Military pots. Left in the drawing board. Good afternoon. I want to welcome those of you who are here in the auditorium. Here in washington dc as well as those of you who are watching online. On our website or on cspan. I believe they are in fact on site here. According to them. Just wanted to go over a few items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will comp
Items before we get to the meat of the program here. I would ask that everybody here turn off their cell phones or at least have them in a silent mode and those other Electronic Items as well. We will have a q a portion as we get close to the end of this, and when it goes down, it will ask folks to please wait to be called upon and wait for the microphone so everyone in the audience has an opportunity to hear you. That i will ask you to announce your name and affiliation. Our topic today is this particular absolutely fascinating and terrifying book eyes in the sky, by arthur hall and michelle and i have to. Out that the digital version that when i call the eye of saffron i will compare it to the lord of the rings. It was literally six years ago this month, that an nsa contract whistleblower by the name of edward snowden, burst upon the world scene with his absolutely amazing revelations. About mass Government Survey blades and being taken place on the socalled war on terror error. Doze
Up for a newsletter by the cash register. A few more things. 50 of all of our sales will be donated to immigrant comes together. Yesterday was a one year anniversary, excited, congratulations. [applause] and later in the q a portion make sure to speak into the mic so people can hear you. So our guest this evening, suketu mehta the the author of this land is our land an immigrants manifesto. His work has appeared in the new yorker, the New York Times magazine, National Geographic, harpers, time and g2. He has won a guggenheim fellowship, the writers writing award and an o henry writing price. He was born in calcutta and lives in new york city ways a professor at new york university. Julie clawson is a former bilingual social work at a writer journalist whose work is of it in the print and online magazines including National Geographic traveler, outside, i took american, discover, latina, the guardian and times. The five immigrant Families Together she works with attorneys and advocacy g
Host good morning. Thursday, august 10. Welcome to the washington journal. This morning, we will begin with the abortion debate and how it will impact your vote in the 2024 election. Republicans dial in at 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can also send a text message and include your first name, city, and state to 202 7488003 or post on facebook. Com cspan or on x cpsanwj. Ohio is a roadmap for 2024 after ohio voted in an off year election in summertime to reject a Ballot Initiative that would have restricted abortion or abortion efforts. Now, democrats nationally are looking at this as a roadmap. The power of reproductive rights in recent elections is prompting democrats to rethink their 2024 strategy. From the Washington Post, they begin with, even in redleaning states, support for abortion rights is proving to be a potent electoral force. In ohio, voters rejected a ballot measure that would have made it harder to add abortion rights to the states c
Liberalism and its discontent. Humankind over the centuries has seen an evolution. We go from hunter gatherers to Agricultural Societies up through the industrial revolution. There is a process in which social institutions become more complex. They develop certain features. Marx said this process would culminate in a communist utopia. I think most progressive intellectuals for the 100 50 years after the communist manifesto believed the history would be communism. My argument was we did not seem to be going there. This was just before the collapse of the soviet union. The idea was there was this process of modernization. People wanted to live in modern societies but the kind of modern society was liberal democracy and marketbased capitalism, not socialism. We are getting off this train of history one stop before marx said we would get off. Professor Francis Fukuyama. You were talking in 2000 six about your 1992 book, the end of history and the last man. What you said, does it stand up t