Congress voted to authorize military attacks. We will go to the woman who said lee,ommerce member barbara in a vote of 420 to one. The professors and teachers walkout from Long Island University in brooklyn after 400 Union Faculty are locked out. We are here. We are ready to teach. We are being prevented from doing so by this lockout. Amy we will week with srividhya swaminathan, chair of the English Department at liu, one of the 400 faculty members locked out of the campus. We will speak with students. Manning is on Hunger Strike. We will get an update from chase strangio, staff attorney at the aclu. The apparel and the damages of being forced to be punished through the denial of your core identity is something that has , in perilsdepression her health, and something that many transgender people across the country are facing on a daily basis. Amy all of that and more, coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from the train
Up next, author and National Parks service historian Jerome Greene talks about his book, american carnage, wounded knee, 1890. The book takes a comprehensive look at south dakota massacre, the causes and the aftermath. Talk, he recounts firsthand recollections from lakota indians about the day in which the u. S. Cavalry fired on their camp. The Kansas City Public Library hosted this program. I am curious how many of you have heard of wounded knee before today . It is wellknown next to the battle of the little bighorn. My first knowledge came from school, probably junior high school. I grew up in Northern New York state. I remember reading in the magazines of the day, this is way back in 1958, 1959, probably most of you were not even around then. I remember reading in the pulp magazines of the day that provided fodder for my interests. I know they carried articles on wounded knee. I remember asking my grandmother, who was born in 1881, she was a young girl, nine years old when wounded k
Next. Big science of big money and big impact on our special report. Tonight missouri is under a state of emergency, governor jay nixon has activated the National Guard. He says hes worried about the possibility of what he calls expanded unrest after a grand jury hands down a decision in the Michael Brown case, that decision is expected soon. Jonathan martin . Ferguson. Jonathan, whats the reaction there tonight . Reporter well, good evening, john. This decision by the governor to issue the state of emergency has certainly fueled a lot of speculation that the grand jury i decision could be imminent and concerns fears about how bad the violence could be. In a phone call a few moment ago the governors its part of a con tip jensie plan to make sure Law Enforcement are prepared the st. Louis counts and i City Police Departments were working with the Highway Patrol and the National Guard are prepared for the worst, even though we dont know what day the grand jury will announce their decisio
Indonesia. Tomorrow an Appeals Court takes up the case. From the horrific to the heartwarming. The stories that mattered most. Our special report, 2014, a closer look. As this year draws to a close so does the war in afghanistan for u. S. Led nato forces there. A combat mission that began 13 years ago officially comes to an end today but the fighting goes on as afghanistan continues to face attacks from within. Al jazeeras Jennifer Glasse has more from kabul. In 2007, helman province was filled with nato fighters. They had been there for six years. Nato troops walked a delicate line in a country suspicious of strangers. Sort of a double edged sword there could be enemy in there but at the same time reassure the locals we are not there to hurt them or harm them. Another part of the nato mission was to get rid of opium poppy crops. 13 years and spending 7. 5 billion later the opium crop is bigger than ever and the crop employs more than the military forces. While there are 375,000 Afghan
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