His work has appeared in the New York Times, salon and many other publications. He is the Elizabeth Morris Political Science at Windsor College in oregon in portland, tonight he presents his new book the fire is upon us, James Baldwin, William Buckley junior and the debate over race in america. Please join me in welcoming nicholas buccola. [applause] thank you. Really appreciate that introduction. I want to start by saying how special it is to me to be with you. I live 3 blocks from here for 5 years when i was in graduate school and i would come to romans every wednesday with my mom kathy who is sitting here and my late cousin kathy martin and we would go to lemley and see a movie and it is special for me to be here tonight. Tonight i am going to talk to you about something that happened in this space, february 18, 1865. February 18, 1965, 54 years ago. This space was filled with 700 people. Every spot on the benches was taken that people sitting on the floor in deep violation of the f
And he said was that when i was at harvard law school, i had a teacher who change my life. Martha. Martha minow. It is a delight to be here and i learned so much from you through the years so thank you for doing that. I couldnt pass this opportunity up. Love the book because it has your compassionate and brilliant, and is wise and it is grounded and provocative. How did you come to this legendary career but excess to the highest cause of legal power to writing a book about forgiveness. I read a book about 20 years ago about responses to mass violence. And at that time, my Conciliation Commission in south africa had just started. I was so intrigued by the development of new Legal Institution to deal with really horrific violence and oppression. And i read the book and i called it between engines and forgiveness and finding an alternative to two different responses to horrific acts. Enter since time have people suddenly, why between. Why cant it just forget. And it exit me. So that what
Just a couple bits of housekeeping we are being filmed by cspan it is not live but will be broadcast in the future so if you want to see the place where you have been check out the broadcast. Because it is going to be broadcast it is important we silence the cell phones. So then we start off with a brief presentation with a questionandanswer and then you are invited to participate. We will pass around this microphone. If you just wait until the microphone is in front of your face and then lastly there is a restroom please do not walk in front of the camera. Welcome. Thank you for coming out to. We are extremely excited to discuss the book the case against free speech and joining us will be george will have a brief conversation then we will turn it over to you for question and answers. The authors former staff writer for al jazeera written for publications including the guardian, New York Times new republic wired slate the speed and splinter and found the cuny school of journalism. Next
Everybody please join me in welcoming p. E. Moskowitz and george ciccariellomaher. [applause] thank you for being here. Im glad to be with you all, to help represent the case against free speech the First Amendment, fascism, and the future of dissent. My pleasure of being here has several aspects. The first is p. E. Moskowitzs wonderful friend, comrade, but also because they are the one of the most acute observers of our contemporary condition. Writing a book that cuts to the heart of things many of us have been grappling with for the past two years. This book is the book that people need to read to think through what has happened since 2016 and what is happening in 201718 thinking about emergence, proliferation of the powerful movements rallying around theresidency of donald trump and reading in 2019, 2020, and thinking about how to fight back, push back on this emergence of fascism and how to break it ultimately. This book is a tool for thinking about the past. It is a historical ana
Broadcast schedule. Because it is being broadcast will be broadcast, its important that we silence our cell phones. If you wouldnt mind making sure that were really blur in the recording if you dont do that. Silence the cells. Questions and answers, basically the format will be will start off with a brief hesitation, have a brief questionandanswer between our guests then you all be invited to participate. Well pass around this microphone. If you want to ask a question, if you just wait until this microphone is in front of your face so it gets recorded and we dont have a big blank spot. Lastly, if you need to use the restroom during the filming, there is a restroom at here. If you could try not to walk in front of the camera that is ideal. You can squeeze around back that way if you need to. Thats about it. Cool. All right. Welcome everybody. Thank you all so much for coming up to me. Were extremely excited to have p. E. Moskowitz discussing his new book the case against free speech and