immigrants from north africa and i would countries and they took a name from the african american black panthers and they call for social justice. panthers. we came. back. and thanks to them for the first time social issues were put on the public agenda radical and sometimes violent they clashed with the establishment over the way they're not nice bars might be. one of my proudest moments was when golda said that we were powerful and had achieved something that showed as we were on the right path. and it was a path that for nearly two months this year inspired hundreds of thousands of israelis to again take to the streets they gave us a legacy saying that if you really believe in something and you think you're right and you don't use violence or say you can get whatever you're fighting for and over the tensile slowly coming down prime minister netanyahu still has a lot on to fall in three weeks the committee he set up needs to address how to fix the country's mounting social problems. only if we not progressed but the country has become an enemy of its people everywhere citizens are harassed the

what the black panther party's were talking about. -- parties were talking about. tavis: free lunch programs. >> self-defense. there was a whole wave in the early mid-1970s where groups of citizens were getting together, trying to have some sort of forum. remember, we're talking about 1967, 1965. 1967 detroit. newark. the civil rights movement that these guys were involved with was in the south. now, the northern cities begin to explode, for righteous reasons, because there were laws passed and everything else. manifesting themselves and changing people's lives in the northern cities. tavis: stokely was moving and powerful, but i was riveted when i sat back and watch that interview with angela davis while she was on trial -- when i sat back and watched that interview. she opened up. >> she talked about violence. tavis: and she goes into her home backstory, about growing up in birmingham. >> it is a recap oculists -- a us. with violence. i was in mississippi just a couple of months ago. and one of the guys takes me to the site and tells me what happened, and it seem

he's railed forty years ago during the recent protests against the same issue members of the black panthers movement say they are frustrated that the problems in israel have only gotten worse. well turning our attention to libya now where rebels are reportedly reached a deal to ensure one of the remaining strongholds of colonel gadhafi without fighting well more insight into what's happening in libya our interview is coming up next. you understand why rosemary hall is the professor of middle east policy studies at city university in london rosemary thanks has been the r.t. so how well has the international community handled the libyan crisis will you make a distinction between the nato members some of whom are extremely proud of what's been achieved so far in libya and the broader international community who are adjusting to developments in libya and deciding to be on the side of the future so not every government around the world has yet recognized and accepted thing you national transitional council as the government so did they do the right thing to begin with i think the u.n. responded

of social justice have been inspired by a voice from the past a prominent member of the israeli black panther movement who say similar protest in the one nine hundred seventy s. was join the crowds as are his policy reports he says he's frustrated that forty years on he feels a state of israel's become an enemy of its own people. a social protest in israel on winding down and in much need of a dose of inspiration stirring the crowds a man whose ideas inspired a previous generation either by the use of passes we've written it's a protest against a lack of justice sees the year i've been waiting for the next generation to rise up forty years later good vision is being realized. it was nine hundred seventy one eight youngsters from one of jerusalem's poorest neighborhoods banded together and changed the course of his way to history they were immigrants from north africa and i would countries and they took a name from the african american black panthers and they call for social justice. and thanks to them for the first time social issues were put on the public agenda radical and sometimes violent

tonight that was scheduled just an hour ago that are now earlier i spoke with chairman of the new black panther party and attorney dr in the league solution because he has a situation for me as we were getting news right at seven of the reprieve for the supreme court to review the case that raises my spirits because i was expected to come in the studio and had to be announced to troy davis had been executed and so i say at this point with every delays have taken place and however this has been strung out and hopefully his life was spared is a victory for the movement it's a victory for his attorneys in the courtroom and it's a victory for the activism in the movement that is taking place right now all over america because obviously the supreme court realizes that the world is watching and the world is very upset and judging america on the hypocrisy that it shows in the application of the death penalty and really we were for the abolishment of the death penalty period what do you mean there's pressure on right now and i think that accounts for the delay what do you mean when you say the hypocris

will have more on this we're going to be speaking with the league is evolution of oz of the new black panther party to look at whether this is a race issue or a human rights issue or or what really this is about we'll have that for you shortly later in the show. now as troy davis is awaits president obama was preaching earlier today on the international stage about human rights at the sixty six united nations general assembly this morning we heard from president obama who in the midst of u.s. wars in afghanistan and iraq but more specific to obama the nato combat mission in libya because he greenlighted that one so despite all of those wars you talk a lot about peace. the pursuit of peace peace is more than just the absence of war a lasting peace. he says hurt people can live in sustained freedom dignity and security even as we proclaim our love for peace and our hatred of war. he says hard he says hard and when talking about conflicts in the arab world obama urged sanctions for syria while he took a much more cautious approach you could say to u.s. allies yemen and bahrain and also as a bid

