A political analyst and editor at interest me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the direct com gentleman cross up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i was appreciate it ok lets 1st go to alexander mackerras in london i suppose its been long coming the murmurings have been out there but it is taking this pandemic for an all out at least media arms into china. And of course its also played into the election cycle in the United States and i mean literally looking at the latest the media and their view of all of this on one hand im not completely surprised because while somebody said blame for this pandemic which of course is the subject for many other programs however in looking at the criticism of people there with low octane thinking in my. First and foremost my campaign. Your secretary of state which International Intelligence agency you do not agree with is asses
Handling protests breaking out across the nation. Lets get straight to Julia Boorstin with the very latest. Julia. Melissa, Mark Zuckerberg did defend himself and his stance in that meeting with facebook employees. Facebook just issuing a statement moments ago saying open and honest discussion has always been part of facebooks culture. Mark had an open discussion with employees today, as he has regularly over the years hes grateful for their feedback the New York Times reporting that zuckerberg said in this meeting that of the decision not to flag President Trumps post, quote, when the looting starts, the shooting starts is what he called a tough decision but that it was pretty thorough zuckerberg reportedly saying that the companys free speech policies show that the right action where we are right now is to leave this up zuckerberg reportedly saying in this meeting with employees that he knew this decision was going to lead to people within the company being upset as well as to critic
Make this area into a pedestrian promenade in order to do that theyre going to have to close down some of the streets and immersion say that this is a safe and helpful plan for them and their customers. Owners of tightly packed shops and restaurants and upper grant avenue say they need space to better serve their customers where cars have been lining up along the narrow streets of north beach businesses would like to take over basically what happens is people come here, they parked their cars and they dont use the businesses right now. Merchants Association President dan mock erie nice as by expanding into the parking spots it will allow shops like his more room. It will also allow his customers to move more freely. Mikey rini is hoping the city will take it one step further by closing the street so the area can essentially become a pedestrian promenade partially by taking over those patients we are reasserting. The idea that that for support Small Businesses in the neighborhood once s
Against american populism which began with wilson in world war one before that even before that. Gave rise to the decade political system and trouble thats right well i mean that there are a couple of ways to talk about it but you have to realize that populism which is an american invention well its used as a curse word you know by liberals in europe its an american invention and it describes a working Class Alliance between poor farmers the working class in the u. S. And initially at least africanamerican sharecroppers in the south and it was the most dangerous threat to the american all darkie that ever existed i urge your viewers to read lawrence goodwins the populist moment if they dont already know about it so they can learn about it but it was viewed as a threat by the original gilded age titans in the 1900 centuries they destroyed it. Part of it turned rancid and antisemitic and racist but it never went away and in a sense the the force of populism the program the omaha demands
A resurgence of grassroots populism to beat back the proto fascist forces that have the country in a death grip how can we make sure demagogues such as donald trump are denied power deedee couldnt plan the editor of the nation in the next republic the rise of a new radical majority profiles 9 activists including the labor activist jane mc alvey the mayor of jackson mississippi choke way and the environmental activist jane cleave who are battling back against the ruling elites joining me in the studio to discuss his book the next republic is d. D. Good and planned so i think you would argue that the assault against american populism which began with wilson in world war one before that even before that. Gave rise to the decayed political system and trump thats right well i mean that there are a couple of ways to talk about it but you have to realize that populism which is an american invention well its used as a curse word you know by liberals in europe its an american invention and it d