Church dispensation for six royal marriages. Court yearcourt years installedn Supreme Court and royal beheadings, if only for sport. He craved the occasional royal procession and gasp, the eventual royal succession. He gets his way and lets the public have something to say. If we let him all have his favorite things, the divine right of kings. Hello everyone and welcome to the Virtual Program at the Commonwealth Club of california. Im a senior partner emeritus at mckinsey and company and a member of the Commonwealth Club board of directors. Today i will be moderating the program. We would like to thank our members, donors and supporters for making this and all of our other programs available. We are grateful for your support and hope others will follow their examples to support the club, particularly during these uncertain times. Today im particularly pleased to be joined by john lithgow, an awardwinning actor and author of a new book, trumpty dumped wanted a crown. He is known for his
3 am here in the capital. Welcome to the program and we start with breaking news this hour protesters. Gate leading to the state committee for National Security in protest disputed elections the former kid gives president whod been convicted of corruption has also been released after demands from demonstrators where the current president is urging protest organizers to be reasonable crowds of petrol bombs and stones broke into the National Parliament which houses the president ial office. Thank god the countrys Health Ministry is reporting 120 people have been injured about half of those are Police Officers the opposition is demanding a new election as the vote was dominated by the 2 progovernment parties both taking 107. 00 out of the 2 after the 120. 00 contested seats or many claim the vote was rigged and after opposition parties were said to have failed to meet the minimum threshold needed to win any seat Central Square has previously been the flashpoint of 2 revolutions in 2005201
From moscow thanks for joining us that i thought international this welcomes program it was thought with breaking news this hour. Have torn down a gate leading to the state committee for National Security in protest disputed elections the former president whod been convicted of corruption has also been released after demands from demonstrators the president is urging protest organizers to be reasonable. With petrol bombs and stones broke into the National Parliament which houses the president ial office. I was actually. I. I well the countrys Health Ministry is reporting more than 120 people have been injured about half of those are Police Officers the opposition is that morning a new election as the vote was dominated by the 2 progovernment parties both taking 107. 00 out of the 120. 00 contested seats and many claim vote was rigged after opposition parties were said to have failed to meet the minimum needed to win a seat. Central square has previously been the flashpoint of 2 revolut
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Candidate, eugene debs. This is a class at columbia university, of course i called the american radical tradition, and we started with the American Revolution and have been going through the Abolitionist Movement, early feminism, the civil war reconstruction, labor conflict and the gilded age, the populist movement, and now we are sort of entering into the 20th century and in the next couple of weeks, we will look at the progressive era, a period of, a lot of labor unrest, Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the four. Municipal reform, many other things, but today our subject is, the socialist party, the rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in new early 20th century. On our reading list, the chapter by michael kaizen gives a good quick summary on the various kinds of socialism at the time. From 1860 onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the United States, but largely confined to immigrants from europe, particu