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now at first sight it could pass for a clip from this program but if you look very carefully you will notice that there is the not able difference the voice used in that report does not belong to any of our reporters because maybe if it was one of their reporters in africa they'd be saying things like this welcome from a broken eastern libya well we know that coalition military planners are carrying out what they call bomb damage assessment just to check on exactly what level of destruction they have cause to colonel get out air defenses and radar installations because t.v. stations and civilian infrastructure would hit in africa's richest per capita country by any of the hundred tomahawk missiles right they will then decide whether to carry out more attacks so night on those same target more strikes on the same targets does that maybe he reported betray one iota of what it would feel for civilians where he lives in britain to undergo aerial bombardment or are b.b.c.
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reporters in the developing world basically just junks to the british military i think everyone's sort of very satisfied that we've been out. to complete the mission when it comes to africa it appears there are either completed missions backed by al qaeda or a night or day as to destroy entire countries or their own nature back to governments in poverty. when famine hits the smallest so. no mention of the b.b.c.'s backing for the creation of south sudan where that famine has just apparently been alleviated after the president of that country apparently said he likes donald trump no mention of the fact that famine across the continent of africa has arguably been convenient for major powers now in a business proxy war with china just pictures of dying black babies and for the election in kenya tomorrow with so many live in hunger in his future may depend on severing ties with not only the i.m.f. and world bank which urged muscle sterritt see but the pentagon which has military bases there. and the british which fifty three years after u.k.
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massacres and the granting of independence still has hundreds of troops there but we do see is is great great spirit and i've always hugely impressed by what they bring to the party and that there are enthusiasm to get on and deliver deliver water does that even look like post-independence kenya to you as kenyans prepared to vote tomorrow when arguably one of the greatest political cartoonists in history the brazilian artist scholars look to for as never pulled a punch when it comes to nato member imperialism in africa and around the world as jeremy corbin's british labor party takes pot shots of the elected government of venezuela along with the cia we're joined now by carlos in porto alegre brazil colors are two for welcome to going underground let's just begin with venezuela the former mayor of london ken livingstone says the problem with java as it was he didn't kill enough of the oligarchy that's why even as part of the reason we're given israel a face is the crisis that it does today livingstone of course negotiated london's
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oil for buses here with my dura who was then foreign minister what do you think what he said well is quite interesting to the trial calling venezuela or ship the same way united states used to apply this label to syria for example and. that's why they soup or united states is supporting that so call opposition the so-called rebels in syria and now and venezuela so probably. later. more soon than later we can listen about moderate rebels in venezuela u.s. beckett moderate rebels in venezuela you think the united states wants to turn but as wayland to syria i'm quite sure united states is seeking another regime change in venezuela but why. choreo how united states is seeking regime change in
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places where it has all you like in venezuela it's one of the biggest producers of all you in the whole world they are always seeking for democratized places like. nicaragua or afghanistan in the past and now syria in this way you know but never their allies like saudi arabia you know they are always talking about. traffic to peace and they they for example they are always referring to the rent as a trap to peace but they never talk about. weapons race the nuclear weapons race between pakistan and. to peace so it's just just sit down to come down to read the headlines to to check the facts to check
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the informations to realise what is this. discourse offer united states what it is about colors all around the world the powerless arguably think of you as one of the great cartoonists political cartoonists in history how under threat are you in brazil with the fiery cartoons that you draw against those in power in your country let alone washington is just say the most interesting thing. in my career is a more well known outside brazil been in brazil for example this book is the most complete book about my cartoons and in the whole in my whole career but it was published in turkey never in brazil probably that saying nobody can be a prophet in his own land it's it's for real my work is more published. by leftist. news outlets. trade unions for workers the unions
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newspapers are left leftist newspapers but the mainstream media in brazil they don't care in fact i don't care about that because. thanks to internet and thanks to social medias we have many ways to reach an audience maybe the british media just follows whatever washington arguably tells it to do but you chose do draw a picture of britain's prime minister had to resume as a protestant paramilitary militant after billion pound deal with the democratic unionist party tell me about that got to it was more a criticism the way the sinn fein is. stretching the politics in ireland you know because you know sinn fein was the political arm of a and they fought along the cade's jus
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make an independent and now you have sinn fein i've been dawning the idea of independence and quite satisfied with dealing some concessions in order to chew chew chew rule. the north to ireland with you kate so when you when you see for example pictures of the former maginnis also. die dizzy or i think. it was a dream with the queen is really you know you see for example pictures from han and the time of irate and the time of the troubles. with ghent fighting the british and then you see pictures of him shaking hand of for the queen.
