a year of public anger millions around the globe took to the streets in 2019 to vent their anger against government wants behind this global dissatisfaction and is this action making any difference this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i m sam is a than the year 2019 will be remembered for the wave of protests that swept the world with millions of people protesting to demand change often those demonstrations turned violent security forces killed in some countries like iraq and also used extreme force leading to the deaths of several 100 people in hong kong the use of tear gas and live ammunition became common each protest movement have its own reasons but they were united in their demand for democracy and fairness hong kong s protests began in june against plans to allow people to be extradited to mainland china fighting between police and activists have become increasingly violent with police firing live bullets and protesters attacking officers and throwing pe
that are rapidly changing the world we live in so is it possible for trouble to actually apply to a keyhole counting the cost on al-jazeera. a year of public anger millions around the globe took to the streets in 2019 to vent their anger against government wants behind this global dissatisfaction and is this action making any difference this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i m sam is a than the year 2019 will be remembered for the wave of protests that swept the world with millions of people protesting to demand change often those demonstrations turned violent security forces killed in some countries like iraq and also used extreme force leading to the deaths of several 100 people in hong kong the use of tear gas and live ammunition became common each protest movement have its own reasons but they were united in their demand for democracy and fairness hong kong s protests began in june against plans to allow people to be extradited to mainland china fighting be
a year of public anger millions around the globe took to the streets in 2019 to vent their anger against government wants behind this global dissatisfaction and is this action making any difference this is inside story. hello and welcome to the show i m sam is a than the year 2019 will be remembered for the wave of protests that swept the world with millions of people protesting to demand change often those demonstrations turned violent security forces killed in some countries like iraq and also used extreme force leading to the deaths of several 100 people in hong kong the use of tear gas and live ammunition became common each protest movement have its own reasons but they were united in their demand for democracy and fairness hong kong s protests began in june against plans to allow people to be extradited to mainland china fighting between police and activists have become increasingly violent with police firing live bullets and protesters attacking officers and throwing pe
that is live at 12:25 eastern time on c-span2. here is some of the featured program for this president s day weekend on the c-span networks. on booktv saturday morning at 9:00 live coverage of the savannah book festival, nonfiction authors and books on topics like the disappearance of michael rockefeller, a british company of the elephants in world war ii and four women spies during the civil war and at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards former senior adviser for president obama david axelrod on his 4 years in politics. on american history tv on c-span 3, saturday morning in beginning at 8:30 the 1 notedanniversary of the release of the film the birth of a nation. setting with an interview with dr. declare. a showing of the film followed by a call in program with civil war historian larry jones and declare and sunday at 8:00 on the presidency george washington portraits focusing on how artists capture the spirit of the first president and what we can learn about him through th
but nevertheless there s huge opportunities there. i will be another example where engagement by the united states and the region has been a spectacular success. and that is colombia, i don t know what they call in english actually, company plan i guess. [laughter] i think that s a. [laughter] sometimes my mind switches and i apologize. this was the plan to deal with the dramatic social turmoil in columbia with the drug cartel and the violence was significant and the previous administration they made a significant effort to provide technical support military support economic support, the president made a real commitment to open up the economy to allow people to liberate the economy so that it would be more economic opportunity. and it was a huge victory. we should apply that same type of approach right now. the president has not proposed a. i haven t seen the details of it, for the northern tribal states and central america which have a very similar situation perhaps even