strongly with the inspiration of the arab spring in terms of practical bodies on the ground is the european movement which feeds in much more to london just because where we are i'm interested in this because i mean just in your particular branch of philosophy about technique and the domination of technique to regard whatever we try and do politically in one direction or another we have to do it efficiently if it is to win and to do it efficiently we have to adopt efficient techniques and so everyone regardless of which direction that they go in starts with opposition techniques and in the end it's the techniques. the techniques that we david i think part of those techniques though is not just the. social media but there has been a tradition for at least in the seventy's of creating new forms of direct democracy of facilitation of consensus decentralization of decision making that is deeply practical in a way is that there is a kind of synthesis or by the find itself against the way you act on social media the kind of synergies so on the one here is spreading information of certain kinds of social m

meanwhile an outright conservative muslim group is now broadening its appeal to europeans all the. movement one of the most radical branches of islam is permitted by the freedom of religion and a lot there are growing concerns about the message being spread can offer reports now from. afternoon bruner inserted from moon and once the words are being ended the. qur'an continued. over three hundred thousand copies in over one hundred across most parts of germany but no mr any material here if the bible can be distributed why not the qur'an. there's nothing illegal about handing out the koran the campaign may be provocative since it kicked off during easter but it's not even the timing which could draw so much attention but who is behind the distribution. that the southeast movement is one of the most radical wings of islam known for its truth interpretations of the koran and in association with jihad the holy war against nonbelievers and punishments that can include amputation and stoning not exactly the most constitutional penalties this man sums up the credo don't mention who gives men the r

program take a look at a controversial campaign by one of the most radical muslim movements carried out in the european powerhouse. probably later in the program but before that the yuan peace plan for syria is working despite reports of ceasefire violations so says the office of international envoy kofi annan his spokesman defended an hours mission saying violence has reduced that's despite the u.s. renewing its calls for another approach hinting at the plan's defeat but as for reports now from damascus many syrians hope the upcoming parliamentary road lol so bring some stability to the conflict torn country syria is gearing up for parliamentary elections next week and all across the capital damascus right now you can see these campaign posters that have been put up around the city now this comes as the u.n. observers are in the country touring around different areas tasked with verifying the implementation the u.n. envoy kofi annan peace plan now casey and spokes person has come out and said that he's planned despite reported violations from both sides is back on track now that statement came against

right-wing proposals to restrict immigration, to deintegrate, if you like, to disintegrate european free movement of peoples. and in an attempt to try and get some of the national front, the front nationale voters. he didn't get enough. but there is a clear repudiation of that as well. sarkozy was a very mercuryial president, and i think the french were tired of it. and i think the fact that hollande real sold his boringness and the french like his boringness right now, that shouldn't be discounted either. it's not just about the euro. >> all right. >> quick question. obviously, there's tremendous ripple effects to all of this. but one of them could be felt in england, which is obviously in a double dip recession right now. and i'm wondering has the cameron government looked at this and decided maybe it's time to change course with its own austerity plan, or are they staying the course in light of the economic data that's coming from england right now? >> no. they are doubling down with a double dip recession. cameron is actually preparing to reinforce his support or underline his support for the

this is the thread that is being used by the parties sent by the europeans the left party which is very good movement is betting on the. domino effect would be so large that for the rest of europe the fire. greece word to be exacted that ultimately the europeans would have to negotiate a solution that is more viable and more socially. for greeks unemployment over twenty percent and you know really a desperation growing and this recipe has not worked for greece so the alternative is to try something different or story is not the solution is is part of the of the problem. you're watching our team the u.s. has tested a rocket in hawaii attended to the nato's future of missile defense shield in europe and the alliance is holding a summit in chicago later in may that's expected to give the green light for interceptor missiles in poland but as r.t. is alexy out a chef he reports washington's reluctance to cooperate could force moscow to take action scared distrustful and even hostile these are only some of the labels more school has received in the west for expressing concerns over washington's controversi

