jose pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian peter kornbluh. along with medea benjamin. this is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u.s. foreign-policy. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least eight afghan soldiers have died in a so-called friendly fire incident after two u.s. helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. general abdul raziq, a senior afghan national army commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. while the united states has claimed to have ended its combat mission in afghanistan, the military carried out 106 air strikes last month, more than double the number carried out in may. greek banks have reopened for the first time in three weeks, just days after the greek parliamen
washington and havana as the united states and cuba officially restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. as we broadcast from outside the cuban embassy in washington, we will speak with cuban attorney jose pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian peter kornbluh. along with medea benjamin. this is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u.s. foreign-policy. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least eight afghan soldiers have died in a so-called friendly fire incident after two u.s. helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. general abdul raziq, a senior afghan national army commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. while the united states has claimed to have ended its combat missi
washington and havana as the united states and cuba officially restore diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies. as we broadcast from outside the cuban embassy in washington, we will speak with cuban attorney jose pertierra, the actor and activist danny glover, and the journalist and historian peter kornbluh. along with medea benjamin. this is a historic moment in an extraordinary change of events in the whole history of u.s. foreign-policy. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. at least eight afghan soldiers have died in a so-called friendly fire incident after two u.s. helicopters attacked a checkpoint in broad daylight earlier today. general abdul raziq, a senior afghan national army commander said it seems the attack was carried out mistakenly on army forces, and an investigation is ongoing to find its reason. while the united states has claimed to have ended its combat missi
as presidential candidates proliferate, who gets to vote. we ll speak with ari berman author of the new book on the modern struggle for voting rights in america. then to venezuela. we should be proud. i don t know if there were someone proud about 11. emiko we will look at the the making of leopoldo lópez venezuela s leading opposition figure. we will speak with roberto lovato, author of a new investigation into his rise to prominence. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. fox news has chosen the top ten republican candidates to participate thursday in the first debate of the 2016 presidential election. the candidates include front-runner donald trump, jeb bush, scott walker, marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul, ben carson, mike huckabee, chris christie and john kasich, who eeked out a spot as the tenth-highest polling candidate. the remaining seven republican candidates who will participate in a
right to vote. amy: fifty years after the lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act, efforts to role back voting rights continue across the country. as presidential candidates proliferate, who gets to vote. we ll speak with ari berman author of the new book on the modern struggle for voting rights in america. then to venezuela. we should be proud. i don t know if there were someone proud about 11. emiko we will look at the the making of leopoldo lópez venezuela s leading opposition figure. we will speak with roberto lovato, author of a new investigation into his rise to prominence. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. fox news has chosen the top ten republican candidates to participate thursday in the first debate of the 2016 presidential election. the candidates include front-runner donald trump, jeb bush, scott walker, marco rubio, ted cruz, rand paul, ben carson, mike huckabee, chris chr