of which has damage to hundreds of homes and cause ruse to collapse. meanwhile, flooding in amman that has killed at least 16 people. many of them school children, such as on the way for 5 others were still missing. dozens of people needed rescuing by emergency services and thousands more. i've been evacuated as a precaution. scientists, 8 more than half of the race in the world oceans are experiencing heat stress as a result of woman c, temperatures. the us national oceanic and atmospheric administration says at least $54.00 countries and experience bleaching of the rece since february last year. it said to be the 4th such a mass bleaching event in the last 30 years. cover lease are estimated to provide trillions of dollars of value to the global economy each year. for derrick, man zillow is an ecologist. he explained what bleaching means for the rich coils are animals that live in a symbiotic relationship with a type of l g. now these l g provide the corolla of 95 percent of its nutritional

requirements. however, it's very specific. ios is very sensitive to heat stress. so when the coils experience heat stress, they expelled these elegy and they turn white. and this basically means the corals are starving to that, and it's the heat stress persist for long enough and the magnitude of the heat is high enough. the calls can die in the problem with this is that the coils themselves are providing that 3 dimensional structure. it's so much file diversity is dependent on in tropical rates, was estimated that about 25 percent or one in for of every living organism in the world's oceans associated with coral reefs at some point in their life cycle. also, coal rece provide protection to shorelines during catastrophic storm events like hurricane site loans and type foods. furthermore, call readers generate billions of dollars to the us economy and it's estimated they generate trillions of dollars to the global economy. ultimately,

the bleaching problem will not go away until there is some kind of internet tional agreement and collaboration to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. in the meantime, it's important that we reduce additional stressors impacting quote rates. so things like land based sources of pollution for water quality and fishing practices that are unsustainable or damaging the caller we should really be limited to provide call reach the best opportunity and the best chance to cope with these rising ocean temperatures. well, that's it from me. dire enjoying. the news continues here off the stream state you and thanks for watching the one of the biggest elections of 2020 pools in the general election will administer now render movies be taking increase its food across the country. how will economic uncertainty and use some employment suede boots as in key states,

and will the media be able to cover the vote reading? i'm fairly ongoing coverage. the in the as an actions on out is there a from broken bridges to economic boy costs. direct action is increasingly common as people become frustrated with the government's failure to confront israel's assault on golf up. a can direct action succeed where other methods have notes. primary and also i'm, this is the stream the the people in the imperial

in the order the direct action refers to the use of economic or physical power to achieve a specific goals. and it has come to define the tactics of a new generation of palestinian advocates. so who. 7 the people behind it and why is it the preferred mode of protest? joining me to explore this on the day of benjamin co founder of the women lead peace group code pink and the leading figure in the u. s. peace movements. she's joining us from washington, dc. from london, low key, hip hop artist, an activist through the member of palestine action on from new york, a shift for shaw, a political strategist, human rights activist,

and found the of the no tax agenda side campaign. welcome to you. oh, thank you for being with us. today can i start with you by asking how so and why you got involved in direct action? well, let me 1st say that i'm not the new generation. i'm the older generation having started direct action back in the 19 sixty's during the vietnam war, or when our government was sending young man o receives to kill people, they didn't even know. and we felt that we had to do whatever we could to stop the draft to stop our government to get the attention of the american public. and i've been involved in it ever since during the rack, or we did the same thing. why is our government taking us to war on the basis of lives we the public have to get out there and do something about it. and now that the u. s. government is so complicit in this genocide and god. so we have to do everything. everything that we can to stop that complicity. so i think direct

action is one of the most important tools that we can use. putting our bodies on the line, trying to get the media attention trying to wake up the public to say, we've got to stop this. locate what's your relationship to direct action and we'll see i do behind it as well. in the case of palestine action, what we are arguing is that britain should adhere to the provisions of article one of the convention on the prevention and punishment of genocide. a policies to the convention on the obligation to prevent the occurrence of genocide and punish those responsible for its commission. now is britain fulfilling is obligations in accordance with international law. the honest trade treats the which britain is a signal to and rectify all stipulates that if exports also to possibly be used for violations of international human humanitarian little they should not proceed. now

