Editing Democracy Now! (section)

==Notable guests, interviews, and on-air debates==<!-- PLEASE RESPECT ALPHABETICAL ORDER  -->

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! Guest(s) !! First Appearance(s) !! Episode or Guest Notoriety
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | February 24, 1997
| In its first year, ''Democracy Now!'' was one of the first national programs to air radio commentaries from the controversial journalist and former [[Black Panther Party]] member, on death row in Pennsylvania for the murder of a Philadelphia police officer. The 1997 decision to air Abu-Jamal's commentaries caused ''Democracy Now!'' to lose twelve of its then 36 affiliates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacifica Stations Bolt Over Convicted Killer's Commentary |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |author=Marc Fisher |date=February 25, 1997}}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Tariq Ali]],<br />[[Christopher Hitchens]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | December 4, 2003<br />October 12, 2004
| Took opposing sides in two debates over the [[Iraq War]], on December 4, 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/04/1523254&mode=thread&tid=25 |title=Tariq Ali vs. Christopher Hitchens on the Occupation of Iraq: Postponed Liberation or Recolonisation? |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=February 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714164952/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03%2F12%2F04%2F1523254&mode=thread&tid=25 |archive-date=July 14, 2007}}</ref> and October 12, 2004.<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/12/1347208&mode=thread&tid=25 Tariq Ali v. Christopher Hitchens: A Debate on the U.S. War on Iraq, the Bush-Kerry Race and the Neo-Conservative Movement] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116170844/http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04%2F10%2F12%2F1347208&mode=thread&tid=25 |date=November 16, 2007 }}.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Christopher Hitchens and His Critics: Terror, Iraq, and the Left |date=2008 |publisher=New York University Press |isbn=978-0-8147-1686-1 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/christopherhitch00thom/page/290 290] |url=https://archive.org/details/christopherhitch00thom |url-access=registration |quote=tariq ali democracy now. |access-date=September 10, 2016}}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Noam Chomsky]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | July 11, 1996
| A regularly interviewed guest; [[MIT]] linguistics professor, political analyst, and author.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/noam_chomsky |title=Noam Chomsky |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=November 14, 2016 |archive-date=November 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116112107/http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/noam_chomsky |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MondeDiplo">{{cite news |author1=Thomas Boothe |author2=Danielle Follette |title=" Democracy now " donne sa voix à la gauche américaine |trans-title="Democracy now" gives its voice to the American Left |url=https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2008/01/BOOTHE/15477 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |work=Le Monde diplomatique |date=January 2008 |language=fr |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924041726/https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2008/01/BOOTHE/15477 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | President [[Bill Clinton]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | November 8, 2000
|  When Clinton called WBAI on Election Day 2000<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2000/11/8/democracy_now_exclusive_interview_with_president Democracy Now! Exclusive Interview with President Bill Clinton] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080306072530/http://www.democracynow.org/2000/11/8/democracy_now_exclusive_interview_with_president |date=March 6, 2008 }}, ''Democracy Now!'', November 8, 2000. Retrieved September 17, 2009.</ref> for a quick [[get-out-the-vote]] message, Goodman and WBAI's Gonzalo Aburto challenged him for 28 minutes with human rights questions about [[Leonard Peltier]], [[racial profiling]], the [[Iraq sanctions]], [[Ralph Nader]], the death penalty, the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA), the normalization of relations with [[Cuba]], and the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]]. Clinton defended his administration's policies and charged Goodman with being "hostile and combative".<ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/22/bill_clinton_loses_his_cool_in Bill Clinton Loses His Cool in Democracy Now! Interview on Everything But Monica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090311040609/http://www.democracynow.org/2004/6/22/bill_clinton_loses_his_cool_in |date=March 11, 2009 }}, ''Democracy Now!'', June 22, 2004. Retrieved September 17, 2009.</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Angela Davis]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | October 12, 2010
