also votes, but in the end it is he not the president who has the final say ha, and he has made his positions clear time and time again. it is and rooted in foreign policy. he sees the usa and israel as arch enemies. you don't know that he has repeatedly denied the holocaust. could that be ruined as domestically he relies on censorship, surveillance, and security forces to defend the ideals of the islamic revolution. no force garden under hominy. the iranian revolutionary god has become a notorious force that has repeatedly quashed protest. oh, including in recent weeks following the death of gina masa, meanie in police custody. how many says he backs the crack down younger than they thought they could. rip out the roots of the islamic republic, but that small sapling has now turned into a massive tree. any one who even thinks about approaching this tree is completely

wrong. ramkiss, he will come on as many once said that he is ready to sacrifice everything for the revolution and for his lamb. and he is always defended his power with few compromises. o, my 1st gift to night is morocco, re me? she is the author of the book, the iranian green movement of 2009 reverberating echoes of resistance. and she joins me to night from toronto, canada, or all, it's good to have you with us here on the day. we are all in the same boat in that we can only observe events in iran from outside relying on the information that have sent out mainly be a social media. with that in mind, what did you tell people when they ask you what is happening now in iran? when i think the world is observing the process of the century long quest for self determination and process,

the democratic process in iran unfolding. it's this process has been going on for a very long time, and it has manifested itself in various revolutions and social movements. and this time around this movement has managed to bring in people from all walks of lives, life in different segments, and groups that are, that don't traditionally, in the context of iran, at least come together to the street and protests for the same thing, which is the dismantling the islamic regime and the system, the overall system of oppression and prejudice that it has installed over the is that what, what makes this event different from past protest movements? the fact that we've got a broad spectrum of society, the participating, we've even got oil workers, for example,

all the way to high tech people. we've got curds, we've got the iranians, we've got people from all sectors. is that the difference? well, that, that's partly it. it's, it has brought it see of generally speaking in iran, a social movement and i've studied all of them since the beginning of the century. modern iran is social movements are largely either middle classes, urban centers, or sort of brett wright of the under class. indeed, you a graphical periphery that we've seen over the past end of 20172018 also november 2019. but this time around we see the ethnic root, women and women of middle class under women, people of all walks of life coming together. and the focus kind of this time

around is on gender equality and on ethnic oppression. and these 2 rooms are the largest, specifically, women are the largest, the biggest losers of the 70 united revolution because they were one of the 1st routes that were ordered, ordered police by, by for many. and they were ordered to wear to hear job alters of rights taken away from those as well as the continuation of central is and by central this central power into iran. policies has further and further alienated. i think minorities are not allowed to learn in their own languages there automatically or dissenting movements and acts are automatically consider treason in a. 6 in a kind of phenomena, as you know, some in iran are more on hand and others,

whoever is more loyal to the regime. she man loyal to the idea of the regime is typically preferred, lighter regime, as opposed to ethnics and women. and those are the 2 rules that have largely better or uniting that are coming together in, in unison with the middle class at some segments of the middle class, some segments of the lower classes across the one. it's not simply focused a geographical center. it's, it's in the periphery. let me just ask you too about the, his job. you have tweeted it. observers have perhaps misunderstood the role that the job please in the islamic republic of iran, and that it is not necessarily what muslims in the rest of the world would subscribe to necessarily. what do you mean by that? i think the misconception begins with seeing the muslim,

the so called muslim world has a homogenous area in the world. in the middle east there are different muslim countries so to say with different. ringback cultures, and so if you political as situations, 1st of all, in the run, not everybody in the muslim, and there are so many jewish people that have been around since ancient times arrest gm's and all sorts of people. so the difference in iran is, and you know, those differences are often overlooked. the difference that are wrong is the job is mandated by the, by the state and women's bodies, our police, by the, it's in their wrong and constitution that women must dress a certain way. this is on top of all the other rights that have been, you know, taken away from them in the limited and in their case. but in many other

muslim majority, hard trees. you know, women could potentially dress the way they want to. it's not mandated, it's not in the constitution and many who, where it is a job. it's as it's a symbol of allegiance to the regime and they have to be into a certain privileges by wearing that even outside of iran morocco remote. unfortunately, we're out of time, but it's fascinating what you're saying and important to understanding the nuances that are a part of the story of what we're seeing right now inside iran. thank you. thank you. aah! germany's dependence on russian oil and natural gas, the consequences continued to be devastating for the economy. is this crisis a cautionary tale for germany's economic ties to china? consider the port city of hamburg this week. the german government reached a compromise over a controversial chinese investment plan in the port china of state owned firm

