Yamma, flash boys fame, claim the market was rigged and former australian Prime Minister, kevin rudd. Plenty to discuss with him, from the siege in sydney to the massacre in pakistan and chapter in signer hacking in light of sony and reported likelihood north korea was behind all of it before we get to that lets begin with the markets. In fact, an historic day lack agent nearly 300point gapes for the dow, second session in a row to put that in perspective we havent seen backtoback gains of this point magnitude since december of 2008, same for the s p 500, add 3 points today on top of about a 30point gain yesterday. Again, thats the first time we have seen that in more than five years. Get into this market rally and closing Ball Exchange with the nasdaq also up nearly 2 again today. Ron mullin camp us, jim lowell from advisory investment, hank smith from Haverford Trust and very own rick santelli. Welcome, everybody. Jim what do you make of this snap back . Too much too soon . No not at
My name is jason i work with haymarket books. I have the privilege of [inaudible] for these gentlemen [inaudible] like to take the opportunity to thank everybody for coming and introduce the event a little bit. Weve had a number of events like this, and therell a few more, and theyve all been really exciting to be a part of and i just want to say a few things about why i think events like these are so important particularly today. You know, it strikes me just you know, walking through the world how lonely it can be and isolating it can be to be an antiwar activist. Theres an Antiwar Movement out there, its certainly receded away from vision. Its harder to see. Any sort of organized action. And what were left with is, you know is the Mainstream Media that to the extent they have any debates on any of the wars that were currently engaged in, its usually someone who is prowar on one side debating someone who is prowar on the other side, and the content is how to best execute u. S. Empire
Nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Louis area as a grand jury nears a decision in the Police Killing of unarmed teenager michael brown. The grand jury is set to reconvene today as it weighs whether to bring char
They will be accompanied by jets, bombers, and drones. We will speak with kathy kelly of voices for creative nonviolence, just back from afghanistan and with journalist matt aikins. His recent piece is headlined, afghanistan the making of a narco state. The country produced about 90 of the worlds supply of opium in 2014. Then, back in new york some 20,000 Police Officers attended one of the Largest Police funerals in new york history. To honor one of two officers murdered in the last weeks. Hundreds of police turned their back outside the church as mayor de blasio delivered his eulogy inside. We will speak with the Police Officer who says those officers with their backs turned on the present the feelings of many police. I guess the main question is where do we go from now . Where does police and community decide to come together to see how were going to move forward after this tragedy . We will speak with adhyl polanco. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracy
This year. When will americas longest war ever end . We will go to kabul to speak with the peace activist and physician dr. Hakim and to kathy kelly of voices for creative nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Loui