later in the program we take a look at a controversial campaign in the european powerhouse by one of the most radical muslim movements. but next the two french presidential candidates have made their last appeals to voters ahead of sunday's run off poll that crisis has been central to their campaigns with francois hollande promising to challenge the e.u. fiscal pact agreement champion of course by his rival nicolas sarkozy. reports. well one day to go before the french at the polls and make that decisive vote and even the city itself is preparing to usher in their next president now it's down to two men incumbent nicolas sarkozy of his socialist challenger francois law and order to the polls is still trailing behind a lot but there is still the question mark as to who the voters of but independent the national front and centrists who are they going to choose for the site that the french will essentially be choosing between a man along with claims that he will bring back a wall would be to the country also want to go head to head with german chancellor angela merkel to challenge a fiscal pact that he says is bad for f

have descended on frankfurt the the occupy frankfurt movement been going since the bear and october time they set up a camp outside of the the european central bank that camp was actually cleared on wednesday the head of the planned demonstrations that will be taking place over the weekend now the group of change it up a little bit from the standard occupy movement they're calling themselves block u.p.i. as they try and stop people getting into the european central bank headquarters trying to stop the european central bank from doing business as they say they want to see a more socialist economic policy and acted in across europe now it's not just the bloc you find people that are taking part in demonstrations also attack the left leaning socialist group as well they're going to be out in force on saturday on friday we saw majority of quite peaceful protests however there were some flare ups here in frankfurt police saying around a thousand people taking part in demonstrations four hundred were detained this is after people tore down traffic signs as well as trying to hang banners and places around the city. now as say these demonstr

, as i've been fortunately been involved with democracy and freedom movements, at least in the former captive nations, eastern european countries. i pulled up with great technology, the cyber attack on estonia in 2007. just returned from the nato parliamentary assembly meetings in estonia just over the break. i've watched the crackdown on dissidents in belarus and commissioner mcdowell, you're highlighting the prime minister of russia's exact quote. international control of the internet through the itu should give everyone a cause for concern. those of us who follow these movements are rightly concerned about, as was stated in maybe question and answer in opens statement, the movement to do this is for regime stability and regime preservation. i mean, it's clear. look at the actors. russia, china, iran. i imagine north korea. probably on there, if they really had any concern of anyone having computers to begin with, other than the handful that they allow. for downloading movies. i won't go there. and -- breaiefly talk about, wi they be using, first to the ambassador and then commissioner mcdowell, the whole debate is

european states which was lined up to host parts of the u.s. led system but later scrapped the plan young tomas is there he's an activist from the humanist movement the international peace and nondiscrimination organization young thanks for being with us now why are the eastern european states such as poland and romania eager to holes parts of the american defensive system isn't there a worry of being a possible target if there is an escalation from somewhere like north korea or iran well i'm really puzzled why these countries are so eager to join the system my only feeling is that the generation of the leaders in these countries is still thinking in the terms of the cold war and they have lived through that system which was suppressed and it was largely dominated by russia and they therefore still have these negative feelings go at russia and also partly afraid of russia and they take this participation in the u.s. led system as a sort of guarantee for their security they don't they don't realize that this is not a guarantee but that that would actually make them a target and part that's very ironic now both north korea and iran are struggling u

the european central bank is trying to sue pierce about spain saying it has recapped trouble lender bankia. a lot of interesting movementsn the european markets this morning. >> it's so -- the torn of headlines that aren't real headlines continues. what is real, what isn't. >> right. >> which then, sometimes, lends us not to focus on when we get real action, like the ltro which we all knew about but didn't appreciate how significant it would be at the end of last year. that being said, the managers of money that i speak to are pulling back, given what's going on in europe. they are simply saying i can't figure it out. i don't know. but i know it's still of importance. i don't want it to be any longer, but it is. therefore, i'm bringing my nets down, my net exposure. >> now, i've been good this morning about the black comedy that is a lot of these tech stocks. but there's nothing funny about spain. it's obviously way too big. they have a houszing bubble. they have unemployment that's off the charts. >> retail sales are miserable. >> just amazing. >> two years at 511. >> and it just reminds you that yesterday was one of th

