betty shabazz, thank you. good night.: the oscar winning filmmaker spike lee speaking last friday at the malcolm x and dr. betty shabazz memorial and educational center, housed in the former audubon ballroom in new york where malcolm x was assassinated in 1965. slightly was speaking -- spike lee was speaking on what would have been the 90th birthday of malcolm x. we come back, memorial day massacre. workers died, film buried. we look at the massacre in 1937 chicago. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "a change is gonna come" by sam cooke. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as memorial day weekend begins here in united states, we end today's show looking back at the largely forgotten 1937 memorial day massacre, when police in chicago shot at and gassed a peaceful gathering of striking steelworkers and their supporters, killing 10 people -- most of them shot in the back. it was a time like today when unions were growing stronger. the workers were on strike against republic

betty shabazz memorial and educational center.d today with malcolm x and his own words speaking in that is exceed four. >> what of the first things the independent african nations did was to form an organization called the organization of african unity. the purpose of our organization of afro-american unity, which has -- to fight whoever gets in our way. to bring about the complete independence of people of african descent here in the western hemisphere and here in the united states. and bring about the freedom of these people by any means necessary. that's our motto. we want freedom by any means necessary. there are more africans here in harlem than exist in any city on the african continent. because that's what you and i are africans. the universal declaration of human rights, the constitution of the united states and the bill of rights are the principles in which we believe and that these documents if put into practice represent the essence of mankind's hopes and good intentions. desirous that all afro american people and organ

fascism is at unprecedented levels under the premiership of your successor. noah's shrieks brother shabazz. um does that include the ios? i boss nadeem and u. z. a fascist. and what is the role of the military here because to have fascism, you need a strong military. are you saying that there are others beside the prime minister, the new prime minister that are part of fascism in modern day pakistan? never in a democratic government and have a fundamental rights of the citizens, a democratic rights? never the freedom of speech. never has it been so much as stig, right. as right now, i mean, all these rights have disappeared, but his son is passing through the worst human right catastrophe. in a democratic history. yes. in some military dictatorships, there was probably similar circumstances, but in general motions dictatorship, it was liberal compared to what we are going to right now. well that's, that's obviously quite a crisis statement. have you had any or any contact with us authorities because the optics of your overthrow were that you were with vladimir putin as the response by russ

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