Power starts right now. Enjoy that. static Static Continues Car Engine Humming intense wind its such a such a sort of, satisfying thing, i guess, to be in power. And they usually, the great persons usually told you to do. If you looked around, they werent there when the showdown came. Whistle Blowing [officer] go home or go to your church, this march will not continue. [ella] what i do, [officer] see that they disperse. [ella] is supposed to speak louder than what i say. Marching Footfalls siren sound screaming Whistle Blowing screaming Horns Honking Hooves Beating On Pavement drum sounds siren drum sounds screaming Overlapping Shouting shouting continues [speaker] last sunday, a group of Negro Americans in selma, alabama attempted peacefully to protest the denial of the most basic political right of all. The right to vote. People have to have faith in themselves and they can only gain that faith by being given the opportunity to grow. And when people value what they can do, they dont
Army Intelligence Officer that willner who recalls her personal and professional connection to east germany. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Welcome to [inaudible] im so happy to be here with courtney and that you can all be here with us. I do want to say trent gillis, who is just really one of the cofounders of our project, is courtneys editor on the blog. Hes really, really sad he cant be here. Hes sick today, so i kind of i just want to bring his name in here. Get well, trent. I know. [laughter] thats right. So courtney sent an email yesterday. I guess when we planned this, we didnt we werent looking at the calendar and saying whats happening that week. And courtney emailed yesterday and said should we, should we do this . Should we have a book launch in a salon to talk about the new better off in a week with this momentous and really unsettling election, a really unsettled political landscape. And i said, absolutely, because of
Army Intelligence Officer that willner who recalls her personal and professional connection to east germany. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Welcome to [inaudible] im so happy to be here with courtney and that you can all be here with us. I do want to say trent gillis, who is just really one of the cofounders of our project, is courtneys editor on the blog. Hes really, really sad he cant be here. Hes sick today, so i kind of i just want to bring his name in here. Get well, trent. I know. [laughter] thats right. So courtney sent an email yesterday. I guess when we planned this, we didnt we werent looking at the calendar and saying whats happening that week. And courtney emailed yesterday and said should we, should we do this . Should we have a book launch in a salon to talk about the new better off in a week with this momentous and really unsettling election, a really unsettled political landscape. And i said, absolutely, because of
Hudible conversations] hello. I am so happy to be here with Courtney Martin and you can be here with us. One of the cofounders of the project is very sad he cannot be here, he is sick today. Courtney cent and email yesterday we were not looking at the calendar to say what is happening this weekend chief meld yesterdays and said it should redo this . Should be have a book launche to talk about the new better off in the week that it is momentous and the unsettling landscape . And i said absolutely because of what happened andd how unsettled puerto rico it is important we sit together in a room and talk about what matters to us. So i will not do the big introduction you can read her credentials and i love the presence that she brings to our media space on her blog that is eliminating for everybody reading it. Per rigour as a journalist and a thought leader and also a human being. Somehow i want to introduce courtney is i love her. Y. [laughter] she is a journalist, but she is a new journa
A finalist for the National Book award this year, by the way, just announced. Congratulations. Other books include working parents and the revolution at home, the time bind, when home becomes work and work becomes home, and the managed heart the commercialization of the intimate life. Shes been awarded the ulysses medal from university collegedublin, ireland, wells the guggenheimmellon fellowship. Four of her books have been named notable Nonfiction Book of the year by the new york times, and her work appears in 16 languages. Shes a sociology professor emerita at ucberkeley. She lives in california with her husband, adam. Welcome, arlie. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much. [applause] its great to be here. What i thought we could do is ill spend a little bit of time taking you on a journey with me that ive just come home from. And then we can open it up to questions and comments. Five years ago i sensed, like so many of us did, a split between left and right that was getting more