this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show in afghanistan, where islamic state militants have carried out an early morning attack on a military academy in the capital of kabul, killing at least 11 troops and wounding 16. this marks the latest in a wave of deadly attacks in kabul this month. monday was already declared a national day of mourning in afghanistan after a taliban attacker drove an ambulance filled with explosives into the heart of the city on saturday, killing at least 103 people and wounding as many as 235. one week earlier, taliban militants killed 22 people at kabul's intercontinental hotel. last week, another six people were killed in an assault claimed by the islamic state on the office of aid group save the children in the eastern city of jalalabad. saturday's attack occurred in the heart of the most secure part of kabul. this is samim and mohammad, a dutch each own small shops near the site of

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[captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! supportsited states the iranian people and call on the to respective citizens basic right to usefully express their desire for change. the day when for iranians will take their rightful place alongside the free people of the world. amy: antigovernment demonstrations continue in iran as nikki haley calls for an emergency meeting to discuss iran and president trump tweeps it is time for change. we will speak with reporter reza , author ofrita parsi "losing an enemy." then we remember black lives matter activist erica garner who died saturday after falling into an asthmalowing induced heart attack. she was just 27 years old. forhelped lead the struggle justice for her father erica garner, was killed when police officers in staten island put him in a fatal chokehold in 20 13. >> i still have not accepted my father is gone, even know i talk about my dad, i talk about him in a case that he like i've been studying his case and you can see i am consta

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democracy now! [captioning made possible by democracy now!] his week, "global 3000"" focuses s on democracycy. democracy, it seems, is on the decline. just last year, 67 countries saw setbacks to their citizens' civil liberties and political rights. the biggest threats to a democratic system are autocrats and populists. populists insist they speak for

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. bipartisan opposition is growing to president trump's proposal to greatly expand offshore oil and gas drilling. the reversal of the obama-era restrictions would open more than one billion acres of water in the arctic, pacific, atlantic, and gulf of mexico to offshore oil and gas drilling. initially, the interior department moved to allow offshore oil and gas drilling in nearly all of the united state'' coastal waters, but then announced it has dropped plans to open up the waters off the coast of florida following fierce opposition by florida's republican governor rick scott. scott is an ally of president trump and the state is also home to trump's winter resort at mar-a-lago. but now governors and lawmakers from georgia, south carolina, north carolina, virginia maryland, delaware, new york, , new jersey

democracy now's!renée feltz was there. >> at 26 federal plaza in downtown manhattan, ravi ragbir met for his regular check-in. some raise their hands cranky would come out. he went in a company by his lawyer and wife and several city council members and's eight lawmakers. after nearly two hours, city council speaker worry johnson came out with an update. >> [indiscernible] >> he said ravi fainted when he was told he was being detained. an ambulance pulled up. people believed it had ravi in handcuffs. new york police officers violently shoved people out of the way who were shouting support, some crying. as the ambulance drove down broadway, city council members sat down to block its way. they were violently handcuffed and marched away. at least 18 people were arrested. the police union later claim the ambulance was headed to a hospital. hundreds regrouped hours later for a vigil in front of the ice jail where ravi was reportedly taken. ravi's wife joined in a jericho walk around the jail as she has oft

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> it is a nightmare that from now on we're going up to be living in fear everyday because tps to us was the only form of protection we have had. it has given us a sense of peace and a sense of security knowing i will be able to see my karen's everyday when i come home from school or work. has been taken away from us. amy: up to 250,000 salvadoran's could face deportation as the trump administration ins temporary -- ends temporary protected status enacted in 2001. this comes as trump says he will only extend daca for nearly 800,000 young dreamers if democrats fund a border wall. then the reverend dr. william barber and others launch a new poor people's campaign inspired by dr. martin luther king's 1968 action. >> we believe that we need a theained moral push back challenges the immoral public policy direction with the moral vision. i like to call it restoring moral dissent, moral dreams, and moral to fibrillation. amy: we will speak with reverend william barber as well as jonathanal mi

