well as he has asked the national endowment for democracy foundation for their views on the situation although so far we haven't received a reply. you've been watching our say that's how all the news is looking so far today on this channel we're back with more from you in just over half. when lawmakers manufacture come sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes can protect themselves. with the financial merry go round certainly the one percent. we can all middle of the room signals. the real news. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution of you tube clip the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it just always i mean your list book video of me in the new bill is that i mean you split needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took. it invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic. taxed as a by their. survival guide stacey let's learn a salad f

what we did the national endowment for democracy foundation for their views on this situation although so far we haven't received a reply. not is the news for now here in r.t. don't forget that we've got a website full of stories too you can find that. just manufactured to be sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the financial merry go round be the one percent. we can all middle of the room sit. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see their. business bombast broadcasting oh well now we're all in covering the world of. listen finance of the impact upon all of us thank you for being on board i'm bart chilton in washington d.c. coming up today it's election day in the u.s. it will take a look at what investors may do once the results come in with grace and danielle say they're standing by and we joined by an expert grant page of magnetic material systems to talk about a technology which could change some of the world's most troubled places plus a

government and beyond that they receive financial and other logistical help from the national endowment for democracy and other u.s. agencies that help them training activists working with journalists to get their side presented more favorably they work on things like how do you get traction how do you get things to go viral how do you then use that to generate support for your cause and support was generated was the thought that you know stuff and i had a founder of one of ukraine's new media outlets you know. just throw much good t.v. knew very well how to make something go viral. it was his notorious facebook post on november twenty first two thousand and thirteen that brought the first crowds to my down yes in the post office to support your pitch it's simple to put the political world with this. if you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed if you read the newspaper you are misinformed. to deliver your message efficiently enough in the modern world with so many different technologies and means of communications you must embrace them all as the disturbing events of your own my don started on

has asked the national endowment for democracy foundation for comment on this story we are awaiting their reply. i'll be waiting for you hope to join me for the latest news headlines update on the top stories in half an hour. you know world a big part of the lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. now imagine are times when you're watching going underground one hundred one years to the day of the november bolshevik revolution coming up in today's show will it be war we are senior iranian nuclear negotiator what the islamic republic's next move will be after monday's u.s. violation of up a geisha is under the u.n. treaty signed by britain russia. china are in the you and you've got so many things but one of the bad institutional racism hundred percent this country is still wa

the us national endowment for democracy implicated in the nicaragua protests for comment we await the reply. i think stay with us here and i'll be back in half and i would like to start days. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution here to clear the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it your style or here i mean your list put video and put him in the new bill is that i mean you split needle the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty fourteen. of those who took part in it invested over five billion dollars to assist ukraine in these and other goals that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic.

a new organization called the national endowment for democracy which was created in one thousand nine hundred three and it would do pretty much what the agency used to do it would go into one of these countries and it would support various political groups train activists deal with journalists business groups and try to advance u.s. foreign policy interests sometimes against the interests of the host government the target government and beyond that they receive financial and other logistical help from the national endowment for democracy and other u.s. agencies that help them training activists working with journalists to get their side presented more favorably they work on things like how do you get traction how do you get things to go viral how do you then use that to generate support for your cause and support was generated was the fact that you know. the founder of one of ukraine's new media outlets. just throw much good t.v. knew very well how to make something go viral. it was his notorious facebook post on november twenty first two thousand and thirteen that brought the first c

are dears ask to the us national endowment for democracy a group which is implicated in the nicaragua protest for a comment we will keep you updated as soon as we get a reply. and it isn't for me i'll be back with more news watching our two international have with us. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you then. what started the revolution recently against moammar it was the price of wheat when the price of food went up to forty to fifty percent of the monthly budget of the average injection and therefore we've all that if you want to create a revolt if you want people in the streets rioting if you want a global insurrection against banker occupation keep rising without raising the price of fish can't raise the price of food and you'll get your out you get your insurrection you'll get your torches and your pitch forks you'll get your hundreds of millions of starving people on your front lawn demanding to be fed you'll get it . i think it's important to do something that you'r

