And their allies arrive in new york today after paddling more than 100 miles down the hudson river to mark the 400th anniversary of the first treaty between native americans and europeans who traveled here. On this International Day of the worlds Indigenous People, we will speak with oren lyons, faith keeper of the onondaga nation. And we will also speak with one of their supporters, pete seeger , the legendary folk singer, banjo layer, storyteller, an activist. Ernest wrote books about native americans. He said if you want role models, dont go to europe yet right here are men and women who are strong and they cooperated. If there was food, everybody shared. If there was no food, everybody, including the chief and his family, were hungry. And it seemed to be the way people should live. Then, this week marks the oneyear anniversary of the attack by neonazi gunman wade temple. Pageon on a sikh my father was killed in oak creek on august 5, 2012 and one of the most racist, extreme attacks this nation has known since birmingham, alabama in 1963 when the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed. That is Pardeep Kaleka whose father was killed in the attack area and he will join us along with his unlikely ally, Arno Michaelis, a former white supremacist. They now Work Together to educate young people to take a stand against violence and hate. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Encrypted email service leaved to have been used by National Security agency leaker Edward Snowden shut down abruptly thursday amidst a legal fight that appeared to involve u. S. Government attempts to win access to customer information. The owner of love abit wrote lavabit wrote a message online saying he said he was barred from discussing the events over the past six weeks that led to his decision. He went on to write later on thursday, another security mail provider called silent circle also announced it was shutting down. New information has come to light about a secretive unit inside the Drug Enforcement the special operations division. Earlier this week, reuters reveal the unit finals information from overseas nsa intercepts, domestic wiretaps, and informants to help dea agents launch criminal investigations of americans. Instructedare then to recreate the investigative trail in order to conceal the origins of the evidence area reuters is reporting the dea has also provided classified intelligence obtained by the nsa and other sources to the Internal Revenue service to help in their investigations of americans. Like at the dea, irs agents are then instructed to cover up how they obtained the tips. Pakistan, u. S. State department has ordered most personnel to leave the consulate in lahore because of a threat to the mission. Gunman in the pakistani city of of aa fired on the vehicle politician driving past worshipers leaving a mosque, killing nine people and wounding 27. Attack came one day after suicide bombing attack in the same city killed three people at a policemans funeral. Three u. S. Drone strikes killed at least 12 people in yemen on thursday. The United States has not carried out at least a drone strikes in yemen since july 27, killing 34 people, according to the associated press. In news from europe, the Unemployment Rate in greece has reached a new high of 27. 6 . The job market is even worse for young people. Nearly 65 of those between 15 to 24 years of age are out of work. The latest unemployment data in greece was released as president obama was meeting with their Prime Minister in washington. Greece is going through incredible challenges. And so far, the Prime Minister has taken some very bold and difficult actions to initiate the Structural Reforms that can help reduce the debt burden that greece experiences, but even more importantly, can unleash incredible talent of great people so they are effectively competing in this new world economy. Praised president obama greece posse economic initiatives, residents of greece say years of tax rises, wages, and pension cuts continue to take their toll. Tax rises from the ages and pension cuts, continue to take their toll. I am 66 years old, unemployed and will not get a pension three at i am looking in the garbage for something to be. A Miami Beach Police officer has been placed on paid administrative leave after he fatally shot an 18 euro graffiti artist with a taster. The teenager, israel hernandez, was an awardwinning artist whose work have been exhibited locally. The Police Officer began chasing hernandez after he saw the artist spray tanning is tagged on a boardedup mcdonalds storefront. Hernandez, who was born in columbia, was reportedly shot after a 10 minute chase. According to witnesses, the Police Officers involved in the chase celebrated after they trapped and plays third hernandez by slapping each other with high fives as the teenager lay dying in the street. Hernandez High School Art teacher said art teacher, an israel was one of the most unique intelligent students i have ever encountered. The Justice Department has announced it will review the case of ramarley graham, the unarmed 18yearold teenager who was shot dead inside his own home by new york city Police Officer last year. On wednesday, grand jury failed to indict the narcotics officer who fatally shot graham. Officer richard haste was initially invited for manslaughter at indicted for manslaughter, but a judge electively throughout the indictment in may on procedural grounds. Ramarley grahams father spoke outside the district attorneys office. He gets to go back and do his job and maybe kill again. We have to ask ourselves the question, if my son had been white, would this have been happen . Would they have run in a white persons home . We dont want to talk about racism in america, but why not . We need things to change three. Like