then i picked up george orwell. he was contemporary. it feels fresh. can take a paragraph out of many of his essays, job it into today's newspaper, and it would fit right in. i started diving into orwell. why did he feel so fresh and contemporary russian mark -- contemporary? this resonates with our own time. paralleled by another hero of mine come winston churchill. such different people in so many ways, yet they keep coming together on the question on how you preserve individual liberty? and we were agent talking about writing a book about the vietnam war. i decided after research, i cannot do it without research and interviews. onecided to do a book churchill and orwell. men only buy books on three ii --ts, world war host: how close is this book to what you set out to do? tom: this is the book i hoped to write, but it is not the book i first set out to write. i sent it out to my long-term editor, six books with him, who i really trust. he read the first draft and 70 ites -- sent me notes saying hate it. this is not the book i asked you to write. hos

into details down but he always had the big strategic picture in mind i read in your book that george orwell sold 50 "1984"? opies of tom: since his death. host: since his death? tom: yeah. popular book when it came out, but one of the at orwell n looking is his career since his death post en one of the great humuscareers in literary history. can't really think of anybody else who comes so close. e goes from being not even mentioned in books about his time written at the time, 1940s in the 1930s and were written at the time, until now, if you read an intellectual in the 20th rope century, there are things like -- there are sections age of orwell." the feeling of his book "1984" and "animal farm" captured so much the problems of totalitarianism, hitlerism, stalinism, and the basic question of our time that men addressed: how does the conscience and soul survive in a time of government? is there a place for the individual? that's what , churchill said in talking about world war ii on the day it was declared war. war about s is a whether this is the place of the individual or whether the state

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tonight, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk about his book. >> churchill and orwell never met, but the hero of "1984" was named winston. churchill read it twice and left it. orwell, a leftist all his life, wrote hehurchill and was the only conservative he admired. ontonight at 8:00 eastern c-span's "q&a." now on c-span, a review of the 2018 title budget of the money requested the president requested to what congress ultimately decides. >> joining us from capitol hill nancy, senior correspondent for bloomberg. nancy, tell us what the president requested for 2018, and what were his top

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rick about his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, but the hero is winston. twice andread it loved it. orwell was a socialist and admired churchill across the political cabinet and wrote that he was really the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the constitutionality of compulsory union fees required by public employees regardless of their membership was the focus d

i am not a stalinist, neither was george orwell. 's critique was against an authoritarian society which is what i am against and many anti-fascists are against. fascism cannot something be reduced to state control. it has a very specific a story and context, having less to do with the immediate aftermath of world war i with the response to society to a perceived "decadence" in response to the growth of booze walked capitalism. you can't reduce essentially to the control of a specific group over a state, which is what states are. host: cynthia from fort lauderdale, florida on the line for democrats. caller: good morning and thank you for having this discussion. i think it is very relevant to what is going on in the united states right now. i am totally a supporter of resistance to the alt-right. they are a threat to our liberty. i saw an interview this week between an antifa leader in a white supremacist. was -- i understand this does not represent the movement, but it does harm to the movement and resistance to fascism in america wh

i grabbed 1984, george orwell's book. i started that. i had never read this one.wait but i through that one as well. >> think you for your time. you seem to enjoy reading history books. i try to read the scripture each week as well. there is some history and you learn from it. we will see how, we will see if i can make it through 1984. >> tv wants to know what you are reading. send your summer reading list via twitter at book tv or instagram at book underscore tv or posted to our facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. tv on c-span two. television for serious readers.

on "q&a," thet lives of winston churchill and georgia well -- george orwell.talk about the book, the fight for freedom. >> they never meant, but churchill read it twice and looked at. socialist, area real leftist all his life, admired churchill, and wrote that he was the only conservative that he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." the constitutionality of compulsory union fees required by all public employees regardless of their membership was the focus of a discussion at the heritage foundation. speakers included the lead plaintiff in a 2016 supreme court case that resulted in a 4-4 ruling, as well as attorneys result -- into related cases the high court may agree to hear. this is about an hour.

. >> sunday night on culinary, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom." >> churchill and or will -- orwell never met. orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a.

