Hello there good afternoon youre watching r. T. Internationalist use gone 2 oclock am. Now protesters in the newly formed autonomy in seattle are considering their next move having singhs control of the area after it was abandoned by Police President trump has threatened to send in the army if the local authorities fail to resolve the matter. Were not going to let this happen and if we have to go in were going to go and to go there is you going to do it but to go to do it hes got Great National guard troops to iraq you can do it but one way or the other its going to get done and these people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitzs law and order initiatives its simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal well the capitol hill or thomas so most formed the beginning of the way by the black lives matter activists they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle and declared it a Police Free Zone activist dizzy the loach explained what life is like inside the commie. I am down here in the capitol hill autonomous zone also known as chavez and the mood here is come a peaceful bit you can see it over here. Weve got people really get some food and over here we also have free pizza shrinks water all types of snacks weve got people handing out bags with masks and Hand Sanitizer literally everything you can think of and over here is the memorial that is set up to all of the people that weve lost or during the george lloyd rebellion as theyre calling it thats what the the wall says of him there is they could constant 24 hour vigil people can light candles and you know say their prayers see you know just just hang out this is the West Entrance to the capitol hill autonomous zone back there we have the the precinct which is where this is where most of the violence was inactive by the police for the last 2 nights the last week or so this is where most of the stuff happened and there are still 4 main barricade points and inside is the autonomous so people are anticipating on staying as long as possible there have been several tents that have already been set up people are preparing to stay overnight main goal i would say that i could say right now is that people are they calling for the defunding of police you know nationwide weve seen this minneapolis city council. Already you know completely dishpan vote to disband the Minneapolis Police were calling for the same thing here in seattle were calling for a complete defunding of the police a completely allocation into black and brown communities where its needed the most and so that is definitely a goal of people. I would say the number one. The rate now if you say of an activist in central seattle or black lives matter protests are continuing in other parts of the city too on friday thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets in a socalled silent protest rally came on the same day a federal judge ordered police to temporarily stop using tear gas or pepper spray against the protests in seattle. Protests are also happening across the u. S. States to the heart of u. S. Commerce no exception new york saw protesters come out peacefully to support the black lives Matter Movement the protests coincided with the womens empowerment march and ended with a joint form crowds gathered in manhattan reportedly starting at trump tower people were seen Holding Placards and chanting demands various demands thing pleaded defunding the Police Justice for george floyd and a particular focus on the lives of black women now aside from public support the black lives Matter Movement has the backing of major u. S. Companies including Amazon Microsoft and starbucks however it does seem that their actions arent speaking louder than their words sask taylor expects. Transfer Century Companies live in fear of cats culture alone tweet to i misjudged jokingly 20 hoss sentence in the court of Public Opinion so with black lies much of protests sweeping the globe every business is clamoring to see a part of find the problem is theyve got to do a background check on themselves just found out starbucks is key to ring to the comfort of their racist customers by asking their stuff not to wear anything in support of black clothes matter so i wont be visiting them and theyll be telling everyone i know to boycott them as well that by the end of the tire was. It was too late because. Why that incensed activist had gotten a Pumpkin Spice latte fuel deep ties into the companys history and sure enough starbucks got schooled by its own hypocrisy starbucks use a scoff at the its expected by 80 year old can taste and slaves and what tamala kenya costa rica and panama. Remember when they wrote lets talk about racism on the cops remember when the close to half a day because 2 black men were arrested for being black at a starbucks as we always thought they were only about black lives matter when its convenient luckily for starbucks so its not taking all that heat as other companies also suffer from selective memory fashion powerhouses i see prada tweeted how how sickened and somehow did they work by inequality and how they were companies with ethics which could be seen as full suffered ties in given that if you google though you might stumble across words like child labor exploitation black face asked for vogue obviously the most influential fashion magazine well now its promoting voices and brands in the black community which probably came as quite a surprise to the publication brazil director who recently celebrated her 50th birthday with problematic slave themed party the world of big tech is also massively promoting black lives not not on to amazon and then youll be welcomed by the movement spammer and jeff bezos is publicly naming and shaming customers who send him mean emails because of the companys starts which would be a full proof plan to boost your popularity than to make another couple of 100000000. 