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A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 900 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the United States.

Democracy Now! Daily News Digest
October 5, 2011

Somalia Blowback: After Deadly Mogadishu Bombing, A Look at How U.S. Fueled Militant Islamist Threat In Somalia, at least 70 people were killed yesterday in the capital of Mogadishu after a large truck bomb exploded near a government compound that housed the Somali cabinet and eight ministries, including the Ministry of Education. We’re joined by award-winning investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill, who was recently in Somalia to report for The Nation magazine. His article "Blowback in Somalia,” examines how U.S. policy there has helped create a militant Islamist threat. Watch/Listen/Read

itnessing Growth of a New Movement? As the Occupy Wall Street protest enters its twentieth day, New York City’s most powerful unions are set to march today from City Hall to the movement’s encampment in the Financial District. Meanwhile, similar "occupation" movements are springing up in cities around the country. We host a discussion about whether the Occupy Wall Street movement is sparking a diverse, grassroots movement for economic change. Watch/Listen/Read

Social Justice, Antiwar Protesters to Occupy D.C.’s Freedom Plaza in “October 2011” Protest Tomorrow, thousands of people are expected to gather in Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., for a “people’s assembly” organized by a movement calling itself "October 2011." They plan to occupy the plaza until they have brainstormed sustainable solutions to promote universal healthcare and economic justice, as well as end the nearly decade-long Afghanistan War. We speak with two of the movement’s organizers, Kevin Zeese and Dr. Margaret Flowers. Watch/Listen/Read

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Frances Fox Piven at Occupy Wall Street: "We Desperately Need a Popular Uprising in the US" 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." Watch/Listen/Read

Today's Headlines Occupy Wall Street Protesters File Class Action Suit; … Lawsuit Accuses Banks of Defrauding Veterans, Taxpayers Obama Invokes Reagan in Push for Tax Changes Study: Corporations Laid-Off Workers Following Tax Holiday Russia, China Veto Security Council Measure on Syria … Iraq: No Immunity for U.S. Troops Palestinians Protest U.S. Aid Freeze Bahrain Sentences 26 Protesters HRW: No Improvement in Accountability for Colombia Union … Greeks Stage General Strike Over Austerity Cuts Rumsfeld Refuses to Answer Al Jazeera Reporter on Iraq War Watch/Listen/Read