in the case of as well as genocide in gauze on britain provides components for the 16. that's the hub technology, which is where we use these for targeting in that fi as yet. but it also provides components for the s a 5, the apaches snipers, and also the vast majority of small arms and munitions comes from l. but systems which is as well as largest owned company, which has numerous sites across this country. now in the case of palestine actions, it has been produced alto, the intransigence, and inflexibility of the british political system. if we had the political system that responded to the views of the vast majority of the population, supporting a ceasefire, supporting binding arms and being exploits as well, then there would be no need for direct action organization like promised by an action which goes directly into the factories and stops them from functional

functioning, at least temporarily. but in a few cases, we have seen the permanent debilitation of several of these on factories. now this is not just a legal obligation as i have laid out before, but also i view it as a moral obligation in ok. a situation that we all in. and of course, direct action was the very way that people for 300 years in this country agitated to gain the right to vote for parliamentary representation. you would not have women and people that do not own property, having the right to vote for parliamentary representation without direct action in this country. and we've got so many. yeah, and we'll come back through some of those points very shortly. yes. just can you tell us about the no tax the genocide campaign? yes, so a lot of work we do in the associate as a group. i'm in discussion of lawyers, phone, or political strategist, people,

you know, what for the middle east piece m boy. a lot of the work is actually limited to, you know, half of the people, right. so some of the stuff we're doing is universal jurisdiction cases. right? and only half a level as can prosecute to bring them to call and can hold. you know, america brand and they want to cancel. and you know, we've had countless times that the boss protests across britain, america, everyone else to box. what more can i do? so we looked really hot at the little, i believe, the lowest, how that can be used on behalf of the mass, support tory struggles and can be wheeled instead of as a political movements like house, full of duration. right. and it's because this is based, this is a genocide, you know, and i'll give you the background. this is important to set up why this campaign is legal. 34000 people were killed. 1.2000000 people display that was the beginning of the boss of the genocide. we have some tasks that we've got that we take over 40000 . we don't even know how many people under the rubble is 15000 and the children and

2000000 people have been displaced in the us and the u. k. aided and abetted in these wilcox, the i, c. j is already ruled at plausible genocide, which if any one knows anything of bank, national lloyd's basically declaring it's a genocide. francesca albany is the us special raptor tool for human rights. and they have report a couple of weeks ago that it's a genet size. and what you're also not seeing is the you can us not putting up any of that genocide experts, any of that. lawyers to say it's not even though the government's repeatedly keeps saying, we don't believe it's a genocide. known with legal background or expertise in the space or scholar in this space from either administration or government is willing to put the name to say it's not this back. so we gave the public an opportunity to use that ruling. those those, that environment to actually take another form of direct action which is tax resistance and the u. k. with in the case case, there are laws that allow us to design a way to see us. this isn't to show you a muscle, a show, you know, the politicians who they really went for. and we both know thanks to loki,

setting it all up there as well. the u. k. specific these aided and abetted and these will crimes. and you as an individual or business funding, those will crimes and funding what kinds of the legal and tax is not exempt on the table. and the campaign was not so much is based on 2 u. k. statute goals, the icpc at which make it a criminal offense. but in the case of any passengers engaging war crimes, finds against humanity, genocide, condo, and salary to those crimes and a terrorism that the 2000 does not exclude taxation in the criminalization of funding of those master. trust me. now there is one going spot and you do still pay your taxes. you actually just withhold your taxes. thanks for clarifying it says so april 15th is the global strike for palestine. when activists across the world, a calling on people to make themselves had on april 15th and people across 4 continents will launch an economic blockade and solidarity with the house. to this

