And poet, one of the founders of the Plowshares Movement against Nuclear Weapons. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calcululation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amamy today, miMichael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We b begin todays spececial broadcast remembering the life a and legay of the l legendary antntiwar pt father daniel berrrrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Beberrigan wasa
And poet, one of the founders of the Plowshares Movement against Nuclear Weapons. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Then we remember the pioneering human rights attorney Michael Ratner. From attica to assange, the longtime head of the center for Constitutional Rights defended and spoke up for victims of human rights abuses across the world from haiti and guatemala to iraq and the palestinian territories. This is no time for compromise, no time for political calcululation. As howard zinn admonishes us, it is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner. Amamy today, miMichael Ratner and dan berrigan, a remembrance. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We b begin todays spececial broadcast remembering the life a and legay of the l legendary antntiwar pt father daniel berrrrigan. He died on april 30 just short of his 95th birthday. Beberrigan wasa
Rrigan has dieat the a of 94 along with his late brother phil, he played in his terminal role in inspiring the antiwar and antidraft movement during the late 1960s. He became the first Catholic Priest to land on the fbis most wanted list. Father berrigan once said he a been arrested more times than he remembers, but if your times than he should have. , and sixdan, phil others broke into the ge nuclear theile plant, launching plowshares movement. Cracked the weapon. It was very fragile. It was made to withstand the heat of reentry into the atmosphere from outer space, so it was like eggshell. We had taken as our model, the great statement of isaiah. Amy today, father dan berrigan in his own words. We will also speak to his knees Frida Berrigan, his former attorney bill quigley here new orleans, fellow priest father close friend dans the Actor Martin Sheen. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In iraq, hun
Drone warfare, today we look at the stunning new book, the assassination complex written by Jeremy Scahill and the staff at the intercept. On this issue, when obama has been the drone president and his me, iis sort of, trust know it im doing. But time and again, we see incidents where large numbers of civilians are being killed and there seems to be no public accounting. Amy today Jeremy Scahill and Glenn Greenwald for the hour on the governments secret drone warfare program, the death of font father Daniel Berrigan, and more. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Honduran authorities have arrested four men in connection with the murder of environmentalist Berta Caceres. Caceres was gunned down in her hometown of la esperanza last month. For a decade, she led the struggle against the agua zarca dam, planned along a river sacred to her people, the lenca. Last year she won the prestigious goldman environmenta
Canadian border, traffic was shut down on the way to the rally when activist locked themselves to ladders to brawl block the highway. Democracy now was there. Farmworkers led an International Day of action boycotting driscolls, the largest berry distributor in the world. The demand is that they sign a Union Contract with us and give us good conditions for housing and work, better salaries, medical plans, pensions. And that they remove our children from the fields. We dont want our children working in agriculture, picking fruit and vegetables for this country. Lst 16 yesare at old. Amy ove800 peop packed a new york Church Friday to remember the life of father Daniel Berrigan, the legendary antiwar priest. Dan often worked with dust was deeply influenced by dorothy day in this work of war resistance intending to the poor and making the connection that war makes people poor. Amy all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy