what's son. while going to break in a set i'm happy martin so yesterday the world witnessed a truly horrific tragedy unfold in eastern ukraine malaysian airliner was shot down killing two hundred ninety eight human beings on board one of the passengers were humanitarians on their way to an aids conference in australia unfortunately the media coverage from all sides has been truly truly disappointing with an hour as the sun immediately declare the missile as putin's and neo cons were given a platform across corporate media to seize upon the tragedy and resurrect cold war

fervor urging the west to quote confront a russian regime. look speculation on all sides in the mere hours after any large scale disaster is a horror and irresponsible journalism and does a great disservice to the two hundred ninety eight victims of this crime who lost their lives but as of the time of this broadcast here's what we know the plane was shot down by what appears to be a surface to air missile over the war torn area of donetsk near the russian border this is an area right for the violence between ukrainian forces and separatist fighters ever since the crew and subsequent incursion into crimea and just like the u.s. is giving support to the tune of five billion dollars on the ground in ukraine russia has been logistically backing the rebels in this territory according to nato officials if in in the international independent investigation does indeed find that the missile was shot by rebel fighters and the criminals responsible need to be held accountable to be clear we don't know yet how these people got

a hold of the weapons that the investigation finds at this missile was indeed russian then it exemplifies exactly why state power should not be providing high grade weaponry to militias anywhere in the world just yesterday i covered nearly every world conflict or be traced back to the u.s. military whether it be tear gas canisters an egypt or bahrain bandai weapons in israel massive artillery launchers that isis just stole fifty two in iraq and guns in the hands of al-qaeda in syria when things like this happen it should serve as a massive wake up call when weapons of war are unleashed its far too often innocent civilians that will suffer the most still there will be many to seize this tragedy for political gain and ukraine and russia and here in the united states again people are taking the wrong lessons and calling for more confrontation when they should be calling for deescalation now the situation on the ground is changing by the minute so please refer to the scroll below for the latest updates let's take

heed of the sensitive nature of this calamity let's wait until the facts are revealed because right now all we can do is mourn for the victims that died and make a much more concerted effort of reigning in state sponsored instruments of death worldwide. please enter a plea very hard to take that leap into the air as well or better how exactly would that hurt their little. league. the two. the to sleep. lately. at least.

so much the barrage of bad news this week there's at least one story out of california that restores my hope and humanity in the us federal judge ruled california's death penalty as unconstitutional and a landmark ruling judge cormac carney side of the dysfunctional system there with capital punishment is administered in the state as the basis for his decision and death penalty activists are celebrating the ruling especially given the immense scrutiny over the practice in recent months earlier this summer there was a story of a botched execution in oklahoma where witnesses said that the victim convulsed and rushed on the gurney clearly in excruciating pain the problems stem from the state using a new lethal drug for the first time it's unclear how long the man suffered the effects before dying as officials quickly blocked the view of the executioner and when the problem became evident following this high profile mishap the u.s.

went a full seven weeks without a state mandated killing the botched executions are only the tip of the iceberg last april i reported on a thirty year study by the university of michigan law school which found that the number of innocent people on death row is actually much higher than previously estimated the report found that. one in twenty five and made sense to death in the u.s. are likely innocent and the authors about study suggest that this is a conservative estimate that in that quote of the group one hundred seventeen or one point six percent were exonerated with enough time and resources the authors concluded that at least four point one percent of them would have been exonerated in other words more than two hundred other prisoners would have been cleared during those three decades it's a shocking revelation but it makes perfect sense considering the sheer number of prisoners sentenced to death row every year across the u.s. and fact that there are still thirty two u.s. states where the death penalty remains illegal of the states you see here in red and states like connecticut maryland new mexico which abolished the death penalty

and recent years there are still an estimated three thousand eighty eight prisoners awaiting execution since those bands are not retroactive but there is a silver lining so even though a majority of americans still support the death penalty that majority is shrinking according to a pew research poll the percentage of americans who support capital punishment fell from seventy six percent in one thousand nine hundred six tony fifty five last year this change in attitude in regard for human life is the backbone of the latest latest ruling in california a majority of america's death row inmates currently lives. although judge carney's rolling doesn't ban the death penalty outright it's a strong indictment that will hopefully carry the weight for a state wide ban by two thousand and sixteen and considering that the u.s. remains one of the only industrialized countries in the world that still carries out this barbaric practice i think it's time we step up to the plate and start treating human life with the respect it deserves.

