Democracy Now! 2026-06-02 Tuesday
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
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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. |
| 0:23.1 | The Lebanese stood by the Iranians and Iran's darkest moments and supported us. |
| 0:27.8 | You could say they brought themselves into this war, and they should be supported. |
| 0:31.4 | In my view, every one of us has a responsibility toward them. |
| 0:35.4 | Iran suspends talks with the United States to protest Israel's |
| 0:40.6 | invasion and continued bombing of Lebanon. Iran's foreign minister said the attacks violate the |
| 0:46.8 | ceasefire agreement, which he said unequivocally includes Lebanon. President Trump's |
| 0:53.2 | claiming talks have resumed after phone calls with |
| 0:56.4 | Prime Minister Netanyahu and Hezbollah, writing on social media, quote, |
| 1:01.4 | There will be no troops going to Beirut, unquote. For more on all the latest developments, |
| 1:07.2 | we'll go to Beirut. Then the death toll from U.S. drone strikes on votes in the |
| 1:12.4 | Caribbean and eastern Pacific has surpassed 200. |
| 1:17.5 | This 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. |
| 1:29.0 | Then the Overseer Class, a manifesto, will speak to author Stephen Thrasher about his new book |
| 1:37.5 | and his upcoming film series in Brooklyn at BAM called Black Cops, Spies, and Overseers. |
| 1:46.5 | All that and more coming up. |
| 1:53.6 | Welcome to Democracy Now, 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 |
| 2:02.9 | overnight, killing at least eight people even after President Trump said both sides had, quote, |
| 2:08.4 | agreed that all shooting will stop, unquote. Among the dead is James Karam, a dentist who is killed, |
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