we don't come. oh here with our two you live from moscow our top stories the battle for syria engulfs the country's second city aleppo braces for the worst as rebels and government forces go head to head the week long fight for the northern city as the late fall more clashes are reported in damascus and several other sites. elsewhere in the restroom region dozens of people now detained in the united arab emirates amid a fresh protest or clamp down at the west blind eye attitude and going expand our view arabia and bahrain. but can the troubles of the ancient olympic truce chastize politics hangs over the sport for the syrians part of the london games the country's athletes say they're carrying

a message of peace as damascus faces mounting pressure from abroad. and with protest movements in the u.s. gaining ground the gap between the ninety nine percent and those in power is growing wider are due talks and she wore activist bill ayres for his take on how to achieve change. party's in chicago sitting down with radical activist author and former professor thank you so much for joining us today pleasure to be with you it's a look at started to protest really in the united states we've seen the arab spring we've seen the uprisings in europe we've seen occupy wall street in the united states what do you think is really the face of modern protester in the us today well i mean i think occupy is this unpredictable but wonderful development and it comes directly out of the arab spring i mean it the idea that people could actually make a difference is is infectious and so occupy came out of madison madison came out of

ten years square tahrir square came out of bradley manning and wiki leaks so we kind of can see a. real development where people are saying you know the world as it is is not the world as it must be it could be otherwise and when people feel that way they get into motion get into action very exciting very you know hopeful we have obviously critics of occupy wall street who see the main flaw of the movement is a lot of attention all unified message do you think that kind of message exists apart from the obvious occupy wall street what is it really about well i think people are mistaken and with that kind of criticism occupy is not a point of arrival it's not a manifesto it's not a demand occupy is an invitation and it's an opening of the public space that means that every grievance every complaint as well as every aspiration and dream can find a place in a new open public square i think occupy already has accomplished something amazing

which is is shifted the frame and how we discuss wealth how we discuss war how we discuss austerity the metaphor of one percent ninety nine percent is a marvelous metaphor but as usual power responds to these kinds of peoples in a pattern that is predictable they. north occupied for a while then they ridiculed it then they tried to co-opt it with language like what you're that man and then they beat it up and then they repeated that's very typical of how these things happen but occupy is not going away it's morphed it's transformed so occupy is a marvelous thing and it's still evolving and we shall see occupy also seems to have brought sort of police violence and unrest that we haven't seen in a while in the united states and every time there's clashes like we saw here in chicago it seems to be the protesters saying the police are violent the police are saying the protesters are violent who is right what we see in our whole society is the militarization of our society so when nato comes together for example for

a summit. this is an organization all wearing suits and ties all speaking very quietly but they can't they represent three quarters of the military budget in the world three quarters are represented by the nato kind of g eight world and and that's violence that's institutional violence so in chicago when there were clashes between nato demonstrators and police. we have to also note that that the city was incredibly militarized that is there were tens of thousands of police in the streets gear that nobody had ever seen before you know troop carriers buses transformed into military vehicles we take for granted in this country that the military must be under civilian control it's under civilian control it's a dictatorship what is nato under how is nato governed who takes care of making sure that it's not a military dictatorship and the problem is in many ways it is obviously people are

quite annoyed to say the least for the fact that like you say millions are spent on a summit billions are spent abroad on the wars whereas obviously a lot of people are still not in the best economic situation do you think i mean what is this all about is there a huge disconnect between those in power and the people or is this. and of purpose something that's purposefully being done i think both are true but is there a huge disconnect absolutely what is nato if it's not kind of a fig leaf for the united states nato in europe for example has two hundred sixty tactical nuclear weapons those are not allowed under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty but they're allowed because nato is not a signatory it's a way around the law it's a way around common sense but speaking of a disconnect yes there is a disconnect twenty seven percent of americans support the war in afghanistan and we can end it this has been true now for seven years no one wants it eleven years ago when the war started we could have said this is a police action to get the people who did nine eleven but know it was an invasion

