at home, setting up a battle on capitol hill with republicans over spending. we will spend to economist dean baker. then to chasing the scream.” it is now 100 years since drugs were first banned in the united states, and i went on a journey to figure out why they were banned in the first place what caused this addiction and what are the alternatives, and what i discovered is almost everything we need we think we know about the subject is wrong. johann hari on the first and last days of the war on drugs from the government s targeting of billie holiday to new efforts to decriminalize all drugs. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. the islamic state has released a video showing a captured jordanian fighter pilot being burned alive inside a cage. first lieutenant moa al-kasasbeh was captured in december when his f-16 crashed in northern syria during an airstrike as part of the u.s.-led ca
yes, they have reunions all the time and i would like to thank you especially everyone from crystal springs, my aunt and my mother s sister. all of you guys and it s great to see you, thank you so much. [applause] you are watching booktv on primetime. a reminder that every weekend booktv teachers 48 hours of nonfiction books beginning at 8:00 a.m. eastern on saturday. we invite you to find and like us online at facebook.com/booktv. this weekend at c-span cities tour has partnered with cox mitigations to learn about the history and literary life of tulsa oklahoma. what we are most famous for is being very much more than that, he was born in 1912 in oklahoma and so we are very proud to have this back in oklahoma. he was an advocate for people, for those people who were migrant workers from oklahoma, kansas, texas, during this era, who have found themselves in california literally starving and he solved this because between them where the haves and the have-nots. he re
did i answer your question? i don t know very much about this issue. i haven t read the book yet but i was surprised that you said this was the only family camp. i thought they had their families. yes the full terminology in world war ii internment custodial detention was a rest and to be clear crystal city was the only family camp specifically designed for families. in other words they were just bothers there and all families. like at hart mountain they didn t have families style eating. they went to mess all something like that to and then of course it was the only multiple nationality family camp. the internees and crystal city that i interviewed including those at heart mountain and other places that s what they called it. this is a true family camp so language is kind of you know. understand crystal city was not close until 1948. is that correct? what was the reason for the approximately three three-year delay in closing the camp? you could just sort of thing abo
of flaky way. they mean that they find some kind of practice or practices whether it s buddhist meditation, calligraphy, judo, architecture, tea ceremonies they do daily practice that helps them persevere in the face of suffering and the practicality of it is so beautiful. and i was also inspired by the children they honored the mysterious father and mother and they never lost country in what had betrayed them. the officials at crystal city the schoolteacher is and the gardeners and other individuals and staff members help to save the national honor by treating them humanely in a treacherous time. finally a jewish girl from amsterdam, who is freed from the bergen-belsen concentration camp in the january 1945 trade, the same trade that ingrid was on provided the seminal lesson for me about how we might deal with people in times of war. all of us remember this. enemies are people whose stories you have not yet heard and whose faces you have never seen. my gratitude goes to the
i m super, super thrilled to be hosting what i think is the first talk we ve ever hosted for a book that has been blurbed by both noam chomsky and elton john. [laughter] this blew my mind. so that is really also for my exciting. and then finally i m excited to have a book that says something a little new about the drug war. we all know the drug war is bad and awful right? i don t want need to tell you that right? if you re living in baltimore, you know that the drug war is bad and awful. but what it s really exciting, when someone with the talent writing journalism like johann hari comes along and is able to look at that history, look at where we are today, talk to people, go to place figure out a way to tell the story in a way that makes us see new things but gives us a different lens and a different optic on something that we know is horrible and in telling that story gives us a way to deal with it and create a better future. so i m terribly excited to welcome him here, a