Just a couple bits of housekeeping we are being filmed by cspan it is not live but will be broadcast in the future so if you want to see the place where you have been check out the broadcast. Because it is going to be broadcast it is important we silence the cell phones. So then we start off with a brief presentation with a questionandanswer and then you are invited to participate. We will pass around this microphone. If you just wait until the microphone is in front of your face and then lastly there is a restroom please do not walk in front of the camera. Welcome. Thank you for coming out to. We are extremely excited to discuss the book the case against free speech and joining us will be george will have a brief conversation then we will turn it over to you for question and answers. The authors former staff writer for al jazeera written for publications including the guardian, New York Times new republic wired slate the speed and splinter and found the cuny school of journalism. Next
Everybody please join me in welcoming p. E. Moskowitz and george ciccariellomaher. [applause] thank you for being here. Im glad to be with you all, to help represent the case against free speech the First Amendment, fascism, and the future of dissent. My pleasure of being here has several aspects. The first is p. E. Moskowitzs wonderful friend, comrade, but also because they are the one of the most acute observers of our contemporary condition. Writing a book that cuts to the heart of things many of us have been grappling with for the past two years. This book is the book that people need to read to think through what has happened since 2016 and what is happening in 201718 thinking about emergence, proliferation of the powerful movements rallying around theresidency of donald trump and reading in 2019, 2020, and thinking about how to fight back, push back on this emergence of fascism and how to break it ultimately. This book is a tool for thinking about the past. It is a historical ana
Talking about the murder of disabled jewish new yorker leon klinghofer by Palestinian Militants in 1985. Thank you very much for coming. The usual reminders to silence your cell phones, restrain from flash photography and plan to join us afterwords for the book signing. Welcome, my name is andy kahan, director of author events. Tonight we look back more than 30 years to the brutal murder of a disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists, an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and the lives of families affected. The initial murder, an innocent bystander, the killing of leon klinghofer, in an innocent bystander the killing of leon klinghofer Julie Salamon offers a view of the neverending cycle of the murder of innocents. Initially a long time banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal, then a tv critic and our reporters at the New York Times, Julie Salamon has written notable nonfiction books
A disabled jewish new yorker at the hands of the palestinian terrorists an incident that shocked the world and continues to reverberate through the culture at large and to the lives of the families affected by the initial murder and the senseless reprisal. It in an innocent bystander the killing of Leon Klinghoffer Julie Salamon offers a train and 60degree view of the ruinous neverending cycle of the murder of innocents. Initially a longtime banking reporter and film critic for the wall street journal and a tv critic and our reporter at the New York Times ms. Solomon has written notable nonfiction books about show business philanthropy the holocaust the insanity defense and modern medical care. For 10 previous works include several bestsellers into novels for children. Its a pleasure to have her return. Please welcome Julie Salamon to the free library of philadelphia. [applause] im a good evening. Thank you for coming out on this hot summer night. You are not on vacation but i will try
Wars and occupation and bad foreign policy, mostly by our own government. What does it mean daytoday . I write stuff, i speak, i talk to people. Who pays you . Phyllis i work for the institute of policy studies. Its been around since the early 60s. We raise money probably from foundations and probably from individuals and we dont take any government money or corporate money. When people give you money, what do they want from you . Phyllis usually what they want is access to information. Isis has been a good example. Who is isis . The reason i wrote a book about isis was because the book kept asking me where can i get some basic stuff . I dont need to be in next bird. I only need to be i only need basic step in basic stuff. We cannot rely on Mainstream Media the way we used to be able to rely on it. The internet provides a huge amount of information but sorting through it, it is hard to know what is reliable and what is shady stuff. So you go to people that you trust and you share your