A resurgence of grassroots populism to beat back the proto fascist forces that have the country in a death grip how can we make sure demagogues such as donald trump are denied power deedee couldnt plan the editor of the nation in the next republic the rise of a new radical majority profiles 9 activists including the labor activist jane mc alvey the mayor of jackson mississippi choke way and the environmental activist jane cleave who are battling back against the ruling elites joining me in the studio to discuss his book the next republic is d. D. Good and planned so i think you would argue that the assault against american populism which began with wilson in world war one before that even before that. Gave rise to the decayed political system and trump thats right well i mean that there are a couple of ways to talk about it but you have to realize that populism which is an american invention well its used as a curse word you know by liberals in europe its an american invention and it d
A very important thing to offer people they ought to be a very important part of any democratic small d. Politicians. Offer to voters and you know and the fact that the Democratic Party in fact had nothing to say about it for the last 16 years this is a tragedy. Who are the new progressive leaders who will lead the post trump return to democracy and civility in america how will we restore our Democratic Institutions and rest back control of our economy and political system from corporate oligarchy what are the most effective tactics that will see a resurgence of grassroots populism to beat back the protocol fascist forces that have the country in a death grip how can we make sure demagogues such as donald trump are denied power d. D. Plan the editor of the nation in the next republic the rise of a new radical majority profiles. 9 activists including the labor activist jane mick alvey the mayor of jackson mississippi choke way and the environmental activist jane cleave who are battling
People that make them happen but at what cost well look at the Health Risks Involved friends, families and neighbors are forced to find new way to congregate and socialize in this new world of social distancing some new ideas for you as we kick off this early stuz the good morning im phillip mena im frances rivera. It has been nearly two weeks since the coronavirus was labeled a Global Pandemic and it is spreading fast. America now has the hughest rate of increase in the world confirmed cases have surpassed 46,000 monday was the deadliest day so far with phase tallties surging into the triple digits pushing the death toll to 549. Could the olympics be pushed back a year . In an interview with the committee member, he says the postponement for the olympics has been decided and could be moved to 2021. Amazon is tightening its grip of people trying to profit from the panhandle its pulled over half a million listings and suspended nearly 4,000 accounts for price gouging. Britains Prime Min
Dont forget, we have heard a huge amount of noise over the last few minutes, last few days, i should say from various politicians in germany and on that front, i want to bring in my colleague, anita we have heard again and again and again from analysts, from economies they would like to see fiscal stimulus in germany whats the latest when it comes to government appetite, political appetite for that possibility . Actually the better the Business Indicators are getting the less appetite is there i think the rational in germany among politicians in berlin any way was always a recession in their ideas when they see it already on the labor market. With we see deterioration in unemployment numbers thats the moment when politicians in germany would be willing to act in terms of fiscal spending. The more were getting away from that, the less well likely see a big bang for the stimulus package coming out of germany. What we might actually get is some tax free forms that at least in preparation
Congressional history and education hosted this event. Jay welcome, ladies and gentlemen to the robert c. Byrd center for congressional history and education. I think i know most of you. In case you dont know me, i am jay wyatt, i am the director here at the byrd center. I thank you for joining us as we celebrate Constitution Day. With the 15th annual memorial lecture on the u. S. Constitution. Constitution day, as im sure many of you know, was yesterday. We are a little bit belated in celebrating, but thats ok. Before i get started i want to take a minute to recognize the passing of Cokie Roberts. Many of you were here in july when cokie and Steve Roberts very graciously came out and participated in an event on the stage to help us raise money for our Internship Program and we had a wonderful dinner afterward. They could not have been more generous and considerate. I just want to say that our thoughts and prayers are dedicated to them. As we are Getting Started here, i want to gently