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amy: we're speaking to naomi klein them a senior correspondent for the intercept. her piece for the intercept, just back from puerto rico, "the battle for paradise: puerto ricans and ultrarich 'puertopians' are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island." when we come back, she will be joined by yarimar bonilla, associate professor of anthropology and caribbean studies at rutgers university . stay with us. ♪ [music brk] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman and juan gonzalez. .ur guests are naomi klein her new piece foe intercept, "the battle for paradise: puerto ricans and ultrarich 'puertopians' are locked in a pitched struggle over how to remake the island." we are also joined by yarimar bonilla, an associate professor of anthropology and caribbean studie at rutgers university and a visiting scholar at the russell sage foundation. she is the author of "non-sovereign futures: french caribbean politics in the wake of disenchantment" and a founder of the puerto rico syllabus. on this week, the six m

i would assume having immigrants come to puerto rico is also a good thing so naomi klein the famed author who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of rich people have showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local fabric of society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they own me feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from they have a monopoly on being stagnant and not putting forward any policies that gain traction that actually end up in social engineering not sense f.d.r. but a sense in the modern era they've got no actual all policies that have been effectively enacted because they always hide in the cave of good intentions and they don't want to actually stick their toe into doing something that would require taking any risk as. not seem to would called skin in the game they seem bereft of wanting to ever have any skin in the game number one number two apparently she was at the conference howe

naomi klein the famed off her who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of people of showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local fabric of society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they all me feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from. since the cradle of jazz. in america we have. to know all of this jazz feeling. a city of climatic contrast trophies of alligators on the loose of poverty and crime are used by the least members of my close most. of street racing in the heat of the night to see this new orleans song from the best place in the world. and that one of them was so much that all of their mama. i know mama. you know read a little keep. not getting through a lot but if they're going to be chilcote you know. sort of. what i mean and you come with that he's going to get so for the swing. state the question is three yes but oh yes the chess but by the west but i'm here for everyone that

naomi klein the famed off her who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of people of showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local barrick gold society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they owe me feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from. the russians are coming for well over the last year and a half this is the message western audiences have been served up twenty four seventh's what is behind this hysteria what does this message aim to achieve always russia's supposed to react importantly are we facing a possible conflict. a contentious census controversy over the trumpet ministrations intend to add a citizenship question in the twenty twenty u.s. census what's behind this change that's first up on this edition. of politicking on larry king monday the trumpet in the streets of announced a controversial changed to the next official count of people living in the united states that is their int

naomi klein the famed off her who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of people all showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local fabric of society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they all me feel they have a monopoly on good intentions which i'm not sure where that comes from. the most expensive fish in the world each one is selling for tens of thousands of euros it continues to grow its entire life if it was thirty years old you might have a two ton fish out there and yet they don't get that big today because we're way too good at catching. it's only remnants of a much larger mission was once there was much more widely distributed we have politicians that are in office for a few years they have to get reelected everything is very very short term our system is not suited and is not cleared for long term survival and that's why we have because this is the. yard did not look for the perpetrators they were. covering their tracks listen

naomi klein the famed off her who is writing extensively on environmental issues and social justice issues went to these conferences in puerto rico and her takeaway was that a bunch of people of showed up and this is a danger to the local economy and to the local fabric of society so the first thing that strikes me is that lefties like they all may feel they have a minute. good intentions i'm not sure where that comes from. how does it feel to be a share of the greatest job in the world it's as close to being a king as any job there is what business model helps to run a prison now we just do it on like a seed nobody you know visitation i don't know what comes in any more we don't have to serve them anymore it's cost effective that's what they want to get out they don't give a damn if you need to charge on that they're actually paying us to put it back into . the louisiana incarceration rate is twice as high as the us sandbridge what she could is behind such success. oh no. that's ok. i want it off. but. the headlines are not saying israeli forces fired tear gas and life bullets at palestin

there is to give an example a book by a woman named naomi klein who says capitalism is the ultimate cause. they see this as an attempt to impose socialism on the. i hate socialism, therefore this is a pretext to listen to it and this was exactly the wrong way to convince people, there is a hidden agenda, she hates capitalism and don't want to impose socialism. what i want to do is lay it out in a way that says as much as possible, somewhere more about this, i'm not trying to tell you what to do. >> we are a rare species appear. >> we are under the illusion. >> skeptics, a good species. >> all three of you are communicators. i wonder if social media is the communications tool. i am curious how that phenomena in is impacting this conversation for good or bad. >> there is a tremendous phenomena in on twitter that most social media is familiar with, for people to let loose and blurred stuff incautiously. like hit, send. that is almost always a mistake. 140 hastily chosen characters to say what you think and you are possessed by emotion at the time and it is easy for people to mistake you. the

additionally you have found others like [inaudible], cornell west, naomi klein and alice walker endorsing bds. if stevie wonder canceling, i mentioned the 501 canceling of fundraiser for a military fundraiser and lauren hill one of the biggest cancellations today withdrawing from her show and explaining why to her fans. in just the past year the two biggest cancellations have probably been favorite singer board, which i was in palestine for that cancellation and i saw the impact it had on palestinians. and super bowl champion and pro bowler michael bennett of the seattle seahawks who set the stage, yeah, he deserves it. he set the stage for half the delegation for nfl players to cancel. it's also words mentioning a rapper who penned an op-ed in time magazine entitled what palestine taught me about american racism. on the flipside israel also has its brand ambassadors who are cultural workers and as an example is really uses its [inaudible] this artist you see on the screen is viewed as an artist in favor of peace and harmony and someone who is multicultural in inclusive but he describes i