amy: we speak to steven donziger , the environmental lawyer who was targeted by chevron after he successfully sued the oil giant ecological devastation in the ecuadorian amazon. today he must report to prison after over 800 days under house arrest -- for misdemeanor. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. u.n. secretary-general issued yet another stark warning just days ahead of the cop 26 global climate summit. >> less than one week befe cop 26 in class cow, the are still on track for climate catastrophe even with the last announcement. the 2021 missions cap report shows with the present contributions andith that firm commitments from countries around the world, we are on track r a catastrophic global temperature rise of around 2.7 degrees celsius. now, even if the announcements of the last few days wi matealize, we would still be on track to fairly more than two degrees celsius. amy: some encouraging news, new report highlights the power of the grassroots divestment movement as some 1500 institutions and other in

to see our interview with steven donziger hours before he reported to prison, go to democracynow.org. in london, as lawyers are presenting -- u.s. lawyers are pushing to extradite assange to the u.s. where he faces espionage charges for publishing classified documents eosing u.s. war crimes. the u.s. is appealing the ruling by a british judge who blocked his extradition in january on account of his poor health inciting a possible suicide risk. the hearing comes just weeks after yahoo! news revealed the cia considered assassinating or kidnapping assange. we will have the latest on the case after the headlines. in labor news, a striking john deere worker was fatally struck by a car on wednesday as he crossed a street to join a picket line outside a warehouse in milan, illinois. 56-year-old richard rich was pronounced dead at the scene. the local police chief said he did not believe the driver intended to hit rich. this comes after the intercept reported john deere managers are working to suppress stories about accidents caused by non-union strikebreakers. the intercept says company exec

here in new york, environmental and human rights lawyer steven donziger is being sentenced today afterver two years under house arrest on pretrial misdemeanor charges. he has been targeted by chevron ever since he successfully sued the oil giant in ecuador on behalf of 30,000 amazonian indigenous people, for dumping 16 billion gallons of oil into their ancestral land. this week, u.n. human rights experts called donziger's house arrest arbitrary and in violation of international law, calling for immediate release and reparations. a warning to viewers: this next story contains graphic images of animal abuse. animal rights defenders have released shocking footage taken inside a slaughterhouse run by california's largest poultry producer. a videographer with the oup direct action everywre used miniure infraredameras to document worke slamming live chickens onto a concre floor; failing to properly inspect birds; failing to stun birds before their throats are cut; and other abuses. activists say foster farms workers are underpaid; ordered to remain their feet for hours without breaks; and ar

here in new york, a judge sentenced environmental and human lawyer steven donziger to the maximum penaltymonths in prison for contempt of court. the misdemeanor charges were linked to a lawsuit brought by chevron, which has been targeting donziger ever since he successfully sued the oil giant in ecuador on behalf of indigenous people whose land was contaminated by chevron. donziger has already spent over two years under house arrest, and the un and other rights groups have called for his release. this is donziger in a social media video posted after his friday sentence. >> it is very clear the judge wants me to serve my six months sentence immediately, so that even if i get exonerated on appeal, i will still serve a sentence for a crime i never committed. another example of the punitive nature of what is happening. it is unheard-of of someone committing a misdemeanor in the u.s. to be let out pending his or her appeal. amy: and in other news, from new rk, a statue honoring george floyd was vandalized sunday, just two days afteits veiling cemony. police footage shows an unentified white m

people like steven donziger who has been fending over 30,000 indigenous people in latin america againstles of who's having to pay the price. now two years and two months in house arrest and expegting to have to appeal so that he's not having to serve a sentence of six months for just a misdenor in terms of defending people dealing with these problems. >> a case we've been following closely. it's also garnered a lot of international attention and even condemnation from the united nations. i want to ask you about solutions. as somebody who tracks this closely, you've written about this. what are the solutions from your area of expertise on what can be done? >> well, it's both making official filed court filings and fighting these companies in court. but also supporting legislation that really transforms our industry. let's get rid of fossil fuels. let's move on to what's clean and what's better for our people. for the earth and for the environment. and let's get off of this train of black gold and all the terrible things that come with it. companies like chevron really have no qualms abou