and war we overthrew a government where we eleven years later they're now talking about negotiating with the taleban they and moving out of afghanistan but leaving four billion dollars a year in american aid that's an outrage and it should be an outrage that's why only twenty seven percent still support that war but we cannot end it that's a disconnect between power and the people the first time we interviewed you four years ago you said you wanted to create the biggest anti-war movement in the u.s. are you closer to the. occupy wall street part of the energy of occupy is in part an anti-war energy it's an energy that says our priorities are all messed up our society is off the tracks spending trillions on war every couple of years while we ignore basic human needs privatizing the public space destroying the electoral process under the term reform reforming everything from public schools to elections

to pensions and what reform is is a kind of a cover for destruction so yes i think that the anti-war movement is represented in the occupying moment and my hope is that we continue to evolve and grow do you think with that was the u.s. fighting its living. sort of beyond its means can it really sustain those wars steps. and you know one of things that happened in the old soviet union was it spent itself into destruction i mean you cannot arm at this level and have now create the conditions for an arms war with china with india with russia with all the countries of south asia that's an outrage that we are now entering into a new arms race which is going to spend us into catastrophe it's anti-democratic it's not what people want it's not how we want to see ourselves and it's something that has to end when you think about the u.s. and nato missile defense plans is that necessary absolutely unnecessary i mean if

you think of all the toys and gimmicks and and war materials that are being developed what are they for i mean why a hundred fifty american military bases abroad what are they doing who are they in circling so now it gives itself permission for preemptive war for war against non-state actors which can take the form of any country it wants to invade so nato in afghanistan nato in iraq nato in libya these are illegal immoral and unnecessary we're hearing war drums beating over iran lately a lot do you think we'll see the u.s. and bark on this new military escapade it would be a catastrophe for everyone if the united states or nato which is just the united states fig leaf or israel went into iran and attacked iran there we can live in this world as a nation among nations as long as we insist on the old colonial mentality that we can dominate other peoples we can tell them how to be and have

a double standard that's just so grotesque so we're frantic about the possibility that iran might have a nuclear warhead some day meanwhile we have two thousand nuclear warheads and that doesn't make us frantic israel is the third largest nuclear power in the world not part of nuclear. gratian in the heart of even admitting that they have them this is a world that's dangerous you know unstable but it's not unstable because of the run there are so many better ways to be a citizen of the world than to shake your sword every time you feel like it and the us has the biggest military budget in the world a trillion dollars a year what is really the necessity we understand that if somebody had tax you have to be ready to defend yourself considering many people and critics of u.s. warmongering say the us actually starts these boys it by itself builds this long list of enemies well that's my view my view is if you look at my whole. lifetime

sixty seven years the u.s. has been engaged in a war virtually every year and the wars are primarily wars of invasion and aggression and occupation we can all now look back and say well that was illegal immoral a tragedy three million people were killed six thousand the we were killed in that unnecessary war mostly civilians and the u.s. did it i mean it it it made it happen under a lot of guises of bringing democracy and so on and there was a wonderful sign in the demonstrations recently that said you know if you want to build democracy someplace build it here and i think that's true peace is the answer and it begins here we have to cut back our military budget we have to close our foreign military bases we have to become a nation among nations that the goober nation exerting our will everywhere we have the us elections fast approaching four years ago a lot of people in the us were really hopeful that barack obama would become sort of the real face of change a lot of americans now say. that is not happening democrats and republicans seem to

be the same side of one point what should we expect is it naive at this point for anybody to expect some real true change come election. for wins those elections i think we have to build a movement. change i think that's what brings change if you look back even in our fairly recent history it wasn't lyndon johnson although lyndon johnson passed the most far reaching civil rights legislation in history he wasn't part of the black freedom movement he was responding franklin roosevelt wasn't part of the labor movement and yet he accomplished all that labor legislation and social legislation and abraham lincoln didn't belong to an abolitionist party each of them was responding to movements on the ground what we need if we want peace is to build a movement on the ground that could bring about real change from the bottom and that's what i think we should be concerned about during the last presidential elections obviously your name was talked about

a lot by the mainstream media what do you think is going to be the main controversy this time around that one thing that we know for sure is it money is always corrupting in politics not just here but in russia and europe everywhere money corrupts politics this election season in the united states is going to see an absolute tidal wave of cash come into this election so last time out the obama campaign spent a half a billion dollars this time each campaign will spend over a billion and it's hard to believe that anyone can look at that and say this is what democracy looks like i think it's what plutocracy looks like rich people throwing cash around buying votes buying legislators and it's an unseemly and and certainly undemocratic site i have no idea what the controversy will be but you can be sure it'll be dirty and it will be expensive.

