The Atlanta History Center hosted the discussion and provided the video. Ms. Prescott hello, and welcome to the First Virtual author talk series. I am virginia prescott host for , these talks. Tonight i am talking with mab rest about her new book. You can purchase the book directly from a couple of books at the link provided at the Atlanta History Centers website. There is also a link to the right of your screen on the chat and there is desk that is also where you can ask westerns. Please submit your questions that i will try to integrate them as quickly as possible. Mab segrest is a Professor Emeritus of gender and womens studies at connecticut college, and a longterm activist and social justice moment activist in social justice movements. She is author of memoir of a race traitor. She is also the author of my mom scleral. Uar she is also an author of other books. Welcome. Mab i am delighted to be here. Ms. Prescott so, you spent more than a decade writing this book. What is it that f
Mean its the end of the year and as we sit down with family and friends for our annual season of holidays and good cheer waiting to ring in the new year it is important to take a moment or 2 take a moment or 2 and look back at what was the year that came before this day what took place around the world in our nation in our lives during those 300 some odd days that brought us to this very moment well today on the show we will do just that we will take some time to examine just a sampling from some of the biggest stories we covered all year long i mean weve got protesters aplenty from france hong kong to haiti all with the fires of change in their hearts some more celebrated some were shamed and some were tragically ignored by the world on a world scale and speaking of protesters you couldnt find a bigger cause than those carrying the banner of the Extinction Rebellion those brave souls who shut down streets glued themselves the capitol hill hallways and starved just to shake people in t
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And in worse or london, paris, and berlin. They are considered not only to be cheaper than the lives of americans, but even cheaper than expensive the nato military technology. It doesnt get any more of seen than that. And finally, this news, our indonesians probably celebrated on thursday to mark 78 years since the site they used to asian nation to 3rd independence from european ben colonial power, the netherlands. And so have a look at whats been happening, rang festive costumes and the tree bun performed in the capital object cartoon, while others conducted on artillery salute. Indonesia initially proclaimed its independence in 1945, 4 years after that, the current modern state was published Independence Day is one of the most important the widely celebrated holidays in the worlds 4th most populated nation rush relations to them. No one is the easiest way to rewrite history. Some Eastern European countries believe removing money must changing screw textbooks as a way to go. But what
And the soldiers in poland, to crane and the Baltic States. This woman, a man and his date toys, the young girl, an officer. Everyone had an opinion on something to say, well, almost everyone. And no one of them will come to fax it monuments to the soldiers and that well with being demolished in neighboring countries. There are many reasons for that. Above all, people who live in russia, one way or another, have a direct connection to those monuments. Because no one family or even person was bad from the terrible calamity we call war. Theres no one who doesnt have the blood of heroes soldiers in front line fight, as it never rains over. Because on the homefront who gave everything for the front, well, those who died in camps in occupied lands, all who went missing old mounted a banner judge, took a bullet for brothers in arms. Also those who joined partisans or the resistance everyone the, the russians cool. The people the, the poland was one of the European Countries itself and most o