To land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amy today, Michael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays special broadcast remembering the life and legacy of the legendary antiwar priest father Daniel Berrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Berrigan was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright, and lifelong resister against what he called American Military imperialism.
And poet, one of the founders of the Plowshares Movement against Nuclear Weapons. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calcululation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amamy today, miMichael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We b begin todays spececial broadcast remembering the life a and legay of the l legendary antntiwar pt father daniel berrrrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Beberrigan wasa
And poet, one of the founders of the Plowshares Movement against Nuclear Weapons. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calcululation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amamy today, miMichael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We b begin todays spececial broadcast remembering the life a and legay of the l legendary antntiwar pt father daniel berrrrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Beberrigan wasa
Growing corruption scandal. Could he soon face charges for mass murder as well . We will go to Guatemala City for the latest. Then to kentucky where a county clerk is refusing to issue marriage licenses to samesex couples. Youre supposed to issue marriage licenses. The Supreme Court denied your stay. We are not issuing marriage licenses today. Why are you not . Because im not. Under his authority . Under gods authority. In the code that is david moore trying to get a marriage license from kim davis. He will join us from kentucky along with the head of the Fairness Campaign. Kentuckys statewide lgbt advocacy group. Then Canadian Police file charges against a Syrian Intelligence officer accused of torturing maher arar who was kidnapped by u. S. Authority is at jfk airport in 2002 and sent to syria where he was tortured. Cell, underground ,asically about three feet wide six feet high, and about seven feet the. It was a filthy place. It was dark. It basically that is why i always refer to
Then to cowspiracy. A vegan diet produces half as much co2 1 11 the amount of fossil fuels 1 13 of water. I realized i had the choice every single day to save over 1100 gallons of water, 45 pounds of grain, 30 square feet of force did land, the equivalent of 20 pounds of co2, and one animals life. Amy as california experiences a massive drought, we will speak to two documentary filmmakers about the link between Climate Change and Meat Consumption. Then we look at how the tsas Behavior Detection Program is being used to target undocumented immigrants, not terrorists. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United Nations has demanded access to a Palestinian Refugee camp in syria invaded by the selfproclaimed islamic state, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. About 18,000 people have been trapped in yarmouk, just a few miles from outside the capital damascus the stronghold of syrian president bashar alas