Amy during a trip to florida, President Biden denounced last weeks shooting in jacksonville when a racist gunman shot dead three black people at a store near a historically black college. We will speak to Bishop William barber, who links the murders to the hateful rhetoric of ron desantis, donald trump, and others. Then we look at the role of psychologists in devising the cias torture program as a judge at guantanamo tosses the confession of man who was repeatedly tortured at cia black sites. We will speak to the psychologist roy eidelson, author of the new book doing harm how the Worlds LargestPsychological Association lost its way in the war on terror. Democracy relies on Civil Society organizations that are willing to stand up to protect human rights and oppose government misconduct. In my new book doing harm, i describe how during the war on terror, the american Psychological Association failed to uphold these fundamental responsibilities. In my view, the consequences have been tragic for detainees, for the profession of psychology , and for the country as a whole. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Biden Administration will for the first time send munitions containing depleted uranium to ukraine even though the weapons are radioactive and their use causes contamination that is hazardous to human health. Reuters reports the armorpiercing uranium munitions are part of a new military aid package for ukraine set to be unveiled in the next week. This follows a previous decision by the Biden Administration to arm ukraine with Cluster Munitions, which have been banned by an International Treaty ratified by more than 110 nations. This week, a new report by the Cluster Munition coalition found 916 deaths and injuries from cluster bombs in ukraine last year. In ukraine, russian drones on sunday struck Port Infrastructure on the danube river thats been used by ukraine to export food and fertilizer to world markets. Ukrainian officials said at least one of the drones crashed in neighboring romania, a nato member nation, though officials in bucharest denied the allegations. In moscow, the Russian Ministry of defense said russian air defenses shut down shot down three ukrainian drones as they attacked moscow, the latest in an escalating series of drone strikes on russian territory. Meanwhile, ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said sunday he would fire his defense minister oleksii reznikov. Zelenskyy nominated former crimean lawmaker Rustem Umerov to replace him. Russian president Vladimir Putin has ruled out rejoining the black sea green deal until western nations withdraw sanctions put in place after russia invaded ukraine. Putin spoke from the black sea resort town of sochi on monday after meeting with turkish president recep erdogan. As i have said repeatedly, we were simply forced to make this decision since western countries have not and continue to block the implementation of the grain deal in terms of ensuring the access of russian Agricultural Producers to the world markets. That is, they refused to lift the sanctions on the export of our grain and fertilizers. Amy u. S. Officials say north Korean Leader kim jongun will soon travel to russia for talks with president putin. The two leaders are expected to discuss an arms deal that would see north korea provide Artillery Ammunition to russia for its war in ukraine. Meanwhile, the Financial Times reports lenders at four of chinas biggest banks have stepped in to extend billions of dollars to russian banks that have faced sanctions since russia invaded ukraine. The u. N. Refugee agency is warning as many as 1. 8 Million People will flee sudan by the end of the year as fighting continues between rival military factions. The u. N. Estimates the conflict has already displaced about 1 Million People and another 800,000 are expected to leave sudan in the coming months. Meanwhile, Doctors Without Borders is reporting sudanese refugees arriving from south sudan are suffering from an alarming rise of measles and malnutrition. In the sudanese capitol of khartoum, many residents say they cannot afford basic necessities, including bread. Bread is available that people cannot buy head. A loaf of bread is not affordable. The price is too high for them. Amy in gabon, the leader of last weeks military coup has been sworn in as interim president. During a ceremony monday, general Brice Oligui Nguema promised free, transparent and Credible Elections to restore civilian rule but gave no timeline for elections. The military coup ousted president ali bongo, whose family had ruled the oilrich nation since 1967. Oligui is a cousin of the ousted president and the former head of gabons president ial guard. Meanwhile, in niger, tens of thousands of protesters rallied saturday outside a French Military base demanding french troops leave niger. Tension has been escalating between niger and its former colonial ruler since a military coup in niger in late july. Nigers new military leaders have ordered french troops and frances ambassador to leave the country but france has ignored the requests. Protesters in niger on saturday called on the french to leave them