Life was lived in tribes or extended families. That made things like gathering food, looking after one another and surviving both easier and more likely. But over time, we became increasingly selfreliant. People are often left to fend for themselves in densely populated cities. Community tends to be something that takes place only online. The result is a sharp rise in loneliness. Millions of men and women cut off from society, devoid of a sense of belonging. Alall e lonely p people, whehe re do ththey come from all the lonely people, w whereo they belong g onene europewidede study revealed that t around 30 milln europeans regularly feel lonely. Thats 7 of the overall population. In japan too, many people live in total isolation for years, even decades. Tokyo, a vibrant mega city home to 15 million people. Some tokyo residents find it a challenging place to live. They say its too busy, too noisy, so they simply dont leave their homes. Sometimes for a few months. Sometimes for decades. O
E. U. Facing pressing challenges strong leadership is more important than ever. Will it emerge from the process with democratic deficits. He you top jobs high going instead of inspiration thats our topic and here are our guests its a pleasure to welcome a menu as shots. She is a freelance journalist originally from france who works with us here at deutsche avella as well as for french print and broadcast media. She says the scramble for the e. U. s top jobs further highlights discrepancies between the Member States and damages the union. We learned niche works for and as an allen this analyst for the German Council on Foreign Relations he says. The visitor broad group of Eastern European countries has maneuvered itself into a corner. Their lack of representation in top you jobs is a significant problem for e. U. Cohesion it will come back to haunt the region. And its a pleasure to welcome tom not told he is the berlin correspondent for the british weekly the economist. He thinks it was
Amy its even worse than you think what the Trump Administration is doing to america. By pulitzernew book prizewinning journalist David Cay Johnson looking at President Trumps first year in office. As trumps own chief of staffff, general john kelly, calls his boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nations regulatory system, and closing the nations borders. And we will hear what President Trump has to say about our g gut David Cay Johnston. Pres. Trump he is a weird dude. Hehe has been following me for 5 years. Obviously, he has not done so well. Always a h hit. I guess he hasnt done a very good job. Amy today, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist David Cay Johnston for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Congress is lurching toward a Government Shutdown as republicans failed to Reach Agreement on a bill that would keep federal
The Iran Nuclear Deal. Next months senate vote has been described as the most consequential Foreign Policy vote since the 2002 decision to invade iraq. Well speak to former National Security council staffer gary sick on what he calls the danger of a failed iran deal. Then leading islamic scholars release a broad declaration on Climate Change. Hashe prophet said, allah made the earth green and beautiful and he has appointed you as his stewards. Join with him around the world as we call on World Leaders to do more and to make firm commitments. Amy we will speak to bangladeshi scientist saleemul huq who helped draft the islamic declaration on Global Climate change. And then to the beat up squad. A group of Prison Guards in new york are accused of brutally killing an inmate and then trying to cover up his death. We will speak with reporter Michael Schwirtz about the attack at fishkill as well as what happened after judah prisoners escaped from another new york jail, the Clinton Correctiona
Musician rogers waters, Founding Member of pink floyd. He has emerged one of the most prominent supporters of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement against israel. We will talk about an attempt by long island politicians to shut down two of his upcoming concerts, his opposition to the senate antibds bill, plus his role in the documentary, the occupation of the American Mind israels Public Relations war in the United States. Advertisingsed would put it in even more blunt terms. Propaganda is not a dirty word, he said. Face it. We are the game of changing peoples minds. Making the think differently. To a compost that, we need propaganda. Roger waters and sut jhally for the hour. All of that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In a breakthrough that could shield 800,000 undocumented immigrants from deportation, top Congressional Democrats said wednesday theyve reached a deal with President Trump to protect