our attorney says, we need a special prosecutor to deal with these cases. We cannot trust the office at work so closely with the nypd to prosecute them. I dont think youll ever change as long as theyre prosecuting these police. We need real changes. Holderrney general eric has openly criticized the u. S. Drug saying too many people are now behind bars and it is time for federal sentencing reform. Holder made the comments in an interview on npr. There are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons. The war on drugs is 30 to 40 years old and there have been a lot of unintended kwanzaa quinces. Consequences. There is been a decimation of particularly those committees of color. A chief medical correspondent for cnn appeared on television this week and openly apologize for his past reporting questioning the medical uses of marijuana. I have apologized for some of the earlier reporting because i think we had been terribly and systematically misled in this country for some time and i did part of that misleading. I did not look far or deep enough or look at labs in other countries doing some incredible research or listen to the people who said not only does marijuana work for me, it is the only thing that works for me. I took the dea at their word when they said it was a scheduled i substance and has no other applications. Native americans and environmental us try to block a massive truck carrying refining equipment to the tar sands mining area in canada and at least 20 people have been arrested in idaho. On tuesday night, hundreds of protests formed a human blockade to stop the megaload. Story weowup to a reported thursday, federal judge hinted he may lack jurisdiction to grant attorney Lynne Stewarts request for compassionate release from federal prison so she can die from cancer at home surrounded by her family. Her present position estimates she is less than 18 months to live a key requirement for early release. As supporters looked on from a packed courtroom during arguments on thursday afternoon, the assistant u. S. Attorney told the judge the bureau denied the request earlier this year. L. S. District judge john koelt at times appeared sympathetic to stewarts request, but told her defense team at one point during the hour long hearing, the judge asked you donttor think she is a strong argument for compassionate release, do you . Husbandsewarts reaction after the arguments. The prosecution any much said, die or not, lets stick to the matter of the law in his interpretation of the letter of the law is that there was no way for a judge to intercede in the bureaucratic chain of the prisons. And that is a very difficult pill to swallow. You can go to democracynow. Org to read Lynne Stewarts handwritten plea to the judge and see our interview with her attorney, her husband, and her daughter, who happens to be a hospice and Palliative Care physician. Those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. This week marks the oneyear anniversary of the attack on a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin the of six people dead and five when did. People of all faiths join the community for vigils to remember those who died on august 5, 2012 when a neonazi gunman wade michael page opened fire on worshipers in the temple. The oak creek tragedy brought National Attention to the threat of hate and discrimination that has become routine for millions , muslim, hindu, and arabamericans in the last decade. According to reports, hate crimes against these communities are now at their highest since 2001, and a number of hate groups has more than doubled since 2000. Last friday, ahead of the anniversary, attorney general eric holder announced the Justice Department will begin collecting data on hate crimes committed against sikhs along with other religious groups. This is jasit singh. In the year after oak creek, we have made some progress with the government and in one year, to get the fbi to agree to start tracking hate crimes against sikhs, thats progress. The context of one year later, we know the government has challenges of moving quickly, especially in this environment, but for them to recognize the need and move on it should actually be of knowledged and we apply the effort. At the same time, it is not a victory in the sense were simply requesting we be recognized when we are facing these horrific challenges. It gives you a sense for how much work really there is to be done in a broader scope. A day after the anniversary of the shooting, five golden domes were added to the oak creek temple, something the late temple president who was killed in lasters massacre had wanted. To talk more about the implications of this tragedy one year later, we go to milwaukee where were joined by two guests whose Unlikely Alliance was born out of this tragedy. Pardeep kaleka is the son of the slain temple president Satwant Singh kaleka, a founder of serve2unite. Arno michaelis is also with us, former righ white supremacist. We welcome you both to democracy now Pardeep Kaleka, i would like to begin with you. It is a year later, my condolences on the death of your father and the others in your community. Talk about what happened that day. Good morning, amy. That day, august 5, sort of marked our community being victimized by a hate crime committed by a white supremacist. He did not think we represented what america was about. Basically, he came into the temple that they and shot six. Eople dead, one was my father others were injured. One is to critically in a vegetative state one is still in a critically vegetative state. This past week and was a healing process. Vigil andthe oneyear with the domes going up the one of the wishes my dad really wanted was he wanted it to look that way. Pardeep kaleka, can you talk about the guest youre sitting next to right