00 if it wasnt for the fact that i was and makes a tidy sum from its dealings with the police it is opportunistic a furnace on to use this moment to make empty and hypocritical statements when it is similar tenuously building the backbone for Many Police Departments across the country the Company Proprietary policy center colleges that are clearly targeting and harming black and brown communities added into the mix that only 8 percent of its managers in the us a black and youll see why slapping a barrel in your home page doesnt quite make the cops. As a black woman i feel like it is time to boards theres a help us troubles Everyone Wants to join in and profit from us and what microsoft has started posting messages from its like employees that if i dont runs out of material pretty quickly given the less than 5 percent of its entire what force is black so we get it big look couple of connections here pete that bathroom is a social media stunt the pundits will laugh it up and the books will stay balanced but it looks like they went to posted another where on instagram they forgot to put a padlock on that closet busting with skeletons. In the u. K. Prime minister Boris Johnson has said it is shameful the statue of Winston Churchill has needed to be boarded up to protect it against activists youve got a situation in which the statue of Winston Churchill who is a National Hero has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack and that to me is both absurd. And wrong you should not have a situation which people who are protesting or for one group one basis are violently attacking the police or public Property Church or start she was encased in a protective box after protesters dogged he was a racist under his name last week churchill led the allies to victory in the 2nd world war but is now being accused of racism for some comments he once made londons mayor this week ordered a review of all monuments and street names that praise people who might be linked to slavery and also racism the war on statues to spark debate on whether it actually raises the past we asked people in the capital for their. I guess people are here to defend certain statues and i support people defend it or you support people. Try to take it down because i try to look at things from both perspectives theres a lot of good tissue behind if people dont want to talk about the budget street. One of the issues thats trying to be changed i didnt realize he was racist i didnt realize a lot of things hed done i never learned and i certainly wouldnt learn it from the stuff he outside i guess but i wouldnt. Presume to judge us on the museum or the school which is actually still in School People should remember that cost a lot hop and. I dont think a lot of the statue should be taken down after gags or gold itself and bought the pots i think you should be thinking that this isnt so good for all the People Living in a world where that should be the cd. Well over in the u. S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading the fight there against confederate statues on capitol hill shes even sent a letter to the joint committee on the library asking for them to be removed amid the nationwide demonstrations against racism. Can you imagine Jefferson Davis alexander stephens. Treason it takes reason against united to know and this tragedy i see only because their state like them here and this does come at the Current Campaign in the country to take time symbols of the confederacy in Norfolk Virginia a statue of a confederate soldier has been removed after standing in its place for more than a 100 years however official stated that the decision to take it down was actually made out of safety concerns here in portsmouth a man suffered serious injuries after being hit by statute that was toppled by demonstrators and in total 4 statues have been beheaded in the city we discuss the war on monuments with the host of r. T. Americas on contact chris items. I think its important to remember what the historian carl becker wrote and that is that history is what the president chooses to remember about the past so Historical Monuments are an expression of power indication of who has power and thats the power to choose our history is remembered in public places. All of these confederate monuments the ones that youve seen coming down mostly in the south of course. Were put up in the late 890 s. The early 20th century. To a centrally remind of black people during jim crow and the period of lynching. Of the power and celebration of White Supremacy and there was a very conscious effort to exclude figures. Not just in terms of black leadership or those such as not turner and others rose up to rebel against slavery but also white including generals who didnt. Support segregation White Supremacy or black rights movements have been famous across the u. S. Since then. 1960 s. And one of the most controversial the black panthers started by monitoring cops and then Challenging Police brutality we discussed the current rise of the black lives Matter Movement along with current civil rights in america with the renowned political activist and former black Panther Angela davies you can watch share the interview in fall here on r. T. On monday but heres a taste of what was said. I think they were all able to see. This certain nation is far from hell c. O. Police department so that was so dramatic expression of Structural Racism the. Prisons are full of black people. Like you know. So we have to abolitionists imagination if we want to go to a future for our city understanding nation and for the worlds. Police in the us are becoming increasingly stigmatized amid the ongoing black lives matter protests a major in the Top Police Department has been criticized for arguing that officers arent specifically targeting africanamericans and he says that he has the think is to back up what hes saying he spoke with arties neil harvey. You had those isolated incidents rifles and go and since that her and especially on body camera video theyre shown over and over again so i think the general public thinks thats happening in the states we make 350000000 contacts year and obviously the fast majority of those are not in the instance that occur we use force less than one percent of all arrestees but when that mistake happens you know were all healed and thats going to role play into that i would encourage your audience you go to the Washington PostPolice Shooting