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!emocracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman wtih juan gonzalez. we turn now to the tragic death of black lives matter activist erica garner, who died saturday after she fell into a coma following an asthma-induced heart attack. erica garner was the eldest daughter of eric garner, a 43-year-old father of six, who was killed in when police 2014 officers in staten island, new york, wrestled him to the ground, pinned him down and applied a fatal chokehold. his death was recorded by a bystander named ramsey orta on his cell phone. in the video, officer daniel pantaleo can be seen placing garner, who was unarmed, in a chokehold. as officers held him down, garner cried out at least 11 times, "i can't breathe!" those were his final words, and his daughter erica made sure they were not forgotten, calling for justice and leading protests breath!"chant "i can't it was at one of these early protests that democracy now! first met erica. amy: how old are you? >> 24. my father was a lo

stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. nermeen: we turn now to yemen. on wednesday, norway's ministry of foreign affairs announced it will stop supplying weapons and ammunition to the united arab emirates, citing great concern over the humanitarian crisis in yemen. the uae is part of the saudi-led coalition that has been carrying out airstrikes in yemen for nearly three years. in 2016, norway sold nearly $10 million worth of weapons to the uae. meanwhile, the u.s. and britain continue to supply the saudis with billions of dollars worth of weapons. the u.s. also provides logistical military support to saudi arabia. the saudi air campaign has killed more than 10,000 civilians in yemen, which is the air world poorest country, and displaced more than million. threeamy: in december, doctors without borders said it suspected an outbreak of diphtheria in the country for the first time since 1982, with 28 deaths reported since august. meanwhile, the in

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the sundance film festival in park city, utah. nearly 70 years ago, the dupont chemical giant introduced a product that would transform how people around the world cooked -- nonstick teflon pans. >> oakville welcome good thing it is teflon. -- oh, well, good thing it is teflon. won't sticked food to teflon, so it is always easy to clean. cookware never needs scouring. if it has dupont teflon. amy: the chemical in the product, c8, went on to be used in countless household products from stain and water resistant apparel to microwave popcorn bags to dental floss. but dupont had a secret it never told the american public or many of its own workers. c-8 is highly toxic. stop themot discharge the from discharging it into the waterways. it has now been linked to six diseases, including testicular and kidney cancers. it has been used so widely, it is now in the bloodstream of 99% of americans, even newborn

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> now is not the time to be trumpg refugees as the administration proposes. it is time to be embracing people who are victims of terror. amy: today we speak with david miliband from a former british labor mp, brother of labor leader ed miliband, now head of the international rescue committee here in new york. we will speak with them about the issue that could shut down the u.s. government. immigration. >> the reason of refugees have right is because of the western leadership by statement and women after the second world war the became universal right. first the protections of refugees -- trash the reputations of refugees, and we trash our own history. amy: the political crisis of our time. then, on this first anniversary of president trump's inauguration, we'll speak to a princeton professor who faced death threats after calling president trump a racist. >> donald trump is really the first president to embrace white supremacy sin the administration of woodrow wilson . and i think that

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on martin luther king g day here in new york gathered to oppose , hundreds the detention of local activist ravi ragbir. he was to tame last week when he went to his check-in with immigration and customs enforcement, or ice. ragbir is executive director of the new sanctuary coalition of new york cy.y. he helped pioneer th accompaniment prraram fo thounds of others who face simimilacheck-in isttentionparked a peacef prote that wamet th policviolenence poce arreste1818 people , including members t the n yo city y uncil. legally moved here 20 yearsgogo. conviction madeisis grn n cardubject treview. the government refeded to nonormize hihi statu just week priorean , morevil, anoer leadewith e new satuary alition w york cy,as detaine ouide his ho. was depord to haiti on tuesday. well, on monday, hundreds circled washington square park in a jericho walk and then gathered at judson memorial church to show support for ravi and jean.

this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman.e're broadcasting from the sundance film festival. as we broadcast our show on tuesday, the oscar nominations were announced. it was just about two thirds of the way through the show and it was there that we learned that yance ford had made history, the first trans-director to be nominated for an academy award for his film "strong island." we're also joined in addition to yance ford from his home in queens, new york, we're joined by joslyn barnes, the producer of "strong island." i just asked the question, what is the measure of reasonable fear? use that as a launching point to talk about why you got involved, what your film company got involved, and the philosophy behind it? important a really aspect of the film, this questioning of what underpins self-defense cases and how racialized perception is intertwined with the justice system and who gets to decide what is reasonable fear, and then flipping that question, flipping that perspective to talk about who's fear is actually reasonabl