coordinated mobilization, we will jam up trade show points and disrupt the global economy. 30 cities and counting have joined the effort. this comes as cameron is bound to secure global trade routes and billions of dollars continue to fund the occupation. the time has come to open up a new front against the scientist when it's time for collective risk. lucky, why do you think we're seeing this growth in phones of direct action among palestinians, supporters, buses of the move full roots of defend? in the case of israel, we have seen during the war on garza, german exports 2 of arms to israel. increased by up to a 1000 percent, even the setting up of a special stream line way of providing width and re. we've also

seen the united states regardless of its peal exercises and attempts to try and beautify its policy for public consumption. we've seen the us constantly arming is row to the health. in the case of britain, we've seen the british government go against the advice it's been given by its own lawyers. the israel is breaking international in garza by continuing to own is routes and all of those countries you have seen massive demonstrations on the street, but you have seen essentially a political system which does not respond to that pressure. and so for that reason, people are becoming more and more creative and more original in them ways of interrupting and disrupting this passage of power. well, yeah, also they all looking precisely infrastructure and i think that is an interesting

space for direct action. well, on the point about creative action today, i want to bring you in and i'll ask you a little bit about the phones or creates of action that you and your group all pod taking in. and also if you can tell me whether there's been an evolution in the phones of direct action that you were engaged in. well 1st i wanna respond to some issues that loki brought up of the of not being a did our politicians do not represent us in a couple of weeks after the initial october 7th action by him us. there was a pole that showed that 66 percent of the american public, one of the ceasefire, 80 percent of democrats. and yet at that time in congress, when there was a resolution for a ceasefire, less than 5 percent of congress signed onto that resolution. and since then, it has been the same thing. we are totally unrepresented by the people in congress

. and so you have and that's what we have been. and i have been going with the groups of people into the halls of congress every single day for the last 6 months. and we're trying to show what is the thinking and who are these people behold into we see is really flags outside of their offices in congress. and we say, who are you representing? are you representing the united states or you representing the israeli government? we go in there offices with placards that say how much money they are getting from the pro israel lobby groups like a pack. we followed them down the halls, what we call bird jogging. and i asked them directly, why are you supporting more weapons to israel and we have them saying heretic things like congress been brian mast who said to us, we should not be sending

a penny. and you can manage hearing aid that all of the people in gaza are responsible. they voted for this terrorist organization. i'm us. and so israel leads to do what it needs to do and we should be helping them. and so we have to show the american public who these people are who they are responding to, who is paying for their campaigns and how out of touch they are in for a reality of what's going on and how heartless they are. so we go into the hearings, we interrupt them, we go to their homes in san francisco, at the home of nancy, below 60 been lying down in the streets. and yes, we've seen an evolution because she has finally unbelievably signed onto a letter saying that we should withhold weapons to israel. this is because of direct action. and actually, so i want to ask you because of the work that you do, your former advisor to the u. k. release piece. and boy, you've worked with the likes to tony blair and bark obama. how all these forms of

action received in the holes of power? i mean, they just asked them, i mean that is the id, they want this to go away. and i think that i actually think is the reason. i mean they've pray this environment. well, this possible, everything located this thing is possible because they have ignored us because they don't believe we'll cat like i, i love them. yeah. but nancy pelosi out because she said something really, really is disgusting. and one of those protests, always people are paid by the chinese to be here. all these people are like paid by russia to be here. the thing is, it's kind of like every accusation is a compassion, right? they're all paid by somebody else to care about something that not, they can't believe the us human beings actually care about of the human beings across the well, we can, we don't want babies to be master good. they can, we don't want his entire family lines wiped out, and they can see through their own money and who they're paid for, to be in those offices and doesn't run deep. but just institutional democrats or conservatives and brit animals. yes. interest labor, people like his alma, this is,

