several encampments of occupy, when they set up a library, it's been called the howard zinn library. so howard is well known to the radical activists of occupy. >> host: well, that's great. martin, it's been wonderful talking with you today. everyone should go out and pick up the book. again, it's "howard zinn: a life on the left." thank you. >> guest: thank you. >> that was "after words," booktv's signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policymakers and others familiar with their material. "after words" airs every weekend at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch "after words" online. go to booktv.org and crook on "-- click on after words on the upper right side of the page. >> over the last few weeks, booktv has aired several best of 2012 book lists which are all available at booktv.org. we also sat down with sarah weinman of publisher or's marketplace to discuss the past year in the literary world. to watch that conversation and more, visit booktv.org. search 2012 year i

something about what you think the legacy of howard zinn is? >> i know what i hope his legacy will be. whether it comes to pass, we will see. i think howard is a perfect example of a citizen who took on the results abilities that he felt every citizen needed to defend democracy was to survive and flourish. in other words to you most it acted even if it is on the local level, and the limited and to price, but you have to be able to associate ourselves with the issues of your own data, that it is not enough to be a professional, to work hard, raise a family, whatever your circumstances have to be. you have simply got to find a little time in howard's case he was able to find a lot of time in order to devote yourself to public affairs. at the howard also demonstrates in his life that when people to act, actively rather than of an individual basis, you could run ragged through the street screaming against the war in viet of, but if you have 100,000 people scream to fresh printers trees beside you, you're more likely to get a change in policy . and h

. >> martin duberman on the life of howard zinn tonight at 10:00 eastern on c-span2. like us on facebook. >> more now from the world in 2013 festival, hosted by the economist magazine. this is a discussion on cyber security threats richard clarke. he talked about chinese cyber espionage in u.s. vulnerability to a possible iranian cyber attack. this is just over 20 minutes. >> our next session is on the subject of a cyber war in 2013. let's hope it does not come to a real war. dick clarke is the president of good harbor consulting and the author of cyberwall. please welcome him for his predictions [applause] >> thank you and good afternoon. when i was in the intelligence business, i told president and secretaries of state that i do not make predictions. they did not like that. nor did they like my prediction. predictions are difficult but i can say a few things about cyber security and the cyber war in the next year. we can sit with high confidence that hundreds -- say with high confidence that hundreds of millions of dollars will be stolen next year by cyber criminals

again, it is howard zinn, a life on the left. thank you. >> guest: thank you. >>> that was "after words" booktv signature program in which authors of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed by journalists, public policy makers, legislators and others familiar with the material. "after words" tears every weekend at book tv at 10 p.m. on saturday, 12 and 9 p.m. on sunday and 12 a.m. on monday. you can also watch online. go to booktv.org and click on "after words" in the series and topics list on the upper right hand side of the page. >>> here is a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. the 31st annual key west literary seminar is in florida from january 10th through the 25th. the seminar is focused on biographies from the past two centuries ..

truth, gloria steinem and mary mcleod beithune, john brown, frederick douglass, john lennon and howard zinny to be surrounded. there is no system, no system now in place that can change the disastrous course the earth is on. who can doubt this? the male leaders of earth appear to have abandoned their very senses, though most appear to live now entirely in their heads. they murder humans and other animals forests and rivers and mountains every day they are in office and never seem to notice it. they eat and drink devastation. women of the world. women of the world, is this devastation us? would we kill whole continents for oil or anything else rather than limit the number of consumer offspring we produce and learn how to make our own fire? democratic womanism. democratic socialist womanism. a system of governance we can dream and imagine and build together. one that recognizes at least 6000 years of brutally enforced complicity in the assassination of mother earth, but foresees 6000 years ahead of us when we will not submit. what will we need? a hundred years. at least to plan. 500 will be h