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn now to look at the battle over immigration in washington.. prpresident trump is it with republican and democratic lawmakers at the white house today over his offer to protect the nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants known as dreamers in exchange for $18 billion to build a border wall. the meeting comes one day after the trump administration announced it is ending the temporary protected status for his many as 250,000 salvadorans who have been living in the u.s. since 2001. temper a status known as tps, given the salvadorans legal permission to live and work in the united states, enacted in 2001 after a devastating pair of earthquakes hit el salvador. it sparked immediate protests outside the white house and in several cities. a tps recipient spoke. we are begging to our president trump and to the ask foro stand up and our permanent, not temporary, legalization. we have been in the u.s. for more than 20 years and they did not give us any permanent status. i think we are

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on martin luther king day here in new york gathered to oppose , hundreds the detention of local activist ravi ragbir. he was to tame last week when he went to his check-in with immigration and customs enforcement, or ice. ragbir is executive director of the new sanctuary coalition of new york city. he helped pioneer the accompaniment program for thousands of others who face similar check-ins. this attention sparked a peaceful protest that was met with police violence. police arrested 18 people , including members of the new york city council. legally moved here 20 years ago. conviction made his green card subject to review. the government refused to normalize his status. just a week prior jean , montrevil, another leader with the new sanctuary coalition of new york city, was detained outside his home. he was deported to haiti on tuesday. well, on monday, hundreds circled washington square park in a jericho walk and then gat

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president trump his first state of the union tuesday claiming americanour new moment. you focused heavily on immigration, renewing his call for a border wall while linking immigration to terrorism. pres. trump: in recent weeks, two terrorist attacks in new york were made possible by the visa lottery and chain migration . in the age of terrorism, these programs present risks we can just no longer afford. it is time to reform. rulesoutdated immigration and finally bring our immigration system into the 21st century. an echo president trump never mention the words "climate change" or "global warming is go but he did acknowledge the recent hurricanes and wildfires. pres. trump: to everyone still recovering in texas, florida, louisiana, peru go, and the virgin islands, everywhere we are with you, we love you, and we always will pull through together. always. amy: that was president trump's only reference to puerto rico. or to do,

they talked about king moving to chicago in 1966, and much more. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the sundance film festival in park from utah, broadcasting park city tv. we return now to our coverage of the documentary "king in the wilderness" that just premiered here at sundance. it is about dr. martin luther king junior's last three years. i spoke this week with filmmaker peter kunhardt, as well as two of the film's executive producers -- the writer trey ellis and pulitzer prize-winning historian taylor branch, who wrote "the america in the king years" trilogy. we will return to our conversation in a moment. but first, an excerpt from the documentary which is playing at sundance and debuts on hbo in this is harry belafonte april. speaking. a dear friend and close copy. of dr. martin luther king. know that everything martin said or did he was prior -- quite prepared for. he had felt in many ways dealing with the south in a more predictable outcome because in the north, the racial hypocrisy was

01/25/18 01/25/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! seen the promised land. i may not get there with you, but i want you to know that we asas a people will get to the promised land. emiko 50 years after t assaination ofof the rerend mamartinutheher ng, weweook back at k kg's radicalization ihihis nal yearas he ornized th po people's campgn and pushed to enththe wain vietna ththe last tee y years of hihis life are the subject of a new documentary presented here at sundance "king in the , wilderness." , morefelt many ways predtatable tcomome cause e the e rth, the raciaypocri was ry sverted itave thof kare's ofeing --ppearae of thing lik thsouth. e south w the center of a evil and theorth was ple of t higher experience. king said, that is not the ce.e. ey m maka we wilspeak wi the te behind ing in t lderness includi pulitze prize nning g historian tayl branchfilmmakepepeter kunhardt, and writer trey ellis. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy n

01/26/18 01/26/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! thate president has argued he has legal immunity as president of the united states. in response, of course, we argued that issue has been decided in the case of paula jones versus president clinton, were in the united states of print court said that no man is above the law, including the president of the united states, for unofficial acts. any code that is women's rights attorney gloria allred who represents one of the women who have accused president trump of sexual assault. she spoke at the women's rally in park city, utah, this week. i'll read was at sundance because she herself is now the subject of a new documentary ."lled "seeing allred we will speak with gloria allred as well as jane fonda. >> we have an opportunity to really make a difference because people are recognizing what is at stake. it is never bebeen thihis clear. oftentimes youou have to go to another country to see what could happen. --

