Hi. This is really id like to welcome [inaudible] [inaudible] is that better . I would like to welcome everyone to the turn 11 book launch. We are so happy to be here at the beautiful housing works bookstore in lower manhattan. Our thanks to them for hosting us and a big thanks to the able and helpful staff at harpercollins for having faith in a book and working so hard with us to promote it. [applause] for those of you who havent seen this book yet or dont know what its about, i thought i would read a blurb written about it by glenn ford who is the executive editor of the black agenda report. This will give you a feel of whats coming tonight and whats in the book. The death of capitalism sooner rather than later is a certainty. Transition to socialism the only system that can Save Humanity from the i committed contradictions of its path, officer generalized as to be useless in todays struggles. How does the great human constellation make a break from our particular spaces in the here
Using its 32 billion endowment to invest in firms fueling, change. Then, years of living dangerously. Everybody thinks Climate Change is about polar bears and melting glaciers. I think it is a big mistake. This is 100 of peoples story. Film maker James Cameron and other hollywood superstars like don cheadle, matt damon, and Harrison Ford have collaborated on a new series looking at the devastating impact of Climate Change around the world. Finally, imagine living in a socialist usa. People are completely ignorant about what socialism really is. Isy are just told that it evil, that it is antidemocratic. And i thought, we really need to tell them the truth. We will speak with editors Frances Goldin and michael smith. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A secret Senate Intelligence Committee Report on the cias torture program questions the programs underlying Legal Framework and accuses the agency of impeding
I was not yet on the radio or i would have gotten his name. He had a holocaust survivor on the show the other day who is a suit salesman. I asked dennis the last time we did ask a jew he said why are jews so funny and he thought that was silly and and i said no t is good question. And he said it is because suffering produces good humor and a sense of appreciation when for when there is not suffering. I think that is probably the answer. Thank you john and the Nixon Library i want to thank you and all of you for coming out. We have great authors here. It isnt the extensive hotels that we put them up in but it is these priceless gifts we provide them. This is what would nixon do mug. There is about 5,000 more in the store. We will have hugh hewitt out front to sign the books. Thank you. [ applause ] [inaudible conversations] booktv is on facebook. Like us to interact with guest and viewers. Wat wat wat wat watch videos and get up to date information. Next, is magic where they will discus
Harry DeRienzo, president emeritus and special advisor at the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, reflects on the legacy of New York City housing organizer and advocate Bonnie Brower, who passed away on June 2.
Sadly, this book review is also an obituary and a memoir. In early 2023, The University of Chicago Press published a collection of Michael Denneny’s writings, On Christopher Street: Life, Sex, and Death After Stonewall.