the most about the right of species extinction is exactly the type of thought we tend to carry in the back of our minds but make no. mistake all around the world the effects of climate change are causing irreparable harm the life on earth according to a recent un report climate change is doing widespread and consequential harm to animals and plants that are struggling to adapt to new conditions many climate scientists agree that our rapidly changing weather one day out of the lead the near term extinctions threatening the future of our planet this is exactly the topic of a new book called extinction dialogues how to live with that in mind or i was joined by the book's co-author former psycho therapist and professor of psychology carolyn baker i first asked her how she came to the conclusion that climate change is much much worse than we've been taught. mostly the research of

various climate scientists and all the research that guy macpherson has been compiling for several years and you know elizabeth cold there is a book the sixth extinction an unnatural history in that book she says the sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human now of course it's not only cold there this talking about extinction this topic is coming up everywhere it means stream media in two thousand and nine you wrote sacred demise the forecast of the collapse of industrial civilization what driving forces are behind this alternate downfall. well human beings inability to really look at the problem you know introduction one zero one to solving problems you have to admit that you have one and so we have most of the planet being unwilling to really look at it and you know i wrote an article recently around what does it mean to do something about

climate change and there are four things that have to happen if we're going to do something one is agree that climate change is actually happening secondly understand that the situation is so dire that humanity is living arrangements have to be radically altered sacrifice our economic security and industrial profits to significantly reduce carbon emissions and agree that you know in order to avoid the next two degree rise in temperature which is becoming increasingly lethal we do have to change our living arrangements radically and that's not likely to happen alternately the purpose of your book our carbon is to scare the hell out of people but it's a wake up call so that people can find meaning in the collapse prepare a motion only a law breaker on why about so important. well you know one of the things that that we sort of talk about in there is is the hospice model you know and the possibility that our planet may actually be in

a state of hospice and what do you do when you know you have a terminal diagnosis and you've admitted yourself to hospice you know a lot of people think oh my god that's the worst thing that could happen but many people report who have been in hospice that you know it was one of the most fulfilling times of their lives because they got to really deeply reflect and look at their lives and repair relationships and you know for us were asking questions like how can i be more loving what can i do to serve fellow humans and the more than human world how can i create beauty and joy and i know that as an artist you know how much this matters and in short the whole question is how going to live more passionately more competition at lea and increase a sense of meaning and purpose in my own life and the lives of others around them one of the most important messages that you advocate for is that need to strengthen our ties as a community getting to know our neighbor sharing learning from one another building

these relationships why did we lose this sense of community and how can we really root ourselves in it. well we lost it through it goes way back i think to the enlightenment and the whole sense of reason as primary and you know when you go down that road you know that reason is is the end all would be all then you start losing feelings and we start losing feelings and emotion you stop you stop connecting with people and you start viewing yourself as separate from people and other beings and so i think since that period of time seventeenth eighteenth century we've become extremely individual we stick you know it's me and mine and to hell with you over there and what you need and so one of the things that is positive about all of the crises that we're in is that. it has the potential to really drive us together to support and help one another caroline you're of course encouraging your readers to resist become activists get mad community sense i guess

what i'm struggling with and i know a lot of other people who who might be watching this also are as how can we bridge this feeling of just utter hopelessness and lack of control with the future and a harness that toward tangible action for the here and now. but one of the things that i think is really important is to understand that guy and i are not saying is you know get on your favorite pair of pajamas and go that they didn't go to sleep we're not saying that at all how you know guy is often often quotes it word abby who said if you're dick if you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't then do and i recently wrote an article which you can find on my website at carolyn baker dot net in titled when surrendered means not giving up and in that article i agree i argue that rather than trying to do something about a phenomenon that cannot be fixed in the face of what increasingly appears to be the sixth great extinction we focus on living our lives in

a particular way that brings meaning to ourselves and others even more important you know to connect with other people and to be of service and to spend quality time in nature and appreciate the hell out of our lives absolutely well yeah exactly cultivate that artistic nature provide things that will make people happy our music philosophy conversation carolyn a few months ago marmion jorgen from my group or tragically took his own life as someone who was very close to mike what can we learn from his approach to seeking truth and i guess again from his wisdom. well we can have compassion for people who are very troubled. and we can reach out to them as much as possible and we can realize that they are there about. for the grace of something or other go all of us it could it be been any of us you know everyone has a right to take their own life but it's it's i still think it's tragic when

somebody leaves that us so soon when they have so much to offer so if we can have more compassion if we can strengthen those ties with each other then very often we can prevent an early demise and my group are definitely no shortage of passion and compassion carolyn ok psycho therapist professor author of extinction dialogues how to live with death and mine always amazing to hear your insight carl and thank you andy. coming up on the scots alternatives the west's global banking monopoly it's a town.

crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want. i wonder if allegations of propaganda also represent a form of propaganda because what you do is essentially diligent to my i think this force without looking at the context without looking at this from the information that's not what i think of a real problem i think the political columns a week took place which to school to the old days don't be a crime crises somebody take. on the what maybe one side you may

be able most of you know i'm i'm basically sourcing the whole of the reporting. and i think there's a need for that for a discussion of. something i think the afghans are invincible they're too independent minded they love freedom . they don't want to see foreigners in their country and will fight to guerilla war till the end.

well as the world cup wrapped up this week a different international meeting was taking place in brazil as the brics nations held their six annual summit representing eighteen percent of the global economy the bric nations comprising of brazil russia india and china first came together in two thousand and nine with south africa joining one year later their group convenes to address the issues facing the global south as well as emerging markets and pursue a shared prosperity among each nation's fast growing economies and the most remarkable outcome of this week's summit was the creation of a new development bank created as an alternative to the existing international loan sharks the international monetary fund and the world bank the bank has received a total of fifty million dollars in capital with each brics country contributing ten million low income countries are encouraged to apply it to the bank for loans

to fund their development projects so here to discuss the recent bric summit i'm joined by beautiful shot of the poor nations a possible history of the global south thank you so much for coming on. my pleasure thanks for having me so i began by getting your response of the new deal announced by the brics on monday what role do you think the new development bank will play and will it be a viable alternative to the i.m.f. and world bank. well the first thing to say is that it's good news and it's not so good news it's good news because it's a challenge to the kind of suffocated international economic system that was produced after world war two when the world bank and the international monetary fund institutions dominated largely by the united states western europe and japan laid the agenda for development in most of the world so this is a front to challenge to the i.m.f. and the world bank that's a very productive and

a good development the other thing that's very good is despite the fact that china has such an enormously larger economy than south africa or brazil the way the new brics development bret bank is going to be organized each of the brics countries will have the same vote which is very different from how the international monetary fund is organized where the countries that are the largest contributors dominate the decision making of the i.m.f. so in terms of global democracy this is a very important advance there's a little bit of a limitation or i would say i hesitate to smile too widely the first limitation is that they've decided to denominate their holdings in dollars you know for a long time there was a tort that perhaps you were the yuan would be used as the main currency of the

brics development bank or that they would use a basket of currencies but they've gone with the dollar and for very many reasons this is a terrible idea and if you think it really quickly why do you think that they did that and how do you think western powers will respond to a competitor with the global banking monopoly well you know already already peter articles like the economist have yawned a little saying well yes. there's a new bank in town great but they're going to use the dollar so where is the real challenge to the global order and i think to some extent they're right i think this would have been a very useful place for the you want to have been put forward as a significant challenge you know there's already something called the dim sum born in fact mcdonnell's has floated in some bonds these are bonds of yuan held outside china it would have been an interesting possibility to have at least floated the idea of a year one dollar combination for their holdings but they went with the dollar and

it tells you a little bit about the lack of courage among the brics countries at this point i want to talk particularly about india's prime minister narendra modi's first appearance of the bric summit since his election in may according the times of india modi promised he would quote invest heavily in infrastructure portable housing health care education and clean energy while emphasizing sustainability has been a core element in the indian way of life what do you make of these promises considering that modi really represents the neo liberal b j p party in india. well you know to get elected in india you have to make enormous promises its functioning democracy itself flourishing democracy in fact more the made the slogan that oil it should come before temples you know you would be surprised to know abby that in india fifty percent of the population the one point three billion people deficit in public you know that's the largest number of people in any country that have no

