My style of governance, which would be to be strong and compassionate. The battle between a democrat known as mayor 1 , rahm emanuel and a host of challengers has reached a fever pitch in chicago ahead of tuesdays mayoral election. We will speak with Rick Perlstein chicagobased reporter, author of how to sell off a city. Then this weekend memorials are the 50th anniversary of the assassination of malcolm x. We will speak with his daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz. The history of unpunished violence against our people indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent racist mob. And now with so many injustices happening, with people saying, yes black lives matter too, we get to revisit oh, here was this man who actually reacted to the violence that was perpetrated against his people. And he wasnt a man of violence. By far, he was a man of integrity, a man of courage impeccable integrity. Malcolm xs daughter Il
Reached a fever pitch in chicago ahead of tuesdays mayoral election. We will speak with Rick Perlstein chicagobased reporter, author of how to sell off a city. Then this weekend memorials are the 50th anniversary of the assassination of malcolm x. We will speak with his daughter, Ilyasah Shabazz. The history of unpunished violence against our people indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent racist mob. And now with so many injustices happening, with people saying, yes black lives matter too, we get to revisit oh, here was this man who actually reacted to the violence that was perpetrated against his people. And he wasnt a man of violence. By far, he was a man of integrity, a man of courage impeccable integrity. Malcolm xs daughter Ilyasah Shabazz will join us in studio. Her oped in the New York Times headlined, what would malcolm x think . All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now
Coverup, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his work. He never actually went there. 47 years later he traveled to my lai for the first time and writes about his trip in a new piece titled the scene of the crime. Then we go to texas where thousands of immigrant mothers and children are locked up in privately run Detention Centers. Renee they told us we would stay with our family, but then we were separated from our children. Only children under eight years old could stay in our room. Amy e will air a report from democracy nows renee feltz and get an update on how family detention is expanding despite a judges order that using it to deter mass migration is illegal. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama has again delayed the withdrawal of u. S. Troops from afghanistan. Obama had vowed to remove half of the 10,000 troops currently in afghanistan in the coming months. But following a request from visitin
Amy 50 years after the u. S. Ground invasion of vietnam began, we look back at the 1968 my lai massacre when us troops killed hundreds of civilians. Journalist Seymour Hersh broke the story of the massacre and coverup, winning a Pulitzer Prize for his work. He never actually went there. 47 years later he traveled to my lai for the first time and writes about his trip in a new piece titled the scene of the crime. Then we go to texas where thousands of immigrant mothers and children are locked up in privately run Detention Centers. Renee they told us we would stay with our family, but then we were separated from our children. Only children under eight years old could stay in our room. Amy we will air a report from democracy nows renee feltz and get an update on how family detention is expanding despite a judges order that using it to deter mass migration is illegal. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Preside