The Intercept. Turse also discusses his new book, Tomorrow's Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa. "Africa Command claims they only have one base on the continent, Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti," Turse says.

During the 1980s, five Vietnamese-American reporters were murdered in the United States. Despite lengthy FBI probes, none of the victims' killers were ever brought to justice.

Part 2 of our conversation with A.C. Thompson and Rick Rowley, who teamed up on the new PBS Frontline report, Terror in Little Saigon.

Democracy Now! 2015-11-13 Friday

• Headlines for November 13, 2015
• Beirut Bombings: Dozens Killed as ISIL Continues Attacks on Foes Outside Its Territory
• "Tomorrow's Battlefield": As U.S. Special Ops Enter Syria, Growing Presence in Africa Goes Unnoticed
• In Nationwide Student Revolt over Campus Racism, NY's Ithaca College is Latest School to Erupt

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At Ithaca College in upstate New York, up to 2,000 faculty, students and staff staged a walkout on Wednesday to call for the resignation of President Tom Rochon. The students lay down on the rainy walkways in a mass "die-in." They expressed solidarity with students on other campuses across the country.

Democracy Now! 2015-11-12 Thursday

• Headlines for November 12, 2015
• Center for American Progress Hosts Netanyahu as Leaked Emails Show Group Censored Staff on Israel
• Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15
• "A Very Big Mistake": Joseph Stiglitz Slams Obama for Pushing the TPP
• Stiglitz: Sanders is Right - Everybody Has the Right to Healthcare, Sick Days and Family Leave

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