And a judge struck down the same sex ban in michigan. When the ban was put in place ten years ago 60 of voters in the state supported it. Turkey has block twitter. Its in response to complains from citizens that the site was effecting privacy. First Lady Michelle obama said open access information on the internet is an universal right. She made the comments encouraging china to give its people greater freedom. Stay tune for consider this. Is there much hope for an undersea search to find the plane . Plus as election in afghanistan capital. Is the taliban growing stronger . A shocking report outlines how a control of our power grid could can plunge our country into darkness, weeks if not months. Heres more on whats ahead. And a legal referendum has taken place at the barrel of aokalashknikof. Signing with the European Union. All parties should refrain from provocative action he. There are over 200 families that are grieving and they want answers. Nine people have been killed on a daring
Comments of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling. Emerged friday, sterling lambastes his girlfriend for posting a picture with nba legend Magic Johnson and not to post pictures associated with black people. We will get reaction from the nations sports columnist dave zirin. Theont is poised to become first day to require the labeling of gmos. We do not want to continue to be guinea pigs. We want to have a choice. We will speak with vermont state senator david zuckerman. He is also an organic farmer. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The white house is releasing a new set of guidelines to address the epidemic of Sexual Assault on College Campuses. A new Task Force Report urges colleges to report anonymous surveys and adopt proven strategies for combating assault. The announcement follows a rash of highprofile cases where schools across the country have been accused of mishandling Sexual Assaults. One
We will speak with jack matlock who served as a last u. S. Ambassador to the soviet union. What he says about russia may surprise you. Then moral mondays spread to were 39 people were arrested at the State Capitol this week. We will speak with one of those arrested reverend Raphael Warnock, Senior Pastor of the avenues or Baptist Church come the church of dr. Martin luther king. Then as Death Penalty drugs become scarce, the assistant Oklahoma Attorney general jokes with a texas colleague he might be able to help texas get the drugs in exchange for 50 yard line tickets for Top College Football game between university of oklahoma and the university of texas. This is revealed in an email obtained by the colorado independent, which also exposed how oklahoma injected leftover lethal drugs into a dead prisoners body. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Ukrainian Government is withdrawing his soldiers from c
And just before dialling the white house to alert the he receives a third call. The whole thing had been a false alarm. Computer error and the point this is that the prospect, was very real the stakes were very high in the cold war. Years later something amazing happened. Images of seen the on berlin wall opening november 9, 1989, and well get to see them again this fall as commemorate the 20th momentous of that occasion. These years over in roughly a decade . How does the cold war end . We go from the National Security advisor getting called middle of the night with suddenly of alarm to the whole thing ending peacefully. Changes, e are big structural changes that happened happen in the world during this decade. Theres the saoeurling debt drop in the e global price of oil in the mid 1980s which spelled relief for he west and presented a severe obstacle in its efforts to gain currency. You have Information Age that hreatens closed societies and empowered the fundamental ma pts marxist l
Resolve the conflict or is this just the beginning of a protracted crisis . Then, massacre in Santa Barbara. Why did chris die . Chris died because of craven, responsible politicians and the nra. They talk about gun rights. What about chriss rights to live . When will this insanity stop . Santa barbara is grieving after a 22yearold man killed six college students, just after he posted a misogynistic video online bowing to take his revenge on women. The massacre prompted an unprecedented reaction online with tens of thousands of Women Joining together to tell their stories of sexual violence, harassment, and intimidation. Yesallwomen had gone viral. We will speak with rebecca men, author of explain things to me. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A california man has killed seven people including himself after posting a video to youtube saying he was seeking retribution against all women for rejecting his sexual advances. Elliot rodgers