lucia balls for giving us your perspective on all of this he's attorney and chairman of the new black panther party and that is going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered our t. dot com slash usa check out our you tube page you tube dot com slash r t america and come back in a half hour for more news. shows that so much different if you use it if you are on the sofa in turkey in the movie geopolitically order in the middle east and the arab world news anchor making a bid to play the role of the regional hegemon on the back of. but. i. see cable like. this this person will be the chairman of the genesee county land bank and will have to be responsible for its operations as well so not just understanding the private side of the work but also understanding communities and how neighborhoods are stable how do. i paste in three choices one was to continue what i'm doing now to stay in the political world and be a local policymaker and then maybe you know move on to some other office the other choice was to go work for the new obama administration and i was very interested and spent a

>> i started as a lawyer working on the case but geronimo pratt, a black panther case. that ended up after 27 years to be proven. and we have learned that law enforcement' officers had good evidence or statutory evidence, let people commit perjury, said in the room and -- sat in the room to destroy evidence to convict someone who was innocent. and that is how i started my career as a lawyer. when i started that case, i began thinking this was a big conspiracy to frame this man. what i learned is -- and i discussed this with geronimo -- we are experiencing men and women who thought the end justified the means. they thought they had a bad man and it was ok to do anything necessary to convict him. as i look back on my career, present and future, i think we see that that is the concept that runs through police misconduct. i am sure there are officers who were just bad, let's say. i think officers see what they consider bad people, and they feel like they have to do what ever it takes to convict them. and i have seen it when i was a young lawyer, when we had narcotics teams,

injustice in israel forty years ago during the recent protests against the same issue members of the black panthers movement say they're frustrated the problems in israel have only gotten worse. sports news now with union and moscow seems to have turned the recently green over the past few days but tell us what that means in sports context the irish have arrived it is full time european qualifying time in moscow it's not a big game between russia and art and it could decide who goes to ukraine and poland next year we're going to look up plus the rest of the sport. your company this is sports with a plenty ahead over the next ten minutes or so and. the win which would all but ensure dick advocaat charges on automatic qualifying spots next year's european football championships. court dates on the sea of public makes only her second ever grand slam quarter final appearance meeting with serena williams flushing meadows now away. causing a russian arch and claims the highest score in competition history on the way to winning the final world series cliff diving event of the season in ukraine. let's star

injustice in israel forty years ago join the recent protests against the same issue members of the black panthers movement say they're frustrated that the problems in israel have only gotten worse up next watch how the global seas have turned into plastic soup as we follow an investigation of a team of environmentalists stay with us that's coming your way next. the thing that's most shocking to me is of all the samples we've taken whether they be at the surface ten meters thirty meters or down at a hundred meters every single sample has had taken from the samples we found in one thousand nine hundred nine there was a ratio of six to one plankton and now in two thousand and eight we found the plankton ratio of forty six to one so that's over eight times as much. plastic and the environment. we project. from farrell. will shock you not. quite plastic the soup of the north as a regular there's the soup. scientists have shown that there is no untouched zone left on this planet every square mile of ocean contains tens of thousands of bits of plastic the result of our consumption two hundred twenty pou

injustice in israel some forty years ago joining recent protests on the same topic members of the black panthers movement say they're frustrated the problems in israel have only gotten worse. you know neil joins us now with all the latest from the world of sports and i understand that we could yet have an all russian final at the u.s. open though the overwhelming favorite remains a familiar name on the tennis circuit absolutely right we've got a russian federation on a russian up and comer on both sides of the draw so yes they could meet in the decider but it's arena williams who is a big big favorite in new york not we're going to have a look at how she got to the quarter final plus the rest of the sport right now. good to have your company this is sports today plenty ahead including. irish test russia either win which would all but ensure dekalb accounts charges an automatic qualifying spot at next year's european football championships. court dates unless the c.f. public makes it into her only second ever grand slam quarter final meeting with serena williams now awaits in new york. and causin

