Congratulations to Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Nermeen Shaikh and all of DEMOCFACY NOW! who make this show happen.

“Steal This Story, Please!”: Documentary on Democracy Now! Premieres at Telluride Film Festival this Weekend

 This amazing documentary is premiering this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival. The film tells the story of Democracy Now! from its inception and also tracks Amy’s remarkable trajectory over the last 30 years. The documentary is called Steal This Story, Please!

KNSJ airs Democracy Now! Monday-Friday 7-8am and 6-7pm.

About Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.

Democracy Now! launched in 1996, airing on nine radio stations. More than two decades later, we have grown to be one of the leading U.S.-based independent daily news broadcasts in the world.

As an independent news program, Democracy Now! is audience-supported, which means that our editorial independence is never compromised by corporate or government interests. Since our founding in 1996, Democracy Now! has held steadfast to our policy of not accepting government funding, corporate sponsorship, underwriting or advertising revenue.

About Amy Goodman

Amy Goodman is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 1,400 public television and radio stations worldwide.

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard honored Goodman with the 2014 I.F. Stone Medal for Journalistic Independence Lifetime Achievement Award. She is also the first journalist to receive the Right Livelihood Award, widely known as the ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ for “developing an innovative model of truly independent grassroots political journalism that brings to millions of people the alternative voices that are often excluded by the mainstream media.” She is the first co-recipient of the Park Center for Independent Media’s Izzy Award, named for the great muckraking journalist I.F. Stone, and was later selected for induction into the Park Center’s I.F. Stone Hall of Fame. The Independent of London called Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! “an inspiration.”

Goodman has co-authored six New York Times bestsellers. Her latest, Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America, looks back over the past two decades of Democracy Now! and the powerful movements and charismatic leaders who are re-shaping our world. Before than, The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope, and Breaking the Sound Barrier, both written with Denis Moynihan, give voice to the many ordinary people standing up to corporate and government power. She co-authored her first three bestsellers with her brother, journalist David Goodman: Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times (2008), Static: Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back (2006) and The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them (2004). She co-writes a weekly column with Denis Moynihan (also produced as an audio podcast) syndicated by King Features, for which she was recognized in 2007 with the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Reporting.

Goodman has received the Society for Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for Excellence; American Women in Radio and Television Gracie Award; the Paley Center for Media’s She’s Made It Award; and the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Her reporting on East Timor and Nigeria has won numerous awards, including the George Polk Award, Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting, and the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award. Time Magazine named Democracy Now! its “Pick of the Podcasts,” along with NBC’s Meet the Press. PULSE named Goodman one of the 20 Top Global Media Figures of 2009.

She has also received awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and Project Censored. Goodman received the first ever Communication for Peace Award from the World Association for Christian Communication. She was also honored by the National Council of Teachers of English with the George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language.

ICE Continues to Detain Award-Winning Journalist Who Filmed Immigration Raids

By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg / Truthout–Re-posted on Scheer Post

Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who had begun documenting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, has been detained since his arrest at a protest on June 14 in DeKalb County, Georgia.

Guevara has spent almost all of his detention in ICE custody, although he is authorized to live and work in the United States. He immigrated to the United States more than 20 years ago from El Salvador to escape persecution for his journalism. Guevara settled in Georgia and continued to work as a journalist, first for Mundo Hispánico, and then, in 2024, he founded his own news organization, MG News, which had recently begun filming ICE abductions.

In a phone interview from an ICE jail in South Georgia, Guevero told The Altanta-Journal Constitution that the agency is retaliating against him because, “I was following them. I was showing their faces when they were arresting immigrants.” Some officers have said to him, “You gave me a hard time, Mario. Hey, remember me?”

On August 20, Guevara’s legal team, which includes the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Georgia, filed a habeas corpus petition requesting that the court allow Guevara to pay the $7,500 bond set by an immigration judge on July 1. Federal prosecutors had appealed the bond order to the Board of Immigration Appeals and were granted a stay, or pause, of the order, thereby preventing Guevara’s release.

At a hearing on Wednesday, the judge did not rule on Guevara’s petition and requested briefs from both sides.

Guevara’s saga began more than two months ago when he was reporting on a “No Kings” protest, which was part of a nationwide day of action to protest President Donald Trump. According to the petition, body camera footage from the protest shows an officer instructing other officers to, “Keep an eye on the guy in the red shirt. If he gets to the road, lock his a** up. . . . He’s been warned multiple times.” Another officer asked, “Press?” The first officer replied, “Yep.”

