It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it became head of the naacp. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house just three days before a year in deadline to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Some 600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases will take effect if no agreement is reached. Obama and the rest of republicans remain of the impasse over the republican refusal to allow ta
Domestic surveillance program. Then, will the government of nerve North Carolina pardon the wilmington 10 . It is not a secret an injustice has been done. Now, Governor Perdue has an opportunity to right the wrong. We cannot go back to 1980. This is 2012. The North Carolina governor is being urged to pardon a group of civil rights activists were falsely convicted and imprisoned 40 years ago for the firebombing of a white owned Grocery Store. The conviction was overturned in 1980, but the state has never pardon them. We will speak with one of the wilmington 10 who served eight years behind bars and it became head of the naacp. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama is set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house just three days before a year in deadline to avoid the socalled fiscal cliff. Some 600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases will take effect if no agreement
Senate approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa to do what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama
After much drama, the so called fiscal cliff has been averted for now. We will look at what is in the Senate Approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa too what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up.
Called fiscal cliff has been averted for now. We will look at what is in the Senate Approved by the house late last night. We will speak with economist juliet schor. After years of extreme weather, will 2013 be year zero in the battle over Climate Change . Were closer now them have ever been to what we need to do. I think we peeled away the layers of the onion and have gotten to the heart of things. As of tonight, were going after the fossil fuel industries. [applause] will host a discussion between Bill Mckibben, founder of 350. Org, and journalist Christian Parenti. He is author of tropic of chaos Climate Change and the new geography of violence. If the government allowed the epa to do what it must do, raise the price of burning fossil fuels, that would help direct private money into renewable energy, help put people back to work. In the face of this crisis, we have to think seriously and creatively about the role of government. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now ,