credit from anybody else, creative, nonviolence, conscious calling direct action all over the place this year, all over the country and in many places all over the world. we re going to cover some of that tonight over the course of this hour. direct action doesn t always work. navalney is still in prison, the globe is still warming but the world isn t ever, you ever know, just one thing, just one direction and people aren t just helplessly tossed by the currents that we swim in. part of what this year has been has been a real master class in humans trying to change the course of human events. people being brave in the face of authoritarianism. people being unwavering in their convictions, the conviction we must change and do what s right. not in spite of the strength of the opposition but because of the strength of the opposition. unsung story at 2021.
credit, i think, from anybody else, to my mind, this was it. creative, nonviolent, conscience-calling direct action all over the place this year, all over the country, and in many ways all over the world. and we re going to cover some of that tonight over the course of this hour. and you know, direct action doesn t always work. alexey navalny is still in prison. the filibuster remains in place. voting rights are being gutted all over the country because of it. the globe is still warming. but the world is never just one thing. just one direction. and people aren t just helplessly tossed by the currents that we swim in. part of what this year has been, it s been a real master class in humans trying to change the course of human events. people being brave in the face of authoritarianism, people being unwavering in their convictions, their conviction that we must change, we must do what s right. not in spite of the strength of the opposition, but because of the strength of the opposition.
propulsive currents in the news this year. to my mind, this was it, creative, nonviolent, conscience calling direct action all over the place this year. all over the countries and in many ways all over the world, and we re going to cover some of that tonight over the course of this hour. and you know, direct action doesn t always work. alexei navalny is still in prison, the filibuster remains in place, the globe is still warming. the world isn t ever, you know, just one thing. just one direction, and people aren t just helplessly tossed by the currents that we swim in. part of what this year has been has been a real master class in humans trying to change the course of human events. people being brave in the face of authoritarianism, people being unwavering in their conviction. the convictions that we must change, not in spite of the opposition but because of the strength of the opposition. unsung story of 2021.
supreme court and across the country urging justices not to end roe versus wade, but in the end, that day the headlines were essentially unanimous in papers all across the country. the republican-appointed super conservative anti-majority super majority on the supreme court, anti-abortion super majority on the supreme court, they appear to be ready to outright overturn roe versus wade or to gut it so it doesn t mean anything anymore. the oral arguments that day ran about three hours. if you had a long drive ahead of you or something over the holidays, it s actually worth listening to all three hours. it s really engaging, but if you want to catch just one exchange, let it be this one. trump appointee justice brett kavanaugh appears poised to gut abortion rights along with the conservative majority on the court. this is justice kavanaugh during the oral arguments characterizing that prospect as the court simply becoming neutral on the issue of abortion. no longer playing a role in the
on this case, there were demonstrations in front of the supreme court and across the country urging justices not to end roe vs. wade but in the end, that day the headlines were essentially unanimous in papers all across the country. the republican-appointed super conservative anti-abortion super majority on the supreme court, they appear to be ready to outright overturn roe vs. wade or gut it so it doesn t mean anything anymore. the oral arguments that day ran about three hours. if you have a long drive ahead of you or something over the holidays like that, it s actually worth listening to the whole three hours. it s really engaging. but if you want to catch just one exchange, let it be this one. trump appointee, justice brett kavanaugh, appears poised to gut abortion rights along with the conservative majority on the court. this is justice kavanaugh during the oral arguments characterizing that prospect. as the court simply becoming neutral on the issue of