Democracy Now!
CONGRATULATIONS TO DEMOCRACY NOW! CELEBRATING ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
AND TO HOSTS
AMY GOODMAN, JUAN GONZALEZ AND NERMEEN SHAIKH.
KNSJ carries Democracy Now! M-F 7-9am and 6-7pm
Watch the full two-and-a-half-hour event, featuring musical performances by Patti Smith, Michael Stipe with Aaron Dessner, and Hurray for the Riff Raff, along with a surprise appearance by Bruce Springsteen, who performed his new song, “The Streets of Minneapolis.”
On Monday, March 23rd, more than 2,000 people packed the historic Riverside Church in New York to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Democracy Now!
The evening included a conversation with the iconic academic and activist Angela Davis, interviewed by Amy Goodman, Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh.
Pulitzer Prize–winning Palestinian writer Mosab Abu Toha read his poem “Under the Rubble” and spoke about surviving Israel’s war on Gaza, which killed 30 members of his extended family.
The program also featured an address by V (formerly Eve Ensler) and excerpts from the new documentary “Steal This Story, Please!”, about Amy Goodman and the history of Democracy Now!
All of the evening’s musical performers came together on stage to close out the evening with a riveting rendition of Patti Smith’s iconic song “People Have the Power.”