Supremacists. Plus, we will talk to a former neonazi who cofounded the group life after hate. We decided 30 years ago that at that point we were not going to shave our heads. We were going to trade our boots for suits, and go enroll in college recruit on campuses, and we would get jobs in law enforcement, go into the military to get training and be able to recruit there, and even run for office. And here we are 30 years later with that dream or that nightmare realized. Amy goodman all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, a democracy now special looking at the fallout from the recent deadly white supracist rally in charlottesville, virginia, where an antiracist protester named Heather Heyer was killed when a car driven by a neonazi plowed into a crowd of counterprotesters. The white supremacist charged with heathers murder, 20yearold james alex fields jr. , was in charlottesville for the unite the right r
Of confederate general Stonewall Jackson. And we speak with a north dakota activist, whose uncle marched in charlottesville with White Supremacists. Plus, we will talk to a former neonazi who cofounded the group life after hate. We decided 30 years ago that at that point we were not going to shave our heads. We were going to trade our boots for suits, and go enroll in college recruit on campuses, and we would get jobs in law enforcement, go into the military to get training and be able to recruit there, and even run for office. And here we are 30 years later with that dream or that nightmare realized. Amy goodman all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im m amy goodman. Today, a democracy n now special looking at the fallout from the recent deadly white supracist rally in charlottesville, virginia, where an antiracist protester named Heather Heyer was killed when a car driven by a neonazi plowed into a crowd of counterprotest
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. Supporting social entrepreneurs and their solutions to the worlds most pressing problems skollfoundation. Org. The lemelson foundation. Committed to improving lives through invention, in the u. S. And developing countries. On the web at lemelson. Org. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff new appeals today, to do more for puerto rico. The island is still reeling from its worst storm in a century, and there are calls to cut red tape and get more relief on the ground quickly. John yang has the story. Yang a full week after Hurricane Maria
Something that we would manage peacefully. We have strategically put ourselves into the planning process so we can hear any dissension or any plans for Property Damage or violence so we were. Comfortable that warning that this would be an event where people express themselves that we would be navigating and guiding in a peaceful way. Host how did it develop . Guest well it began as scheduled, on time. There were scheduled speakers, no different than what you hear and other protests across the country about Police Officers and unarmed lack meant that this was focused on minnesota and what happened just the day before. This was connected to protest in new york, los angeles, all the big cities experiencing similar protest. It was going to plan and people were interacting well with the cops taking selfies, smiles. We had worked really hard on that relationship for several years. I am born and raised in dallas so this was something that made protest even later into the protest i felt very c