Cure rater of votes for women, a r portrait of persistence. For this exhibition, i worked about three and a half years researching, teaching myself this history and finding all the objects. In this exhibition, we had about 124 objects of which there are 63 portraits and in cure rating the exhibition, i was hoping to tell the history of the 19th amendment and how women lobbied to get this amendment passed and ratified, but also ask questions about it. And ask what does it do and what does it not do. And why 1965 and the Voting Rights act is considered another sort of part two of the 19th amendment. So if youre fol low me, im going to take you through the exhibition and show you a few of the objects that tell this history. So lets go. Were in the first gallery of the exhibition and i mentioned that we have portraits that drive the narrative, but i also wanted to include in the exhibition pieces of art. Like the one were looking at which is titled the war spirit at home. Its by a female a
Initiative in resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea after years of hostility and a 27 year old german man admits to planning a massacre at a synagogue on wednesday tonight we ask how much protection do germanys jewish communities need and are they getting what they need. Its good to have you with us at the beginning of the week it was a green light from the white house tonight its a red light from the pentagon tonight the u. S. Military is warning turkey that its incursion into syria could jeopardize progress against socalled Islamic State and is calling on its new ally to Halt Operations the u. N. Says a. 100000 civilians have fled their homes since the offensive began just 3 days ago the assault is also raising fears of an Islamic State comeback as kurdish led forces in the region say they cannot detain i guess prisoners and hold back the Turkish Military at the same time. The kurds Worst Nightmare attacked on all sides pounded by turkish artillery again on friday so
In 2015, she was sexually assaulted by a member of the Stanford University swim team, brock turner. He was later sentenced to just six months in jail sparking nationwide outrage in the recall of the judge. The text of her victim impact statement was read by millions around the world. Today Chanel Miller will join us to talk about her remarkable new memoir titled know my name. In court was so stripped of identity. You dont have any. You dont have characteristic traits. Your spoken about in terms of being a some of your body parts and really nothing more than that. So coming forward is my way of saying, i have a history. I have people that love me and i also have talent in writing. Amy today, Chanel Miller for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In northern syria, dozens have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes amid the Turkish Military offensive against kurdishcontrolled areas
Time after time say welcome to this going underground special edition when the fight for the commons as the odds on favorite to become next u. K. Prime minister jeremy cooled and promises an immediate Nationalization Program we investigate the battle against inclusion of the labor Party Advisor in a revolutionary struggle in the bow and we go to london state britain wont cover the inequality fight a revolutionary so who posted jacobin up just William Blake the author of englands unofficial anthem jerusalem but before we speak historian putin about about his new book red round blue book burning its titled derived from William Blakes poem visions of the daughters of albion we go to the tate britain where we began our interview with curator Martin Maroney by asking him about that this is a big exhibition is over 300 in the exhibition by plate his prints his drawings and also his illuminated books and with a series of books in the 79 to this revolutionary decade with the revolution in fran
Well people he could if he wanted to or theres something going on between text and images albeit being a revolutionary jacobin symbol as well of this being that interpretation which is which. Are open to interpretation and certainly theyve been radical sentiments and there are radical present radical symbolism in sentiments in place and were going to be talking later in the program about a friend of. The Great British war hero. Hes a radical William Blake put at the same term theres a painting of nelson here a picture of nelson here showing less sympathy for radicalism argument really key exhibits. For the exhibition dealing with blakes one man show 1819 the key exhibits which weve got here are allegorical paintings of nelson and the Prime Minister pitt and theyre both shown as figures guiding biblical monsters and by. In chaos on the destruction of the world thats very we know that blake was not a tory we know from voting records that he voted for the wake of the big opposition and se