Pacifica radio archives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording of dr. Martin luther king, jr. It was december 1964, days before he received the Nobel Peace Prize in oslo, dr. King gave a major address in london on segregation, the fight for civil rights and his support for Nelson Mandela and the antiapartheid struggle in south africa. The United Kingdomom comes te United States decided tomorrow morning not to buy South African goods, not to buy South African gogold, investors s and capitits would withdraw their support for the racial tyranny that we find, then apartheid would be brought to an end. Amy today, dr. King city tubal address december 7, 1964 in london. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today is the federal holiday honoring dr. Martin luther king. He was born january 15, 1929. He was assassinated april 4, 1968, at the Lorraine Motel in memphis, tennessee. He was just 39 years old. Whili
And an overwhelming tragedy. Host when we rise my life in the movement. Cleve jones is the author. Live coverage of the 22nd annual l. A. Times festival of bucks held on the campus of universities Southern California you can watch the full schedule today at booktv. Org we will be doing a call in later on the book the mother of all questions but right now lets go inside to another panel on writing history. Live coverage on booktv. [inaudible conversations] i am not putting down fiction i have aspiration for anybody who can write a great fiction that they were talking about what kind of book tells the story about what you already know . Widely read the book widely read books about what you know about because you need to know more. So of the great writers of fiction that meursault popular youre not reading the information and to see what happens in these books will we are discussing today with the authors is how they get to that conclusion and make those choices through a massive sweep of
Pennsylvania alleging Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican Party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional le
Pennsylvania alleging Donald Trumps campaign and the Republican Party are conspiring to threaten and intimidate voters on election day in violation of the Voting Rights act and the 1871 ku klux klan act. We will speak to carol anderson, author white rage the unspoken truth of our racial divide. Plus, we look at morocco where thousands have taken to the streets after a fish seller was crushed to death in a garbage truck trying to retrieve fish confiscated by police. And we will go to iceland where the pirate party made big gains in Sundays National elections. Change the system so they become more functional and more humane towards the people that need to live by them. And make a we will speak with Birgitta Jonsdottir, who cofounded the pirate party of iceland. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In election news, controversy continues to swirl over fbi director james comeys announcement to congressional le
Still not clear when those lanes will reopen. They are on the hunt to find the person or people responsible for a carjacking. Reporter it happened right outside this Rehabilitation Center on monaco parkway. Just a few minutes ago i spoke with of the offcamera who said she is doing all right this morning but theres a lot of emotional stress shes facing this morning because of it here she said that employees are not allowed to sleep inside the center during a break so she 3 00 this morning and when her alarm went off, somebody opened the door and put a gun to her neck. She said that person demanded her keys. She was driving a 2214 black camry essiee comprehending what was going on so thats when the man started ripping off her shirt and pants looking for the keys. She was able to get away unharmeddand thats when she found a coworker who came out and when they came out to look for her car it was no longer here. We will bring you details of the suspect description. It was an Armed Robbery c