Richard clarke, the nations former counterterrorism czar under bill clinton and george w. Bush. 15 years ago, he pushed for the arming of u. S. Drones. Yes now become a critic and is accuse the of has accused the obama ministration of covering up the number of civilian casualties in drone strikes. A john brennan, who replaced couple removed in the white house, at one point said there were none, which i found laughable, no program has none. And Richard Clarke on whether his former boss president bush should be tried for war crimes. It is clear that things the Bush Administration did, in my mind at least it is clear, some of the things they did were war crimes. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The last known american prisoner of war in afghanistan has been freed in a prisoner swap with the taliban. Bowe bergdahl was held captive since going missing in june 2009. There have been rumors he left his base una
Richard clarke, the nations former counterterrorism czar under bill clinton and george w. Bush. 15 years ago, he pushed for the arming of u. S. Drones. Yes now become a critic and is accuse the of has accused the obama ministration of covering up the number of civilian casualties in drone strikes. A john brennan, who replaced couple removed in the white house, at one point said there were none, which i found laughable, no program has none. And Richard Clarke on whether his former boss president bush should be tried for war crimes. It is clear that things the Bush Administration did, in my mind at least it is clear, some of the things they did were war crimes. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The last known american prisoner of war in afghanistan has been freed in a prisoner swap with the taliban. Bowe bergdahl was held captive since going missing in june 2009. There have been rumors he left his base una
Legendary folk singer and activist has died at the age of 94. Realized that Little Things lead to bigger things. This wonderful parable in the scatterament, the sower seeds, sump on the pathway and get stamped on and dont grow. Some fall on the rocks and they dont grow, but some seeds fall on how the ground and grow and multiply a thousand fold. Who knows where some good little thing that you have done they bring results years later that you never dreamed of. Pete seeger in his own words and song for the hour. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The legendary folk singer and activist pete seeger has died at the age of 94. He helped found the American Folk Music movement. He played with Woody Guthrie and the almanac singers in the 1940s, stood up against senator Joseph Mccarthys witchhunt in the 1950s, and oppose the vietnam war in the 1960s. He inspired generations of protest singers to come. We will spend
Mcluhan made a series of pronouncements about the changing media landscape. What he said then still resonates in the wired world we inhabit today. Mcluhan was writing about the effects of the mass media on contemporary life, talking mostly about television. However, his ideas and predictions proved prophetic and, in the tumult of todays digital revolution, a lot of what mcluhan said seems as relevant now as it was 50 years ago. In part two of the program, well speak with a present day media theorist about mcluhan. Evgeny morozov also has some interesting and, at times, contrarian views on new and social media and how many of us see its potential impact on society. In short, he thinks were naive, idealistic and should be prepared to be disappointed. But first, the media now compared to the message then from Marshall Mcluhan. At the speed of light, theres no sequence. Everything happens at the same instant. When you dont have a physical body, youre a discarnate being. You have a very dif
Separatists. And they allege vote rigging as he loses in a moscow race. And peace on hold, the pkk fighters suspend the pull out from turkey. So with world opinions divided on possible military strikes on syria, the diplomatic war is heating up, and russia and syrias foreign minister suggested the u. S. Would effectively be sizing with alqaeda. Now, syrias president has denied involvement in the suspected chemical weapons attack. Last month in an interview to be broadcast later bashir assad said there is no link to him and the attacks. And meanwhile the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry said military strikes could be prevented if they hand over the chemical weapons stockpile. Let me be clear, the United States of america, president obama, myself, others are in full agreement that the end of the conflict in syria requires a political solution. There is no military solution. And we have no illusions about that. But a resolution to this has to come about because the parties are prepared