database and they come pahl the state of course you can go back and look and since 2015 if you want to look talk about the unarmed individual shot by Law Enforcement if you break it down between africanamerican and white its 3 percent unarmed white shot unarmed and 2 percent of one or more unarmed black so theyre very even numbers and you know its race isnt a factor generally those numbers should be even theres a real sphere here in the states to actually talk about that and what ive been trying to say is weve got to be able to weve got to be able to we can at least talk about those facts its really hard to move forward a problem solve a piece of power and use of Excessive Force by police in the us who it goes right back to the Civil Rights Movement has been going on for a you know 50 is. Can you understand why there are coals even like a Public Movement to defund the police force do you think that bond is the right direction to go in given that the problems have been around for so long isnt it time to try Something Different or is this the case of just making a bad situation worse if you if you start to defund thats a huge huge decision and youve got to really think about Law Enforcement in america is it well funded now i think were we have gone astray in america is Law Enforcement has been tasked with doing things that we never had to do from the mentally ill that that system is broken so Law Enforcement final straw that we end up you know about city percent of the people unfortunately at this countrys are are mentally ill and forcing off which doesnt always know that on a sunny and so i actually. Just on some programs of the Law Enforcement but to try to take some of that burden away small force what you cant do is you cant take funding some Law Enforcement and then asked Law Enforcement do the same exact work just to be very good but still to come this 100 medics when the thousands of protesters might be in danger of contracting caywood 19 all because gas is helping its transmission from person to person will take a look at the details and siemens. Join me every thursday on the alec simon show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you there. Is your media a reflection of reality. In a world transformed. What will make you feel safe. Isolation or community. Are you going the right way or are you being led so. What is true what is faith. In the world corrupted you need to descend. To join us in the depths. Aura maybe in the shallows. Here with our say now there is a concern take gas could dramatically increase the spread of 19 among protesters the issue has been highlighted in an open letter signed by almost 1300 Us Public Health and medical professionals it comes amid the nationwide protests against racism has been raging for 2 and a half weeks. Opposing the use of tear gas smoke or other rasputin 3 irritants which could increase risk for covert 19 by making the risk of tree tracked more susceptible to infection exacerbating existing inflammation and in juicing coughing apart from corona virus related Health Concerns there are other issues to prolong the exposure to tear gas or a large dose of it especially in a close setting could lead to brine yes it can also result in severe chemical burns to the throat and lungs or a failure which could be fatal however philadelphias Police Commissioner still argues that riot control agents such as tear gas remain the safest way to disperse angry crowds the deployment of tear gas was a means to safely diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation and restore order when it became increasingly clear that other measures were ineffective in accomplishing that necessary objective that said religious statue Lancaster University in the u. K. Mohammed minear does believe that concerns about the use of tear gas at this time are justified. Actually when we look on to the dispatcher track inspection they are very easy to be transmitted and one of the contributing factors for the call of ideas to spread and take the whole world on nice they didnt for 5 months as being a stress free treatment of transmission so anything that can expose the respiratory track or create any additional damage to the spirit of traction is something that would certainly help the vitus to any trade into the body otherwise we could probably protect it so be it for ready to construct a straight exacting section jennifer nomics like all are certainly good at keeping the actress to track healthy is not reported and having the tear gas is certainly not a good choice in this Good Condition in particular so someone who is infected with a girl nobody has or has asked them all or other komo to be duties in terms of this for tracking sections or other our community diseases if they were to be under the tear gas or similar kind of type or even doc mean that even because the more and heart coughing can lead the hardest to trouble you any longer going to meet it is to study we are really good jokes so this means the widest transmission would be even more having to explore many people in the vicinity how would people get exposed. Meanwhile swedens Health Minister says the country is taking precautions ahead of a potential 2nd wave of the correcting a virus however there are still diets and concerns about the 1st wife was and. It is true that dissuade issue rates of metallik the are comparatively high on certain days or weeks however its also true that these kinds of comparisons tends to be a snapshot of the pandemic on a certain period of time with managed to flatten the curve the Health Care System has coped well. Its expected that the taliban rates are decreasing slowly but steadily sweden took a much more relaxed approach compared to most other European Countries with no Strict Lockdown imposed but there have been increasing questions about its success with even the state epidemiologist admitting that there were too many fatalities the whole situation is sparked outrage opposition parties. The government and the Public Health authority have been given chance after chance to correct their mistakes despite this the delays and the hand wringing remain the swedish government has deliberately