| Interviewed various times on the show, Davis is a [[prison abolitionist]], [[Communist Party USA|communist]], and scholar. Davis' interviews have featured topics such as the [[prison industrial complex]], [[Palestine]] and the [[Boycott Divestment Sanctions|Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement]], US politics and the demonetization of radicals, and her past activism.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Angela Davis on the Prison Abolishment Movement, Frederick Douglass, the 40th Anniversary of Her Arrest and President Obama's First Two Years|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/19/angela_davis_on_the_prison_abolishment|access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716043913/https://www.democracynow.org/2010/10/19/angela_davis_on_the_prison_abolishment|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hands Off Assata Shakur: Angela Davis Calls for Radical Activism to Protect Activist Exiled in Cuba|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/28/hands_off_assata_shakur_angela_davis |first1=Angela |last1=Davis |first2=Amy |last2=Goodman |date=March 28, 2016 |access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=July 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719113531/https://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/28/hands_off_assata_shakur_angela_davis|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Angela Davis on Ferguson, Palestine & the Foundations of a Movement|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/28/freedom_is_a_constant_struggle_angela |date=March 28, 2016 |first1=Angela |last1=Davis |first2=Amy |last2=Goodman |access-date=July 15, 2020|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716060130/https://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/28/freedom_is_a_constant_struggle_angela|url-status=live}}</ref> She was also interviewed in the summer of 2020 during the [[George Floyd protests|George Floyd uprisings]], speaking on the political moment and spread of abolitionist ideas.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 3, 2020|title=Angela Davis on Abolition, Calls to Defund Police, Toppled Racist Statues & Voting in 2020 Election|work=Democracy Now!|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2020/7/3/angela_davis_on_abolition_calls_to|access-date=July 15, 2020|archive-date=July 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717094249/https://www.democracynow.org/2020/7/3/angela_davis_on_abolition_calls_to|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Alan Dershowitz]],<br />[[Norman G. Finkelstein]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | September 24, 2003
| Finkelstein is a frequent guest. This was a much publicized debate about whether the Dershowitz book, ''[[The Case for Israel]]'' was plagiarized and inaccurate. Dershowitz has written that he agreed to appear on the show after being told he would debate [[Noam Chomsky]], not Finkelstein.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.tnr.com/article/cambridge-diarist |title=Taking the Bait |magazine=The New Republic |author=Alan Dershowitz |date=May 14, 2007 |access-date=June 24, 2007 |archive-date=December 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121219060304/http://www.tnr.com/article/cambridge-diarist |url-status=live }}</ref> See also: [[Dershowitz–Finkelstein affair]].
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Naomi Klein]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | June 13, 1997
| Author, public intellectual, and critic of globalization and [[corporate capitalism]]. Notable interview on March 9, 2011.<ref name="MondeDiplo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/9/naomi_klein_on_anti_union_bills |title=Naomi Klein on Anti-Union Bills and Shock Doctrine American-Style: "This is a Frontal Assault on Democracy, a Corporate Coup D'Etat" |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=March 9, 2010 |archive-date=March 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110310010819/http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/9/naomi_klein_on_anti_union_bills |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Winona LaDuke]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | September 4, 1996
| Ojibwe activist and former Green Vice Presidential Candidate.<ref>{{cite web |title=Democracy Now! Speaks to Standing Rock Chairman David Archambault II and Winona LaDuke |url=http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/30/democracy-now-speaks-standing-rock-chairman-david-archambault-ii-and-winona-laduke-165635 |website=Indian Country Today Media Network |access-date=September 11, 2016 |date=August 30, 2016 |archive-date=September 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907103154/http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/08/30/democracy-now-speaks-standing-rock-chairman-david-archambault-ii-and-winona-laduke-165635 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Ralph Nader]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | June 14, 1996
| A regularly interviewed guest; consumer activist, corporate critic, author, and former presidential candidate.<ref name="MondeDiplo" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/21/ralph_nader_on_the_g20_healthcare |title=Ralph Nader on the G-20, Healthcare Reform, Mideast Talks and His First Work of Fiction, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=February 9, 2010 |archive-date=March 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304090405/http://www.democracynow.org/2009/9/21/ralph_nader_on_the_g20_healthcare |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Robert Reich]],<br />[[Chris Hedges]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | July 26, 2016
| Clinton Administration Secretary of Labor [[Robert Reich]] and Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist [[Chris Hedges]] debated on the role of [[Bernie Sanders]] supporters after [[Hillary Clinton]] won the 2016 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. Reich encouraged progressives to unite the party behind Clinton (as Sanders had already endorsed her), while Hedges endorsed [[Jill Stein]] of the [[Green Party of the United States]], denouncing the "lesser of two evils" approach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Who Should Bernie Voters Support Now? Robert Reich vs. Chris Hedges on Tackling the Neoliberal Order | via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jr4cXH3Fil8 | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211117/jr4cXH3Fil8| archive-date=November 17, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=August 5, 2016 |date=July 26, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Arundhati Roy]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | December 15, 2008
