And then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the Pulitzer Prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Think of the people who are in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probation or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated from Saint Leo University near tampa. He gave the graduation address. So we went out to the street we were met by the Regime Se
Groveland four. One was killed by a mob of 1000 men. It was led by the local sheriff. The others were tortured in jail and then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the pulitztzr prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn o of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Thihink of the people who o e in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probationon or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated f
Refugees from syria, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and other countries a map of the targets of u. S. Bombing campaigns. The refugees have come to try to make passage through the channel tunnel to england. The u. S. Is increasing the war. To finishont want the war. It is their game. It is the game of george w. Bush, obama, and all the european union. War. Then, climate activists defy frances ban on public demonstrations during its state of emergency. By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejected the true conan and opportunistic draconian and opportunistic fans on marches, protests, and to most rations. Amy journalist and activist naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. And we get an update on the negotiations here at the u. N. Climate summit with climate scientist saleemul huq. This is climate countdown. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broa
War. Actually, u. S. Dont want to finish the war. Its their game. Its the game of george w. Bush, obama, and other all the european union. They dont want to finish. Amy who also speak with french journalist Nicolas Henin. He was held for 10 months. The problem is that with all these bombings because everybody at the moment is bombing syria all of these bombings have a terrible side effect. And basically, we westerners, but not only westerners, also the russians, also the regime are pushing the Syrian People into the hands of isis. Amy all that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We turn now to two of the biggest stories of 2015, war and europes worst refugee crisis since world war ii. More than 1 million refugees have come to europe this year, three to four times as many as 2014. Almost 3700 died or went missing on their way to europe. The United Nations has appealed for 20 billion in additional aid, saying that at pr
Refugees into europe since world war ii. We head to a refugee camp in calais, two hours north of paris, filled with thousands of refugees from syria, afghanistan, iraq, sudan, and other countries a map of the targets of u. S. Bombing campaigns. The refugees have come to try to make passage through the channel tunnel to england. The u. S. Is increasing the war. To finishont want the war. It is their game. It is the game of george w. Bush, obama, and all the european union. War. Then, climate activists defy frances ban on public demonstrations during its state of emergency. By taking to the streets, we will be clearly and unequivocally rejected the true conan and opportunistic draconian and opportunistic fans on marches, protests, and to most rations. Amy journalist and activist naomi klein, author of this changes everything capitalism vs. The climate. And we get an update on the negotiations here at the u. N. Climate summit with climate scientist saleemul huq. This is climate countdown.