This week global three thousand focuses on democracy. Democracy it seems is on the decline and just last year sixty seven countries saw setbacks to their citizens Civil Liberties and political rights. The biggest threats to a democratic system are autocrats and populists. Populists insist they speak for the people. Only they say no what is truly right and wrong. They meet tricky questions with simple answers. When democracy is under threat citizens take to the streets Civil Society becomes active using preferably nonviolence as a form of resistance and that requires clear messages and strong symbols. In serbia we need professionals in the field who say the most important weapon is human. Money. And. Other value. But. In protest in life its all the feigned the person you want to be around is a person can make a law and in our experience the government just didnt know what to do with being mocked because these people in power did just think too highly and to seriously i was along themsel
Testifies before the House Agriculture Committee wednesday. This is two hours, 15 minutes. Good morning. This is a hearing on the committee of agriculture for oversight by the u. S. Department of agriculture will come to order. Ive asked Rick Crawford to open us with a prayer. Thank you mr. Chairman. Father, i bow humbling before you. Thankful for this country youve given us and, father, mindful of the great responsibility that youve charged us with. Father, just ask that everything that is said and done here today be pleasing in your sight and we ask that you help us to be civil in our discourse and discerning in our comments and dialogue. Father, i just pray it all in jesus name. Amen. Thank you, rick. I want to thank the secretary vilsack for coming to be with us this morning. He has a horde stop at 12 15. He has cabinet responsibilities to do. Mr. Secretary, thanks very much for being here this morning. Be careful on your knee there on your on the table. I want to say at the start
Threats to a democratic system are autocrats and populists. Populists insist they speak for the people. Only they say no what is truly right and wrong. They meet tricky questions with simple answers. When democracy is under threat citizens take to the streets Civil Society becomes active using preferably nonviolence as a form of resistance and that requires clear messages and strong symbols. In serbia we need professionals in the field who say their most important weapon is human. Money with. A name only with you. But. In protest in life its all the same the person you want to be around is a person can make a law and in our experience the government just didnt know what to do with being mocked because these people in power they just think too highly and seriously i was along themselves so if youre logged in they do something stupid. These two men are in a way professional revolutionaries they come from belgrade thats where their careers began. It was the mid nine hundred ninety s. Toge
Simple a answers. When democraracy is under r th, citizens take to the streets. Civil society becomes active, using preferably nonviolence as a form of resistance. And that requires clear messages and strong symbols. In serbia, we meet professionals in the field who say their most important weapon is humor. R. In protest or in life, its all the same the person you want to be around is the person who can make you laugh. And in our experience in serbia, the government didnt know what to do with being mocked. Because this people in power, they just think too highly and too seriously about themselves. If you mock them, than they do something stupid. These two men are in a way professional revolutionaries. They come from belgrade. Thats where their careers began. It was the mid1990s. Together with other students in ththe group otpor, they had a gl to topple thenpresident slobodan miloevic and set the stage for free elections. Their tactic nonviolent resistance, much of it based on humor in
Simple a answers. When democraracy is under r th, citizens take to the streets. Civil society becomes active, using preferably nonviolence as a form of resistance. And that requires clear messages and strong symbols. In serbia, we meet professionals in the field who say their most important weapon is humor. R. In protest or in life, its all the same the person you want to be around is the person who can make you laugh. And in our experience in serbia, the government didnt know what to do with being mocked. Because this people in power, they just think too highly and too seriously about themselves. If you mock them, than they do something stupid. These two men are in a way professional revolutionaries. They come from belgrade. Thats where their careers began. It was the mid1990s. Together with other students in ththe group otpor, they had a gl to topple thenpresident slobodan miloevic and set the stage for free elections. Their tactic nonviolent resistance, much of it based on humor in