There hasnt been any agreement on any single proposal. But that may be about to change. A combination of the republican takeover of the senate, a looming Supreme Court decision and the white house race are putting more pressure than ever before on republicans to offer some sort of alternative to obamacare. But before they could get to any sort of agreement, there are some fundamental philosophical disagreements that need to be worked out about how to get and move the country into a more free market direction. And thats why i wrote my book, overcoming obamacare. And what i tried to do is i looked at the flurry of plans that have been offered as alternatives to obamacare. And i sorted them into three basic approaches or schools of thought. The first school of thought i called Reform School and this is comprised of people who say that at this point it might be unrealistic to fully repeal obamacare. And holding out for full repeal shouldnt be a barrier to instituting reforms to the overall
Women, like the yellow wallpaper and it went on to create some of the first texts of women and gender studies movement in universities and now that every publisher publishs some feminist books at least we publish the most cutting edge, issues other publishers are not touching because they dont know to or too controversial so all our books have an urgency to them but also might have kind of new and cutting edge. Host what is your background . How did you get into this . Guest i am a journalist. I was born 45 years ago, a lot of feminists things happen. I have written six books, made two documentarys traveled the country speaking about feminisms all i know it is very mainstream. The word feminism is not the worst people would label but it probably is feminist or their belief system is often very feminist allies dont get hung up on the word, i love the title the feminist press. We were really expansion definition of that but i think my career as the way i practice it demonstrates i write
Node join him. Im just going to give you the general argument about my new book, the long and disturbing story of corporations and catastrophe. I want to start just with a story. So in march of 1911 in a famous incident that many of you know, 146 young female, mostly immigrant workers died at the triangle shirtwaist factory fire in new york. And this event was, this event was precipitated by an industry that was highly exploy tative, the apparel industry. An industry where powerful garment firms, Department Stores in this case, contracted out to subcontractors to make clothing very cheaply. And the conditions in these sweatshops were terrible. There was everything there Sexual Exploitation of workers to very poor paid, safety issues. And the women went on strike in 1909 in whats called the uprising of the 20,000 in order to improve their lives. They lost on Workplace Safety, and two years later the cost of that was clear when 146 of them died. Because it was in downtown new york, famou
Here are some programs to watch on booktv this weekend. Live on in depth, historian Michael Korda discusses his many books and takes your calls. Booktv visits colorado springs, colorado, to talk with the citys authors and take in its literary sites. On after words, pulitzer prizewinning historian James Mcpherson recounts the life of confederate president Jefferson Davis as well as books about americas security concerns, the creation of the computer and the internet and military dogs. For more information on this weekends 48hour television schedule, visit us online at booktv. Org. Up next, a Panel Discussion on feminism in the United States from the 1920s to today featuring the coauthors of the recentlypublished book feminism unfinished. The program, hosted by New York University in new york city, is about an hour, 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. Im delighted to be here even though moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] im very glad to be here tonight as the moderator.
York university in new york city is about an hour and 20 minutes. [applause] good evening. I am delighted to be here. Moderation is not really my strong suit. [laughter] im very glad to be here tonight as the moderator and the book launch of feminism unfinished a short, surprising history of american Womens Movements. I will introduce the authors and a little while so let me first tell you what the format will be and then i will introduce our three speakers. We will have short tenminute presentations by the three speakers and then we will give the authors of five minutes or so to respond to their comments and then we will open up to the audience for questions and comments. And then of course at the end at 6 30 there will be a reception with wine and chiefs. Let me start by introducing in the order that they will speak the three speakers for this evening. Michelle chen a remarkably prolific journalist writes on economic social and political issues affecting women and lowwage workers in