A profound privilege it is for you to be on going underground but of course im going to ask you why is it not you rather than biden whos running against trump why do you call yourself a tree shaker in this new book of yours. I think that the history of dealing with movements in this country and even globally is that you need those of us that shake the tree in the sense of shaking up where a society has dealt in an unequal and unfair way and in many cases unjust way and you dont have those that pick up the fruit that falls d d from the tree and make jam out of it and i have in my role as an activist been more were trees shake the one that picks up the fruit and becomes one aleck to the office or head of a corporate entity in the private sector and i think theres a legitimate role for both i feel my calling is to be the one shaking the trees rather than picking up fruits trying to make jam out of lets get to the jam eaters in a 2nd this book in this book you blame yourself and others bec
A corporate entity in the private sector and i think theres a legitimate role for both i feel my calling is to be the one shaking trees rather than picking up fruits trying to make jam out of lets get to the jam eaters in a 2nd this book in this book you blame yourself and others becoming complacent under the Obama Presidency at tell me a bit about that and how you see that complacency is creating donald trump well i think that many of us were very supportive then are still supportive of many of the initiatives of president obama during his presidency from health care to Police Reform to other areas and did not do as much as we could to hold the opposition accountable and to hold even some aspects of his own administration that was resistant to change accountable and that we should have always had the vigor to be continue to fight no matter who was in office even if it was someone that i felt was doing the right thing but you still had your National Action network the initials a behind
Watching our team for National Bring your live news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. For us we turn to south america in Argentina Health workers have received the 1st doses of Russia Sputnik the job as the countrys Mass Vaccination Campaign gets underway if all is russia and belarus in approving the shot argentinas president has dismissed fears of using russias job warning its fallen victim to a politically driven international Smear Campaign now that a trade war been unleashed against me which is hampering distribution. Theres a very vicious dispute going on a very cruel dispute and a shameful one where by some discredit all this and i think the 1st thing to bear in mind is that a trade war has been unleashed also says the whole world is eager for the vaccine theres a geopolitical dispute who will be the one to distribute the vaccine our sister channel r. T. Spanish reports from outside a Vaccination Center and when osiris. They will be remembered in argen
Time after time and see and welcome to going underground the team and i will be back with a brand new season starting on my birthday january 13th but until then we will be showing some of your favorite shows from this season going up in this show trumps new yorker old pal civil rights leader the reverend al sharpton on vast eulogy to george floyd which galvanized black lives matter around the world and why he wants americans to vote for a candidate accused by some groups of supporting segregation mass incarceration and the catastrophic war on drugs that annihilated communities of color in the usa. All this and more coming up in todays going underground but 1st lets go straight to new york to speak to one of americas most renowned civil rights leaders reverend al sharpton his new book rise up confronting a country at the crossroads investigates the historical turning point the u. S. Current be faces potentially undoing the gains activists like himself have fought for since the days of M
Cases unjust way and you dont have those that pick up the fruit that falls d from the tree and make jam out of it and i have in my role as an activist been more were tree shake that one that picks up a fruit and becomes one a leg to the office or head of a corporate entity in the private sector and i think theres a legitimate role for both i feel my calling is to be the one shaking trees rather than picking up fruits trying to make jam out of lets get to the jam eaters in a 2nd this book in this book you blame yourself and others becoming complacent under the Obama Presidency at tell me a bit about that and how you see that complacency is creating donald trump well i think that many of us were very supportive then are still supportive of many of the initiatives of president obama during his presidency from health care to Police Reform to other areas and did not do as much as we could to hold the opposition accountable and to hold even some aspects of his own administration that was res