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A year ago, the great American historian Adam Hochschild came on KEEN ON AMERICA to discuss American Midnight, his best selling account of the crisis of American democracy after World War One. A year later, is history really repeating itself in today's crisis of American democracy? For Hochschild, there are certainly parallels between the current political situation in the US and post WW1 America. Describing how wartime hysteria and fear of communism led to unprecedented government repression, including mass imprisonment for political speech, vigilante violence, and press censorship. Hochschild notes eery similarities to today's Trump's administration. He expresses concern about today's threats to democratic institutions while suggesting the importance of understanding Trump supporters' grievances and finding ways to bridge political divides. Five Key Takeaways* The period of 1917-1921 in America saw extreme government repression, including imprisoning people for speech, vigilante violence, and widespread censorship—what Hochschild calls America's "Trumpiest" era before Trump.* American history shows recurring patterns of nativism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and scapegoating that politicians exploit during times of economic or social stress.* The current political climate shows concerning parallels to this earlier period, including intimidation of opposition, attacks on institutions, and the widespread acceptance of authoritarian tendencies.* Hochschild emphasizes the importance of understanding the grievances and suffering that lead people to support authoritarian figures rather than dismissing their concerns.* Despite current divisions, Hochschild believes reconciliation is possible and necessary, pointing to historical examples like President Harding pardoning Eugene Debs after Wilson imprisoned him. Full Transcript Andrew Keen: Hello, everybody. We recently celebrated our 2500th edition of Keen On. Some people suggest I'm mad. I think I probably am to do so many shows. Just over a little more than a year ago, we celebrated our 2000th show featuring one of America's most distinguished historians, Adam Hochschild. I'm thrilled that Adam is joining us again a year later. He's the author of "American Midnight, The Great War, A Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis." This was his last book. He's the author of many other books. He is now working on a book on the Great Depression. He's joining us from his home in Berkeley, California. Adam, to borrow a famous phrase or remix a famous phrase, a year is a long time in American history.Adam Hochschild: That's true, Andrew. I think this past year, or actually this past 100 days or so has been a very long and very difficult time in American history that we all saw coming to some degree, but I don't think we realized it would be as extreme and as rapid as it has been.Andrew Keen: Your book, Adam, "American Midnight, A Great War of Violent Peace and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis," is perhaps the most prescient warning. When you researched that you were saying before we went live that your books usually take you between four and five years, so you couldn't really have planned for this, although I guess you began writing and researching American Midnight during the Trump 1.0 regime. Did you write it as a warning to something like is happening today in America?Adam Hochschild: Well, I did start writing it and did most of the work on it during Trump's first term in office. So I was very struck by the parallels. And they're in plain sight for everybody to see. There are various dark currents that run through this country of ours. Nativism, threats to deport troublemakers. Politicians stirring up violent feelings against immigrants, vigilante violence, all those things have been with us for a long time. I've always been fascinated by that period, 1917 to 21, when they surged to the surface in a very nasty way. That was the subject of the book. Naturally, I hoped we wouldn't have to go through anything like that again, but here we are definitely going through it again.Andrew Keen: You wrote a lovely piece earlier this month for the Washington Post. "America was at its Trumpiest a hundred years ago. Here's how to prevent the worst." What did you mean by Trumpiest, Adam? I'm not sure if you came up with that title, but I know you like the term. You begin the essay. What was the Trumpiest period in American life before Donald Trump?Adam Hochschild: Well, I didn't invent the word, but I certainly did use it in the piece. What I meant by that is that when you look at this period just over 100 years ago, 1917 to 1921, Woodrow Wilson's second term in office, two things happened in 1917 that kicked off a kind of hysteria in this country. One was that Wilson asked the American Congress to declare war on Germany, which it promptly did, and when a country enters a major war, especially a world war, it sets off a kind of hysteria. And then that was redoubled some months later when the country received news of the Russian Revolution, and many people in the establishment in America were afraid the Russian Revolution might come to the United States.So, a number of things happened. One was that there was a total hysteria against all things German. There were bonfires of German books all around the country. People would take German books out of libraries, schools, college and university libraries and burn them in the street. 19 such bonfires in Ohio alone. You can see pictures of it on the internet. There was hysteria about the German language. I heard about this from my father as I was growing up because his father was a Jewish immigrant from Germany. They lived in New York City. They spoke German around the family dinner table, but they were terrified of doing so on the street because you could get beaten up for that. Several states passed laws against speaking German in public or speaking German on the telephone. Eminent professors declared that German was a barbaric language. So there was that kind of hysteria.Then as soon as the United States declared war, Wilson pushed the Espionage Act through Congress, this draconian law, which essentially gave the government the right to lock up anybody who said something that was taken to be against the war. And they used this law in a devastating way. During those four years, roughly a thousand Americans spent a year or more in jail and a much larger number, shorter periods in jail solely for things that they wrote or said. These were people who were political prisoners sent to jail simply for something they wrote or said, the most famous of them was Eugene Debs, many times the socialist candidate for president. He'd gotten 6% of the popular vote in 1912 and in 1918. For giving an anti-war speech from a park bandstand in Ohio, he was sent to prison for 10 years. And he was still in prison two years after the war ended in November, 1920, when he pulled more than 900,000 votes for president from his jail cell in the federal penitentiary in Atlanta.So that was one phase of the repression, political prisoners. Another was vigilante violence. The government itself, the Department of Justice, chartered a vigilante group, something called the American Protective League, which went around roughing up people that it thought were evading the draft, beating up people at anti-war rallies, arresting people with citizens arrest whom they didn't have their proper draft papers on them, holding them for hours or sometimes for days until they could produce the right paperwork.Andrew Keen: I remember, Adam, you have a very graphic description of some of this violence in American Midnight. There was a story, was it a union leader?Adam Hochschild: Well, there is so much violence that happened during that time. I begin the book with a graphic description of vigilantes raiding an office of the Wobblies, the Industrial Workers of the World, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, taking a bunch of wobblies out into the prairie at night, stripping them, whipping them, flogging them fiercely, and then tarring and feathering them, and firing shotguns over their heads so they would run off into the Prairie at Night. And they did. Those guys were lucky because they survive. Other people were killed by this vigilante violence.And the final thing about that period which I would mention is the press censorship. The Espionage Act gave the Postmaster General the power to declare any publication in the United States unmailable. And for a newspaper or a magazine that was trying to reach a national audience, the only way you could do so was through the US mail because there was no internet then. No radio, no TV, no other way of getting your publication to somebody. And this put some 75 newspapers and magazines that the government didn't like out of business. It in addition censored three or four hundred specific issues of other publications as well.So that's why I feel this is all a very dark period of American life. Ironically, that press censorship operation, because it was run by the postmaster general, who by the way loved being chief censor, it was ran out of the building that was then the post office headquarters in Washington, which a hundred years later became the Trump International Hotel. And for $4,000 a night, you could stay in the Postmaster General's suite.Andrew Keen: You, Adam, the First World War is a subject you're very familiar with. In addition to American Midnight, you wrote "To End All Wars, a story of loyalty and rebellion, 1914 to 18," which was another very successful of your historical recreations. Many countries around the world experience this turbulence, the violence. Of course, we had fascism in the 20s in Europe. And later in the 30s as well. America has a long history of violence. You talk about the violence after the First World War or after the declaration. But I was just in Montgomery, Alabama, went to the lynching museum there, which is considerably troubling. I'm sure you've been there. You're not necessarily a comparative political scientist, Adam. How does America, in its paranoia during the war and its clampdown on press freedom, on its violence, on its attempt to create an authoritarian political system, how does it compare to other democracies? Is some of this stuff uniquely American or is it a similar development around the world?Adam Hochschild: You see similar pressures almost any time that a major country is involved in a major war. Wars are never good for civil liberties. The First World War, to stick with that period of comparison, was a time that saw strong anti-war movements in all of the warring countries, in Germany and Britain and Russia. There were people who understood at the time that this war was going to remake the world for the worse in every way, which indeed it did, and who refused to fight. There were 800 conscientious objectors jailed in Russia, and Russia did not have much freedom of expression to begin with. In Germany, many distinguished people on the left, like Rosa Luxemburg, were sent to jail for most of the war.Britain was an interesting case because I think they had a much longer established tradition of free speech than did the countries on the continent. It goes way back and it's a distinguished and wonderful tradition. They were also worried for the first two and a half, three years of the war before the United States entered, that if they crack down too hard on their anti-war movement, it would upset people in the United States, which they were desperate to draw into the war on their side. Nonetheless, there were 6,000 conscientious objectors who were sent to jail in England. There was intermittent censorship of anti-war publications, although some were able to publish some of the time. There were many distinguished Britons, such as Bertrand Russell, the philosopher who later won a Nobel Prize, sent to jails for six months for his opposition to the war. So some of this happened all over.But I think in the United States, especially with these vigilante groups, it took a more violent form because remember the country at that time was only a few decades away from these frontier wars with the Indians. And the westward expansion of the United States during the 19th century, the western expansion of white settlement was an enormously bloody business that was almost genocidal for the Native Americans. Many people had participated in that. Many people saw that violence as integral to what the country was. So there was a pretty well-established tradition of settling differences violently.Andrew Keen: I'm sure you're familiar with Stephen Hahn's book, "A Liberal America." He teaches at NYU, a book which in some ways is very similar to yours, but covers all of American history. Hahn was recently on the Ezra Klein show, talking like you, like we're talking today, Adam, about the very American roots of Trumpism. Hahn, it's an interesting book, traces much of this back to Jackson and the wars of the frontier against Indians. Do you share his thesis on that front? Are there strong similarities between Jackson, Wilson, and perhaps even Trump?Adam Hochschild: Well, I regret to say I'm not familiar with Hahn's book, but I certainly do feel that that legacy of constant war for most of the 19th century against the Native Americans ran very deep in this country. And we must never forget how appealing it is to young men to take part in war. Unfortunately, all through history, there have been people very tempted by this. And I think when you have wars of conquest, such as happen in the American West, against people who are more poorly armed, or colonial wars such as Europe fought in Africa and Asia against much more poorly-armed opponents, these are especially appealing to young people. And in both the United States and in the European colonization of Africa, which I know something about. For young men joining in these colonizing or conquering adventures, there was a chance not just to get martial glory, but to also get rich in the process.Andrew Keen: You're all too familiar with colonial history, Adam. Another of your books was about King Leopold's Congo and the brutality there. Where was the most coherent opposition morally and politically to what was happening? My sense in Trump's America is perhaps the most persuasive and moral critique comes from the old Republican Center from people like David Brooks, Peter Wayno has been on the show many times, Jonathan Rausch. Where were people like Teddy Roosevelt in this narrative? Were there critics from the right as well as from the left?Adam Hochschild: Good question. I first of all would give a shout out to those Republican centrists who've spoken out against Trump, the McCain Republicans. There are some good people there - Romney, of course as well. They've been very forceful. There wasn't really an equivalent to that, a direct equivalent to that in the Wilson era. Teddy Roosevelt whom you mentioned was a far more ferocious drum beater than Wilson himself and was pushing Wilson to declare war long before Wilson did. Roosevelt really believed that war was good for the soul. He desperately tried to get Wilson to appoint him to lead a volunteer force, came up with an elaborate plan for this would be a volunteer army staffed by descendants of both Union and Confederate generals and by French officers as well and homage to the Marquis de Lafayette. Wilson refused to allow Roosevelt to do this, and plus Roosevelt was, I think, 58 years old at the time. But all four of Roosevelt's sons enlisted and joined in the war, and one of them was killed. And his father was absolutely devastated by this.So there was not really that equivalent to the McCain Republicans who are resisting Trump, so to speak. In fact, what resistance there was in the U.S. came mostly from the left, and it was mostly ruthlessly silenced, all these people who went to jail. It was silenced also because this is another important part of what happened, which is different from today. When the federal government passed the Espionage Act that gave it these draconian powers, state governments, many of them passed copycat laws. In fact, a federal justice department agent actually helped draft the law in New Hampshire. Montana locked up people serving more than 60 years cumulatively of hard labor for opposing the war. California had 70 people in prison. Even my hometown of Berkeley, California passed a copycat law. So, this martial spirit really spread throughout the country at that time.Andrew Keen: So you've mentioned that Debs was the great critic and was imprisoned and got a considerable number of votes in the election. You're writing a book now about the Great Depression and FDR's involvement in it. FDR, of course, was a distant cousin of Teddy Roosevelt. At this point, he was an aspiring Democratic politician. Where was the critique within the mainstream Democratic party? Were people like FDR, who had a position in the Wilson administration, wasn't he naval secretary?Adam Hochschild: He was assistant secretary of the Navy. And he went to Europe during the war. For an aspiring politician, it's always very important to say I've been at the front. And so he went to Europe and certainly made no sign of resistance. And then in 1920, he was the democratic candidate for vice president. That ticket lost of course.Andrew Keen: And just to remind ourselves, this was before he became disabled through polio, is that correct?Adam Hochschild: That's right. That happened in the early 20s and it completely changed his life and I think quite deepened him as a person. He was a very ambitious social climbing young politician before then but I think he became something deeper. Also the political parties at the time were divided each party between right and left wings or war mongering and pacifist wings. And when the Congress voted on the war, there were six senators who voted against going to war and 50 members of the House of Representatives. And those senators and representatives came from both parties. We think of the Republican Party as being more conservative, but it had some staunch liberals in it. The most outspoken voice against the war in the Senate was Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin, who was a Republican.Andrew Keen: I know you write about La Follette in