Have wealth and power of the people who need to change. Today, british comedian, actor and activist Russell Brand for the hour. He is out with a new book, simply titled revolution. Once known as the face of the mtv movie awards, he has since become one of the most prominent voices of the british left. He has taken part in antiausterity protests, spoken at occupy wall street and marched with the hacker collective anonymous. A recovering addict himself, Russell Brand has also become a leading critic of britains drug laws. It is not important we regard people suffering from addiction with compassion and there is a pragmatic rather than some bolick approach to treating it. I think [indiscernible] it is kind of symbolic and not really functional. Id. See how it especially helps. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from london. The top military officer in the United States has said he is cons
Hop on. But its findings in detail and anti science sequence on that ball in tight times. It all the tongue of me not far from the south west and china to its goal to set a box the ukrainian by police the protest as scientists told the president of the ending. Welcome to cctv his army to me in that day. I was a Prime Minister said sexy models from opposition protest as on on the acceptable under the constitution in the ten devised a News Conference from a state election what made it to add that she would not sta down as she appealed for an end to violence we want to have the findings are he said the appeal. And that im in the u n by and then the coffee the greenback be acted upon. Read what is happening at the thought that id not thought to look into that now. The landscape studies find that in past wars the canon of opportunity but its had thousands of protesters trying to seize government buildings mixed thai capital and protest lead acid ted talks of an impact says he wont seem not
Life after war former fighters find new lives in the democratic republic of congo. We begin in ukraine where theres no sense of who is running the country. The president is out of the capital, after being impeached by parliament. No one is sure if he is still in ukraine. His arch rival tymoschenko is free after two years in gaol. She made her way to independence square, where she urged protesters to remain until the struggle is over. The camps from quiet, but many protesters remained. The main question now is somewhere the president. He has, in fact, abandoned his residence and was seen claiming he was the victim of a coup. Whelm talk to Rory Challands at the Winter Olympics in sochi, an event eclipsed by event in ukraine, first to Andrew Simmonds in kiev. Where is Viktor Yanukovych, do we know of his fate . No one knows where he is, but an incident in the east of the country has been described where a plane a president ial charter plane. It was stopped from taking off. Armed men, body
And i am jonah hull with the other news from europe. No terror attacks and russia top of the medals table. Sochi celebrates as the most expensive olympics ever come to a close. And people in the divided city boat voyt for a new mayor for the 40 time in four months. Still mass protests in the ukrainian capital of kiev many people are demanding that those behind the recent violence space justice. Even u. Foreign policy chief Katherine Ashton will visit ukraine on monday for talks with key players. The parliament is trying to resolve the power vacuum left by the departure of president victor yanukovych. It appointed alexander as the interim president , hes a close ally of Yulia Tymoshenko. But the former Prime Minister says she wont seek to be elected in any future government. And its still not known where exactly yanukovych is. From kiev here is the latest. Reporter victory came at a cost. There is no euphoria in independence square. Instead, we found grief. They have lost too much to ce
A massive protest are backing the streets of thailands Anti Government demonstrators all important needed. Like minister said a lot. And three bcm. During the elections. The stories of war. On friday. This effort when third here in korea life from full time teaching them sean went into so much for joining us. We begin with the National Rail strike entered its third week on this monday with operations running at seventy to eighty percent normal. This tehran rail operator has announced plans to hire hundreds of workers to fill the gap. It refuses to budge. Especially after police raided its umbrella Office Acting cia reports on the ongoing dispute doesnt really strike rumbled into the spirit. On monday the union is holding firm in the aftermath of a police raid on sunday the Korean Confederation of trade unions. The Green Umbrella Group threatened not to protest he meets he quickly caught on the construction of the commission in response to sundays be hundreds of riot police raided the t