social injustice forty years ago joined the recent protests against the same issue members of the black panthers movement say they are frustrated the problems of israel have only gotten worse. now the sports update review that i hear it's nail biting time for russia football fans what's happening is a nervy time it's euro twenty twelve qualifying tonight in russia verses are nobody wants to lose this one test all. the rest of the sport. thanks for joining us this is sport we have got plenty ahead this tuesday afternoon here in central moscow including. tass russia by the way in which would all but ensure a dick up the cats charges on automatic qualifying spots at next year's european football championships. court dates on the sea of public makes it into only her second ever grand slam quarter final meeting with serena williams now wait in new york. and causing a splash russian are chilling claims the highest score in competition history on the way to winning the final world series cliff diving events this season. let's start with football where a crowd of seventy thousand fans are set to watch r

injustice in israel forty years ago joining the recent protests on the same issue members of the black panther movement say they're frustrated that the problems in the country have only gotten worse. sports up next with you know neal where you are unions huge and so we've got this great video coming up of these guys i mean way way up high on the cliffs and then jumping off and making it look pretty good but it's not something that i would be they're making look pretty easy aren't they you know that's their red gold world series and i tell you what it's come to an end it's been all over the world it's finished in ukraine and those won by a russian still an eastern european flavor must be more on the plus the rest of the sport right now absolutely. thanks for joining us this is sports today we've got plenty ahead a busy day including old. irish test russia i believe in which would all but ensure dick advocaat charges on automatic qualifying starts next year's european football championships. court dates on the sea a public chunk of makes it into only her second ever grand slam quarter final meet

the very end of this session, richard brown of the san francisco 8, one of the founders of the black pantherement had to leave and many others had to leave because it was getting late. but richard brown asked me to make a statement today. he wants to know why the board could not request a change, a charter amendment of policies and procedures so paramedics secure a crime scene so kenneth harding dies choking on his blood like a dog in frnt of our horrified committee. we need this board to pressure to change that, so paramedics come immediately, not after -- president chiu: thank you very much. thank you very much. again, we give everyone two minutes so everyone has equal time to speak. thank you very much. next speaker. >> good afternoon, my name is roger scott. i'm representing the american federation of teachers local 2121 at city college of san francisco to join the demand for an independent investigation into the shootings of kenneth harding and charles hill. there's a crucial distinction between the right of self defense and the reaction of undue force, and there are too many instances

injustice in israel forty years ago join recent protests against the same issue members of the black panther movement say they're frustrated that the problems in israel have only gotten worse up next algor nobs spotlight shines on russian universities and what are their competition for their foreign counterparts stay with us here on r.t. . hello again i walk into spotlight. on r t i n three my guest in the studio is alan goodman russia is trying hard to modernize its education system and bring it up to international standards but some experts believe this will be how the traditions of russian higher education they advocate russia its own way so what about an outsider's view of where an average russian student stands against foreign counterparts here is the president and c.e.o. of the institute of international education alan good. given the russian specialists are valued around the world the russian higher education isn't popular with foreign students only three percent of students who go to study abroad choose a russian university this has become a serious concern for russian educators they

citizens arrest anger over social injustice is getting louder among israelis and the better and the black panther campaigners are right behind them more on the movement at our two dot com along with all our news and analysis. her. general david petraeus and the man who led america's military in iraq and afghanistan now has the top job at the cia his predecessor leon panetta is now defense secretary u.s. air force lieutenant colonel karen kwiatkowski says patris will serve as washington's p.r. man to hide intelligence community shortcomings. this is a smooth operator who has a great reputation in the media here in the united states so he's popular he's seen as on inside. the congress like something and i think in many ways he is a great agreed cover for what the cia is continuing to do and what it will continue to he has a way of making really bad things look good by his. experience in iraq and afghanistan he has made it look successful even when it's not been successful at all i mean he doesn't stand up to washington he just takes what they give him and kind of wraps it in new wrapping and it sel

injustice in israel forty years ago during a recent protests against the same issue members of the black panther movement say they're frustrated the problems in israel have only gotten worse you back with a recap of our top stories in less than a half hour up next our financial pundit max kaiser explores the banks role in the west current economic woes stay with us. guys are this is the cause a report in out the only good banker. seems to be a drawn and quartered banker. yeah you know i'm talking about probably more states ever max i have a feeling you read this first headline here banks still expect taxpayer to for their failure this according to paul fisher of the bank of england's executive director for markets and he disclosed that quote some banks have told us that they think they should not be required to hold capital in the quiddity to deal with such extreme tayla vents leaving a public sector to be the capital provider of last resort this contradicts what these bankers say in public max well this statement needs to be examined for what it's worth here is somebody representing the bankers