Weekend. Well look at the lack of progress in puerto rico, where Hurricane Maria devastated the island two months ago. This slow pace, getting relief to people. People . T we get to its unthinkable. Amy we speak with san juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz. Then, from Hurricane Maria in puerto rico to Hurricane Harvey in texas, we go to dr. Robert bullard, the father of the Environmental Justice movement. What is environmental racism . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman on this democracy now special. Over the last two months, the political, media and entertainment worlds have been rocked as thousands of women and some men have come forward to share their stories of Sexual Harassment and abuse. The catalyst was the historic disgracing of hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, who is being criminally investigated after dozens of women came forward to accuse weinstein of rape, assault and Sexual Harassment. Following the
Launched the me too hashtag more than a decade ago. Then, thousands of people marched for puerto rico in washington, d. C. This past weekend. Well look at the lack of progress in puerto rico, where Hurricane Maria devastated the island two months ago. This slow pace, getting relief to people. People . T we get to its s unthinkable. Amy we speaeak with san juann mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz. Then, from Hurricane Maria in puerto rico to Hurricane Harvey in texas, we go to dr. Robert bullard, the father of the Environmental Justice movement. What is environmental racism . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman on this democracy now special. Over the last two months, the political, media and entertainment worlds have been rocked as thousands of women and some men have come forward to share their stories of Sexual Harassment and abuse. The catalyst was the historic disgracing of hollywood mogul harvey weieinstein, who i
Chelsea manning and edward acts. N, courageous they fulfilled the responsibility of someone who takes citizenship seriously. That is who believes the people of the country ought to know something about what their government is up to. Amy noam chomsky for the hour in a public conversation i had with him in cambridge, massachusetts. All of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In this democracy now special, we spend the hour with the worldrenowned linguist and political dissident noam chomsky. In a public conversation we had in april, we talked about climate change, Nuclear Weapons, north korea, iran, the war in syria, and the Trump Administrations threat to prosecute wikileaks founder Julian Assange. We also talked about Noam Chomskys new book, requiem for the American Dream the 10 principles of concentration of wealth power. Hundreds of people packed into the First Parish Church in cambridge, massachusetts, for ou
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Destroyed much of the islands every structure, many of the 3. 5 million residents remain without electricity and are desperate for fresh water, food, and other supplies. We will go to san juan for an update. From the center for investigative journalists. They say the death toll is higher than the government reports. Then we will spend the rest of the hour with Michael Moore, the Academy Awardwinning filmmaker behind fahrenheit 9 11 and bowling for columbine. He is on broadway in his theatrical debut in a play called the terms of my surrender. Basically, none of us are going to surrender. The actual terms are pretty extensive. It is not just getting rid of trump. We have to take a look at how we got trump. He did not just fall out of the sky. He is the end result of the decades of both dumbing down the country but also the widening gap between those with wealth and those who work to provide the wealth for those who are rich. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , d