01/08/18 01/08/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! women whose names we will never know. they are domestic workers and farm workers. they are working in factories and d they work in restaurants d they're in n academia and engigineering and science. they''re a part of the world of tech and p politics and busines. they are athletes and soldiers. amy: oprah winfrey becomes the

first african-american woman to win the cecil b. demille award for r lifetime achievement sundy night at the golden globes. #timesup was the message posted by seth meyers as actors embraced the #metoo movement wearing black and calling for gender and r racial justice in e post harvey weinstein era. >> harvey weinstein isn't here tonight because, well, i have heard rumors that he is crazy and difficult to work with. the don't worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the inin memoriam. in a actresses brought social justice activist within this year. we will speak with two of them, puerto rican activist reported by the presidential candidate rosa clemente, who joined susan ,arandon, and saru jayaraman president and cofounder of the restaurant opportunities centers united who walked the red carpet with amy p poehler. all of that and d more, coming .

welcomome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump is demanding a slew of anti-immigrant measures, including $18 billion for his border wall in exchange for legal protections for young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers. in total, trump is demanding $33 billion over a decade to fund the expansion of the militarized border wall and to hire 10,000 additional immigration agents. trump is alslso demanding fededl grants be withheld from so-called sanctuary cities. in exchange, trump proposes congressss authorize some protections for nearly 800,000 young g undocumented immigrants who had been protected under daca -- that's deferred action for childhood arrivals -- before trump rescinded the obama-era policy late last year. immigrant rights groups and democratic lawmakers have slammed trump for trying to use the dreamers' in order to win his far-right anti-immigrant demands.

congress must resolve questions on immigration and other key political issues before january 19 to avoid a partial shutdown of the government. in more news on immigration, homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen faces a deadline today to decide whether to extend the temporary protected status for more than 250,000 salvadoran immigrants who have lived in the united states for nearly two decades. the program, known as tps, protects a quarter of a million salvadoran immigrants who came to the united states before 2001, when a devastating earthquake destroyed parts of el salvador. the trump administration has already said it will end temporary protected status for tens of thousands of haitian, nicaraguan, and sudanese immigrants living in t the unitd states. the centers for disease control and prevention, known as the cdc, is slated to hold a briefing next week to outltline how the u.s. public should

prepare for the event of a nuclear war. the scheduled briefing comes as tensions between the united states and north korea continue to rise, largely sparked by president trump's repeated threats to launch a nuclear strike against north korea. last week, both former vice president joe biden and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff mike mullen said they think the united states has never been closer to a nuclear war with north korea. south and north korea are slated to hold diplomatic talks on tuesday. it will be the first high-level diplomatic talks between the two countries in two years. president trump took to twitter saturday morning to defend his mental health as an explosive new tell-all book portraying trump as unfit for the presidency sold out from coast to coast after going on sale on friday. the publisher, henry holt, is rushing to print more copies of "fire and fury: inside the trump white house" by journalist michael wolff. the book has been number 1 on

the amaz besestslers list since wednesday, when explosive excepts of the book were published online. in these excerpts, former white house chief strategist steven bannon is quoted portraying his former boss as wholly unprepared for the presidency, accusing donald trump junior of treason, and predicting robert mueller's russia investigation will find evidence of money laundering. bannon has since tried to walk back his comments, claiming his treason comments were a reference to trump's former campaign manager paul manafort, not trump's son, donald trump jr. bannon also says he has unwavering support for the president. late last week, president trump tried frantically and unsuccessfully to stop the publication of the book, with his lawyers sending cease and desist letters to bannon, author michael wolff, and publisher henry holt. but after failing to stop the book's publication and distribution, president trump took to twitter to try to defend his mental health, tweeting -- "i went from very successful

businessman, to top tv star, to president of the united states. i think that would qualify as not smart, but genius and a very stable genius at that!" those were president trump's tweets from 7:20 a.m. saturday morning while he was at camp david meeting with lawmakers about national policy issues, including the budget and health care. he tweeted this only 10 minutes after a segment on fox and friends covered the media's increasing questions about trump's mental health. on saturday y morning, trump alo said he wished the u.s. had stronger libel laws. trump has also lashed out at the book's author, michael wolff, calling him a total loser. this is michael wolff speaking on nbc's "meet the press" on sunday. >> if i left out anything, it is probably stuff that was even more damning.

it's that bad. it is an extraordinary moment in time. focused onveral days my book i think our proof of this. what happened here? what is going on here? you know, i think not an exaggeration and not unreasonable and it is not unreasonable to say this is 25th amendment kind of stuff. amy: president trump is reportedly heading to atlanta todaday to attttend the college football national championship game between alabama and georgia. the naacp and other groups are organizing protests against trump's attendance, which comes after trump has spent months criticizing nfl football players for taking the knee during the national anthem to protest against police brutality and racial injustice. in syria, an explosion in the rebel-held citity of idlib has killed at least 23 people, and wounded dozens more. the u.k.-based syrian observatory for human rights

says the explosion in the northwest syrian city was targeting the headquarters of a rebel faction and that multiple victims were civilians. meanwhile, the syrian army is continuing its advance on idlib province, causing thousands of civilians to f flee for the turkish border in freezing winter conditions. israel has published a blacklist of 20 differenent organizations worldwide whose members are banned from entering israel over their groups' support for bds, the nonviolent boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement targeting israel over its treatment of palestinians. among the groups whose members will be banned from entering israel are jewish voice for peace, national students for justice in palestine, american friends service committee, american muslims for palestine, codepink, and the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights, as well as palestinian solidarity groups in france, italy, norway, sweden, britain, chile, and south africa. in response, the director of the u.s. campaign for palestinian rights, yousef munayyer, said --

"when israel, which aims to portray itself to the world as liberal and democratic, blacklists activists dedicated to nonviolent organizing and dissent, it only further exposes itself as s a fraud." meanwhile, multiple news outlets are reporting that the trump administration has frozen $125 million in funding for the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians. the united nations relief and work agency provides critical educational and health services in the gaza strip. last week, president trump threateneded to cut off u.s. funding to the agency, tweeting -- "with the palestinians no longer willing to talk peace why should we make any of these massive future payments to them?" the ststate department is s deng the funding hahas been frozen. "the new york times" reports jared kushner's family real estate empire received a $30 million investment from one of

israel's largest financial institutions only days before jared kushner traveled to israel with president trump in may on their first diplomatic trip there. jared kushner is b bh presidenet trump's son-ininaw and senenior adviser, and he's been tasked with brokering peace between the israelis and palestinians. despite e this white house role, kushner continues to retain ststakes in his fafamily's real estatete empire,ncncluding i ine apartmtment buildings that received part ofof the $30 milln investment from the israeli firm menora mivtachim. hundreds of people rallied in new york city on friday to support thpapalestiniann teenager ahed tamimi w i is imprisoned and fining 12hargrges in aisraelelmilitaryryourt after a video oferer slaing g an israrai soldier went viral. the -y-year-d teenager slapped ththe soier r afr israrai troops shot tamimi's 14ear-r-olcousinin in t t head with a rubber-coat steebulllletnd firir tear gas caniers intoerer famy' home.

mondowssss repts t thathee soldier apapped the girfirst, causing hetoto slabackck. in n n york city, protesters ralld d at gnd c cenal too demandamimi's freedom. >> am from new yorcicity students jususce in palestine. i'm here tmending e e relee ahed tamimit [captioni m made popossle by democrcry now!] . ahe symbolizes what al paleiniansd ouould b doing. and thats s why'm re today mostst because i feel likwe need to uplift these markers o resiance and o siety so can continu to produce more of them. amy: in honduras, thousands of people took to the streets of the capital tegucigalpa on saturday to protest the reelection of president juan orlando hernandez, saying the vote was marred by widespread fraud. the demonstration was led by opposition candidate salvador nasralla, who challenged the u.s.-backed incumbent in the

november 26 presidential election. election observers and the organization of american states have called for a new election in honduras, saying the first vote was so filled with irregularities that it was impossible to declare a winner. protesters have called for a national strike and boycott of hernandez's scheduled inauguration on january 27. back in the united states, pacifica foundation, the owner of radio stations kpfa, kpfk, kpft, wbai, and wpfw face potential asset seizures by new york city landlord empire state realty trust beginning this week. the threat of asset seizures stems from a lawsuit won by empire state realty trust against pacifica foundation for $1.8 million in back antenna lease payments owed by the network's new york city station wbai. wbai's antennae sits on the emempire state building. among the assets at risk are california properties that house pacifica foundation's

headquarters and its berkeley station kpfa. pacifica foundation is the oldest listener-supported radio network in the country. it was founded in berkeley, california come in 1949 by war-resister lewis hill. theore media news, one of most senior editors at the bbc has resigned from her position as china editor accusing the bbc of being secretive and illegal and breaking pay equity laws by paying men more than women. carrie gracie has worked at the bbc for 30 years. in an open letter to the bbc's license fee payers, gracie wrote -- "the bbc belongs to you, the license fee payer. i believe you have a right to know that it is breaking equality law and resisting pressure for a fair and transparent pay structure." hollywood actors and actresses celebrated the #metoo movement and demanded gender and racial justice at sunday night's golden

globes awards. many attendants answered the call to wear black and wore pins that read "time's up!" among the night's top winners was the film "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri," about a mother avenging the rape and murder of her daughter. the film won best picture, drama, best supporting actor, best screenplay, and best actress in a motion picture drama. actor sterling k. brown made history on sunday night by becoming the first african-american man to win a golden globe for best actor in a tv series drama for his role in "this is us." oprah winfrey became the first african-american woman to win the golden globes lifetime achievement award. during the ceremony, golden globes host seth meyers joked with opera, suggesting she should run for president. the joke and oprah's powerful acceptance speech fueled a wave of enthusiasm about a possible 2020 bid by the e actress. in response, oprah's longtime partner stedman graham said "itt is up to the people. she would absolutely do it."

we will heares, oprah winfrey's powerful lifetime achievement award acceptance speech and we will speak with puerto rican activist, journalist a former green vice president of candidate roxanne dunbar ortiz --rosa clemente and saru jayaraman, to the social justice activist who attended the golden globes this year at the invitation of hollywood actresses. in new york city, fred bass, the owner of the massive book emporium the strand has died at the age of 89. over his lifetime, bass transformed his father's small book shop into the largest used bookstore in the world. it's slogan is "18 miles of books." fred bass died on wednesday in manhattan of congestive heart failure at thehe age of 89. and in breaking news, fire crews are responding to a fire at trump tower in manhattan this morning. officials say the small fire broke out on the roof of the

tower. officials are e investigating te caususe of the blaze. no injnjuries hahave bn n repoed thihis time. presidident trump's and washington, d.c., and was not inside the tower at the time of the fire. and ththose are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. times up! that w was the message at lalast night's golden globes ceremony in hollywood where actors embraced the #metoo movement and called for gender and racial justice in the post-harvey weinstein era. the red carpet went dark as many answered the call to wear black, and wore pins that read "time's up!" golden globes' host seseth meyes kicked off the evevening with a speech focused on sexual harassment in hollywood, taking aim at disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein and actor kevin spacey. >> it is 2018 am a marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn't. harvey weinstein isn't here tonight. rumors, well, i've heard

that he is crazy and difficult to work with. but don't worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the "in memoriam." well, despite everything that happened this year, the show goes on. for example, i was happy to hear they're going to do another season of "house of cards." is christopher plummer available for that, too? i hope he can do a southern accent, because kevin spacey sure couldn't. amy: eight actresses brought sosocial justice activists with them to the golden globes this year. michelle williams brought #metoo movement founder tarana burke. meryl streep walked the red carpet with ai-jen poo, director the natioional domestic workers alliance. shailene woodley was accompanied by suquamish tribe member calina lawrence. emma stone brought tennis champ and lgbt advocate billie jean king. stone portrayed the actress in -- pretrade the athlete in the film, "battle of the sexes." susan sarandon brought media

justice activist rosa clemente, and amy phoeler's guest was saru jayaraman, president of restaurant opportunities center. in a few minutes, clemente and jayaraman will join us from los angeles. after their long night of the golden globes. this is golden globes host seth meyers. is sarung next to amy jayaraman. give it up for her. activists whomany of been invited here tonight in support of the #timesup initiative. give it up. great that this movement understands what ernest our world this year tarnishes so many others and reaching out to help them, too. amy: the first golden globe went to nicole kidman for her performance in hbo's "the big little lies." kidman won for best actress in a limited series for her performance. >> my mom was an advocate of the women'sovement when i was growing up.

and because of her, i am standing here. my achievements are her achievements. and my sister and i say thank youjanelle kidman for what 54 so hard. and this character that i play reprpresents something that is e center of our conversation right now -- abuse. i do believe and i hope we can elicit change through the stories we tell and the way we tell them. let's keep the conversation alive. let's do it. amy: also laura dern took home , the award for best supporting actress in a limited series or tv movie. >> the most outrageous, complicated woman and a terrified mother. terrified because her little girl was being abused and bullied and she was too afraid to speak up. many of us were taught not to tatattle. of silencingure and that was normalized.

i urge all of us to not only support survivors and bystanders who are brave enough to tell their truthss, but to promote restorative justice. may we also please protect and employ them. may we teach our children that speaking out without the fear of retribution is our cultures new northstar. amy: elisabeth moss one for her role in "the handmaid's tale" which is based on the novel by author margaret atwood which was originally published in 1985. mosque used her acceptance spspeech to honor atwood. >> this s is from m margaret at. we were the people who w were nt in thehe papers. we lived in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. it gave us more freedom. we live in the gaps between the stories. margaret atwood, this is for you and all of the women who came before you and after you who are

brave enough to speak out against intolerance and ininjustice and a fight for equality and freedom in this world. we no longer live in the blank whwhite spaces of the edge of print. we no longer live in the gaps between the stories. we are thehe story in print ande are writing the story ourselves. thank you. amy: a movie that connects to the #metoo moment emerged as the top film "three billboards outside ebbing, missouri, about a woman avenging the rape and murder of her daughter. frances mcdormand referred to being part of the tectonic shift in hollywood. >> i keep my politics prprivate. it was really great to be in this room tonight and to be a int of the tectonic shift our industry's power structure. trust me, the women in this room tonight are not here for t the food.

work. here for the thank you. historic first for the night, sterling k. brown became the first african-american man to win a golden globe for best actor in a tv series drama for his role in "this is us." >> throughout the m majority ofy career, i benefited from cocolorblind casting w which me, hey, let's throw april there e n this role -- throw a brother in this role. you wrote a role for a black man that could only be played by a black man. what i appreciate so much about this thing is i am being seen for who imf being appreciated for who i am. it makes it that much more difficult to dismiss me or dismiss anybody who looks like me. amy: that was sterling k. brown. among all of the major achievements and speeches at sunday night's golden globes, the most talked about was oprah winfrey, who became the first african-american woman to win the cecil b. demille award for

lifetime achievement. the first african-american to receive the honor was sidney poitier in 1982. this is oprah winfrey. >> in 1964, i was a little girl sitting on the linoleum floor of my mother's house in milwaukee watching anne bancroft presesent the oscar for best actor at the 36th academy awards. she opened the envelope and said five words that literally made history -- "the winner is sidney poitier." up to the stage came the most elegant man i had ever seen. i remember his tie was white, and of couourse his skin was black, and i had never seen a black man being celebrated like that. and i have tried many, many times to explain what a moment

like that means to a little girl, a kid watching from the cheap seats as my mom came through the door bone tired from cleaeaning other p people's s h. but all i can do is quote and say that the explanation in sidney's performance in "lilies of the field" -- "amen, amen, amen, amen." in 1982, sidney received the cecil b. demille award right here at the golden globes and it is not lost on me that at this moment, there are some little girls watching as i become the first black woman to be given this same award. [applause] it is an honor -- it is an honor and it is a privilege to share the evening with all of them and

also with the incredible men and women who have inspired me, who challenged me, who sustained me and made my journey to this stage possible. dennis swanson who took a chance on me for "a.m. chicago." quincy jones who saw me on that show and said to steven spielberg, "yes, she is sophia in 'the color purple.'" gayle who has been the definition of what a friend is, and stedman who has been my rock -- just a few to name. i would like to thank the hollywood foreign press association because we all know the press is under siege these days. but we also know it's the insatiable dedication to uncovering the absolute truth that keeps us from turning a blind eye to corruption and to injustice. [applause] to -- to tyrants and victims, and secrets and lies. i want to say that i value the press morere than ever befefores

we try to navigate these complicated times, which brings me to this. what i know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have. and i'm especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough h and empopowered enough to speak up d share ththeir personal stories. each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell, and this year we became the storyry. but it's not just a story affecting the entertainment industry. it's one that transcends any culture, geography, race, religion, politics, or workplace. so i want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who haveve endured years of ususe ad

assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue. [applause] they're the women whose names we'll never know. they are domestic workers and farm workers. they are working in factories and they work in restaurants and they're in academia, engineering, medicine, and science. theyey're part of thehe world of tech and politics s and busines. they're our a athletes in the olympics and thehey're our soldiers in the military. and there's someone else, recy taylor. a name i k know and i think you should know, too. in 1944, recy taylor was a young wife and mother walking home from a church service she'd attended in abbeville, alabama, when she was abducted by six

armed white men, raped, and left blindfolded by the side of the road coming home f from church. they threatened to kill her if she ever told anyone, but her story was reported to the naacp where a young worker by the name of rosa parks became the lead investigator on her case and together they sought justice. but justice wasn't an option in the e era of jim crow. the men who tried toto destroy r were never persecuted. recy taylor died 10 dadays ago, just shy of her 98th birthday. she lived, as we all have lived, too many years in a culture broken by brutally powerful men. for too long, women have not been heard or believed if they dared to speak their truth to

the power of those menen. but their time is up. [applause] their time is up. [applause] their time is up. and i just hope -- i just hope that recy taylor died knowing that h her truth, like the truth of so many other women who were tormented in those years, and even now tormented, goes marchihing on. it was somewewhere in rosa par'' heart almost 11 years later, when she made the decision to stay seated on that bus in montgomery, and it's here with every woman who chooses to say, "me too."

chooooses to lisisten. inin my career, what i've always trieied my best to do, whether n television or through film, is to say something about how men and women really behave. to say how we experience shame, how we love and how we rage, how we fail, how we retreat, persevere, and how we overcome. i've interviewed and portrayed people who've withstood some of the ugliest things life can throw at you, but the one quality all of them seem to share is an ability to maintain hope f for a brighteter morning, even during our darkest nights. so i want all the girls watching here, now, to know that a new day is on the horizon! [applause]

and when that new day finally dawns -- [applause] it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the leaders who take us to the time when nobody ever has to say "me too" again. [applause] thank you. me: oprah winfrey accepted cecil b. demille award for lifetime achievement sunday night at the golden globes. just after her speech, natalie portman took the stage to announce what she noted were "the all male" nominees for best director. during the ceremony, golden globes host seth meyers joked with oprah, suggesting she should run for president.

the joke and oprah's s powerful acceptance speech fueled a wave of speculation and enthusiasm about a possible 2020 goodbye the actress. in response, oprah's longtime partner stedman graham said "it is up to the people. she would absolutely do it." when we come back, we will speak with two of the social justice activist who accompanied actresses on the red carpet and to the sundaday golden globes. this is democracy y now! back in a minute. ♪ [music break]

amy: the theme song to the movie "coco" that just won a golden globe for best animated motion picture. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. #timesup that was the message last night a golden globes where the actors embraced the #metoo movement and coffered gender and racial injustice in the party - -- post

harvey wantsts an era. eight actresses brought activists with them. shailene woodley was a company lawrence, emma stone brought pillaging king who stone pretrade in the filmlm "battle f the sexeses." from aarandon brought green party vice presidential nominee rosa clemente and amy poehler's guest was saru jayaraman, president of the restaurant opportunities center. we're joined right now by rosa clemente and saru jayaraman after a very long night i am sure. rosa clemente's latest project is -- she will talk all about it, pronthehemap.com.m. ofu jayaraman is didirector

