Shout out target friends from cspan who are also joining us today. Before we hear from Gloria Venlet about his new book id like to tell you but to upcoming programs taking place in the theater for this friday august 16 at noon when t. Jr. Will tell us about a forgot founding father george mason the founding father who gave us the bill of rights. On tuesday december 10 Sidney Blumenthal will talk about his biography of Abraham Lincoln all powers of earth the political life of Abraham Lincoln in 1856 to 1863. To find out more about these programs and our exhibits please visit our web site at www. Archives. Gov account and you will find. Material in the theater lobby about coming events as well as sign up sheet so you can receive an electronic version of her monthly calendar. Philip mudd joined the Central Intelligence agency in 1985 on a panel specializing on asia and in the middle east. After the september 11 attack he was a cia member of the small Diplomatic Team that helped piece toge
I think you touched on it when you said that one of the candidates mr jim up to his actually run this is full of time now and he hasnt been successful until now i think that tells you something son that authorities is the next 1st lady shes also run before and didnt get in so these arent fresh outside of faces as we saw the last quarter mile an elections in 2015 another difference from the last elections as well then there was a real sense of hope in the country there was an Anti Corruption commission backed by the u. N. And it succeeded in having a really big impact on the economic competitiveness at least in the country to the extent that the president and the Vice President have been sent to prison now that commission has really been dismantled by the outgoing president Jimmy Morales its monday is up for renewal or not in september a need for these candidates has said that theyre willing ready to renew that commissions mandate so this at the moment is a point in which there is a sen
Swimming floats or you know a laser pen with them and gas mask are these things are available really you know here i dont think the ca cia has much of a budget if thats what theyre furnishing the protesters with the fact is. This is an organic you know Homegrown Movement that has come out of years oppressed ration by peaceful protests have not worked through decades of demands for universal suffrage and to suggest that its coming from elsewhere is kind of oriental if that suggests that people cannot have independent thought here organize themselves or purchase basic math without the help of foreigners i know were hearing more and more warnings from china and seems to be indicating that beijings patience is wearing ever thinner so what exactly is china prepared to do if these protests dont diminish. Well thats a very large question i mean theres a legal way to do that in which case it would be the Hong Kong Government would request under the basic laws that this situation had become civ
It kind of tells why we are in politics the way we are right now. You know, when i was growing up, folk music was a really big deal. And there was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the John Birch Society with lyrics like if mommy is a commie, you got to turn around and. It was just really a funny, funny song, you know . And they would sing things Like Fighting for the right to fight the right fight for the right things. But sometimes you should google chad mitchell trio and the the John Birch Society song, the billboards at the time, the highways would say things like Impeach Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren or get the us out of the u. N. So they were very well known back in the sixties, but by the end of the vietnam war, you didnt hear much about. But as youll hear tonight, their influence carried carried much further. That influence did not disappear. Matthew dallek is a professor of graduate to graduate school of political management at George Washington
Intellectual feast. Every saturday American History tv documents americas story and on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan2 comes from these Television Companies and more, including charter communication. Charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and were just getting started. Building 100,000 miles of new infrastructure to reach those who need it most. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Good evening, im tony clark from the Carter Library and im really glad you all are here because i think this is going to be a fascinating evening because it kind of tells why we are in politics the way we are right now. You know, when i was growing up, folk music was a really big deal and there was a group called the chad mitchell trio that had a song called the John Birch Society with lyrics like if mommy is a commy, youve got to turn her in. And its really