and former advisor to the european commission thank you so much for your thoughts good to hear from you live there in strasberg. does it i know. the student movement in the canadian province of quebec is pledging to bring thousands onto the streets of montreal to mark a one hundredth day of protest that's after their rally against hikes in tuition fees spiral into violent clashes with police protestors replied slabs of concrete out of the roadway and held them in offices he responded with percussion bombs and pepper spray over three hundred people arrested in several dozen injured the local government sought to stem the protests by adopting a new emergency law to restrict the rallies last week for more let's cross live now to a journalist just dealing and he's covering the riots at the moment just in we've seen some pretty ugly scenes of police and demonstrators clashing there montréal what are you expecting to unfold on the movement one hundred. well i was there last night for you know kind of the prelude to today's events and things were eerily peaceful the protesters decided to have sort of march through downtown and then they actually made for

now they're expected to make do as they say towards the european central bank it's worth noting that this is been a very peaceful protest movement. but despite that on friday a round four hundred people were detained by police now that was because it was a un sanctioned meeting what's happening on saturday right now this was sanctioned this was planned to say to be the the largest of the protests. a very peaceful meeting very peaceful demonstration is taking place but it's being watched over by around five thousand police officers they are very five thousand very heavily equipped police officers that have been century blocking off the whole of central front first the movement itself is called themselves blocky pipes and set of occupy is they attempted to block people from reaching the the banking sectors or the banking services of europe's largest banking center in frankfurt this is the the real hope of not just german banking but of european banking in general and as they say the court is of the european central bank located here but the police forces say out in the police out in force to try and keep the peace at this meeting

the people on the ground in our banking system that we've seen any movement of moving out flows dramatically at all. >> and in the european debt mess, i guess, every day is another headline, have you changed your business in any way? how has it changed the behavior of the firm or sort of how you allocate capital. >> when you were here 15 months ago, we were on a path and a growth model. as capital markets, the european sovereign debt crisis, the bank had to adapt, adapt its model. it'sed it's had to delever and that requires making choices and making critical decisions about the path you want to go down. we're sticking to our focus in europe, sticking to our presence. we're the number six euro denominated leader. as dollar funding pulled away from european banks in the midpoint of 2011, we have had to adapt our strategy and our approach, so we were aligned with what our strengths are in europe and what we bring to our customers here in the u.s. that being said, we're a top ten joint book runner in u.s. dollar deals for european issuers. so there's a real role that we serve. we're also staying focused in the commodity busi

blocks away getting ready for the march towards the european central bank headquarters here now this is really being the center of german protest movement this is the the largest financial center in europe and the the groups that are pushing the occupy group as well as the left this group attack who also here as well the the group of french origin who want to see a more socialist agenda in place a more socialist fiscal agenda in place in europe attack as well who want to see a tax levied on fine. transaction transactions they're all in town to make their voices heard now this is the expected to be the largest of the protests that's been over the past few days on friday we actually saw four hundred arrests here in frankfurt that was an unsanctioned demonstration that was taking place police moving in and detaining four hundred people there after allegedly some traffic signs were torn down it has to be said though everything being carried off incredibly peacefully but under the watchful gaze of a very large police presence it's become something of a almost a joke here that the protesters try to occupy and block it by central frankfurt the

