Against american populism which began with wilson in world war one before that even before that. Gave rise to the decade political system and trouble thats right well i mean that there are a couple of ways to talk about it but you have to realize that populism which is an american invention well its used as a curse word you know by liberals in europe its an american invention and it describes a working Class Alliance between poor farmers the working class in the u. S. And initially at least africanamerican sharecroppers in the south and it was the most dangerous threat to the american all darkie that ever existed i urge your viewers to read lawrence goodwins the populist moment if they dont already know about it so they can learn about it but it was viewed as a threat by the original gilded age titans in the 1900 centuries they destroyed it. Part of it turned rancid and antisemitic and racist but it never went away and in a sense the the force of populism the program the omaha demands
A resurgence of grassroots populism to beat back the proto fascist forces that have the country in a death grip how can we make sure demagogues such as donald trump are denied power deedee couldnt plan the editor of the nation in the next republic the rise of a new radical majority profiles 9 activists including the labor activist jane mc alvey the mayor of jackson mississippi choke way and the environmental activist jane cleave who are battling back against the ruling elites joining me in the studio to discuss his book the next republic is d. D. Good and planned so i think you would argue that the assault against american populism which began with wilson in world war one before that even before that. Gave rise to the decayed political system and trump thats right well i mean that there are a couple of ways to talk about it but you have to realize that populism which is an american invention well its used as a curse word you know by liberals in europe its an american invention and it d
A very important thing to offer people they ought to be a very important part of any democratic small d. Politicians. Offer to voters and you know and the fact that the Democratic Party in fact had nothing to say about it for the last 16 years this is a tragedy. Who are the new progressive leaders who will lead the post trump return to democracy and civility in america how will we restore our Democratic Institutions and rest back control of our economy and political system from corporate oligarchy what are the most effective tactics that will see a resurgence of grassroots populism to beat back the protocol fascist forces that have the country in a death grip how can we make sure demagogues such as donald trump are denied power d. D. Plan the editor of the nation in the next republic the rise of a new radical majority profiles. 9 activists including the labor activist jane mick alvey the mayor of jackson mississippi choke way and the environmental activist jane cleave who are battling
very real. late today, we learned that some of the former presidents allies want him to publicly release surveillance camera video of agents searched catching mar-a-lago last week. remember he s already suggested on several occasions that they might ve planted evidence while they are executing the search warrant. there s no evidence of that at all. and just today, on his social network, he linked to an article describing the fbi as the quote fascist bureau of investigation. we talk more in a moment about the debate within the president circle over putting out the surveillance video or not. but according to reporting in the new york times, by cnn political political analyst maggie haberman, investigators already have some surveillance video from earlier, from before the raid, which they ve actually triggered the search. quoting now, officials then used a subpoena to obtain surveillance footage of the hallway outside the storage room at mar-a-lago, and saw something that alarm
Book and interesting conversation. Thank you very much. We are e calls, tweets and emails live from noon till three pm eastern. Go to book tv. Org for. Org for the complete weekend schedule. Welcome come everybody. I am the cofounder of civic hall. And briefly typical i should say is we have been here now almost two years. S. It grew out of an annual conference we do call personal Democracy Forum focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which both of our guests if we travel similar path. Two years ago we opened a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations focused on how to hack can be used for the public good. It is a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me say im excited for theme chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries how big organizing can changeies and everything because we are living in a very unusual time. It isnt just a moment after the election. We are living in an age or