most famously, in attic in new attica in new york people are inspired by jackson. when george jackson was killed, they went on a fast. a one-day strike to honor george jackson. this so terrified the guards because of the already existing tensions at the prison. three weeks later it burst into this major prison riot. you can think of it as the sort of, what happened at watts moving to prison. attica was a four-day process were prisoners built to their own commune inside the prison. until the governor of new york nelson rockefeller sent in state troopers and killed 43 people. prisoners and guards alike. the origins of that came from remembering george jackson. people start trying to write on books. writing newsletters. taking classes in teaching each other things. inspired by his version of dignity and autonomy. militancy inside the prison. it is not just other activists who are inspired by george jackson. the government also has a response to george jackson. it continues to influence prison policy to this day. hugo panell was a comrade of jackson's. after he was kil

from attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for constitutional rights defended, investigated, and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. he used the law to sue some of the most powerful people in the world on behalf of some of the least powerful. in 2002, michael ratner filed the first lawsuit against george w. bush on behalf of guantanamo prisoners. six years later, he won a landmark case at the supreme court against the bush administration. today we speak with his family and friends and hear michael in his own words. >> this is no time for compromise, no time for political calculations. us,oward zinn admonishes the job of thinking people not to be an aside of the executioners. remindsin nation prize us all that the job for each of us is not to be an aside of the executioners. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. brazil's senate has voted to suspend president dilma rousseff immediately and begin impeachm

from attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for constitutional rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. >> this is no time for compromise, no time for political calculation. as howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. amy: today, michael ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's special broadcast remembering the life and legacy of the legendary anti-war priest father daniel berrigan. he died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. berrigan was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright, and lifelong resister against what he called "american military imperialism." along with his late brother, phil berrigan, father dan played an instrumental role in inspiring the anti-war and anti-draft movement during the late 1960's as well as the movement against nuclear weap

on tuesday, attica scott won the democratic primary for state representative of the 41st district. she has no republican challenger for the fall's general election. during the primary, scott overwhelmingly defeated long-time incumbent tom riner, best known for his support of kentucky countnty clerk kim dav, who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples following the supreme court decision legalizing marriage equauality nationwide. attica scott, in contrast, has been a long-time social justice activist and a vocal supporter of the black lives matter movement. in south carolina, the legislature has passed a bill banning abortion past 20 weeks, even in the case of rape and incest. governor nikki haley has said she will sign the bill. the highest court in massachusetts has dealt a victory to four teenage plaintiffs in a lawsuit over climate change. in a case brought by the teenagers and environmental loops, the massachusetts supreme court found massachusetts failed to fulfill its legal obligations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are warming

attica, 49. also in piney hollow. pemberton, 49. temperatures mainly in the upper 40s. mount laurel 49. temperatures, you're a little chilly this morning. we'll be on the chilly side later this afternoon, meaning in the low to mid 60s. not the 50s we had yesterday. so better than yesterday but not the 71 that's normal for this time of year. currently we are seeing winds from 5 to 10 miles per hour. it's more important that we're still seeing the winds off the ocean out of the east. that's bringing in the moisture, so we're going to beÑi dump as head throughout the early part of today. it's not going to be into early this evening where the low loses control over us. we have two things to get through before clearing it out later on mother's day. we have a sweeping radar showing us light rain falling across the area. not much but still enough to bring us the wet weather. a front will come through later on overnight into later sunday to bring us more showers on mother's day. future cast. going throughout time, scattered showers throughout the morning. a look at lunchtime. l

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presentation from fire marshal daniel decozeio, captain russell and captain attica regarding fires in[inaudible] status of investigations accept where prohibited by law. >> good evening commissioners, chief, lothose in attendance, dan deicoseio. i'm here to present [inaudible] the focus on the mission. very good. we'll begin by citing our mission statement. what is our mission? we will then-go back one. thank you. just like to give a verbal overview of a run through of what will come before you here. we'll begin with a mission statement. look at the division of fire pr vention and investigation and how our division serves that mission and the role we play serving the mission and what is our mission? the mission is prevent fires. there are two bureaus. the bureau of fire prevention and fire investigation. both serve a role preventing fires. bureee fire prevention the focus is code enforcement, and community outreach to public education. through the bureau of fire investigation we investigate all fires in san francisco. i will move on to speak on and provide data over the last year and

presentation from fire marshal daniel decozeio, captain russell and captain attica regarding fires in [inaudible] status of investigations accept where prohibited by law. >> good evening commissioners, chief, lothose in attendance, dan deicoseio. i'm here to present [inaudible] the focus on the mission. very good. we'll begin by citing our mission statement. what is our mission? we will then-go back one. thank you. just like to give a verbal overview of a run through of what will come before you here. we'll begin with a mission statement. look at the division of fire pr vention and investigation and how our division serves that mission and the role we play serving the mission and what is our mission? the mission is prevent fires. there are two bureaus. the bureau of fire prevention and fire investigation. both serve a role preventing fires. bureee fire prevention the focus is code enforcement, and community outreach to public education. through the bureau of fire investigation we investigate all fires in san francisco. i will move on to speak on and provide data over the last year and

i maxed out in sing sing last year and i've been all over the state -- attica, sing sing, quentin, allhe state, but i've been on the island, you know, a lot of times. >> i've been here going on over 20 years, in and out. first started back in 1983, and it's 2004 and i'm still coming back, in and out. i have been here for various charges though. assault charges, grand larceny charges, unauthorized use of a vehicle, stolen property, drug charges numerous times. >> antonio estrella is one of many drug addicts serving time at rikers. >> right now, we're in two main. this is the highest classification inside the facility. what brought me here was in 2003, i got into a fight with a correction officer in 11 main, and since then, my classification is at the highest it could be inside the building. and it will stay like that for five years. and every time i come back into the ntc, i'll wind up back in here. >> how am i living? it's like a zoo in here. they treat us like animals in here. you ain't got no freedom in here. you get told what to do. when to eat. how long you get to eat. you don't ge