American Midnight, but couldn't one, Adam, couldn't won before the war and against domestic repression. You wrote an interesting piece recently for the New York Review of Books about the Scopes trial. William Jennings Bryan, of course, was involved in that. He was the defeated Democratic candidate, what in about three or four presidential elections in the past. In the early 20th century. What was Bryan's position on this? He had been against the war, is that correct? But I'm guessing he would have been quite critical of some of the domestic repression.Adam Hochschild: You know, I should know the answer to that, Andrew, but I don't. He certainly was against going to war. He had started out in Wilson's first term as Wilson's secretary of state and then resigned in protest against the military buildup and what he saw as a drift to war, and I give him great credit for that. I don't recall his speaking out against the repression after it began, once the US entered the war, but I could be wrong on that. It was not something that I researched. There were just so few voices speaking out. I think I would remember if he had been one of them.Andrew Keen: Adam, again, I'm thinking out loud here, so please correct me if this is a dumb question. What would it be fair to say that one of the things that distinguished the United States from the European powers during the First World War in this period it remained an incredibly insular provincial place barely involved in international politics with a population many of them were migrants themselves would come from Europe but nonetheless cut off from the world. And much of that accounted for the anti-immigrant, anti-foreign hysteria. That exists in many countries, but perhaps it was a little bit more pronounced in the America of the early 20th century, and perhaps in some ways in the early 21st century.Adam Hochschild: Well, we remain a pretty insular place in many ways. A few years ago, I remember seeing the statistic in the New York Times, I have not checked to see whether it's still the case, but I suspect it is that half the members of the United States Congress do not have passports. And we are more cut off from the world than people living in most of the countries of Europe, for example. And I think that does account for some of the tremendous feeling against immigrants and refugees. Although, of course, this is something that is common, not just in Europe, but in many countries all over the world. And I fear it's going to get all the stronger as climate change generates more and more refugees from the center of the earth going to places farther north or farther south where they can get away from parts of the world that have become almost unlivable because of climate change.Andrew Keen: I wonder Democratic Congress people perhaps aren't leaving the country because they fear they won't be let back in. What were the concrete consequences of all this? You write in your book about a young lawyer, J. Edgar Hoover, of course, who made his name in this period. He was very much involved in the Palmer Raids. He worked, I think his first job was for Palmer. How do you see this structurally? Of course, many historians, biographers of Hoover have seen this as the beginning of some sort of American security state. Is that over-reading it, exaggerating what happened in this period?Adam Hochschild: Well, security state may be too dignified a word for the hysteria that reigned in the country at that time. One of the things we've long had in the United States is a hysteria, paranoia directed at immigrants who are coming from what seems to be a new and threatening part of the world. In the mid-19th century, for example, we had the Know-Nothing Party, as it was called, who were violently opposed to Catholic immigrants coming from Ireland. Now, they were people of Anglo-Saxon descent, pretty much, who felt that these Irish Catholics were a tremendous threat to the America that they knew. There was much violence. There were people killed in riots against Catholic immigrants. There were Catholic merchants who had their stores burned and so on.Then it began to shift. The Irish sort of became acceptable, but by the end of the 19th century, beginning of the 20th century the immigrants coming from Europe were now coming primarily from southern and eastern Europe. In other words, Italians, Sicilians, Poles, and Jews. And they became the target of the anti-immigrant crusaders with much hysteria directed against them. It was further inflamed at that time by the Eugenics movement, which was something very strong, where people believed that there was a Nordic race that was somehow superior to everybody else, that the Mediterraneans were inferior people, and that the Africans were so far down the scale, barely worth talking about. And this culminated in 1924 with the passage of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act that year, which basically slammed the door completely on immigrants coming from Asia and slowed to an absolute trickle those coming from Europe for the next 40 years or so.Andrew Keen: It wasn't until the mid-60s that immigration changed, which is often overlooked. Some people, even on the left, suggest that it was a mistake to radically reform the Immigration Act because we would have inevitably found ourselves back in this situation. What do you think about that, Adam?Adam Hochschild: Well, I think a country has the right to regulate to some degree its immigration, but there always will be immigration in this world. I mean, my ancestors all came from other countries. The Jewish side of my family, I'm half Jewish, were lucky to get out of Europe in plenty of time. Some relatives who stayed there were not lucky and perished in the Holocaust. So who am I to say that somebody fleeing a repressive regime in El Salvador or somewhere else doesn't have the right to come here? I think we should be pretty tolerant, especially if people fleeing countries where they really risk death for one reason or another. But there is always gonna be this strong anti-immigrant feeling because unscrupulous politicians like Donald Trump, and he has many predecessors in this country, can point to immigrants and blame them for the economic misfortunes that many Americans are experiencing for reasons that don't have anything to do with immigration.Andrew Keen: Fast forward Adam to today. You were involved in an interesting conversation on the Nation about the role of universities in the resistance. What do you make of this first hundred days, I was going to say hundred years that would be a Freudian error, a hundred days of the Trump regime, the role, of big law, big universities, newspapers, media outlets? In this emerging opposition, are you chilled or encouraged?Adam Hochschild: Well, I hope it's a hundred days and not a hundred years. I am moderately encouraged. I was certainly deeply disappointed at the outset to see all of those tech titans go to Washington, kiss the ring, contribute to Trump's inauguration festivities, be there in the front row. Very depressing spectacle, which kind of reminds one of how all the big German industrialists fell into line so quickly behind Hitler. And I'm particularly depressed to see the changes in the media, both the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post becoming much more tame when it came to endorsing.Andrew Keen: One of the reasons for that, Adam, of course, is that you're a long-time professor at the journalism school at UC Berkeley, so you've been on the front lines.Adam Hochschild: So I really care about a lively press that has free expression. And we also have a huge part of the media like Fox News and One American Network and other outlets that are just pouring forth a constant fire hose of lies and falsehood.Andrew Keen: And you're being kind of calling it a fire hose. I think we could come up with other terms for it. Anyway, a sewage pipe, but that's another issue.Adam Hochschild: But I'm encouraged when I see media organizations that take a stand. There are places like the New York Times, like CNN, like MSNBC, like the major TV networks, which you can read or watch and really find an honest picture of what's going on. And I think that's a tremendously important thing for a country to have. And that you look at the countries that Donald Trump admires, like Putin's Russia, for example, they don't have this. So I value that. I want to keep it. I think that's tremendously important.I was sorry, of course, that so many of those big law firms immediately cave to these ridiculous and unprecedented demands that he made, contributing pro bono work to his causes in return for not getting banned from government buildings. Nothing like that has happened in American history before, and the people in those firms that made those decisions should really be ashamed of themselves. I was glad to see Harvard University, which happens to be my alma mater, be defiant after caving in a little bit on a couple of issues. They finally put their foot down and said no. And I must say, feeling Harvard patriotism is a very rare emotion for me. But this is the first time in 50 years that I've felt some of it.Andrew Keen: You may even give a donation, Adam.Adam Hochschild: And I hope other universities are going to follow its lead, and it looks like they will. But this is pretty unprecedented, a president coming after universities with this determined of ferocity. And he's going after nonprofit organizations as well. There will be many fights there as well, I'm sure we're just waiting to hear about the next wave of attacks which will be on places like the Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation and other big nonprofits. So hold on and wait for that and I hope they are as defiant as possible too.Andrew Keen: It's a little bit jarring to hear a wise historian like yourself use the word unprecedented. Is there much else of this given that we're talking historically and the similarities with the period after the first world war, is there anything else unprecedented about Trumpism?Adam Hochschild: I think in a way, we have often had, or not often, but certainly sometimes had presidents in this country who wanted to assume almost dictatorial powers. Richard Nixon certainly is the most recent case before Trump. And he was eventually stopped and forced to leave office. Had that not happened, I think he would have very happily turned himself into a dictator. So we know that there are temptations that come with the desire for absolute power everywhere. But Trump has gotten farther along on this process and has shown less willingness to do things like abide by court orders. The way that he puts pressure on Republican members of Congress.To me, one of the most startling, disappointing, remarkable, and shocking things about these first hundred days is how very few Republican members to the House or Senate have dared to defy Trump on anything. At most, these ridiculous set of appointees that he muscled through the Senate. At most, they got three Republican votes against them. They couldn't muster the fourth necessary vote. And in the House, only one or two Republicans have voted against Trump on anything. And of course, he has threatened to have Elon Musk fund primaries against any member of Congress who does defy him. And I can't help but think that these folks must also be afraid of physical violence because Trump has let all the January 6th people out of jail and the way vigilantes like that operate is they first go after the traitors on their own side then they come for the rest of us just as in the first real burst of violence in Hitler's Germany was the night of the long knives against another faction of the Nazi Party. Then they started coming for the Jews.Andrew Keen: Finally, Adam, your wife, Arlie, is another very distinguished writer.Adam Hochschild: I've got a better picture of her than that one though.Andrew Keen: Well, I got some very nice photos. This one is perhaps a little, well she's thinking Adam. Everyone knows Arlie from her hugely successful work, "Strangers in their Own Land." She has a new book out, "Stolen Pride, Lost Shame and the Rise of the Right." I don't want to put words into Arlie's mouth and she certainly wouldn't let me do that, Adam, but would it be fair to say that her reading, certainly of recent American history, is trying to bring people back together. She talks about the lessons she learned from her therapist brother. And in some ways, I see her as a kind of marriage counselor in America. Given what's happening today in America with Trump, is this still an opportunity? This thing is going to end and it will end in some ways rather badly and perhaps bloodily one way or the other. But is this still a way to bring people, to bring Americans back together? Can America be reunited? What can we learn from American Midnight? I mean, one of the more encouraging stories I remember, and please correct me if I'm wrong. Wasn't it Coolidge or Harding who invited Debs when he left prison to the White House? So American history might be in some ways violent, but it's also made up of chapters of forgiveness.Adam Hochschild: That's true. I mean, that Debs-Harding example is a wonderful one. Here is Debs sent to prison by Woodrow Wilson for a 10-year term. And Debs, by the way, had been in jail before for his leadership of a railway strike when he was a railway workers union organizer. Labor organizing was a very dangerous profession in those days. But Debs was a fairly gentle man, deeply committed to nonviolence. About a year into, a little less than a year into his term, Warren Harding, Woodrow Wilson's successor, pardoned Debs, let him out of prison, invited him to visit the White House on his way home. And they had a half hour's chat. And when he left the building, Debs told reporters, "I've run for the White house five times, but this is the first time I've actually gotten here." Harding privately told a friend. This was revealed only after his death, that he said, "Debs was right about that war. We never should have gotten involved in it."So yeah, there can be reconciliation. There can be talk across these great differences that we have, and I think there are a number of organizations that are working on that specific project, getting people—Andrew Keen: We've done many of those shows. I'm sure you're familiar with the organization Braver Angels, which seems to be a very good group.Adam Hochschild: So I think it can be done. I really think it could be done and it has to be done and it's important for those of us who are deeply worried about Trump, as you and I are, to understand the grievances and the losses and the suffering that has made Trump's backers feel that here is somebody who can get them out of the pickle that they're in. We have to understand that, and the Democratic Party has to come up with promising alternatives for them, which it really has not done. It didn't really offer one in this last election. And the party itself is in complete disarray right now, I fear.Andrew Keen: I think perhaps Arlie should run for president. She would certainly do a better job than Kamala Harris in explaining it. And of course they're both from Berkeley. Finally, Adam, you're very familiar with the history of Africa, Southern Africa, your family I think was originally from there. Might we need after all this, when hopefully the smoke clears, might we need a Mandela style truth and reconciliation committee to make sense of what's happening?Adam Hochschild: My family's actually not from there, but they were in business there.Andrew Keen: Right, they were in the mining business, weren't they?Adam Hochschild: That's right. Truth and Reconciliation Committee. Well, I don't think it would be on quite the same model as South Africa's. But I certainly think we need to find some way of talking across the differences that we have. Coming from the left side of that divide I just feel all too often when I'm talking to people who feel as I do about the world that there is a kind of contempt or disinterest in Trump's backers. These are people that I want to understand, that we need to understand. We need to understand them in order to hear what their real grievances are and to develop alternative policies that are going to give them a real alternative to vote for. Unless we can do that, we're going to have Trump and his like for a long time, I fear.Andrew Keen: Wise words, Adam. I hope in the next 500 episodes of this show, things will improve. We'll get you back on the show, keep doing your important work, and I'm very excited to learn more about your new project, which we'll come to in the next few months or certainly years. Thank you so much.Adam Hochschild: OK, thank you, Andrew. Good being with you. This is a public episode. 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Let us know what you think - text the show!On this week's show:Happy national Drinking Straw DayWe're number 4 - Vermont's homelessness ranks 4th in nationVT Truth and Reconciliation Committee needs 3rd memberFewer traffic deaths in 2024Increasing pharmacy closures mean long drives for Vermont residents, mirroring a ‘An anomaly?': Pay to state employees under investigation exceeds $2.6 million tMontpelier officials use treated wastewater to shrink Winooski River ice jam Year in Review: Brattleboro contends with a troubled downtown (1:02:27) Break music:  Jacob Green - “If the Spirit Moves You, Let It Shine”https://jacobgreen.bandcamp.com/track/if-the-spirit-moves-let-it-shine Westbury, VT's newest village, is one year oldSaint Mike's going free tuitionStowe native breaks world ski recordYoung VT ninja warriorsStewart's Shops completes purchase of Jolley stores Federal judge dimisses pro-Palestinian student group's lawsuit against UVM  Vermont's 2024 cannabis data released | GreenMountain Vermont Cannabis Departure of the Associated Press' last Vermont reporter marks the end of (1:38:52) Break music:  Michael Roberts - “2030”https://songsofmichaelroberts.bandcamp.com/album/rose-gold Scumbag mapVandalism closes University Mall; suspect arrestedStamford man accused of arson, insurance fraud Hannaford robbery in Saint Albans Barre dumpster fire Assault and Thanks for listening!Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/VermontCatchup Follow Matt on twitter: @MatthewBorden4 Contact the show: 24theroadshow@gmail.comOutro Music by B-Complex

