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Were not going to retreat back into bigotry in this country. Amy today, a democracy now special senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. In his first extensive broadcast interview since the election, sanders talks about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro and his message to supporters. Bernie throughout history, serious people have fought back. That is where we are now. It is not acceptable. It is really not, for people to throw their hands up and say im depre...

Were not going to retreat back into bigotry in this country. Amy today, a democracy now special senator Bernie Sanders for the hour. In his first extensive broadcast interview since the election, sanders talks about donald trump, the future of the Democratic Party, the death of fidel castro and his message to supporters. Bernie throughout history, serious people have fought back. That is where we are now. It is not acceptable. It is really not, for people to throw their hands up and say im depre...

Champions of social justice. They appeared together on stage in conversation for the first 20that democracy now s anniversary celebration. We will air that conversation and Noam Chomskys address on donald trump and the dire threat facing our planet. At this point, the two major threats to survival can converge. One is an environmental catastrophe and the other is nuclear war. Another threat is increasing right before our eyes. Amy today, noam chomsky, a belafonte, and more coming up. This is dem...

Champions of social justice. They appeared together on stage in conversation for the first 20that democracy now s anniversary celebration. We will air that conversation and Noam Chomskys address on donald trump and the dire threat facing our planet. At this point, the two major threats to survival can converge. One is an environmental catastrophe and the other is nuclear war. Another threat is increasing right before our eyes. Amy today, noam chomsky, a belafonte, and more coming up. This is dem...

Were tortured, killed, and disappeared under military dictatorships. Van boven our primary duty is towards the peoples in whose name the United Nations charter was written. Bertie ramcharan he was by far the greatest human rights leader the u. N. Has ever had. Van boven my name is dale van boven. I was the director of the United Nations for human rights from 1977 to 1982. Tom mccarthy there was a lot of pressure of all kinds from certain governments, having their secret Service Agents in the cor...

Jacques the world is in the grip of an obesity epidemic. Five hundred million adults across the world are now obese, our appetites supersized by big business. Im jacques peretti, and in this program, im going to tell the story of the men who trapped us into eating more. He realized that if you increase the portions, that he could sell more, because people didnt like the idea of going back for two

Accusing the Obama Administration of illegally blocking the keystone xl pipeline. Should trade guilds trump washingtons attempt to combat Climate Change . We will speak with lori wallach. Then to north korea. This act is a profoundly destabilizing for Regional Security and seriously undermines International Nonproliferation efforts. I condemn it unequivocally. Amy the International Community condemns north korea for conducting its Fourth Nuclear test, though the u. S. Says north korea failed to ...

Narrator wrecking young lives. [speaking spanish] narrator from the dominican republic, where nearly a quarter of all pregnancies are to teenagers, a campaign to change girls futures. [music] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [speaking spanish] [music] narrator in brazil, a centuriesold legacy, communities created by slaves. [speaking spanish] narrator but now that legacy is being challenged. Descendants of slaves face a fight to keep hold of their land. [speaking spanish] narrator a way of ...

Kind to opponents of the Obama Administrations diplomacy with iran. On wednesday, iran freed 10 u. S. Sailors less than 24 hours after theitwo shipentered anian terrorial wars in th persian lf. This comes just days before the Iran Nuclear Deal is set to take effect, easing sanctions and freeing up billions in frozen iranian money. Is this a new era for u. S. Iran ties . Well speak to trita parsi of the National Iranian american council. Then today is day 84 of a runaway natural gas leak above lo...

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