September 20. Amy is millions of students plan to walk out friday in a Global Climate strike, we spend the hour with naomi klein, author of the new book on fire the case for a Green New Deal. Growing climatehe crisis and once the globe is fafacing the beginning of climae barbarism. We sometimes talk about how governments are not responding, particularly like the Trump Administration. But the truth is we are seeing a response to ththe climate crisi. We are seeing climate adaptation, and it is taking the form of borders, the form of rising white supremacy, natitionalism of all kinds thats actually using fears of resource scarcity to fuel this agenda. Amy today, naomi klein for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has rejected possible talks with thehe United States as tensions between the two countries continue to mount following weekend drone attacks on major Oil Facilities in saudi arabia. T
September 20. Amy is millions of students plan to walk out friday in a Global Climate strike, we spend the hour with naomi klein, author of the new book on fire the case for a Green New Deal. Growing climatehe crisis and once the globe is fafacing the beginning of climae barbarism. We sometimes talk about how governments are not responding, particularly like the Trump Administration. But the truth is we are seeing a response to ththe climate crisi. We are seeing climate adaptation, and it is taking the form of borders, the form of rising white supremacy, natitionalism of all kinds thats actually using fears of resource scarcity to fuel this agenda. Amy today, naomi klein for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has rejected possible talks with thehe United States as tensions between the two countries continue to mount following weekend drone attacks on major Oil Facilities in saudi arabia. T
Okay, everybody. Last class we were talking about outbreak of the American Revolution. We say all this. Tension is building in the spring of 1775 in april, general thomas gage sends troops into the country side, fighting breaks out at lexington and concord. As night falls about 20,000 americans descend on boston, lay siege to the city in this war nobody wants, been brewing for 12, 13 years has started. So today were going to talk whats call anybody take french . Am i pronouncing it right . Probably. Okay. Close enough. This is april 1775, so right after lexington and concord through the declaration of independence. This is sometimes called the Popular Uprising phase, okay . This is the year of the revolution that probably more people supported the war than any other one. Why do you suppose theres so much support for the war this year . Any ideas . Go ahead, isabel . They havent really started fighting it. They dont know what war is going to mean. Anybody else . Any ideas . Okay. This i
That is been brewing for 12 or 13 years has started. So today we will talk about what is called am i pronouncing it right . Probably close enough. This is april, 1775. Right after lexington and concord. This is sometimes called the Popular Uprising phase, okay . This is the year of the revolution where probably more people supported the war than any other time. Why do you think so many people supported the war during this year . Any ideas . Go ahead, isabel. Everybody started fighting and they dont really know what the war will mean. Anyone else any ideas . I have some images here to show you guys. Kind of a neat quote. There is a historian who coined this phrase, rage militaire. He is in philadelphia, not boston. He says the rage militaire, as the french call a passion for arms, has taken possession of the whole continent. Americans are literally fighting mad, literally fighting mad, okay. And that is why there is so much support for the war. The wild passion. Rage. It is rage. Anger.
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