Before the womens march last year that said this was the boldest most intersectional platform that is ever come out of any march historically, and that was one, the moment i was most proud. After words airs every saturday at 10 p. M. Eastern and sunday at 9 p. M. Eastern and pacific. Founded in 1747, its one of the oldest libraries in the country. This building is essentially the first purpose built Library Structure in america. We often talk about franklin and his Library Company of philadelphia where, we are a freestanding purpose built librarystructure so thats important. Unlike any of the others, we are still operating as a lending library. People have been coming for that building 270 years. I have said and ill say it here that besides a church, the library is the single oldest Cultural Institution that is unbroken to the colonial period so when you walk inthat door and you borrow book, youre doing it as theyve been doing it for nearly 3 centuries. Newport was of course one of the
Shipping and handling. For the next hour, a book tv exclusive, our citys four views new poor, rhode island. We have traveled the u. S. Cities ringing the book seem to our viewers. You can watch more of our tours tiestour. Org ci we are here at the library in newport, rhode island. We have been here since 1747. We were founded and the library was built in 1750. We have a correction ranging from the earliest period up to donations from of rare books from the present about 16,000 volumes. My coworker and i have pulled up some of the treasures of the Redwood Library and aetheneum, from our oldest holdings into our original founding collection. Variousumenting at the foundation of the redwood abraham redwood, the founder, asked for books to be brought back from england that were useful in everyday life and would be useful to the members, in addition to adjust being intellectually stimulating. Sterling,at 500 pound the agents for the library were sent to london with a list of books that the
Extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990s when he was head of the entry special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time ouster of longtime dictator. We will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former generals role in mass killings of civilians. Then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. The United States in many ways was really the first up state. Africa, the south Founding Fathers of apartheid did not intend [indiscernible] all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Sunni militants in iraq have reportedly executed up to 190 captives in the Northern City of tikrit. The massacre took place earlier this month according to human rights watch. The news comes as iraq he Prime Minister maliki faces increasing p
Extensiveccused of human rights abuses in the 1990s when he was head of the entry special forces. He was dismissed from the army in 1998 following accusations he was complicit in the abduction and torture of activists during political unrest in jakarta that led to the out time ouster of longtime dictator. We will go to indonesia this week with allan nairn who is there to rebuild the former generals role in mass killings of civilians. Then historian gerald horne on the counterrevolution of 1776. The United States in many ways was really the first up state. Africa, the south Founding Fathers of apartheid did not intend [indiscernible] all of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Sunni militants in iraq have reportedly executed up to 190 captives in the Northern City of tikrit. The massacre took place earlier this month according to human rights watch. The news comes as iraq he Prime Minister maliki faces increasing p
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