05/17/18 05/17/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from the university of california santa cruz, this is democracy now! on our palestinian addition to participate in the daily and weekly activities wherever they're located until june 5, marking the occupation of jerusalem. thee determined to continue protest of return and breaking the siege. amy: as palestinians vow to continue protesting against the israeli occupation of gaza, we will speak to a canadian doctor who was shot by israeli forces in both legs monday while he was helping injured palestinians. israeli forces shot 19 medical personnel on monday alone. dr. tarek loubani will join us as there is a call for an investigation into the killings. more than 100 since then we look march 30. back at the catonsville nine. 50 years ago today, a group of catholic priests and laypeople set fire to hundreds of draft records using homemade napalm to protest the vietnam war and u.s. imperialism. fathersants included phil and dan berrigan. close we have chosen to be powerless in a time of criminal power. ashave cho

05/08/18 05/08/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> determined when a heart stops beating, the dozen a beating heart indicate life?? for me it is immoral to stop an innocent beating heart. for me it is sickening to sell fetal body parts. and for me, my state leads me to protect life. amy: as iowa's governor signs the most restrictive abortion ban in the country, we look at the fight for reproductive rights in the era of trump. we will speak with cecile richards. she has just stepped down as president of planned parenthood after 12 years. will she be running for office cap go she has a new book out "make trouble: standing up, speaking out, and finding the courage to lead -- my life story." >> the danger is what this administration is doing in vice president mike pence is the orchestra master on this, of putting people into places of authority that will now repeal and take away women's rights where we have actually no public discourse. amy: then we look at why reporters from the denver post have flown to new york to sta

05/07/18 05/07/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy nonow! i temporary protective status have achieved a lot. i'm a health educator and i have brought up my kids who are good citizens so i don't understand what the problem is with this administration who said we are a problem when we came here to fight and to make this country grow. and we're all over the uniteted states. amy: the trurump administration ends tememporary prorotective status, tps, for early 90,000 hondurans living in the united states, saying it is now safe for them to return home. we'll get response from a honduran immigrant and activist whose family could now be deported. then meet the 2018 teacher of the year. year, wantext students to know i am here for refugeanand imgrant students, for the ki in the gay straight alliance a f for a of f th girls have coaed over e yess to sendhem the ssage thathey areananted,hey are loved, they are enough, and they matter. amy: would teacher of the year mandy manning received her award at the white house wednesday, the press

05/18/18 05/18/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from the university of california santa cruz, this is democracy now! >> i was not aware there had been -- i think is important of all of the information. amy: the environmental protection agency is facing a major new scandal after it worked with the white house to bear in alarming federal study burty in alarming federal study detailing widespread chemical contamination in the nation's water supply. one trump administration official warned release of the study would create a public relations nightmare. the study found the chemicals in teflon and firefighting foam are a threat to human health at levels the epa have previously called safe. we will speak to attorney robert bilott. >> it is still in the blood of not just none in a percent of americans, but the entire globe host of everybody on the planet -- pull her bears, every animal species is being tested. it is coming from not only these plant emissions, it is also coming from consumer products use as well. amy: then we speak to pentagon papers whistleblowe

05/11/18 05/11/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> iran crossed a red line. our response was appropriate. carried out a very broad strike because the iranian targets in syria. amy: tension mounts between israel and iran a day after israel launches massive airstrikes against iranian targets inside syria. israel said the attack was in response to no iranian rocket attack, but is that true? just hours after president trump pulled out of the iranian nuclear agreement, it was israel who bombed iranian targets near damascus. we will get the latest. then to black mama's bail out day. >> to be able to free our people from these cages using the conditions from our ancestors that brought each other's collective freedom to get our folks back home and to highlight the crisis around the cash failed system, put pressure on all of these institutions were making money off about people's suffering. but most importantly, restore the life that this cash failed system has taken from our people. amy: and as the trump administration offic

democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> sanctions wilill be painful f they do not change the course from the productive path it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. this will indeed in dubbing the strongest sanctions in history when we are complete. amy: nearly two weeks after president trump withdraws the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal, secretary of state mike pompeo demands iran end its nuclear program or face the strongest sanctions in history. we'll get response from trita parsi of the national iranian american council, then to britain, where prince harry and meghan markle were married saturday at windsor castle in a ceremony many heralded as ushering a new era. the wedding celebrated black culture and history, with a sermon about slavery, poverty and the enduring power of love by bishop michael curry, the first african american to preside over the episcopal church and a rousing gospel choir performance of the song "stand by me." >> ♪ know i won't be afraid no i won't be afraid stand long as you stand by me ♪ amy: we'll go to the u.k. for

amy: from pacicifica this is demomocracy now.w... bobby kennedy: i have some very sad wsws for all o oyou, a and,i think, sad news for all of our fellow citizens, and people whwo love peace all over the worlrld. and ththat is that martin n lutr kingng was shot and was kikilled toninight in memphphis, tennese. amy: 1968: a year in revolt. in this democracy now special, we look back half a century at the year that changed america the my lai massacre in vietnam to the assassination of mamartin luther king to the student strike at columbia. >> we call on all students, faculty, staff and workers of the university to support our strike. >> the bck studes of coluiaia university, jned by a few members ofhe b bla community, havbebeen ihamilton hall for 56 urursmorthanan tt now. we have esblblishea cacaferia wi adequatstores, l continusly. physiciais in chge of ou infirmary. morale is high. amy: and to the catonsville nine the catholic priests and lay activists who set fire to hundreds of draft records using homemade napalm to protest the vietnam war. >> we have chosen to be powerless crimin

democracynow.org 05/21/18 05/21/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> you would never think it would happen to your school, but it would. ago, the were popping noises and we went on lockdown. that is the closest thing we had to a drill. so as you can tell, knowing now it is real -- amy: another mass shooting at a school in the united states, this time in texas when a high school student entered santa fe high school friday wearing a trench coat and shot dead 10 people -- eight fellow students and two teachers. 17-year-old dimitrios pagourtzis used a shotgun and a .38 revolver taken from his father to carry out the attack. 2018 has been deadlier for schoolchilildren than service memembers. incoming president national rifle association president, oliver north, blamed ritalin for school shootings. texas lt. gov. dan patrick said the attack may have been enabled by texas schools having too many entrances and d exits, not enonh security and blamed it on abortion. have devalued d life, whether it is through abortion, whether it is th

05/09/18 05/09/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! pres. trump: the fact is this was a horrible, one-sided deal that should never, ever have been made. it did not bring calm. it did not bring peace. and it never will. amy: president trump has declared the united states is withdrawing from the landmark iran nuclear agreement and re-imposing sanctions on tehran. former president obama warns the move could lead to another war in the middle east. european nations are scrambling to save the deal. >> the nuclear deal with iran is crucial for the security of europe and of the entire world. amy: we will speak with trita .arsi and medea benjamin plus, it was primary day in four states tuesday. the coal baron don blankenship loses in west virginia, as does dennis kucinich, who ran for governor in ohio. but it is a big day for female candidates running for house seats. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. european nations are scrambling to save the

♪ amy: from pacifica this is democracy now! >> we hope for understanding. part of u.s.his authorities understand we come to seek asylum. we cannot return. in my case, i cannot return to my country. i'm in danger of losing my life -- not just mine, those of my family as well. amy: a standoff continues where scores of asylum seekers are attempting to cross into the united states after taking part in a month-long caravan. violence ineing honduras, guatemala, and el salvador. we will go to the border to get the latest. then the acclaimed indian writer -- >> there is a connection between what is happening, how women are treated, that we are a society that practices cast, the most institutionalized form of hierarchy. yet few write about it. we will speak about kashmir , her return to fiction, and her latest book. we will also speak to her about her visit with edwards noted in moscow. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former new york city mayor rudy giuliani said wednesday that president trump reim