the restaurant opportuninities centers united. her latest book is titled "forked: a new standard for american dining." she is also the author of "behind the kitchen door." talk about your experience last night at the golden globes. certainly come a breakthrough night in so many ways. incredible. it was electric. it was especially moving for me to be with amy poehler because she actually worked in the restaurant industry in which i organized for many yeyears. she experience a lot of the things that the women in our industry experienced and was able to really let the media know that ththere are very clear policy solutions to getting rid of harassment in our industry, which really impacts -- our industry impacts even the women in hollywood because one into americans like amy m&a celebrities work in our industry

in their use. talk about what it was like in the room, the whole approach, the same #metoo. so many people wearing that. talk about something you may have watched on tv before or maybe you neverr didid, and as well, we just heard oprah winfrey's speech describing her own breakthrough experience. movedaw so many people and it wasn't just in the room. outside of the room -- i can't say the number of people in hollywood and outside ofof hollywood who said that this was the most important moment of their careers, that so many people in hollywood told me the golden globes never meant as much or anything at all until last night. i think for women outside of hollywood, the women in the restaurant industry, domestic workers, farm workers, women all

was also night incredible because it was women standing together across so many different sectors and places and situations to say, enough is enough and our power is collective and we're going to, as oprah said, see another horizon. in our case, last night wasn't just about hollywood. it wasn't just about women wearing black. it wasn't just a show of solidarity. in our case, last night, because of last night and every thing last that represents, we are seeing real policy change in our industry. we have been fighting for many , whichor one fair wage really is the source of harassment in our industry because you have a mostly female workforce living on tips, having to tolerate all kinds of inappropriate customer behavior. and you can cut that in half. a research shows you can cut that in half by getting rid of that lower wage for tipped workers because the women don't

have to tolerate harassment for tips. as a result of the movement in the moment and last night, governor cuomo in new york has adjusted that he will move forward to eliminate laura wages for tipped workers in new york. we have to make that happen, but what an extraordinary thing that women coming together, not just about wearing black war and award show, but it could actually result in policy change for millions of the lowest wage women in the united states. and that is his story. that is his storore. amy: rosa clemente, talk about how you got involved w with the #timesup movement, what your experience was last night going to the golden globes with susan sarandon. >> well, first, we have to say that if it wasn't for monica from the farm workers alliance and the farm workers alliance writing a letter to hollywood

women, letting hollywood women know you're just not actresses, you're also workers and there is an entertainment industry where you are exploited as well and you're subject to sexual violence, none of us would have been there. because monica wrote that letter and then reached out to tarana burke of #metoo and tarana burke reached out to the rest of us, and that is how we got there. i think it is critically important also to uplift because you color don't get into the golden globes unless you're nominated, like america ferrera and tracee ellis urnay, and soduvo many who suffer from violence and racial injustices in that industry who wanted also make sure we were there. course, because susan sarandon has been one of the

most left radical actresses, advocates in that pure group, me and susan know each other, especially through our mutual work and political leanings in the green party. obviously, as a puerto rican, it was an interesting moment because i knew most of my people in puerto rico could not see me because they don't have power. it was also a good moment because -- of senses of the word, roseau. >> overpowering in the sense that every person in that room that we know have access and power to something and resources that can help us take these movements to another level were very serious. and there were many women who people would assume because of their visibility and their

perceived power that have never been affected by violence and the amount of gratitude and thank yous that we got show we have a shared empowerment at this moment. and it was fantastic. amy: can you talk about what some have described as this elite group, obviously hollywood, even if the pay grade, for example, is different between men and women, still women make much more, obviously, then the women you represent sasaru in the restaurant industy than the people who are in crisis right now, rosa were you just were in puerto rico, but how hollywood can set a tone, can change the climate, can morrays and america, the importance in hollywood? >> well, look.

