Tens of thousands took to the streets of the capital mins and other cities to protest against hardline leader Alexander Lukashenko the opposition is threatening a nationwide strike on monday if he refuses to release all Political Prisoners and resign they accused of rigging his reelection in august. Chileans have shown up in numbers to vote in a referendum which could see the drafting of a new constitution it comes after a year of social unrest over inequalities in chile and Society Protesters claimed the countrys dictatorship era constitution is the main course of injustice in chile. This is the news from berlin follow us on twitter and instagram. Or visit our website w dot com. That is. Why our reporter henry belling has climbed into a huge tug of graves is one of the things you will find out later on in the show. Hello and welcome to another fun filled edition of your own max with me your host meghan lee heres a look at what else weve got coming up for you today. Meet the oldest win
Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protests everyone lost their minds like this is so unamerican and when i went to the protest here in washington d. C. Roughly a week ago i remember connecting with a fellow journalist friend of mine and we both kind of chuckled at that like really thats unamerican because im pretty sure thats very american you know this is something that weve had to deal with both as activists but also journalists who try to report on these things from the frontlines places that often times reporters from Corporate Media dont even go you know im thinking about like pipeline fights and things like that where journalists just like the activists that they were reporting on are routinely brutalized by the police and other Law Enforcement agencies so the idea that this is somehow a new is really absurd its just that because of the scale of these protests and because Corporate Media was actually paying attention and then got into the line of fire with other jour
Been at some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and and all of the things that we have to deal with but when c. N. N. Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protests everyone lost their minds like this is so unamerican and when i went to the protest here in washington d. C. Roughly a week ago i remember connecting with a fellow journalist friend of mine and we both kind of chuckled at that like really thoughts on american because im pretty sure thats very american you know this is something that weve had to deal with both as activists but also journalists who try to report on these things from the front lines places that often times reporters from Corporate Media dont even go you know im thinking about like pi
The land and the people of West Virginia its a beautiful and powerful film but she has also been covering the recent protests against Police Brutality so well be getting into that as well later in the show naomi here vani will break down the militarization of our police and i wonder is really will get into the insurrection act of 18007 which trump said he wants to use to go to war with protesters but 1st heres my interview with eleanor goldfish eleanor thanks for journeying all the way from our podcast to my show i appreciate it. Thanks so much for having i want to get to the new film in a moment but lets start with the nationwide black lives matter protests youve been at some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and an
Against Police Brutality so well be getting into that as well later in the show naomi cure vonnie will break down the militarization of our police and under is only will get into the insurrection act of 18007. 00 which trump said he wants to use to go to war with protesters but 1st heres my interview with eleanor goldfields eleanora things for journeying all the way from our podcast to my show i appreciate it. Thanks so much for having i want to get to the new film in a moment but lets start with the nationwide black lives matter protests youve been at some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and and all of the things that we have to deal with but when c. N. N. Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protests ev