national endowment for democracy implicated in the correct protests for comment we are awaiting a reply. and i will be away to new hope you'll join me for the latest update in half an hour. finally the midterm elections and there are many questions with these races a referendum on donald trump's time in office what will the democrats are doing power and what are trunks chances in twenty twenty. you should the government. is your voice belongs to you and us in your voice people can do seems they wouldn't accept was a secure should we. if this is a different. people see. survival guide post a single malt to start with at least are. you sure it's still there you don't get it back. oh heck no. repatriations king would get arrested seven years. philip a separate kaiser report. in twenty forty you know bloody revolution to the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be recently violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know lawyer i mean your list book video. scrolling you go to the former ukrainian president recalls the events of twenty forty. of

national endowment for democracy a group which is implicated in the nicaragua protests for comment we'll keep you updated as soon as we get a reply but if it doesn't for me i will be back with. headlines in about thirty four minutes you're watching the international stay with us. finally the midterm elections and there are many questions with these races a referendum on donald trump's time in office well the democrats are doing power and water trucks chances in twenty twenty . what started the revolution recently barak was that the price of wheat went up the price of food went up to forty to fifty percent of the monthly budget of the average injection and therefore revolted if you want to create a revolt if you want people in the streets rioting if you want a global insurrection against banker occupation keep rising real raising the price of fish raising the price of food and you'll get your out you get your insurrection you'll get your torches and your prayers for it still get your hundreds of millions of starving people on your front lawn demanding to be fed you'll get it. time after t

the national endowment for democracy is the host of this event. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm the founding co-editor of the "journal of democracy" and co-chair of the research council of the national endowment for democracy international forum for democratic study. i'm very pleased to welcome all of you to thavis afternoon's discussion. both our offices here and in washington, and those of you who are viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies, in addition to publishing the "journal of democracy" and hosting the reagan fellowship program, conducts research and organizes conferences and meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy. its recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracy on transnational democracies and protecting the democratic [ inaudible ] today. if you are interested in learning more about the work of the international forum, i invite you to visit our website at www.ned.org/ideas, where you will also find our blog power 3.0. unfortunately, most regions of the world today are living throu

we'll also hear from karl ger, win, president of the national endowment for democracy, a longtime friend. that has been literally a lifeline for key groups and individuals in very difficult places. he has provided hope to those who truly thought all were lost. today is an opportunity to hear from them, it's an opportunity to hear from you. finally i'll say that i -- i understand why some may fret about the challenges facing democratic values in the region. but we must remind ourselves, these authoritarians are not motivated by courage. they're driven by fear. quite simply, authoritarians are afraid. they're afraid of their own people. they are afraid of democracy. they are afraid of freedom. they fear what we and all of you most treasure. a hemisphere of freedom. thank you. [applause] > thank you. congresswoman, we want to hear from you. ileana: [speaking foreign language] i'm so short -- you just see my head bopping on top of the podium. better. speaking foreign language] i have to say a special shoutout to our i.r.l. alum the defenders of free tom and now working in various agencies. b

and is the senior program officer at the national endowment for democracies. he is also a former u.n. official in afghanistan, and c-span is covering this. it's not like but it be live to tapes would have a question please make sure you wait for the mic and identify yourself so c-span viewers can understand who is asking the question. so with that i'll turn it over. >> all right. thank you to the new america foundation for hosting this time event on afghanistan, and also what you think the audience for being here in spite of the rain. i i would like to begin my remarks with a disclaimer that my views are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. as peter mentioned, i returned from afghanistan over the weekend. i was there to observe the afghan elections in an informal capacity. it was not a formal observation mission. i spent most of my time in kabul and traveled to the provinces. but before i discuss basically the recent trip, i wanted to tell you guys a story and frame my remarks in a story that happened basically in the previous time in 2014 when

for the president. >> next, a look at democracy, panelist spoke about the rise of populism in hungary and poland. motives behind russian interference in the 2016 elections. the national endowment for democracy hosted this 90 minute event.