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. to the author -- >> the hero of 1984 was named winston. andchill read it twice loved it. admired churchill across the political chasm and said he was really the only clinical conservative he admired. you think about a one-day festival, the national book festival and you have over children's, from authors, illustrators, graphic novelist, all of these different authors there all day, over 100,000 people come in and celebrate books and reading. you cannot have a better time, i think. reader or anybody that wants to get inspired, the book festival is a perfect base. announcer: booktv's live, all-day coverage begins live on september 2. blitzer prize-winning authors and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. the national book festival, live saturday, september 2 starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. some ofa discussion on the ethical challenges facing journalists in the media age. hosted by the chautauqua society, this is about one hour and 15 minutes long. [applause] fa

. >> tonight on "q&a," the lives winston churchill and george orwell we talk about fight for freedom. >> church hill and orwell never met. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell real leftist all his life. admired churchill. wrote really he was the only conservative he admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span "q&a." >> this might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever. you'll be a juror forever. i need to give you tools that are going to help you for the rest of your life in those pursuits. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers william camp and sunshine discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. >> this is chance for them to learn about their story. their story doesn't begin the moment they are born. their stories start people that come long before them. if they start to realize, wait a minute this doesn't just start with me, but what i contribute what i'm coming from, ball park of the bigger story. that way, allowing them to take in other people's opinions take in the

rhetoric here because this is exactly what it is you do you really do really starts to remind one of george orwell's one thousand nine hundred four in the us in the west you always you know everybody likes to i went to when i went to school i wrote in one thousand nine hundred four in school and the interpretation was that it's about that so obviously by the soviet union but when you look at the west today when you look at the united states you find those quality is much more represent that in america then then in most other countries the majority well i get scared now every time when i hear their objectives more governmental because it's actually mean review what it means is they take take spare mining taxpayer money they are not in any way responsible for the way they spend it and they spend it for example on what they call promotion of democracy in ukraine which and create and crudely a nationalist regime which starts another war in europe or you know when they say it's non-governmental and then the say it is supported by drum and marshall foundation and it is supposed to crack six hundred twitte

>> sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom. " >> they never met, for example, but the hero of "1984" was winston. churchill read it twice and left it. -- loved it. orwell was a leftist all his wife, but he crossed the political chasm and wrote that he's the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the spans "q&a." >> now, a discussion on the strategy for afghanistan that was announced this week by president trump. this is "30 minutes. host: welcome back. michael rubin is with us now, resident scholar at the american enterprise institute to talk about president trump's approach in afghanistan. what you see as the most significant shift in president trump's approached afghanistan compared to the prior administration? guest: president trump was talking about leaving afghani stan throughout his candidacy. president trump announced pretty much an open-ended engagement that would be conditions-based rather than timeline-bas

a lot of he will politically around the world and i think roger waters tapped into the fact of george orwell with animal farm and tried to make that correlation between us and then politically the working classes and the ruling classes and tried to say something which he always did all his albums had that if you look at the wall for example you know he's talking specifically about the depression not only globally between countries and philosophies and diktats he's also talking about the emotional wall exists between people people on the able to express themselves and i think roger always discusses these more intelligent cerebral issues and he also certainly writes them into the lyrics and into the foundations of each concept of each album for mental health and the dark side of the me to rebelling against the system on the wall each album serves as a reminder of pink floyd's social commentary with the pig flying over battersea power station in one thousand nine hundred eighty seven animals i wanted to know the story behind a building that was once a symbol of industry becoming a symbol for in

. - so george orwell of course i read when i was 12 that book 1984 came out then. it was in the drugstore with quite an alluring cover. - is that right? - it's a little less alluring now, maybe it seems less alluring by comparison. - i think a lot of people read great literature because they saw alluring covers in the drugstore. (laughter) - right. - and then they thought wow and then they ended up reading faulkner and orwell and these great authors, but not on purpose. - right. (laughter) the other thing i took away from this book, honestly was it would be a great movie if somebody could figure out how to tell the story. - that one. - yes this one. - yes. - yeah. - possibly. - are you comfortable when-- this has happened i mean the handmaid's tale is probably the most famous example, i'm not sure when exactly as you or anybody else would have intended for it to the way that the story was told. - it was quite an interesting process. - yeah. - so harold pinter wrote the screenplay. - right. - and the director was a german director who had directed the tin drum his n

. ♪ >> tonight on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. talk about a book, churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, read his book twice and loved it. orwell admired churchill across the political. he wrote really that he was the only conservative p admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever, a juror forever, so i need to give you tools that will help you in those pursuits. do them well. >> high school teachers discuss out current events affect their lessons. >> as a history component, this is a chance for them to learn more about their story. their story starts with people who have come long before them, who have shaped the way the world around them operates. this does note, start with me but when i contribute, where i am coming a biggeris part of story. in that way, allowing them to take in the perspective of others through social media, video, it gives them a chance to think, ok, this is how i see the world but wh