About a minute later, Guevara stepped off the sidewalk as he moved out of the way of police officers coming through the area, and was promptly arrested. Video of his arrest shows that Guevara is wearing a red shirt underneath a vest clearly marked with PRESS on the front and back.

After his arrest, ICE placed a detainer on Guevara. Although all criminal charges related to the protest have been dropped, federal prosecutors have fought to keep him locked up in ICE custody.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has denied that ICE arrested Guevara because he is a journalist. In an email to Truthout, DHS claimed that he “is in ICE custody because he entered the country illegally in 2004,” which is false.

The immigration judge who granted Guevara bond wrote that the journalist “has a history of following the laws of the United States, as he legally entered the U.S. with a B1 visa, he has employment authorization and a social security number so that he can legally work in the United States, and he has a history of paying his taxes.”

The habeas petition quotes extensively from the government’s filings to demonstrate that ICE is targeting Guevara because he is a journalist.

“In the Notice of Appeal, the Government states that Mr. Guevara is a danger to the community because Mr. Guevara had ‘on five separate occasions … recorded or live streamed’ law enforcement officers and ‘post[ed] videos of undercover agents, their vehicles, and tag numbers,’” it reads. “The Government further states that ‘[l]ocal law enforcement reviewed the respondent’s public posts and learned that the videos were viewed by hundreds of thousands of people.’”

Guevara is currently held in solitary confinement for 22 hours a day at the Folkston ICE Processing Center, according to the petition. For two hours a day, he’s confined to a larger cell where he can “see the sky and breathe fresh air.” During his detention, he has lost approximately 20 pounds.
“The freedom of press is only for U.S. citizens,” he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on a call from Folkston. “If I’m outside again, I don’t think I will be on ICE anymore because everything is different now.”

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg is a reporter based in New Jersey.

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DEMOCRACY NOW! with Amy Goodman M-F 7-8am and 6-7pm

WEDNESDAY

TOP NEWS

Gaza Doctor Says Israel’s Deadly Attack on Nasser Hospital “Crosses All Red Lines”

DNC Panel Rejects Resolution Demanding U.S. Arms Embargo on Israel

First Black Fed Governor, Lisa Cook, Sues Trump over His Attempt to Fire Her

Katrina Declaration: FEMA Suspends Staff Who Warn Trump Cuts Risk Another Disaster

WOMEN’S RADIO HOUR with Patricia Law Wed 5pm
ADUs, PACIFIC BEACH DEVELOPMENT BUILDERS and WHAT WE CAN DO
with Guest Mikalyn “Micki” Mellby

Patricia and Micki are in conversation about ADUs in Pacific Beach development and builders, intent of ADUs, how they are being built now, concerns about the environment safety from fires, parking and many more issues.
ABOUT MIKALYN “MICKI” MELLBY
I am a retired 30+ year small-business, community banker residing in Eastern Pacific Beach, San Diego. I am married with three grown children. My husband and I have worked on flipping houses since we started dating back in 1987, pre-HGTV. We have completed over 25 home remodels over 38 years together. We have remodeled and lived in three homes in this neighborhood over the last 20 years. Our mantra was always to buy the ugliest house in the best neighborhood we could afford and then make it pretty. Upon sale, it was on to the next project.
We are not opposed to development. We built an ADU next to our rental bungalow near the beach two years ago, and our son lives there. Currently, we are building an ADU adjacent to our current home for my daughter, son-in-law, and new granddaughter to live in.
A couple of years ago, the neighbor below my home sold her large lot and residence to a well-known, rather notorious, ADU developer, Christian Spicer of SDRE. Early this year, several neighbors alerted us to the investment/development plans for this site and adjacent parcel. In March and April, discussions became serious when it was realized what the long-term, negative impacts of such a large apartment project could impose on our community. We had always been under the impression since moving here in 2010 that the lots below us could not be developed due to the significance of well-known Kumeyaay tribal artifacts on the undeveloped land dating back 8000-10,000 years. The cultural significance of the historic site is recognized in all the surviving California tribal communities.
Consultations were made with a tribal attorney, and a legal team was put together to represent the neighbors’ best interests in monitoring the subsequently named Chalcifica project. What was 116-units has grown into 136 units under review. Plans are in review with the City of San Diego, and the legal team advised the neighbors to file action before permits are granted. We organized Neighbors for a Better Pacific Beach and established a website at www.protectpb.org. Our goal is to raise $250,000 of the expected legal cost to get us to trial. We have raised over half the funds to date. We have joined and are monitoring the legal efforts of other San Diego communities in opposing these monstrous bonus ADU projects, many of which continue to proceed through the development pipeline even after City Council voted to significantly scale back the program in June

