Pennsylvania alleging Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican Party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional le
Election, sanders talks to democracy now about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro, and his message to supporters. Sen. Sanders nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say, i give up. On the other hand, you have to jump in and start fighting. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, Government Forces aided by kurdish troops launched a major ground offensive and seized control of northeast aleppo monday from the rebels. The offensive appears to be a major turning point in the war, with the Syrian Government now poised to retake control of all of aleppo, which was once syrias largest city and its commercial center. The u. N. Humanitarian envoy said as many a 16,000 people have fled eastern aleppo in recent days amid the offensive and heavy bombing. Antigovernment activist zaher alzaher described the scene as doomsday. If the Syrian Government re
Into bigotry in this country. Amy today in a democracy now special, senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. In one of his most extensive broadcast interview since the election, sanders talks to democracy now about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro, and his message to supporters. Sen. Sanders nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say, i give up. On the other hand, you have to jump in and start fighting. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In syria, Government Forces aided by kurdish troops launched a major ground offensive and seizeded control of f northeast aleppo monday from t the rebels. The offensive appears to be a major turning point t in the wa, with the Syrian Government now poised to reretake control of al of aleppo, which was o once syriaas largest city and its commercial center. The u. N. Humanitarian envoy said as many a 16,000 people h
The short list for secretary of state keep getting longer. So today we have the exxon ceo meeting with donald trump today. We learned something easy about mr. Trumps investment. Sort it out for us if you can. We learned that mr. Trump dumped all of the took he owned for every company back in june. It became a topic of conversation because he picked a fight with boeing. A company he used to own shares of until a couple months ago. He thinks theyre way over budget while building the new air force one. Building a hightech new plane and they dont think mr. Trump understanding the nature of the deal, but it turns out there was about 150 holdings he would have had. It could address some of the concerns that ethics experts and people on the left have been coming forward with with potential conflicts of interest for when the president , who has been a businessman, gets worn in. What will oh he do about that cash, apparently he missed the trump rally that happened after the election, any idea w
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