It is the right thing to do. Amy after months of protests, a weeklong Hunger Strike, and a walkout by the Football Team, the university of missouri president quit in the campus chancellor announced he is stepping down. Well speak with student walker who organized racism lives here demonstrations at the university, stephanie shonekan, chair of the department of black studies, and dave zirin, sportswriter for the nation. Then we go to Yale University, or nearly 1000 students protested yesterday around racerelated incidents. Then to egypt. No account ability for the mubarak killings, the transitional role that followed him or killing of protesters under morsi himself during the brotherhood rule. With the military back in power in the judiciary almost completely in support of the new militarybacked government, the hopes for credibility for those unnecessary deaths are even dimmer. Amy egyptian journalist and activist hossan bahgat freed just this morning after being detained in a cairo prison for his coverage of the military. We will speak with lina attalah of the news website mada masr and democracy now correspondent sharif kudos, both in cairo. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. University of missouri president tim wolfe has resigned after mass protests over his handling of racism on campus. For weeks, africanamerican students staged demonstrations over what they called a lax response to racial slurs and vandalism. Graduate student Jonathan Butler went on Hunger Strike last week. In a key moment saturday, africanamerican Football Players joined the protest, vowing to boycott games and other Team Activities until the president resigned. Faculty members staged a walkout, and the missouri students association, representing 27,000 undergraduates, called for wolfes resignation. He announced his departure at a News Conference. I ask everybody, the students, the faculty, the staff, to my friends everybody, use the resignation to heal and to Start Talking again, to make the changes necessary and lets focus on changing what we can change today and in the future. Amy the university of missouri columbia campus chancellor bowen loftin also stepped down. Protest at the University Comes as a similar dynamic lays out at one of the nations Top Ivy League schools. On monday, more than 1000 heldnts at Yale University a march over racial insensitivity on campus. We will have more after headlines with the student and professor at the university of missouri, Nation Columnist dave zirin, and the president of yale s black student alliance. Fast food workers are walking off the job in a record 270 cities today in what organizers call the largest action of its kind to date. One year ahead of the 2016 president ial elections, the workers are ramping up their call for a 15 an hour minimum wage and union rights. Protests by lowwage workers, including home care aides and child care workers, are expected in 500 cities today. Nearly 1000 youth activists converged in washington, d. C. , monday, shutting down parts of the city to demand action on climate change, Racial Justice and immigration. , under the banner our generation, our choice, the protest brought together activists groups from the environmental, immigrant rights and black lives matter , movements. Became as the World Meteorological organization said Greenhouse Gas levels in the atmosphere reached a record high last year. Talks aimed at reaching a Global Climate deal open in paris november 30. Democracy now will travel to paris to cover the full two weeks of the talks. Following the defeat of the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline, environmentalists are continuing to oppose other oil and Gas Pipelines across the country. Here in new york, nine people were arrested when protesters blocked the entrance to a wareyard in montrose to protest spectra energys plans to expand its pipeline. The protesters say the aim pipeline would run within 100 feet of the Indian Point Nuclear plant and expose local communities to toxic emissions. In egypt, a leading journalist and human rights activist has been released following his controversial detention this weekend. Hossam bahgat was detained after publishing a report on the secret convictions of 26 military officers accused of plotting a coup against the government of egyptian president sisi. His detention sparked international condemnation. We will go to cairo for more on his case later in the broadcast. President obama has promised a full investigation after a Jordanian Police officer killed two american contractors, two jordanians and a South African , at a u. S. Funded Police Training center near amman. The gunman was killed in a shootout. Four people, including two americans, were wounded. The slain americans were reportedly contractors with the military firm dyncorp, who were working for the state department on a program to train Palestinian Security forces. Obama denounced the shooting monday. The fact that someone dressed in military uniform carried out an attack at a Training Facility in which it appears there may have been two or three u. S. Citizens killed, and a number of other individuals injured. Obviously, a full investigation is taking place. We take this very seriously and we will be working closely with the jordanians to determine exactly what happened. Amy the United Nations has warned the east african nation of burundi is on the verge of catastrophe amid fears of a potential genocide. The violence erupted earlier this year when the president announced what many say was an unconstitutional bid for a third time, winning reelection in july. The ensuing violence has killed at least 240 people and more than 200,000 have fled the country. Parliament members in the spains catalonia region have voted in favor of independence, approving a plan that would see them secede within 18 months. Spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy vowed to oppose the measure in court, saying catalonia is not going anywhere. Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto has agreed to a debate on marijuana after the Mexican Supreme Court paved the way for legalization. In a rebuke of the u. S. Backed war on drugs, the court ruled last week that four people who wanted to grow marijuana for personal use could do so. On monday, president pena nieto said he was open to a debate. For me, it would not be desirable, nor mi in favor of the eventual legalization of marijuana consumption, but our personal conviction does not keep me from opening up debate, a debate which scientifically and was solid arguments could allow us to arrive at another position. Amy drugrelated violence has killed well over 100,000 people in mexico since the war on drugs began under president Felipe Calderon in 2006 president obamas executive actions on immigration have suffered another setback in court. The 5th Circuit Court of appeals upheld an earlier injunction blocking the plan to protect up to five Million People from deportation. The challenge was brought by states with republican governors who oppose programs to protect parents of u. S. Citizens and undocumented people who were brought here as children. The Administration May appeal to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has accepted another challenge to the obama administrations initiative to require Birth Control coverage in Employee Health plans. Already, employers who object to providing Birth Control on religious grounds can claim an exemption, shifting the burden to insurers and the federal government. All they have to do is notify the government of their beliefs, generally by filling out a short form. But some groups say even that step violates their beliefs. The Supreme Court will consider several cases brought by groups including the Roman Catholic archdiocese of washington and the Little Sisters of the poor, which runs homes for the elderly. A federal Appeals Court has ruled louisiana can continue to imprison angola 3 member Albert Woodfox and proceed with plans to try him a third time for a murder after his two previous convictions for the crime were overturned. Woodfox has spent more than 40 years in solitary confinement. He was convicted of the 1972 murder of a prison guard, a crime for which he and late fellow angola 3 member Herman Wallace say they were framed for their political activism. The slain guards widow is among those who have called for woodfoxs release. Herman wallace was released in and died of liver cancer three october 2013 days later. Woodfox remains in prison. And today marks the 20th anniversary of the execution of nigerian activist ken sarowiwa. He led the movement against shells oil practices in the ogoni region. Oil pipelines crisscross ogoni land and gas flares the size of apartment buildings lit up the night sky. Polluting the air. Despite Widespread International protests he was hanged after a , sham trial along with eight other ogoni rights activists. The anniversary of ken sarowiwas death comes as Amnesty International says areas of the niger delta remain heavily polluted by oil spills, years after shell claims to have cleaned them up. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A revolt by africanamerican students at the university of missouri has forced two top officials to resign. On monday, president tim wolfe said he is quitting and columbia campus chancellor bowen loftin announced he will be stepping down by the end of the year in the face of protests over their handling of racism on campus. Africanamerican students have staged weeks of demonstrations against what they called a lax response to bigotry and vandalism. For a week, an africanamerican graduate student, Jonathan Butler, staged a Hunger Strike that he said would only end with wolfes resignation. Students set up a campus encampment in support of butlers action. Theyve dubbed themselves concerned student 1950 a reference to the year the schools first black student enrolled. The administration is also facing opposition from graduate students who fought to win back their health coverage, and activist who denounced the move to sever ties with planned parenthood under republican pressure. A turning point came on saturday when africanamerican players on the university of missouris Football Team joined the protest. In a tweet quoting dr. Martin luther king, jr. , the players wrote the athletes of color on the university of missouri Football Team truly believe injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. they announced they will no longer take part in any football activities until wolfe resigned or was removed due to his negligence