Test. Test. Test. As you see over there on the left, the salon versus the church, the way the two parties were arguing which areas should get close first or reopened first, saloons, gambling houses versus churches. In some communities that mapped on to ljous sentiment or antisemitism or anticatholicism. Because remember this is an era of rising prohibition coming out of this. So it mapped on to different areas of politics to different regions related to what got privileged to the virus but not reaction to the virus itself. We will talk about that too. And a suf rujette handing out bonbons. And Warren Harding ran on the platform of world war i pushing the return to normalcy and return to society as we know it. As we take a step back, we saw pushback, protest and reemergence in that era. You may have heard about the antimask league. It was an organized league in San Francisco in early 1990s that pushed back against mask requirements that were mandatory. Antimask league is the only really
Historical precedent . 1918 is the one that comes to mind. And we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my good friend christopher nichols. He is a professor of history at oregon state. Hes also director there. Oregon state center for the humanities and founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. He also studied at harvard, waysleyan and at the university of virginia. Chris is an expert on, i would say, earliest parts of the 20th century. Of course, is he expanding out. He and i, before we came on, were just chatting about new work we have coming out on ideologies on u. S. Foreign policy. That book itself, that term, that title, was a seminole book in the field in 1987. Im really glad someone has decided to go in and update it, shall we say. Theres no better person to do it than chris. Will he talk to us about the 1918 pandemic. I would encourage you, as you look at your zoom screen, on the bottom youll see a q a button. Please, hit that button and submit your questions
The end of the year as the city tries to keep up with the increasing demand. San jose is going to grow more than San Francisco and oakland combined. Its becoming the Geographic Center and the driver of the bay area. Today architects and engineers lined up at city hall to get their plan for new projects approved. The city gave the green light for the developer to build a highrise behind the tech museum for hotels and offices. The city is going to the next level and we are taking advantage of this current economic break. And a lot of flips. Imported for the silicon valley. And a lot of these highrises are for workers and people asked what about Affordable Housing. Its an Affordable Housing project and the leaders admit we need more of them. Live in downtown san jose, nbc bay area. Its going to get more crowded in silicon valley. An Office Campus is planned near the expressway in north san jose. Boston properties submitted a plan to join the four others at that location. The Boston Proper
Latest policy will be found unconstitutional. Well get an update from the center for constitutional rights. Then to america severing Opioid Epidemic and how congress undermine efforts to restrict the flow of pain pills that led to tens of thousands of deaths. We will look at the secretive family making billions from the Opioid Crisis. That is the Sackler Family, owners of the comedy that invented oxycontin. We will speak with christopher glazek, the reporter who broke the story. Then to guantanamo where detainees onunger strike have accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in them starving to death as doctors stop forcefeeding them and are no longer monitoring their medical condition. We will go to london to speak with Clive Stafford smith of reprieve, which represents eit guantanamo prisosoners. If someone is going to die from starvation, should you go against their will and force feed them or not . When the british did that to the ira, we let them die. Amy a
To tens of thousands of deaths. We will look at the secretive family making billions from the Opioid Crisis. That is the Sackler Family, owners of the comedy that invented oxycontin. We will speak with christopher glazek, the reporter who broke the story. Then to guantanamo where detainees on Hunger Strike have accused officials of a sudden change in practice that could result in them starving to death as doctors stop forcefeeding them and are no longer monitoring their medical condition. We will go to london to speak with Clive Stafford smith of reprieve, which represents eight guantanamo prisoners. If someone is going to die from starvation, should you go against their will and force feed them or not . When the british did that to the ira, we let them die. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A federal judge in maryland has blocked parts of President Trumps most recent travel ban, dealing a second bl