in fact we are talking about democracy and democracy assumes the sovereignty of the people. yesterday after dinner the people of senegal, the people from senegal and the united states from all states wish to wait -- meet with me and therefore had spent some time and actually in actually i was with them until 4:00 in the morning and that gave me very little time to come here so i would like to extend my apologies. ladies and gentlemen i am the president of a small country by size. we have 12 million citizens in my country, but we are an african country which has provided a great contribution to universal democracy. senegal and deed has experienced in 1786, a date when fundamental important things occurred in this country and in 1786, in 1787 we had a very important revolution in the north of the country which allowed us to rid ourselves of a traditional yoke, traditional power in order to consolidate a governance-based not on -- but based around the choice of the various components of the population at the time. and, a specification was made up at the time and we said we need

he spoke of democracy in these terms. he said, his ancestors came to america not because of economic circumstances, but because they were in chains. at the same time, democracy gave him the chance to participate in american life and serve at the highest levels of the administration. it was also evident in the work of president clinton, who refused to give up and often , peace comes dropping slow. it is also evidence in the support given to ireland in some oftens by so many people, -- in so many ways by so many people, that peace is as much yours as it is ours because of the environment -- involvement of all of the united states. will want toca sustain that and renew it. we are very pleased president obama and his administration have been so open, so available, and so encouraging. that caters to people with different traditions and cultures and aspirations. there is more that unites us than what divides us. it is the responsibility of those of us who have the privilege of holding political office to the -- to defend, under

>> from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" the solution is to find a solution outside from imf and stand on our own because it looks like our friends in europe are not supporting us at all. >> protests continue in cyprus against what critics describe as an economic world war iii, a bailout deal forcesyprus to freeze all accounts over $130,000. there will limit prank withdrawals to about 1 1/3 dollars and closed its second largest bank this covers a harbinger of things to come in europe and even the united states? we will speak with economist richard wolff, author of, "democracy at work: a cure for capitalism." >> fundamentally, this is a struggle to take a crisis caused by the business community and make demands of people pay for it. that is what austerity means. the real test is whether the people will absorbent and accept it. >> all of that and more coming up. >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the government of cyprus has brokered a last-ditch $13 billion bailout deal w

that's why this has to do with democracy. the second thing is the perception that islams alien to all the values and islam has no take on all these principles. that's why they should say rule of law equals citizenship, universal coverage, accountability. these principles are not against islamic frame of reference. >> rose: but are they principles where there are islamic majorities in government that they, those islamic majorities want to either create or to put in the process. >> i think it's what we saw whatever was, whatever were the reasons of the uprisings in what the people were asking for about freedom and liberty. they wanted dignity and they wanted freedom. they wanted democratization. now the modelsn't if you look at what is happening in the united states, the democracy model in the united states has nothing to do with the swiss model. i'm a swiss citizen. we have models coming out of our history and collective psychology. this has nothing to do. we have same principles different products. let's see if it's possible.

democracy is in trouble we need not less democracy or alternative democracy but more democracy. and to interrogate as francis tells us what fat actually means in each of these important domains. thank you, fraces fox piven, thank you all for being here. good night. [applause] >> booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with booktv guests and viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com/booktv. >> here are the latest headlines surrounding the publishing industry this past week. publisher henry holt and company announced former secretary of state condoleezza rice is writing a new book on democracy. a news release from the publisher said she will recount, quote, stories from her career and personal life to shed light on the essential questions of contemporary democracy. the book is set to publish in late 2015 the senator elizabeth warren announced this week she is writing her tenth book, titled rig, about the freshman senator's experience following the american financial crisis and her fight for the middle-class. senator warren said she anticipates

highlight how the supreme court how we have largely ceased to be a democracy small democracy where where the elected representatives of the people make the laws and the elected president and executive branch enforce the laws put them into play and instead we've become a constitutional monarchy we have nine men and women in black robes in the supreme court building who decide you know basically our laws are not just decide on the constitutionality of our laws under that cloak they're quite literally making law i mean i realize i'm sounding like phyllis schlafly in one hundred seventy four but but that's what's going on well it is listen this is printing court has the lowest approval rating is had since its inception right now most of that is because you have scalia out on the speaking circuit and every time scary time he appears in public and makes another ridiculous lee absurd almost ignorant statement about what paul about the state of politics in the state of the law the public says oh my god and that we saw what they did with citizens united they would they even had they even had a hi

