Democracy Now

Evelyn Espinoza

 

Democracy Now

 

The video titled Stanford Divests: Student-Led Movement Forces Elite School to Pull its Money from Coal Companies is a great turn out for a movement led by students. The board of Stanford University voted to stop investing in coal-mining companies because of climate change concerns. This movement began because of the money that is invested and dealing directly with climate changes. These students are activist for fossil fuels that are the primary force behind climate change.  The environment is being destroyed because of the energy that is produced. Through the movement that was led by students they got the attention of the board members of the university who decided to no longer invest in the list of companies presented to them because if their practices. The protestors made a point about the investment in global markets will directly impact the globe and impact all the human lives that reside in it. This was a successful movement and a motivation to all the other movements that change is attainable. The second video was about Glenn Greenwald because he is the journalist who reported on Edward Snowden who leaked National Security Agency documents. He has been targeted in a sense of discrediting his reports because of what he did his report on. He defends his work and claims that the lives that are harmed by the disclosures are not innocent people but the reputation and credibility of the government and the affiliated agencies. There is a huge debate over what should happen with Edward Snowden and whether he can come back to the United States. He is ready and wants to come back if allowed to state his case.

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/7/stanford_divests_student_led_movement_forces

http://www.democracynow.org/2014/5/14/glenn_greenwald_us_corporate_media_is