01/19/18 01/19/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] first the e protections of refugees -- trash the reputations of refugees, and we trash our own history. amy: the political crisis of our time. then, on this first anniversary of president trump's inauguration, we'll speak to a princeton professor who faced death threats after calling president trump a racist. >> donald trump is really the first president to embrace white supremacy since the administration of woodrow wilson . and i think that the implications of that can really be measured in the weight of the bodies of people who have been killed by open white supremacist and open racist over the last year. amy: keeanga yamahtta taylor on race and class in the era of trump, from black lives matter to the white power presidency. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the house of representatives passed a short-term spending bill thursday setting up a high-stakes debate in the senate ahead of a midnight deadl

i'm amy goodman on this democracy now! special. turn now to the growing movement across the united states to impeach president trump, which many say is only slated to grow stronger in 2018. this fall, a half-dozen democrats introduced articles of impeachment against trump, accusing him of obstruction of justice and other offenses. co-sponsors include democratic representatives steve cohen, luis gutierrez, al green, marcia fudge, adriano espaillat and john yarmuth. in december, the house rejected the effort, even as 58 democrats voted in support of the resolution, nearly a third of their caucus. meanwhile, at least 17 communities around the country are on record calling for impeachment proceedings against donald trump. well, last month, i sat down with constitutional attorney john bonifaz, co-founder and director of free speech for people. john bonifaz: to be clear, what we are doing here with this impeachment campaign that we launched with rootsaction on the day of the inauguration, because the president had refused to divest from

in a a democracy now! and pacifica radio arcrchives exclusive, we air a newly discovered recording ofof dr. martin luther king jr. it was december 1964, days before he received e nobebel peace e prize in osl. dr. king gave a mamajor address in london on s segregation, the fight t for civil l right, anand his support for r nelson m mandela and the anti-apartheid strtrugge in south a africa. if the united kingdom and the united statetes decided tomorrow morning not to buy south african goods, not to buy south african gold, to put an embargo on oil, if our investors and capitalists would withdraw their support for that racial tyranny that we find there, then apartheid woululd be brought to an end.. totoday, dr. king's cityty temple address, decemberer 7th, 1964, in londo. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. and those are some of the headlines this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war anand peacace report. i'i'm amy y good

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. times up! that was the message at last night's golden globes ceremony in hollywood where actors embraced the #metoo movement and called for gender and racial justice in the post-harvey weinstein era. the red carpet went dark as many answered the call to wear black, and wore pins that read "time's up!" golden globes' host seth meyers kicked off the evening with a speech focused on sexual harassment in hollywood, taking aim at disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein and actor kevin spacey. >> it is 2018 am a marijuana is finally allowed and sexual harassment finally isn't. harvey weinstein isn't here tonight. rumors, well, i've heard that he is crazy and difficult to work with. but don't worry, he will be back in 20 years when he becomes the first person ever booed during the "in memoriam." well, despite everything that happened this year, the show goes on. for example, i was happy to hear they're going to do another seaso

in a democracy now! exclusive in washington state, undocumented saidists maru mora immigration and customs enforcement, ice and has placed her in deportation proceedings in a move she calls retaliation for her political activism. activist-- she is a who leads the organization northwest detention center resistance. she is in gauged in multiple acts of civil disobedience to protest deportations and immigrant detention. she says only days before christmas, she received a notice to appear. she writes -- "with a letter delivered to my house, ice has officially made the week from a law-enforcement agency told political repression agency, crossing a line that should concern us all." we will have more on her case later in the week. here in new york city, hundreds gathered to oppose the detention and possible deportation of prominent immigrant rights activist ravi ragbir and jani montrevil. ravi ragbir was to attain on thursday at a scheduled check in with ice agents. he's executive director of the new sanctuary

01/22/18 g made possible by democracy now!] amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! >> you have come through the snow, freezing rain to stand up and why have we come here today? we have come here for respect for women, for equal rights for all of our daughters, for our mothers, sisters, and our aunts. this entire year has been the winter of our discontent. but it is also in the year of our awakening, and awake we are. amy: hundreds of thousands of women take to the streets across the country to mark the first anniversary of trump's inauguration and the historic women's march. we will hear from the pioneering women's rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of sexual assault and is a survivor herself. plus, actresses jane fonda and tessa thompson. all three spoke here at a rally in park city. then we look at the new documentary "rbg" about the life of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. , we urge the court abolitionist and advocate of the global rights for men and wo