even at the end of the day, these are people that financially are .ultimillionaires our movement and our people have rightly deemed the 99%. going to take a lot of conversations about how we talk about capitalism and what that means when everything in this society is monetized. with that said, #timesup has raised $16 million and all of that money will go to those particularly mostly women who don't have any money to pursue any type of case, any type of reparation and damage that has been done to them. and i have lawyers to reprpreset them. i also think it is important people understand this -- it is hollywood. but there is levels of inequality in hollywood. i really think people need to know these names of actresses that havave spoken out about

harvey weinstein for over 20 years, and were some of the most targeted that i know from conversations have felt marginalized from this group, , rosanna mcgowan arquette. that is something these women advocate more for themselves, but the first group of women who i just named who came out around harvey weinstein were the ones that have most been affected in this sense. most of them have not worked in a decade. most of them have not worked in 15 years because they were some of the first ones to speak out and also they were some of the rapethat were subjected to , not only once, but twice. some ohio was there. it was powerful to see her.

it was powerful to talk to her innocence that even with all of the power and moneney that she had, it was only through the #metoo movement and the work of social justice activists like all of us that she felt it was her time to speak up. so there's a lot of nuances to it. at the end of the day, #timesup is going to have to support all of our organizations. they're going to have to support all of our work. bubut primarily, right now they have to step up hard and set aside a fond that would allow haveomen to not only reparations, some type of settlement where they can live if they're never going to work in the industry again, but also that these women can have access to mental health services to get them to the crisis they are in right now. amy: i want -- >> i was pleasantly amazed, actually, how genuine the women in that room that are part of

#timesup actually recognized their privilege. recognized their station in life and the situation, and how different it is from other people. continues the caps on "if i have , afraidy disempowered to speak up, imagine how restaurant workers and domestic workers and farm workers and so many other women around the world feel, how can they possibly speak up?" and like you said, the leverage that this group has, they recognize their privilege -- which is why they were so willing to extend it to us in an incredible moment to actually leverage that situation and privilege for power for all of us. it is so funny, i mention that because of this moment, governor cuomo is moving, is talking about eliminating the lower wage for tipped workers in new york and that is a long time in

coming. we have been working on these issues for many years. at amy poehler said it well. she said, we're so happy to help unscrew a lid that you have been unscrewing for decades. we're so happy to stand there with you while we take it off together. moment what this represented. yes, it is women with power, but women with power extending their privilege and their platform to have, asen who also monica ramirez has said from the farm workers, we have power, too. restaurant workers have power. it is our collective power. it is the power of women working on these issues for decades s ad decadedes now standing together with women who have a platform to announce #timesup and we can the -- we cannot just throne individuals. we cannot just name our truth. we can actually create policy and structural change on these issues. amy: we're going to go to break and come back to thihis discussn with saru jayaraman, president

and cofounder of the restaurant opportunities centers united, or roc united. rosa clemente is a well-known puerto rican activist and independent journalist. walked the golden globes red carpet sunday night with hollywood acactress susann sarandon. we will find out more about their work in a moment. ♪ [music breaeak]

amy: the theme song for "big little lies" the hbo series about domestic violence which won four golden globes last night. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are talking about the golden globes. i want to turn to susan sarandon and gina davis who started

together years ago in "thelma and louise." motiontroduced best picture drama at sunday's golden globes. >> we fixed everything. >> yeah, i don't think we fixed quite everything, actually. tonight we have all of these women standing up for each other and the men, too. >> yeah, these five nominees have agreed to get half of their salary back so that women can make more than them. [laughter] >> i don't think that actually happened yet. it is a great idea. we are still honored to present the award for best actor in a motion picture drama. amy: that was gina davis and susan sarandon. we're joined right now by rosa clemente who a company to susan --andon to the golden jet golden globes and saru jayaraman .

is the direrector of the food labor research university count on your work with. her latest talk "forked: a new , standard for american dining." author of "behind the kitchen door," as well. let's talk about what kind of progress has been made and what you are demanding now. we saw tarana burke, another of invited to theas golden globes. she also dropped the ball, quite the opposite, but literally dropped the ball new year's eve in new york as a woman who so many years ago coined that term hashtagbefore became a is a sexual soul survivor dealing with girls and women, understanding that when people were able to speak out to save your own names, address their experience, thatat good help heal them and change the world. , talk about women

