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People being pressured to conform their thinking. i think the mechanism of doing that is not that we have a communist party in the united states but we do have social media. the reinforcement mechanisms of social media, the shaming powers of platforms like facebook and twitter which we saw used years ago against adolescent girls. they would be humiliated and ostracized from their group. now that same dynamic is being used in a larger way with twitter and facebook basically being used as sensors ...

>> the president does not regret standing up for law enforcement. >> should the president have facts before he tweets anything out? he is the president of the united states. >> the president did have facts before he tweeted it out that undergirded his question. >> meanwhile trump has come out firmly in opposition to another movement thats been gaining support as the nation grapples with these issues. he says he is now firmly against renaming the various u.s. military bases named after con federa...

>> im here to ask you to make it stop. stop the pain. stop us from being tired. >> odonnell: nascar bans the confederate flag at its events,i bases named for confederate generals. how the president is responding tonight. breaking news: family members say remains found buried in idaho were those of two missing children. the new charges against their stepfather tonight. and the story of a chance encounter on a flight leads to a conversation about how we are a lot more alike than we are different. ...

The heroes, its an insult to the men and women who left there that the last thing they saw on american soil before going overseas, and in some cases losing their lives, to tell them that what they left was inherently a racist institution. but symbols of the confederacy are under growing threat. the confederate battle flag, otherwise known as the sta rs battle flag, otherwise known as the stars and bars, has now been banned by nascar, the organisation that ru ns by nascar, the organisation that r...

Recruit young people, targeting minorities and their adverts. but black and asian people born in britain are less likely to be soldiers than their white counterparts. and some say the problem is racism. i packed my bags and say im leaving and join the army. i dont want to be here. you are the standard you walk past. no one of ethnic minority in the british army would walk past that.” wa nt to british army would walk past that.” want to find out how deep racism ru ns want to find out how deep...

Labours leader and his deputy were keen to show that stance, tweeting that black lives matter. in cardiff, this statue of thomas picton, the former governor of trinidad, and a slave holder, may not be at city hall for much longer. and it is notjust in the uk where the debate is taking place. in antwerp, in belgium, this figure of king leopold ii was defaced. hes blamed for the genocide of 10 million people in the congo in the late 19th century. transferred to a removal van, andother controversia...

Of the way we mark the past. the rippled sent out as it was dumped in the docks are being felt far and wide. a statue of robert milligan, in london, an 18th century merchant who owned more than 500 slaves injamaica, the latest to be removed but this time by authorities, not angry protesters. it was an insult to people of colour, black people, and so today, finally, to find that this statue has been pulled down is symbolic, is a victory. chant: take it down, take it down... in oxford, thousands g...

A knee replacement keeps being rescheduled. what concerns me is that as time goes on, my condition is probably worsening. and in my bleakest moments, i think, worsening. and in my bleakest moments, ithink, is it worsening. and in my bleakest moments, i think, is it going to get the stage where is inoperable? there is criticism now that the nhs should already be back on course to treat patients with a range of different illnesses. there is always this worry about a second wave, winter pressure, t...

In our communities for decades, sometimes centuries. but in 2020, it is shame, not pride, which is driving many to look again at who we celebrate. it was a ripping down of 17th—century slave trader edward colstons statue in bristol at the weekend which sparked the reflection of how we mark the past. the ripple sent out as it was dumped in the docs are being felt far and wide. a statue of robert milligan, in london, and 18th merchant who owns more than 500 slaves in jamaica merchant who owns mo...

The rippled sent out as it was dumped in the docks are being felt far and wide. a statue of robert milligan, in london, an 18th century merchant who owned more than 500 slaves injamaica, the latest to be removed but this time by authorities, not angry protesters. it was an insult to people of colour, black people, and so today, finally, to find that this statue has been pulled down is symbolic, is a victory. chant: take it down, take it down... in 0xford, thousands gathered at one of the univers...