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."

10/4/11 - Pat Lawrence interviews artist Diane Covert. who discusses her latest art exhibit that documents the pogroms against the Jews.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-04 Tuesday

• Headlines for October 04, 2011
• A War on Voting: Could Redistricting and Voting Law Changes Help Republicans Win in 2012?
• 7 Months After Revolution Ousted Mubarak, Egyptian Military Maintains Control, Suppressing Dissent
• Press Freedom Victory: Democracy Now! Reporters Win Landmark Settlement Over 2008 RNC Arrests

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New York, NY. Monday, October 3, 2011—Today, award-winning journalist Amy Goodman announced that a final settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by Goodman and Democracy Now! producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar against the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the U.S. Secret Service, challenging the policies and conduct of law enforcement at the 2008 Republican National Convention in the Twin Cities.

Democracy Now! 2011-10-03 Monday

• Headlines for October 03, 2011
• Settlement Reached Over Arrest of Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! Producers at 2008 GOP Convention
• 700 Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge as Occupy Wall Street Enters Third Week, Protests Grows Nationwide
• Mourners Call For Abolishing Death Penalty at Funeral for Troy Davis in Georgia
• Legendary Comedian Dick Gregory On Hunger Strike To Protest Capital Punishment, Death of Troy Davis
• Martina Correia, Sister of Troy Davis, Vows to Keep Fighting Death Penalty

Live Open Mic Café, produced by Richard Boyajian, features a variety of entertainers from the New England area performing in front of a live audience in Belmont Media Center's Studio A in Waverley Square.

8/11/11 - A summer concert series in Belmont, MA, featuring The John Penny Band.

9/30/11 - Sound of Erin. Irish and Celtic Music