in 1982 lula had just formed the workers party that... >> hinojosa: he was a union organizer. >> a union organizer in '79. >> hinojosa: very much from the people. >> from the people, from... a migrant worker from the northeast. >> hinojosa: he was a shoeshine boy. >> shoeshine boy, and then he was sort of a mechanic in the auto industry in the outskirts of sao paolo, a very intelligent man that finished high school in this ged kind of program, and led the strikes against... in the auto industry in the late '70s. >> hinojosa: he was a big lefty. i mean, he was a... was he a socialist? there was a time when lula da silva was a socialist. >> he was a catholic. his main drive was social justice. the lula marxist, the lula leftist, the lula that acquires this language, is a later lula. the lula of sao bernardo do campo is the man that reinvented the unions in brazil that used to be controlled by the communist party. the communist party used to hate lula because he introduced the sort of us model of unions in brazil, saying that, you know, "i want results. i want cars. my members need to have

workers' party leaders then asked secretaries of what they call local cells to gather in the capital. the media said on sunday that kim had some of the country's top defense officials. reporters said the leaders determined to act in his nation's interest. >>> tell us about the challenges in getting this country out of deflati deflation. >> getting price to rise is a major challenge. it's money circulating the markets, company performance, customers appetite for buying things. then there's the challenge of will people be able to afford more. labor and business leaders in japan are butting heads over a proposed wage increase. >> translator: this year we intend to secure a pay hike and improve working conditions. we want to bring japan out of deflation. >> officials of the japanese trade union confederation are calling for a 1% increase in wages. they suggest firms use the money to improve working conditions. they also say seniority-based pay increases should continue. the leaders of the japan business federation say the demand ignores the realities of the current business climate. >> tr

he worked as a driver for the founder of the workers' party. she and two activists were found dead at a kurdish center in paris two weeks ago. the killing sparked protests from the community of kurds in france. russia is sending two passenger planes to be rude to fly home citizens escaping violence in syria. inside the country we are getting reports of an attack on a government building. it is thought more than 30 people have been killed, and many were members of the military. meanwhile, syrian jets have been bombing the central city of harmoms. rebels have controlled parts of the city for more than a year. the suburbs of damascus have been attacked by government plans. this apparently shows residents carrying away the injured. that is 9 kilometers from the capital. meanwhile, nato has arrived in southern turkey. they are intended for if the violence spills over from syria. a unique art exhibition in paris has raised thousands of dollars for the victims of violence in syria. some of the weapons were brought out her out of the conflict in the co

opponents say the group is an offshoot of the turkish kurdistan workers party and is an ally of the syrian regime. >> these are all lies. we suffered a lot from this regime. for now, our strategy is to build a democratic, pluralistic society. pyd once democratic self rule in our area. , other groups say kurds should leave their differences aside and seeks this opportunity. the future of the kurdish people is in danger. we are facing a historic opportunity to achieve our rights. if we do not see it, the chance will not come again. >> more than 30 million kurds are in iraq and syria. some might accept a federal region, but for most, the aspiration to create a greater kurdistan will never fade away. >> 51 cases of cholera have been reported. health officials said the government is taking measures to contain the outbreak. several businesses have been shut down in the worst affected areas of the city. >> there have been rumors for days near havana about a cholera outbreak but it was not officially confirmed until early tuesday when officials put on the front page of the state communist paper a

he called for unity at a workers party meeting in pyongyang. the gathering on monday involved secretaries of the ruling party's local divisions or cells. it was the first of its kind in 6 1/2 years. kim said it marks a turning point in the party's effort to strengthen the military. >> translator: the cells play an important role in building a strong and positirosperous nati >> kim did not refer directly to a nuclear test. north korean leaders have denounced a u.n. security council resolution calling for wider sanctions in response to the rocket launch last month. analysts say they're shoring up their power head of a possible nuclear test. north korean scientists carried out this type of test in 2006 and 2009. >>> chinese protesters in gong zau over a newspaper. in taiwan people are also protesting about the media. they're worried about the increase of pro-china ownership and coverage. nhk reports from taipei. >> reporter: one of taiwan's four major newspapers and until recently it had more readers than one of its competitors. owned by hong kong

place one of the three women found dead from gunshot wounds was the co-founder of the quickest on workers' party while fighting to gain independence from ankara forty thousand people have so far been killed in the decades long conflict between turkey and the kurdish minority. russian former defense minister has refused to answer investigator's questions over a multi-million dollar embezzlement case involving the ministry and i do go off or is thought to be invoking part of the russian constitution which allows an individual not to testify against themselves or their relatives so do go over referred investigators to his earlier written testimonies in may consider said he grabs a refusal to testify as an obstruction of justice last month did you go for also declined questioning because his lawyer was ill and could not be present the minister was sacked in november as other scandal unfolded it's alleged that several companies affiliated with the defense ministry were involved in embezzling around one hundred and thirty million dollars. secrets from our planet's prehistoric past could now be uncover

