Strength the stairs he kicks in is this the end of the middle east so will russia south africas unemployment ted a record high before the pandemic plus this fight to save the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. Hi im Steve Clements i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob blake and can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to su
The United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer endlessly joining us today is someone who has been thinking of preaching about these issues for decades he is professor cornell west one of the most prominent intellectuals alive professor west teaches at harvard and princeton universitys hes written 20 books and he still has time for his new weekly podcast and its great that tight rope. Professor west thank you so much for joining us recently i was at the National Museum of africanamerican history and culture and i saw the emmett till way i saw the wing that tells the story of the horrifying near genocide in tulsa in 1921 and if you can occur to me that george floyd a modern arbor Rionda Taylor could one day be a wing in a museum and we would still have everything the same today so let me just ask you bluntly is this is in Inflection Point to you or do you think that this is just
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question is there a connection between the shooting of jacob lake and can osha wall street capitalism and Excessive Military spending my guest today says there is lets get to the bottom line. When a policeman shot jacob blake 7 times in the back in front of his kids in wisconsin last month it was a painful reminder that real change is not coming fast enough to these United States the shooting reignited passions across the country especially after an armed white 17 year old counter protester came to wisconsin from a nearby state until 2 other people protesting the shooting so whats going on in the United States are we heading down a healthy road will race continue to be used cynically to get votes while the poor and disadvantaged continue to suffer endlessly joining us today is someone who has been thinking of preaching about these issues for decades he is professor cornell west one of the most prominent intellectuals alive professor west teaches at har
We are also filming for our own Youtube Channel and along the same lines we get to q a we have microphone set up over here also make sure your short question is a short question. If you havent yet bought a book we have copies also of his Childrens Book which our fun and interesting that make great gifts. We are here to listen to brad meltzer for his book the first conspiracy. Writing history with the same command of suspense and action made him one of the finest thriller writers he now tells the story of the plot to assassinate George Washington. Looking back he shows the iconic you have American Freedom was fraught with uncertainty. Only to become a target of the treasonous plot nonetheless. And both fans of thrillers and american history. We are in conversation tonight with the awardwinning documentary. Please help me welcome him to politics and prose. Welcome this is my first hometown bookstore and because i used to live here i can tell you this means a lot to me. You have relatives
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