Live coverage here on cspan 3. Congressman walker, we are on the record so i will repeat what i said previously, because our friend who is injured because he tried to wrestle me, he has made the decision to briefly pause his career in Public Service and i dont believe it is the last chapter by any sense of the word, but to say so definitively on the record has been one of the greatest honors of my life, serving on this subcommittee with m mr. Walker and i look forward to serving with you in many different capacities for many years to come, sir. So this subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on confronting the rise in antisemitic domestic terrorism. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point without objection, members not on the Committee Shall be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. And i will make it quick, because im very eager to hear the testimony of the experts b
These prisoners have become the rallying point of the catalogue movement in our 2nd week sport with a catalan minister whether the confrontation between catalonia and spain and maybe move from the streets to unlike in this program we examine how the movement for cattle an independent system fell it from the grassroots upwards and to explore with an Interested International observer had the standoff between the Spanish State and catalonia might be resolved. In many campaigns internationally starting from the anti vietnam war protests in america to Current Events in hong kong students have been in the vanguard of protest catalonia is no different with students from the university of barcelona can take 4 weeks in support of the imprisoned independence campaigners alex joined them to discuss their campaign. Well here in the very. Instead of attending to the studies the students. Say the university well if you doing. Well this is were here as a reaction to a sentencing made by the. Spanish
A social aspect to this camp everything has a basis in the fight that all of us here share we organize everything from. Debates between the different people who are here camps to different speakers who come in tell us about all sorts of different issues we have people and talked about different ways of protecting ourselves and also we had people come and talk to us about the situation in kurdistan and south america to a different bites that are. Going on. In the rest. Situation and looking to the way to one of the well we believe that our fight. Is part of a more global issue. Involves many other people who are also oppressed by different oppressive regimes and so thats something that we think is important even though what were here fighting for we know is a very is a more concrete issue. Well it seems to be pretty overwhelming from the young people here outside the universe their boss alone and University Square that they are very hopeful that will be a Better Future of catalonia im v
The Spanish State and catalonia might be resolved. In many campaigns internationally stretching from the un to vietnam war protests in america to Current Events in hong kong students have been in the vanguard of protest catalonia its no different with students from the university of barcelona camped out for weeks in support of the imprisoned independence campaigners alex joined them to discuss their campaign. Well here in the very. Instead of attending to the studies the students. Can say the university well if you doing. Well this is were here as a reaction to a sentencing made by the. Spanish Supreme Court which had sentenced some of our political leaders to jail for giving us a referendum so that we could terminate our future as a people. Were going to be here until you can see what our demands are the amnesty of our Political Prisoners of all Political Prisoners. A free a dignified future and the end of oppression. And tomorrow will be a week determined to stay here. Are you doing
Nations in Eastern Europe but thats a kind of a narrative that is very western i suppose but i lived there it was i dont have that same kind of feel for it ok though having said that im very glad those communist regimes are gone and the wall go ahead john. You know well like you peter i lived through those events very directly like you i was studying Eastern European studies at oxford at that point i spent that summer in 1909 in romania and and indeed in september 89 i was in west berlin and was there when the 1st east berlin is arrived in west berlin having driven through czechoslovakia hungry austria and the whole of germany so i have a very strong memory of it as well i would make 2 points the 1st is that none of it would have happened without gorbachev decision to pull the rug on the Eastern European communist regimes that was decision he took in june and which he announced to the german chancellor helmut kohl at the time and all. The events that we remember now the jangling of key