allowed a large spread of the disease in difficult crisis we will always be leaderless as long as this government isnt power. There have been obvious fundamental failures in swedens covered response we didnt get protective equipment to cure homes in time although everyone knew that their residence where the most vulnerable according to a recent poll theres been a significant drop in support for the governments response to the virus it shows a fall of 18 percent since april kent at all see for an online newspaper and also a former member of the social Democrat Party is actually surprised there hasnt been more criticism we have the high mortality rates i mean. Of most countries. We are in a situation that other European Countries are denying us the right to go there even our neighboring country wont allow us but they will allow the norwegians and the danes and i have understanding for that considering how the switch government has handled this chronic crisis. But this is a fact and testing was never important in fact the Government Authority that the government now sort of blames they said testing is unnecessary so just these 2 things prove more or less that the governments actions in this crisis has been wrong. And its pretty obvious for the opposition parties to use that against the government because they have failed in most ways so not only do they see the active politicians but the people of sweden see it also its quite unbelievable. That the social democrats and authority hasnt gotten more critique than it has. The International Criminal court has slammed washington for sanctioning the organizations saying the court is effectively the last hope for the victims of atrocities an attack on the i. C. C. Represents an attack against the interests of victims of atrocity crimes for many of whom the court represents the last hope for justice the u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o n and sanctions in response to a probe into u. S. War crimes in afghanistan he also gave to a speech almost entirely dedicated to the greatness and exceptionalism of the United States has the story. Donald trump has announced that sanctions are being imposed on the International Criminal court its being alleged that the institution violates the sovereignty of the United States trump ministrations taking the following actions. First were authorizing the imposition of economic sanctions against i. C. C. Officials directly engaged in i. C. C. Efforts to investigate u. S. Personnel or allied personnel against that allied states consent and against others who Material Support such officials activities instead of having the International CriminalCourt Monitor human rights around the world it seems that the United States government will take on this task all for its own mike pompei o the u. S. Secretary of state recently came out with a report describing religious freedom around the world and he touted the United States as the ideal in the speech mike pompei o trotted out the old image of an exceptional United States that stands above all others when it comes to liberty and freedom our nation is so special as the greatest nation in the history of civilization especially the challenges like the ones that we are confronting here in the United States today will be managed and on the will be a political process this and gauged of the be wide open debate and are our Core Principles the the fact that we respect every human being because they are made in the image of god will be reflected in the way that the United States response to these challenges according to mike palm peo american discourse is free and open its only an other countries apparently that mass protests are taking place. 5. 5. Catley its only in other countries that peaceful protests are dispersed with tear gas and dissidents are arrested and held without charges only in foreign lands theres the political elite ignore the needs of the people and plow ahead building a police state no. Not in america only 6 years ago congress was overwhelming would prove Police MilitarizationNancy Pelosi Elliott angle and of the 332. 00 lawmakers of both parties joined together to vote against representative graysons amendment to end transfers of military equipment to local police in 2014 and of course america always respects the rights of journalists and freedom of the press we have received numerous reports of journalists attacked harassed and arrested and detained in the course of their work over the protests in the United States against systemic racism and Police Brutality only in other lands to allies watch in horror at the mishandling of protests we all watch in horror d and consternation whats going on in the United States only in foreign lands that we see citizens begging the United Nations to speak up for their rights the undersigned family members of victims of Police Killings and Civil Society organizations from around the world call on Member States of the Un Human Rights Council to urgently convene a special session on the situation of human rights in the United States in order to respond to the unfolding grave human rights crisis borne out of the repression of nationwide protests you see the United States is exceptional its got a perfect record it does not need an International Criminal court and its got solid ground to stand on and criticize other countries yeah well these days even many stunts u. S. Allies might strongly disagree with that up and r. T. New york and youve been watching the news here not in good to have a company but back with more stories in the headlines and how often are. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business im showbusiness ill see you then. You can be both with the yeah you like. Say were going on the ground ahead of tomorrows 3rd anniversary of the ground fire that killed 72 people in the london area where the poorest to live among the richest in the world give me a result of taurine a liberal austerity that put profits over people coming on the show in the wake of the grim felon windrush tragedies is the u. K. Government institutionally racist we speak to hip hop artist and activist lukey about the colonial mindset that lionizes with