| Recurring guest; Indian writer, [[anti-war]] activist, and leading figure in the [[alter-globalization]] movement.<ref name="MondeDiplo" /><ref name="democracynow_roy">{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/arundhati_roy |title=Shows With Arundhati Roy |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129084040/http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/arundhati_roy |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Kshama Sawant]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | January 6, 2014
| [[Seattle City Council]] member and member of [[Socialist Alternative (United States)|Socialist Alternative]], who made history in 2013 by becoming the first independent socialist to win election in Seattle for nearly 100 years. A frequent guest, including after her successful re-election campaign in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/12/socialist_kshama_sawant_seattle_election_amazon |title="Seattle Is Not For Sale": Voters Rebuke Amazon, Re-electing Socialist Kshama Sawant |work=Democracy Now! |access-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729203008/https://www.democracynow.org/2019/11/12/socialist_kshama_sawant_seattle_election_amazon |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Joseph Stiglitz]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | June 6, 2012
| Recurring guest; Nobel Laureate economist; former Chief Economist of the [[World Bank]]; Chief Economist at the [[Roosevelt Institute]]
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Studs Terkel]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | November 27, 2008
| Another radio broadcaster who collected stories from everyday people.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goodman |first1=Amy |title=Studs Terkel 1912–2008: A Democracy Now! Special Tribute to the Beloved Oral Historian and broadcaster |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/27/studs_terkel_1912_2008_a_democracy |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=September 10, 2016 |date=November 27, 2008 |archive-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910023438/http://www.democracynow.org/2008/11/27/studs_terkel_1912_2008_a_democracy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wieder |first1=Alan |title=Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation |date=2016 |publisher=NYU Press |isbn=978-1-58367-593-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DYCtCwAAQBAJ&q=studs+terkel+amy+goodman&pg=PT183 |access-date=September 10, 2016 |archive-date=January 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240119194126/https://books.google.com/books?id=DYCtCwAAQBAJ&q=studs+terkel+amy+goodman&pg=PT183#v=snippet&q=studs%20terkel%20amy%20goodman&f=false |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Roger Waters]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | December 30, 2009
| English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer who co-founded [[Pink Floyd]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/22/pink_floyds_roger_waters_launches_campaign |date=January 22, 2016 |title=Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Launches "Campaign to Close Guantánamo" for Obama's Last Year in Office |website=Democracy Now! |access-date=January 22, 2016 |archive-date=January 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123212436/http://www.democracynow.org/2016/1/22/pink_floyds_roger_waters_launches_campaign |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedailycall.org/?p=83873 |title=VIDEO: Pink Floyd's Roger Waters Performs "We Shall Overcome" In Democracy Now! Studio |date=January 29, 2016 |website=The Daily Call |last1=markt |access-date=September 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920102911/http://www.thedailycall.org/?p=83873 |archive-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Edward Snowden]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | June 10, 2013
| American whistleblower who revealed unlawful mass surveillance carried out by the US government while working as a contractor.<ref>"[https://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/10/youre_being_watched_edward_snowden_emerges "You're Being Watched": Edward Snowden Emerges as Source Behind Explosive Revelations of NSA Spying]", June 10, 2013, Democracy Now! {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927041316/https://www.democracynow.org/2013/6/10/youre_being_watched_edward_snowden_emerges |date=September 27, 2019 }}.</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Katharine Gun]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | July 19, 2019
| British whistleblower whose attempts to expose lies about the Iraq invasion was called "the most important and courageous leak" in history.<ref>"https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/15_years_later_how_uk_whistleblower 15 Years Later: How U.K. Whistleblower Katharine Gun Risked Everything to Leak a Damning Iraq War Memo]", July 19, 2019, Democracy Now! {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207091033/https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/15_years_later_how_uk_whistleblower |date=December 7, 2020 }}.</ref>
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| style="white-space: nowrap;" | [[Greta Thunberg]]
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | September 10, 2019
| Swedish climate activist who sailed from Europe to America.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/11/greta_thunberg_swedish_activist_climate_crisis|title="We Are Striking to Disrupt the System": An Hour with 16-Year-Old Climate Activist Greta Thunberg |newspaper=Democracy Now|language=en|date=September 11, 2019|access-date=September 15, 2019|archive-date=September 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914093625/https://www.democracynow.org/2019/9/11/greta_thunberg_swedish_activist_climate_crisis|url-status=live}}</ref>
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''Democracy Now!'' has featured appearances from [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] candidate [[Jill Stein]] during the [[2016 United States presidential election]].<ref name="Marmura99">{{harvnb|Marmura|2018|p=99.}}</ref>