Bush administration and later jared cohen set the precedent due to the deaths of their predecessors. Enjoy book tv now and over the weekend on cspan2. Starting out on book tv World Affairs Institute Distinguished fellow joshua project discusses the views of socialism. Thanks to jeff and charles for the hospitality. And as alluded to, this is quite an august group including im afraid a number of people who know as much about the subject asi do. Im going to do my best to leave plenty of time for giveandtake around thetable. The book, socialism is in the airright now. The book is first of all a history and im going to quickly set the history and then spend some minutes on whats happening today and then we will have a backandforth or around the table. So the term socialism was coined in the 1820s and 30s by the followers of a small group of thinkers, british and french who were not out to overthrow governments but had ideas of a Better Society of sharing and also had the quite good idea th
Leave plenty of time for a giveandtake around the table. Socialism is in the air right now but the book first of all is a history i will quickly set the history then spend some minutes and then we can have a back and forth. So socialism was coined by the followers of a small group of thinkers the british and french they were about to overthrow governments who had ideas of sharing and also have the quite a good idea the way to get there was to demonstrate the validity of their ideas. And they created through the mid 18 hundreds 40 or 50 of these experimental communities mostly in the United States even though these visionaries were europeans. Why in the United States . Its easy to get land and because the social mores were much more fluid and their ideas were taken seriously. Perhaps the most important was robert oh when he announced he was coming to the United States to create a community to demonstrate the validity of his ideas and was taken tremendously seriously he commissioned an a
The nasdaq turning negative for the year. Fox Business Team coverage. Edward lawrence live on capitol hill, Deirdre Bolton on the floor of the new york stock exchange, phil flynn is watching action in oil and gold at the cme, but edward, we will kick it off with you. Reporter centers for Disease Control says the American Public needs to be prepared for a possible sustained spread of the coronavirus. Also communities need to brace for possible outbreak. The president has been briefed on all of this. Health and Human Services secretary alex azar testified today he is concerned about the sustained humantohuman transfer that theyre seeing in italy and iran related to this virus going forward. He told senators at an Appropriations Committee hearing that the 2. 5 billion additional they want will be enough to stay aggressive against this virus. Listen. It would be very concerning if this virus spreads say to africa or other areas that have less developed Public Health infrastructure because
Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Britains election provided binary clarity. Borisjohnson has the kind of parliamentary mandate the conservative party hasnt seen since the thatcher era, to take the uk out of the eu and roll out a tory vision for the country. And the labour party . Well, after one of the most crushing defeats in its history, it faces an existential crisis. My guest is alastair campbell, close adviser to tony blair in the new labour years, passionate opponent of brexit. Where does the left go now if its ever win again . Alastair campbell, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I want to begin with that election result itself. When you saw it, as a tribally labour man, labour all your life but who has run into a series of problems withJeremy Corbyn and his leadership, how did you respond to that result . I wasnt wholly surprised. I had privately predicted about 50, 60. Majority for the tories. Yes, and the reason for that
Severe warnings still in place meaning theres a danger to life. Hundreds of homes have been evacuated. In the election, theres a row over spending after the conservatives publish what they claim would be the cost of a Labour Government a warning that extreme weather conditions in australia could fuel more bushfires. Three people have already lost their lives. Before the papers sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. Heres jane dougal. Good morning. Englands cricketers have won the t20 series against new zealand after a tense fifth match which went to a super over. In scenes reminiscent of the summers world cup, they were tied after 11 overs each the match shortened because of the weather. So it went to a super over. England batted first and scored 17, they then restricted new zealand to just 8 runs from their over. A much more comforable margin than at lords. It means england win the series 3 2. Former england bowler steve finn, who was part of the test match special t