Hello im adrian from again this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up an uncensored my former friend well i still respect or. Dont want to hear that u. S. Diplomat Bill Richardson calls me and maz leader powerless and afraid of the military plus. Gives the survivors first and foremost the department this university in my family an opportunity. To heal more fallout from the u. S. Gymnastics Sexual Abuse Scandal the entire governing body resigns also. The internet is information now we have the internet is money new money meets old money the worlds financial elites discuss the future of Digital Currencies including bitcoin. We begin in syria where a cease fire has gone into effect in the besieged area of Eastern Ghouta there the capital damascus it was brokered by russia the area is the last remaining rebel stronghold near damascus and has been under siege by Government Forces for almost five years now it comes a Syrian Opposition members say they will boycott talks that russia is
Tonight softer did author we watched his kids from guys who could not read that all and to be deeply interested in star wars and mine craft. Is always of pleasure they give me great pleasure to introduce. [applause] this so wonderful to be here. These kinds of places with a Cultural Institution and we remember very well of the dark days of 2011 when there was no bookstore in town. And now fastforward through today the National Endowment for the humanities is under the existential threat and i am taking a page from tucker who was here a couple weeks ago in she was talking about those public conversations the dollar supported by the nih and the southern festival of books efforts would not exist without the nih fellowship by received that the independent scholar back in 2004 which took me on of the practice of law to give me the time in the space to begin work, first book to have a career as a professor here in asheville. To be one more lawyer in the world that is probably something we do
Recipient of numerous fellowships including the National Endowment for humidityities. Boston globe calls the slave clause a powerful look at the struggle to end slavery in the United States. Its as multifacetted as the movement it chronicles. Sinha we are so very delighted to have her joining us. Please join me in welcoming manisha sinha. [applause] thank you for that generous introduction, so as you can probably tell from the size of this book. I have said almost everything wanted to about abolition in it. So today i will just briefly outline the book. The slaves cause is a comprehensive history of abolition that reevaluates it as a radical, interavailable, social interracial, social movement. From far nature rowing the boundaries of freedom as selfownership and legitimatizing new forms of servitude and modern forms such as slavianor, abolition gave birth to other political passions. Not restricted to wartime emancipation, the American Abolitionist Movement unfolded in 100year drama,
To move to land now under the groups control and help them take over the world. Team u. S. A. Loses, dashing world cup hopes of u. S. Soccer fans. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The first storm of the Hurricane Season is here, just in time to ruin the fourth of july plans for a large section of the east coast. Right now, Tropical Storm arthur is churning off the coast of east he were florida, but the National Hurricane center says it is expected to strengthen. It could reach hurricane strength as it moves north. We are in miami with the latest on the storm, good morning, natasha. Good morning, stephanie. People are worried about how this might impact their vacation plans. Many people are headed to spots for fourth of july holiday. That means as americans get ready to celebrate the holiday weekend, Tropical Storm arthur could be the uninvited guest, putting a damper on many fourth of july festivities. The storm is picking up steam and making its way up t
Stay and answer additional questions or whatever you want to talk about. The life in the whit war of 18t for two and a half years. We dont call world war ii the war of 1941 to we dont call the civil war the world 1861 but we call it the war of 1812. Folks that support it and feel it was a positive thing called americas second war for independence. I think it was that. Its detractors call it an unnecessary war come and they think it was unnecessary. Thankfully we havent had an unnecessary war since then, right . [laughter] i call it the unknown war because no one does anything about it. My favorite president harry truman was characteristically blunt on the war of 1812 treaty, he called it the silliest damn war we ever fought. And they think it was that, too. It was a war that had we won, candidate would have been a state. And possibly we would have had a huge slave colony in mexico, maybe even cuba. Had we lost the war of 1812, we wouldve become once again a colony of britain. But after