Im super, super thrilled to be hosting what i think is the first talk weve ever hosted for a book that has been blurbed by both noam chomsky and elton john. [laughter] this blew my mind. So that is really also for my exciting. And then finally im excited to have a book that says something a little new about the drug war. We all know the drug war is bad and awful right . I dont want need to tell you that right . If youre living in baltimore, you know that the drug war is bad and awful. But what its really exciting, when someone with the talent writing journalism like johann hari comes along and is able to look at that history, look at where we are today, talk to people, go to place figure out a way to tell the story in a way that makes us see new things but gives us a different lens and a different optic on something that we know is horrible and in telling that story gives us a way to deal with it and create a better future. So im terribly excited to welcome him here, and im glad you al
The city. It was a chaotic collapsing of forces. The official story is that the sinaloa and Juarez Cartels are battling for the city and the access it provides to the us drug market only a few hundred meters away. Now theres an estimated 100200 thousand addicts in the city. That means every Street Corner is worth killing for. Cause every Street Corner is a point of sale now. Every little tienda is a point of sale. More than 8,000 people have been killed here since 2008, the year mexican president calderon sent in the army to carry out his offensive against the cartels. 3951 people were recorded murdered in 2010 alone. We traveled to juarez try to understand how human life here came to be worth so much less than the drugs being trafficked through. My question was, at the beginning, okay the whole country is in a fight, why has juarez been the bloodiest . This must be related to just the story of this city. The first game on juarezs newest football field. Its being played to mark a year
Revolutionary guard. It comes as Benyamin Netanyahu prepares to talk about the Nuclear Threat tomorrow at the u. N. General assembly. A week after the deadly attack in kenya, the government is facing questions over whether it ignored warnings. Indications were known a year ago that alshabab was plans attacks at the westgate mall. Operatives were alerted to a plan involving an attack at the mall perhaps a year ago. They were the headlines. The latest on line on the website. Fault lines is next. Im david shuster. Thank you for watching. A valley, divided by the border. On one side, el paso on the other, ciudad juarez. El paso reaps tremendous benefit from the activities going on in juarez, and vice versa. This is the largest border city in the world. El paso has the lowest crime rate in the United States. Juarez, once known as a booming Industrial City and a model of economic progress in mexico, has become infamous as the murder capital of the world. Since i came here there was something
Houses of congress. They passed a bill this morning that delayed the Affordable Care act. And one wreak after that deadly attack in kenya, they are facing questions whether they ignore that siege. Kenyan officials have warning as year ago. The members were planning suicide attacks. Those are the headlines, keep it here on al Jazeera America, because fault lines is next. You can all keep it online at aljazeera. Com. Border. On one side, el paso on the other, ciudad juarez. El paso reaps tremendous benefit from the activities going on in juarez, and vice versa. This is the largest border city in the world. El paso has the lowest crime rate in the United States. Juarez, once known as a booming Industrial City and a model of economic progress in mexico, has become infamous as the murder capital of the world. Since i came here there was something really heavy moving in the city. It was a chaotic collapsing of forces. The official story is that the sinaloa and Juarez Cartels are battling for
Youngest victim, a documentary by the oscarnominated filmmaker s. Then we go to hong kong, china, or thousands protested over the weekend, 19 members of occupied arrested calling for greater political freedom. First, two federal judges issue major rulings to prevent most of the Abortion Clinics in texas and all of them in louisiana from closing. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Fighting continues to rage in Eastern Ukraine amidst a worsening standoff between kiev and moscow. Separatist rebels have taken from ukrainianas forces. Ukraine says Russian Forces are directly involved, with president poroshenko accusing moscow of direct and open aggression. On monday, russian renewed calls for ceasefire between the Ukrainian Government and the separatist, but ukraine has vowed to continue the fight saying a ceasefire would mark a russian victory. In a statement, the cranny defense minister said the continued vi