disobedience of modern day that are going to bail us out this is what will do to their was also lauren lyster r.t. new york and still ahead real money for fake purposes and a bonus cover how money donated from abroad for people in need in the india and soften the pockets of combat. now nine people

the new york marxist school people have a chance to voice their plans for a better society is lauren lyster has more. the very first sentence of the congress manifesto in. a specter hangs over europe the speaker of communism like. in modern day us the specter of communism hangs over the bottom floor of a brick building on the west side of downtown new york city the wrexham started out actually as the new york marks of school in one nine hundred seventy five here communism is certainly no bogeyman and its poster a philosopher so to speak is revered i'm a marxist and i wanted to be around other marxists and and it's just a talk with all the marxists in the us that may sound a little taboo even unpatriotic to the average joe but these days amid rising poverty and inequality in the country more and more people are joining in the discussion certainly since the kind of the economic crisis where the financial crisis kind of hit home and a lot of people realized you know there are some systemic problems we saw a huge increase in. traffic here people opening their eyes to a different view here peopl

financial correspondent lauren lyster lauren thanks for being with us now i know this is a lengthy report here but you know did they just kind of they use the five hundred pages to spread the blame on everybody everybody from wall street to government regulators to the federal reserve. alone it seems that's exactly what they did i mean they went down the list of pretty much everybody that could have been involved in the financial crisis and blame them for playing a pivotal role from the governance of corporate governance on wall street firms to a government that was ill prepared for the collapse and then had an inconsistent response that rattled markets to a bell labs of accountability and ethics at every level to a scathing review of federal regulators and of the regulations that are in place i mean really every single it was it was a wide net that they cast in every single person or party that could have been involved was pretty much held to blame except for the specifics of the people that are still in power today in terms of being stewards of the economy they wouldn't really when push

citizens american scott and the financial crisis are choosing a more creative tactic as artie's lauren lyster reports it's a more quiet protest that has literally gone underground. the only language that they are doing bad it's going down in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we sure are moderate you're supposing what's established and in some way with signs of the civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country may not be quite paid to the papers there are no state making a right this is left with a razor heard call it economic distress they don't see it because it's going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as they can to give them a free rid

but a working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york. now if you bear in mind you can always check out www dot com for much more news and analysis here are some of the things we have lined up for you right now you're buying in the number of arrested terrorists this is raising questions with a background check some of the saddam secrets are to blame also. find out about your mystical messengers between humans and spirits tradition of shamanism lives on its remote russia for more head over to auntie dot com. the official delegation. from the. video. calls and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the dot com. this is from moscow now russia's special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism home and abroad only the fittest the strongest and the best on the right so whether spetznaz a crimson beret. went to meet the latest recruits hoping to receive that honor. it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these young soldiers part of the

government and corporations appear to capitalize on a war that looks here to stay lauren lyster r.t. new york. coming up on the program going viral on the internet literally to move russian scientists invented for the. online microscope. use viruses of microbes from anywhere in the world. where pensioners are going bankrupt faster than any other group in the country and insolvency service report indicates that over the past decade the number of elderly with growing debts and reduced income has risen six fold result is the emmitsburg finding out that leaves them struggling to afford the basics. retirement depicted as a golden age where older people get more time to enjoy their families and hobbies but a new survey shows a different side of old age in britain a worrying picture of a country where more and more elderly people can't afford to retire pensioner lydia portsmouth won't say how much money she gets from the state but she's forced to dip into her limited savings to pay her monthly bills like many others she wasn't able to push away a lot of money for her retirement and what she

government attracts newcomers through official visa lotteries granting them green cards but as lauren lyster reports for many people the quest for the american dream can turn out to be a grim reality. in the united states and here in new york every year countless people play the lottery. and touring for a chance to win for a mega million dollar fantasy believing a few dollars and a dream could buy them so for the life of a ticket that could change their lives every year more than ten million people also play a different kind of lottery and fifty thousand when i meet one of them my name is a woman and her husband teenage son and seven year old daughter you see here. are immigrants from nepal they entered and won the united states diversity visa lottery this lottery is a congressional mandate it's supposed to be an opportunity for people to come to america from countries with historically low rates of immigration the jackpot with permanent residency the prize is not cash but green cards and this startling experience was due to a lot of we had to start from scratch from zero once we got here tw

people caught in the center of america's financial crisis she was never all the different tactic lauren lyster reports it's a quiet protest that has gone underground quite literally. the only language that they understand and shutting down in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we usually mark protests you're supposing what's established standing somewhere with signs would be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documented wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country you may not see it on my page in the papers there are no statement making a right this is laughable the research here call it economic descent and they don't see it because it's going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as they ca