howard zinn, my beloved friend who died three years ago, january -- >> historian, agitator. >> historianer, lecturer, activist, agitator endorsed obama in 2008 very cautiously saying, "he will have to be enveloped in a social movement, "we have to push him in the right direction." and the question i ask is did we? did we do enough? or did we put our weapons down and did we then sit back and wait for something to happen? again, forgetting that the change that we want comes from below. it comes from a movement. it comes from putting pressure on those that have power to do the right thing. so when people tell me one way or another that what i represent is a utopian vision, i say, bring more poetry into those schools that are failing. bring more poetry to the prisons where our young people in the latino community and beyond are being locked up in record numbers. bring more poetry into the hospitals. bring more poetry into all the places where poetry is not supposed to go. and bring it in with the understanding of what it can do. and then little by little, things will happen. i cannot measure

. >> martin duberman on the life of historian and activist howard zinn. saturday night at 10 eastern on after words o on c-span2. look for more booktv online, like is on facebook. >> it's a busy day today for members of congress. the house meets at 10 eastern to consider a bill regarding hurricane sandy relief funding. you can see that live on c-span at 10 eastern. and at 1 p.m. eastern, centers will join house members for a joint meeting of congress. >> coming up on c-span2, we will have live coverage at 1030 the am eastern of nancy pelosi's news conference. before that, some of yesterday's mock swearing-in ceremony. new and returning senators met with vice president biden in the old senate chamber. we will show you as much of this as we can until our live event in an hour. >> part of yesterday's opening of the 113th congress was a mock swearing-in ceremony for new and reelected senators. the official swearing-in was on the senate floor your the mock ceremony with vice president joe biden was later in the old senate chamber. we will show you as much of t

spent biographer martin duberman on the life of a stored and accessed howard zinn saturday night at 10 eastern on after words on c-span2. look for more booktv online, like us on facebook. >> last november, haitian president address members of european parliament to thank the eu for the continued support to his country. he also discussed current challenges he is facing since the 2010 earthquake devastated the island and left thousands homeless. this is half an hour. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: colleagues, honorable president martelly, relations between the eu and haiti president are of particular importance to us. the earthquake which on the 12th of january 2010 devastated haiti, and over 220,000 victims, and 1.7 million people were made homeless as a result of this earthquake, led to unprecedented international solidarity, particularly on the part of europeans. the eu launched comprehensive humanitarian aid in rebuilding their country since 2010. the european union has been the most important donor when it comes to aid provided. your country continues to have to cope wit

. >> martin on a life of howard is in -- zinn. >> i like to watch c-span because i can get the news about the goings on in the congress, most of the debates, and election news coverage. i like the programming because it is clear, direct, and it does not seem to be colored by points of view at all. i like to get a clean unfiltered information about the nations of the world -- tune into c-span. >> david maxwell watches c-span on comcast. c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to but -- but you as a public service by local television provider. >> a tally of the electoral college votes has reaffirmed obama's re-election. final count -- for obama, 332, and for romney, 206. since about 30 minutes. -- this is about 30 minutes. >> the house will be in order. take your seats. >> mr. speaker, the vice president and the united states senate. [applause] >> mr. speaker, members of congress, pursuant to the law of the united states, the senate and house of representatives are meeting in a joint session to verify the certificate and counsel the votes of the states. the certificate

. >> on the life of historian and activist howard zinn saturday night at 10:00 eastern on "wave word words". >> on the first day of the 113th congress the house passed a rules package which sets the groundwork for how the house of representatives operates. democrats unsuccessfully tried to add provisions to limit corporate political contradiction, put limits on waits for voters on election day and allowed delegates from the u.s. territories to vote on the house floor. members debated the measure for an hour before passing it in a party line vote. here is that debate. control the growth of government and limit wasteful spending. we have incorporated a number of significant improvements including a proposal from chairman of the republican policy committee the gentleman from oklahoma to identify duplicative programs and examine usefulness of existing government programs. this will help ensure that hard working taxpayer dollars are not wasted and we remain focused on making the federal government smarter and more efficient. it will be easier to see how proposed legislation would interact