Before we get started, can everyone please turn off their cell phones . Im sure your ring tones are great. Our guest is better. So we are going to do things a little differently today because this event is being broadcast. Most notably committee q a is going to bump off the bump off a microphone if not this exact microphone, very similar to this one. When we are done speaking, if you could hold your questions until i am interface with a microphone, that would be wonderful to make sure everyone can hear you and that it can be heard on broadcast. Thank you also much for coming to book people tonight. We are an independent bookstore. Your business is the single reason we exist. We could not put on events like this without you. Before we get dirty, for some energy, why do we give ourselves a round of applause . [applause] we are thrilled to be joined tonight by author and act to this, roxanne dunbarortiz. Tonight we will learn about roxannes eighth book, making us all feel lazy, an Indigen
Where the olympic and who coined the term genocide noted in his book on the subject, access rule in occupied europe, he says its often misunderstood it needs to be clear. He was also very important in lobbying for the Genocide Convention. And here is his interpretation. Generally speaking genocide does not necessarily mean the music description of the nation except with accomplish by as killings of all members of the nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming as the destruction of the Central Foundation of the life of National Groups with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The jacket of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social instituti institution, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of these groups. And the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity and, of course, the from the lives of people belonging to such groups. So u. S. History as w
If not this microphone very similar to this one. When we are done speaking if you could hold your questions until im in your face with a microphone that would be wonderful just to make sure everyone can hear you and it will be heard on broadcast. Tank you all so much for coming to book people tonight. We are an independent bookstore and your business is the single reason we exist. We could not put on events like this without you. For some energy why do we give ourselves a round of applause. [applause] we are thrilled to be joined tonight by author and activist roxanne dunbarortiz. Tonight will be learning about roxannes eighth book making us all feel lazy, an Indigenous Peoples history of the United States. Roxanne has been active in the International Indigenous movement for more than four decades. She received her ph. D. From ucla and went on to teach and a newly established native American Studies Program at cal state university. While there she helped found both the ethnic studies a
The green light to drill for oil. [ theme ] right now in the democratic republic of congo Government Troops are shelling the last strong hold of m23 rebels, the fighting is close to the border of rwanda. Our reporter has been with the soldiers as they prepare for the final assault. Theyve been fighting hard for days, and they are getting ready to fight again. They are congolese troops and have taken a stripping of towns back from the m23 rebels. They hold one town on the edge of the border. These congolese tanks are getting ready to move into position for what the army says is a final push against the m23 rebels. The soldiers are anxious. The morale is high. Theyve had several victories in recent days. No one knows what will happen next. Further back from the front line, here are some of the men they have been fighting. They are rebels who surrendered. Now they are prisoners of war, so we cant show their faces. The conning jolees army Congolese Army says it has captured many. We have p
8 58 p. M. , a huge object believing to be a meteor right fell on a farm. 75 years ago, martians innovated the planet or people listening to the radio thought they did. A look back at the war of the World Broadcast that caused widespread panic across the country. Good morning. Welcome to Aljazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Good to have you with us on this wednesday. Two hours from now, the health and Human Services secretary will testify. Many are saying she should be fired. Kathleen see bellous will be asked to explain the failure of the health care website. We have more on what she might say today. Good morning. You know, Kathleen Sebelius probably not going to get a warm and fuzzy eception. She has become a focal point of criticism not only for the Failing Health care website, but for obamacare itself. One of her top two lieutenants provided a warmup act. I want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should. A member of the Obama Administration apologize f