found dead from gunshot wounds in paris one of the victims was the co-founder of the kurdistan workers' party known as the p.k. k. who are in an armed struggle for separation from turkey forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence and chris recently began talks with the parties job leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. scores of people have been left dead and wounded by two separate explosions in pakistan at least twenty one people were killed in the northwestern city of mingora a blast struck kleck crowds gathering to hear a speech by religious leader another explosion hit a security vehicle of the country's east killing eleven and destroying a nearby marketplace pakistan seemed similar attacks in recent months amid a rise in islam mr insurgency and sick tyrian violence. staying in the region to pakistan claims indian troops have killed one of the soldiers in the disputed kashmir region where tensions have been growing for the past week it comes as india funerals for two of its soldiers allegedly killed by pakistani forces tw

the bodies of three kurdish women said to include a founding member of the kurdistan workers party have been found in central paris in what police believe was an execution-style killing. the victims are far to be turkish foreign activists shot point blank range. 3 shall casings were found next to the bodies. the fence interior minister has arrived at the site where large numbers of the kurdish communities have gathered. police believe these were politically motivated and a murder investigation has been launched. wieber have the latest on that in a few moments time and get more on the pkk and those internal rifts that have been happening with the group at the moment. the five men accused with the gang rape and murder of a 23- year-old medical student made a short second appearance in court in delhi today. officials said the case will be transferred to a special fast- track court where it will be heard in private. a lawyer who intends to present at least one of the accused said the men were tortured and coerced into admitting the crime. our correspondent is in delhi, and she said the cour

seven hundred deaths from the confrontation between turkish security forces and the kurdistan workers party or p k k recognized by some western nations as a terrorist organization some believe the thirty million kurds are ready to rise at a moment's notice to at least gain some autonomy if not reach their ultimate goal the kurdish state the syrian crisis may very well provide such an opportunity and. the outcome of the conflict the kurds in syria are set for some sort of autonomy and. syrian kurds so will have their own statues pulled autonomy for long years we also struggling for a democratic autonomy we want our identity to be recognized and we won the. democratic autonomy regional autonomy then we should have our south governance right but these desires seem to fall on deaf ears within the turkish government within caracas kurdish conflicts coming under increasing scrutiny from human rights organizations accusations of rape torture kidnappings and use of chemical weapons against suppose a pretty separatist have been backed by independent groups the reports and investigations and are a ma

dead from gunshot wounds in paris so one of the victims was a co-founder of the coup to stun the workers' party known as the p.t.a. k y n n armed struggle for separation from turkey forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence and cry has recently begun with the party's jailed leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm . a powerful blast has struck a security vehicle in a crowded part of pakistan city of these eleven people have been killed and dozens more wounded in the attack explosion destroyed a nearby marketplace and surrounding cars where day is the capital of what's considered pakistan's was deprived of province suffering from separate is insurgency and sectarian violence. russia's republic of your critics here has declared a war on walls scores of predators are reported to be closing in on several residential areas in the region posing a serious threat to life stark and. barton explained to my colleague marina why the region is currently in a state of emergency it is a very serious situation. here is a vast territory with a ver

female activists shot did on thursday the victims included a co-founder of the couldn't stand workers' party which is struggling for an autonomy as region within turkey where the prime minister has blamed the murder on an internal soon forty thousand people have so far been killed in more than three decades long conflict between turkey and the kurdish minority. as washington been bluffing about the troop withdrawal from afghanistan and was the entire mission justified in the first place archie's resident hit the streets of new york to gauge opinion. the obama administration has recently said that it considering having no troops in afghanistan. and after december of two thousand and fourteen is that a good thing a bad day or a totally made up thing designed for political shenanigans this week let's talk about bet you even think he's going to do it he said that two years ago and it is now been saddened by it so why does he keep saying it if he doesn't mean it. to get people to like and their families will be happy hopefully you know you finish what you started what did we start and what do we

