so what's the issue at hand allegations that woody allen molested his daughter and alan has denied these allegations for decades backing this up is ronan farrow woody allen son who happens to also be a me too pioneer and a nother client of hatchet. i was disappointed to learn through press reports that hatchett my publisher acquired woody allen's memoir off to other major publishers refused to do so do not function the woody allen book my sister has never been contacted to respond to any denial or mischaracterization of the abuse she suffered at the hands of. now there have been 2 criminal investigations into woody allen and no charges have been brought against him but over the course of 2 decades he has received 8 oscar nominations as well as one of those prestigious gold statues well the me too movement has taken the shine off of his success now some celebrities at this point are worried that cancel culture has gone a little bit too far that your decision to drop the what do you know and book makes me very uneasy it's not him i don't give a damn about mr allen it's who gets muzzled next that worries me i'm always afraid when the mob however

ronan farrow is also the brother of dylan farrow, who has accused woody allen of sexually abusing her as a child when he was her adoptive father. allen has denied those allegations. and in mexico, feminists are calllling for a national striken march 9, one day after international women's day, to protest skyrocketing gender-based violence in the country. calls for a national strike are being led by the mexican feminist group witches of the sea. the strike has been referred to as "a day without us," calling on women not go to work or school, to stay out of the streets, and to avoid participating in thehe economymn anany way for h hours. thisis is a mber of f witches sf the sea, arussi unda. >> i believe that women in mexico are tired of the different types of violence that are committed against us in all spacaces.

financial decision by the publisher if they have to choose between ronan farrow, a young up—and—coming author with decades ahead of him, and woody allenst year there were no new york times reported four publishing companies rejected woody allen's potential bug, so it's not like his book is necessarily going to sell the ronan farrow‘s does and they already have a winner in farrow, so financial motives are certainly a part of this. many authors have had questionable and even worse private lives but their works are still published, is there a danger of a precedent being set here? i think yes. as stephen king said and as pan—american said, when we start censoring where it stops... in some ways i think this is a moment in particular where victims disperse voices are really still coming out of the woodwork and it's a little bit... it's more than a little bit... it's more than a little bit insensitive and clearly money and publicity motivated —— victims‘ voices. money and publicity motivated -- victims' voices. thank you for talking to us. president donald trump has appointed a new chief of staff, his fourth since taking office in 2017. on f

financial decision by the publisher if they have to choose between ronan farrow, a young up—and—coming author with decades ahead of him, and woody allend i think it was about last year the new york times reported that four different media — sorry, publishing companies, rejected woody allen's potential book, so it's not like he was, you know, able to find someone real easily, it's not like his book is necessarily going to sell the ronan farrow‘s does and they already have a winner in farrow, so yeah, financial motives are certainly a part of this. many authors have had questionable and even worse private lives, but their works are still published. is there a danger of a precedent being set here? i think yes. you know, as stephen king said and as pen america has been saying, i do think that once we start censoring, where does it stop? in some ways, i think this is a moment in particular where victims‘ voices are really still coming out of the woodwork and it's a little bit... it's more than a little bit insensitive by hachette and clearly money and publicity motivated. the former brazilian football star rinaldo and his brother are being

ronan farrow said hachette did ronan farrow said hachette did not fact-check the book with his sister dylan farrow, who has accused woody allen of sexually abusing her as a child when he was her adoptive father -- allegations allen has denied. and those are some of the headlines. 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 with afghanistan. both president ashraf ghani and top afghan political leader abdullah abdullah are both afghanistan. both president ashraf ghani and top afghan political leader abdullah abdullah are both claiming they won the presidential election and are vowing to hold dueling inauguration ceremonies today in the capital kabul. ghani has been president since 2014, but abdullah claims the most recent election was spoiled by fraud. this is playing out in the middle of a u.s. negotiated a u.s. negotiated peace plan with the telegram, which calls for the u.s. and its nato allies to withdraw their troops over the next 14 months and for the start of direct talks between the afghan government and taliban insurgenc

woody allen so what is the controversy behind. it this is the same publishing group that published batch and killed by ronan farrow. into nineteen- this book is about the me too movement and- has all the cues his estranged father of. abusing his daughter dylan farrow back t the night is in wr withth the. i should have went o twitter saying that he was disappointed to learn that they would publish this memoir- and that they had concealed this decision from him and his employees while they were working on the book. and he said that he could not he he said he would cut ties with the publishing company- since you cannot work with them i in good conscious. there havee alreadydy been that reactions to the cancellation of the of this memoir with this twitter user saying i believe in due process i get that woody allen was not convicted of any thing. but this isn't about guilt or innocence i just really believe that in order to be a good publishing partner you up it they running. it's take or pass on the title. will be in i on that publishing at another store you've been keeping an eye on for us our creative solutions to th