Movement that was inaugurated with Jesse Jacksons 1988 run for the democratic president ial nomination. That year we saw the rise of the rainbow coalition. A multiracial workingclass movement and rebellion against the social and economical conservatism the defined the reagan era. That would continue into the 90s. As a 2020 primary speeds up. Rim shows us how our political past has influenced the battles of the president. Naomi klein called weve got people quote an essential read and shawn, calls graham a total communist. [laughter] thank you. He is in fact the Intercept Washington Bureau chief and the former head of the Washington Bureau for the Washington Post where he led a surprise waiting team. Please give a warm welcome to ryan graham. Thank you all for coming out. If anybody here hamza question. You can have a q a at the end. If you have questions along the way, that you think are really on. Feel free to go ahead and raise your hand and it is on. , ill answer it and if not i will
And we wrap up our saturday prime time lineup at 11 00 with National Book award winner Colson Whitehead talking about his fictional book the underground railroad, that happens tonight on cspans book tv. So welcome, everybody, im the cofounder of civic hall and civic hall i should say is, weve been here now almost two years. It grew out of an annual conference that we do called personal Democracy Forum, which is focused on how technology is changing politics and government that weve been doing since 2004, which is in fact how i know both of our guests. Weve traveled similar paths for a long time. Two years ago we opened civic hall to be a yearround gathering point for the same people and conversations, focused on civic tech, how tech can be used for public good. And so, its a pleasure to welcome everybody here. Let me just say that im really excited for the chance to get into this conversation about rules for revolutionaries, how big organizers can change everything. Because we are livi
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
Was expected to have a Ceremonious First Day back for 2017. Instead, it was full of action republicans have ditched a plan to strip the Office Of Congressional Ethics of its independence. The reversal was prompted by a public outcry and a dressing down from donald trump on twitter. And in the past hour, the President Elect has also tweeted that Onjanuary 11th in new york he will hold his First Official News Conference since his election. Heres Laura Trevelyan with the latest from washington. The house will come to order. As the Brand New Congress convened on thursday, instead of celebrating the republicans dominance of washington, lawmakers were the centre of the debate. It is over their behaviour is policed In The Name Of avoiding corruption. On monday night, republicans in the House Of Representatives tried to gut the independence of the Office Of Congressional Ethics by bringing it under the control of a house committee, prompting an outcry from democrats and government watchdogs. D
I worked as a Digital Field manager on the organizing team , brandnewer congress is not an old concept. We have been talking about it for quite some time. It was a good place for me to go next after bernie and just sort of a background, i am 21 years old and still in progress was going to school. Volunteers, has just consumed. Great. Yes state senator running for congress. I am maria, a state representative for three terms. I am in the second term of my time in the senate with the missouri senate. Endorse pleasure to bernie. I think i did that in may, a little bit later because i toted to have an opportunity really listen to the issues that impact the community that i represent, which is ferguson. Ms. Chappellenadal i heard the message loud and clear, and decided to endorse bernie because we needed to go in a new direction and people who have been voiceless for so long champions who are not only in congress, but also in the white house. Excellent. Thank you. We have a democratic candid