ah cross talking russo foby, i m joined by my guess arthur. clearer. in toronto, he s a liberty advocate and freelance editor in ohio. we have all of her, boyd barrett. he is a professor emeritus of journalism and public relations at bowling green state university, as well as author of russia gate in propaganda. and here in moscow we cross to robert bridge. he s an american writer and journalist based in moscow or a gentleman, cross sack rules and effect. that means you can jump in any time you want. and i always appreciate arthur, let me go to you 1st and toronto. what happened to the liberal tradition? i mean, it seems of all crashed. i mean, every single minority group a marginalized group, we have to have tolerance. we, you know, it, we hear it all the time. 247. but there s one exception. it s russians apparently go ahead and toronto it s, it s interesting because there s a are almost a rejection of that original liberalism that the west kind of developed last little whi
i know you mentioned that you think the people are gone now. i mean, humanity is really wanting precision and a congressman in that government. and so otherwise we do face a huge rebound in coming. arguably we already are seeing it. it s an excellent question that is quite the paradox which is to be sent down into any group of voters and asked them what the number one problem in washington, they don t get anything done. nothing gets done. totally dysfunctional. .. they do not think logically. we rationalize about everything we do. oh, i can have another cookie, i think i walked like 20,000 steps today. whatever whatever you want to rationalize you can. that s how i think we are becoming more frustrated with the process than ever and as molly pointed out, we are more polarized than ever at the same time. so that piece of it, and this desire to always be on the winning side, compromise is losing, i think it is seen not just in washington and the way the world works these da
here. today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. this intersection of workers and social justice is something that afl-cio has been doing for decades. since recent happenings in our world we have really started digging deeper into social justice. for us, talking about workers who deal with racial justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. you know, i think about what is going on in our nation and the conversation around colin kaepernick. we all know that conversation around athletes taking a stand spans way far back. i do not know how many of you have been to the african-american smithsonian. they started with the most famous of athletes taking direct action with the olympics. think about mohammed ali. think about the desegregation in baseball, football, and basketball. the wnba. today is not the first time, right now is not the first time that athletes have taken a stand. taking a stance
good evening. carmen berkley: i am carmen berkley, i am the national director here for the afl-cio here in washington dc. welcome to the house of labor, on behalf of our president, president richard trumka. today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. for us, this issue of intersecting workers and racial justice is something that obviously the afl-cio has been doing for over decades. fivebut recently and particularly since recent happenings in our world, we have really started digger digging deeper into racial justice after the ferguson incident. for us, talking about workers actually have to deal with racial justice issues and how we should as unions protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. you know, when i think about what is going on in our nation , there is so much conversation about colin kaepernick. we all know that that conversation about athletes taking a stand goes way far back. i don t know how many of you have a
professional athletes have in advocating for racial and social justice. speakers include baltimore ravens tight end benjamin watson and representatives from the nfl s player association and afl-cio. they discuss the national anthem protest being led by nfl quarterback colin kaepernick and the work of labor unions. this is two hours. good evening, everyone. i m carmen berkeley here at the national afl-cio in washington, d.c. welcome to the house of labor for those of you have never been here on behalf of our president, president richard trumka. today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. this intersection of workers and racial justice is work that the afl-cio has been doing over five decades. since recent happenings in our world, we started digging deeper into racial justice after the incident in missouri. for us, talking about workers with racial justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace.