His return to his hometown of terre haute, indiana following his release from prison by president harding after a federal conviction stemming from the war protests. And tonight were in terre haute in the debs home and museum. Let me introduce you to our guests. Earnest freebuerg. Why do we care about him . Debs was one of the most important labor leaders at a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. But more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable growing and important part of the american political call chu v culture. Does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many third party candidates, they managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy. So in that car, he is of his time but also at a long impact on us as well. And well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the fire bids he made for the white house, any particularl
Us throughout the program tonight. His book is call, its been 85 since debs died. Why do we care about him . Debs is one of the labor leaders at a crucial time and a conflict between labor and capital, but more importantly, he was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable, growing and important part of the american political culture. So is he interesting as a snapshot in time or do you think he has a lasting legacy, do you think . Like many thirdparty candidates he and his fellow socialists managed to move the conversation in very important directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. So in that regard he is of his time, but he has also had a long impact on us, as well. We will have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on, but of the five bids he made for the white house, are any particularly significant . Two for very different reasons. The 1912 bid represents the high watermark of socialism whe
Treaties between the United States and American Indian nations. This Panel Discussion from the symposium was titled great nations keep their word. This is about an hour and a half. Delorea from phil the university of michigan and i am on the board of trustees. I want to welcome you to this session today. This is the final session in the symposium. The session speaks in part or of the exhibit which you shall see shortly which follows historical chronology, some case study examples, some for maddock analysis including some things that might resonate with the panel that we just had. The final section of the exhibit and this final session in our panel seeks to sum up and pull together, sort of congeal the insights of the exhibit and the day we have had today. Part of what we are about is reclaiming history. That, the easy part, is about making invisible stories visible. This is the task in native American History and has been for so long. It is a fundamental rule of this great museum. Anot
Thanks to the government the ukraine has a large hardcurrency debt and in a position where it can be strangled by russia with the price of gas declining to allow exports. What do you think are the prospects of ukraine developing a become a . He economy . It was bankrupt with the previous government so the estimates are different but billions of dollars were taken out with that to the government alone. So the one paying that is clear to overcome the crisis is to take 15 billion loan from russia and the current government relies on support and Financial Support from the European Union and the united states. That is where the hope lies they can turn around the economy. I like that money much more than russian money but because western money comes with Strings Attached and you lose control then institutions now have much more expertise how to handle this money to see what the results are. But that is basically a shock with what territories to mobilize support for economic reform and is par
In the book mr. Gates, who served as secretary of defense under president george w. Bush and president obama, talks about his management of the wars in afghanistan and iraq, and he shares stories about his relationship with the white house and congress. [applause] secretary gates, i also want to thank you for being here, especially in light of the fact that youve recently had an injury. I know youre making a robust recovery, but having to wear a neck brace is surely has surely complicated your being here and getting here, and we thank you for making that effort. Until i became secretary of defense, i had never broken a bone or had a surgery. [laughter] february of 2008 i fell on the ice and broke this shoulder in three places. Ten months later putting a snowplow blade on a tractor, i pulled the bicep tendon off arm. My security guards quickly came to the conclusion that alqaeda was no risk to me at all compared to myself. [laughter] and before we start, id like to say it is good to be