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party's top stories the battle for syria engulfs the country's second city aleppo braces for the worst as rebels and government forces go head to head the week long fight for the northern city ask away well more clashes are reported in her mouth and several other side. elsewhere in the rest of region dozens of people are now detained in the united arab emirates amid a fresh protest or clamp down at the west wind die out of fear that going it's down on saudi arabia. but can the troubled past the ancient of the big truce chastize politics hangs over support for the syrian squad at the london games the country's athletes say they're carrying a message of peace as damascus faces mounting pressure from abroad. because it's here next with the latest sports.

and i welcome to the sports update thank you for joining me and you know the top stories the italian job for not even running just fabio capello is unveiled as the new coach russia and aims to lead them to the world cup in brazil. while the winners chelsea complete the signing of brazil midfielder also on a five year deal worth of around thirty nine million dollars. however stalls the shop blues american all star eddie johnson scores the injury time we had to stun chelsea three two in a friendly even philadelphia. the first former england manager fabio capello has finally signed a two year deal to guide russia to the world cup in brazil the sixty six year old italian replaces dick advocaat who left after russia failed to make it past the group stage at the summons euros about i stepped down as england coach in february in protest against the f.a. stripping john terry of the captain say the italian has won the league title. with

every club he's managed including royal madrid ac milan roma and you venters or russia will host ivory coast in a friendly next month before kicking off their world cup qualifying campaign with a double header against northern ireland and israel in september. which is one of your spirit i believe i can create a fantastic golden center to have experienced and young players playing together but also i fundamentally believe experienced players must be a part of any young and aspiring team as they can provide the necessary passion needed to move forward. well in the meantime champions league winners chelsea have completed the signing of brazil attacking midfielder oscar on a five year deal from international for a fee sorted to be around thirty nine million dollars the twenty year old is currently in his country's olympic squad and has been compared to come back to the playmaker is the blues for some a midfield signing along with marco martin and others and. oscar had said he'd wait until after the olympics before completing his move to the birth of the entire side

brazil have twice been runners up and never won a limping goals despite winning the world cup five times. however johnson was the surprise hero as the m.l.s. all star schooled review a time when to start chelsea's three two in a friendly in philadelphia chris wondolowski scored for the house after twenty one minutes but blues skipper john terry levelled from a corner ten minutes later and the visitors were ahead on the hour thanks to an unmarked frank lampard. however after seventy three minutes away into the story i set up respond to my password to make it two two and in the dying seconds johnson grabbed the winner but despite the defeat chelsea manager diversity matteo says it's nothing to worry about. another important aspect that we haven't had any injuries so far this is important for us and. we're getting you

know slowly together you know someplace back just a few days and the team is slowly now coming together and. it will take a little bit of time to show. captain vincent kompany has signed a new six year deal to stay within this champions manchester city the twenty six year old belgium defender joined the club in two thousand and eight and has since led them to f.a. cup glory last year and also to their first league title in forty four years however the talismanic skipper says he hopes to have an even bigger impact in the future while the story remains on various company will be joined by also most prolific strikeout robin van persie. one patsy the front passes dragger but. we have four striker and with the striker we won a championship last year it's merely that. petty the top player. we can say being said about this but these are some players.