take money through your institute for strategic studies, you have been funded by the national endowment for democracy like another reason to suspect your motives. we have pursued a policy of radical transparency. for 15 years, our accounting records have been opened and not only that, we have placed reports every single year to the ministry of government which issues the license for civil society organisations. so, ourfunding from the us has been between 12—16% per year, on average. on average receiving $56,000 per year. do you think you can sponsor a coup de tat with $56,000? let's be serious. most of our funding has come from finland, from denmark, from the european union and that has been to conduct fair economic research. who is paying for your lawyer, if you don't mind me asking. you have hired an internationally—renowned human rights lawyer to defend your interests in nicaragua, he doesn't come cheap. he is not very cheap, he is a prominent lawyer, mrjared genser, a distinguished lawyer and a personal friend from the human rights community. i want to use this opportunity to thankjarrod for taki

he's now a fellow with the national endowment for democracy in washington.mpact on ukraine has been given it's difficult in accessing that part of the sea. actually, nobody knows what happened, what happens with them. actually, ukraine is trying to build its small military navy group in azov sea. these are not very big vessels. they are, i mean, tugboats or small vessels. but still, ukraine wants to build this small group to defend its own troops in the territory, which is close to rebel—controlled or russian—controlled territories of donbass. so ukraine is interested in building this group. and actually, a month ago, or more time ago, some ukrainian vessels actually moved. they went from 0dessa to azov sea, and actually it was not a big issue. and actually, the russian navy was not — i mean, it did not stop them. but this time, it went absolutely in a different way. and actually, russia considers those territorial waters as its own territorial waters, and ukraine believes, and it is according to the ukrainian constitution, the crimea is a part of actually u

he is now a fellow with the national endowment for democracy in washington.ch forjoining us. first of all, i wondered if you knew the fate of sailors who were on those ships that had been seized? actually, nobody knows what happened, what happens with them. we know from russian media that actually those three vessels, they are ian kerch port. but we also, we have no information about the fate of those sailors. we only know that from three to six sailors are wounded. ukrainian sources say there are six wounded sailors, and russian sources, they claim there are three wounded sailors. we have been hearing that russia has been inspecting ukrainian ships. we have now seen this escalation. what is the impact on ukraine, given its difficulty in accessing that part of the sea? actually, ukraine is trying to build its small military navy group in azov sea. these are not very big vessels. they are... i mean, tugboat saw small vessels. but still ukraine wants to build this small group to defend its own troops in the territory, which is close to rebel controlled or russi

and national endowment for democracy funded initiative working with mainstream journalists to coordinate anti right. ssion talking points at the hub is the atlantic council and the deal far less so that was exposed this week as well so all of these exposures really point to a damning indictment that the fourth estate has become a fifth column yeah working against the interests of the public interests this is devastating in terms of the general narrative of the state of the media or what's left of the free press in the west people should really take a step back and look at this this is an absolute circus what's playing out in front of this and that and i'm waiting for people of honest character to step forward people who are there who they were there on this program ok there are a lot of there aren't very many more but some of them are here ok we need we need more we need more of them and let me quickly just add to guardian then fold this up with a story by john swing from their new york bureau and they used a source is glenn simpson function g.p.s. and they didn't even mention that he wo

>> next a discussion on the rise of populism in europe and western liberalism in the national endowment for democracy. this runs an hour and a half. good afternoon. i'm mark, the co-editor of the journal of democracy and cochair of the research kennel the best counsel for the international forum for democratic studies. i'm pleased to welcome all of you to this discussion. both the audience here at the offices of the national endowment in washington and those viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies, in addition to publishing the journal of democracy and hosting the reagan fellowship program, conducted research and organizes conferences and meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy. its recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracies on transnational -- on protecting democratic information space. if you're interested in learning more about the work of the international forum, i invite you to visit our website. you can also find our blog, power 3.0. unfortunately, most regions of the world today are living through what my c

