I have a hunch this is going to be an animated conversation. So so joe and i weve had a lot of guest speakers over the years and from all different walks of life there hasnt been a conversation i have looked forward to more than this. So i am honored. I hope i dont disappoint. I dont think you will. I think you will. Let me just give a little background on joe and then you and i are going to have a conversation. Oh, i bet my son wrote this trying to please his mom for a change please and for a change. I should introduce your son. Where is loki . Hes over yonder somewhere in arizona. Hes won a number of of emmys. Hes a Film Producer and wrote a book that im going to recommend to you a terrific read. And were going to talk about it. Its out there. A terrific. That is the story of joans journey in the Civil Rights Movement. But you could substitute the words war on poverty and the experiences here. Here we are joined so closely. Their journey is our journey. And it is. Were going to talk
Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, historians discuss the social and political impact of several events leading up to the civil war. Including the fugitive slave act and abolitionist john browns raid on a federal armory at harpers fairy. Erry. This was part of Yale Universitys Gilder Lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition. This was the most fun to , deciding which events, which problems, which moments of the precivil war era would we represent. Said, thisanna and is one you should moderate. Speak on no, i want to it. [laughter] which is great. Hook herst trying to into being moderator. The shock of events. The passage by douglas at the nation, the way he put it, not educated by theory, they are taught by events. We all know, we lived through events that no one predicts. Who predicted pearl harbor . Some people, sort of. Who predicted the end of the cold war in 89 . 9 11 . Last ye
The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear deal after headlines. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is facing protests from members of his own syriza party after accepting harsh austerity measures in exchange for an international ba
Latest. Then to athens greece where Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras is facing backlash from within his own syriza party for accepting austerity measures in exchange for a new bailout package. The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear
Latest. Then to athens greece where Prime Minister Alexis Tspiras is facing backlash from within his own syriza party for accepting austerity measures in exchange for a new bailout package. The people need to send a message, just as they sent one from the polls last week, that these measures will not be accepted. They are not allowed. We need to stand tall and be strong. Amy than Governor Walker makes 15. We go to wisconsin where he has launched his president ial bid. President obama grants clemency to 46 men and women who faced decades in prison for nonviolent, drug offenses. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has reached a Historic Deal with the United States and five major world powers capping more than a decade of negotiations. Under the deal, sanctions imposed on iran would be lifted in return for iran agreeing to longterm curbs on its nuclear program. Well go to vienna for more on the nuclear