[indiscernible] amy: chokwe lumumba is the son of late jackson mayor chokwe lumumba, a longtime blackionalist organizer and attorney dubbed "america's most revolutionary mayor" before his death in 2014. the 34-year-old chokwe antar lumumba supports economic democracy and has proposed a civic incubator fund to support cooperative, member-owned businesses in jackson. shortly after his election, lumumba was a featured speaker just a few weeks ago at the people's summit in chicago. >> i bring greetings from jackson, mississippi. where i have recently been named mayor elect of jackson mississippi. in this process, we defeated the we were ableeople to secure the general election with 94% of the vote. [applause] that, weimportant in did so on a people's platform. on a people's platform where from the moment we announced, we did so say we were running on an agenda of social justice, of economic democracy, and, and, and working with people, making certain people have a voice. and that is our story. and we are sticking to it. as we look at condition of our country, as we consider the fact that

lumumba means "gifted.": can you talk about -- i mean, your rise to becoming mayor of jackson is very interesting. the incumbent mayor won the special election against you in 2014. the race that determined who would finish your father's term after he died in office. your thoughts about losing to him then, but defeating him in this race? what changed? >> well, you know, as i have shared with many people, hindsight is 20/20. i am actually grateful that we lost the election in 2014. not because sincerity was not there, not because we don't believe we could have done a good job, but we have been able, you know, to appreciate far more what is going on with the city of jackson. i've been able to appreciate more within myself. people have to remember in 2014, not only did i bury my father in a two month time span and then enter into an election, my wife was pregnant with our first child. so there was a world of change. yet a first-time candidate who had not run for a junior class president, much less mayor of a cit

lumumba is the son of late jackson mayor chokwe lumumba, a longtime black nationali organizer and attorneyubbed "america's most revolutionary mayor" before s deh in 2014. this is mayor elect lumumba, celebrating his election victory tuesday night with supporters. >> [indiscernible] when i become mayor, you become mayor. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in china , which is refusing to release three activists arrested while investigating labor conditions at a factory that manufactured ivanka trump brand shoes. the three men were working with the new york-based nonprofit, china labor watch. the group was reportedly planning to release a report next month revealing that factory workers at the supplier, huajian international, were forced to work excessive overtime, verbally abused, and paid wages below china's legal minimum. china accuses the three investigators with using illegal surveillance equipment and interfering with the operation of the factory. china labor watch denies the