toward marginalized students experience. The coach and Athletic Department soon came out in support. The pressure on wolfe then snowballed. The following day, members of the concerned Faculty Group at the university of missouri voted to stage a walkout, and the missouri students association, representing 27,000 undergraduates, called on wolfe to resign. On sunday night, wolfe was still defiant, vowing to stay on. But in a shocking turn of events on monday, wolfe held a News Conference to announce his departure. I am resigning as president of the university of missouri system. My motivation in making this decision comes from love. I love mu. Columbia, where i grew up, the state of missouri. I have thought and prayed about this decision. It is the right thing to do. The response to the announcement im sure ranges from joy for some to anger and others, and that is why were here today. So let mes be to why this is so important at this time. Concerneddents, from 1952 are grad students, Football Players and other students, the frustration and real,that i see is clear, and i dont doubt it for a second. I would ask everybody from students to faculty, staff, to my friends everybody, use my resignation to heal and to Start Talking again, to make the. Hanges necessary and lets focus on changing what we can change today and in the future. Amy that was university of missouri president , tim wolfe, announcing his resignation. His move came just before the schools governing body, the board of curators, was set to discuss his future. The resignation of columbia campus chancellor bowen loftin came just hours later. His departure takes effect in january. He will stay working at the university. Students gathered on campus to celebrate their victory. Activist Jonathan Butler announced his Hunger Strike was over. Addressing supporters, butler wore a tshirt that said i love my blackness and yours. Fact theng on the Hunger Strike itself, look at why we had to get here in the first place and why the struggle and why we had to fight the way we did. At the end of all of this, after all of the letters we have sent in the in person to actions, after all of the forums we have attended, after all between its we have sent, im telling the administration about our pain. It should not have taken this much and it is disgusting and vile we find ourselves in the place we do. With that in mind, i give, one, glory to god for allowing me to. Tand in this moment will sto and two, i want to knowledge this was not i was not alone as these people im standing on the stage with, it was the black community, the black faculty, the other faculty, the people with planned parenthood it was everybody who chose to stand up in this time who made this possible. This is not Jonathan Butler, this is the mizzou committed he for one of the first times ive ever seen stand together united. [applause] amy that was hunger Striking University of missouri graduate student Jonathan Butler, speaking just after the resignation of university of missouri president tim wolfe. For more we are joined by three guests. Dave zirin is a sports columnist for the nation magazine. His latest article is called, 3 lessons from university of missouri president tim wolfes resignation. Danielle walker is a masters student at the Truman School of Public Affairs at university of missouri and creator of the racism lives here movement at mizzou. Stephanie shonekan is the chair of black studies at the university of missouri. She is an associate professor of ethnomusicology and black studies. We welcome you all to democracy now lets begin with danielle. Can you First Respond to the resignation of the university of missouri president tim wolfe as well as your campus chancellor who will leave his chancellorship at the end of the year . Yes, i think its important to highlight how leadership has to be held accountable when tim wolfe says he loves mu, how can you say you loved mu when you students of color suffering so long under your leadership role . It is bittersweet to see all of these changes going on in our university, but this is a long overdue and it is time for new leadership to take over the reins and to assure theyre it is about diversity, inclusion, and a welcoming environment for all students. , can youelle walker take us through what went through on your campus, why you created the racism lives here movement . I think for a lot of people, they heard for the first time what was going on at the university yesterday when the president announced he was resigning. But you have been dealing with this for a very long time. Explain what led to this point. I have been a student at the university of missouri since 2008. My sophomore year, we had an incident where white students sprayed cotton balls over our black Culture Center in our administrations response was they committed littering and vandalism. Not that it was a hate crime. That in action from there on all the way until now has just been building upon itself. And this fall, our student body president was called the nword while calling while walking on campus. It is a must normalized and expected that if youre walking on campus at night time and black, be prepared to be called outragedord and i was and disgusted that once again, the administration, who i had hoped that when our body pre