. ♪ >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell.talk with thomas ricks about his book "churchill and orwell: the fight for the hero of making 84 is named one step. churchill read it twice and left it. orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill. he wrote he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. this might be the only government class you ever take. you will be a voter forever. i need to give you tools that will happy for the rest of your life in this pursuit. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, high school teachers discuss how current events affect their lessons on history, politics and government. this a history component is a chance to learn aboutir

british foreign policy between 1939, excuse me, but in 1939 it's one of the wonders of the world george orwell wrote. why would it have been coming he went on to say. what was it that at every decisive moments made every british statesman do the wrong thing. he was no fan of this party but churchill was able to grasp it isn't one without fighting. there is an important back story in this chapter of the momentous history of that time that has receded from view in the frequent retelling but for the critical mass of the party insurgents, churchill would never have become the prime minister. the strengths and weaknesses of the group and the broad lessons about the political life driving the story are the subjects of the new book troublesome young men to rebels who brought churchill to power and helped save england. the former white house correspondent at the "baltimore sun" and before that served as a correspondent for the associated press and had written for the american heritage, "los angeles times" magazine, washington journalism review and others. she's the author and co-author of the books. p

george orwell died not 1950 but his prose style feels like it was written today. you know as a newspaper person you could draw up a paragraph out of orwell and it we right at home. his concerns are the concerns of today. what do you do to protect the individual's freedom in an era of the intrusive state and now an era of the intrusive corporation. how do you think about liberty? what's the vocabulary we need to discuss governments that don't listen to people? and a lot of the vocabulary we use, big brother, the memory hole, comes directly from orwell residents "1984." so as i was diving more and more into orwell and going back and re-reading, it occurred to me, there was a parallel with churchill. as you say, very different people. one on the right, one on the left. churchill in imperialis consecutive. orwell a dedicated anti-imperialist socialist. just totally different personalities yet they came down key question of our time and they were in the minority. it's important to remember that most people thought they were wrong. they both spent a lot of time in the wi

>> i have a high regard for history and any kind of effort in the george orwell sense of trying to rewriteagandize history, you cannot erase the past. issue is about monuments and monuments are for the living. we with our monuments give honor to the past, the question is what past are we celebrating here, one people about tearing apart the united states of america and denying our constitution in terms of so many of our principles but secondly, i think you have the idea that this is an effort that is now inspiring people on the -- what they call the alt-right, people that are neo-nazis, white supremacist, they have made this cause for themselves and now dividing the whole country. paul: so i agree with all of your points. do you make some distinction, though, between in the past between somebody like a nathan -- >> yeah. paul: and washington? >> absolutely. i noticed this people people like al sharpton, she doesn't want to pay for jefferson memorial. that's wacky to me. in my mind jefferson is a founding father, somebody who put the nation together and not tore it apart and, yes, he had fla

night, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talked to thomas about his book. >> they never met, for example. of 1984 is named winston. orwell, he admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern. >> members of congress have a little more than a week left before the end of their august recess. this is just under an hour.

q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. about histh thomas book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they had never met for example, but the hero of 19 before was named winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell, though a socialist, admired churchill across the global cabinet. and wrote really that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> members of congress have a little more than a week left before the end of their august recess. some lawmakers continue to hold a town hall meeting in the meantime. next, we will show you one with senator elizabeth warren and congressman bill keating where topics included the health care law, the president's transgender military van and the current political divide in washington. from thursday, this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for being here. this is a terrific crowd. the crowd that we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well. senator wa

it is positively orwellian, big brother is from george orwell's "1984" reminds me from animal farm, thetioners were the oppressive rulers in the famous quote, the creatures outside looked from pig to man and man to pig and pig to man again, and already impossible to say which was which. we've haa big lots going on this week, but this was the big thing people were talking about a few days ago. >> right, right up your rally, your neck of the woods, in google. >> google is in trouble because they fired employee for internal memo and claim he suggested that women were not capable, as capable of men as being tech engineers or being in tech. if you read the memo he wrote, he did not say that. the media accused him of saying, even on cnn, he didn't want women next to computers because they were incapable which is not true and unfair. his main argument in work environment is we've created policies in an effort to be more diverse that discriminate against other groups of people and make us more sectioned out rather than work together to achieve what our goals are. now the question that a lot of