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it it's something. it cannot it cannot imagine this kind of things you know and of course we are always open for dialogue you know i defend the dialogue but there is a difference between dialogue and negotiate concessions you know and it's a pity to see. such a resistance movement and to colonial movement to make deals with the british well unfortunately this kind of the this kind of a behavior it's not something applied only in ireland but i also saw this kind of good things happening in other parts of the world like in nicaragua for example the president sent in east a government we too was in the best river lucho nary a d. the. seeds to overthrow logic take the shit from some but now
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they make deals in order to rule the country with the same enemies they fought and the best your work of course is known from the atlantic to the indian ocean the arab world because of your. continual theme of palestine on donald trump you drew him putting the whole of the west bank of palestine internet in the mouth when he announced the new u.s. ambassador to israel not much hope from trump then for the op holding of all those united nations resolutions i use just say. no matter if obama or trump of course you have difference between democrats and republicans but. the core of. the policies in united states. we. we'll be always pro
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israel you know so no matter if republicans or democrats as i say you can you can see differences but they we always agree upon the full support to israel occupation of palestinian. territories now you have to see senators in united states working to a bill that we criminalize the b.d.s. the boycott and divest menton sanctions in united states so. of course deter is to blent you know. he's more clear on he his support to israel you know. even united states supported israel during the obama. rule. trump is seen as a real friend of israel no and. in my opinion i don't think
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any president of united states is or was really. concerned. involved in finding. a good solution for the situation you know they are always talking about business associations peace negotiation just this like netanyahu or. who dalmiya you know all of then are always talking about we see no peace for no partner for peace but they are not seeking for peace in fact they are talking about peace and give in terms to more settlements to be viewed on palestinian side though so they are not really involved in finding a solution for the palestinian israeli crisis god. thank you after the
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break revolution nina simone's style is the politics of. searing indictment of bigotry in britain. this week at the edinburgh fringe festival in the world and from golden globe winning actor bryan cranston visiting a place in the u.k. to michael gove's mission to improve. this week's. going underground. monopoly. and the. people who would be useful if. you were talking to. each other. and that
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so you know you're not. you're not just i mean. i'm already but it was. i mean. if it up as what i might say i mean i just don't get it i'm getting worse but those were the oh. my but if i see. that they're already. in the thought of i think they're calling. my. welcome back. national international sports and weather from the news and that's very news as we get details of a previously classified cia memo outlining plans from the usa to infiltrate
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journalism schools to target media workers who are out of line first to the suicide attack or martyrdom operation that had a nato convoy in afghanistan's kandahar region killing or injuring up to six u.s. soldiers civil tain these lean multi hundred million dollar military contracts have been awarded to the new white house chief of staff linked call international which along with mining company american elements and founder of private mercenaries blackwater erik prince have been reportedly advising president trumbull a new strategy for the war in afghanistan i don't think we can continue to spend money like we're doing in afghanistan and lose. so i've tried to lay out a a middle path a moderate path that is sustainable for america that puts on relenting pressure on terrorists. and doesn't break the bank it would return forty billion dollars a year back to the pentagon leaked u.s. state department documents reveal the defector support for venezuela's opposite. in
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the lead up to president maduro referendum victory two leaders implicated in the failed coup of twenty zero two have been arrested and journalism are also allegedly played a role in the murder of thousands of civilians during the karakas or uprising of nine hundred eighty nine former exxon mobil c.e.o. and now u.s. secretary said rex tillerson has since brief the media of what could arguably be a war cry for regime change we are waiting all of our policy options as to what can we do to create a change of conditions were either my girl that doesn't have a future and wants to leave us on the court or we can return. the government processes back to their constitution now let's get the latest climate for gusts with senior producer people at banks ashen what expects more on sets where this day is a request reveals the u.k. government has spent almost four hundred thousand taxpayer pounds fighting environmental more cases climbed the activist lawyers he defeated defra of all the
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really exposed that disregard for around forty thousand premature pollution deaths the gig just as scientists claim climate change will soon be on its two degree tipping point there has to be said to raise him a secretary for the environment michael gove's insisted removing speed bumps will improve quality nationwide and with the reported seen us my military facilities in britain alone news of a lightning strike are e.f. lakenheath in suffolk have gone largely unnoticed as go globe winning emmy antonio would winning at bryan cranston visited their american servicemen despite the m.r.d. insisting full oversight of all current habits and locations maybe no one told the break about some of these sites have allegedly been given the n.s.a.'s drone programs and gehman to potentially store nuclear warheads for the pennsic in. and finally the u.k. ministry of justice publishes their prison statistics this week in an environment
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of flash rights across the country first eight chimpy them out in hartford with tornado squad stormed in two days of violence then disturbances at nearby h. and p. ulster. where recent report raise concerns of their lack of experience offices so now the u.k. gets most privatized criminal justice system high of pushing that lead in the us many may want aren't says from justice secretary david linton of why warnings that an arguable failing justice system has been ignored now over to deputy editor sebastian packer to go through the sporting rivalries in this week's social media downs banks treat ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the arena of social media combat first stop we have a punch up between publishers with julian the wiki leak or songs buses the new york sulzberger talking to former cia heavy hitters one who was senior executive of the
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scary named national clandestine service the other now c.n.n.'s national security analyst have written an article on the supposedly putin trump tag team titled oh wait maybe it was collusion in the article they fired shots of publisher wiki leaks saying wiki leaks a veritable russian front the organizations founder julian assange has never want to show away from a fight hit back tweeting new york times is virtual fake news maybe the former cia guys are upset about the recent wiki leaks release detailing the cia's ability to switch off security web cams and corrupt recordings. and the dynamite versus the daily danger mail u.k. labor m.p. diane abbott weighed into the mail online about the uprisings in east london of the father russia and charles died at the hands of police saying the anger and upset. the death of rush on charles is understandable she claims the man online dortch the truth when they published a headline saying local m.p.
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diane abbott defends rioters cuckold petrol bombs at police diane abbott then delivered a social media slap down saying today's man online claims i defended the hurling of petrol bombs at police i'm disgusted for our final fight of the night it's a royal rumble the clue nice buses the tories as theresa may continues her holiday in italy a country currently dealing with the thousands of refugees fleeing the fallout of western wars in libya george and a mile clooney vowed to put three thousand syrian children through school that's almost ten times the amount that to raise a manhunt government agreed to help in the u.k. prompting labor m.p. stella creasy who voted for bombing in syria to lash out saying extraordinary the clooney is personally helping the equivalent of ten times more unaccompanied children than the u.k. government but given that george clooney according to broad to magazine is looking
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through a feature film version of the al qaeda linked what helmets should be worried about where they're going to be educated back to you in the studio option. if you're near the continuing uprisings in the east end of london this summer you're more than likely to see banners flying with the image of malcolm x. footage of the twenty year old black man russian child dying at the hands of london police is revitalized britain's black lives matter movement and new police data shows that on average london's police aim guns at suspects three times a day well the new play about the artist nina simone showing at the world's largest alex festival the edinburgh fringe seeks to make audiences aware through the power of her music how far we are from the dreams of either malcolm x. or martin luther king jr joining me now is actress and director of mina a story about nina simone and me jos that bushel mingle his play follows the legendary singer's activism and draws a powerful. the black lives matter movement today just welcome to going underground some people might think of me as a murder as a recording artist screwed by the music industry which is where so many car
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commercials use or musical in your play it's not about advertising the music world is no it's not my production really is about the celebration of nina's life i use nina simone who is both a consummate classical pianist artist singer and also activist i focus specifically on the civil rights activism and i focus specifically on using her as my g.p.s. today in twenty seventeen as a black british woman trying to navigate increasingly racist conditions where we tend to end up dead if we were on this program we often privileged class abilities of many different issues rather than identity one's own a woman or race in your play you focused squarely on the idea of being a woman and being black yes i do i thought so much and worked well it's there for me but i also walk or think about it from an intersection a perspective that for me means that there are lots of influences classes a huge part of any artist background myself and you have a similar background of working class working their way to different forms of
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church but i think when it comes to the idea that somehow it's not in the piece it is but actually at the end of the day no matter what class we are those of us from the african continent that there is still the issue of race which i think is in some instances more dominant than being a successful actress. you don't read reviews but you probably heard it as reaction to your performance because technically threaten all white members of the audience to kill them. to just explain what was behind the thinking of doing that in their thinking really was nothing that i threw out casually it was really bringing the audience into a place where they see why some black people and other minorities decide to take violence into their hands when they have understood exactly what has been done to them over the years went on a couple of months we'll talk about we're talking hundreds of years so what happens if i don't reverse that and take you into a place with me all the way down to that place you don't want to stay with me and say ok i would kill my husband and he's white. out to much and get out of the room
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and i would hope all of you hostage because i want you to understand how far we are being driven that's when i take the audience and they are very uncomfortable it divides the audience i can feel the audience's doppelgangers moving as they try to adjust themselves there are white people who sit in the audience who see the same things that i have an interest in these images you've got around the studio at the moment i mean i can feel them all of our audience you see these images and words in the performance and then i say how do you justify this i received as a present a book which is the from i am not you know negro by james baldwin extraordinary. i mean that is a couple of images and as a black person i tend to look at slave images history images about this in a very distant i kind of got a filter over my eye and i remember looking at this book i've got it at home now and in the book there's a picture of soldiers sitting in the same sort of jungle area with the slaves at the back and then when i look closely. after brief when i say this one of these
