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Pipeline project with russia calling the restrictions on. This is R T International my names you know neil welcome to the program. We start in france where nationwide rallies by Health Care Workers over the past 24 hours saw some ugly scenes tens of thousands turned to remind the government about its pledge to help medical support hospitals but as the day progressed the peaceful protests took a darker turn. I. Think this is video showing a nurse being injured during a Violent Arrest at the rally in paris on the house sparked a furious reaction online its been reported that she was the tane for throwing projectiles for her daughter whos a journalist leapt to her defense on twitter. This woman is my mother shes 50 years old and nurse she worked for 3 months between 12 and 14 hours a day she had to call the 19 she was demonstration so that would be erased that who work would be recognized shes this matic she has her uniform on shes on the one meter 55 toll. To camera operators from r t fr
This program was part of the 2019 National World war i museum and memorial symposium. Lora next, talking a little bit about stuff going on in russia. Again, i feel like everything is relevant in the world today that connects back to world war i. Our next speaker is james carl nelson. He is the author of four books about the American Experience in world war i. The remains of company d, five lieutenants, i will hold. He is the winner of the colonel Joseph Alexander award for biography from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation and the polar bear expedition the heroes of americas forgotten invasion of russia, 1918 to 1919, which you will be learning more about in his lecture today. A graduate in journalism from the university of minnesota, nelson has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald and has covered some of the last three decades major stories, so he can expand even further on that concept. He is an active member of the western Front Association and currently lives in eden prai
Learning more about in his lecture today. A graduate in journalism from the university of minnesota, nelson has worked as a staff writer for the miami herald and has covered some of the last three decades major stories, so he can expand even further on that concept. He is an active member of the western Front Association and currently lives in eden prairie, minnesota, where he is working on his fifth book of world war i nonfiction. Ladies and gentlemen, if you would please please join me in giving a round of applause for james carl nelson. [applause] james wow. What a warm up. Is this thing on . Oh, good. I have my swag here. Thanks for coming. Im going to talk about the polar bears. Thats a lonely photo, isnt it . In theme with the 1919 piece, i am going to start off with a story of a guy named kerry mead. He was a lieutenant, commander of the fourth platoon, company a, 339th infantry regiment. The morning of january 19, 1919, he and his men were stationed on a river 250 miles south o
Harder to survive a basically cold winter. Plus a novel idea the new a strain library with an innovative way of lending. But we begin in lebanon where protesters are preparing for another day of rallies after months of Peaceful Demonstrations descended into violence on saturday night more than 200. 00 people were injured off to Security Forces fired tear gas and water cannon the crowds in the capital and a standoff that last several hours demonstrators say theyre tired of waiting for the government to fix the ongoing economic crisis sent a halt to reports from beirut. Rage in the streets of the capital in what might be a new phase in an uprising against lebanon arms leadership that is now in its worst months fears confrontations between antiriot police and establishment protesters turned downtown beirut. Into a war zone this is the epicenter of a protest movement that until a few days ago was relatively peaceful running battles began with demonstrators who want the Political Class they