THE ELECTRIC PICNIC with Susan Taylor Sat 7-8pm

SPECIAL PROGRAMMING–POETS’ ROUNDTABLE, IN CONVERSATION ABOUT LISTENING TO POEMS

Featuring San Diego poets SERETTA MARTIN, DELORES FISHER, KARY VAIL and JOSEPH MILOSCH along with host and poet SUSAN TAYLOR

In a departure from Susan’s regular show, she and her guests are in conversation with suggestions on ways listeners can get the most enjoyment from listening to and reading poetry-spoken word. Have you wondered what a poet is trying to tell you, or wondered why some poems mean more to you than others? Listen in and see what might be meaningful to you.

Also, if you are ready to try your hand at poetry-spoken word and you are shy, you are going to hear tips on writing and ways to connect with your followers. Tonight, Susan’s show is full of thoughtful conversation, ideas, poets bouncing ideas off of one another, so that you can get the most from what poets are trying to say.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK SUSAN OR HER GUESTS ABOUT POETRY-SPOKEN WORD, CONTACT INFO@KNSJ.ORG OR CALL 619-283-1100.

FRIENDLY FIRE with Don Kimball

A Show for and About Veterans

Today Don is in conversation with author and activist Norman Solomon, author of War Made Invisible, about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Saturday 1-2pm

ISRAEL’S WAR ON THE U.N. with MARA KRONENFELD

The Executive Director UNRWA USA describes how important UNWRA has been in Gaza for decades, and how Israel’s targeted destruction of UNWRA infrastructure is an attack on all civilian life in Gaza.

For millions of Palestinians, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is more than just a humanitarian organization — it is a lifeline. For 75 years, it has provided crucial infrastructure support and sustained a population facing heavy repression at the behest of Israel. For the past 22 months, the organization has proved as important as ever in the midst of genocide.

UNRWA and its facilities have provided schools, hospitals, cafeterias and more for Palestinians when no other help existed. Precisely because it is sometimes the sole entity continuing to keep Palestinians alive, Israel targets them and has killed 310 staff members in Gaza.

On this episode of The Chris Hedges Report, host Chris Hedges is joined by Mara Kronenfeld, Executive Director of UNRWA USA. Kronenfeld details the assaults on UNRWA by the Zionist entity, from the brutal bombings of schools and shelters in Gaza to the farcical legal battles waged against it in the United States.

“When there are attempts to eradicate UNRWA in Gaza, it’s not just eradicating the helpers, the key humanitarians… they’re destroying the educators… [and] doing further damage to any commercial activity, the ability for people to pay for those goods and services that are desperately needed by starving people today,” Kronenfeld tells Hedges.

WOMEN’S RADIO HOUR with Patrica Law Sat Noon-1pm

STUDENT SURVEILLANCE AND SUPPRESSION ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES

Patricia is in conversation with a filmmaker about suppression occurring on campuses and who is in working on a documentary on the subject.

TALK OF THE TOWN LIVE with Mike Aguirre Sat 11am

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? Call In 619-790-KNSJ (5675)

GUEST: SAN DIEGO’S DONNA FRYE

PRIVATIZING PUBLIC LAND

Donna Frye: Mission Bay Park Is Not “Surplus” Land

A successful business owner with a bachelor’s degree in business, Donna Frye served the public and City of San Diego as a Councilmember from 2001 to 2010. During her tenure, Frye distinguished herself as an independent thinker who fought relentlessly for an open and honest government that was accountable to the public.

Frye believes the role of government is to serve the public and improve the quality of life for all members of the community and used her leadership skills to help open the doors of government.

Her 2004 boycott of closed session meetings served as the catalyst to reform the rules to allow for greater public access and more transparency of those meetings. She also worked with Californians Aware to rally public consensus around a tough open-government City Charter ballot measure that passed with 82 percent of the vote.

