The fight for civil rights, and his support for Nelson Mandela and the antiapartheid struggle in south africa. If the United Kingdom and the United States decided tomorrow morning not to buy South African goods, not to buy South African gold, to put an embargo on oil, if our investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for that racial tyranny that we find there, then apartheid would be brought to an end. Today, dr. Kings city temple address, december 7th, 1964, in london. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. And those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Amy goodman today is the federal holiday honoring dr. Martin luther king. He was born january 15th, 1929. He was assassinated april 4th, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in memphis, tennessee. He was just 39 years old. While dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights lead
Anniversary of trumps inauguration and the historic womens march. We will hear from the pioneering womens rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of Sexual Assault and is a survivor herself. Plus, actresses jane fonda and Tessa Thompson. All three spoke here at a rally in park city. Then we look at the new documentary rbg about the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. , we urge the court abolitionist and advocate of the global rights for men and women who said i ask no favor for my sex. Ask amy we will speak to the julie cohen and betsy west, and democracy now speaks with Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Lawmakers are on capitol hill today amid the third day of a partial government shutdown. Hundreds of thousands of socalled nonessential government workers are furloughed, meaning they are barred from working and wont be paid during the shutdown. The
We will speak to ravi ragbir and look at how federal judges across the country are resisting the Trump Administrations deportation orders. Then we remember asma jahangir, pakistans leading human rights attorney. She died this weekend at the age of 66. Youheres something inside telling you to do it. And it comes because you have heart. Up. The courage to stand amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Tensions across Northern Syria have escalated sharply, amid a series of clashes between external powers, including israel, iran, turkey, and the Syrian Government. On saturday, israel shot down what it claims was an iranian drone that had entered israels airspace after being launched in syria. Israel mounted an attack on iranian command center in syria from where the drone was launched. One of the israeli f16 military jets was then downed by a Syrian Government antiaircraft missile. Israel then carried out a se
Prizewinning organization, the International Campaign to abolish Nuclear Weapons. Speakers weekend, house paul ryan touted a story of a womans paycheck to increased by 1. 50 a week as a major benefit to workers. After ridicule and outrage, he was forced to delete his tweet. We will speak to economist Richard Wolff. And finally, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the new England Patriots in a superbowl upset sunday night, capping a historic nfl season, filled with Racial Justice protests both on and off the field. We going to be all right] the black business collective and like lives matter call for divestment of a president that harms black people and black families. Minneapolis go to to speak to an organizer am where 17 protesters were arrested at a protest before the super bowl sunday. If you watched the game last night, you might have noticed one of the players was knocked out on the field or maybe that is why you did not watch. We will speak with dr. Harry edwards about concussions and m
Shooting. Then to puerto rico. Were facing privatization on the energy front. Were also facing privatization of the educational point. The local government of puerto rico has introduced the concept of Charter Schools and has said it is going to privatize schools. It almost seems like the perfect storm for disaster economics or the stafferll capitalism. Amy five months after Hurricane Maria battered puerto rico, a quarter of the island remains without power but moves are being made to privatize the islands electrical grid and schools. We will speak to the mayor of san juan, carmen yulin cruz. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President trump launched into a remarkable angry and errorridden tweet storm over the weekend, following the Justice Departments decision to indict 13 russians for interfering with the 2016 president ial election. In a string of 10 tweets, trump lashed out at democrats, the mueller