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
Constitutional rights defended, investigated, and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. He used the law to sue some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful. In 2002, Michael Ratner filed the first lawsuit against george w. Bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. Six years later, he won a landmark case at the Supreme Court against the Bush Administration. Today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. Us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. Remindsin nation prize us all that the job for each of us is not to be an aside of the executioners. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Brazils senate has voted to suspend president Dilma
Individuals and theyre not a function of one philosophy or another philosophy. Theyre a function of a worlds that has changed and thats the point i want to get across because those are the challenges i think in part we have to deal with. Host that is an inspiring note on which to end what you have told us is that all citizens, not only in america but around the world, really have an obligation to educate themselves about the constitution by listening to each other and to divergent points of view, and by bringing people together and respecting the argument on both sides youre suggesting they can learn from each other. Thats what youre trying to do in this book, what were trying to do at the National Constitution center. Out of your many great contributions to constitutional education, and in addition to your books, the fact youre at heart a teacher you were a teach are at Harvard Law School and still are trying to inspire citizens in america and around the world to educate themselves ab
Economics, china, fire fighting, u. S. Military bases around the world and much more. For a complete television schedule, booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Now, we kick off the weekend with wikileaks editorinchief Julian Assange. He has a new book titled the Wikileaks Files the world according to u. S. Empire. [inaudible conversations] to invite all of you here. This is the launch of the Wikileaks Files. Im jacob stevens, im the director of verso books, and weve been working on this project with Julian Assange and with wikileaks for about four years now. And so this is the culmination of a lot of collaborative editorial and political work that were very proud of, and were thrilled to be able to publish this in close cooperation with Julian Assange and with wikileaks and with his fantastic introduction. You should all get a copy. If you havent got one on your way in, get one on the way out, its part of the ticket. And it has i
Contract whos been to give me a special privilege and that is what Bernie Sanders says is popular right now. They see hillary as the queen of corruption and at least sanders is like a leftwing version of ron paul. Host some of the essays include the high ground for political liberty, the fourth revolution. We have been talking with the editor of the Republican Party civil war. Edward of the atlas society. With a discussion about the fire was a files a collection of the most important of the 2. 3 million state Department Cables released in 2010. Jeremy talks with julian who joined the conversation over video link a video link from the Ecuadorian Embassy from london. This is the launch of the finals and the director and we have been working on this project for about four years now and so this is a common notion of a lot of collaborative editorial and political work that we are very proud of and we are thrilled to be able to publish this. You should have gotten a copy and it has an amazin