01/10/18 01/10/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! we will notot succumb to blackmailil. amy: president trump threatens to cut off hundreds of millions of dollars of annual eight to the u.n. relief agency for palestinian refugees in a move that could further destatabilize the region. this comes as the international criminal court may soon open a war crimes probe into israel's 2014 assault on gaza and the ongoing expansion of settlements in the occupied west bank. we will look at the crisis in gaza with scholar norman finkelstein, author of the new bobook, "gaza: an inquest into s martyrdom." basic facts people should know about gaza are, number one, gaza consists overwhelmingly of refugees. number two, gaza consists overwhelmingly of children. israeli been under occupation for the past half century, and it has been under a brutal, some might even call it medieval, siege for more than a decade. amy: today, norman finkelstein for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!

this is democracy y now! back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: the theme song to the movie "coco" that just won a golden globe for best animated motion picture. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. #timesup that was the message last night a golden globes where the actors embraced the #metoo movement and coffered gender and racial injustice in the party - -- post harvey wantsts an era. eight actresses brought activists with them. shailene woodley was a company lawrence, emma stone brought pillaging king who stone pretrade in the filmlm "battle f the sexeses." from aarandon brought green party vice presidential nominee rosa clemente and amy poehler's guest was saru jayaraman, president of the restaurant opportunities center. we're joined right now by rosa clemente and saru jayaraman after a very long night i am sure. rosa clemente's latest project is -- she will talk all about it, pronthehemap.com.m. ofu jayaraman is didirector the restaurant opportuninities cent

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! >> what we are not talking about as we begin season two of trump: the white house reality show, is what the administration is doing to our government and how it affects you. we're so busy about his tweets and crazy behavior and racist comments, that we're missing there are termites he set loose into our government that are eating away at its structure. your health, your safety, your job, your savings -- all of those things are being put at risk by policies that are going unnoticed, just like termites inside the wall of a house. amy: "it's even worse than you think: what the trump administration is doing to america." by pulitzernew book prize-winning journalist david cay johnson looking at president trump's first year in office. as trumps own chief ofl john kes boss uninformed, we will look at how trump is transforming the nation by slashing taxes on the rich, gutting the nation's regulatory system, and closing the nation's borders. and we will hear what president trump has to say abou

amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! [cheers] amy: cheers erupted monday as a federal judge ordered the release of immigrant rights leader ravi ragbir, head of the new sanctuary coalition of new york city, comparing the way ice detained him to "regimes we revile as unjust" that take residents "away without notice from streets, home, and work." today, ravi ragbir joins us in studio just out of detention. >> it still feels like that noose israel tight around my neck am an analogy i've used many times. i think it is appropriate. i family and supporters have seen that tightening of destruction of our lives. amy: we will speak to ravi along with his wife amy gottlieb and she will attend president trump's state of the union tonight as guest of native alaska is. then we go to new jersey where ice detained two fathers thursday as they dropped their children off at school. a third father had sought sanctuary in a church. we will be joined by his pastor. all of that a more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, t

this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. today we spend the hour with veteran "new york times" investigative reporter james inen, who left the paper august and is now senior national security correspondent . this week he published a 15,000-word story titled "the biggest secret: my life as a new york times reporter in the shadow of the war on terror." in the story, risen gives a personal account of his struggles to publish significant stories involving national security in ththe post-9/11 period and how both the government and top editors at "the times" suppressed his reporting on stories, including the bush administrations warrantless wiretapping program, for which he ultimately won the pulitzer prize in 2006. risen describes how his story would have come out right before the 2004 presidential election of president bush over john kerry, potentially changing the outcome of that election. but under government pressure, "the new york times" refused to publish the story for more than a year until risen was publishing a book that

. >> 01/22/18 01/22/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from park city, utah, at the sundance film festival, this is democracy now! >> you have come through the snow, freezing rain to stand up and why have we come here today? we have come here for respect for women, for equal rights for all of our daughters, for our mothers, sisters, and our aunts. this entire year has been the winter of our discontent.

01/22/18 01/22/18 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] anniversary of trump''s inauguguration and thehe historc women's march. we will hear from the pioneering women's rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of sexual assault and is a survivor herself. plus, actresses jane fonda and tessa thompson. all three spoke here at a rally in park city. then we look at the new documentary "rbg" about the life of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. , we ue thehe courtrt abotionist d adcate of e global rhts r men d women o said "i ask no favor for my sex. ask -- amy: we e will speak to the julie cohen and betsy west, and democracy now! speaks with ruth bader ginsburg. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. lawmakers are on capitol hill today amid the third day of a partial government shutdown. hundreds of thousands of so-called non-essential government workers are furloughed, meaning they are barred from working and won't be paid during the shutdo