Whos to say out the gate that new ideas are not needed in our debate and finally i want to echo needas concluding words about people , its about democracy and id introduce the term resiliency. To kind of complete the thought that i opened earlier. One of the most exhaustively written about and i think also exhausting in effectiveness policy lanes is that of punishing bad guys. We have been in search for a quartercentury or more of tools that will work to punish bad guys, whether that bad guy Vladimir Putin or al qaeda and we go back and forth between overuse of sanctions and overuse of diplomatic finger wagging and what is enormously refreshing and if i may say so fundamentally george s kennan about what nina has written is that it is selfcritical about the way that we are not resilient in the face of challenges that are going to be there whether theres a Vladimir Putin behind them or there isnt so i find that very refreshing. Its an unfortunate description of an unfortunate reality bu
Watch booktv this Labor Day Weekend on cspan2 and be sure to watch the all virtual 2020s National Book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. Good afternoon. Im jane harman, the president and ceo, like me you are probably suffering from zoom 50. However, to in here. This is a very important event and im excited. This is one of the zooms im really looking forward to. Because we are celebrating a new book, an important book by our very own nina janke waits who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow, the coolest title ever. Since last october. Before that she was a scholar with our institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose information war, russia, fake news and the future of congress. Its an amazing title and is essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom in all your friends. We remember russia Successful Campaign in 2016 to so distrust and confusion in years ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information war as nin
By your very own nina who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow. The coolest title ever, since last october. Before that she was a scholar on russia and ukraine. How to lose the information or , russia and the future of congress conflict is an amazing title for it is essential reading for everyone on this call, zoom in all of your friends. We remember russian Successful Campaign in 2016 showed distrust and confusion in front of the president ial election. In order to win the information war, as needed say, we need to understand what disinformation is. I have heard her on this topic before. And it what it is not. This information is used to false or misleading information with malign intent. That is different from misinformation which can also be harmful but lacks malign and intent. It is brought goals and propaganda which involves the promotion of a nations worldview. What need arise, unlike soviet propaganda, sought to promote specific communist centric worl
Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we need to understand what disinformation is. Ive heard around this topic before and what it is not. The information is use of false or misleading information with malign intent. Thats different from misinformation which can be harmful but lacks malign intent. It also has broader goals and propaganda which involves promotion of a nations view. Nona writes, unlike soviet propaganda which sought to promote specific communist centric world view, the kremlin today divides populations around the world
And businesses boarded up some closed for good as the pandemic leaves many of these places in downtown San Jose Holding on by a thread watching these invoices you can see him right here behind me these are all invoices that of piling up over the past few months that were working with our vendors pay cash born on a decade old bar called haberdashery in downtown san jose. Hes also the cochair of the newly formed 40 Person Coalition called the greater downtown san jose Economic Recovery Task force which was championed by Council Member role parolees in may. Over the last 5 weeks. The group examined ways to keep businesses in district 3 open this week they submitted a list of 9 recommendations to the city. Some of them include extending free parking downtown and a new Marketing Campaign for the store fronts so being able to help build Consumer Confidence that we are operating safely and were hearing to guidelines so that they can. Come in and and support the businesses they love. Of course