Democracy Now! 2015-08-13 Thursday
Democracy Now! 2015-08-13 Thursday
- Headlines for August 13, 2015
- Henry Siegman, Leading U.S. Jewish Voice for Peace: "Give Up on Netanyahu, Go to the United Nations"
One of the people featured Tuesday at the Creative Time summit in Venice, Italy, during the Venice Biennale was the acclaimed artist Mariam Ghani, daughter of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
It was one year ago today, August 9, 2014, when eighteen-year-old Michael Brown was shot to death in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri, as he reportedly walked in the street with his friend when a police officer drove up and ordered them onto the sidewalk. Police claim Brown physically assaulted the officer and tried to reach for his weapon inside a police car. But witnesses provided a sharply different account, saying Brown was shot with his arms up as he tried to flee the officer’s fire.
A promo for the Mass Flash Film Festival, a 72-hour filmmaking competition. Registration: Aug. 1st - Sept. 20th.