Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At
The u. S. Military presence in syria and iraq, we speak to cool its a prizewinning journalist Seymour Hersh who has been writing an alternative history of the u. S. War on terror from the wars in iraq and syria to the assassination of Osama Bin Laden to the fall of gaddafi. I think what happened in libya, including the president , should have been a clue that when you depose a dictator, you have to be aware of what is going to and you have to think long and hard about what you are doing. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has announced the deployment of 250 more special operations troops to syria in a move that nearly doubles the u. S. Presence in the country. This comes just days after the Obama Administration announced 217 more troops would be sent to iraq to help in the fight against isis. President obama addressed the wars in syria and iraq during a speech in germany. We continue
Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At
Seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At least 30 people were reportedly killed, some of them children, and dozens more wounded. U. N. Humanitarian affairs chief Steph
I believe the power of corporate america, the power of wall street, the power of the drug companies, the power of the Corporate Media is so great, that the only way we really transform america and do the things that the middleclass and workingclass desperately need is through a Political Revolution when millions of people begin to come together and stand up and say, our government is going to work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. Amy we will spend the hour airing highlights from the debate and speak to a roundtable of guests. Green Party President ial candidate jill stein, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist les payne, author d watkins and zaid jilani of alternet. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Five democratic president ial candidates faced off tuesday night in the first of six debates in the 2016 campaign. The participants were former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, vermont senato