Were not going to retreat back into bigotry in this country. Amy today, a democracy now special senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. In his first extensive broadcast interview since the election, sanders talks about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro and his message to supporters. Bernie throughout history, serious people have fought back. That is where we are now. It is not acceptable. It is really not, for people to throw their hands up and say im depressed, im giving up. Its not about you. Its about the future of this planet. Its about your kids and your grandchildren. It is about american democracy. It is about the very fundamental issues and nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say i give up. On the other hand, you have to jump in and start fighting. Thats senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. All that and more coming up. To democracy now. Im amy goodman. Today coming this holiday special, we will spend the hour with vermont
Were not going to retreat back into bigotry in this country. Amy today, a democracy now special senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. In his first extensive broadcast interview since the election, sanders talks about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro and his message to supporters. Bernie throughout history, serious people have fought back. That is where we are now. It is not acceptable. It is really not, for people to throw their hands up and say im depressed, im giving up. Its not about you. Its about the future of this planet. Its about your kids and your grandchildren. It is about american democracy. It is about the very fundamental issues and nobody in this room or in this country has a right to say i give up. On the other hand, you have to jump in and start fighting. Thats senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. All that and more coming up. To democracy now. Im amy goodman. Today coming this holiday special, we will spend the hour with vermont
Champions of social justice. They appeared together on stage in conversation for the first 20that democracy now s anniversary celebration. We will air that conversation and Noam Chomskys address on donald trump and the dire threat facing our planet. At this point, the two major threats to survival can converge. One is an environmental catastrophe and the other is nuclear war. Another threat is increasing right before our eyes. Amy today, noam chomsky, a belafonte, and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On december 5, over 2300 people packed into the Historic Riverside Church here in manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of democracy now democracy now first went on the air on the eve of the 1996 New Hampshire primary. The date was february 19, 1996. The show began as a radio show on nine Radio Stations. Today, over 5000 episodes later, democracy now airs on over 1400 Public Television and Radio Stations across the g
Champions of social justice. They appeared together on stage in conversation for the first 20that democracy now s anniversary celebration. We will air that conversation and Noam Chomskys address on donald trump and the dire threat facing our planet. At this point, the two major threats to survival can converge. One is an environmental catastrophe and the other is nuclear war. Another threat is increasing right before our eyes. Amy today, noam chomsky, a belafonte, and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. On december 5, over 2300 people packed into the Historic Riverside Church here in manhattan to celebrate the 20th anniversary of democracy now democracy now first went on the air on the eve of the 1996 New Hampshire primary. The date was february 19, 1996. The show began as a radio show on nine Radio Stations. Today, over 5000 episodes later, democracy now airs on over 1400 Public Television and Radio Stations across the g
Were tortured, killed, and disappeared under military dictatorships. Van boven our primary duty is towards the peoples in whose name the United Nations charter was written. Bertie ramcharan he was by far the greatest human rights leader the u. N. Has ever had. Van boven my name is dale van boven. I was the director of the United Nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. Tom mccarthy there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret Service Agents in the corridors looking after what we were doing, following what the ngos were doing, threatening people, putting pressure on other governments. Latin america had strong dictatorships. Ngos couldnt mention government names in the commission for violations. Van boven it is inexplicable and indefensible for the United Nations not to react urgently to situations of gross violations of human rights. Ramcharan it was entirely unheard of that a human rights director would take vigorous positions. Everything th