alone. People say, oh, no, we get paid to go out and protest. That is a thing of the past. It is the people of niger that are out here. You would have to be blind not to see it. We are fed up. We want to be responsible for ourselves. Leave us alone. Is that too much to ask . Amy chinese president xi jinping will skip the g20 summit when it convenes in india next weekend. On monday, Chinas Foreign Ministry said premier li qiang would instead lead chinas delegation to talks in delhi. This comes amid a worsening border dispute between china and india, with thousands of troops deployed to a disputed region of the himalayas. A major new report backed by the United Nations finds Invasive Species are spreading around the world at an unprecedented rate, driving extinctions, transmitting diseases, and threatening Food Supplies for millions of people. Ecologist helen roy, who coauthored the report by the intergovernmental platform on biodiversity and ecosystem services, says more than 3500 harmful Invasive Species are seriously threatening nature, while causing untold economic damage to humans. Costs tangible. We can see 423 billion annually. We also know looking back, the figure seven quadrupling every 10 years. We have no reason to think that isnt going to be happening in the future. Amy the first Africa Climate summit opened in nairobi. John kerry push for the establishment of a Carbon Market but many african Climate Justice activists pushed back against the idea. Ahead of the summit, oxfam slammed. According to oxfam, over 31 Million People are currently facing acute hunger across ethiopia, kenya, somalia, and south sudan due in part to the Climate Crisis which disproportionally has impacted the region. In spain, at least three people were killed and three others are missing as unprecedented rainfall inundated madrid and other cities on monday. Flooding swept away bridges and halted Commuter Rail traffic. In greece, where authorities have finally brought unprecedented wildfires under control, at least one person is dead and another missing after intense rain storm battered mountain towns. Forecasters say some parts of Central Greece could see over a foot of rain in just 24 hours. Thats nearly double the annual average rainfall totals for the capital athens. Here in the United States, a scorching summer heat wave brought record temperatures to central and Eastern States on labor day. Parts of wisconsin and minnesota suffered triple digit heat on the unofficial last day of summer. In minnesota, guards ordered a lockdown of the stillwater mens prison sunday after prisoners refused to return to their cells to protest dangerous conditions. Advocates say some 1200 prisoners spent the Holiday Weekend with no access to showers or ice and limited time for recreation due to understaffing. Temperatures outside the prison, much of which lacks air conditioning, approached 100 degrees fahrenheit on sunday and monday. In nevada, tens of thousands of participants in the annual burning man festival were left stranded over the weekend after torrential rainfall covered normallydry campgrounds in mud and made roads impassable for days. Attendees had been told to shelter in place since friday. The extreme weather capped a burning man festival that proceeded despite the objections of climate activists, who on august 27 peacefully blockaded a twolane highway leading to the campgrounds to demand burning man ban private jets, singleuse plastic, and unlimited use of generators and propane tanks. That protest was broken up by a Nevada Tribal Police officer who rammed into their blockade, injuring a protester before drawing a pistol, tackling a demonstrator, and threatening to shoot activists. On the ground get on the ground get on the ground are nonviolent. Amy in a statement, the seven circles alliance activist group which organized the protest responded the excessive response is a snapshot of the institutional violence and Police Brutality that is being shown to anyone who is actively working to bring about systemic change within the United States, including the climate movement. Burning man organizers estimate the festivals Carbon Footprint at about 100,000 tons of Carbon Dioxide per year, equivalent to the annual emissions of 22,000 gaspowered cars. A judge in florida has struck down congressional maps created by republican Governor Ron Desantis, ruling they violate floridas constitution by diminishing black voters ability to elect the candidate of their choice. The maps were approved last year over the objection a black florida lawmakers who staged an impromptu sit in protest against the Congressional Redistricting plan. In other florida news, desantis blacked out of a backed out of a plane meeting. Republican state lawmakers in alabama continue to defy a Supreme Court order to redraw congressional maps after they were found to have violated the 1965 Voting Rights act by downloading the power up black voters. The guardian reports that proposed by republicans still includes only one majority black district, making another Supreme Court challenge likely. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Coming up, we speak to Bishop William barber, who links the racist murders in jacksonville, florida, to the hateful rhetoric of Governor Ron Desantis, donald trump, and others. Stay with us. [music break] amy children of the third world by jamal khan. Im amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now s Juan Gonzalez in chicago. Hi, juan. Juan hi, amy. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Amy we are looking now at the rise in racist attacks in the United States and a new campaign to take back the mic from those who seed hate. The latest deadly attack came just over weeks just over a week ago in jacksonville, florida, when a white supremacist gunman shot and killed three black people at a Dollar General store. Then shot himself dead. The gunman used racial slurs and had a swastikaemblazoned assaultstyle rifle, along with a handgun. He attacked the store in a predominately black neighborhood after being turned away from the hbcu campus of edward waters university, a historically black college. Law enforcement Officials Say there is no question the killings were racially motivated. The three victims were angela carr, jerrald gallion, and aj laguerre, jr. This is sabrina rozier, grandmother of gallions fouryearold daughter. My grandbaby is asking, where is my dad . I dont have the words right now. I thought racism was behind us but evidently it is not. He was a coward. You went in and shut these innocent people for nothing, that you did not even know. Amy federal Law Enforcement has opened a civil rights investigation into the attack as a possible hate crime and act of domestic violent extremism. This comes as federal data shows hate crimes are on the rise in the United States and that black people were targeted in half of all the racially motivated hate crimes. On saturday, President Biden addressed the jacksonville attack when he was in florida to tour storm damage after hurricane idalia. Pres. Biden we are still reeling of the shooting rampage near edward waters university, hbcu, last weekend. A terrorist act driven by racial hatred. Our hearts are with you, those of you who were affected in all your families. Terrorist act, as i said, driven by hatred and animus. Ladies and gentleman, let me say this clearly hate will not prevail in america. Hate will not prevail in america. Racism will not prevail in america. Domestic terrorism will not prevail in america. And to make it real clear, silence on this issue both public and private sector silence is complicity. We must not, we will not remain silent. Amy President Biden was in florida to tour the hurricane damage. Governor desantis refused to meet him there. He went around with senator rick scott of florida. Just last year, a gunman targeting black People Killed 10 people at a Grocery Store in buffalo, new york. The tops Grocery Store. In 2021, a gunman killed eight people, including six asianamerican women in atlanta. The jacksonville, florida, shooter reportedly left behind a suicide note and other writings that laid out his racist ideology. Now a Diverse Group of faith leaders is calling on others nationwide to cease and desist from Sowing Division and hate. Ron desantis at a vigil where he was booed by the crowd with one person shouting out your policies caused this desantis also opposes gun law reform. The new take back the mic from haters campaign will also mark this month 60th anniversary of the horrific bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in birmingham, alabama, often called bombingham at the time, that killed four young girls in 1963. For more, we are joined by Bishop William barber, president and senior lecturer at repairers of the breach and founding director of the center for public theology Public Policy at yale divinity school. His new piece for the guardian is headlined the racist murders in jacksonville didnt happen in a vacuum. Words came first. Bishop barber, welcome back to democracy now talk about the context in which that young white black shooter leaving behind racist manifestoes first tried to get into a historically black college, when turned away vibrate Security Guard come open fire when turned away by a brave Security Guard come open fire at a dollar store. Cooks the oldest black denomination has been working with myself and others to bring together a Diverse Group of clergy to actually have a whole season of resistance and will continue even after the actions this coming thursday, having a press conference to announce what is going on, calling for 10 days of fasting, confession, and repentance. And for politicians to seize and resist. And then calling for communities to take back the mic and mobilize and registered about. On next friday, we will there will be a massive leaflets drop in tallahassee, leading from the conference of the ame church and then on saturday 16th, the one Day Anniversary after the bombing of the four girls in birmingham, there will be a mass gathering in jacksonville diverse. People, together and denouncing all of this hate. We have to talk about what, not just to come has killed these people and what is killing across this country. Desantis and others are spewing hate rhetoric. Hate against black history, against trans peop