costco. will be able to buy 24.9 percent of the toler or container terminal of the company originally wanted to buy a larger 35 percent stake that would have been subject to government review. several ministries, government ministries have expressed concern about this acquisition. they say that it would enable chinese influence over strategic infrastructure to grow even germany's president front volter stein meyer, hugh doesn't usually speak out about politics, and his largely ceremonial role has warned, against increasing berlin's dependency on other countries. the deal is also widely and popular among the german public. protesters demonstrated outside of the chancellor's office in berlin to voice their opposition. this week of poll, commissioned by germany spiegel magazine found that 81 percent of people are against china being allowed to acquire a stake in the hamburg port of protesters as say that the current energy crisis

resulting from germany's longstanding dependence on russia natural gas is a reminder of why we should not increase dependency on, on democratic regimes. the tylenol and other stake by a chinese state. i'm company is a danger for gemini, because it makes gemini vulnerable to blackmail. the energy crisis has already shown us what the consequences i when gemini enters into deals with authoritarian autocratic states. and that's what's happening here. again, gemini must not allow itself to be blackmailed. the port belongs in public ownership. pesa matter, that half of that if or germans has her own seltz's government. however, insisting that this deal poses no security risk thirsty fee and census on the 24.9 percent maximum regulation and show us that there was no strategic control or strategic participation whatsoever. and steve, what we're talking about here is an investment without voting rights,

as i yang 9 or more want to bring in our political correspondence. i'm in young, he's been following this story force. it's good to see you, simon. you know, the optics of this really could not be worse if you've got even the foreign ministry here against this plan. and yet the, the chancellor seemed convinced that this deal should go through. what does he know perhaps that every one else apparently doesn't. what brent just let's think about the year ports of hamburg. it's one of germany's gateways to the world. it's where a huge amount of products and raw materials arrive and into the german economy such hugely important and oh, laugh schoultz. i used to be of course, the mayor of hamburg, so he understands something about how this huge port works and what's important for it. so what's he been saying? well, he's been making a number of points firstly that this deal is not about the whole of the port of

hamburg. it's only a small part of it. and then he says, well, the chinese company will have a lower state than it wanted. as you mentioned, only just out a 25 percent rather than 35 percent it wanted. and it'll be a stake in, as i say, just one terminal. and a crucially it won't have a right to veto. so that will actually go some way to answering those who are saying, well, you know, there's a danger of undo control from chinese business interest or in the political interests and some sort of negative strategic influence over german infrastructure . i should say, makes it worth saying that to the chinese companies yet to say whether it's actually going to accept this deal on the new terms that have been now offered by the german government for those who say that it makes sense. say that, you know, it caught a costco is the 4th largest contain shipping company in the world. it's hugely important customer for handle. this will secure jobs. and so they, they say,

you know, it's right to, to find a deal if, if one can be found in the chancellor is being advised as i'm, as we understand it from all corners to kill this deal. yet he remains unbending in this it's reminding us of another chancellor by the name of angela miracle, who also ignored advice to kill a project known as the nord stream to pipeline. now obviously these are 2 very different situations, but it does have a deja vu quality to it, doesn't it? well yeah i all the shows has got himself an enormous amount of bozo within his own a coalition. the other 2 parties in the east government said the grains in the free democrats, they wanted to stop this deal altogether. in particular, the economy minister of it all back has been warning exactly about that at the danger of a excessive dependency on the a foreign country. and similar to the, the problems that we've seen with the dependency on russian energy. and i think

that's a left shows thought that he, he needed to move forward as a say to protect jobs. but also because for technical reasons, if that hadn't been an a, an agreement within the cabinet. and then that they still would have gone ahead automatically on the original terms that would have been a bigger risk. so he decided to bang heads together. mobile will also significant that olaf schoultz is going to china next week to meet teaching ping. that's of course going to be a very important visit given the background of ukraine war. and the tensions over taiwan as well says a big political background to this. i think debbie's, i'm a young with late tonight, here in berlin is always, i mean, thank you. oh, what the united states now where it is now less than 2 weeks until the crucial midterm elections. the latest polls point to an upswing for the republicans who were seeking to regain control of both houses of congress. now that would be a major setback for president joe biden, who was going into the 2nd half of his term biden's party. the democrats are hoping

for a strong turnout, especially among their core constituencies. and this does include black voters. wisconsin is one of the states where congressional races are expected to go down to the wire, dw, assuming some misconduct went to the states big of city, milwaukee. to find out more today is getting started at lock. black leaders organizing communities. this out, which group is gearing up for another day of knocking on doors blocks as its endorse democratic candidates as the best help for the groups, core mission, improving the lives of milwaukee black community. no walk is the largest democratic stronghold in the battleground state, and black voters are crucial part of that. but black voter turnout in the walkie has been dropping for years, something block, trying to turn around the