access to oil it's and you know when you look at the promise is a government makes the best way to actually adjudicate whether they live up to the promise is not by listening to their rhetoric but by looking at the budget and the first budget that the b.g.p. has put forward is actually you know revealing of their true intentions it's more bullet. greens and less sanitation so obviously they have rhetoric to get elected but when it came to how they want to disburse the people's money to create a new india i'm afraid then not as imaginative towards people's needs as they claim in their rhetoric in terms of the recent developments in an israel and palestine and brics is not cold out israeli aggression in gaza but did call on the two parties to resume talks a negotiated two state solution what is in the books could do to add teeth to their commitment to peace. well you know the brick says since two thousand and nine

before south africa joined in then in all the other five meetings before this one the brics is said that it's very important for multilateralism to be the framework of international diplomacy not unique polarity where the united states essentially drives an agenda and in light of that they've said in each of the declarations the brics countries need to have an active role in the israel palestine or rather the middle east peace dialogue unfortunately in this declaration in the middle of emergence bombing campaign against gaza the brics countries basically reiterated what they've said since two thousand and nine what we didn't see was a direct statement condemning the violence and calling for a cease fire that would have been actually quite important to have had the the five brics countries from brazil to make a statement about a cease fire it strikes me is

a very odd thing that you know many of the brics countries especially russia and china have felt betrayed by the way the west handled the situation in libya with resolution one thousand seven hundred three where the west said we need a no fly zone and we need to get a strong chapter seven resolution out of the united nations russia and china said we've been betrayed by this resolution i would. thought that in the past ten days at some point the russians or the chinese would have ridden a resolution calling for a no fly zone calling for response ready to predict knowing full well that the american ambassador samantha power would veto that resolution it's about time to aggressively put the americans on the back foot on the question of supporting israel and this didn't happen in brazil during the brics summit and it certainly didn't happen today when the united nations security council had an emergency session on gaza or why do you think it didn't because i mean if not now when d.j.

. this is an excellent question then i don't have the answer to that question the only thing i can say is i feel that there is yet a lack of confidence you know there is a sense that the world is changing there is a sense that us hegemony is fraying there's an understanding that the americans don't dominate you know the global institutions in the way they used to and yet there is a lack of confidence it is going to take i think some time for these countries do not longer look behind you know look behind the shorter they need to look ahead they need to put forward an alternative policy framework and they haven't done that yet because this one certainly isn't working for the long term v.j. and i mean this week members of the indian parliament actually staged a walkout when the government refused to hear a resolution condemning israeli raids in gaza talk about the shift and rift in indian politics over the conflict so far. this is been

a long time coming you know india didn't recognize israel till ninety ninety one and in the past twenty years india has become closer and closer to israel in fact today india is the largest importer of israeli india's anyway the largest importer of arms in the world but india imports half of the arms that israel exports this is brought the countries into a certain kind of harmony and the be chippy the right thing body that's currently in power is very close to the israelis so the statements coming out of the indian foreign ministry have been extremely bloodless you know calling on both sides except what this creates in the country is a great feeling of dissatisfaction because just doesn't the order of the population is decidedly on the side of the palestinians but the governments seem to be increasingly in the thrall of the israeli narrative and which is why the foreign

minister for the first time in india's history quite disgracefully refused to allow a debate in parliament on the question of gaza you know nobody's even talking about changing the government's position on gaza she didn't even allow a debate and that's really quite shocking that something is basic as parliamentary debate was disallowed on the question of this murderous bombing campaign in gaza we have about a minute left but what do you recommend and i guess break down kind of how many people in the indian parliament are allied i guess with gaza and israel how likely is it that anything can move forward with this resolution b.j. . you know i think around the world there is a kind of palestine foot digged that's developed there are very small sections of the hardcore people who understand the misery that the palestinians suffer but these are very small numbers of people you know whether it's in the united states

in western europe in africa in mexico where there was a big demonstration today these are yet very small numbers of people we have to fight very hard to break the wall of palestine foot deep and we have to demonstrate to people that liberation for the palestinians is a tangible goal it can happen it's not simply something that one does is it kind of happened actually it's real it's absolutely possible thank you for breaking through the rhetoric v.j. parishad author of poor nations always amazing to hear your insight thank you. thanks so much for watching you guys be sure to follow me on twitter at abby martin have a great weekend i'll be back next week to break the sat all over again. this

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