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york we'll be bringing you more from moscow airport throughout the day here in our t.v. you can get all the details about the blast on our website which is r t dot com all the latest video eyewitnesses comments expert opinion and much more available there for you online at our t v dot com. the blast of the moscow airport may also affect the upcoming world economic forum in the swiss town of davos russia's president dmitry medvedev was scheduled to open the summit but after the attack he said he would delay his arrival argues laura amate is in switzerland. we've heard no word that he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech it's a great honor for medvedev to be asked to make this speech it really sort of russia in a very important part of the world economic forum here in davos last year this speech was made by president nicolas sarkozy so he was he was obviously loo

by falling wages and high unemployment are employing a new tactic economic disobedience artie's lauren lyster takes a look. the only language that they are. going to be in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we usually mark your supposing what to say i was just an exam where would science would be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country may not be at all the high paid to the papers there are no statement making a right this is left to the researcher call it economic justice you may not see it but it is going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in as they can to give them a free ride here or is this an ferrites were resisting the cost of liv

by falling wages and high unemployment are employing a new tactic economic disobedience artie's lauren lyster takes a look. the only language that they understand is shouting don't give us that unit in the us most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we. are protests you're supposing want to sabotage your standing somewhere with signs would be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country made by paid to the papers there are no statement making the right fit and left little research college economic descent and they don't see it because it's going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in his they can to give them a free ride here or is this unfair rights were r

but of working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york and hundreds of u.s. troops have returned home after a treacherous tour of duty in afghanistan officials say they're the first of some seventeen thousand due to be pulled out in the coming months but other soldiers will be sent to replace them archies military contributor says what matters is how the fresh batch of troops will be used. well the latest technical shift that is supposed to happen in afghanistan it's an additional beef up of u.s. marines in the southern part of the country going to the latest data the u.s. marine corps is expected to beef up its deployment up to additional one thousand troops well the question is who cares whether it's going to be just the same static twenty thousand and four just another one thousand marines well the kershner difference is to what purpose real this additional one thousand marines will serve the key issue here is that helmand province is a u.s. marines sanctuary and it could make or break the new military campaign in souther

disobedience of modern day they're not going to bail us out this is what will do to ourselves lauren lyster r.t. new york. by the way you can always check out our website r t v dot com for all the news blogs feature stories and many more here's a quick look at what's on the line for you right now if you're looking for a possible way to get around you might want to check out the crawford long view more than a snow friendly sailing through. the freedom or charges to be pressed against. the use of spying and the russian woman is forced to wait months for a deportation hearing and find out why on l.t. . with her when you see in russia spiraling out of control there are increasing calls to legalize methadone treatment to help addicts beat their habit but doctors believe this substitution therapy simply replaces one addiction with another. talks to both sides. in russia more than two million people are addicted to legal drugs finding a way to combat this remains a critical challenge my started when i was very young i was interested in anything that altered my state of mind and i didn't have any p

countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york. well look at this hour we'll be back on the streets of the big apple what people there think about mark twain's classic novel huckleberry finn edited to make it more politically correct. still stones will break my bones but names will never harm so no name has ever been offensive to you know you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any effect. when defending its record in the iraq war the us is quick to point to the tens of billions of dollars it's. spending on reconstruction but between rampant corruption and gross inefficiency poverty stricken iraqis say they see little sign of improvement to their daily lives it means many are forced to do whatever they can to scrape by sebastian meyer reports. at seven am every morning fatima crouch is outside her house and along with her sister and cousins begins to sort through gardens displaced from southern iraq that most families too poor to send her to school and so she works eight hours a day sorting through

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york. and we'll be bringing you more from moscow airport throughout the day here on r.t. and you can get all the details about the blast on our website that's r.t. dot com and all the latest video eye witnesses commons and expert opinion and much more available for you on line at r.t. dot com. to other stories now here in our team russia's lower house of parliament the state duma is to consider ratification of russia u.s. strategic arms reduction treaty in its third and last reading the nuclear arms cut has been already approved by the american side the previous review of the bill has seen an amendment introduced in response to the american interpretation of the tax russian legislators stressed moscow could withdraw from the deal if it felt threatened by u.s. missile defense plans interviewer agreement was signed by presidents mitigate and obama last year and will slash the country's nuclear arsenals by a third. now the council of europe will debate the findings of an explosive re

