School in northeastern nigeria. Then occupy on trial. I ended a 40 something our stay in jail and ended up with this. Occupy wall street activist Cecily Mcmillan has been found guilty of assaulting a new York City Police officer in a trial that critics say should have been about the police assaulting her. She faces up to seven years in prison. After the trial, she was immediately taken to Rikers Island. We will speak with her attorney. And former black Panther Kathleen Cleaver and actor danny glover on black power mixtape. Youre able to reflect on a moment and understand the core values of that moment. It was james brown, but at the same time from he said, im black and im proud at the same time. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ukraines interior minister says 30 prorussian insurgents and four soldiers have been killed in the eastern city as ukraine continues an assault to reassert control. Ukraine is al
React to the sensuous color, and perceive the touchf the artist in the rich brushwork. The pangthemselves cam. In this program, well try to recreate the experience of the exhibition itself, moving through the various phases of van dycks career and discovering his magnificent art. Van dycks earliest family portrait sets the stage for our look at the artists life and rk. Itaintedn 19 in anerp, when v dyck was only about 20 yearsld. In this closeknit group, we sense intimacy and informality. The child looks up at h fatr, who leans protectively toward his young wife and daughter. This deep sympathy for families would be one of van dycks great contributions to the art of portraiture. In 1609, when van dyck was only 10 years old, he apprenticed with a painter in his native city of antwerp in the southern netherlands. By t time he was 16, his skill and talent allowed him to join the workshop of leing arti of the day, peter paul rubens. Rubenscomplex compositions, such as these with their scul
By the 1500s, venice claimed 1,000 years of history as a free and independent republic. The chill wind of economic change the decline of empire had not yet touched its selfconfidence. It was still rich in trade and crafts. Its imperial possessions still spread out across the mediterranean and into the italian mainland, as here at vicenza. So the theater and the spectacle were props for a powerful empire which had survived for so long by hardheaded business acumen, by skillful diplomacy, and when those failed, by sheer military force. The cast of characters who paraded on this spectacular stage included the gods of antiquity whose attributes the city took as its own. Like ancient athens, venice personified itself as a woman as serenissima the serene as venus the sensual. The city even claimed a special relationship with the virgin mary virtuous and pure. Behind its spectacular mask the republic used its prisoners of war as slaves employed thousands of prostitutes and preserved the privi
Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. First, President Trump has used his 4th ofjuly message to claim that the United States is on course for a tremendous victory over the coronavirus. Thats despite a surge in infections thats curtailed Independence Day celebrations across the nation. Covid 19 has killed nearly 130,000 americans. Lets bring you some live pictures now from the white house where President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are hosting an event titled a salute to america on americas Independence Day. President trump is expected to pay tribute to health care workers, police and the military. Lets listen in. Those that are lying about our history, those who want us to be ashamed of who want us to be ashamed of who we are are not interested injustice or in healing. Their goal is demolition. 0ur injustice or in healing. Their goal is demolition. Our goal is not to dest
Different experience. Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump has used his Second National address on americas Independence Day to claim that americas Rich Heritage belonged to every citizen of the country, from every background, no matter our race, colour, religion or creed. He attempted to reach out to all americans, saying the country was not Rich Heritage longed to every citizen from every background matter our race, colour, religion or creed. He reaffirmed his determination to put America First and promised to defend its history and heroes from those who tarnished them. Lets ta ke those who tarnished them. Lets take a listen. This incredible story of American Progress is a story of each generation picking up where the last finished, linked by the time, by fate and the internal bonds of our national affection. Those who would sever those bonds would cut us off from the wisdom, the courage, love and the devotion that it gave us everything we are today and everything we strive