Said that it was called true crime but we wanted it to be a social issue and explain a creature like whitey could only exist in a certain time and place and pecuer pucular to boston because the irish were in control of politics, Law Enforcement and business. The influence of the Italian Mafia the fbi could create a National Policy to go after the mafia and use whitey to say they were being used to help get the mafia. This is a story with great sweep. And there was a guy named John Mccormick who was the representative from boston. Dot. He did because if youre an fbi agent your prestige, status within the bureau is based on creating informants. And Whitey Bulger was seen as a very high level organizedcrime figure. There was an ulterior motive. He wanted to protect the Whitey Bulger family. He was very close. So a lot of and you know, i think you all probably know that Martin Scorsese did a film, the departed, which is the very, very loosely based on the whitey character. But the whole st
[applause] thank you. Thank you all for coming out on a Beautiful Day here we are. We dont gate lot of those here. Im phil rosin that with the chicago tribune. Im with ken cull less than, cull less than and Shelley Murphy who are here not to do scouting on the Chicago Black hawks. [laughter] but talk about their new book on Whitey Bulger. The boston mobster caught on the lam after sixteen years. And first of all,let get the you have boston journalists for a long time. Between us its probably like what . Sixty years . [laughter] weve been chasing him combined total fifty years each. Wow. At this point in journalism, having a job is its own reward. You have an armful of to if i. A pulitzer prize, its an impressive list. You know, its a wonderful book. The thing that i was reminded of at the beginning, something when i was a kid my father was taking friend of mine to see butch cass did i did. He said whatever the movie makes of them, they are the bad guys. And the ore thing that reminded
So from the protest based politics to the electoral institutional government organized politics in which we sought to gain office and get on the school board, the city council, to be in the office, to become governors, and yes evin president s. I think, however, that what the current moment ought to be telling us is of those of us who understand that the black Freedom Movement was a Freedom Movement and not just the movement for civil rights can no longer rely exclusively on the strategy of the electoral the government politics. For the me the question becomes what form leadership do we need, and where ought that leadership to come from . Well, im persuaded that leadership is almost certainly not going to come from the main stream of the democratic party. And theres no way its going to come from the republican party. So i think we need to look, my brothers, sisters, friends, fellow citizens, to the left. And to the left which understands the fundamental and intransigent resistance of a
scouting on the chicago black hawks. [laughter] but talk about their new book on whitey bulger. the boston mobster caught on the lam after sixteen years. and first of all,let get the you have boston journalists for a long time. between us it s probably like what? sixty years? [laughter] we ve been chasing him combined total fifty years each. wow. at this point in journalism, having a job is its own reward. you have an armful of to if i. a pulitzer prize, it s an impressive list. you know, it s a wonderful book. the thing that i was reminded of at the beginning, something when i was a kid my father was taking friend of mine to see butch cass did i did. he said whatever the movie makes of them, they are the bad guys. and the ore thing that reminded of is the old line from mel brookeson, the 2,000-year-old man asked about robin hood and he said, what about robin hood? he stole from the rich and gave to the poor. it s nonsense. he stole everything and kept everything. how d
average of the chicago tribune fest continues as douglas foster who spoke after mandela looked at post-apartheid south africa. and marvin kalb present his book the road to war. live coverage of the 2013 printers role that fast includes a conversation between edward and john glassy. that is our live from the printer s row that fast in chicago. our first panel of the day with walter jacobson and keith koenenman. i had no idea, never thought about doing it and never tried to do on it. when i retired five years ago for the first time the michael jordan of local television. in my business retirement is often compulsory. the latest as the air gets grayer, the less management wants you to be part of the team. the first time i retired i was ready to retire, 45 years in the business and i just went off thinking about myself, i had been under so many years of such severe deadlines that i never had a chance to think about what i was doing to myself and what i did for others to n