more important the legacy is one of increased popular participation in direct and participatory democracy in the every day runnings of the state in this was something that is far from complete in venezuela and it remains the task of the forthcoming government but it's really this element of the child his legacy which is which has allowed venezuelans to participate in engage in political life in that country that is really going to outlive himself in london you want to jump in that's the point of the program go ahead yeah yeah i would i would i would love to i think george has made it quite interesting remark when he says the charge is for the first time provided health and education for the poor people when in fact our constitution mandates the provision of health and education for everybody since at least eighteen seventy one so perhaps george would like to explain to our view is why does he say the child is for the first time provided such services to the poor. george go ahead. well you know perfectly well i believe they're going well so that there are no there isn't is one thing and th

>> from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" most important, ernie knows we can produce more energy and grow our economy while still taking care of our climate. >> as president obama nominates ernest moniz to head the energy department, the mit nuclear physicist is facing criticism for its deep ties to bp, general electric, and other major firms. you will also look at frackademia, what some call gas industry funded academic research. then, "die free: a heroic family tale." you asght i stand before the crowd great great great granddaughter of african who was in slaved in the united states of america until he summoned the courage to fight for his freedom. marksthe united nations at the international day of remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, we will speak with ny1 anchor cheryl wills about her family's story from slavery to freedom. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the u.s. supreme court will hear arguments to

"democracy now!" proposition 8 is a discriminatory law that hurts people. it hurts case and lesbians in california and the children we are raising, and for no good freezing. it is our hope that we can afford and remove this harm from society so gays and lesbians in california can go back to their lives living equally alongside their neighbors with the same rights and protections as everyone else. >> historic that the supreme court, the justices hear the first of two cases involving same-sex marriage. they appeared divided on whether to overturn california's proposition 8. >> traditional marriage has been around for thousands of years. same-sex marriages very new. i think was first adopted in the netherlands in 2000. so there is not a lot of data about it. it may turn out to be a good thing, and may turn out not to be a good thing as the supporters of proposition 8 apparently believe. horrocks we will play recordings of some of the justice questions in speak to a married same-sex couple from california

if we want a democracy, we need open institutions of knowledge that allow access to the truth. saving money on those institutions of knowledge is like selling our children. it is no accident that the san francisco public library is the most egregious sunshine violator in the city. once it is a private income stream, the philanthropyists want power and exclusivityity. the destruction of democracy is what they expect for the money and if corporate influence can destroy the public library, they can destroy what you care about next. the destruction of truth is the destruction of democracy itself, having me arrested did you not solve society's problems and of course the lies cost i city money. thank you. ~ cost the city money. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hi, i would like to speak on the resolution to condemn the [speaker not understood] muni ads. my name is carol sanders. i'm a member of the steering committee of the bay area chapter of jewish boys for peace. jewish boys for peace advocates the equal rights for all people in israel, palestine in accordance with intern

he appeared recently on "democracy now!" and said jalics had confirmed a report of the second priest, who has since died, that bergoglio was involved in their imprisonment. and healked with him confirmed the story but he did not want to be mentioned in my piece because he told me that he preferred not to remember this and he was his life for oblivion and pardon. that he was very resented against bergoglio for many tors, but he had decided forgive and forget. >> to see our interview with its key, you can go to democracynow.org. an estimated 50,000 activists from nearly 130 countries around the world are gathering in geneva this week for the annual world social forum. the five-day event kicked off tuesday with a march in the capital tunis, viewed as the birthplace of the arab spring. each year pro-democracy activists me to envision a more just world and mobilize around issues of that to austerity, environmental devastation, gender injustice and more. it is the first time the forum has been held in an arab country. roughly 100

