We feel very fortunate to host tonights a featured speaker at this moment. And to will appear in the contemporary politics racism in American Society looking at the numbers today over the last eight or nine years he has been part of the community is great to have the chance to hear the limits of the Democratic Practice are tested and in conversation tonight with another man were grateful for the chance to have them both and with tonights presentation. Thank you very much and to the whole town hall team. I can appreciate with all of the staggering numbers so a better than to spend on spend an evening with american politics right now . Thank you for being here from far and wide. A nationally acclaimed political scientist the expertise about rightwing movements and africanamerican political and social are widely recognized and for over a decade the team insight on the frequently quoted National Media including the New York Times and Washington Post and many others its worth noting chris i
No more. No more than 18 months. U. N. Led to a preliminary role for libya aimed at ending a decade of violence. Also this hour as Coronavirus Infection soar last year of the World Organization warns against lifting receptions quickly and a controversial plan to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction. Forces golds mosque is finally gets underway for a 7 month delay. All eyes are on big number who is aiming to win back to back mages out driving his opposition. Thank you very much for joining us. We begin this news hour in ethiopia, where the Prime Minister says military gains have been made in the northern teague, a region where the federal government is battling local forces. But the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the opium Prime Minister abu ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of to gray. And the reg
Led talks, hammer out a preliminary roadmap for libya, aimed at ending a decade of violence and controversial plans to turn a World Heritage site in indonesia into a Jurassic Park style tourist attraction to ethiopia, spry minister is claiming military gains in the Northern Tier gray region where the federal government is passing noble forces, but the conflict is raising fears of a humanitarian crisis. Phone lines are cut off and transport has been halted in and out of the region. If the o. P. s Prime Minister ahmed says the military offensive had, quote, liberated the western part of tikrit, and the regions leaders have been stripped off their immunity from prosecution. But thousands of people a day off leaving the rest many to neighboring. Sudan is triggered fears of a refugee emergency. Aid agencies are warning theyre unable to bring in much needed supplies into the region because of the fighting. The offensive began last week after the Central Government accused, the regions forces
Weve been pondering what Democratic Practice could and should look like in the United States, and then very much so and very pertinent to what were going to do today, what role the United States should play internationally. What role should the United States play in a world that was fast changing in the 1960s . So weve gotten to the point in this class where weve reached a point where president johnson has decided by early 1965 to begin a forthright military intervention by the United States in vietnam. And the reasons have been fairly compellingly laid out by johnson between 1964 and 1965. With the gulf of tonkin resolution in 1964, the president made his case that there was aggression coming from North Vietnam pointed at the south, and pointed at the United States as well in the attack on u. S. Ships in International Waters on that gulf of tonkin. And remember it is really important to understand when this resolution was brought before congress, every Single Member of the house of re
I would like to welcome everyone, there might be big news today in american politics, but it aint nothing compared to this, which is so much bigger insignificance, and opportunity for us to celebrate eric alterman. With his new book lying in state why president s lie and why trump is worse we are going to spend, my name is Leonard Bernardo by the way, Vice President of the open society foundations, hosting this event, i should say that we are going to talk for around 45 minutes, give or take, then we have enough time for another 45 minutes of questions, those questions that you would like to share with eric and maia and me should be sent to questions opensocietyfoun dations. Org. You can also do this via twitter and you can also if you really need to, do it via facebook. We are recording this event. Its being live cast and its going to be quite a show. We have someone i have known and admired for a very long time, maia wiley with us as a discussant. Meyer, who is been a very long time