Communicators on cspan 2. Announcer 2 november 7 marks the centennial of the birth of the soviet union in 1917 when bolshevik revolutionaries seized power from a provisional government that had been in place since the overthrow of the wash the russian monarchy earlier this year. Wall,962, the road to the narrated by actor james cagney. This army film prevents presents a criminal critical history beginning with the bolshevik revolution up to the construction of the berlin wall. This halfhour film was nominated for a 1963 short subject documentary for academy award. Narrator the roads and, roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. , some areell shod barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Some are so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest. It does not matter. Some are born on the roa
Narrator at the roads end, the wall. These are the people who live along the road. Some walk. Some ride. Some are well shod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. Narrator in the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher, karl marx, who maintained only there a system he calls communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the ro
Some ride. Some are wellshod, some are barefoot. Some are so young, they must be carried. Or so old. Of the hundreds of millions who take this road, some do so willingly. Others hope that the road leads to bread for the hungry, peace for the weary, land for the landless. Some protest openly. It does not matter. Some are born on the road. Many will die along the way. Havana, cuba, january, 1959. This road leads to this wall. Red china, september 1960. This road, this wall. Berlin, december 1961. This road, this wall. In the beginning, the road exists in the mind of a 19th century philosopher and scholar, karl marx, who maintained only through a system of communism can the worker and farmer avoid starvation and exportation. We declare openly, marx writes, that our ends can only be attained with the forcible seizure and overthrow of social conditions. Thus the road begins. Many who walk the road know its origins well. Many do not. Some must be taught by those who do not travel it. This is
Have shaped political attitudes, and given rise to political action. Our midmorning session is particularly exciting in this respect. The three historians before you are going to discuss how certain Major Intellectual figures of the long 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries have affected and in some cases may continue to affect american political thought. I will introduce our speakers alphabetically. Claire is a doctoral candidate at stanford university. Her research very well suited to this conversation interrogates the Cultural Exchange in the late 18th century through the cold war. Today she will discuss jon stewart middle, Harriet Tyler mill, and the coalescence of modern liberalism and the america from the 18th to the 1970s with particular attention paid to the middle of the 20th century. Peggy vandenberg is an associate professor of philosophy. At grand valley state university. Her teaching and research primarily concern the figures of the 18thcentury scottish enlightened. This morning
So much of this summit is concerned with the electoral history of progressivism and conservatism. Many of our speakers asked how the ideas and arguments of Major Political thinkers have made their way into the cultural conversation. Have shaped political attitudes, and given rise to political action. Our midmorning session is particularly exciting in this respect. The three historians before you are going to discuss how certain Major Intellectual figures of the long 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries have affected and in some cases may continue to affect american political thought. I will introduce our speakers alphabetically. Claire is a doctoral candidate in United States history at stanford university. Her research very well suited to for this conversation interrogates the Cultural Exchange in the late 18th century through the cold war. Today, she will discuss jon stewart middle, Harriet Tyler mill, and the coalescence of modern liberalism and the in america from the 18th to the 1970s w