Saket soni about how immigrant workers have been lured to the United States and trapped in forced labor to rebuild communities after climate disasters. Then well go to salvadoran poet and writer javier zamora, author of the best selling memoir solito. As a nineyearold boy, he traveled alone 4000 miles to reach the United States. From seven, eight, and nine, i knew that i wanted to be reunited with my parents. What kid doesnt want to be and wake up next to his parents . And so i didnt really understand how i was going to get here or how dangerous it was for me to travel the 4000 miles that i did. But what i did know is that i loved my parents and i really, really, really wanted to be with them. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, a labor day special. As the rate of climate fuel disasters intensifies, we begin todays show looking at how immigrant workers had been lured into forced labor by corpor
Saket soni about how immigrant workers have been lured to the United States and trapped in forced labor to rebuild communities after climate disasters. Then well go to salvadoran poet and writer javier zamora, author of the best selling memoir solito. As a nineyearold boy, he traveled alone 4000 miles to reach the United States. From seven, eight, and nine, i knew that i wanted to be reunited with my parents. What kid doesnt want to be and wake up next to his parents . And so i didnt really understand how i was going to get here or how dangerous it was for me to travel the 4000 miles that i did. But what i did know is that i loved my parents and i really, really, really wanted to be with them. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Today, a labor day special. As the rate of climate fuel disasters intensifies, we begin todays show looking at how immigrant workers had been lured into forced labor by corpor
Bomb was dropped. Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue will call on nations to realize a World Without nuclear arms and hell urge japans government to take the initiative as the only country to have suffered nuclear bombing. Taue also plans to touch on president Barack Obamas visit to hiroshima in may. Hell ask other World Leaders to follow suit. Taue reads a peace declaration every year, but as the number of survivors declines, his message becomes more urgent. People in nagasaki are coming together to commemorate those who were killed in the atomic bombing of the city 71 years ago. Survivors and family members of those who died have been gathering near ground zero since early this morning to pray for the victims. Translator i can never sleep well in august. I think my life was spared so that i could pray for the victims. Translator we must keep calling for the abolition of Nuclear Weapons. Translator i would like president obama to visit nagasaki, too. Hiroshima was not the only place that wa
Silence at 11 02, the moment the bomb was dropped. Nagasaki mayor Tomihisa Taue will call on nations to realize a World Without nuclear arms and hell urge japans government to take the initiative as the only country to have suffered nuclear bombing. Taue also plans to touch on president Barack Obamas visit to hiroshima in may. Hell ask other World Leaders to follow suit. Taue reads a peace declaration every year, but as the number of survivors declines, his message becomes more urgent. People in nagasaki are coming together to commemorate those who were killed in the atomic bombing of the city 71 years ago. Survivors and family members of those who died have been gathering near ground zero since early this morning to pray for the victims. Translator i can never sleep well in august. I think my life was spared so that i could pray for the victims. Translator we must keep calling for the abolition of Nuclear Weapons. Translator i would like president obama to visit nagasaki, too. Hiroshi
And the first japanese commander of the International Space station has returned to earth after six months in orbit. Rescuers in western turkey are working around the clock after an explosion in a coal mine. Theyre trying to reach dozens of miners trapped underground. More than 200 people have been killed. Officials said about 780 people were in the mine at the time of the explosion. 205 have been confirmed dead. Rescue workers have saved more than 360 people. Theyre still searching for at least 100 others. Officials suspect a flaw in the mines electrical system triggered the blast. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his condolences to the families of the victims. He canceled a diplomatic trip in order to visit the site. Turkey has been developing mineral mines to meet its Energy Demand but a string of accidents has raised questions about the safety of the facilities. Philippine military leaders say their chinese counterparts are ramping up tensions over the disputed