We will speak with independent journalist allan nairn and unit organizer Jane Mcalevey got how to stop and electoral coup and what went wrong in the 2000 flood recount. Then georgia flips blue for now, as joe biden pulls ahead of trump for the first time in extraordinarily tight race for the states 16 elecral votes. Ware patitly watchg as demoacy is mos definitely at stake in to see whether or no georgia will fp for thecratic candidate for First Time Since 1992. Amy will in the u. S. , millions of people are mesmerized by the president ial race, ipuerto ric the isld is dealg with its own race that produced very different results, including the election of afro puerto rican human rights feminist and l lgbtq activist ana irma rivera lassen. Is i am anmeans btqi and others the black woman. The discrimination some of us may face. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. Democric president ial nominee joe biden ha
Markets shoot up 9 percent as top politicians indicate they are nearing a deal on the jon stimulus package. So then the worlds biggest sporting event has been postponed for up to a year the japanese Prime Minister asked for the Tokyo Olympic games to be put off saying when it happens itll be proof of victory over the coronavirus like here brian has this report. Theres been weeks of speculation about whether the tokyo games would go ahead the corona virus pandemic thats caused chaos the world over made the event increasingly unlikely now japans Prime Minister says tokyo 2020 will be held in 2021 i feel the money as the host of the Tokyo Olympics taking into consideration the Current Situation for the athletes for the athletes of the world for them to be able to compete in the best environment and also for the games to be one in which it is safe and worry free for spectators i asked if it would be possible to consider perspiring in the games for approximately one year this week in saying
And we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 00 with National Book award winner Colson Whitehead talking about his fictional book the underground railroad, that happens tonight on cspans book tv. So welcome, everybody, im the cofounder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal Democracy Forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which is in fact how i know both of our guests. Weve traveled similar paths for a long time. Two years ago we opened civic hall to be a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations, focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for public good. And so, its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say that im really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries, how big organizers can change everything. Because we are livi
Refugees from syria, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and other countries a map of the targets of u. S. Bombing campaigns. The refugees have come to try to make passage through the channel tunnel to england. The u. S. Is increasing the war. To finishont want the war. It is their game. It is the game of george w. Bush, obama, and all the european union. War. Then, climate activists defy frances ban on public demonstrations during its state of emergency. By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejected the true conan and opportunistic draconian and opportunistic fans on marches, protests, and to most rations. Amy journalist and activist naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. And we get an update on the negotiations here at the u. N. Climate summit with climate scientist saleemul huq. This is climate countdown. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broa
Refugees into europe since world war ii. We head to a refugee camp in calais, two hours north of paris, filled with thousands of refugees from syria, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and other countries a map of the targets of u. S. Bombing campaigns. The refugees have come to try to make passage through the channel tunnel to england. The u. S. Is increasing the war. To finishont want the war. It is their game. It is the game of george w. Bush, obama, and all the european union. War. Then, climate activists defy frances ban on public demonstrations during its state of emergency. By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejected the true conan and opportunistic draconian and opportunistic fans on marches, protests, and to most rations. Amy journalist and activist naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. And we get an update on the negotiations here at the u. N. Climate summit with climate scientist saleemul huq. This is climate countdown.