this is everybody, this is progressive. so you know, look at what the, any sound is, is that local agencies that and they may change that tone in the last few weeks. and even though they still didn't go far enough, but he found that still think golden mid 4 of these rallies. good. she wiped out so many palestinians a o. c took a how long to go with the genocide and then the already of a oh see if she's the cold but trump people to be have direct that shouldn't chasing them down hallways and everything else. so you should get used as the one to talk to us is that oh my god, you can't do this. this is not right. yeah. well, she's equally as comfortable cuz she both owns to go to israel. yeah, she, she has taught she's deep funded under all this stuff that she is also comfortable . so we're not represented by anyone at the moment. and the reason they have gone with the reason of buying the ministration is pushed for so long. i think they going to break through every other issue, sadly that we have mobilized around that we have a, as a society cat about we do eventually quote,

but lose interest. so people get exhausted in time as. right. and that's historically happens like a great example of this. you them something 2020. and i think buying use that moment of. we're also angry at trump. he was a great relief and i think a lot of us in america, at least when he got elected, we could be going on via that happening. we all to the side. you know, it was a massive relief moment. yeah. and we but didn't leave it that seemed to be at i'm stuff, but we just kind of lost momentum. now with this, we're waking up every morning watching again, children being blown to bits, family being torn apart, all this stuff. and there is no and we know that everyone is comfortable the information that dan, lucky for us, every politician there is no going away. they think this will go away by an event. this is not stuff that they missed just, that's all there. that's and see it is not going to say curve is what you're saying . what direction of time come with the risks is one code pink activist recently found out the back, the kids watch gave

a not the light. so leslie, there was in a hearing that you stood up and you tried to defend onramp because the people and the hearing and congress were trying to defend. and, and so what did happen? so i said that the night we did with the congress people who were in the hearing to not just on i'm the and i just need it please, please, please don't just on the and you got arrested and i got arrested. i'm the only one that they injected to turn off. so you're going to have to go to court to defend yourself, or trying to make sure that unrra refunded so that they could feed serving people. yes, because the people of god that are starving of the day. um, i want to ask you about the, the forms of direct action that you are preparing for your about to join us to tailor to the sale. the goal is to try and break the siege or, you know, its, um, the last to the in 2010. uh, you know,

did uh end up with tragic circumstances in which 10 people were killed. how have you come to this decision, and are you concerned a tool for your safety and those of your fellow sailors as well, of course and concerns for our safety because the is relatives are so insane. but i am very excited about joining this foothill. i feel very honored to be able to be part of this lo tell us. it's just another example of how we have to do whatever we can in a non violent fashion. putting our bodies on the line to job this genocide and those of us. and there will be many hundreds of us going on this latino a are trying to say there is a siege of gaza. the didn't start october 7th. this goes back for now. 17 years and of course the oppression of palestinians goes back for 75 years. and we have to wake up our governments, we have to show that we will not allow these rallies to keep doing this,

that we demand a real solution, not just to monitoring aid, getting it not just a ceasefire, but we demand real freedom for the palestinians. and that's why this lo to is so important to say and the siege of god. but the risk is direct faction also incurred by the companies or governments targeted check out this post from palestine action . the time with factory used to make is really weaponry. now they only make pots of public transport in a no longer owned by israel's largest weapons from. you do not need to beg the powers that be to create change. this was achieved through relentless, direct action located. can you tell us about the impact the pile option has had on arms manufacturers in the u. k. but since the founding of palestine action, $77.00, investors have pulled out of that will be systems. the value of it will be systems

you keisha, as for, for them by 20 percent, will be sold to subsidiaries in this country for renting technologies in oldham, and elite k o. in term with recently loss to factories in this country will shut down permanently because old palestine action with london h q was also shut down permanently. elbow was dumped by it to you. k recruit to aisle associates. elvis systems was dump, buys, website designer, and it's contracts were canceled with property manager fisherman. and even the logistics company which transported its hardware in this country also canceled its contracts. and so because of the activity of palestine action that will bit systems has really been rented a toxic brand in this country, but more alpha, it's not just because of the activity of palestine action. it's because essentially israel continues to break an encyclopedia of international laws. ryan,

