Media. We are proud of the realignment here at hudson. The podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those who havent been following that you take a look at the episodes from last year. Particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh holly. Chris rinaldi. Mike gallagher. Mike durand and others. Its an excellent program, partly because of the two people that put it together. Their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along. I want to thank them for that. We are happy to launch this Years Program with Michael Michael lind. A prolific writer of more than a dozen books. Michael is a professor at lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Important for tonights conversation, he is the author of the new class war. Saving democracy from the managerial elite. The book was published today. So we are here at the launch. Congratulations on the new book. Whether you agree with his interpretation of western politics, h
Responsibility narrative, blaming people who fall off the tight rope for the catastrophes that follow. Watch kevin meredith, nicholas kristof, this weekend on booktv on cspan2. In his next booktv discussion, michael lind says democracies are being unraveled by new class war. Welcome to the Hudson Institute policy center. I am john walters, chief operating officer. I would like to welcome our audience here to our Pennsylvania Court is an cspan audience to our first ever podcast taping that is both live and marks the Second Season premiere of podcast, the Second Season of the realignment, my hudson media fellows. We are proud of the realignment. The podcast launched last year and i recommend for those who havent been following it that you take a look at the episodes from last year particularly the conversation with mike pompeo, josh holly, Mike Gallagher and others. It is an Excellent Program partly because of the two people together who bring out topics into moving the argument along. W
Of october, 1962 when the United States and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. He explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire Nuclear Conflict despite their tough talk. Dr. Kengor all right, welcome. Here good we have cspan today. And we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. And specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. So we will hit a. Of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. Aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. That was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks santiago,o, in cuba. It did not go well. A bunch of rebels were killed. Fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. He did not quite serve 15 years in prison. He served less than one year, 11 m
Crisis itself in october, 1962. That will pick off a little bit where we left off in the last class. The last class we talked about july 26, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. And that was when fidel and a force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks in santiago, cuba. 15 years in prison, so less than a year in prison, 11 months altogether. With that, he was on the run, he was in exile. He went to mexico. His brother, raul, as well. They would eventually come back and try to recommence the revolution, taking over in january, 1959. That is about where we left off. One thing i didnt mention the last class, but youre going to read the article on this, its the Herb Matthews piece in the New York Times. If you have not read it yet if you have, you have probably been shocked, right . By this article, you are thinking what is this . What is this piece . Herb matthews was a reporter for the New York Times. He wrote a february 24, 1957 front p
Author of the new right. What is the new right. Guest see if i get the definition correct. Its on page four of the book. Ises the new right is a loosely connected group of individuals united by their opposition to progressivism, which they perceive to be a thinly veiled fundamentalist religious, dedicate to egalitarian principles and intend on World Domination via globalist hegemony. Host the new right is not a word you hear about. You about the altright. What the distinction. Guest the altright is a subset of the new right. Altright into he members the new right who view race at one of the most important issues the discussing socialow political thought. Host normally the aspect of framing for conservativism and the right generally in america is backwards looking. Nostalgia, a return to the past next 1 of 1950s. How is the new right different from that . Guest thats a great question. First of all i always want to point out to conservatives whenever aoc and those tip host alexandria oca