Living in an age of global populism, a transition as profound as those in 1848, 1905, 1968. Give me a primer on global populism today because it affects american politics, european politics, and you are saying it is the age of global populism. David i compare it to those years because there are certain pivots in history where countries all around the world are facing the same problem but answering in different ways. 1848, workers revolution. 1905, you had the progressive era, industrialization. 1968, the rise of the bohemian radicals. And now we are facing the rise of populism. I read over a bunch of my old columns just to prepare for this a very humbling experience. What i see is me and a lot of people noodling over the same issues. We are just trying to figure out we are in this Pivotal Moment and what exactly is going on. The thought that occurred to me this morning was i was in europe in the 1990s. I saw the decline of the soviet union, german reunification, mandela coming out of p
Of multimedia news and Information Services worldwide. Captioning sponsored by Rose Communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Rose david brooks is here, an oped columnist for the New York Times since 2003. His writing spans politics, culture and the social sciences. He authored several books. His latest column out today examines observations from Election Results and what they tell us about the voting trends across the country. Pleased to have david brooks at this table. Welcome. Good to be back here. Rose great to have you. I want to talk in broad themes about what you have been writing about, were living in a day of global populism. Global populism has affected american politics and youre saying its the age of global populism. I compare it to years because certain periods in history countries are having the same problem but answering it in different ways. Were facing now the rise of populism. I read over a bunch of my columns to prepare for this very hum
About some of the things you have been writing about. In todays column, we are living in an age of global populism, a transition as profound as those in 1848, 1905, 1968. Give me a primer on global populism today because it affects american politics, european politics, and you are saying it is the age of global populism. David i compare it to those years because there are certain pivots in history where countries all around the world are facing the same problem but answering in different ways. 1848, workers revolution. 1905, you had the progressive era, industrialization. 1968, the rise of the bohemian radicals. And now we are facing the rise of populism. I read over a bunch of my old columns just to prepare for this a very humbling experience. What i see is me and a lot of people noodling over the same issues. We are just trying to figure out we are in this Pivotal Moment and what exactly is going on. The thought that occurred to me this morning was i was in europe in the 1990s. I saw
Standing up for science, call to action planned to coincide with earth day. Kpix 5s jackie ward, protesters hope donald trump hears their message. I think the answer is science. Reporter as part of a movement that happened all over the country today, these bay area rizdants stood residents stood together in the name of science thousands of people met at a rally at Justin Herman plaza to oppose cuts that threaten scientific research. There is a proposal that would slash the epa budget by 31 in fiscal year 2018. I am not okay with trump defunding science. It is, you know, we are a culture that has moved forward because of science and it is a big step backward. Reporter despite a lot of antitrump rhetoric, event speaker and inventor, adam savage said the need to protect science isnt conservatives verses liberals. Science is a politics, or ideology or law, it is bias and bias is everywhere. Science is the rigorous elimination of bias. That is a good thing. University of cincinnati took a r
Live from the cbs bay area studios, this is cbs 5 news. A crowd spills out into the streets of San Francisco in a massive show of support for science. Jackie ward was with the crowd and says they had a clear messages for President Trump. Reporter as part of a movement that happened all over the country today, these bay area residents stood together in the name of science. Science is under threat more so than it ever has been. Reporter thousands of people met at a rally in Justin Herman plaza to oppose budget cuts that would slash the e. P. A. s budget by 31 percent in face fiscal year 2018. Im not okay with trump defunding science. Were a culture thats moved forward because of science and its a big step backwards. Reporter despite a lot of antitrump rhetoric, speaker adam salve advantage its not just a savage said thats not the point. Its not just conservative versus democrat. Reporter many here also spoke out against the trump administrations executive orders on immigration and want t