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senior director for latin america, caribbean in the national endowment for democracy. and as the previous panel a lifeline. ey are you always bring hope. i think the way it was put, you put flowers in the region, flowers of freedom and democracy. thank you for your leadership. it is crucial what you are doing and i think -- i hope it continues and strength in the coming time. tell us a little bit about icaragua -- you have a big picture. what do you see from these three regimes? what are the three key similarities we need to keep in mind and tell us your thoughts and how can we articulate better the response. >> thank you very much for carrying out this event. i feel very honored and humbled to share this panel with such prominence and brave leaders. and unfortunately we don't have nicaragua here. we invited several. but the situation in the country has deteriorated in a very acute fashion. but including this last week. so those who were willing to come couldn't because of police oppression and intimidation and surveillance and unfortunately as i said, our intention was

for the president. >> next, a look at democracy, panelist spoke about the rise of populism in hungary and poland. motives behind russian interference in the 2016 elections. the national endowment for democracy hosted this 90 minute event. marc: good afternoon everyone. i'm marc plattner, founding coeditor of the journal of democracy and co-chair of the research council of the national endowment or democracy and international forum for democratic studies. i was very pleased to welcome all of you to this afternoon's discussion, both our audience was here at the offices of the national endowment or democracy and those of you who are viewing us on c-span. the international forum for democratic studies in addition to publishing the journal of democracy and hosting the reagan fellowship program conducted research and organize conferences of meetings on a wide variety of subjects related to democracy. its recent focus has been on the impact of authoritarian influence within democracies on transnational kleptocracy on protecting the democratic information states. if you're interested in learning more about the work of the international forum, i invite you to visit our website at www.n

finally Ãbsenior program officer at the national endowment for democracy. s also a former un official in afghanistan. and c-span is covering this if not live it will be live today. if you have questions make sure you wait for the mike and identify yourself with that i will turn it over to tricia. >> i think they are both going to give a presentation. i think they are both going to give a short speech. >> thank you to the american foundation for hosting this timely event on afghanistan. i want to think the audience for being here despite the rain. i would like to begin my remarks with the disclaimer that my views are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. as peter mentioned i returned from afghanistan over the weekend. i was there to observe the african elections it was not a formal observation. i sent most of my time in kabul and travel to some of the providences. before i discuss basically the recent trip i want to tell you guys a story and frame my remarks in the story that happened basically in the previous time in self-esteem when i was al

>> next a discussion on the rise of populism in europe and western liberalism in the national endowment for democracyhalf.

we'll also hear from the president of the national endowment for democracy, a long time friend. ned has been, quite literally, a lifeline for key groups and individuals in very difficult places. he is provided hope to those who truly thought all were lost. today is an opportunity to hear from them. it's an opportunity to hear from you. finally, i'll say that i, you know, i understand why some may fret about the challenges facing democratic values in the region, but we must remind ourselves these toauthoritarians are not motivated by courage. they're driven by fear. quite simply, authority yans are afraid. they're afraid of their own people. they're afraid of democracy. they're afraid of freedom. they fear what we and all of you most treasure, a hemisphere of freedom. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. congresswoman, please come up. we want to hear from you. >> thank you so much. >> thanks. [ speaking in a foreign language ] i'm so short you see my head bobo bobbing on top of this podium! [ speaking in a foreign language ] i've got to say hello to a special

national endowment for the humanities. this panel is entitled polarization and the polls: how consumer choices reflect our politics. it is part of a special track of sessions on democracy and the informed citizen. this is cosponsored by vanderbilt's warren center and was funded by the ann true w. melon -- andrew w. mellon foundation. we have three distinguished speakers today. given the time limits for the session -- we have one hour -- i am going to keep my introductions very brief in order that you may have more time to hear from them about today's topic rather than to hear about them from me. each will speak for about 10 or 15 minutes, and we then plan for a lively conversation with the audience. the topic today is at the very core of our current national conversation, and i know we are all grateful to our panelists for providing us this opportunity as a community to explore more deeply issues related to polarization in the polls. our panelists include ken blake, professor of journalism at mtsu. blake earned his ph.d. in mass communication from unc-chapel hill. he is the cofounder and director of the america tsu poll -- mtsu poll, a once a semester, scientifically v