prolific transparency activists, ryan shapiro, reveals he is suing the nsa, fbi, and defense intelligence agency in an attempt to force the agencies to open the records detailing how the u.s. secretly helped apartheid south africa capture leadingandela in 1962, to his 27 years in prison. we will also speak with ryan shapiro about why the fbi considers his academic research on the animal rights movement a threat to national security. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the obama administration is preparing to ask congress to reform the national security agency s own collection of phone records one of the most controversial nsa practices exposed by edward snowden. the new york times, setting an end officials, says the proposal would leave the bulk data in the hands of phone companies. to obtain specific records, the nsa would seek permission from a judge in the form of a new kind of court order
as the house of representatives ended session for the year without cutting immigration reform, we speak to labor leader eliseo medina who long hungerd a month- fast on the mall for immigration reform. he joined the labor movement for decades ago, working alongside cesar chavez. a south africa prepares for the funeral of nelson mandela, we look back at how african- american workers at polaroid helped launch the divestment movement against apartheid in south africa in the early 1970s. we will speak with caroline hunter, cofounder of the polaroid workers revolutionary movement, who opposed polaroid making photos for the id pass books for blacks under apartheid. and by whatever means necessary, we have found corporations, government forces of imperialism have aligned. what we re are calling for is the same tactics. by whatever means necessary, we as an african people align ourselves, understand the seriousness of the struggle. and we look at how the cia helped south africa
as the house of representatives ended session for the year without cutting immigration reform, we speak to labor leader eliseo medina who long hungerd a month- fast on the mall for immigration reform. he joined the labor movement for decades ago, working alongside cesar chavez. a south africa prepares for the funeral of nelson mandela, we look back at how african- american workers at polaroid helped launch the divestment movement against apartheid in south africa in the early 1970s. we will speak with caroline hunter, cofounder of the polaroid workers revolutionary movement, who opposed polaroid making photos for the id pass books for blacks under apartheid. and by whatever means necessary, we have found corporations, government forces of imperialism have aligned. what we re are calling for is the same tactics. by whatever means necessary, we as an african people align ourselves, understand the seriousness of the struggle. and we look at how the cia helped south africa