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Democracy Now! 2024-08-19 Monday

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🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 119 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for August 19, 2024; “It’s the Democratic Party’s War”: Gaza Protests Planned Throughout Week as DNC Begins in Chicago; Vietnam Then, Gaza Now: Bill Ayers & Juan González on 1968 and 2024 Antiwar Protests at Chicago DNC; Rev. Al Sharpton: Jesse Jackson Helped Reshape Democratic Party & Paved Way for Kamala Harris; Voices from the Streets of Chicago: DNC Protesters Call for Gaza Ceasefire & Economic Justice; Kamala Harris Is Reaching Out to Arab American Leaders, But Will There Be Any Change in Gaza Policy?; The Exonerated: Meet Two Chicago Men Wrongly Imprisoned for Decades, on Police Torture, Death Row & More; Phil Donahue, Legendary Talk Show Host Fired by MSNBC for Airing Antiwar Views, Dies at 88

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0:00.0

And the From the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, this is Democracy Now,

0:19.6

War Peace and the presidency, breaking with convention. I encourage people to protest

0:25.8

because it needs to be made clear that this genocide that has been happening

0:30.3

that is in month 10 is not acceptable and if those within the party cannot make

0:35.3

it clear to the administration then those in the street need to make it clear.

0:40.3

Thousands of protesters are converging on Chicago for the DNC to call for an end to U.S.

0:45.9

support for Israel's war on Gaza and end to economic injustice, support for reproductive

0:50.7

rights, and more. We'll be joined by the spokesperson

0:54.4

for the coalition to march on the DNC.

0:57.2

Then we look back at the 1968 DNC here in Chicago when police violently attacked protesters who are calling for an end to the war in Vietnam.

1:08.6

We are battling for is not simply for an end for the war in Vietnam,

1:17.0

for the move these racist dogs out of the black community.

1:22.0

We are beginning to fight for our own survival.

1:25.0

We will be joined by longtime Chicago activist Bill Airs. He was arrested during the 68 DNC protests when he was a member of

1:34.6

students for a Democratic Society. Juan Gonzales was also in Chicago in the

1:39.2

streets in 68. He'll be talking about his experiences as well and hundreds gathered here in Chicago

1:46.1

last night to honor civil rights icon Reverend Jesse Jackson founder of the Rainbow Push Coalition.

1:53.6

We'll hear the Reverend Al Sharpton.

1:57.4

The reason Kamala Harris is going to be nominated starts right in this building,

2:04.0

right with this man.

2:07.0

It has been a long journey, but the one that brought us

2:11.2

this far was Jesse Lewis Jackson.

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