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soldiers is sitting on a little black boy like a chair he's sitting on this child just slightly younger than my own son in the heat of the jungle with other blacks on the floor or to his gun just sitting on that child and i can't take that pain away i can't change that picture so i say balance to that picture to now you stay with me in this room about how uncomfortable you feel. it doesn't come for that boy still is carrying the weight of a fully grown white man on his shoulders for how many hours and that's what one moment so yeah it's ok he wouldn't can stay with me in uncomfortable places in the piece but a good james baldwin was pretty explicitly said something like the only time that nonviolence has been admired is when the negroes practice it it's very very specific and very clear argument yes and i think for me the biggest question in the piece is the dilemma at what point do you stop saying it's ok it was very
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interesting we had a post show discussion very very intense and in that discussion a gentleman white gentleman said he feels that we have come a long way that we can't make a blanket statement we have nobody said we have come a long way but what we are being given is not what i need what i need from the society is yes representation find a better way to absolutely housing etc but i need something more which is the society white specific are not prepared to give which is equality but you do mention a lot of the killings in britain in the united states what was it feel like to do the run when you knew that there was footage on social media probably not being of the mainstream media at all until the of twenty year old russian russian child dying at the hands of british police i do realize as well there's been another incident again in coventry we don't know again the exact details but another that man has died in police custody and the piece suddenly becomes more actual but it makes me feel ashamed as well when i do the piece but also that now
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the moment i have an artist the moment i must use announced their names again as someone said it was always mark lennon in revolution real girls talk did you explicitly take away the. politics in that side of things in this performance. of course all of us know absolutely i think we when we were putting the piece together it was directed by the to stop i mean the idea of removing class maybe. because we understood that a lot of the civil rights itself came from that struggle that the implicit in of that was already in place so the idea of completely taking it away from me was never that it was never removed because it actually is if you know about mean if you know about her political views and those around her james baldwin langston hughes but also harry belafonte i mean some important people around who are carrying these views i don't think that by not explicitly mention it i ignore it a little bit that the decisions i make with nina i chose not to focus on her
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relationship with men not to focus on her relationship the music industry because it is if you want to know more about that that is also up to us in order to find out maybe also cause i am working class and i feel that i'm body that myself and the performer there is one of the ones on which obliquely talks about u.s. foreign policy when i got damn i think you're talking about which it got me so upset they're the same i mean and then there's four women which describes the four women and who they are in for women i think what nina really really tries to do is to emphasize just how possibly with the vietnam war but how women are reduced often sold and labeled and how those labels become more and more embedded in the stereotypes that we have today i think that was it and she was also very clearly i think from a feminist perspective at least into sexual perspective she was very clear on the role that women were taken only in the civil rights but in civil rights across the world at that time that women were extremely strident extremely vocal didn't always have their rights up there with everything else so for me i think the idea of
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settling for women she makes very clear not to forget that women are also in the heart of this and suffer at the heart of civil rights just a bushel bingo thank you and that's over the show about on wednesday to speak to the founder of the magazine the homeless and the underclass the big issue for the bird about is new parliamentary bill that would give renters the same access to credit as those with the move your children to without reservation you would see on wednesday forty six years of a tory prime minister it would be for the. messer esther internment of catholics by the british of the north. in case you're new to the game this is how it works now the economy is built around corporations corporations run washington washington controls the media the media control over voters elected to businessman to run this country business equals
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power you must it's not business as usual it's business like it's never been done before. social environment. with. chemical discoveries over the last century made every day life easier but at what cost this is syria is exceptionally sick. no wonder it's confidential. says the years old industrial giants reap the benefit. production. as if these people aren't just experimental animals. the toxic environment continues to poison lives and we found these astronomically high levels of dioxin levels that my staff think maybe some of the highest levels in the united states for almost thirty years this very serious problem have not actually been addressed what will that investigation
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into the chemical industry secrets revealed. this respect. for years in france the interior minister reveals two hundred and seventy percent of the country. flounders. trouble in the house of trump to the report now is national security advisers loyalty is in question for giving security clearance to a former top aide to president obama. feeling the heat over a mate of a good activists butcher in california i'm going to animal rights in the schools window.
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