Canadian corporations increasingly understand the importance of working together with Indigenous communities to form equity partnerships on procurement and infrastructure projects including transportation, oil and gas, nuclear, health, social, and mining. But for most of Canada's history, these partnerships were traditionally unheard of, and Indigenous communities were purposefully excluded from all participation — having devastating effects on indigenous communities. Today, these partnerships are an important step towards economic reconciliation for Indigenous peoples. Indigenous partnerships also decrease project risk because participation ensures that all parties have a mutual interest in a project's success. How did we get here?  In the past decades, there has been major development in Canadian law supporting the rights of indigenous peoples. Governments have reacted to the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee process. Governments have also implemented indigenous content rules that make participation a deal requirement. On December 10th, 2024, the Empire Club of Canada is proud to present Indigenous Partnerships — a New Way Forward to unlock Canadian Infrastructure. This event will focus on Indigenous partnerships and its impact to indigenous communities and the Canadian Infrastructure.  Our panelists will speak about the impact, the challenges and the success stories for all Canadians to learn from. Are you ready for your next project?  Please join us in welcoming Chief Cindy Woodhouse, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations; Cherie Brant, Partner and National Leader, Indigenous Law, BLG; Hillary Thatcher, Managing Director, Investments, Canada Infrastructure Bank — moderated by Michael Fox, President of ICE Indigenous.  *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

Bart Barber answered questions from Heath Lambert on January 28, 2024 regarding his power as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, the Mike Law Amendment, the Reconciliation Committee, and so much more. Jon Harris discusses his answers with William Wolfe. #sbc #southernbaptistsSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/conversations-that-matter8971/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Bear Pond Books makes a comeback. Plus, an extended deadline for federal FEMA flood help, a prison sentence for an fraudulent alpaca farm buyer, Vermont wetlands could be vulnerable after federal regulations are lifted, Vermont's Truth and Reconciliation Committee introduces its team, recommendations for improving racial equity in teaching, a probe into whether Vermont limited local school masking mandates and, unlocked cars lead to thefts at Burlington's airport.

Join our LIVE Panel of 7 as we chat about what it is to work together toward a positive common goal in our community. “How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That's all you have to figure out. The effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.” – Jim Carrey We are installing interactive mural for the community is to be painted on the north side of the Prairie North Plaza as part of Truth and Reconciliation. To celebrate kindness, love, and indigenous culture in our community and surrounding area and serve at a landmark location as a pillar of symbolism and hope. In partnership with Lloydminster Region Health Foundation, Brandi Hofer Studios, Yellow Finch Images, Home Hardware Lloydminster and Heart of Treaty 6 Truth and Reconciliation Committee. North, as a symbolic gesture, paying homage to our Indigenous community. Interactive in the way: of placing hands as a community at the end of the ceremony and vowing to choose love and honour and accept one another. Interactive meaning: having an area designated for everyone to trace their hands on the mural and a moment where the public can connect. This portion of the mural will provide inclusivity of ALL nationalities, diversity groups, minorities and in essence the very basis of equality. Prior to this moment at the onset of the unveiling we will invite Indigenous elders to bless the new mural in the spirit of truth and reconciliation. This is a necessary component to the project as we continue to “Choose Love”. Learn more about SUPPORTING this project or apply to the mentorship program https://www.lrhf.ca/events/choose-love-join-hands-in-truth-reconciliation/ LISTEN HERE Join our Free Colour Me Happy Community! Expand Your Art Practice with Murals NEW COURSE Order our new book HERE! Sign up for our Newsletter Go to brandihofer.ca

  Chris Gallop's facebook group: JFK-The Continuing Inquiry 10th Annual JFK-The Continuing Inquiry Luncheon: Wednesday, Nov 16, 2022; Time: 11am-5pm Address: Lone Star Garden, 3132 Milam Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76112 Google Maps location of the venue Speakers include J. Gary Shaw, Jeff Meek, Robert Groden, Leslie Sharp and others For more details, please mail Chris at cjgallop@yahoo.com You can also text him at 817-291-1891 New documentary by Meredith Mantik (D/o Dr. David Mantik) titled Invisible Witness; check poster here Showreel/sizzle reel of the documentary to be shown for the very first time at the luncheon The documentary should be released in time for the 60th anniversary next year If Oswald indeed acted alone then there's no reason to withhold the files for 60 years Stream/buy JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass: Showtime, Prime, iTunes, Vudu, Microsoft Stream/buy the documentary series JFK: Destiny Betrayed: Amazon Prime, iTunes, Vudu Video: The collapse of WTC Building 7 Facebook page of The JFK Historical Group The JFK Historical Group Conference from Nov 17-20, 2022 at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Dallas Speakers include J. Gary Shaw, Robert Groden, Mal Hyman, Vince Palamara, John Barbour and others Part B: David Talbot; beginning at 29:24 David Talbot is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Salon And the author of The Devil's Chessboard by David Talbot: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook And Brothers: Real History of the Kennedy Years: Paperback, Kindle, Scribd, Audiobook News: Paul Schrade passes away Schrade introduced Robert Kennedy to Cesar Chavez Schrade went on to champion the release of Sirhan Sirhan Thomas Noguchi's autopsy report of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (read online) Sirhan was granted parole but Governor Gavin Newsom reversed the parole board's recommendation Book: A Lie too Big to Fail by Lisa Pease: Hardcover, Kindle, Scribd The browbeating of witness Sandra Serrano Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated by Thane Eugene Cesar, declares RFK Jr" CIA may have used contractor who inspired ‘Mission: Impossible' to kill RFK Kennedy, King, Malcolm X relatives and scholars seek new assassination probes The Truth and Reconciliation Committee: www.americantruthnow.org FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Last Investigation by Gaeton Fonzi President Kennedy fired Allen Dulles after the Bay of Pigs fiasco FREE Borrowable Ebook: The Brothers: John Foster Dulles, Allen Dulles & Their Secret World War by Stephen Kinzer It was Richard Helms that really ran the CIA during 1962 & 63; not John McCone Richard Helms continued to report to Allen Dulles even after Dulles was fired Allen Dulles (probably) organized the crime and also the cover-up too Video: Jim Garrison meets Mr. X (Oliver Stone's JFK) William Harvey worked directly under Allen Dulles at the CIA Harvey was incharge of the blackops and assassinations for Allen Dulles "The Old Man will take care of it" What Kennedy was doing was in the best interests of all humanity June 10 1963, JFK's American University commencement address titled 'A Strategy of Peace': Audio, Video, Text Video: Fletcher Prouty explains how and why the Gary Powers' U2 flight was sabotaged Limit CIA Role To Intelligence by Harry S. Truman, Dec 22, 1963, The Washington Post Bobby Kennedy knew that his brother was killed as a result of a high-level domestic plot FREE Online Ebook: The Secret Team by Col. L. Fletcher Prouty (1973) FREE Online Ebook: (html version) Understanding Special Operations, And Their Impact on Vietnam War Era 1989 Interview with L. Fletcher Prouty, Colonel USAF (Retired) by David Ratcliffe (1999) NSAM 271 President Eisenhower's farewell address on Jan 17, 1961: Video, Text Remarks prepared for delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas, TX, Nov 22, 1963 (Undelivered)

ABOUT THIS EPISODE: In this episode, host Megan Cole talks to Susan McClelland. Susan co-wrote Boy from Buchenwald with Robbie Waisman. Boy from Buchenwald is the winner of the 2022 Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize. In their conversation, Susan talks the challenges of working with memory and what draws her to projects like Boy from Buchenwald. ABOUT SUSAN McCLELLAND: Susan McClelland's first book, Bite of the Mango (2008) is the true story of a young Sierra Leonean victim of war and has been published in more than 30 countries, including by Annick Press in Canada and Bloomsbury in the UK. It was a YALSA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults selection, and the White Ravens International Book of the Year. Bite of the Mango was shortlisted for the American Library Association non-fiction, young adult book of the year. Susan has written several commissioned books for various publishers, including Harper Collins and WW Norton and Company for both young adult and adult markets. Susan found her follow-up story to Bite of the Mango in the subject Sungju Lee, a former North Korean street boy, currently pursuing a Ph.D in international relations at George Mason University. Sungju's book, Every Falling Star, published in 2016 by Abrams, was an Indies Introduce Selection of the American Booksellers Association; Library Guild 2016 Fall Selection; and shortlisted for Japan's top honour, the 2018 Sakura Medal. Susan's latest book tells the story of a young survivor of the Yazidi genocide (Annick, April, 2019). Abducted by ISIS, Badeeah Hassan Ahmed managed to shield her 3-year-old nephew throughout her ordeal by saying the child was her own son. As a journalist, Susan has written for the Sunday Times Magazine, Glamour, Marie Claire, Ms. Magazine, The Walrus and The Guardian, as well as numerous other magazines and newspapers. Her stories have been adapted into documentaries for the CBC and BBC's Panorama. ABOUT ROBBIE WAISMAN: Romek Wajsman, who changed his name to Robbie Waisman when he moved to Canada in 1949, is an accountant by training, a successful businessman, father, grandfather, and beloved international speaker on topics of the holocaust, healing, reconciliation, and forgiveness. He is particularly a powerful motivator of at-risk youth, with regular visits to First Nation reserves. Robbie, however, told no one about his past until the 1980s. At that time, Holocaust denier, James Keegstra, said that Jews were treacherous, subversive, and sadistic…and that they created the Holocaust to gain worldwide sympathy. Robbie felt it was his duty to speak up. Robbie has won numerous awards from universities, human rights organizations, community and Jewish groups around the world, and has been recognized by the German, American, and Canadian governments for his activism. Robbie is the recipient of the 2014 Governor General's Caring Canada Award and is an Honourary Witness to the First Nation Truth and Reconciliation Committee. He holds honourary doctorates of law from the University of Victoria. ABOUT THE PODCAST: Writing the Coast is recorded and produced on the traditional territory of the Tla'amin Nation. As a settler on these lands, Megan Cole finds opportunities to learn and listen to the stories from those whose land was stolen. Writing the Coast is a recorded series of conversations, readings, and insights into the work of the writers, illustrators, and creators whose books are nominated for the annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes. We'll also check in on people in the writing community who are supporting books, writers and readers every day. The podcast is produced and hosted by Megan Cole.

Welcome to the special edition of the Conversations with WLI, where ULI Toronto's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Reconciliation Committee highlights the changemakers who are doing amazing DEI work in city building in our new Conversations with DEI podcast with Jennifer Khan and Sameer Patel. In this fourth and final episode, they speak with Eli Bauwah, who shares the importance of queer spaces and building community connections to support one another with Eli Bauwah. Jc Elijah (Eli) M. Bawuah (he/him) is a practicing Urban Planner and Public Consultant with multi-disciplinary experience gained by working in a spectrum of city and community-building roles. He has worked on development applications, master plans, social plans, mobility/transportation projects across Ontario. Eli has co-developed equity initiatives centering the lived experiences and voices of Toronto's diverse urban stakeholders, while fostering collaborative environments that generate values of reciprocity and sustainability. To Eli, leadership is about allowing yourself to be vulnerable while advocating for what you believe in that may benefit someone other than yourself. This is why he co-founded the Mentoring Initiative for Indigenous and Planners of Colour (MIIPOC). With the goal to advance diversity and representation amongst city-builders and leadership, the Mentoring Initiative for Indigenous and Planners of Colour (MIIPOC) focuses on establishing a national network between experienced planners and emerging planners from marginalized communities. As a former Committee Member of the City of Toronto's 2SLGBTQ+ Council Advisory Body, he advised and helped to inform strategies aimed at removing barriers faced by the queer community.

Welcome to the special edition of the Conversations with WLI, where ULI Toronto's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Reconciliation Committee highlights the changemakers who are doing amazing DEI work in city building in our new Conversations with DEI podcast with Jennifer Khan and Sameer Patel. In this episode, they speak with Cheryll Case, who shares how one can make the changes that we want to see in our communities and what we can do to support the move to building more equitable and inclusive cities. Cheryll Case is an Early Career Canadian Urban Leader with the University of Toronto School of Cities, an Adjunct Professor at the University of Waterloo, and is founder, and principal urban planner of CP Planning, a planning firm that facilitates partnerships between the government, academic, charity, private, and non-profit sectors to align on a human rights approach to the planning and delivery of housing. This includes designing, implementing, and guiding national, city-wide, and neighbourhood specific affordable housing programs to protect and increase affordable housing supply. She is a co-editor and co-author of House Divided: How the Missing Middle Can Solve Toronto's Affordability Crisis.

Shania became the first Regional Female Aboriginal Youth Governor of South Australia in 2022. In 2021, she joined the Indigenous Affairs and Reconciliation Committee, where she helped create the Youth Justice Bill (Age of Criminal Capability) as assistant manager and main sponsor for debating the bill in the Legislative Council. Shania is currently organising the Youth Parliament Program of 2022 for SA. Shania was a Finalist in the SA Young Achiever Awards Multicultural Youth South Australia Spirit of Resilience Award.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to the special edition of the Conversations with WLI, where ULI Toronto's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Reconciliation Committee highlights the changemakers who are doing amazing DEI work in city building in our new Conversations with DEI podcast with Jennifer Khan and Sameer Patel. In this episode, they speak with Clarence Qian and Chantal Lee, who provide their unique perspective from those entering the Toronto city building industry and how they experience their sense of community. Clarence Qian Clarence Qian is the Director of Development at Distrikt and has responsibility for the management and execution of value creation strategies across Distrikt's development portfolio. Prior to joining Distrikt, Clarence was a project manager at BDP Quadrangle, one of Canada's leading architecture, design, and urbanism firm, where he worked on various international and domestic mixed-use master plans. He also managed the planning, design, and construction of several award-winning mid and high-rise projects in Toronto. Prior to BDP Quadrangle, Clarence was a project manager at Bowan Group, a leading full-service design and development firm in Shenzhen, China, where he worked closely with numerous development partners to ensure the successful execution of real estate projects across Asia. Clarence holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto. He is actively involved with the Urban Land Institute, currently serving on the Management Committee as Student Committee Co-Chair for the Toronto District Council. Clarence was an Urban Leadership Fellow at the School of Cities, University of Toronto, and he has contributed as a guest studio critic at OCAD University. Chantal Lee Chantal Lee is an urban planner who is passionate about creating thriving cities through effective urban planning, design and policy. Chantal received her Master of Science in Planning at the University of Toronto. She is currently a Transportation Planner at LEA Consulting and a Student Committee Co-Chair at ULI Toronto. Previously, she has worked as a Community Planning Assistant for the City of Coquitlam and a Sustainability Analyst at JTS Consulting. Chantal has also volunteered for city-building non-profit organizations such as Our Greenway Conservancy and Evergreen Brick Works.

Welcome to the special edition of the Conversations with WLI, where ULI Toronto's Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Reconciliation Committee highlights the changemakers who are doing amazing DEI work in city building in our new Conversations with DEI podcast with Jennifer Khan and Sameer Patel. In this episode, they speak with Eldon Theodore, Partner at MHBC, to discuss the opportunities planners have to effect change in the planning process, when to pick your battles and how to be a driver for change. Eldon Theodore, is a Partner with MHBC, specializing in land use planning and urban design. Mr. Theodore holds an Honours Bachelor Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Waterloo and a Masters Degree in Urban Design Studies from the University of Toronto. Mr. Theodore is also a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) with the Canada Green Building Council. Mr. Theodore specializes in providing Urban Design and sustainable development services to public and private sector clients across Ontario. His experience includes the application of urban design and sustainable initiatives through policy preparation, site design analysis, community visioning, design briefs and community design guidelines. Mr. Theodore is also trained in conducting intensive design charrettes to help establish places of distinction and create value in a community. As a LEED AP, Mr. Theodore's design expertise also extends to the evaluation, design and accreditation of sustainable sites and built form. Mr. Theodore's land use planning experience includes obtaining development approvals (Subdivisions, Condominiums, Site Plans, Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendments, Consents, and Minor Variances), project coordination and management, undertaking special studies and associated research, expert witness at the Ontario Municipal Board and presentations to Committees, Council and the general public. Mr. Theodore is a full member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and a Registered Professional Planner in Ontario. Mr. Theodore is also Chair of OPPI's Community Design Working Group, and Treasurer of the Congress for the New Urbanism's Ontario Chapter.

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A Jesus Astrology Special: The Life and Lessons of a Great Teacher This is one for the people who believe in Jesus, those who are curious about astrological alignments of significant world figures, and those who would like to hear some good news. This is a Jesus Astrology Special. Short Summary: We are experiencing a very similar set of planetary alignments to what was going on planet wise at the time of Jesus birth is happening now, as we are symbolically lining up with Easter. This is happening within the context of our major planetary epoch shift that we have been celebrating and discussing on my podcast. As I discuss in this Crow Medicine Astrology special and the detailed article that supports it, the teachings and cosmic spark that is Jesus and current planetary alignments are indeed coming together to create a that path to inner freedom and love that this is significant for all of us. Believers (or not).*** While there is much celebration in this, there is also pain. Situating this discussion in the astrology of our recent years, we briefly move through the planetary alignments of 2021 into our current moment. Just as they have been prompting us to ask the ‘big picture' questions about abuse, exploitation, and wrongdoing, so too are we seeing that very powerfully in Christianity. The wrongs done in the name of Prince of Peace Jesus are being exposed. The process of reconciliation is ongoing. A recent apology by the Pope to representatives from Assembly of First Nations is a poignant example of these changes being lived right in front of us. *It is happening.* What all of this means, in my opinion, is that the true spark of the teachings of Jesus and all that this powerful teacher represented are brought back into their more-pure form. This is good for everybody, no matter what your background. Join me for a conversation about the astrology of the birth and death of Jesus, a special shout out to my favourite Gospel (Nicodemus), and to hear about the path through ‘hell' that I think our current planetary alignments represent. *The issues I raise in this written article and the podcast that will follow it are complex. The podcast and article do not cover all of them. This is an earnest conversation shared for those whose hearts may also be sparked by the topic as much as mine is. * Link to my long article and supporting calculations: A Jesus Astrology Special: The Life and Lessons of a Great Teacher – Crow Medicine: (crow-medicine.com). References Assembly of First Nations. 2022. “AFN Delegation to the Vatican.” https://www.afn.ca/vatican/. Accessed online April 16, 2022. Truth and Reconciliation Committee: https://ia-petabox.archive.org/details/TruthReconciliationCanada/Executive_Summary_English_Web/page/n7/mode/2up. Accessed online April 17, 2022. Strobel, Nick. 2011. The Star of Bethlehem. As Astronomical Perspective. https://www.astronomynotes.com/~astronp4/history/bethlehem-star.html#seasonlight. Accessed online April 15, 2022. Thanks to my favourite teacher, Jesus.

World leaders mourn the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Pierre Lamoureux is a fixture in the St. Paul Community.  A Lawyer, Lakeland Cross Country Ski Club president, member of the St Paul Truth and Reconciliation Committee, Pierre shares his passion for all these and more as he talks about his youth, and transition from a philosopher to becoming a Lawyer.  Not to mention how he went from being a token French date to a token French husband! A few laughs and a few provocative thoughts on worldly issues, Pierre brings an enlightening view on life and humanity in this episode of "Now For Someone Completely Interesting"

Whoa nelly, do we have a doozy of a show for you all this week as we dive into the many meanings of Scorpio season! As a fixed water sign, I suppose it makes sense that I went so deep to penetrate the mysterious wisdom of this transformative, often misunderstood sign of the zodiac. The show begins with some prepared general thoughts on Scorpio, detours into a Scorpionic story from last fall that speaks to what I see as Scorpio's key lesson, moves into some insights garnered from astrologers Rick Levine and Eugenia Krok while adding some of my own, goes into a long piece on the assassination of JFK and just how dark American power is, using work from Charles Eisenstein and David Fuller of Rebel Wisdom to anchor me, and, after our first musical break from a Scorpionic act, we are visited by one of rock's most famous Scorpios, Neil Young, for a deep dive into his classic "Cowgirl in the Sand" among other random topics before finishing the show by listening to that epic tune. Like I said, it's a long one---almost as long as that sentence!---but I think it's a goodie! As always, if you want to reach me, you can do so by clicking on the links below. In addition, I reference a lot of media on this episode so be sure to check out all the media links, too! Enjoy! If you want to connect with me, find me at: Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/bryan.winchell2/ https://www.facebook.com/TheBandPRealmPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/BandPRealmPod Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bryanwinchell?fan_landing=true Media Links My blog post, "How Grieving Over Trees And Facing My Addiction Gave Me New Life" Pluto Returns in History Pam Gregory on the US Pluto Return “White House further postpones disclosure of JFK Assassination documents, citing Covid” (CNN) Dark Journalist Special JFK Report: CIA Biden Block Assassination Records! Manson and the Secret War of the 60s” with Tom O'Neill (Rebel Wisdom) Truth and Reconciliation Committee to Look Into 1960s Assassinations “The America That Almost Was Yet May Be” (Charles Eisenstein) Astrology of the JFK Assassination CNN Defends Rogan Smear, Emasculates Sanjay Gupta (Breaking Points) Comedian Bill Hicks on the JFK Assassination

Part A: Johnny Cairns Articles: A Presumption of Innocence: Lee Harvey Oswald by Johnny Cairns: Part 1, Part 2 Part 3 of the article to be released soon How Johnny got interested in the case FREE Download Ebook: Accessories After the Fact by Sylvia Meagher (PDF) The bullet (CE 399) does not match the rifle in evidence (Mannlicher–Carcano) No ammunition found among Oswald's possessions No cleaning products for the rifle (like oil) was found in Oswald's possessions Oswald was legally innocent of the crime The WC concluded that Oswald owned the Mannlicher-Carcarno rifle However the ownership of the rifle can be seriously challenged Oswald's time cards have him present at his work when the rile was supposedly ordered Book: The Girl on the Stairs: The Search for a Missing Witness by Barry Ernest: Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle The pressure to operate the bolt of the rifle was so tight that the rifle was moved off target There is no evidence that Oswald was proficient with this weapon The rifle had to be cleaned up and put together to test it One of the FBI guys did not want to test the rifle because he thought it might blow up in his face !!! No paper sack can be seen in any of the crime scene photographs of the sixth floor The paper bag that never was by Ian Griggs Book: No Case To Answer by Ian Griggs: Paperback, Kindle FREE Borrowable Ebook: Rush to Judgement (1967) by Mark Lane The ammunition allegedly used in the assassination was nearly 19 years old The "palm print" on the rifle FREE Borrowable Ebook: Reasonable Doubt by Henry Hurt "Any prosecutor can convict a guilty man. It takes a great prosecutor to convict an innocent man" Documentary: The Thin Blue Line by Errol Morris: Part 1, Part 2 The case as it stands now isn't strong enough to get a conviction - Hoover to LBJ on 23 Nov 1963 Article: The Impossible One Day Journey of CE 399 by Jim DiEugenio Part B: Paul Bleau; beginning at 1:20:30 Articles: Exposing the FPCC by Paul Bleau: Part 1, Part 2 Articles: The Three Failed Plots to Kill JFK by Paul: Part 1, Part 2 Other potential patsies in these failed plots were also linked to the FPCC FPCC = Fair Play for Cuba Committee Truth and Reconciliation Committee's website: www.americantruthnow.org Oswald's "defection" to the USSR under the REDSKIN false-defection program The infiltration of the left by the FBI FBI's CoIntelPro (Counter Intelligence Program) 1.5 million Americans were placed in the "potentially subversive" category The CIA and FBI opened around 380,000 letters The FBI had atleast 25 informants in New York's and 11 in Tampa's FPCC chapters Cuban Revolutionary Council was led by Sergio Arcacha-Smith Arcacha-Smith was very close to Guy Banister and David Ferrie The FPCC was infiltrated by the FBI long before Oswald was associated with it Oswald was the alleged organizer and chairman of the FPCC in Texas (not just Dallas) Oswald wanted to talk to the FBI after his arrest in New Orleans Book: Let Justice Be Done by Bill Davy: Paperback, Kindle To be continued next week (part 2)  

The threat of the Delta variant looms over the recovery of the economy and the health of the global population, Fareed asks Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman what this stage of the pandemic will look like, and if the economy will shut down again. Then, the key to transitioning back to normal life lies in vaccines, but how can governments and health experts convince more people to get vaccinated? Richard Thaler, Nobel Prize winning economist and co-author of the book ‘Nudge' explains how to effectively incentivize the unvaccinated. Then, 10 years after the Arab Spring, is Tunisia in the throes of a coup? Tarek Masoud, professor of International Relations at Harvard University, explains why democracy is fragile in the North African country. Plus, after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, does the U.S. need a truth and reconciliation committee? Fareed asks Harvard scholar and Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate Danielle Allen how the country can heal.   GUESTS: Paul Krugman, Richard Thaler, Tarek Masoud, Danielle Allen   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Did you notice that many people weren't up for celebrating Canada Day this year? It came and went with little fanfare and this was largely because many of us weren't feeling particularly proud of our country. More and more unmarked graves of Indigenous children are being discovered at former residential schools across the country and instead of celebrating, we're in mourning. That's what we talk about in today's episode - the history behind Canada Day, what it means for Indigenous folks, and how to use the day for reflection.Contact us for collaborations and to be featured on the podcast:Email - knownonsensepodcast@gmail.com Instagram handle - http://instagram.com/racism.is.nonsenseLinktree - https://linktr.ee/KnowNonsensePodcast Read the Truth and Reconciliation Committee's 94 Calls to Action:http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdfRead the full TRC Report titled "The Survivors Speak":http://www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/Survivors_Speak_2015_05_30_web_o.pdf

  David Giglio's website: www.ourhiddenhistory.org Our Hidden History YouTube channel The Church Committee's efforts to investigate the CIA YouTube Playlist: FBI's War on Martin Luther King (Church Committee) YouTube Playlist: The Church Committee's History of US Intelligence (1976) YouTube Playlist: Church Committee: Assassination Plots against Foreign Leaders YouTube Playlist: Jim Garrison and the JFK Assassination YouTube Playlist: Mark Lane YouTube Playlist: HSCA audiobook series YouTube Playlist: Pike Committee's Report audiobook Audiobook: Oswald, the CIA and Mexico City (aka The Lopez Report): Listen online, Download MP3s Audio: Sylvia Meagher: The JFK Assassination and The Warren Report (1967) Audio: "Who Done It?" Panel from the Assassination Information Bureau Conference, Boston (1975) The panel included speakers like Penn Jones, Mae Brussell, Mark Lane, Sherman Skolnick The conference was moderated by Carl Oglesby Presented here with a new introductio by Jim DiEugenio This audio is a must-listen for all Black Op Radio listeners FREE Borrowable Ebook: Executive Action: Assassination of a Head of State by Donald Freed and Mark Lane Donald Freed is also on the panel of this 1975 Boston conference Audio: The Yankee and Cowboy War: Carl Oglesby (1975) FREE Download Ebook: The Yankee and Cowboy War by Carl Oglesby: Read online, Download PDF Part B: Paul Bleau; beginning at 25:59 Article: Marina's Sponsor and Oswald's Fifth Wallet by Paul Bleau All articles by Paul Bleau (at Kennedys and King) Articles: JFK and the Unforgivable: Part 1, Part 2, Addendum The Fair Play for Cuba Committee Marguerite Oswald worked for Byron Phillips who later fired her On March 15 1962, Phillips sponsored Marina Oswald to help her get into the US Paul Bleau got in touch with Byron Phillips' grandson Oswald took Byron's wallet and had it on him when he got arrested According to John Armstrong there were a total of four wallets belonging to Oswald Not one of them was black In the mid-1970s, Byron Phillips was questioned What happened to Byron's wallet? Truth and Reconciliation Committee's website: www.americantruthnow.org  

This has been a difficult week for Indigenous peoples across Canada. A wound has been reopened with the discovery of remains of 215 children in an unmarked grave at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. Many of us are shocked and horrified, but this news does not come as a surprise to Indigenous communities.It's National Indigenous History month and although the history of residential schools is not how I hoped to start the month, the country is asking our leaders (and the churches who ran the schools) important questions about accountability and reconciliation. Today's episode contributes to this discussion by going over the history of the relationship between Indigenous peoples and settlers and the history of residential schools in Canada.  Read the Truth and Reconciliation Committee's 94 Calls to Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf Read the full TRC Report titled "The Survivors Speak": http://www.trc.ca/assets/pdf/Survivors_Speak_2015_05_30_web_o.pdf Learn about the Missing Children Project: http://www.trc.ca/events-and-projects/missing-children-project.htmlDonate to the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society: https://www.irsss.ca/donate?utm_source=leadnow&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast2021-05-31Contact us for collaborations or to be featured on the podcast:  Email - knownonsensepodcast@gmail.comInstagram handle - http://instagram.com/racism.is.nonsenseLinktree - https://linktr.ee/KnowNonsensePodcast 

In 1994, when South Africa made the transition from government by apartheid (imposed racial segregation) to a democracy, it faced the difficult question of how to address the crimes committed under apartheid. The country’s leaders couldn’t ignore the past, but merely imposing harsh punishments on the guilty risked deepening the country’s wounds. As Desmond Tutu, the first black Anglican Archbishop of South Africa, explained in his book No Future Without Forgiveness, “We could very well have had justice, retributive justice, and had a South Africa lying in ashes.” Through establishing the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, the new democracy chose the difficult path of pursuing truth, justice, and mercy. Those guilty of crimes were offered a path to restoration—if they were willing to confess their crimes and seek to make restitution. Only by courageously facing the truth could the country begin to find healing. In a way, South Africa’s dilemma mirrors the struggle we all face. We’re called to pursue both justice and mercy (Micah 6:8), but mercy is often misunderstood to be a lack of accountability, while pursuing justice can become distorted into pursuing revenge. Our only path forward is a love that not only hates what’s evil (Romans 12:9) but also longs for the transformation and good of our “neighbor” (13:10). Through the power of Christ’s Spirit, we can learn what it means to have a future of overcoming evil with good (12:21).

“In this wonderful endeavor, nobody is perfect, and everybody is grateful,” says UUCC member Laurie Coltri of singing in the Chalice Choir. Laurie tells Sara of the joys and insights she receives from being part of something bigger than herself as a choir member, the process of producing a Stay-at-Home Choir video, why she chose to join UUCC's Trust and Reconciliation Committee, and what the listening sessions hosted by the committee are all about.  Sign up for a listening session here Referenced in this episode Laurie's favorite choir memory is when they performed Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui by Palestrina. Listen to a recording of this piece (not from the UUCC choir) Laurie's recent blogpost about the process of creating these choir videos Conflict Diagnosis and Alternative Dispute Resolution by Laurie S. Coltri Learn more about UUCC's Trust & Reconciliation Committee and sign up for a listening session

Senator Murray Sinclair shares wisdom on the Nova Scotia lobster fishing dispute and how current events fit into the trending societal discussion about racism and systemic racism. Sen. Sinclair demonstrates why he's an honouree of this year's Testimonial Awards as we trace his history from a young man of the Peguis First Nation (north of Winnipeg) who would go on to become a lawyer, Manitoba's first Aboriginal judge, Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, Indigenous leader, and Senator. Plus what are the impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities and where does mistrust of the medical profession come from? -- Music: Raro Bueno by Chuzausen under a creative commons license

Senator Murray Sinclair shares wisdom on the Nova Scotia lobster fishing dispute and how current events fit into the trending societal discussion about racism and systemic racism. Sen. Sinclair demonstrates why he's an honouree of this year's Testimonial Awards as we trace his history from a young man of the Peguis First Nation (north of Winnipeg) who would go on to become a lawyer, Manitoba's first Aboriginal judge, Chief Commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, Indigenous leader, and Senator. Plus what are the impacts of COVID-19 on Indigenous communities and where does mistrust of the medical profession come from? -- Music: Raro Bueno by Chuzausen under a creative commons license

Jon reviews Eric Mason's "Woke Church," and then gets Ronnie Nall's (formerly a member of First Baptist Naples) advice on how to engage Christians who hold to Woke Church's Theology. www.worldviewconversation.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/worldviewconversation Subscribe: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conversations-that-matter/id1446645865?mt=2&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Like Us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldviewconversation/ Follow Us on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/conversationsthatmatterpodcast Follow Jon on Parler: https://parler.com/profile/JonHarris/posts Follow Jon on Twitter https://twitter.com/worldviewconvos Follow Us on Gab: https://gab.ai/worldiewconversation Subscribe on Minds https://www.minds.com/worldviewconversation More Ways to Listen: https://anchor.fm/worldviewconversation Mentioned in this Podcast: ronaldenall@gmail.com Notes on Woke Church from Ronnie Nall: Page 100 Mason quotes Barbara Skinner. Skinner is a big supporter of Rashida Talib, Ilhan Omar and AOC. Page 102 Quotes Bryan Loritts who is a big proponent of the gay agenda Page 105 Quotes Gardner C. Taylor. Founder of Progressive National Baptist Convention Page 107 "In the eyes of many. BLM has become the voice of black dignity." Page 116 Mason begins to embrace Dr. James H Cone. So called Father of Black Liberation Theology Page 124 Quotes Cornel West. Noted Leftist Page 135 Mason goes into a long list of what "we" should provide. The list looks like a nanny list. Ending with, "If someone doesn't know how to parent, we must intervene." Page 138. Mason wants his church to have "career path training and development", ""create (sic) sustainable economy that stays in the community". No one can do this. This is a planned economy. Page 137 Use "housing entities" to help with down payments." This has to mean govt.giving tax dollars to people. Page 140 Quotes Nelson Mandela. Mandela's ANC party is pure Marxist. Page 146 Quotes Tony Evans for the 2nd time. Page 149 Mason's plan for the seminaries. "Practical theology classes need to be developed that focus on the needs in black, poor, and middle class spheres. We must help people understand how the Bible addresses key questions concerning dignity, identity, and significance." Page 150 Mason praises S Africa's Reconciliation Committee which is 100% Marxist. Stealing property from one group and handing it to another. Mason also praises Rwanda's Gacaca Court. Same thing. International disaster. Mason wants to model these two courts here? Page 155 "Black women should be affirmed to serve in greater capacities than the traditional roles of children's ministry, choir and hospitality." He does not clarify what this means. Page 162 Mason finally comes to the answer to all the programs he recommends. City investment. Govt. Page 163 "What needs to happen in the body if we are going to work together cross-ethnically is that white Christians must reach across the color line and begin building respect and trust for minorities. Minorities must respond with open arms and hearts to these efforts." --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/worldviewconversation/support

"Overwhelm us, and transform us, with the power of your loving, merciful, and just Holy Spirit." Take a few minutes and listen to Bishop Waldo's sermon from yesterday, preached with the people of the Episcopal Church of Our Saviour, Rock Hill. To view the video series created during Bishop Waldo's trip to Ghana, click here. To learn more about the work of EDUSC's Race & Reconciliation Committee, click here.

EDUSC partnered with the SC Collaborative for Race and Reconciliation for the 2019 Equity Summit, a space for those actively engaged in race equity and inclusion efforts across the Southeast to lean on and learn from each other. In one session, Dr. Catherine Meeks, Executive Director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing, spoke with us about moving from racial reconciliation to racial healing. Links from this episode: SC Collaborative for Race and Reconciliation Equity Summit Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing EDUSC Race & Reconciliation Committee

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Camille Callison joins us to discuss the origins and developments of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee of the CFLA-FCAB (Canadian Federation of Library Associations - Fédération Canadienne des Associations de Bibliothèques). In addition to summarizing the Committee’s recommendation and projects, Camille discusses the Medicine Wheel framework used by the Committee; acknowledges the many contributors that supported the development of the Committee’s recommendations and report; and, touches on the challenges of providing recommendations for different types of libraries across Canada. Further information and transcript are available online: http://sowhat.fims.uwo.ca/1-3-cfla-fcab-truth-and-reconciliation-efforts/

On the surface, forgiveness seems like such a simple concept but it can be one of the most difficult things we ever do. Maybe someone in your life has hurt you and you've never been able to forgive them. Maybe you've hurt someone else and they haven't forgiven you. Maybe it's time to see if that can change. Mpho Tutu van Furth joins us to talk about a book she co-wrote with her father Desmond Tutu. It's called The Book of Forgiving. It's an invitation and a step-by-step guide to walk what the Tutu's call the four-fold path of forgiveness. Mpho recently visited Brigham Young University to speak at the Maxwell Institute's symposium, “Forgiveness & Reconciliation.” The Institute's own Dr. Deidre Green was the visionary of this truly remarkable gathering. If you missed it, you can watch several of the presentations on the Institute's YouTube channel. About the Guest Mpho Tutu van Furth served as executive director at The Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation from 2011 to 2016. With her father, Desmond Tutu (former archbishop of South Africa, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee, and Nobel Peace Prize Recipient), she co-authored The Book of Forgiving: The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World (HarperCollins, 2015). In 2014, the father and daughter pair started the Tutu Global Forgiveness Challenge, an internet resource that guides people through the steps of forgiveness. The post Forgiveness, with Mpho Tutu van Furth [MIPodcast #81] appeared first on Neal A. Maxwell Institute | BYU.

In December 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released their 94 “Calls to Action” calling on all forms of government to begin the process of Reconciliation. The Lethbridge Indigenous Sharing Network (LISN), which is a network of Urban Indigenous Agencies, came together to start discussing Urban Indigenous issues in Lethbridge. In 2016, Alberta Culture and Community Spirit and Native Counselling Services, led the LISN through a series of strategic planning sessions, which resulted in the creation of a community based “Urban Indigenous Community Plan”. Of the recommendations in the plan, reconciliation was considered a main priority to be addressed. In September 2016, a reconciliation sub-committee was formed consisting of many stakeholders and the process towards creating a “Reconciliation Implementation Plan” commenced. The reconciliation sub-committee collaborated with appropriate members of Lethbridge City Council and administration and consulted with Elders from the Blackfoot Confederacy to come up with a plan. The plan, approved by Lethbridge City Council in June 2017, provides recommendations for municipal action as specified in the TRC, as well as actions that the broader community can take, through various agencies, organizations and individuals. The speaker will elaborate on the specifics of the plan, which also will be highlighted during various events at Lethbridge Reconciliation Week, September 18-23, 2017 Speaker: Roy Pogorzelski Roy Pogorzelski, a traditional Métis from Saskatchewan, is the director for the Iikaisskini (Low Horn) FNMI Gathering Place at U of L. He has worked with several municipalities to create a National Equity and Inclusion Guide, facilitated human rights training in Europe, instructed courses at the First Nations University of Canada and at the U of L and chaired the Reconciliation Committee for the City of Lethbridge. Melanie Joly, Canadian Heritage minister, recently appointed Pogorzelski to a four-year term as a director for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Pogorzelski was the Inclusion Consultant with the City of Lethbridge and in that role was recently invited to represent UNESCO Canada for the City at the International Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ICCAR) meetings in Kenya. In addition to being a U of L senator, Pogorzelski is a member of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce where he serves as co-chair of the Aboriginal Opportunities Committee. He is also a member of the Alberta Provincial Hate Crimes Committee and a founding member of Lethbridge Rotary Club Mosaic. Moderator:   Kristin Krein Date: Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $12.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea) RSVP is not necessary

In December 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released their 94 “Calls to Action” calling on all forms of government to begin the process of Reconciliation. The Lethbridge Indigenous Sharing Network (LISN), which is a network of Urban Indigenous Agencies, came together to start discussing Urban Indigenous issues in Lethbridge. In 2016, Alberta Culture and Community Spirit and Native Counselling Services, led the LISN through a series of strategic planning sessions, which resulted in the creation of a community based “Urban Indigenous Community Plan”. Of the recommendations in the plan, reconciliation was considered a main priority to be addressed. In September 2016, a reconciliation sub-committee was formed consisting of many stakeholders and the process towards creating a “Reconciliation Implementation Plan” commenced. The reconciliation sub-committee collaborated with appropriate members of Lethbridge City Council and administration and consulted with Elders from the Blackfoot Confederacy to come up with a plan. The plan, approved by Lethbridge City Council in June 2017, provides recommendations for municipal action as specified in the TRC, as well as actions that the broader community can take, through various agencies, organizations and individuals. The speaker will elaborate on the specifics of the plan, which also will be highlighted during various events at Lethbridge Reconciliation Week, September 18-23, 2017 Speaker: Roy Pogorzelski Roy Pogorzelski, a traditional Métis from Saskatchewan, is the director for the Iikaisskini (Low Horn) FNMI Gathering Place at U of L. He has worked with several municipalities to create a National Equity and Inclusion Guide, facilitated human rights training in Europe, instructed courses at the First Nations University of Canada and at the U of L and chaired the Reconciliation Committee for the City of Lethbridge. Melanie Joly, Canadian Heritage minister, recently appointed Pogorzelski to a four-year term as a director for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Pogorzelski was the Inclusion Consultant with the City of Lethbridge and in that role was recently invited to represent UNESCO Canada for the City at the International Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ICCAR) meetings in Kenya. In addition to being a U of L senator, Pogorzelski is a member of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce where he serves as co-chair of the Aboriginal Opportunities Committee. He is also a member of the Alberta Provincial Hate Crimes Committee and a founding member of Lethbridge Rotary Club Mosaic. Moderator:   Kristin Krein Date: Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $12.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea) RSVP is not necessary

In December 2015, Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released their 94 “Calls to Action” calling on all forms of government to begin the process of Reconciliation. The Lethbridge Indigenous Sharing Network (LISN), which is a network of Urban Indigenous Agencies, came together to start discussing Urban Indigenous issues in Lethbridge. In 2016, Alberta Culture and Community Spirit and Native Counselling Services, led the LISN through a series of strategic planning sessions, which resulted in the creation of a community based “Urban Indigenous Community Plan”. Of the recommendations in the plan, reconciliation was considered a main priority to be addressed. In September 2016, a reconciliation sub-committee was formed consisting of many stakeholders and the process towards creating a “Reconciliation Implementation Plan” commenced. The reconciliation sub-committee collaborated with appropriate members of Lethbridge City Council and administration and consulted with Elders from the Blackfoot Confederacy to come up with a plan. The plan, approved by Lethbridge City Council in June 2017, provides recommendations for municipal action as specified in the TRC, as well as actions that the broader community can take, through various agencies, organizations and individuals. The speaker will elaborate on the specifics of the plan, which also will be highlighted during various events at Lethbridge Reconciliation Week, September 18-23, 2017 Speaker: Roy Pogorzelski Roy Pogorzelski, a traditional Métis from Saskatchewan, is the director for the Iikaisskini (Low Horn) FNMI Gathering Place at U of L. He has worked with several municipalities to create a National Equity and Inclusion Guide, facilitated human rights training in Europe, instructed courses at the First Nations University of Canada and at the U of L and chaired the Reconciliation Committee for the City of Lethbridge. Melanie Joly, Canadian Heritage minister, recently appointed Pogorzelski to a four-year term as a director for the Canadian Race Relations Foundation. Pogorzelski was the Inclusion Consultant with the City of Lethbridge and in that role was recently invited to represent UNESCO Canada for the City at the International Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ICCAR) meetings in Kenya. In addition to being a U of L senator, Pogorzelski is a member of the Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce where he serves as co-chair of the Aboriginal Opportunities Committee. He is also a member of the Alberta Provincial Hate Crimes Committee and a founding member of Lethbridge Rotary Club Mosaic. Moderator:   Kristin Krein Date: Thursday, Sep 14, 2017 Time: Noon - 1:30 PM (30 minutes each for presentation, lunch and Q & A) Location: Country Kitchen Catering (Lower level of The Keg) 1715 Mayor Magrath Dr. S Cost: $12.00 (includes lunch) or $2.00 (includes coffee/tea) RSVP is not necessary

This week we continue our conversation with Roshan Danesh as it shifts to explore the Canadian context. Terra Nellius Doctrine of Discovery Social Darwinism Residential School Indian Act British North America Act Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Sections 91 and Section 92 of the Canadian Constitution South African Apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada The Canadian Government announced a setting a principled foundation for advancing renewed relationships with Indigenous Peoples based on the Recognition of Rights July 14, 2017 Read the full announcement here  Summary of the Principles The Government of Canada recognizes that: All relations with Indigenous peoples need to be based on the recognition and implementation of their right to self-determination, including the inherent right of self-government. Reconciliation is a fundamental purpose of section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. The honour of the Crown guides the conduct of the Crown in all of its dealings with Indigenous peoples. Indigenous self-government is part of Canada’s evolving system of cooperative federalism and distinct orders of government. Treaties, agreements, and other constructive arrangements between Indigenous peoples and the Crown have been and are intended to be acts of reconciliation based on mutual recognition and respect. Meaningful engagement with Indigenous peoples aims to secure their free, prior, and informed consent when Canada proposes to take actions which impact them and their rights on their lands, territories, and resources. Respecting and implementing rights is essential and that any infringement of section 35 rights must by law meet a high threshold of justification which includes Indigenous perspectives and satisfies the Crown’s fiduciary obligations. Reconciliation and self-government require a renewed fiscal relationship, developed in collaboration with Indigenous nations, that promotes a mutually supportive climate for economic partnership and resource development. Reconciliation is an ongoing process that occurs in the context of evolving Indigenous-Crown relationships. A distinctions-based approach is needed to ensure that the unique rights, interests and circumstances of the First Nations, the Métis Nation and Inuit are acknowledged,  affirmed, and implemented. Read the full principles more detail on each principle here What steps are you going to take to help transform your society?  Chat with us @overconflict

The Empire Club of Canada Presents: Reconciliation on Bay Street Panel: In Through The Business Door The 92nd Call to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee is a call issued to corporate Canada. Ron Jamieson, The First Senior VP of Aboriginal Banking at EMO and member of the Conference Board of Canada's Council on the Corporate Management of Aboriginal Affairs, and JP Gladu, President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business discuss the action needed to respond to this call. This discussion will be moderated by Clint Davis, Partner and Managing Director Acasta Capital Indigenous Christopher C. J. Angeconeb will follow this discussion with a short keynote address. Moderator: Clint Davis, Partner and Managing Director of Acasta Capital Indigenous Panelists: Ron Jamieson, Senior VP of Aboriginal Banking at EMO and member of the Conference Board of Canada's Council on the Corporate Management of Aboriginal Affairs JP Gladu, President and CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Christopher C. J. Angeconeb, President and CEO AurCrest Gold Inc., member of the Lac Seul First Nation *The content presented is free of charge but please note that the Empire Club of Canada retains copyright. Neither the speeches themselves nor any part of their content may be used for any purpose other than personal interest or research without the explicit permission of the Empire Club of Canada.* *Views and Opinions Expressed Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by the speakers or panelists are those of the speakers or panelists and do not necessarily reflect or represent the official views and opinions, policy or position held by The Empire Club of Canada.*

This essay intends to show the work of a contemporary Peruvian theater defined by the political atmosphere that reigned from 1980s to the early XXI century. From the beginning, this type of political theater served different masters and was produced for different consumption. For example, Shining Path Guerrilla used theater (1978‐1983) in order to recruit soldiers for its war against the government; in the other hand Peruvian groups used theater to protest against Human Rights abuses of the government and communist guerrillas alike; and even the government itself used performance to convince public opinion that it was defeating leftist guerrillas. At the end, the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (2003‐2005) worked side by side with Peruvian theater groups to provide a voice to those silenced by the terrible actions of a civil war.