investigative commission points finger at the country's economic elite but as artie's lauren lyster reports previous experience showed those responsible are likely to go unpunished. it wasn't so long ago the world was reeling from a financial crisis and in the financial capital of the world hard hit americans were calling for heads to roll on wall street and then he blamed irresponsible and illegal actions of big wig bankers for the economy's near collapse that if you got if you did that we could. it was born from this mess the u.s. president formed a bipartisan commission to get to the bottom of the crisis. it is our hope that together we can rebuild the american people's belief in a financial system to put some americans to work over a year they heard from stewards of the economy the most important lesson of this crisis is we have to end too big to fail they heard from c.e.o.'s of investment banks anyone who says i wouldn't change a thing i think is crazy. now the meltdown panel believes the answers to this outrage can be found here and five hundred plus pages of their findings it gives t

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york will be bringing you more from moscow's don't know yet of airports throughout the day here on r.t. you can always get all the details about the blast on our website dot com or the latest video eye witness comments as well expert opinion and much more available for you on line twenty four seven at odds he taught com well the class of the moscow airport may also affect the upcoming a world economic forum in the swiss town of davos russia's president dmitri medvedev therefore should do well to open the summit but after the attack he said he would delay his arrival. has more for us in switzerland. he's cancelling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some stage this week he was supposed to make this very important opening speech but now it looks like he may may not make that speech we don't know whether he's going to be here on wednesday in time to make it so someone else may have to make it to his place we have heard that he may come on thursday or he

correspondent lauren lyster was asked whether our current wars are simply too profitable to end and i'll speak with editor of the blog wars business korea trying to get a report on the status of the military industrial complex fifteen years after eisenhower warned of its dangers. the latest sign. from. the future covered. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get voice face to face with the news makers. are you guys it's time for show and tell now last time we wanted to know what you thought of obama's speech that he made at the tucson memorial service if the election were tomorrow we wanted to know would you vote for obama at the president's and so many people were reminded of the old obama and the way in which he spoke so here's what you had to say. brian mcgee gives an emphatic no he says not only did i vote for him i volunteered for him but let me repeat hell no seven bore also responded on facebook by saying if pailin is the alternative obama looks just great pauline murphy tweeted her answer to this she said i live in the u.k. and i would i felt like two thousand and eig

but so far no one is coming out questioning justification for a virtual version lauren lyster r.t. new york and we'll be bringing you more from moscow airports around the day here on r t but you can also get the details about the blast on our website r t v dot com all the latest video eyewitnesses comments expert opinion and much more available for you online at r.t. dot com. the blast at the moscow airport may also affect the upcoming world's economic forum and the swiss town of davos russia's president dmitry medvedev was scheduled to open the summit but after the attack he said he would delay his arrival we now cross live to respond to laura and me who is in switzerland for us now a lawyer or what have you heard about the president's visit. well we don't know an awful lot at this stage merino we do know that as you said president medvedev has postponed his visit to davos we don't know whether it's been perspective we've heard no words we know that it's been proposed we've heard no word that he's canceling it all together so we still are expecting him to come to davos at some sta

aside all for the sake of protesting the current economic siege situation in this country artie's lauren lyster caught up with one of them to learn more about this trend of economic disobedience. new language that they understand me don't you visit us in the u.s. most are familiar with the age old protest tactic of civil disobedience we. are just supposing it's a separation standing somewhere which are and should be civil disobedience but these days with rising inequality and low wages in the us being a pressing issue many researchers and activists are documentation wages are falling cutting benefits for people taking away their pensions there is evidence of a different form of disobedience now taking place all over the country they are part paid to pay for there are no statement making the right fit in life but the research here call it an economic difference they not see it it is going on underground. and poor neighborhoods in new york city some residents organized to raise a little money to buy subway cards offering unlimited rides they swipe as many people in his they can to give them a fre

but of working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york. we invite you to check out our two dot com for more news and analysis here's some of what's lined up for you right now. in europe sees a spike in the number of the rest of the terror suspects raising questions whether poor background checks among asylum seekers are to blame also. find out about mr gold messengers between humans and spirits the ancient tradition of chauvinism lives on in some remote parts of russia for. more head to. the official location. from the. video. feeds. the kremlin of russia's armed forces spetznaz are on the front line in the fight against terrorism with a reputation for intense training and tactics and they are revered and feared the world over. it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these young soldiers part of the country's internal forces are preparing to meet and his friends their country may face the history of special units or spetznaz in the russian army goes back centuries that tact

