A put the progressive on the panel here what is the state of the Progressive Movement now you did get the vote out for joe biden you did it at least rhetorically and publicly close ranks and as the presumptive president of the United States next will be inaugurated in january hes done everything his power to shown progressive so was it worth it why i would say that progressive is extremely fractured at this moment there are a lot of people on the left who feel that now that were taken for granted and alosi as all are some progress that a lot of people oppose all the progress that it has become a reprinting a new wing of the Democratic Party one that isnt really challenging the status quo politicians even if you look at the squad theyre not really challenging nancy pelosi when it comes to that is mall stimulus package she just pushed out which they. Simply cut the money and haves from what was initially going to happen so there is a huge fracturing in the Progressive Movement it is a lo
Politics come january and joe biden is on the russian team and ill be back in one hours time at 7 am moscow time to bring you that i just updates join us again but. Hello and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im purely belle what is the fate of the Progressive Movement can we continue to coexist with the mainstream establishment left is its current trajectory. And 10 progressive part of a greater political realigning. To discuss this and more im joined by my guests jamie right in los angeles she is the founder of the right bob firm and political and also in los angeles we have 3 around let is about she is an independent journalist and cohost of the condo couch and in new york we have john burnett he is cochair of Public Affairs and Public Policy for new York Republican State Committee are across up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it was going to an los angeles as a put the progressive on the panel here what is the state o
Is still being done. Todays talk is the eighth this calendar year and we have one more in november when we will hear from charles stuart, Political Science professor at m. I. T. , longtime friend and supporter of this center who will talk about his coauthored book about electing the senate and direct democracy before the 17th amendment. That ought to be a pretty good talk. I have been looking forward to hosting todays guests. Since i first saw her in action at last years policy history conference chairing a panel that included members and that will include a tax historian who is in the audience today. Thank you for attending, carl. And we will hear from carl soon. Molly is an associate professor of history at Washington University and received her ph. D. Degree from the university of michigan. She is the author of the highly regarded tax and spend, the welfare state, tax politics, and the limits of american liberalism. She will also Say Something about her current book project which bu
Katherine bentoncohen on the progressive era. Our goal today is to think about what progressivism was, and to think about what i think its core dialectic was. The tension between democracy and efficiency. These were both ideals that people from a Broad Spectrum of political backgrounds believes was important, and they believed they were not incompatible, but you can see ways that they were fundamentally at some tension. Throughout class think about democracy versus efficiency. So the central question for historians of the early 20th century is what is progressivism. A famous article that came in and out 1982 was titled in search of progressivism. They knew it existed but quibbling about what counted, what it started, when it ended. Some people were limited only to the Political Party where it was named and others define it more broadly. For me in this class this is howly define progressivism. In the broadest sense, it was the way a whole generation of americans defined themselves polit
Provide an outright majority but the party more than doubles its seats. The Third Largest in parliament. Saudi announces it will sell up to 0. 5 of shares to Retail Investors and stays mum on what could be the worlds ever largest mistake. Well, good morning and welcome to street signs a check on markets and how they are fairing this morning a wall of red for asia and nikkei down a quarter of a percentage point but a big move for the shanghai currencies. Big mover in the hong kong index here this after Hong Kong Police opened fire on protesters during todays morning commute, leaving one man in critical condition. Now, these latest demonstrations come after prodemocracy lawmakers were arrested on saturday it weighed on stocks in asia, as i have been recounting shanghai actually the lowest, the most its dropped in the last four months for more inform oiation on whata been happening getting sold on rare week day violence as weekend unrest rolls over to the citywide protests on monday drops