Has appeared in many areas. Hes from vermont and is a distinguished professor sociology the Graduate Center and the author of the bestselling for Peoples Movement regulating the poor and why americans dont vote with the late richard gaye. Please join me in using your zoom clap or heart reactions to welcome him to your living room. High everyone thanks for joining us. Fran can hear me with the thumbs up . Yes i can hear you hello everyone. Should we begin our discussion . Sure, sure. Jamie, why dont you begin by telling us a little bit about the book and especially about why you were inspired to work on it. Thanks for hosting this event ive had the pleasure of working with fran for a very long time ive always appreciated your support. So, this latest book, came out with an interest i had a very long time ago i guess about always having a political sensibility that the reduction of worktime is a public good. And should be a goal of social movements. And, it was not until i got to middleb
Companies as a Public Service and brought you today, your television provider. Up next, the Manhattan Project is a subject of a lecture by George Mason University history professor Martin Sherman is the author of a world destroyed, harris she met and its like a cease and a coauthor of a pulitzer winner, mr. Sherman details the development of the atomic bomb, beginning with the discovery efficient in 1938 through the use of atomic bombs in cities like kawasaki and hershey. The event was hosted in washington d. C. It is just under two hours. Our speaker tonight is martin sure. When hes the professor at the history at martin mason. Hes also the author of a world destroyed, the atomic bomb and the world, alliance which won the historic foreign relations, as well as the american book prize. It was a 1975 finalist for it is subtitled hiroshima and its legacies. Hes held appointments at the cardoza fund, visiting as this thing professor at American History at Yale University and as the burnet
Remembering victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb killed 140000 people. And under the shadow of the Pandemic Police in argentina are tightening a rise in crime. Welcome to the program a dying humanitarian situation is coming into focus in lebanon 2 days after a large explosion tore through its capital there are concerns about Food Security after the destruction of beirut support which is the main route for supplies coming in the country imports up to 80 percent of its food and the economy minister has warned that lebanon is not financially capable of dealing with the impact of the explosion and will need International Help several countries are already dispatching about agency 8 including food and fuel to mobile hospitals a medical personnel senator is in beirut with more the ongoing rescue and recovery missions. Dozens remain missing Search Operations are continuing we are outside beirut court the site of the massive explosions that the steroid muc
Japan remembers the worlds 1st atomic bombs 75 years ago and at this time there are extra precautions. Welcome to the program lebanons appealing for International Help after it was left devastated by a huge explosion a humanitarian crisis is developing 2 days after the blast shredded the heart of its capital city beirut it destroyed the citys poor and more than half of the countrys Food Supplies come through there its top medical equipment was among the items lost in the explosion now a number of countries have already sent help including food fuel mobile hospitals and medics among them france hes president and also arrived in beirut earlier. That really does see the today the priority is aid to support the people without conditions but france has been warning for many months and years that the conditions here demand reform and Energy Public markets to fight against corruption and of reforms are not made in lebanon will continue to suffer and information that officials knew volatile ma
Parliamentary elections a poll that could cement the president s grip on power. Remembering the victims of hiroshima japan marks 75 years since the worlds 1st atomic bomb which killed a 140000 people. To the sport go 1st major coronavirus pandemic gets on the word as the worlds greatest players compete at the p. G. A. Championship. French president emanuel macron has pledged his support during a visit to beirut 2 days after a large explosion devastated parts of the lebanese capital hes visited the harbourside blast zone where angry crowds have vented their anger the government told them that french aid would not go to corrupt hands and that hell negotiate a new political pact with lebanese traitors. Its similar to our its my duty to help you as a people to bring you medicine to make sure you are fed and to help you reconstruct i can guarantee to be transparent and i will guarantee you will not go into corrupt hands. 7 while the explosion on tuesday destroyed the citys port where more t