countries such as canada and germany must they make sure of winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york. there is plenty more to come this hour including a rubbish existence we report from iraq how many children forced to make a living from rifling through all the people's discarded trash. activists in georgia out of the state of the media and to freedom of speech in the country join the so yes under threat they come under heavy pressure to have a pro-government agenda in their reporting this country would. markets itself as a free and open democracy parties want to see for himself. the death of free georgian media that's the message of this mock up funeral being held in tbilisi and the mourners element in how lonely their struggle is not the problem is that society is so intimidated by the authorities people aren't ready to react the right way to l'isle ations of human rights. one of these alleged violations happened to join in one is. one of the coding brothers of trinity t v an independent regional station that isn't afraid to criticize government policy they claim he wa

countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure of winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our teeth new york. now and some of today's well news a u.s. congressman has been. in the head outside a grocery store in the state of arizona six others were killed in their own page as democrats friends was beaten. in a critical condition. was killed in the carnage as well as in i don't you know. the have a rest of the twenty two year old shooting. that thing is underway in southern sudan in a referendum that could see one of africa's largest most. the christian dominated south is widely expected to choose independence from remaining muslim rules thirdly clashes have among the run up to the week long about it though today's part of a two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war that claimed two million dollars and displaced twice as many others. two frenchmen abducted in the jail have been killed by their captors after attempts to rescue them failed and never found dead following clashes between security forces and kidnappers the hostages were seized on friday f

but a working from within which you can call any number of things but probably not unpatriotic lauren lyster r.t. new york. for more news and analysis that's our web site has some of what's right now europe's. in the number of arrested terror suspects raising questions with a poor background checks among asylum seekers at the blaze also on the web site of the moment. find out about your crew tears mystical messages between humans and spirits in traditional shamanism lives on in some remote parts of russia for more so. don't call. down to the official party application to your i phone i pod touch from the. on the go. video on demand. broadcasts and r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question. dot com. question special forces are on the front line of protecting their country from terrorism at home and abroad and of the fittest the strongest and the best k'naan the right to wear the spetsnaz crimson berry lottie's written otieno went to meet the latest recruits hoping to receive that honor. it may look like a scene from a hollywood blockbuster but the special forces are very real. these youn

government and corporations appear to capitalize on a war that looks here to stay lauren lyster r.t. new york. a top ranking u.s. officer is openly voicing concerns over the professional conduct of the country's own forces in afghanistan. and says it's been severely challenge to nine years of war and these reviewing these are going to contribute to the amateurish personnel undermining american defense policy board. and the national defense university which is the top military madrasi in the united states and. michael mullen who is the joint chief of staff chairman conducts the soul searching jam session for the military profession the top objective is to spill the guts been the military community from the outset the admiral has made it perfectly clear that couple of subjects we'll be off the table without any benefit of the doubt the first of them is the behavior of some lose cannons and the strikers brigade in kandahar because couple of those road warriors so gold sculpture hunters not only have discredited a large part of the image of the u.s. military abroad and specifically in af

countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster r.t. new york. it's been two years since israel's military offensive on gaza that little has changed for the better for its residents with unemployment around forty percent people there are forced to come up with as many ways as they can to make a living and even despite israel's easing its blockade last summer on the job is no easy mission he's poised to reports. a group of gaza women are breaking new ground literally. they've signed up to workers ditch diggers to help support their families. the work is very hard and with life is even harder these women are the families breadwinners and with two out of three people unemployed in gaza the burden of responsibility on their shoulders is heavier than the shovels in their hands of the news that only my family has no one to take care of us and we need money and that's why i'm forced to dig plans. three hundred women have signed up their dig holes for water reservoirs on farms in gaza and the pay little more than fifteen dollars a day hard

countries such as canada and germany unless they make sure winning the lottery actually pays off lauren lyster our new york. where you can check out for more on the stories we're covering as well as blogs if you're from our country which is what's also just a click away. reduce government subsidies for you to receive tourists from just trust landscape sightseers breaks so it's. also our israeli army secrets that are suffering from some share information should social network sites tell us with. it's now two years since israel's military offensive on gaza and life is still no better for its residents israel is easing the blockade of the region but unemployment is still around forty percent forcing people into innovative ways to make a living artie's points nepal's. a group of gaza women are breaking new ground literally . they've signed up to work as ditch diggers to help support their families the red line and the work is very hard and life is even hiding these women of a family's breadwinners and with two out of three people unemployed in gaza the burden of responsibility on their shoulders i