Voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional leaders that the agency is investigating more emails as part of its probe into Hillary Clintons use of a private e
Pennsylvania alleging Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican Party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional le
Pennsylvania alleging Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican Party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional le
Our producer. A peaceful protest about Michael Brown that turned very, very menacing after dark. Reporter once again, almost a repeat of the previous night where we saw things turn dramatically for the worse relatively quickly. You know, thats the disheartening thing for many of the demonstrators and protesters who came out in the hundreds to participate in the civil disobedience. Once again, we saw what authorities here and many people in the street are telling us is just a small number of people that are simply too volatile in creating this tension, trying to spark some sort of confrontation with the authorities. They are trying to keep the peace here and once again, 31 arrests, two people wounded with gunfire, another very dangerous night. Captain ron johnson, who is the man who has been in charge of security for the state police since last thursday spoke with us awhile ago. I sit there and listen over to radio and heard the officers under gunfire. I went back to our squad vehicle a
Southwest of baghdad moving beyond humanitarian aid into a battle mode. The secretary of defense enjoyed chief chairman general Martin Dempsey facing questions from the Senate Armed Services and frequent interruptions from antiwar protesters. While the administration claimed there will be no american boots on the ground, ploeg up on twitter, general dempsey said that depends what happened on the battlefield. With the on the ground, the forces that are syrian and iraqi rather than western forces, is that part of the thinking to avoid a western ground force in an arab or Muslim Country . My view is that this coalition is the appropriate way forward. I believe that will prove true. If it fails to be true and there threats to the United States, i would go back to the president and make a recommendation that may include the use of Ground Forces. I am joined by senator jack reed and the Armed Service committee who came out of the hearing. Thank you very much for being with us. General dempse