violence to send their message is there a role for anarchists in the movement to rebuild the american economy. you need to know this the european economy is tanking and trickle down austerity is to blame new unemployment numbers show the seventeen nation euro zone now has its highest unemployment rate ever at ten point nine percent and the two nations with the highest unemployment rate spain and greece just happen to be the ones most booked on austerity in spain budget cuts and massive government layoffs driven up the unemployment rate to the eurozone high of twenty four percent and spanish spanish youth unemployment is even worse at a staggering fifty one. percent and in greece the poster child for european austerity the unemployment rate stands at twenty almost twenty two percent with more than half of all greeks hundred twenty five years old unemployed another austerity bitten nation the united kingdom just officially sank into another recession clearly austerity which involves taking money out of working people's pockets forcing them to spend less and those contribute less revenue to the government is making the economic si

different from the european experience with those revolution movements to replace monarchies with democracy, so often erupting in violence with the frenzy of executions of france during the time of the revolution there, including clarence nunns, the movement to join italy, they had to sneak out of rome in the middle of the night for a simple priest. so although my church has always recognized that we can operate and even thrive in a variety of different political systems, nonetheless, there was some suspicious of modern democratizing movements because of in experience. the american experience though was different for catholics. yes, they were often viewed with suspicious and being un-american, perhaps because of the suspicious of our own church leaders on the modern democratizing movements to some degree. we were at times subjected to rejection and impacts on personal property. but this certainly wasn't the whole story. what catholics found is that if they applies themselves and worked hard, they would improve their life as opposed to the roadblocks they experienced back home. even more imp

but the europeans refused one uses the railroads and incredibly strategic movement of the union forces. back and forth. companies see from pennsylvania managed to fight carolina, virginia, box bill, vicksburg back in time for the overland campaign. a lot is a real movement. some of that was reporting by journalist when of the reasons mead is not better remembered he had no time for journalist. 1864, a journalist bios a pat me false report. mead has the journalist put to back words. they rally around their own. hot they make a compact not to mention in mead unless it is unfavorable. he is written now and alienated their journalist. the southern general's are jealous. i have been interested in mead. kids are smart. i knew robert e. lee and mead and yankees. it made sense that mead one. i was only later that was told all the reasons why he did not win and why. he had a lot of help. some came from mistakes but again, he saved the union and we have all but forgotten him. >> in the book you talk about there are 160,000 people on the field and you also spent time talking about stuart and rear

european parliament trying to convince. the country now i have to change the action of some movements naziism group stronger here would be. the horrors of naziism and easily fooled into this propaganda since gaining independence the baltic states have been vocally critical of the soviet period of their history calling it an occupation those who fought against the u.s.s.r. are called freedom fighters by some here even despite the fact they were allied with a genocidal nazi regime the most murderous in history what concerns many here now is that such lessons of in the long run will not teach history but simply breed a future generation of neo nazis in the heart of free europe this latest incident has once again shown how divided the lobby in society is about its past and while the people here are still trying to determine whether these men were right or wrong many still agree that bringing real weapons to three year olds was a major offense at least from a moral point of view. reporting from in la. stay with us here on r.t. still ahead this hour face flop describing facebook investors snatched up the company's shares in rec

different from the european experience with those revolution movements to replace monarchies with democraciesso often erupting in violence, we can think, of course, of the frenzy of executions in france during the time of the revolution there, including clerics and nuns of the movement to unify italy, which took an anti-clerical turn, as so many of these movements did, even to the point that the pope had to sneak out of rome it dressed in the garb of a parish priest. although my church is always recognized that we can operate and even drive in a variety of political systems, there was a suspicion of modern democratizing movements because of this experience. the american experience, though, was different for catholics. yes, they were often viewed with suspicion and being un-american perhaps because of that suspicion of our own church leaders on these modern democratizing movements that to some degree were at times subjected to rejection and diversion on the version on property. but this certainly wasn't the whole story. what catholics found is that if they apply themselves and work hard, they

