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>> a a lot of people thihink democrats are gogoing to w win,t demomocratic chances are going o be heardgerrymandering, , by voter suppression, by dark money. regardless of what happens with the political parties, our democracy is under attack on 70 different fronts, from gerrymandering, but are suppression, unlimited corporate spending and that is what should worry all of us. no matter who wins the election, we're living in a rigged system right now. amy: ari berman, they get for being with us, reporting fellow a nation institute, author of "give us the ballot: the modern struggle for voting rights in america." we will link to your new piece for rolling stone "how the gop , rigs elections." democracy now! is hiring a full-time news fellow. some of your application on democrcracynow.org by february . democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] [cricketshirping]

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saying, but t this is not t the reality of our thoughts and our opinions, and this is what we''e gogoingo do about it -- whichs why i feel so honored to be heard today y because thesese wn we are talking to are the women who are standing up and protecting and using their bodies andnd theirir voices and their s souls to ensure that everyone in our country has a a safe place to be in a safe place to belong, and that justice i is seenen despite the leadershipp f our current t government. amy: we're going to go to break and come back to this discussion. that is shailene woodley, who is nominated for a golden globe for her role in the film -- in the tv series "big little lies," where she playays and abused woman, as do other women in this tv series, not to mention one of the children. this is democracy now! we will be back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: "generations" by our guest, calina lawrence. speaking to us from washington, state. at is one of the activists the golden globes. togetherbringing hollywood actresses to housekeepers to demand racial .nd gender justice the movement launched

. >> the white house is niggling and i mean the puerto rirican governmement, making them gogo through all sorts of bureaucracy and red tape that is unnecessarily. the result is the economy is still hemorrhaging. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. we begin today's show with north korea. president trump took to twitter thursday to take credit for renewed communications between north korea and south korea. trump tweeted -- "with all of the failed 'experts' weighing in, does anybody really believe that talks and dialogue would be going on between north and south korea right now if i wasn't firm, strong and willing to commit our total 'might' against the north. fools, but talks are a good thing!" this comes after north korean leader kim jong-un has ordered the reopening of a hotline with south korea's leaders, bringing the biggest thaw in relations between the two koreas in year

we have to gogo back and rerecty this. we have to show them that nonviolence can work.had some of his stuff people saying, martin, you cannot assume the burden of making every black person in memphis it here to nonviolence. these were young kids who thought they could name a name for themselves by being militant. you can't impose that. he said, we have to make an effort. he was possessed to get everybody behind him. he was mad at them. don't tell me you're for me, i'm out here alone on this. it was a very, very rare moment. he yelled at all of them. they chased him, could not find him. he went off and slept onee nigh, so this stuff went to ralph abernathy who got his wife to cook some catfish and try to -- anyway, they went back united to memphis. that is where they were when the assassination happen. so they were trying to rectify this error and prove thatt nononviolence was still pertine. they had it at court ordered to allow them to vote again. andy young was in court all the last day and comes back from court and says, martin -- martn hit him with a pillow and add p

hanan,,ur interview with you can gogo to democracynow.or. at the united nations in new york, u.s. ambassador nikki haley said tuesday that president trump will withhold $255 million in assistance to pakistan. the announcement came a day after president trump took a swipe at pakistan on twitter, sparking widespread anti-u.s. protests acrososs pakistan. this is pakistani politician imran khan speaking in islamabad. >> trump has no understanding of the war in afghanistan and the destruction it is causing in pakistan. it seems like yes no background knowledge about it at all. pakistan has made sacrifices. it is suffered losses in the process. our tribal areas have been devastated. on top of all of this, we're being humiliated. and american president who lack sense and does not understand much and is following the agenda of our enemies, he is insulting us in the end. amy: meanwhile, president trump attacked hillary clinton in a long time eight on twitter calling for abedin to be gel. in climate news, a new report warns that w without immediate, large-scale action to limit global greenh

we're gogoing to take everononef the workers you fire, and we're going to set up a factory right herre. rightht here. we may even take over the one you have abandoned, buy it from you, and we're going to go around the united states and we're going to explain to people that you went to china. and they can go ahead and buy it from you, or they can buy it from us--the workers you abandoned that are here and that are asking you, as a fellow american, to support us." ooh. that companyny might thihik a little longer before it takes off for china because it's got a new problem. it might not want to do that. it might not want to take that risk. it might not want to face that kind of competition. it's a whole new ball game. it might also allow unions to do something for workers t that thy can't do now. when workers are unemployed who used to be members of such-and-such a local or such-and-such a union, they're now unemployed. they go get an unemployment check. suppose the unions are "no, there's something else we can do for you. we can help you. we can bring n spspecialiststs. we can help yot u

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