Frye’s advocacy on behalf of the public and its right to know what its government is doing began more than 30 years ago. Prior to her election, she was best known for her environmental activism and her commitment to clean water. She founded Surfers Tired of Pollution, which helped initiate efforts to establish uniform statewide water monitoring standards and require the posting of warning signs in front of discharging storm drains to warn the public about the pollution. Frye received the 2011 Sunshine Award from the San Diego Society of Professional Journalists.

Is AI Crippling Our Imaginations?

 August 21, 2025 

By Les Leopold / Substack.

Isn’t it wiping out our jobs, stealing our creativity, blurring fact and fiction with deep fakes, and pushing us into a dystopian future that will suck the humanity out of us all? Are we doomed?

For historian Yuval Harari and would-be politician Andrew Yang, AI will create self-driving trucks that will decimate the working-class. Peter Truchin, the mathematical historian, seriously imagines a future in which AI robots are used to colonize asteroids with new weapons that will allow a few powerful men, or maybe just one, to rule the universe.

Getta grip!

While inflammatory prognosticators predict that hundreds of millions of jobs will be gobbled up by AI, only 10,000 jobs were cut due to AI in the first seven months of 2025. That sure-to-be-slaughtered trucking industry is expected to experience an 11 percent total increase, not decrease, in truck drivers through 2030. It’s not at all clear that more jobs will be destroyed than created as AI spreads. Predictions of the unemployed roaming the streets due to automation haven’t yet occurred even during rapid periods of technological change. Why should this time be different?

Nevertheless, it’s entirely possible that a wide range of jobs will be dramatically impacted by AI. This wouldn’t be the first time. World War II also ushered in an amazing array of new technologies and production techniques to compensate for and cope with the vast needs of a war economy that was missing 17 million workers in the armed forces.

But then, as opposed to now, Wall Street didn’t run the country, and we had a powerful labor movement that understood that vast productivity increases could lead to increased wages and shorter workweeks, not just job destruction.

Today, things are more than a little different. We seem in total awe of AI, falling on our knees before its vast power, while experiencing no power of our own to change the course of events. As a result, we aren’t even discussing how AI could and should be used to create a four-day work week without reduced pay.

Imagine for a moment that AI does have the potential to eliminate one fifth of all jobs without new jobs filling the breach. Going to a four-day work week would make certain that unemployment would remain low, while tens of millions gain more time away from work without loss of pay. Mind-numbing work could be replaced. Work and home life could be enriched.

That kind of dream was alive and well when labor unions represented more than one out of every three private sector workers, instead of about one in 20 today. During and after WWII, labor unions were a force to be reckoned with. Government and corporate leaders understood that the fruits of productivity needed to be shared with working people or there would be big trouble in the form of mass strikes.

In October 1955, a congressional committee held hearings on “Automation and Technological Change,” to deal with the unease the country felt about technological change. The report said what was obvious then but is totally absent from today’s AI hysteria.

“The prevailing workweek in manufacturing today, as is well known, is about 40 hours per week compared to about 45 in the mid-1920s and about 60 at the turn of the century. The hope is frequently expressed that the fruits of automation may permit us to reduce this still further to 30, 32, or 35 hours per week in the not-so-distant future.”

Not so distant future? That was written 70 years ago.

We no longer think these thoughts. We no longer have these discussions. We no longer imagine having enough power to make such substantive changes to our collective work lives. We expect the fruits of productivity to go entirely to the corporations and Wall Street – their reward for their great insights and ingenuity. (With the exception of Professor Juliet Schor, who is conducting research on the value of a four-day work week and helping corporations try it.)

And why? Because we have lost our collective will to power as expressed by labor unions. And our political representatives have allowed Wall Street to run wild all over us.

At this very moment, Wall Street and large corporations like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple are killing tens of thousands of jobs to finance stock buybacks, the tool of choice to enrich the largest shareholders and richest executives. (For the data to prove that point see Chapter 11 of Wall Street’s War on Workers.)

Leveraged buyouts and stock buybacks have been killing tens of millions of jobs, not AI. And they will continue to do so until we have a political movement with the guts to take on high finance and protect the needs and interests of the rest of us.

As I will show in more detail in upcoming Substacks, the Democratic Party is not it. Working people want something new….and soon.

Les Leopold

After graduating from Oberlin College and Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, Les Leopold co-founded the Labor Institute in 1976, a nonprofit organization that designs research and educational programs on occupational safety and health, the environment, and economics for unions, worker centers, and community organizations. He continues to serve as executive director of the Labor Institute and is currently working to build a national economic educational train-the-trainer program with unions and community groups.

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