i finished the book on lincoln, i picked up -- i needed something to read so i grabbed 1984, george orwell's book. it is different. i had read "animal farm" but never read this one. it is kind of dark, but i will wait through that one as well. >> one last question, you seem to enjoy reading history books. what is it about history books that captivates you? >> i read some of the novels. i try to read the scriptures each week as well. there is just something about history. i think you learn from it. i have always enjoyed it. if i can make it through orwell's "1984." whatok tv wants to know you are reading. send us your reading list via twitter at the tv, or instagram tv, or postedcore to our facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. book tv on c-span two television for serious readers. defense secretary james mattis met what the south korean defense minister for bilateral discussions on how to respond to the threat posed by north korea. this event at the pentagon is 15 minutes.

your fellow country men george orwell in 1984. every record has been destroyed or falsified.lize that's a novel. but it's relevant today. every book rewritten, every picture repainted. every statue or street building is renamed. every data is altered. and the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. history has stopped. nothing exists except an endless presence in which the party is always right. it is the earmark of the correspondent at large geraldo herrera. good to see you. you know, someone just tweeted me europe keeps up the concentration camp there. they're not taking those down. should confederate monuments be taken down? >> i don't think so. you know, remember, i resigned my fellowship at yale university because they renamed calhoun college. they wanted to rename calhoun college because the person for whom was named was a racist decades before the civil war, and i said if you start down that road, if you start erasing history, what do you do? do you take down the pyramids in egypt? forth, he's generally treated relatively sympathetically. why? number one

q&a, the night on lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk to thomas rhett ricks about his book giorgio and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, but the hero -- churchill read it twice and loved it. orwell admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. next on the presidency, black america export stephen rabe discusses the successes and disappointments of harry truman's policies in latin america. the truman little white house and the san carlo institute in key west florida, listed the event as part of the 15th annual symposium. >> harry truman's legacy toward latin america. stephen: -- >> hello, everyone. what we have decided to do is introduce ourselves. my name is steve rabe. my research specialty is u.s. relations with latin america. i have

winston churchill and george orwell.ith talk of thomas ricks about orwell: "churchill and the fight for freedom." >> they never met. them is winston. churchill loves it. orwell admired churchill, and wrote debt he admired him -- wrote that he admired him. >> tonight on 8:00 eastern, on c-span's" q --. >> up next on american history tv's, real america, from 1947 " don't be a sucker." is the experience of a hungarian americans warn against the acting against minorities. he talked about persecution of minority groups and the eventual does your action of certain -- german society. this is about 20 minutes. ♪ [applause]

. >> sunday night on culinary, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom." >> churchill and or will -- orwell never met. orwell, a real leftist all his life, admired churchill across the political chasm and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> during august recess, many members of congress hold town halls with constituents. in massachusetts, senator fellowth warren joined democrat representative bill keating and marsh mill. they talked about the health-care law, reducing gun violence, the president's military transgender ban, and the political divide in washington. this is just under an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much for being here. this is a terrific crowd. the crowd that we just spent a few minutes with in the overflow room is here and excited as well . senator warren and i are here, number one, to thank you. as they look back historically that this period of time in our country, they are going

george orwell. we talk with thomas riggs about his book. >> churchill and orwell never met. of 1984's winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. interestingly, orwell, though a socialist, a real leftist all of his life, admired churchill. and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. >> now, a discussion on free speech on college campuses with charlie kerr, founder and executive producer of turning point usa. and political commentator hassan piker. this is an hour. [applause] >> are our microphones on? what is going on, guys? here is the first debate of politicon. just so i can get a better understanding of the room, how many people are charlie kirk fans here? oh, wow. and how many hasan piker fans to we have? roughly equal. equal. seems to be in balance i think. all right. politicon, are you ready for this debate? all right. well, i am the founder of the millennial action project. we are want to keep the piece aired today at politicon. to our left, the host of the young turks, hussein hiker. -- hasan piker. to ou

sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas riggs about his book "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom." churchill and orwell never met. churchill read "1984" twice and loved it. allll was a real leftist his life, but admired churchill across the political chasm, and wrote that he was the only conservative he admired. announcer: sunday at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q and a." trumpy night, president was in phoenix, arizona, for a rally. he was accompanied by ben carson and mike pence, who introduced him. president trump spoke for about 90 minutes. v.p. pence: it is great to be back with the people of the copper state with the man u helped elect, president donald trump. [applause] past monthsif the have shown us anything, it's that president donald trump is a man of his word and a man of action. president trump has been keeping busy the promises he made to you and to every american