now . Can you talk about how the two of you met after this killing last year . Sure. , right after august, there was a lot of media and we were working with other nonprofits in the area. As i was working with some nonprofits as far as the gun debate, that was frustrating at the time. I was walking out of the meeting and one of the people asked me, had he contacted Arno Michaelis yet . I have been meeting to contact him because i knew the work you is doing in the Community Work he was doing the community. We were both part of another which is made up of former violent extremists and survivors who linked together and share their stories of forgiveness and compassion for a broader message of forgiveness and compassion, and i contacted the organizer of abe and he told me how to get a hold or get in contact with arno. We went back and forth through email and text and eventually, we finally talked one evening. I remember i want to bring Arno Michaelis into this and ask about your background. You were a white supremacist, racist skinhead. Started there you and ended up working together against violence and hate with Pardeep Kaleka. I would be happy to, amy. Good morning. In skinheaded groups really just as an angry, bored, unchallenged teenager. I dont believe anyone really has an excuse to be violent, but i absolutely had no excuse. I came from a privileged background in midwestern wisconsin, born into the middle class. I really had everything going for me. I came from an alcoholic household with emotional Violence Free at my parents were pretty miserable and that made me want to distance myself from them and also got me lashing out at an early age. I was a bully on the school bus as early as kindergarten. I started getting in fights in the schoolyard in Elementary School which escalated to breaking and entering and vandalism and middle school read i started drinking myself by the time i was a teenager. I got into punk rock which i still love, but i appreciate the diy attitude and question the authority of punk, but back then was just about smashing things and hurting people and lashing out. That is kind of who i was when i came across the idea of getting involved with the skinheads read i initially donned a swastika really for shock value because it was the most effective way to piss people off that i come across by that time. I wasnt really a racist looking ar other races, i was just bored, angry kid looking for something to make me feel worthwhile and a cause to kind of joined up with. I found very quickly once i started radiating hate and violence out in the world around me, the world reflected it back. As i was expressing my hostility and hostility of that the return to me, it may be more hateful and violent that ultimately led to a sevenyear involvement in hate groups. I got out in 1994. The two milestone event in me leaving were becoming a single parent and a couple of months after that, a second friend of mine was murdered in a street fight. By that time, i have lost count of how many friends have been incarcerated. It struck me i didnt change my ways, death or prison was very likely to take me from my daughter. Beyond those milestones, though, i truly believe it was acts of kindness that i have been given to me by strangers and people that i was openly hostile to. You were times when black people, jewish people, gay and lesbian people, treated me as a human being even though our refuse to a knowledge their humanity. And while those acts of kindness did not change in the spot, they did plant seeds that stuck with me and built on a growing sense of what i was doing was wrong. That you feel you were so heavily involved in the white power movement, also your music, that you may have influenced the shooter to kill. Yeah, when august 5 happened, first and foremost i was heartbroken for Pardeep Kaleka and his family and the families of the other victims. I thought what it would be like to have someone murder my father or my grandfather or my mother, and that human level was really what was most important to me. The next thought was, i did a lot to contribute to the environment that created wade page. In many ways he was exactly who i used to be. He was a white power skinhead, a lead singer in a band the skinheads. I have done that years before he became active. I was kind of instrumental in creating the environment that created him. Pardeep kaleka, you were a Police Officer before becoming a teacher . Yeah, i was a Police Officer for 4 years in the innercity. I went onto to become a teacher in the same innercity. That is what i do now parttime. Something else we do part time is serve2unite where we go out to schools and try to get students to engage in their environment and identify social issues that they have to deal with and try to find constructive ways of dealing with them. For theeen a good run last six months, and were planning to keep doing it and moving forward. Arno, have you reached out to White Supremacists . I am not a white separatist intervenor. Outreacharted doing and january 2010, i started speaking about my past and writing. It was important to me to address racism, but in the grand scheme of things, while they can be very dangerous and canructive as pardeep ifortunately th attest to, dont think white separatist groups should be the main concern. I am more concerned with the curative effects of 500 years of White Supremacy and the effect cities. N our inner ive been focusing my efforts on trying to help people who are struggling in socioeconomically theessed areas to realize power they have to change their lives and their environments. I think those are the people who are suffering the effects of racism on a broader scale, so that is where i focus my work. Now over the course of doing that and sharing my story and of just being out there publicl