Stephen graham who wrote cities under siege the new military urbanism. He spoke last november on democracy now describing the level of equipment out sensible to Police Departments in the United States. Theres been a longstanding shift in north america and europe toward para militarize policing using helicopterstyle systems, using infrared sensors, using really, really heavy militarized weaponry. That has been longstanding fuelled by the war on drugs and other sort of explicit campaigns. More recently, there has been a big push since the end of the cold war by the big defense and security and i. T. Companies to sell things like Video Surveillance systems, things like geographic mapping systems, and even more recently, drone systems that are being used in the assassination raids in afghanistan and pakistan and elsewhere. That is stephen graham, author of, cities under siege the new military urbanism. Your final comment . Expressing weaponization in the way we live. Policing is one of the
That we are in, thats one thing that should change. President Trump Defends one of his supporters whos charged with murdering two people during protests against the Police Shooting of a black man. Changes to the governments furlough scheme come into effect with employers having to contribute to the cost from today. And coming up this hour. Well look at the impact the pandemic has had on the Nightlife Economy and speak to some of those affected. The coronavirus pandemic has led to a growing divide between children from the most deprived schools and those from wealthier areas, according to a new survey. The study, by the National Foundation for education research, concluded that children in england are three months behind in their learning, with boys and pupils from poorer areas worst affected. Children in england and wales begin to return to school today, with many going in for the first time in six months. Lets speak now to chris mason, our political correspondent. Ministers have got t
The most diverse in the nations history, but not the most aggressive. Who is in and who is out, with john nichols. Then a debate on fracking. Energy selfsufficient and can ensure coming from an area that is tougher from the legacy of industrial pollution, there are all saying, dear Governor Cuomo, we need you to make sure this is an adequate, comprehensive, and it must be completed before any other step in the process moves forward. As new york weighs whether to lift a moratorium on fracking, we will host a debate. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress opened its 113th session thursday, swearing in a Record Number of women and people of color. New members include the only africanamerican now serving in the senate, tim scott of South Carolina, the first black republican senator in more than 30 years. Congress now has a Record Number of women in both chambers, 81 in the house and 20 in the s
This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Up to 18 people have been killed in the latest u. S. Drone attacks on pakistans tribal areas. The strikes hit what pakistani officials described as separate compounds belonging to the Pakistani Taliban in south missouri stan. The taliban commander was reportedly among the dead. The ongoing drone attacks come days after a federal judge ruled the Obama Administration is under no obligation to publicly disclose their legal justification. The American Civil Liberties union and the New York Times had filed a lawsuit under the freedom of information act demanding u. S. Government disclose the legal basis for launching drone strikes overseas. The suit was filed after the u. S. Kill the americanborn cleric Anwar Al Awlaki in yemen despite having never charged him with a crime. In upholding the obama at the ministrations right to secrecy, u. S. District judge Colleen Mcmahon expressed misgivings about the Drone
It is yet another fail for the party is trying offer a solution to serious conflict. American and Russian Diplomats meeting in geneva for five hours. The only thing they could agree on is talking some more. When it came time for the u. S. Special envoy to the region to address reporters, all he could do was expressed sympathy for syria. We are all very deeply aware of the immense suffering of the syrian people. It has gone on for far too long. We all stressed the need for a speedy end to the bloodshed, to the destruction, and also the violence in syria. We stress again that, in our view, there was no military solution to this conflict. The suffering of the people continues inside the country. Video uploaded by activists accuse apparently shows the government shelling a village. Al jazeera cannot confirm this. More under allied video from outside of the Northern City shows a government attack where rebel forces are blocking an oilfield. The government dropped phosphorus bombs. The rebel