Know scott does, too, with the letters and diaries in private journals so when i found these letters, i realized they had become friends in the early 30s. An odd couple. Teddy marched around everywhere during wrestling and boxing. Weighing between 250 350. Not doing much wrestling or boxing at that time but they liked each other. Opposites almost attractive. So he brings him into his cabinet and becomes the most important person in his cabinet. They want him to run against taft in a Brutal Campaign and because there are two republicans running so then he runs on the bull moose thirdparty Campaign Opening the door for the democratic win so the heartbreak was much greater because of friendship was stronger i love writing about these emotional things it was more than a straight linear story. Woodrow wilson came into the picture and then went back to progressivism. Wilson went back to progressivism big time taking the foundation that was there and built upon it. And what wilson wanted to d
So i knew of course that taft succeeded teddy and they would run against each other 1912, but then you always go back and i know scott does too, you want the primary sources, the letters and diaries and private journals for historians so when i found the 400 letters between the two, i realized they become friends when they were in their early 30s and an odd couple, teddy who is marching around everywhere doing wrestling and boxing and taft wayne between 250 and 350 is not doing much wrestling and boxing at that point, but they liked each other and the opposites almost attracted and teddy brings them into his cabinet, he becomes the most important person in his cabinet even though all his life he wanted to be a judge, never a politician, from from that he decides hes the man i want to succeed me, he runs the taft campaign, gives him advice at every moment, the only thing he did not give him a vice was the Campaign Song which i dont think teddy wouldve approved of it was get on a raft wi
Freedom accidented be anybody offered in the decentralized an naar tis project. Join me in welcoming them. Goodgood good evening, its nice to speak with everyone else who has spoken and to be in baltimore, city that has distinguished itself by its courage, by the courage of people here, asserting. Thes and stabbing up against the police and the authorities. Want to speak about our collective, just for starters. Crime think is three things. We are a publishing collective. We publish books, we publish pamphlets, posters, a table back over there if you want to pick up anything we publish. In addition to that we arnettwork, a network of organizers and activists stretching around the United States and other parts of the world. So, when theres an uprising in brazil or in turkey, were in dialogue with participants in these, and we try to circulate information and tactics and knowledge, so that the whole social movement biosphere around the world can be as intelligence and as equipped as every
The baltimore book festival continues from the radical book fair pavilion with a discussion of the books, from democracy to freedom, and no wall they can build, authored by the an naar tis collective, crime think. Hey, everybody. Were going to start the event well have events tomorrow also. So we encourage everybody to come back tomorrow. But this last event is going to be on two books, no wall they can field and from democracy to freedom accidented be anybody offered in the decentralized an naar tis project. Join me in welcoming them. Goodgood good evening, its nice to speak with everyone else who has spoken and to be in baltimore, city that has distinguished itself by its courage, by the courage of people here, asserting. Thes and stabbing up against the police and the authorities. Want to speak about our collective, just for starters. Crime think is three things. We are a publishing collective. We publish books, we publish pamphlets, posters, a table back over there if you want to p
[cheers and applause] [speaking spanish] [cheers and applause] im david, and welcome to one of the most anticipated events of this or any other year. Noam chomsky. [cheers and applause] and backstage i was joking with noam, i held up this flyer it said, sold out, which will be, uhuh think ammunition for his enemies ammunition, i think, for his enemies. Noam chomsky has never sold out. [applause] in pursuit of cultural Freedom Series which organized this event, thanks also tolannon for digitizing our noam chomsky audio archive which now numbers close to 250 recordings. You can go to alternativeradio. Org. Thanks lannon. [applause] i started alternative radio because of noam chomsky. I wrote him a letter he wrote back. We started corresponding. Then after a while i suggested we do an interview. He said yes, of course. That was 31 years ago. Its an honor for me to introduce no, maam chomsky, but how to noam chomsky but how to introduce who, as they say, needs no introduction . Well, do so