The book is called panic attack young radicals in the age of trump. The author is the associate editor of reason magazine. Who are these young radicals . Activists who are causing issues on College Campuses although you can find them in places like the streets of portland as well who are different from the kind of old left that was all about free speech, due process. What we are seeing now is a lot of attempts to shut down speakers who come to College Campuses even the professors of the activist students who are purportedly on the left as well they say they cant have conversations with the students anymore, they risk offending them and if they do their job could be in trouble because they could be investigated. Its changing the culture quickly and dramatically towards this cancel everybody that is problematic that has to be run out of public life and that is coming from this kind of activist contingent on the left. I spend a chapter in my book talking about the right which is a White N
[inaudible conversations] okay. Greetings, everyone. My name is ted. Im the editor of Frederick Douglass in brooklyn and a professor of journalism. At st. Josephs college in clinton hill here in brooklyn. I want to welcome you to the brooklyn book festival paneland assure you that books for sale are available in the courtyard after the panel. The authors will be deeply grateful for your support. Our panel today includes mr. Matt tie even by. Taibbi who is a Rolling Stone Kole Jim Nuss and hi latest book is hate inc. The next is jonathon mettle. Hi book is dying of whiteness and also a professor of sociology and psychiatry at vanderbilt university. And to my right, the president of new american leaders, an organization that promotes the incoming new immigrants into politics and her book is people like us, the in the wave of candidates knocking at democracys door. Thought we would start with a moment of silence for bill deblasios president ial campaign. And now continue. So, well start w
The activist students who are on the left as well they say they cant have conversations with the students anymore and they risk offending them and if they do then their jobs could be in trouble because they could be investigated and its changing our culture very quickly and dramatically towards this. Everybody that is problematic us to be run out of public life and that is coming from this kind of activist contingents on the left. And its all on the left and not on the right. I spend a chapter in the book talking about the liberalism of the right, which is a White Nationalist group that has gotten some attention the last few years like the radical left smaller number, but loud, vocal, has had a huge effect in the realm of social media primarily making it unpleasant to the online. You see that intersection is the operating system of the modern left. What does that mean . It was claimed in the late 1980s and it was used by the sociologists to describe how if you are a person of color his
Today, i am announcing a new executive order was just signed that significantly expands our authorities to target individuals, companies, Financial Institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea. A new executive order will set off sources of revenue that fund north koreas efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to humankind. We want to be clear, the order targets only one country, and that is north korea. This has taken it a step further. This says anyone that deals with north korea, any Financial Institution is going to be punished. He has said multiple times, the president said it, members of his team have said, we dont want more. At the same time, were not going to run scared. If, for any reason, north korea attacks the United States for our allies, the u. S. Will respond. Period. Martha the leader of north korea responding to this tonight, kim jong un declaring, i am now thinking hard about the response that he couldve expected when he allowed these words to