seven hundred deaths from the confrontation between turkish security forces and the kurdistan workers party or p k k recognized by some was during nations as a terrorist organization some believe the thirty million strong kurds are ready to rise at a moment's notice to at least gain some autonomy if not reach their ultimate goal the kurdish state the syrian crisis may very well provide such an opportunity and uncross increasing animosity towards both kurds and damascus it may very well be turkey that will end up being the biggest loser in this call that. game kurdish representatives in the turkish general assembly firmly believe no matter the outcome of the conflict the kurds in syria are set for some sort of autonomy and they're eager to follow suit the syrian kurds so will have their own status political status autonomy for long years we also struggling for democratic autonomy we want our identity to be recognized and we won the. democratic autonomy regional autonomy. we should have our south governance right but these desires seem to fall on deaf ears within the turkish government within

female activists killed last week in paris they were founding members of separatists kurdistan workers party many kurds believe the turkish government could be behind their deaths while officials dismayed their kids actions take is prime minister however said the government would continue its push against the kurdish militants until they saw. the case house rules has unanimously approved illegal transfer of powers to scotland to allow it to hold a referendum on the country's independence it comes after the lower house approved the move on tuesday which will see a question put to the scottish people as to whether they want to remain part of the u.k. discounters government plans to hold a referendum in the autumn or twenty fourteen. and president barack obama has unveiled changes to current gun legislation laws of the drives in the wake of the connecticut elementary school shooting that claimed twenty six lines the proposals include placing police in schools and a ban on assault weapons the president used his powers to exists to executive action to bring a number of changes into immediate effe

dead of from gunshot wounds in paris one of the victims was the co-founder of the latest on the workers' party known as the take a lie in an armed struggle for separation from turkey forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence ankara has recently begun talking with the party's jailed leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. in baghdad at least of five people have been killed and fifteen wounded in a car bomb blast at a busy bus stop the attack happened during the morning rush hour one explosion occurred in the mainly shia district of the iraqi capital the bloodshed comes amid growing discontent among iraq's sunni population over alleged discrimination by the shia led government. russia's republic of yet u.t.r. has declared a war on the walls scores of the predators are reported to be closing in on several residential areas in the region posing a serious threat to life stock and earlier are taught to explain to my colleague marina joshie why the region is currently in a state of emergency but is a very serious situation. here is a

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female activists shot in the head on thursday among the victims was a co-founder of the stand workers' party the p.k. k. was struggling for independence from turkey turkish prime minister de better ones there earlier the murders appears to be the result of an internal feud three thousand people have so far been killed in the decades long conflict between turkey and the kurdish minority. overnight writing has again hit the city of belfast in northern ireland a bus was torsion police use rubber bullets and water cannons to try and disperse the crowds at least four officers were injured in the clash probate is loyal as a block to dozens of roads during rush hour causing traffic disrupt littering the cells and petrol bombs tension has been boiling for what than a month after the city council decided to fly the union flag in front of the city hall for only eighteen days in the. u.k. clothing manufacturers are calling on the prime minister and cabinet to buy british they say the industry needs a boost to read growing tension between firms as selling real u.k. made clothes and those just using the

the women whose bodies were flown back from france on wednesday were members of the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. leaders of the group have blamed turkish nationalists for the execution style killing so. the u.s. defense secretary is in italy during his last week long tour of europe before he steps down leon panetta has been reaffirming washington's military links across the atlantic earlier in madrid he said america will double its presence in spain this year international human rights lawyer curtis doebbler believes that washington is stuck in a tedious cycle with the defense industry the american military industrial complex which we've been warned about by presidents is a very significant threat to the united states being at peace in any type of permanent manner or is for the united states or a double sided sward on the one hand because the military industrial complex accounts for probably about seventy five percent of the american economy the produce an input to that economy on the other hand as we've seen in afghanistan interact we also drain the economy on one side so it's almos

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the women whose bodies were flown back from france on wednesday were members of the kurdistan workers party the p.k. k. leaders of the group of turkish nationalists for the execution style killings i. have triggered massive floods killing four people in the capital twenty thousand have been evacuated from their homes cars would normally be packing the streets but roads across the city have been completely blocked officials of all that rain is could continue over the next couple of days. more news coming away after this short break stay with us. thank. you. we speak your language. use programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you. use a little turn to angle kids stories. so you hear. the spanish find out more visit i. choose your language. because we know if. some of. the consents to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories get him to. choose access to. his very welcome or to live here most of the news continues now the hostage crisis in algeria has spurred the british prime minister to delay his much hyped and much critique speech on the u.k.'s future in the e.u. bu

