Why is the u. S. Pulling troops from germany theyve been stationed there since the end of world war 2 and now donald trump is about to cost that number by more than a quarter but why now and should u. S. Allies and nato be concerned this is inside story. That welcome to the program im Laura Brennan theyre a legacy of world war 2 a symbol of u. S. Commitment to protecting its european allies u. S. Military forces stationed in germany are reportedly going to be shot be reduced present donald trump plans to pull out 9500 american soldiers by september reducing the number 225000 troops will either be redeployed elsewhere or sent home its being seen as the latest twist in relations between washington and balin tensions between the 2 sides have been strained over a number of disagreements but defense spending has been of particular concern for donald trump hes repeatedly pressed germany to increase its military budget and his chris size nato allies for relying on the u. S. To shoulder the co
Using military style force against protesters or a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u. S. Having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new Political Party. Small coming up in todays going on the ground but 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the Political Movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis whos fight for equality in the sixtys and seventys led then president Richard Nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor davis coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning theres a lot of quoting of the great writer James Baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open lette
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