i. the first doping scandal has hit the london olympics after moroccan middle distance runner allow ourselves to really was provisionally suspended following a positive test the world indoor silver medalist had been touted as a novel prospect in the british capital but she failed the test for a diuretic drug from an event earlier this month and is proven guilty the twenty eight year old could now face a lifetime ban for a second doping offense. now the greatest olympian of all time michael phelps says he and arch rival ryan lochte are should be where harold is for most three hundred twenty seven felt the record collection of fourteen goals as he gears up for his third and final games however the living legend has said he's a liking to sweep the seven events to take part in but he still i is more top tones in the british capital. right and i are here just racing each other over where we're racing the whole world another their summers from all over the world that are you know have a chance to win a medal just like we do so you know it's whoever's day is that day and you know

when i'm out there isn't a rivalry between you two that i mean sure we both hate to lose. well meanwhile nine other track and field athletes have also been suspended from the games among them is turkish and distance runner to go is ranked fourth in the world at twenty two year old who scored through biological passport tests which measure changes in an athlete like profile three russian female runners also so balance. to basketball that the british men squad are preparing for their opening match against russia on sunday despite defeats in all three of their recent warm up matches against the defending champions the usa and belgium coach chris finch remains positive but isn't going to make any predictions and the host nation need a top four finish in group b. to a quarter final but face tough opposition from the european champions spain straining china and brazil. honestly i'm not in the business of making any predictions this is not what we do we don't try to predict the group i think you

get in trouble when you do that you know i think for us it's important we approach every game with the same amount of intensity preparation readiness execution and you know to take our chances were never. moving on to hon'ble now and the russian men's team have failed to qualify for the olympics for the first time it's the country's women are aiming high in london on the sports guy just over there and they love. russia's chances. of the mirror i often get to ask the question which one of my four of them pick medals means the most to me and it's the last one because i wanted to when i was forty two fell just short of the final and that bronze medal is the most memorable of all ted surgery six months prior to those athens olympics and then picked up an injury just a fortnight before the games so it was telling phil if i'd make it but all that

made the bronze medal even sweeter when you go out there and realize it's your last time this makes it even more emotional than winning the three goals before which. is not the most. well russia's women could only manage six at the world championships in brazil last december but was still one of the favorites in london probably only norway are considered better than russia but still there are about seven teams who could deliver the goods at any given time so i don't think we should be overjoyed about what seems an easy game for us here in london ok well probably the favorites to finish top of that group but all possible quarterfinal opponents could pose a real threat so it's crucial we're mentally ready for the games and as far as i know we've got an experienced team and i hope they'll claim gold. but it's a critical to no secret that played to the host nations have tended to take five

six or seven gold medals they never expected to win in the first place and this is actually quite alarming that however the way the russian team have been preparing especially for the last couple of years gives us a lot of hope all their quite specialists are in place every. it has been thoroughly analyzed so i don't think the initial forecast will differ much from the results of the end of the day i think the russian efforts can we twenty three to twenty five golds which would put the team in third place over role. and finally to the men's volleyball where russia will be aiming for their first ever gold since the collapse of the soviet union. was at the team's training camp in the black sea resort of an. the russian men's clubs greatest achievements at the summer games was silver at sydney in two thousand that's a far cry from the teams that assessor the u.s.s.r. that won three gold silver and bronze that's once it's well the dition of the national team collected a number of titles recently and it is hoped that it can overcome the latest hurdles

in order to claim its first olympic gold. russian volleyball players have always been distinguished by their athletic abilities but they are lacking when it comes to executing certain technical elements that will be our main focus during the preparation for the games they were to get a little cup. squad will be one of the most experienced at the olympics with five players aiming to improve on their bronze medal finish in beijing four years ago however fresh talents like setzer alexander would call good ads and that necessary push for the top of the podium. look acute among them to get anyone can win even by accident that's not enough to go one must always be hungry for victory it's like a drug the feeling off euphoria when the team scores do citing a point because like a huge way it's been lifted off your shoulders but victories must be forgotten and just and losses are remembered and analyzed at the moment rochelle won the world

league and the world cup in twenty eleven this year however was marked by a visible slump which saw the team drop all the way to a place in the world leagues than things like now hopes that will change when the game starts what we're going to get it's not it's a very particular tournaments for example no one has ever thought the poland would develop like it has it's constantly on the podium in the recent years with brazil cuba italy some african nations anyone really has a chance it will be more difficult for some than others but it's pretty even. brush just first goal is to get out of their group which features group. zille usa serbia germany and tunisia none of those teams are considered weak but one thing is for certain if russia makes it to the next stage they will not face any of those nations in the quarterfinals the man calls for an artsy i'm not. an asshole as for what i think.

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