Joining us today from around the country and around the world. For those of you that dont know me i am jen johnson, currently chief of staff at Chicago Teachers Union and also a history teacher, missing my classroom but grateful for the work im doing today and ill be moderating our conversation but before i introduce the amazing eve ewing we have to thank the organizers of this event, haymarket books. Theyre amazing, theyve been doing so many fantastic events and something really exciting going on right now is there having a 50 percent off sale on their website so you can go to haymarket books. Org and purchase eaves poetry books collective arches and 1819, this is critical reading and its 50 percent off right now and what else are you going to do but be at home, read, turn off the netflix and read these books. Haymarket has other events lined up coming up this week and next week so check out the website for the full schedule, haymarket books. Org. And this friday so tomorrow at 7 pm e
Before i introduced the amazing eve ewing. We have to think the organizers of this event they been doing 70 fantastic events like this. Theyre having a 50 off sale on our website. You can actually go to haymarket books. Org this is critical. It required reading in its 50 off right now. And what else i get to do besides read and turn off the netflix. They have other events lined up coming up this week. Check out their website for the full schedule. Haymarket books. Org. At 7 00 p. M. Eastern there will be a special homemade poetry reading. And then next tuesday may 19 at 5 00 p. M. Eastern there is an event about abolish eyes. It is not just a slogan immigrant justice with authors and activists. These are great events such act them out. Im also really excited to plug a new venture that weve been working on. Its a partnership with fax 32 fox 32 and my fox chicago. They help students in chicagoland who do not had access to online digital curriculum. They can tune in and see the occasional
[inaudible conversations] printer row litfest. Before we get started id like to send out a special thank you to the lit fest sponsors. We are broadcasting live on cspan2s booktv so well leave time to end of the presentation for audience questions. When youre prompted, please come on up here to the microphone and speak into the microphone with a question so our Live Television audience can hear the question. You can keep the spirit of the lit fest going all year long with a description to the printers row journal the tribunes premium book section fiction series and membership program. Also please download the tribunebooks app from more info on the lit fest and access to the digital book store. Finally, the lit fest is very big on social media so feel free to take photographs and send messages, upload them to twitter, facebook, and instagram with the hash tag prlf15. Grandfather we begin the program, please remember too silence your telephones and turn off the flash on any cameras and wi
Remember what it was like president obama had been elected on this massive wave of hope and enthusiasm. On election day 2008 elected on this amazing wave. The countrys at his back. All the forces of history are behind him, and he proceeded to continue the policies of president bush essentially unchanged. Im referring to his policies towards wall street, towards the investment banks. No big banks were ever put into receivership, no bailouts were unwound. No elite bankers were ever prosecuted. Obama and his democrats refused to change course when every sign was telling them to turn. When it would have been good policy to turn. When it would have been overwhelmingly popular to turn. When the country fully expected them to turn. And when i say the country, i mean the bankers themselves. The wall street bankers thoughtl they were going to be taken to the woodshed. And when it was fully within the president s and his partys power to steer this country in a different direction, they didnt do
The party the people this is live coverage on book tv on cspan2. Good morning and welcome. I would like to give a special thank you to all of the festival sponsors. The theme for this years festival is what is your story and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook. You can keep the spirit going by downloading the printers row app where you will find the Chicago Tribune premium book contents free and discounted ebooks for subscribers and that complete printers row schedule. Demo today and you get a free ebook and five dollars off merchandise. Todays program is being broadcast live on cspan twos book tv. We will leave about 10 minutes at the end for a q a session with the Live Audience here, so when the time comes if you have a question, please lineup at the microphone to your right so the home viewing audience can hear your questions. Lastly, before we begin this program i ask that you silence your phones and turn off the flashes on