A hello, and welcome to this special edition of conflict zone on the crisis in hong kong. Over the last year, weve interviewed several probate janan prodemocracy figures, and we challenge them all to justify what theyve done and said some of their arguments have clearly failed to stand the test of time. Nathan law, a leading prodemocracy activist, fled to london in june after a warrant was issued for his arrest. This week i asked him if youd ever believed his movement could take on beijing and when i think we have already achieved a lot of things where demonstrate the courage and bravery of hong kong people and making sure the well knows that well received thing and collaborating in combating the authoritarian expansion of china. So i think we have awakened the world, but the result isnt in doubt, is it . China will get its way. Beijing will get its way, wont it . While beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. And as a matter of fact, the world ha
Considering all of the predictions of doom and gloom. And then we see that the, the coalition that was behind joe biden, its quite fragile right now. And if you look at the demographic vote voting demographics, a lot of surprises there too. Going to the g. O. P. So what are your major takeaways in this postmortem of this election . Well, i think the 1st thing to note is that, you know, of course the election has not officially been called yet. Electors do not vote in this ember 48. Just have to put that disclaimer out there. You know, of course press is still calling for biden, but trump does have legal challenges regarding the partys having right now. Both of them are much more divided than i think they ever have been with the democrats, we have course, have the establishment more moderate people like joe biden, even though i hesitate to call him a moderate nowadays. But you also have the more progressive branch of the democrats, people like a. S. C. Even his running mate come on, har
But dont go too far as more great programs get going in moments live from moscow. This is your r. T. International join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guest of the world of politics or business. Im showbusiness. Ill see if hello and welcome to cross talk. Were all things are considered. Im Peter Lavelle now for the post mortem. How have the 2 Major Political parties changed in this election cycle . Can joe biden maintain an already weakened and divided Democratic Coalition . Is there such a thing as trump ism . Did he change the g. O. P. Or did the g. O. P. Change him . To discuss these issues and more, im joined by my guest, nate brown in washington. He is the National Coordinator with the movement for a Peoples Party also in washington. We have arvind balrog. He is a former Libertarian Party president ial candidate, as well as author of the book, pull out men modern life and mutiny. And in montreal, we have lauren chen. She is a you tuber and host o
Allow and welcome to this special edition of conflict zone on the crisis in hong kong. Over the last year, weve interviewed several probate janan prodemocracy figures, and we challenge them all to justify what theyve done and said some of their arguments have clearly failed to stand the test of time. Nathan law, a leading prodemocracy activist, fled to london in june after a warrant was issued for his arrest. This week i asked him if youd ever believed his movement could take on beijing and when i think we have already achieved a lot of things where demonstrate the courage and bravery of how come people and making sure the well knows that well received thing and collaborating in combating the authoritarian expansion of china. So i think we have awakened the world, but the result isnt in doubt is it, china will get its way, will get its way, wont it . While beijing has been suppressing hong kong people at the cost of our basic freedom. And as a matter of fact, the world has been reactin
Is above the law. Everyone is subject to the same set of laws and minister by the same system. I dont think they should. There should be any exception just because they call themselves freedom fighters, or they call themselves freedom fighters. Just trying to establish democracy, democratic rules that you didnt support the crackdown on the prodemocracy Movement Last summer. Why last summer, what happened was not a crackdown on prodemocracy movement. The protests against a controversial piece of legislation turn soon turned violent. It became very filings. There were attacks on police headquarters, siege of universities pouring, setting innocent bystander on fire, killing a cleaner with a piece of break. It was very violent, but who in signs of this violence was it, was it only to the demonstrators who incited this violence up the, the person was set on fire by one of the, the activists or one of those supporters of the activism activist movement. You know, no one is above the law, you