place one of the three women founded from gunshot wounds was the co-founder of the kurdistan workers' party while fighting to gain independence from ankara forty thousand people have far have so far been killed in the decades long conflict between turkey and the kurdish minority. secrets from our planet's a prehistoric past could now be uncovered after russian researchers managed to retrieve the ancient eyes of from one tactic as the biggest subglacial lake was easy to get hold of by them they had to drill down over three kilometers to get to lake vostok which has been sealed for some twenty million years r.j. is dumbarton told me how it is not just an old frozen lake. not all ice is the same we can see some pictures here from last year in february when the first breakthrough was made down below this huge thick ice sheet to what's called a sub lake there and some samples were taken here we go this is the the water taken out then. it was found then they hoped that they could sample that water and see the composition of what was inside that frozen lake deep underneath the glasses sadly that w

in france, the co-founder of the kurdistan workers party or pkk and two other kurdish women actists haveshot dead in paris. there were found dead at a kurdish and permission center. the pkk's leaders have recently began talks with the turkish government in a bid to resolve a longstanding conflict. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. venezuela has postponed today's president inauguration as hugo chÁvez remains hospitalized in cuba after complications fromm a fourth cancer operation. the 58-year-old chÁvez who was first elected in 1998, has not been seen in public nor heard from since his surgery on december 11. the postponement of the inauguration has set off a political crisis in venezuela. on wednesday, venezuela's top court ruled that chÁvez could begin a new term today and be sworn in later before the court. by president nicolas maduro who is now in charge of the day-to- day government praised t

workers around the world. now they're giving people coming there looking for jobs. they issue a small number of green card equivalents to friends of the communist party but most workers there are in an unregulated environment. i want to bring in the author of "the immigrant exodus," vivek wadhwa, a stanford university law school fellow and research at duke university. we welcome to the program. i want to ask you, can america lead the world with its current immigration rules and quotas? what should immigration reform look like? >> right now we're losing the war. what's happening is that we've brought in hundreds of thousands of really smart people from all over the world to study. we educated them and gave them experience in working for our companies and innovate like we do. now we're telling them, sorry, we don't have enough visas for you. go back home. they're doing that. tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people have already gone back who are now starting companies in india, chien wra and brazil, all over the world. the start-ups and the economic growth that should be here in america is happening abroad because of our mindless immigration policies. you kno

one woman was a founder of the kurdish worker's party, ppk, which has waged a war with turkey and viewedterror group. this covers parts of syria, iran, and iraq. >>> and we're less than a few weeks into 2013 and the job market still has a long way to recovery. claims rose as 371,000 people filed first-time claims for unemployment benefits. that is up 4,000 from the previous week. and while there has been improvement over the last are four years, claims idled in the 3 to 400,000 range for most of 2012. >>> and history takes stage at the 2013 inauguration with martin luther king's traveling bible used for his speeches and sermons as well as the lincoln bible from the library of congress. that has been around since the 1950s for the official swearing in. that is sunday the 20th. we are all looking forward to that. my understanding is that is new, on sunday. >> sunday is the official swearing, very private low key. but the big one, monday the january 21st on the steps of the u.s. capitol. >> for those of us in the news business, it's very exciting and thrilling because we get to do it twice.

we increase the number of highly skilled worker visas, and we're decreasing -- >> in the republican partys a huge issue. actually on both sides. that is one piece where you wouldn't see them in disagreement, except in the business community. >> ryan -- >> andrew. >> go ahead, jose. go ahead. >> no. i was just going to say it's not only highly skilled workers in business they're looking for. they're also looking for the people that will come in august in arizona to pick peppers at 110 degrees outside, and those jobs are required, and, you know what, not a lot of people are willing to take those jobs. >> and they want the tomato pickers for the same reason they want the high skilled workers. it's to keep wages down. it's not that they can't find tomato workers. it's that they can't find tomato workers at the low pay. they can't find engineers at the salary they want to 35i. they want to bring many people overseas that they can pay much lower salaries. >> google has a much more powerful influential lobby in washington than the tomato growers union or whoever is doing this. >> not -- there's

we need a base of the party, which is solely focused on the middle class and workers. we have a party that represents business interest. we don't need two parties that do that. they are schizophrenic. we are the party of the middle class and always looking behind our shoulders. >> i'm going to let you in when we come back. your former boss is going to join us. when we come back, the ultimate political party planner, howard dean is going to join us. we'll talk about how to get this party going. >>> we're back talking about what the democrats need to do to build a strong party even after president obama has left office. joining our discussion is someone who knows how to build the party. he spent his tenure doing that. joining me was the governor of vermont, howard dean. nice to have you. >> thanks for having me on. and thanks for karen for beating me over the head until i did get on. >> she is a friend of nerdland, there's no doubt about that. >> that's right. >> i want to talk about the 50 state strategy, the piece that came along with your tenure of leadership. also, yo

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