it's actions towards the palestinians, so that is the biggest recruiter for palestine action. without doubt, it says, i want to ask you about direct action. historically, it was used by the suffragette. it was use in the civil rights movement. do you think that's a different perception of direct action today when it's being done as compared to how we look at it retrospectively? i, i think histories been whitewashed, about direct action. in other words, i think, you know, if you think about you and you have to use dr. king annual holiday here, where every politician, even the races, ones come out and celebrate doctor king. and they pretend but that everything was done peacefully that nobody ever got killed and nobody ever got hot on, nobody ever put that body is on the line. i think there's a misconception of how people have got freedom. right. and you can even go back to the fact that, you know, that they don't talk about how resistance is legal and then so that all resistance is legal and international law. you know, not the right, you call it the,

the it is the famous quote is right, the right to defend itself by mistake has the right to defend itself and not from people that actually occupied. that's actually illegal international law. so, you know, i think we've done that, i think this, the powers that be and history or whoever has written that has done a very good job of pretending everything was done peacefully. you know, i mean, i don't think people who were in south africa who are oppressed by a project regime, did everything peacefully, there was direct action on the grounds. direct action in the west. that was um, you know, there was actual bombings in south africa by the agency. that ministry went and this is not something that we, we talk about. we talk about. yeah. and you to the right. we talked about like how you spend 27? yes. can i present everything was copy, right? we don't talk about all the stuff that was done leading up to that as often when we engage in that conversation, especially in the west. we don't spoke about how to re go to the french. we don't

talk about frankly, the aisle rate in the d. so we should talk by jonathan powell, who was cheney best you saw advocate. so talking to resistant groups. yeah, he was a line to go straight, but you know, it's good friday agreement and you just as all politicians today like this, like a oh no, we can't talk to people who you resist. we can't talk to people who violate the concept to people, or that it's delivery to keep us down a different way of keeping us down. so different ways stops uprisings a different way to still think about it as a different way to start off. actually having a difference because they look at they pin us with history. that is actually completely whitewashed. useful to anyone from the civil rights there. yeah. to, to anyone who actually was that. right. they put people on bridges. they did stuff to block a trade. they did everything possible, you shut the country down, right? and the problem is we didn't have access to things like this. we didn't have these tools where you can visually see it happen in real time. so they can do that best recorded history. but if you talk to civil rights, the just they'll tell you what we're doing today is know that know, yeah,

something that has to be done. you get very much to get freedom. well, my day i want to bring you in on a final thoughts on that. how does what you're seeing today, what your involved in today compact to other movements that you yourself have also been involved in? well, i think it's part of the history of how we make change in our country and in our world. and yes, we are always criticized when we sleep outside of nancy pelosi is home. we're called. how rude to go. and then major privacy, there's an in cameron that's been going on outside the home, the secretary of state anthony blinking. how rude of you to do that. we say it's rude to san 2000 pound bombs to blow people up. and one of the most densely populated places in the world of in gaza. it's rude to kill journalists and academics, and doctors and women, and children, and all kinds of been or the people that is what's rooted. so we say go ahead, use your body and put your body on the line,

do everything to stop this genocide now. well, on that note, i want to say thank you to our guests today at low key issues. i'm thank you for watching the do enjoy the show. talk to us on social media. we want to hear from you use the hash side or the handle a very stream, and we'll look into it. take care and i'll see you soon the how well this is trent who pays the price. when we came to clean it new orleans more than 1200 poor black people lost their lights. not a single rich american. less than like the real cost of the climate to emergency. the most vulnerable of people who are suffering are poor people. but even rich people are going to be affected by the impacts of climate shift. outages. here is new series die off to the higher

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