Indonesian executions, Pancho Villa invades the United States, and animal rights

Indonesian executions, Pancho Villa invades the United States, and animal rights
Indonesian executions, Pancho Villa invades the United States, and animal rights

Indonesian executions, Pancho Villa invades the United States, and animal rights

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Indonesia is set to execute several drug offenders this week, the majority of them foreign nationals. Jeffrey Winters explains what the is the political ambition behind this war on drugs. We also talk with Stephen Eisenman about the fading out of animal acts in circus shows and the overall animal rights legislation. PHOTO: An Indonesian protester performs a play in front an effigy during a demonstration in support of executions at Wijaya Pura port in Cilacap, Central Java, Indonesia Friday, March 6, 2015.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)