French soil since world war ii. It was an act of total savagery. Currently, 127 deaths and many injured. Families are distressed. The country suffering and i have issued a decree to proclaim three days of national mourning. In retaliation, the French Air Force carried out its largest airstrikes to date in syria, targeting raqqa going to the fact oh capital of the socalled Islamic State. We will go to paris for the latest and hear voices from Place De La Republique, were thousands have gathered to mourn , plus democratic president ial andidates Hillary Clinton Bernie Sanders sparked over the u. S. Role in the rise of the self acclaimed Islamic State. I would argue that the disastrous invasion of iraq, something i strongly opposed, had unraveled the region and clearly and led to the rise of al qaeda and to isis. Ive said the invasion of iraq was a mistake, but i think if were ever really going to tackle the problems posed by jihadi extreme terrorism, we need to understand this and realiz
Down by Chicago Police officer Jason Van Dyke. Roughly seven other officers are also at the scene. The number helped laquan . Zero. The video was released yesterday. The naumann and dies the indictment announced just before. Really 1000 black lives matter protesters took to the streets last night after alleged white shot five. S black lives matter exists to fight dangerous antiblack rhetoric and criminalization of black people. Because of that, we are recommitting our occupation of the fourth precinct until we get justice. Amy police have now arrested three people in connection with the mass shooting, which took place at a protest against the Police Killing of unarmed jamar clark. Can we will go to minneapolis to speak with an eyewitness of the shooting of the protesters and with minneapolis Congressmember Keith Ellison, who is calling for the release of the video of the shooting of clark. During a police raid last an officer dressed in fatigues wednesday, and carrying what appeared to
Sit in as part of an action dubbed flood wall street. Wall street invest in all the polluting, wasteful, Toxic Industries that are causing this crisis. Wall street is all profits from the destruction of the planet. We have to stop them, basically. We have got to stop them from interfering with the politics of democracy. As the u. N. Climate summit opens in new york, we speak with indigenous leader Winona Laduke, South African climate campaigner desmond dsa, and indian environmental activist vandana shiva. Is damming every river, chopping every tree, mining every mineral that can be mined and calling a development. In our parts of the world, the Word Development becomes the ultimate justification for any destruction. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The United States has launched strikes against militants in syria. United states fired 47 tomahawk land attack missiles from warships in the red sea and nort
Iraq. We will speak with code pink Medea Benjamin a professor vijay prashad. Into the streets of new york where 100 climate activists were arrested after staging a mass sit in as part of an action dubbed flood wall street. Wall street invest in all the polluting, wasteful, Toxic Industries that are causing this crisis. Wall street is all profits from the destruction of the planet. We have to stop them, basically. We have got to stop them from interfering with the politics of democracy. As the u. N. Climate summit opens in new york, we speak with indigenous leader Winona Laduke, South African climate campaigner desmond dsa, and indian environmental activist vandana shiva. Is damming every river, chopping every tree, mining every mineral that can be mined and calling a development. In our parts of the world, the Word Development becomes the ultimate justification for any destruction. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Funeral and speak to mourners who share their own stories about police brutality. They kicked down my door. They put nine millimeters on my tds had and they weren nothing but 9, 10 for 11 years old. They took my kids and lock them up for 30 days. 30 days over a snickers bar. As well as the nine millimeters and kicked in my house. That day, my whole life changed. X then we look at the crisis in libya three years after the u. S. Back toppling up Muammar Gaddafi. Egypt andhe past week the United Arab Emirates has secretly carried out airstrikes against islamist militia there. We will stick with professor Vijay Prashad, author of, arab spring, libyan winter. If you just give the libyan people a destroyed country, how are they going to build a future . That is the real danger of the air apartment in the style the americans conduct. They level countries and then tell people to create a democracy. It doesnt work like that. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow.