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York america in august of 1619. Good evening. [ applause ] im k. C. Matthews, chief of staff here at the somebuchombur center poo center. Im obviously not kevin young. Listed in your program. Kevin has been looking forward to this event for ytwo years an upset hes not able to join us tonight. Kevin is not feeling well and not able to be here. He hopes to join us tomorrow and saturday for the remainder of the program and is watching along online. It is my honor tonight to welcome all of you who a...

For me, its very distracting. next thing i know, im under atta attack, i get shot, i get stabbed or manager like that. >> thank you for being with us tonight. joining us tonight, carl dicks, the stop the mass incarceration network, he was also organizer of the protest last week in new york city. last saturday, good evening, i said last saturday, i i said i cant believe that they would have an anti-police protest within days of a police officer being shot. was i wrong? >> well, look, we had tha...

For me, its very distracting. next thing i know, im under atta attack, i get shot, i get stabbed or manager like that. >> thank you for being with us tonight. joining us tonight, carl dicks, the stop the mass incarceration network, he was also organizer of the protest last week in new york city. last saturday, good evening, i said last saturday, i i said i cant believe that they would have an anti-police protest within days of a police officer being shot. was i wrong? >> well, look, we had tha...

For eme, its very distracting. next thing i know, im under attack attack i get shot i get stabbed or manager like that. >> thank you for being with us tonight. joining us tonight, carl dicks, the stop the mass incarceration network, he was also organizer of the protest last week in new york city. last saturday good evening, i said last saturday i i said i cant believe that they would have an anti-police protest within days of a police officer being shot. was i wrong? >> well, look we had that ...

that, you know, the native americans, african-americans, women, men without property, none of these people were invited to the constitutional conventions. it became a battle to open up american society, and these radical movements do that. so, none of these radical movements achieve political power, but they were potent forces that the power had to reckon with. i think the destruction of those movements has disempowered as. one could argue that in april, 1968, the most powerful politic...

first of all, i spent 20 years on the of other regions of the empire i have seen the aspect most people have not unless youre in the foreign service or military perkun up by a st. paul of the signs of the redng warning signs are there. also is spent so long outside the united states gave me a perspective when iat returned. i understood how with radically the country had changed in the two decades iowas away those who remained within the borders of the united states those seven more inc...

>> and the dissent is going to be horrifying. how did you come to that conclusion? >> guest: well, first of all, i spent 20 years on the outer reaches of empire as a foreign correspondent. so ive seen an aspect of empire that most people have not. unless youre in the military or the foreign service. and i think all of the red signs, the red warning signs are there. i think also the fact that ive been outside of the united states gave me a kind of perspective. i understood how radically...