different from the european experience with those revolution movements to replace monarchies with democracies, so often erupting in violence. we can think of the frenzy of executions in france during the time of the revolution there. including clerics and nuns. the movement to unify italy took a clearly anti-clerical turn as so many of these movements did. even to the point that the pope had to speak out of rome dressed in the guard of civil parish priest. although my church has always recognized that we can operate and even thrive in a variety of different political systems, nonetheless, there was some suspicion of modern democratizing movements because of this experience. the american experience, though, was different for catholics. yes, they were often viewed with suspicion and as being an american, perhaps because of that suspicion of our own church leaders on these modern democratizing movements. they were subjected to rejection and attacks on their person and property. but, this certainly was not the whole story. what catholics found is that if they applied themselves and worked hard, t

will be for the first time since the world war two the free movement of the of the people mr all right interrupt you but why is it that european states such as poland the czech republic and armenia are still moving towards this i mean don't you feel wide open to the perceived rogue states if they ever wanted to neutralize what is mainly american an american facility or the russians trying. oh this is. a long story member. of nato and it's of course very important for us given the article five of the washington treaty and. president obama decision. from two thousand and nine. that preview. so now it's about the. far future that could be several years possible deployment of some. polish territory because this is a. welcome position in the case of the remaining of poland perhaps turkey so we it's in our vital interest i'm speaking also as a representative of the of the opposition and social democrat. to have an agreement between. us and russia because we ascend which is we being the. member of the nato but however we cannot be the victim you know what interests me and i favor. pre-emptive strikes right wouldn't you say though in

movement outside the frankfurt occupy. simulate the demise of the power of money. protesters focused on the international monetary fund and the european central bank. >>> some u.s. cities, occupy protests are causing taxpayers millions. the los angeles price tag doubled to $5 million. they underestimated the need for police overtime. a camp closed in late november. one councilman said the bill is coming due at a difficult financial time when talking about laying off police and fire personnel. >>> an 18-month-old mother -- 18-year-old mother, of course, is facing attempted murder charges tonight. she's accused of trying to kill her baby with rat poison. they tipped police off to the plan. officers say the mother placed the poison in the baby's bottle. the child did not appear to be seriously injured. >>> after receiving complaints from parents, educational officials in new jersey are dropping a controversial question. it asked third graders to reveal a secret and write why it was difficult to keep from parents. some parents thought it was inappropriate. >> i thought it was a terrible question. i thought someone should be called. >> ver

the leftist group attack the protest movement here in frankfurt isn't anything new since october last year there was an occupy camp established next to the european central bank headquarters that was cleaned out on wednesday this last week and they've been told though they will be allowed to return on sunday after this weekend's protests. although the solidarity between those rallying on german streets and the greek people unhappy about social cuts ties between the leadership of the two countries have only weekend athens accuses german chancellor angela merkel of interfering into greek vets after she reported to suggest that the debt stricken nation should hold a river referendum on its membership operate in europe but the german government strongly denies making such claims find out more about the raging rout by logging onto our web site r t v dot com. demonstrations have taken center stage in the gulf where tens of thousands are rallied in iran and bahrain against the latter's integration plans with saudi arabia and bahrain the crowned chanted of the country was not for sale while turan said the proposed deal was a plot aimed at wiping the enti

by critics the tools to target in time movements reputation and present them as domestic terrorists. our eyes are oman is here with this poor serve on the european football championship has not even started but we already have scandals brewing well you're absolutely right while a certain england players are voicing their offense against traveling to poland and ukraine it's allianz are having serious problems of their own i've got these rolls on this on the way stick around. hello and welcome this is more than artsy and i am remonde koester of plenty up ahead in this edition but first as always to the headlines. banana skin the world number one victoria azarenka voids a huge first round scare answers coming back from all of down in the second set to be the tally in alberta briana. two more to go with the rush hour gearing up for the first of two remaining friendlies ahead of the european championship in poland and ukraine. while it's out in drop lots here captain stepfather mari is there rested while it's in the defenders the medical krrish it's all is left and also there is this quote for year olds once it's well after being questioned by police