Democracy Now! 2026-06-02 Tuesday
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for June 02, 2026; Iran Suspends U.S. Talks as Israel Kills 8 More in Lebanon & Expands Occupation; “Murder as Policy”: Amnesty Int’l Decries U.S. Strikes on Latin American Boats as Death Toll Tops 200; “The Overseer Class”: Steven Thrasher on Black Cops, Pro-Palestine Protests, DEI & More
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:20.6 | The Lebanese stood by the Iranians in Iran's darkest moments and supported us. |
| 0:27.9 | You could say they brought themselves into this war, and they should be supported. |
| 0:31.6 | In my view, every one of us has a responsibility toward them. |
| 0:35.5 | Iran suspends talks with the United States to protest Israel's invasion and continued |
| 0:42.2 | bombing of Lebanon. |
| 0:44.1 | Iran's foreign minister said the attacks violate the ceasefire agreement, which he said |
| 0:48.8 | unequivocally includes Lebanon. |
| 0:51.9 | President Trump's claiming talks have resumed after phone calls with Prime Minister |
| 0:57.1 | Netanyahu and Hezbollah, writing on social media, quote, there will be no troops going to Beirut, |
| 1:04.6 | unquote. For more on all the latest developments, we'll go to Beirut. Then the death toll from |
| 1:09.8 | U.S. drone strikes on boats in the Caribbean |
| 1:12.9 | and eastern Pacific has surpassed 200. |
| 1:16.2 | The United States' unprecedented military campaign Operation Southern Spear came without any plausible legal |
| 1:23.1 | justifications. The world has failed to challenge these assassinations in any meaningful way. |
| 1:29.7 | Then The Overseer Class, a Manifesto, will speak to author Stephen Thrasher about his new |
| 1:37.0 | book and his upcoming film series in Brooklyn at BAM called Black Cops, Spies, and Overseers. |
| 1:46.5 | All that and more coming up. |
| 1:53.7 | Welcome to Democracy Now. |
| 1:56.1 | Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report. |
| 1:59.0 | I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 2:00.2 | Israel's military continued its attacks on Lebanon overnight, killing War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. Israel's military continued its attacks |
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