While sweden is the birthplace of for nobel, founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, many dont realize sweden also is one of the Worlds Largest arms exporters. We will speak with an activist jailed three times for breaking into arms plants. And we will speak to swedens new archbishop. She has called for Climate Change, the biggest common challenge ever faced by humanity. Shes also the first female archbishop. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from visby, sweden. Israel is threatening new attacks on the occupied territories following the israeli teenage settlers. Thousands of israelis attended the victims funeral on tuesday, one day after their bodies were found of the west bank town of hebron. Speaking after the service, the Israeli Defense minister vowed to exact revenge on hamas. Against hamason has not ended. It will continue. We will continue to act against hamas to strike its people at
Contributions, is that creating a problem more for democrats than republicans . Its the icing on the cake to a bad decision which was citizens united, and its going to lead to more money in politics, which i think is bad for democracy. But is it worse for democrats than for republicans . Hard to tell. I mean, i look at this in the democratic governors association, and again, not so loud like a broken record, but we get outspent. We understand that. Were in an environment where we need to raise money so that we can we compete, but weve got to spend our resources more wising than they do. When we do, we win. Thats why we won eight of the last nine races. Im really focused on democratic governors. Im doing it because i believe its going to mack a real difference for america, and we understand that were going to get outspent. We just got to be smarter, have better candidates, and actually implement the policies weve promised to implement, which is jobcreating opportunities for middle class
The American West are reduced to ash as nearly 100 major wildfires wont go away. At least 33 lives have been lost. Dozens are missing. And hundreds of thousands are ordered to leave behind everything. Meanwhile along the gulf coast, Tropical Storm sally is threatening to become a category 2 hurricane by early next week. The governor of louisiana declaring a state of emergency with mandatory evacuations now issued for some of the coastal communities. And the coronavirus is a kompg pli indicating factor. But there is a new bright spot in the search for a vaccine. The ceo of pfizer says that there is a good chance that well know if their vaccine candidate works by the end of october. But President Trump isnt waiting to hold rallies including indoors. Tonight he is doing just that. An indoor Campaign Rally near las vegas creating the very Environment Health experts have warned will lead to surging cases and possibly deaths. This will be the first completely indoor rally since tulsa in june
Morning and yesterday and have to find the peace of mind. Come to give up. As bullets fly over and we did a Maternity Unit in syria where mothers and daughters chosen light in the face of the destruction that surrounds them. And now the clashes across egypt and terror attacks in the Capital Markets third anniversary of the revolution that toppled long standing this year costing the bar. To be an interaction cabinet with what she got your national with me a marina junkie. Very warm welcome to the program. At around sixteen hundred policemen besieged in a Convention Center in kiev have been allowed to leave the building and now there are conflicting reports and whether it was opposition from and the tiny cage go for the interior ministry the broker demands to the standoff. The siege began shortly after the years of the ukrainian opposition partially tearing down the president s proposals aimed at calling the unrest in the country. Kerala reports. This old song says of the and we did spee
Polk County deputies say they arrested three men who are suspects in a drug trafficking case. In total, they seized enough fentanyl to kill five million people