. >> sunday night on q&a, the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas rick about his book churchill and orwell, the fight for freedom. >> they never met, for example, but the hero is winston. twice andread it loved it. orwell was a socialist and admired churchill across the political cabinet and wrote that he was really the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> the constitutionality of compulsory union fees required by public employees regardless of their membership was the focus of a discussion of the heritage foundation today. this is one hour. welcome to the heritage foundation. we welcome use who join us on the heritage.org as well as c-span networks. wouldose in-house, we affect courtesy to know that mobile devices have been turned off. for those watching online, you are welcome to ask questions online. by simply emailing speaker @heritage.org. leading our discussion and welcoming our special guest is david croitzer our legal fellow. -- our senior research fellow for labor markets and trade. pr

examples even from george orwell's experience in spain to the american war against japan will all serve here as examples of the point i'm trying to make. third, the first world war produced no single history. american, british, french, german and russian memories all the verge in critical and important ways, most notice -- most notably in the desperate search for somebody to blame. the first generation of world war one literature in the 70's is a blame game literature. there are several examples of it, today. only since the end of the cold war has a inaccurate but shared european history, the focus that fits the criteria. it has the best-selling book of christopher clark, sleepwalkers which blames everybody and nobody for the outbreak of the first world war. not surprisingly, it has taking criticism from academics but has become a runaway bestseller in germany. another example. in 2012, i was asked to go to berlin to be part of a project to determine what the european union would you -- would do as its official commemoration of the first world war. we had a few diplomats who said we wan

. >> sunday night on "q&a," the lives of winston churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas ricks about his book, "churchill and orwell: the fight for freedom. " >> they never met, for example, but the hero of "1984" was winston. churchill read it twice and left it. -- loved it. orwell was a leftist all his wife, but he crossed the political chasm and wrote that he's the only conservative he admired. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on the spans "q&a." >> now, a discussion on the strategy for afghanistan that was announced this week by president trump. this is "30 minutes. host: welcome back. michael rubin is with us

sunday night on "q&a" the lives of within churchill and george orwell. we talk with thomas about his book. >> churchill and or will never met, for example, but the hero was winston. churchill read it twice and loved it. admiredingly, orwell churchill across the -- clinical cousin. -- across the political chasm. >> sunday night on c-span's "q&a." this might be the only get -- only government class you ever take. andare going to be a voter your forever. i need to give you tools that are going to help you for the rest of your life. >> tuesday night, a high school teacher discusses how current events affect lessons on history, politics, and government. >> this is a chance for them to learn about their story. it doesn't start when they are born. it starts of people who come -- have come long before them who have shaped the world. to realize this doesn't just start and end with me but what i contribute, where i am coming from, in that way alone them to take in other people's opinions, a prospective -- a perspective. ,t gives them a chance to think this is how

, the act establishes an anti-propaganda center which many have noted frighteningly resembles george orwell's ministry of truth from 1984. with rex tillerson at the head of the state department, the past few months vg full of daily headlines of a hollowing out of the department under his watch. that concern led senator rob portman to use a hearing last month with the deputy, john sullivan, to inquire whether the state department was indeed committed to adequate resourcing for the global engagement center. in its mission to target propaganda coming from russia. >> the global engagement center, it's something i feel strongly about. in 2017, as a senate and house in the national defense authorization act, asked the global engagement center to take on additional responsibilities, specifically with regard to disinformation coming from countries intended to destabilize democracies, undermine some of our basic values and institutions. so my question for you is, is there an ability to keep some of these important entities, like the global engagement center specifically, from being weakened by the hir

. >> sunday night on q&a, lives of winston churchill and george orwell, we talk with, thomas riggs about his book churchill and orwell. the fight for freedom. >> churchill and orwell never met for example. but the hero of 1984, was winchell, churchill read twice and loved it. and interestingly, orwell, he left us all his life admired churchill across the board, and wrote really he was the only conservative the admired. >> sunday night at eight eastern on q&a. >> book tv recently visited l to ask members of congress what they're reading. >> i'm reading a book i'm really enjoying, and friedman's latest thank you for being late. and i'm a big fan of tom friedman. the french connection and are all matter in april. and i think it's an important bridge as to where we are in technology today and where we are going to be in the next two years. talking about moore's theory and a lot of things going on but i'm usually reading multiple books. i just got me on president andrew jackson and i'm looking forward to getting into that. and i finished recently mccullough's book on the right brothers. very