brochure. jackson is leading a canvassing team to day. he didn't care much for politics until he got this job fighting for the black community. he says, despite the declining turn out, black voters helped flip the state for the democrats in 2020. we're going here. that just made me feel sometimes way, just a little bit right there. and it may change, and i've seen it when my last and i was a part of but not everyone feels that change. inflation is creating frustration and the lack of change on public safety education and economic opportunity has led to voter apathy, inflation. the more so tied up because like trying to help me like i do understand that people need mental ways i was talking about i work, that's just terrible. how can i live off to counterparts? live of food. the current is $8.00 for home. talking about 12 eggs

is just rough dismissed. the black voters have delivered important victories for the democrats, but many are asking whether they got a fair deal in return for ken's or senate. that question is an opportunity. he's the african american outreach director for the wisconsin republican in 2026 in this was and says, the democratic party has just really gone too far away from what, at least i knew what the party was. and i think are holding in part at least me in particular, is sticking to the message. a once again, whom are the individuals that are put in these field policies within these communities like the living in or who's the ones that you're voting for. try something, a cancer says that message resonates with a growing number of black floaters coming in to the republicans black community center in milwaukee like this man. a look at the neighborhood and look at the cd. she's going down, you got trashy everywhere. i mean, this easiest,

cheery is time for change. one more voter for the republicans. democrats might feel reassured by voices here at geez, clippers and institution in this black neighborhood where everyone seems to stand by the party in the hope for meaningful action that will help a lot of these politicians be honest with you. they only stay for want being re election, you know, rather the hearing or what's going on a community and follow out with the people in the community at some point by voting well again, we will get some candidates that who talk to talk and walk to walk so different work to, to vote. that is the challenge for the democrats to deliver for their supporters or see them vote with their feet. if a more now i'm joined by barbara or in wine, she's a civil rights lawyer and founder of the transformative justice coalition. miss online is good to have you with us to niger joining us from the great capital city of washington, d. c. let me ask you less than 2 weeks before election day. early voting numbers

are showing very strong strong responses right now from voters. we're getting good numbers for americas black community. what does this mid term election me? it means so much. it means whether not our democracy will be preserved because of the threats to body rights for women. it means you know, whether not we will have the right or reproductive choice. as you heard in that segment before, people are really worried about the economic issues. the ability to have a living wage of people are concerned about good educational quality. an african americans are learned about policies that will advance, you know, racial justice in this country. so there's a lot of state because you have a 3rd of the senate up for reelection in the entirety of the house of representatives in the united states. and we know that we know that black americans

have traditionally voted for democrats, but i know also that there is a danger when you treat any group as a voting monoliths. and when i consider, let's go to north carolina, for example, the lieutenant governor. they are a black republican. he's generated headlines around the country and the world by saying that gay and lesbian rights are not civil rights. a lot of people outraged by that, but he also gets standing ovations by some people when he delivers his speeches. is there a home in the g or p, as we know it today for black americans? not as long as they continue to embrace the southern strategy. you know, the g o. p is widely seen by african americans, s a y party, and that's what it has presented. this is to add to white american you know, this has been going on since 1968 under president richard nixon. it was really personified when the reagan years with water and it's famous,

981 speech where you talk about how they have to make g o p a white already. this continues to be a be out of the for them. and if you look at the early voting trends, african americans are coming out in draw their number. american voters that's increased significantly since the last mid term that was held in 2018. so black voters are concerned and they are voting what they consider in their best interest . i've got less than a minute left it, but i want to ask you this earlier this year the federal voting rights legislation was defeated on capitol hill. that was a major blow for a lot of people. what did it mean for you? well, for me, as someone who fought for that legislation, it means that it has to be passed. and because we have, we stayed out here, have all these horrible voters suppression laws that are hurting black voters, making it harder for them to cast a ballot and to have

a countenance. so what it means for me is that we need, let's make sure that it's going to pass at the federal level, a strong voting rights legislation that will make sure that african american voters, latino voters, native american voters in asia, motors in this country are able online unfortunately, we're out of time, but i hope we can talk again in less than 2 weeks time when we're reporting on the midterm election results going to have you with us. thank you. thank you. well the day is almost done, the conversation continues on the line. go find us on twitter either at the w news, you can follow me on twitter at brent gov tv and remember whatever happens between now and then tomorrow is another day. we'll see you then everybody

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