in the restaurant industry. you mentioned governor elmo cuomoucing -- governor introducing an initiative. but what has happened and what do you see has to happen now? >> right now the restaurant industry is the second largest in absolute fastest growing sector of the us economy, almost 13 million workers, one in 11 worksans, one in 11 women in this industry, yet it is the lowest paid industry in the united states. that is largely due to the money power and impose of the trade lobby call the national restaurant association -- which i want to name as we are naming names, the other nra as we call it, because with all of the talk of sexual harassment and me too, there's been little focus on the corporate actors that really are behind setting the standards on this issues. the national restaurant lobbiedion has

successfully since slavery times to keep the wages for tipped workers abysmally low. the current wage is $2.13 an hour. 70% of workers who work on that ridiculously low wage are women. they're mostly women working at lobbiedihop and all of garden e red lobster, earning this ridiculous wages that assume them go living on tips, having to tolerate the most inappropriate customer behavior in order to feed their families and being told by managers, dress more sexy, where tighter clothing in order to make more money in tips. in fact, right around the time you release this research on the issue of sexual harassment in 2014, a new industry segment was recognize called the breast-arauunt. o it islive guard and denny's where managers tell women "show your breasts" in order to make more money in tips. it is millions of young women for whom this is the first job in high school, college, or graduate school, like amy poehler, gore told his young women, this is what you must do

to make more money in tips to be a good worker -- which has influence on them for the rest of their lives. it sets the standard for what is acceptable and tolerable in the workplace. we mustt happen is that get rid of this lower wage for tipped workers because it is the of the fact that our industry has the highest rates of sexual harassment of any industry. we launched a campaign in 2013 called one fair wage, demanding every state follow california, where we are now, and six other states that got rid of the system decades ago. california requires employers to pay the full minimum wage with tips on top. in california, with the half the rate of sexual harassment as there is in new york and the 43 states with lower wages for tipped workers. so what we need is not just naming chefs and restaurants who have been bad on the issue -- honestly, that is just the chip of the iceberg. what we need is policy change, one fair wage, to get rid of the

lower wage for tipped workers. cuomo did announce he would review the issue and start the process to look at getting rid of the lower wage for tipped workers. now with the #metoo calls for is that we actually see that happen in new york. this issue is on the ballot right now in washington, d.c. we need the city council to support the will of the people in washington, d.c. and in michigan, it will be on be on the ballot for november 2018. many more states are following. this is a moment in which hollywood is helping waitresses and domestic workers and farm workers see true policy change through organizing, through collective power to actually see what we need -- i want to add one more thing. trump is trying to move backwards on this issue. he announced a new rule last month public comment right now to make tips the property of owners rather than workers. that would double the rate of sexual harassment because it would make workers who are already vulnerable to customer

harassment have to turn around and have a managers say, "what will you do for me in order to get your tips?" because managers will have the right to keep tips. astro is moving backwards, states have the power to move forward. that is the kind of policy -- many states following and getting rid of the lower wage for tipped workers. that is what the #metoo movement could bring us. that is what hollywood standing with waitresses could affect, millions. whole movement that has been organized by actresses and directors and writers legalup, the #timesup defense fund has really raised something like $13 million that would go to subsidize legal support for individuals who have experienced sexual harassment or related retaliation in the workplace. the fund is housed in a ministered by the national women's law center, a number left network for -- bella

network. hill, who isanita to test with grading the blueprint for ending sexual harassment in show business. soa clemente, you worked on many different issues. you are the vice president candidate of the green party with jill stein. and now you're working on pronthemap.com. talk about the significance of what frances mcdormand called a tectonic shift last nightht. >> iran with cynthia mckinney was my presidential running mate. also we have to be very careful when we talk about sexual violence in all of its form. not every woman is in the workplace first and foremost, like my daughter who is 13 years old. right? because sexual violence is not

just in a 9:00 to 5:00 or on a shift. it is when you're walking home. it is growing up in new york city. it is, hey, shorty, look at me. smile. why are you unhappy today? i mean, the amount of street harassment alone that we have to go through before we get to work to be doubly harassed. we have to be very careful. old,a lawrence, 24 years fierce sister, i mean, standing rock, has been doing work around women, caution does because the indigenous woman she worked with are being disappeared when they are in their reservation and the violence that young women are facing because young women are still not "in the workplace."