with democracy.if you give up democracy, then you can fix what democracy can't fix. but with the exception of the one town that is marked on this graphic with a gold star, all of these places have been in and out of financial trouble for years now. they have been in and out of emergency management under different versions of the law. weaker law, stronger law, it has not mattered. only that one very small town with the star on it is the only one to ever emerge in good shape from losing its democracy. and then stay in good shape thereafter. giving up voting rights as a way of saving cities turns out does not save the cities. and so, yes, detroit has a problem, nobody says that detroit doesn't have a problem. but this emergency overseer thing that the republicans are doing in michigan, it does not seem to be that solution to that problem. it is a radical policy, which the republicans say is justified by cities and towns and school districts being in dire financial straits. the problem is this radical po

we live in a democracy. a democracy is supposed to be governed by a majority opinion. so, why isn't the court just governed by whatever the majority of people think? the answer is that that is what is also called mob rule. a constitutional democracy is one that protect everyone's rights, even those who are the minority. that is a concept that was discussed in the federalist papers, which i know we all read when we have trouble going to sleep, and is the basis for our government, but what will happen, what will happen if there are no courts to protect the rule of law? that is really the fundamental message that i wish to talk to you about here today. we have a court system under attack. 11 states provide less than 1% of their entire state budget to funding the judicial system. california and florida tend to lead the pack. in this case, unfortunately. florida, 0.7% of the entire budget goes to funding judiciary. the superior court in san francisco recently said that it will have to reduce its staff by 42% compared to where it was two years ago, and that it will have to c

democracy doesn't work. let's take to the streets." well, always take to the streets, but always make sure that there are people in the halls of power who can listen to what you're saying on the streets and say, "okay, i get it. i'm going to do something about this." which means surrendering to some degree the romance of revolution. i hope that i'm not less radical in terms of what i'd like to see transformed. i believe that we can live in a more economically and socially just world than we live in. i think we have to save the planet and i think that's going to call for enormous sacrifice and a transformation of society where we really come to terms with what has to happen in order to stop global warming or reverse it. >> and can that happen without a mass movement? what lincoln did he did because before him and behind him were the abolitionists, the radicals, the feminists, the women who were beginning their own longing and agitation for equality. >> and millions of slaves. >> millions of slaves as well. in fact there's been some crit

and let me say that if you do believe in democracy, it's always been a mystery to me why that democracyhat you believe in doesn't apply to the place where you work. after all, five out of seven days of every week, most of your adult life, you're at work. so if democracy's an important value it ought to be at your job because that's where you are most of the time. and democracy at the job means the following. if you have to live with the decisions that are made in a job, what you're producing, what technology's being used, what the health conditions of your workplace are, what's done with the fruits of your labor, literally whether your factor or your office continues, since you have to live with those decisions you ought to participate, the basic idea of democracy. so i like the idea of cooperative enterprises because it fulfills my value commitment to democracy. whereas a capitalist enterprise doesn't because it keeps all the decision making in a tiny minority. we all who go to work have to live with their decisions, but we don't articipate in them, not even to speak of the community t

why did you give up your democracy then?n continues plowing ahead with the most powerful experiment with governing in history. why this is not a bigger national story still blows my mind. >>> the most dramatic event in the news this week happened where you could only read it. it was the supreme court's hearing on the cornerstone of american civil rights law. tonight you will not just have to read it, you can hear it. which may make it easier for you to judge it. that's coming up. living with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis means living with pain. it could also mean living with joint damage. humira, adalimumab, can help treat more than just the pain. for many adults, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain and stop further joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart f

welcome to "democracy now!" i want ask you about nelson mandela before we start talking about this. >> it is a difficult time for all south africans, for many people in the world. i think at his age, into his 90's, when someone spends this amount of time in the hospital, quite legitimately there is going to be concerned. he is certainly frail. but at the moment, supposedly in good spirits according to the south african president. at this point we can only hope. >> let's talk about what is happening at the united nations right now and then we will talk about congress. a very unusual yesterday president obama beseeching congress, at shaming them, trying to get them to pass gun- control. meanwhile down the road at the u.n., the united states plays a different role in the international arms treaty, the first ever that has not yet been signed. can you talk about it? >> the first point i should make is something of an outsider to the u.s., i find it extraordinary that legislation has not yet been passed on gun control

he's a person who is committed to democracy. i think progressives came to see chavez in a negative sense for two reasons. one, because what i just mentioned about his turning away from institutions. secondly, he absolutely swayed away from venezuela. venezuela has been able to exist and carry on because of vast amounts of oil money coming in. but the productive capacity of that country, including the oil industry has gone down sharply. went down sharply during chavez's years. >> i have a slightly different perspective on this. i think you know, chavez, if anything didn't go far enough in challenging the status quo. i think there are these different political constituencies within chavez mow. some more socialist or anarchist and so now that there might be a vying for power amongst the different constituencies and personally, i vink that chavez did not go nearly far enough. mentioned before the economic cooperatives. venezuela has the most vibrant cooperative movement in the world and yet chavez did not count his accomplishments a

the state abolishes your local democracy. doesn't matter whoever you voted for, that gets overruled. instead they give you a single state-appointed overseer. the new unelected boss can do whatever he or she wants, no matter what you voted for. that overseer can fire officials, eradicate the town, close the schools, whatever. on their own terms, nobody else gets a safe. democracy is out. the emergency manager gets full control, personally, full-stop. a local website called eclectablog noticed that if you consider the racial makeup of michigan and the racial makeup of the towns that michigan has taken over, little towns like allen park and benton harbor and ecorse and larger towns like pontiac and also flint, if you then add in detroit, which the state has long been on the verge of taking over, what emerges from the stats is that michigan has been on the verge of eliminating local democracy, the meaningful right to vote for your local officials, it has been on the verge of eliminating that for almost half the black population o

this is our chance to participate in democracy. to investigate how our taxpayer dollars are being spent. and we need people to do those investigations, but we also need people to be aware of these investigations and the reports that come out. [speaker not understood] and potentially respond. you know, something they find very dear to their heart, they can call their newspaper and say, hey, i read this grand jury report. what are you going to do about it? or they can call the entity that is being investigating and ask, you know, what are you going to do about following up this list? so, it is very important for people to know about the civil grand jury. so, with that, i also want to say we train the juries. a lot of people say, actors coming out of the public, what do they know? at the state level they train for 2, 2-1/2 days about investigating, entering viewing, writing reports, what they can and cannot do according to the penal code. and we also train them at the local level about the city government and a little bit more about w

we don't have a democracy, we don't have a democracy. our votes don't matter.the end the only thing that matters is the paychecks they get from special interests. great reporting. thank you for joining us. as you can tell, i'm worked up about this. now, when we come back, more things i'm worked up about. where am i moving to next? i'll tell you iraq, you want to talk about worked up, republicans, we don't have any money, we don't have any money. we might have had if you hasn't blown $2 trillion in iraq, you losers. "young turks." >> at least a dozen blacks highly coordinated. coming on to me all the time now. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. you would rather deal with ahmadinejad than me. >>absolutely. >> and so would mitt romney. (vo) she's joy behar. >>and the best part is that current will let me say anything. what the hell were they thinking? >> at least a dozen blacks highly scored nateed. iraqis were among the dead over two hours more blacks in

what the pentode define democracy i mean it's great that people are stepping forward and they want to represent their constituencies but if you can't guarantee that democracy will be democratically elected you can't guarantee that people are not afraid to go and vote you can't guarantee there won't be oppression and violence around that process and you can't guarantee as well that the people who are then elected have real power to represent their constituents then it's not a real democracy it's just yet another oligarchy it's another dictatorship imposed on the hapless people any. m i five agent thank you for your insight and time. dr headbutting over jewish settlements in occupied territories are seems to be benefiting is raul's arch enemy with ongoing expansion an increase anger at a lack of dialogue we report soon on how more palestinians are turning to farmers having lost hope that there will be peace anytime soon. it's been a record of breaking voyage for the russian soyuz rocket which has successfully doctor with the international space station the three space travelers on board