05/15/18 05/15/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> what we w witness todayay ise killing and slaughtering of people in the gaza strip at the hands of the israeli army, tantamount war crimes. amy: funerals are being held across gaza today after israeli forces killed at least 61 unarmed protesters. they injured over 2700 others. ththe massacre came on the s sae day as t t opening o of the u.u. embassy in jerusalem. pres. trump: exactly 70 years ago, thehe united statates under presidenent harry tran, bebecame the first nation to recognize the state of israel. today y we officicially open the united states embasassy inn jejerusalem. congratulations. it has been a long time coming. amy: we will go gaza and jerusalem for the latest. plus, we will hearar from a palestinian man who survivived e nakba 70 years ago w when hundrs of thousands of palestinians were driven from their homes when israel was formed in 1948. >> nakba is that a disaster on my heart, disaster of my family. the deserter of my soul. a deserter of my coun

05/23/18 05/23/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> we can lead a stronger georgia, a more compassionate georgia enabled an ambitious georgia. we can show the old guard something new and we can fight together for the good of all. amy: in another big primary day for democratic women, stacey abrams made history in georgia by becoming the first african-american woman to win a major party's nomination for governor in u.s. history. we will look at tuesday's elections results with congressmember keith ellison, deputy chair of the democratic national committee. he will also talk about how congress is dismantling key parts of the dodd-frank banking rules. and we will speak to a texas man who believes he was the first activist jailed as part of the fbi's targeting of so-called black identity extremists. we will speak to rakem balogun, as well as black lives matter organizer malkia cyril. >> the bottom line here is we have a rampant situation where white nationalism is on the rise , and yet the fbi fish chosen to use its resour

05/31/18 05/31/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! carrying out the agreement is the best option. this agreement was a fraud. it was sold fraudulently to the american people. there are numerous ideas thahat were not disclosed to congress. amy: the white house taps fred fleitz, a longtime senior staffer at an anti-muslim think tank as the new chief of staff for national security adviser john bolton. fleitz also wrote a book titled "obamabomb: a dangerous and growing national security fraud" : on a future president to tear up the nuclear agreement with iran on their first day in office. we will speak with new york magazine editor eric levitz. his latest keys, "bolton installs anti-muslim wingnut as nsc chief of staff." dineen israeli navy intercepts a boat of protesters wounded by israeli snipers during nonviolent protest. >> we demand to breakak the blockade. i hope to seek medical t treatmt and other arabic countries because of my injuries. flotilla and to break on anniversary of the mavi marmara. we will speak with an

05/01/18 05/01/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> the enemy posing as a cameraman detonated his explosives among a group of journalists in the area. as a result,t, a number of our journalists and other people who are passerby's anannearby residents were gathereatat the scene, weere martyred d and woundeded. amy: in n the deadliesest day fr afghan journalist since the fall of the taliban, nine journalists are killed in a suicide bombing in kabul. a tent the shot dead in the eastern city of khost. we will speak with a reporter as well as the head of the press in paris. killeds photographer was in the blast. a new monument to victims of white supremacy, slavery, and lynching opens in alabama. >> we want to build this from enslavement to mass cart solution. we want them have people understand there is this line from slavery to racial bias today. we want people to come through our museum and walk out with an opportunity to do something. say never again to racial and buys in our country. amy: we will speak to bryan steven

05/10/18 05/10/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? i'm not asking if you believe they were illegal, but immoral. did editor, i believe cia extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this country given the legal tools that we were authorized. amy: cia director nominee gina haspel vows not to restart the cia's interrogation program, but refuses to describe the cia's -- her role in the cia's torture as immoral. this comes as her confirmation is repeatedly interrupted by anti-torture protesters. is, what doestion you do [indiscernible] you are a torturer1 syria where the israel-iran proxy war is intensifying as israel launches its largest aerial assault today on iranian targets inside syria. >> we have hit all of the infrastructures, not all, but almost all of the iranian infrastructure in syria. they must remember the saying, if it rains here, it will pour over there. i hope that we finish the chapter and that everyone got the message. amy: we will

05/24/18 05/24/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> we want people to be respectful of the national anthem. if anyone is on the field and disrespectful to the anthem of the flag, there would be a fine the the league against team. amy: the nfl capitulates to president trump, issuing new rules amending allll players on the e field must ststand for the natitional anthem in a move to d the on-field protests against racism and police brutality. just hours afterer the nfl announcement, the sports world was j jolted when the video was released showing basketball star sterling brown being tased by police in milwaukee over a parking violation. we will speak to sportswriter dave zirin. we will do the latest from the big island of hawaii where lava continues to spread from the kilauea volcano. " downing filmale -- a stutunning film about childhd sesexual abubuse we will get the latest. >> an excellent coach. amy: all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodm

,ildren, grandfathehers, grandmothers. amy: thousands of puerto ricans took to the streets on may day to protest brutal austerity measures and the slow recocovery effort following hurricane maria. police responded with tear gas and pepper spray. we will air a report from the streets of san juan. then to arizona where schools remain closed for a fifth day as teachers continue their strike demanding more funding for education. >> everyone said this could not happen in arizona. it could happen in west virginia, you might see it in oklahoma, you might see it in kentucky. not in arizona. well here we are. where are the e skeptics now? we are here and we are bringing a change. amy: plus israel has just barred the head of the center of constitutional rights vincent warren plus a prominent law professor from columbia university - katherine franke - from entering israel. we'll find out why. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. environmental protection agency administrator scott pruitt is facing a slew of mounti

05/16/18 05/16/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! ismake no mistake, hamas pleased with the results from yesterday. i ask my colleagues here in the security council, who among us would accept this type of activity on your border? no one would. no country in this chamber would act with more restraint than israel has. amy: the united states is refusing to criticize israel after israeli forces shot dead at least 60 unarmed palestinian protesters in gaza monday and injured 2700. we will speak to norman finkelstein, author of "gaza: an inquest into its martyrdom." ben gina haspel moves closer to becoming the next head of the cia after five democrats announced that they would support her despite her role in the u.s. torture program and her refusal to describe torture as immoral. >> do you believe the previous interrogation techniques were immoral? i'm not asking if you believe they were legal. i am asking if you believe they were immoral. --cks senator, i believe cia did extraordinary work to prevent another attack on this c

05/25/18 05/25/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! based on the recent statement of north korea, i've decided to terminate the planned summit in singapore and june 12. amy: as president trump pulls out of a historic nuclear disarmament summit with north korea, we go to seoul, south korea, where peace activists gathered outside the u.s. embassy condemning trump's decision. >> we believe it is important for camp and trump to pick up the phone and get back to talks and have a summit, and we believe that in the use process, women must be included in the peace process and we want more people to people engagement, but we are not waiting for that to happen. amy: then disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein has turned himself in to new york police on charges of raping one woman and forcing another to perform oral sex on him. in total, more than 100 women have come forward to accuse weinstein of rape, sexual assault, and sexual harassment in cases that stretch back decades. we will speak to one of weinstein's victims, louise

05/20/18 05/30/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! pres. trump: you look at her of catastrophe like katrina and you look at the tremendous hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people that died, and you look at what happened here, really, a storm that was totally overbearing. nobody has ever seen anything like this. what is sure death count as of this moment, 17? 16 people certified. 16 people versus in the thousands. amy: months after president trump bragged about the low death count in puerto rico after hurricane maria, a shocking new harvard study estimates the leastm's s death toll is at 4600 am a dish 4600 people -- 70 times higher than the official count -- making maria far deadlier than hurricane katrina and d september 11. we will go puerto rico for the latest. then 39 animal rights activists are arrested at a california egg farm. >> supplies to whole foods and amazon. shipping crueuelty to millions of households. amy: we will speak with the pulitzer prize winning journalist glenn greenwald about the crackdown o

05/14/18 05/14/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> whether they are moving the embassy or not, jerusalem will stay the capital of the palestinian state. amy: the israeli military has killed at least 25 palestinians today amidst a massive nonviolent protest against the u.s. embassy opening in jerusalem. israeli soldiers are currently firing live ammunition into the crowd of tens of thousands of palestinian protesters who gathered in gaza or the heavily fortified border with israel. we will get an update from gaza with sharif abdel kouddous. then we look at the new poor people's campaign launched by reverend dr. william barber and reverend dr. liz theoharis. 23 states have passed for the registration laws. we are hundred 40 million poor and working poor in this country, 62 million working poor people, 14 million children, and we lock people up who fight for $15 while we let corporate crooks go every day. nothing would be more tragic than for us to turn back now. amy: today kicks off with a massive nonviolent direct act