julio martinez ellsberg, thank you for being with us, as well as camilo mejia. camilo mejia, well-known for having resisted the iraq war and was imprisoned as a result of that. , advisortinez ellsberg to student groups in one of the inn student groups cudj nicaragua, opposing the nicaraguan government from also part of the platform for social movements, a group of diverse nicaraguan civil society organizations which organized after the crisis began. this is democracy now! back, well, if president nelson mandela were alive, he would be 100 today. we will speak with his friend rev. jessee jackson. then we will talk about eric garner. this week marks four years after he was killed in a string pulled by new york police. what is happening to the police officer? stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: "nelson mandela" by youssou n'dour. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peacace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: today marks the 100th birthday of nelson mandela, perhaps the world's most famous former political prisoner. he was imprisoned 27